CTICE programs for Columbia University students use community-based learning to encourage lives of social responsibility and civic engagement. Student programs take two forms: (1) for-credit courses and (2) co-curricular programming. In developing these courses and programs, CTICE worked with the firm belief that real-world experience dramatically improves the educational experience for students in all disciplines. Taken together, the CTICE supported curriculum is one of the nation’s largest college-level community-based learning efforts, involving 600 students each year, awarding more than 1600 credits, and working on more than 100 community projects.

Columbia currently offers up to 16 credits of community-based learning courses in partnership with local not-for-profit groups, businesses, schools, and government agencies. CTICE-supported, credit-bearing courses include the following:

• The First-Year Design Course, which is required for all SEAS undergraduates
• Interdisciplinary courses, including V3310: “Science and Technology in Urban Environments” and W3010: “Science, Technology and Society”
• E4998: “Managing Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship” -- an advanced engineering course required of all undergraduates pursuing the minor in entrepreneurship

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