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Proposed ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria

Proposed ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria. ASCE Civil Engineering Department Heads Conference Oklahoma City, OK April 6-8, 2014. Al Estes Member, ASCE CEPCTC Civil Engineering Program Criteria Task Committee. CEPCTC Members. CEPCTC Members. ASCE Staff Support

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Proposed ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria

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  1. ProposedABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria ASCE Civil Engineering Department Heads Conference Oklahoma City, OK April 6-8, 2014 Al Estes Member, ASCE CEPCTC Civil Engineering Program Criteria Task Committee

  2. CEPCTC Members

  3. CEPCTC Members • ASCE Staff Support • Jim O’Brien, Managing Director • Ping Wei, Director, Educational Act. • Corresponding Members • Angela Bielefeldt, Univ of Colorado • Joseph Hanus, US Military Academy • Kenneth Lamb, Cal Poly– Pomona • Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College; • Dennis Truax, Mississippi State Univ. • David Vaccari, Stevens Inst. of Tech. • Ronald Welch, The Citadel.

  4. Background Mechanism for fostering curricular change BOK1-compliant AccreditationCriteria BOK2-compliant AccreditationCriteria Levels of Achievement NAE 2020 Vision 2025 BOK 3rd Ed. BOK3-compliant AccreditationCriteria

  5. THE PROBLEM

  6. We are here 8-year change cycle

  7. BOK Knowledge, skills, & attitudes necessary to enter into the practice of civil engineering at the professional level. 7 7

  8. The BOK2 Outcomes • Project management • Breadth in CE areas • Technical specialization • Communication • Public policy • Business & public administration • Globalization • Leadership • Teamwork • Attitudes • Life-long learning • Professional and ethical responsibility FOUNDATIONAL TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL Mathematics Natural sciences Humanities Social sciences Materials science Mechanics Experiments Problem recognition & solving Design Sustainability Contemporary issues & historical perspectives Risk and uncertainty

  9. Bloom’s Taxonomy 6. Evaluation • A framework for writing Educational Objectives • 6 Levels of Cognitive Development • Cognitive level is indicated by the verb used in the Objective statement • Widely understood and used throughout higher education 5. Synthesis 4. Analysis 3. Application 2. Comprehension 1. Knowledge

  10. B B B B B B B Levels of Achievement B B B B M/30 B B B M/30 B B B B B E B B B = Baccalaureate Degree B E B B B B B B E M/30 = Master’s or Equivalent B B B B B B E B B B E = Pre-licensure Experience B B B E B B B B B B B B M/30 M/30 M/30 M/30 E B B B B E B B E B B E B B B E B B B E B B B E B B E B B B E E B B B B E E

  11. Committee Methodology • Phone Conferences( Apr –Oct 13) • Face to Face in Chicago (Oct 13) • Communication Effort/ Input Collection (Jan – May 14) • Face to Face in Reston (May 14) • Approval Process (May 14 – Oct 15)

  12. Committee Methodology • Phone Conferences • Review existing literature • Programs already BOK2 compliant • Outcome by outcome analysis • Identifying biggest issues • Eliminating outcomes as already BOK2 compliant • Rating others by importance and feasibility

  13. Committee Methodology • Face to Face in Chicago • Prioritizing the outcomes • What is our budget? • Outcome by outcome discussion until consensus • Assembled a draft • Wordsmithing, order and final re-look

  14. Committee Methodology • Communications Plan • Identified and prioritized constituencies • Department Heads: Priority 1 • Email solicitation April 2013 • Dept Head Conference 2013 • Email solicitation October 2013 • Proposed criteria with FAQ Dec 2013 • CE Dept Head Conference 2014 • Assembled input

  15. Proposed CE Program Criteria

  16. Preserve the math & science core of CE; clarify the science; remove unnecessary wording Comparison (1 of 7) CURRENT PROPOSED The program must prepare graduates to apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations, calculus-based physics, chemistry, and at least one additional area of natural science; The program must prepare graduates to apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations, calculus-based physics, chemistry, and at least one additional area of basic science consistent with the program educational objectives;

  17. Incorporate risk and uncertainty without prescribing a new math course Comparison (2 of 7) CURRENT PROPOSED • apply principles of probability and statistics to solve problems containing uncertainty;

  18. Preserve technical breadth; raise the standard; match BOK; practical significance minor Comparison (3 of 7) CURRENT PROPOSED • can apply knowledge of four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering; • analyze and solve well-defined problems in at least four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering;

  19. Comparison (4 of 7) CURRENT PROPOSED • can conduct civil engineering experiments and analyze and interpret the resulting data; • conduct experiments in more than one technical area of civil engineering and analyze and interpret the resulting data; Preserve physical understanding of civil engineering in a time of decreasing laboratory experiences

  20. Comparison (5 of 7) CURRENT PROPOSED • design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context; • design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context; apply principles of sustainability in design; Enforce inclusion of sustainability in design

  21. Comparison (6 of 7) CURRENT PROPOSED • Explain basic concepts in management, business, public policy, and leadership; and explain the importance of professional licensure. • Explain basic concepts in business, public policy, and leadership; apply principles of project management; Incorporate BOK2 requirement to develop solutions to well-defined project management problems.

  22. Comparison (7 of 7) CURRENT PROPOSED • Explain the importance of professional licensure. • Explain the importance of professional licensure. • Analyze issues in professional ethics; Increase importance of ethics beyond the general criteria

  23. BOK2 Not Included • Lesser importance • Public administration • Historical perspectives • Professional responsibility • Attitudes supportive of professional practice of engineering • Some coverage in general criteria • CE programs are already constrained

  24. Other Issues • Program criteria level of compliance • Additional area of science • Other engineering programs less detailed • New FE exam topics

  25. What’s Next for Development & Implementation • April 2014: Assemble and synthesize input • April –May 2014: Secure final approval from COA-O, COA, COE • May 15-16, 2014:CEPCTC meeting in Reston • May 2014: Develop correspondence to the EAC ExCOM, EAC Criteria Committee, and EAC • June 2014:Submit to EAC/ABET

  26. Final Word • Complete your surveys • Provide other input to ceprogramcriteria@asce.org • Visit the website • http://www.asce.org/ceprogramcriteria/ • Google “asce ce program criteria”

  27. ProposedABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria ASCE Civil Engineering Department Heads Conference Oklahoma City, OK April 6-8, 2014 Al Estes Member, ASCE CEPCTC Civil Engineering Program Criteria Task Committee

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