ME Assessment Process Presented to the College Advisory Council, Sept. 18, 2003 Overview Overview ME Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) Revision Process ME Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) Revision Process ME Program Outcomes (POs) Assessment Report ME Program Outcomes (POs) Assessment Report Improvement Plan Improvement Plan Program Reform Program Reform

Overview Completed the second ME continuous assessment loop under current format Completed the second ME continuous assessment loop under current format Appear to be self-sustaining Appear to be self-sustaining Most faculty seem to buy in to the process Most faculty seem to buy in to the process Need to emphasize more on employer feedback Need to emphasize more on employer feedback –College-level employer survey?

ME PEOs Revision Process Criticism: Criticism: –Current PEOs are too similar to our POs –Not addressing graduates’ expected accomplishments a few years after graduation (ABET definition) Revision: Revision: –Devise a new set of PEOs –Going through a systematic assessment process: committee, faculty, students, MEAC –Adopt officially Spring 2004

POs Assessment Report Self-grading on each PO Self-grading on each PO –based on surveyed results from students, graduating seniors, and alumni –Course outcome assessment reports –Curriculum committee perception Deficiencies on three POs Deficiencies on three POs –Function on multidisciplinary (MD) teams (PO-4): C+ –Ethical and professional responsibility (PO-6): C+ –Contemporary issues with societal and global context (PO-8): D+

Improvement Plan (PO-4) Has improved over the year Has improved over the year –50% senior capstone projects involve other departments –Outreach to outside college, ex. marketing Continue to work with other departments to foster more collaborations Continue to work with other departments to foster more collaborations Need help from advisory council to bring in MD projects demanding multidisciplinary collaboration Need help from advisory council to bring in MD projects demanding multidisciplinary collaboration

Improvement Plan (PO-6) Recognize that classroom instruction might not be the best way to teach ethics and professional responsibility Recognize that classroom instruction might not be the best way to teach ethics and professional responsibility Propose program-wise outreach requirement on educational and professional participation Propose program-wise outreach requirement on educational and professional participation –Experiential learning –Outreach point system Deliver the message often (throughout their academic careers) and early (freshmen)!! Deliver the message often (throughout their academic careers) and early (freshmen)!!

Improvement Plan (PO-8) Identify contemporarily issues in engineering from a program perspective Identify contemporarily issues in engineering from a program perspective –Societal/global concerns, industrial trends, emerging technology Introduce the concept early Introduce the concept early –Introduction to ME –Students presentation and discussion Emphasize throughout the curriculum Emphasize throughout the curriculum –Faculty integrate into their classes

Program Reform- A Learning Community Encourage professional outreach Encourage professional outreach Arrange structured educational activities for all students to engage in learning Arrange structured educational activities for all students to engage in learning –mentor, tutor program –Learning Through Teaching: emphasis on experiential learning by involving students in teaching activities: in-class TA, lab assistant, classroom teaching, etc