Accreditation Workshop

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Accreditation Workshop

• Electrical and Electronics Engineering Programs
• Preparation for The Accreditation Process
• Dr. Taj Mohieldin
• Visiting Professor of Thermal Sciences
• College of Engineering
• University of Bahrain
• Fulbright Scholar
• Old Dominion University
• Norfolk, VA, USA

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ABET Quality Assessment Program

• Successful assessment
• Flows from the institution's mission and
  educational purposes.
• Emerges from a conceptual framework.
• Is marked by faculty ownership and
  responsibility.
• Has institution-wide support.
• Relies on multiple measures.
• Provides feedback to students and the
  institution.
• Is cost-effective.
• Does not restrict or inhibit goals of access,
  equity, and diversity established by the
  institution.
• Leads to improvement.
• Includes a process for evaluating the assessment
  program.

• What are we trying to do?
• Review/Develop
• Assess/Evaluate
• Document/use results
• Improve
• Satisfy customers
• Satisfy ABET
• Continue/Stop
• How well can we do it?
• Good Assessment Plan
• Faculty ownership and responsibility
• institution-wide support
• How can we improve what we are doing?
• Believe in it
• Do yours
• Cooperate
• Help other

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Programs Mission
PEOs POs
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Program Assessment and Evaluation Matrix

• Goals
• What are the overall goals of the program?
• How do they complement institutional and
  accreditation expectations?
• Program Objectives
• What are the program objectives?
• What should your students know and be able to
  do?
• Performance Criteria
• How will you know the objectives have been met?
• What level of performance meets each objective?
• Implementation Strategy
• How will the objectives be met?
• What program activities (curricular and
  co-curricular) help you meet each objective?

• Evaluation Methods
• What assessment methods will you use to collect
  data?
• How will you interpret and evaluate the data?
• Logistics
• When will you measure?
• How often? Who will collect and interpret the
  data and report the results?
• Feedback
• Who needs to know the results?
• How can you convince them the objectives were
  met?
• How can you improve your program and your
  assessment process?

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EE Engineering ABET Criteria

• 3. Program Outcomes and Assessment
• Assessment Process with Documented Results to
  Measure Outcomes
• Results Applied to Improvement of the Program
• Demonstration (incl. Process Measurements) that
  Graduates have
• ability to apply knowledge of math, engineering,
  and science
• ability to design and conduct experiments as well
  as to analyze and interpret data
• ability to design system, component or process to
  meet needs
• ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
• ability to identify, formulate, and solve
  engineering problem
• understanding of professional and ethical
  responsibility
• ability to communicate effectively
• Broad education
• recognition of need and ability to engage in
  life-long learning
• knowledge of contemporary issues
• ability to use techniques, skills, and tools in
  engineering practice

• Students
• Admit
• Advise
• Evaluate
• Monitor
• 2. Program Educational Objective
• Published and Consistent with Mission and These
  Criteria
• Process in Place to Determine and Periodically
  Evaluate
• Based on of ConstituenciesCurriculum and
  processes to ensure achievement
• Evaluation to Determine Achievement
• Results Used to Improve Effectiveness of the
  Program

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EE Engineering ABET Criteria

• 4. Professional Component
• Major Design Experience
• One year of Mathematics and Basic Science
• One and one-half Years on Engineering Topics
• General Education Component, Consistent with
  Program Objectives
• 5. Faculty
• Sufficient Number and Competencies to Cover All
  Curricular Areas (FTE)
• Levels of Student- Faculty Interaction
• Advise and Counsel students
• Actively involve in service (College
  University)
• Interact with Practitioners and Employers
• Professional development
• Monitor and evaluate effectively

• 6. Facilities
• Classrooms
• Laboratories
• Equipment and Tools
• Computing and Information
• Infrastructure
• Certified Technicians and qualified operators
• 7. Institutional Support Financial Resources
• Sufficient to Assure Quality and Continuity of
  the Program
• Sufficient to Attract and Retain a Well-Qualified
  Faculty
• Sufficient to Acquire, Maintain, and Operate
  Facilities and Equipment
• 8. Program Criteria
• Curricular Topics
• Faculty Qualifications
• Other

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What We Have To Do First?

• Departmental Accreditation Committee (DAC)
• Programs Mission
• Program Constituencies
• Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
• Program Outcomes (POs)
• Program Industrial Advisory Committee (PIAC).
• Program ABET Web Page.
• Electronic Assessment Database.
• Plan of Improvement Assessment (PIA)
• Develop performance criteria for each
  objective/outcome.
• Conduct Assessments and Write Up Results
• Document Use of Results for Program Improvement

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Programs Mission

• Example Mission
• Electrical Computer Engineering
• The mission of the Department of
  Electrical and Computer Engineering is to serve
  society through excellence in education,
  research, and public service. We provide for our
  students an education in electrical and computer
  engineering, and we aspire to instill in them the
  attitudes, values, and vision that will prepare
  them for lifetimes of continued learning and
  leadership in their chosen careers. Through
  scholarship the Department strives to generate
  new knowledge and technology for the benefit of
  the Kingdom of Bahrain and beyond.

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Programs Mission
Programs Mission
Example mission Electrical Computer
Engineering The department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering has as its mission the
accumulation, generation, and dissemination of
knowledge in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Central to the mission is a high quality
educational and research program that benefits
our students and the Kingdom of Bahrain. The
Department acts as a Kingdom focal point for
development, growth and entrepreneurship. The
national and international reputation of the
department also facilitates future growth in
areas of fundamental economic importance to the
Kingdom.
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Program Constituencies
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Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

• PEOs are consistent with the mission
• Ensure that PEOs are well-stated and measurable.
• PEOs can be linked with the curriculum for the
  Program
• Involve constituencies

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Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

• Example PEOs
• There are four Program Educational Objectives for
  the electrical
• and Electronics engineering programs
• Depth To provide students with understanding of
  the fundamental
• knowledge prerequisite for the practice of, or
  for advanced study in,
• electrical/electronics engineering, including
  its scientific principles,
• rigorous analysis, and creative design.
• Breadth To provide students with the broad
  education, including
• knowledge of important current issues in
  engineering with emphasis on
• electrical/Electronics engineering, necessary
  for productive careers in the
• public or private sectors, or for the pursuit of
  graduate education.
• Professionalism To develop skills for clear
  communication and responsible teamwork, and to
  inculcate professional attitudes and ethics, so
  that students are prepared for the complex modern
  work environment and for lifelong learning.
• Learning Environment To provide an environment
  that enables students to pursue their goals in an
  innovative program that is rigorous and
  challenging, open and supportive.

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Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

• Example PEOs
• The department of Electrical and Computer
  Engineering will produce
• graduates who
• will utilize mathematics, science and engineering
  to identify, formulate, analyze and solve
  electrical and computer engineering problems. By
  engineering, we mean the skills, tools, and
  experimental techniques involved in the practice
  of engineering.
• will design electrical and computer systems,
  components and processes to meet desired needs.
  This objective includes the ability to work
  effectively on interdisciplinary teams and to
  communicate effectively with team members to
  achieve design objectives.
• will engage in lifelong learning in their
  profession as well as in contemporary issues of
  importance to the communities in which they live
  and work.
• will exercise professional and ethical
  responsibility, and have the broad education
  necessary to understand the impact of engineering
  solutions in a global and societal context.

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Program Outcomes (POs)

• POs satisfy the 11 ABET criteria
• POs must be measurable and specify an
  appropriate method for measurements
• Outcomes must specify a criterion for judging
  findings.
• satisfies professional component
• For academic programs, include both of the
  followinga. Curricular outcomesb. Learning
  outcomes at the course level
• Direct as well as indirect methods of measurement
  are to be used.
• Map POs into PEOs
• Map POs into ABET a k criteria
• Curriculum achieves POs
• Curriculum satisfies professional component
• Curriculum meets program specific criteria

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Program Outcomes (POs)

• ABET 11 Outcomes
• ability to apply knowledge of math, engineering,
  and science
• ability to design and conduct experiments as well
  as to analyze and interpret data
• ability to design system, component or process to
  meet needs
• ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
• ability to identify, formulate, and solve
  engineering problem
• understanding of professional and ethical
  responsibility
• ability to communicate effectively
• Broad education
• recognition of need and ability to engage in
  life-long learning
• knowledge of contemporary issues
• ability to use techniques, skills, and tools in
  engineering practice

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Program Outcomes (POs)

• Outcomes
• The undergraduate program in Computer Engineering
  imposes the
• following expectations on its graduates
• Graduates will have an ability to apply knowledge
  of mathematics.Specifics
• a. Algebra, Plane Geometry and Trigonometry b.
  Differential and Integral Calculus
• c. Differential Equations d. Probability and
  Statistics e. Discrete Mathematics
• Graduates will have an ability to apply knowledge
  of basic sciences.Specifics
• a. Mechanics b. Electricity and
  Magnetism
• 3. Graduates will have an ability to apply
  knowledge of core computer engineering
  specialties to solve engineering
  problems.Specifics a. Circuit Theory b.
  Digital Logic and Computer Design c. Digital
  Electronics h. Computer Software i. Computer
  Systems Architecture j. Operating Systems

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Program Outcomes (POs)

• Graduates will have the ability to create
  computer programs to solve engineering
  problems.Specifics
• a. Requirement Analysis b. Design (Flowcharts
  and/or Pseudocode ) c. Coding d. Testing
  Strategies e. Documentation
• Graduates will have an ability to develop models
  and apply them to engineering problems.Specifics
  
• a. Analytic and Empirical Models b. Computer
  Models c. Limitations of Models d. Design
  Evaluation using Models
• 6. Graduates will have effective laboratory
  skills.Specifics
• a. Design of Experiments b. Construction,
  Debugging and Execution of Experiments
• c. Collection, Analysis and
  Interpretation of Data d. Documentation of
  Experimental Process and Results
• 7. Graduates will have an ability to identify,
  formulate and solve engineering problems
• Graduates will be able to design a system,
  component, process or computer program to
• meet design needs using design principles,
  techniques and engineering tools.
• Specifics
• a. Design Issues such as reliability,
  practicality, cost and meeting specifications
• b. Process Methods such as planning, progress
  reviews, reporting, scheduling
• 8. etc.

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Relationship of PEOs to EC2000 Criteria
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What is Urgent Now?

• (DAC) Submit
• Programs Mission
• Programs Constituencies
• Programs Educational Objectives (PEOs)
• Programs Outcomes (POs)
• Tabulated Current Curriculum
• Program Industrial Advisory Committee (PIAC).
• Faculty Submit
• ABET Course Syllabus
• ABET Resume
• Passport Photo (for Web Page)
• Collect sample of students work this semester
• Record of tests grades this semester

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Test Grade Distribution

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UOB Mission COE Mission COIT Mission Programs
Missions
ABET Documentations CE, CHE, ET, ME CS, CEIT, MIS
Programs Curriculum Program Faculty Students
Information
Programs Self-study Reports
On-line Employer Survey Alumni Survey Senior
Exit Survey Faculty Survey Industrial Advisory
Committee