DocumentCode :
2814428
Title :
Work in progress - general engineering program assessment - where do we stand?
Author :
Masoom, Abulkhair ; Masoom, Fahmida
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Math., & Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Platteville, WI, USA
fYear :
2004
fDate :
20-23 Oct. 2004
Abstract :
Identifying and adopting suitable assessment methods are the beginning steps in planning for an accreditation process of a program. For a non-degree-granting department such as the General Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where do we begin? It is not a degree-granting department; rather it feeds students into the pipeline of the majors after they have completed the basic and core engineering science courses. Assessment requires and reflects a long-term commitment to the program and its constituencies, viz., the students, alumni and industry partners. Like most engineering programs, we have a long history of self-assessment and improvement. However, we had a little documentation of processes already in place. This paper is a discussion of possible assessment measures for departments such as ours and also raises questions about what more could be done.
Keywords :
educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; General Engineering Department; University of Wisconsin-Platteville; accreditation process; degree-granting department; engineering science course; general engineering program assessment; Accreditation; Documentation; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Feeds; History; Maintenance engineering; Mathematics; Metals industry; Pipelines;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2004. FIE 2004. 34th Annual
ISSN :
0190-5848
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8552-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2004.1408477
Filename :
1408477
Link To Document :
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