The table below relates each BSCE program goal and performance objective or outcome with the associated assessment mechanisms.
Program Goal 1: To provide graduates with a thorough grounding in the key principles and practices of engineering and computing, and the basic mathematical and scientific principles that underpin them.
Outcomes
ABET
2012-2013
Criterion
3.(a-k)
Assessment Methods and Feedback Mechanisms
Computer Engineering students will demonstrate proficiency in the areas of programming languages, algorithms, operating systems, computer architecture, digital and analog circuits, and engineering design.
a, c, d, e, g, i, k
Evaluate student proficiency in these tasks by assigning suitable laboratory tasks in appropriate courses, and by conducting mid-term and final examinations in various courses. The results of these evaluations will be used by the individual instructors and the department curriculum committee to improve the various courses.
Students will demonstrate proficiency in relevant aspects of mathematics as well as the appropriate concepts from physics and electrical circuits and devices.
a, i, k
Evaluate via examinations and appropriate assignments how well students have acquired the required technical knowledge. Provide this information to the faculty involved in teaching this material.
Students will successfully apply these principles and practices to a variety of problems.
a, b, c, e, k
Evaluate in advanced courses, including the capstone design courses, students’ ability to apply the principles and practices they have acquired in earlier courses. The department curriculum committee will use these results to improve the curriculum.
On a long term basis, use feedback from employee and supervisor surveys to gauge graduates’ ability to apply these principles and practices in the workplace.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of differential and integral calculus, advanced engineering mathematics, discrete structures, probability and statistics, physics, and other areas of science pertinent to engineering.
a, b, e, k
Evaluate via examinations and appropriate assignments, in courses where students apply these skills, as well as in courses where these skills are acquired, how well students are able to use the required technical knowledge. Provide feedback to the faculty teaching this material.
Students will apply modern engineering tools necessary for computer engineering practice including computer based analysis, design, and simulation tools.
k
Provide laboratory and classroom assignments that require the use of the engineering tools for the solution of problems. Evaluate the students’ proficiency in the use of these tools.
Survey alumni and employers to see how well the graduates are able to use the tools.
Students will have the ability to work with others and on multidisciplinary teams in both classroom and laboratory environments.
d
Evaluate the individual and team performance in courses organized to provide team experiences.
Use feedback from graduates of the program and from employers to gauge how well graduates are able to function as team members in the workplace.
Students will demonstrate critical and abstract thinking.
a, e
Provide coursework and laboratory exercises that are designed to require critical and abstract thinking.
Student performance on these exercises will be examined and evaluated for the students’ ability to apply these skills. Feedback will be provided to the instructors in these courses.
Program Goal 2:To provide graduates with an understanding of the overall human context in which engineering and computing activities take place.
Students will demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively.
g
Assign design documents and other technical communication as part of the required work in several courses. Evaluate the student’s performance in both written and oral communication. Provide feedback to the courses where the communication skills are taught.
Survey employers to see how effectively the graduates communicate in the workplace.
Students will obtain familiarity with basic ideas and contemporary issues in the social sciences and the humanities.
g, j
Review on a regular basis the course content of the programs required courses that cover these issues. Provide feedback to the department curriculum committee.
Students will obtain an understanding of social, professional, and ethical issues related to engineering.
f, h, j
Review on a regular basis course content and student performance in the courses required by the department that cover these issues. Provide feedback to the department curriculum committee.
Program Goal 3: To prepare graduates for immediate employment in the Computer Engineering profession and for admission to graduate school.
Outcomes
ABET
2000
Criterion
3.(a-k)
Assessment Methods and Feedback Mechanisms
The majority of the graduates will be immediately employed in high-technology companies that utilize their computer engineering skills.
e, k
Use data from the placement office to obtain information about how actively the graduates are being recruited by high-tech companies.
Use survey data from graduates and from employers to see how successful the graduates are in the workplace.
Strong graduates from the program will be prepared to enter graduate programs.
a, b, c, e, h, i
Use data from departmental exit surveys to see how many of the graduates are accepted to graduate programs.
