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ABET 2000

ABET 2000. Methodology of Evaluation - rather than credit counting Outcomes assessment Faculty Review of Performance Survey Students Survey Recruiters / Alums Panels for targeted feedback Show coupling of assessment to curriculum renewal and overhaul

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ABET 2000

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  1. ABET 2000 • Methodology of Evaluation - rather than credit counting • Outcomes assessment • Faculty Review of Performance • Survey Students • Survey Recruiters / Alums • Panels for targeted feedback • Show coupling of assessment to curriculum renewal and overhaul • Verify that students meet nationally recognized criteria

  2. B.S.E.E Program • General Education and Pre-professional 48 credits • College Core and Accreditation 22 credits • Electrical Engineering Core 27 credits • EE Specializations 11 or 12 credits • EE Electives 17 or 18 credits Total is 126 credits - fixed by state rule

  3. General Education and Pre-professional • Humanities and Social Sciences - 15 credits • Must include international studies and diversity • Usually satisfy Gordon Rule (Writing requirement) • Calculus and Differential Equations - 15 credits • Science - 15 credits • Chemistry I and lab • Physics I and II and labs • Chemistry or Biology • General Elective - 3 • Raised Admissions Standards to Upper Division

  4. College Core and Accreditation • Technical Writing - 3 credits • Advanced Math and Statistics - 7 credits • Ethics - 1 credit • College Breadth - 9 credits • Mechanical Engineering - Thermo, Mechanical Design • Engineering Science - Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials • Engineering Economics • Advanced Math - Now teaching within ECE • Computing Elective - 2 credits

  5. Electrical Engineering Core • Circuits I and II and lab - 7 credits • Signals and Systems - 3 credits • Electronics and lab - 4 credits • Solid State Devices - 3 credits • Electromagnetic Fields - 3 credits • Digital Logic and lab - 4 credits • Senior Design - 3 credits

  6. Additional EE • Specializations - Choose 3 of these 5 Areas: • Power and Energy + lab • Analog or Digital Electronics + lab • Communications + lab • Linear Controls + lab • Microprocessors + lab • Electives 17 - 18 credits • Represents much of the senior year

  7. Curriculum Goals • Broad Education • General Ed, College Breadth • Gordon Rule • Knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering • General Ed, Math, Science, College Core • Engineering Problem Solving • College Core • EE Core, EE Electives • Senior Design / IPPD • Design and Conduct Experiments • Physics, Chemistry, ECE - minimum 9 credits of labs • Statistics • Senior Design / IPPD

  8. B.S./M.S. Program • Increasingly Popular • Graduate Electives can be doubled counted • 6 or 12 credits (depending on GPA) • Streamlined • 30 credit hour, non-thesis option • Course work only option - no final exit exam required • Completion possible in 1 additional calendar year (9, 9, 6) • Encouraging all qualified students to pursue

  9. ABET Processes - Objectives • ABET Board has a lot of input • ABET Board is to review surveys - more later

  10. ABET Processes - Objectives • Course Committees are key • Faculty Review Data, Set Standards, Control Content

  11. Fall 2006 Visit • Clean bill of health - full six year accreditation with no issues • Items that came up in review - considered minor • Faculty / Staff / Students / Board Members did great • Worked long hours during the review to respond

  12. Issues • Objectives • Outcomes • Design and Conduct Experiments • Professional • Statistics • Standards

  13. ABET Definitions • Objectives • Broad Statements • Goals for students 5 years after graduation • Measured by surveys / focus groups • Outcomes • Specific skills • Measured at graduation time • Direct measurement (not grades or surveys)

  14. BSEE Objectives The objectives of the EE program at UF are to prepare students for: • Successful careers in a dynamic industry that is global, multi-disciplinary, and evolving; • Admission to, and excelling in, the best graduate programs in the world; • Good citizenship by engaging in ethical engineering for the betterment of society and the world. • Can’t do #2 for all students - not clear that it isn’t a goal for all students

  15. BSEE Objectives - Change The objectives of the EE program at UF are to prepare students for: 1. Successful careers in a dynamic industry that is global, multi-disciplinary, and evolving; and/or admission to, and excelling in, the best graduate programs in the world; 2. Good citizenship by engaging in ethical engineering for the betterment of society and the world. • Evaluator seemed happy with this change

  16. Action Items • Is this wording ok? • Should we come up with an alternate? • Change has been approved, but should we redo in a more major way?

  17. BSEE Outcomes • Design and Conduct Experiments • Fortunate • 3304 - Design a testing plan for a circuit • 3304 - Design a procedure for parameter extraction • 3701 - Design a circuit and test vectors to verify operation • 4744 - Design controllers and testing protocols • 4914 - Design in test plan with design

  18. Professional - Statistics and Probability • Appropriate to discipline • Not enough to require a course • Included • 3304 Device parameter extraction and variations • 3396 Boltzmann Statistics, Linear reduction • 4331 Probability functions in describing doping • 4514 Noise in communications systems and impact on signals • 4914 Least Squares, Data Reduction

  19. Professional - Standards • Appropriate use of standards in design • Throughout curriculum • CprE classes - 5V design of logic, bus standards • Power - power standards • Communications - many standards • Microprocessor families and designs • Examples in Senior Design • USB / Ethernet Communication • GPS • Power Control

  20. Lessons Learned • Very detailed about data and history • ChemE was asked to provide all faculty minutes…. • Post relevant data on the web site to maintain records • Outcomes and Links to classes • Lucky - some classes changed labs and dropped ABET items • Explicit list what the outcome is in a course • Include this in the standard syllabus approved by course committee • Survey refinement (More Later) • Work on opportunities for multi / inter disciplinary • Clarify definitions • Extend Senior Design (More Later)

  21. Counseling Assistants - Intro • Poor Retention Freshmen to Junior • Lose about 50% of incoming freshmen • Retention is excellent when they hit our classes • Math instruction is poor • Students are under prepared • Data on ABET Outcome a - an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering

  22. Counseling Assistants • Hire rising seniors to be counseling assistants • CA’s will: • Help 15 - 25 students • Show interest, monitor grades, direct to resources • Provide additional help in calculus - help sessions • Provide relevance of courses to degree • Guide students to professional opportunities • Show the department cares and wants freshmen to succeed • Major benefits • Connect students to the department • Find peers in major / social structure

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