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Engineering and Community Engagement
Certificate
Program
Requirements
for the Certificate
ECE Certificate Application
Form
This certificate program is designed
to provide recognition for students who have gained proficiency in the
skills and knowledge needed by engineers in serving communities.
The requirements of the certificate fall into a variety of categories:
a) the role of the engineer in engaging the community through service
learning,
b) cultural issues related to the U.S. or international
communities involved in the engineering projects,
c) knowledge of and
experience in engineering design and research appropriate for serving
communities,
d) entrepreneurial business basics and business development
efforts and leadership of said projects in the host community, and
e)
immersive experiences in the partnering community.
Collaboration
with host universities (when applicable) and local communities are
integral components of the program along with travel to the host
community.
An Engineering and Community
Engagement Certificate is awarded to students who complete the
requirements for the program. All students in good academic
standing are eligible for admission to the program.
The Certificate consists of the
following areas of study:
1. Community Engagement (3 Cr)
2. U.S./International Cultures (3 Cr)
3. Engineering Design (2-3 Cr)
4. Travel (2-3 Cr)
5. ePortfolio (1 Cr)
It is possible to expand the
certificate program to satisfy the requirements for a Minor in Civic and
Community Engagement (18 credits required) by increasing the Community
Engagement component to 6 credits and the U.S./International Cultures
component to 6 credits.
The key requirement of the program is
for the student to engage in a real-life engineering design project with
a focus on engaging a community and providing that community a service.
Such projects may originate from:
1. Engineers
Design
2. Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
3. American Indian Housing Initiative (AIHI)
4. Senior Capstone Design Projects (with approval)
5. Assistive Technologies
6. Social Entrepreneurship
ECE Certificate Application Form
Requirements
for the Certificate
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Civic and Community
Engagement Minor
Requirements for the
Minor
Minor
Application Form
Administered by a
program faculty drawn from
across the University, the Intercollege Minor
in Civic
and Community Engagement is appropriate to
undergraduate
students seeking to apply domains of
knowledge from their majors to issues of
consequence beyond the
classroom. In the minor,
students integrate democratic, professional, and
creative development. In particular, the minor serves
to encourage,
recognize, and systematize student
participation in public service or
problem-based
fieldwork and research that:
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is substantial, sustained, and
includes structured opportunities for student reflection and
critical assessment; and
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is integrated with and
supported by traditional, classroom-based coursework.
Specifically, the minor consists of a
balanced program
of fieldwork experience and supporting coursework
that
is selected with the advice and consent of a
minor adviser and approved
on behalf of the minor
by a program faculty. Fieldwork experiences are
selected from a list of eligible courses and supporting
coursework includes a conceptual
foundations course
that provides students with a critical orientation to
contemporary issues and themes in public scholarship.
The minor
culminates with an approved capstone
project, which may be a significant
paper, or
annotated portfolio, or other demonstration of
substantial
assessment and integration of the minor
experience and the broader issue
of application of
academic theory and practice in the civic community.
The Civic and Community Engagement Minor
Committee is authorized to award a minor certificate
to any
undergraduate who, in addition to satisfying
the degree requirements of
his or her baccalaureate
major, satisfies the requirements for the Civic
and
Community Engagement Minor. The completion of
the minor is reflected
by a formal notation of the
student's official record at the time of
graduation. To
enter the program, a student must submit an
application
to the committee.
Minor Application form
Requirements for the
Minor
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