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Fall 2026 Laboratory Distance Learning Lower DivisionScience
Together, Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) courses create a vertical project track under which students work in multidisciplinary teams on long-term engineering-based design projects. Projects of at least one-year in duration are intended to solve real problems that are defined in consultation with "customers" from not-for-profit community and education organizations. EPCS courses are open to students from all disciplines; each student contributes expertise in his/her academic discipline. Each team consists of a mix of first-year, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Students are encouraged to participate in an EPICS project team for two or more semesters. First-year students participating in EPCS 10100 gain insight into the specific project, and more generally, into the design and development process. They attend planning and reporting meetings with the customer and are expected attend all team meetings. Under the mentorship of the team's sophomores, juniors and seniors they perform and report upon tasks consistent with their level of discipline expertise. May be repeated for credit.
Learning Outcomes1Able to apply material from their discipline to the design of community-based projects.
2Understand the design as a start-to-finish process.
3Able to identify and acquire new knowledge as a part of the problem-solving/design process.
4Aware of the customer.
5Able to function on multidisciplinary teams and an appreciation for the contributions from individuals from multiple disciplines.
6Able to communicate effectively with audiences with widely-varying backgrounds.
7Aware of professional ethics and responsibility.
8Appreciate the role that their discipline can play in social contexts.
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