Practicing Engineering Problem Solving (PrEPS) Lab Sessions
PrEPS Lab Sessions is an academic support program that helps you succeed in challenging foundational courses, including statics, dynamics, physics, chemistry, and calculus. PrEPS sessions are led by undergraduate students who have taken and excelled in these courses. You’ll work in small groups with a student facilitator, who will guide work and discussions that help you learn strategies for improving your problem-solving skills and mastering concepts covered in lectures. PrEPS facilitates learning by working through course material in a low-pressure setting and provides you the opportunity to complete problems similar to those in homework sets and on exams.
PrEPS Schedule
PrEPS FAQ
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What is PrEPS Lab?
Each PrEPS (Practicing Engineering Problem Solving) Lab session is led by an undergraduate student who has taken the course the session supports and excelled in it. Sessions are held twice a week and last 75 minutes. As with other courses, you sign up for PrEPS Labs through your Student Center; the program is listed as InterEGR 150. Each section corresponds to one of the courses PrEPS covers (so choose the section carefully). Attendance at PrEPS Lab Sessions is mandatory for all students enrolled in the program.
PrEPS facilitates learning by exposing students to course material in a less formal setting than a lecture room. PrEPS facilitators teach students strategies for improving their problem solving skills and for achieving greater conceptual understanding. Because of PrEPS sessions’ smaller group size, each session has lots of open discussion and affords students the opportunity to work in groups to complete problems similar to those in homework sets and on exams.
Who can enroll in a PrEPS Lab?
Students who have concurrent enrollment in a course that offers PrEPS can enroll in InterEGR 150.
PrEPS Lab session enrollment usually starts in May for fall registration and in December for spring. An email about the PrEPS schedule will be sent by the instructor to all students who are eligible in, at the latest, August/January.
When can I enroll in a PrEPS Lab?
PrEPS Lab session enrollment usually starts in May for fall registration and in December for spring. An email about the PrEPS schedule will be sent by the instructor to all students who are eligible in, at the latest, August/January.
How do I enroll in PrEPS Lab?
InterEGR 150 is listed in the timetable as a zero credit class. It is under INTERDISCIPLINARY (496) in the College of Engineering. Use the MyUW Student Center and enroll in the lab that is designated for the course that you are interested in.
PrEPS Lab session enrollment usually starts in May for fall registration and in December for spring. An email about the PrEPS schedule will be sent by the instructor to all students who are eligible in, at the latest, August/January.
Please refer to the current schedule for the section number, place and time for each lab.
How does PrEPS Lab work?
- PrEPS lab helps students master concepts covered in lectures and discussions by employing problem solving activities.
- PrEPS lab is led by engineering students who provide the worksheets and guide the discussions and problem solving sessions.
- PrEPS sessions meet twice a week for 75 minutes each time. Students work in small study groups during the session.
- Students are required to commit to attending the session throughout the semester.
- Students will receive an “A” if they fulfill the attendance requirement, and “NW” if they fail to do so.
I would like to apply to be a PrEPS facilitator. How do I sign up?
Review the Working for the ULC page to learn more about job descriptions and qualifications, and fill out an online application. For more information, contact ulc@engr.wisc.edu.
My question wasn’t answered in this FAQ, who can I contact for more information?
Students are welcome to contact the ULC at ulc@engr.wisc.edu for more information about PrEPS.