Transcript ECE at the University of Florida

ABET 2000
• Methodology of Evaluation - rather than credit counting
• Outcomes assessment
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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
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S.E.E Program
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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
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
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College Core and Accreditation
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Technical Writing - 3 credits
Advanced Math and Statistics - 7 credits
Ethics - 1 credit
College Breadth - 9 credits
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Mechanical Engineering - Thermo, Mechanical Design
Engineering Science - Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials
Engineering Economics
Advanced Math - Now teaching within ECE
• Computing Elective - 2 credits
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Electrical Engineering Core
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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
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Additional EE
• Specializations - Choose 3 of these 5 Areas:
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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
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
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ABET Processes - Objectives
Objectives
Alumni Survey
Data
Faculty ABET
Committee
External ABET
Board
• ABET Board has a lot of input
• ABET Board is to review surveys - more later
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ABET Processes - Objectives
BSEE
Program
Individual
Courses
Direct and Indirect
Assessment Data
Faculty
Curriculu m
Committee
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Committees
Indirect Data
Course Evaluations
Grade Distributions
Focus Groups
Exit Surveys
Department
Chair
ABET
Committee
Course Committees are key
Faculty Review Data, Set Standards, Control Content
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
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Issues
• Objectives
• Outcomes
• Design and Conduct Experiments
• Professional
• Statistics
• Standards
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE Objectives
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;
2. Admission to, and excelling in, the best graduate
programs in the world;
3. Good citizenship by engaging in ethical engineering
for the betterment of society and the world.
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Can’t do #2 for all students - not clear that it isn’t a
goal for all students
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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.
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Evaluator seemed happy with this change
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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?
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE Outcomes
• Design and Conduct Experiments
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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
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Professional - Statistics and Probability
• Appropriate to discipline
• Not enough to require a course
• Included
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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
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Professional - Standards
• Appropriate use of standards in design
• Throughout curriculum
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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
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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)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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
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Counseling Assistants
• Hire rising seniors to be counseling assistants
• CA’s will:
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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
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering