Program Assessment

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Program Assessment

• School Of Engineering

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Presentation Highlights

• School Objectives, Operational Goals and
  Challenges
• Student Oriented Objectives and Outcomes
• Course Grids

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School Objectives

• The School of Engineering should be a regionally
  recognized leader in providing educational
  opportunities at the undergraduate and graduate
  levels in engineering, science and technology.
• The School of Engineering should continue to
  provide the companies and institutions that hire
  our students with graduates who have mastered
  both theoretical and practical skills in various
  engineering and computing areas.

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School Objectives (continued)

• The School should maintain its current
  accreditations (ABET) and attempt to acquire new
  accreditations (CSAB).
• The School should be a leader in the
  non-traditional delivery of education and
  training programs Weekend programs, distance
  learning degree programs, part-time programs
  (M.S. Evening programs and Part-time Ph.D.
  program), on-site training and continuing
  education.

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School Objectives (continued)

• The school should be upgraded to be a Doctorate
  granting school, thus automatically improving the
  national ranking of the school (Ph.D. program in
  CSE). More RD activities should be conducted
  (Proposals, external funding and increase in
  publications)
• The School should become a leader in
  international engineering education Overseas
  satellite campuses (with partner schools
  overseas), distance delivery to overseas
  (synchronous with partners or asynchronous), 2
  2 partnerships with overseas institutions and be
  more active in international recruiting for the
  U.S. campus.

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Operational Goals

• Optimizing class offerings on and off campus to
  maximize class capacity and the number of paid
  student credit hours generated (i.e, maximize I/E
  ratio through increased revenue).
• Studying and analyzing the exact economic impact
  of the School and developing a formula to tie
  expenses incurred and allocated school budgets
  (operational and personnel)
• Finalize the Ph.D. proposal and getting the State
  approval.

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Operational Goals ( continued)

• Finalizing a Distance Learning degree program in
  CS and possibly in TM, and applying for and
  getting the State license.
• Continue to generate external funding through
  more external funding proposals to the NSF,
  USAID, Companies (Sun Microsystems, for example),
  and other agencies.
• Maintain close ties with industry and getting our
  IAB to influence the curriculum and student
  projects.
• Work on agreements with other schools overseas
  (and regionally) for transfers (2 2) and
  graduate admissions.

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Operational Goals ( continued)

• Work on establishing satellite campuses overseas
  and in New York.
• Continue to improve physical plant / offices /
  labs. and student facilities on campus.
• Continue to work on increasing student enrollment
  and Student credit hours via non-traditional
  offerings.

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Challenges

• We are working closely with admissions to
  advertise our traditional and non-traditional
  offerings on and off campus (marketing, brochure
  development, evening offering and weekend
  offerings).
• The School of Engineering Faculty are submitting
  various proposals for funding (for resource
  development (NSF equipment proposals, Company
  initiatives), professional development (travel
  grants) and graduate student support). We are
  also starting to contact companies whom we work
  with and who hire the majority of our students to
  have them contribute financially to the School.
  We have also started to contact distinguished
  Alumni (Robert Bailey, for example).

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Challenges ( continued)

• The School is working on 3 new programs The CSE
  Ph.D., the M.S. in C.S. via distance learning,
  and the NY site establishment for offering CSE
  pre-requisites. We are also brainstorming about
  an M.S. in T.M. via distance learning,
  establishing a close relationship and eventually
  a satellite campus in India, and a bio-technology
  / bio-informatics degree.
• The School has a very strong IAB, currently
  consisting of 15 members. We will continue to
  contact the IAB regarding supervision of student
  projects, working with them on joint RD
  projects, feedback about curricular content and
  implementing hands-on / practical experiences in
  the course work and projects. We will also start
  to discuss with the IAB members possible
  contributions from their companies to the School
  of Engineering.

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Example of One School Objective The School of
Engineering should be a regionally recognized
leader in providing educational opportunities at
the undergraduate and graduate levels in
engineering, science and technology.
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Student-oriented Objective

• A graduate of the computer engineering program
  will be proficient in designing hardware,
  software and a variety of computer-controlled
  engineering systems.

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Student Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of
  digital systems design and possess competencies
  in implementing them by use of design languages.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the
  design of integrated systems having major
  hardware and software components.
• Students will be able to design and implement a
  working non-trivial microprocessor system and
  controlling peripheral devices using it.

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Student Outcomes (continued)

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of
  high level languages and data structures.
• Students will possess a working knowledge of
  electrical and electronic circuits, DSP and
  control systems.
• Students will be well conversant in engineering
  economics, project planning and ethics in
  engineering practice.

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Student Outcomes (continued)

• Students will demonstrate basic math and science
  skills.
• Students will demonstrate that they have
  developed strong oral and written communication
  skills including those needed for technical
  writing.
• Students will possess basic knowledge of a
  variety of disciplines including but not limited
  to humanities and social sciences as part of a
  well rounded education.

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Student Outcomes (continued)

• Students will demonstrate that they have the
  competencies needed to function competently in a
  related entry-level career.
• Students will demonstrate that they possess the
  cognitive and analytical skills needed to succeed
  in graduate school programs.

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Objective A graduate of the computer engineering
program will be proficient in designing hardware,
software and a variety of computer-controlled
engineering systems.
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Design Sequence
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Software Sequence
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Integrated SW/HW Design
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Hardware Sequence
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Electrical Engineering Sequence
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Sample Course Grids

• CS 101 Course Objectives
• CpE210 Course Objectives
• CS 301 Course Objectives

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Assessment Package Contents

• CpE Program
• Objectives and Outcomes
• Course vs. Outcomes Grid
• Course Grid Assignment
• CS Program
• Objectives and Outcomes
• Course vs. Outcomes Grid
• Course Grid Assignment
• Model Course Grid (same for both programs)