A comparison of output quality for two programs based on different accreditation criteria

Author

Mir, Mustahsan ; Ali, Anas N.

Author_Institution

Ajman Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Ajman, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2011

fDate

19-22 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

56

Abstract

This paper presents a comparison of the quality of EE graduates following a study of two parallel programs based on different accreditation criteria. The first program followed the input-based accreditation criteria while the second followed the outcome-based criteria similar to EC2000. Analysis of students´ exit surveys and faculty feedback has clearly shown that for the desired skills of engineering graduates in present job market, the quality of graduates of an engineering program following the outcome-based criteria is better than that obtained by a program following the input-based criteria.

Keywords

accreditation; engineering education; further education; EE graduate; engineering graduate; faculty feedback; input based accreditation criteria; job market; parallel program; Accreditation; Electrical engineering; Engineering education; Mathematical model; Problem-solving; Programming; Tutorials; Accreditation; EC2000 criterion; assessment; engineering programs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-118-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752577

Filename

5752577