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Preparing for an Accreditation Visit
David Workman, Susan Bethel (CS)Ron DeMara, Damla Turgut (Cpe)
Kalpathy Sundarum (EE)School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Central Florida
April 3, 2009
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Outline• Background• Formation of the School of EECS
– Program Objectives & Outcomes– Curriculum Unification
• Unified Assessment Process– Two Assessment Cycles– Curriculum Oversight and Review Committees– Instruments for Data Collection and Analysis
• Preparing for the Visit– Self Study (Project)– Assessment Website– Mock Review– Course Materials Display
• Post Mortem
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Background
• Institutional Effectiveness and Program Improvement (1996)(Operational Excellence and Assessment Support) OEAS
• Annual Assessment Cycle– Write/Revise Assessment Plan ( Program Objectives & Measures)– Collect Assessment Data (Senior Exit Survey, Alumni Survey, IAB )– Review Data and Report Results
• Program Objectives– CpE and EE (ABET a-k)– CS & IT (Roll your own)
• CS joins College of Engineering (CECS) 1999
• College Accreditation in 2002– CpE and EE (ABET)– CS (CSAB)
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Formation of the School of EECS
• Established in Fall 2005– CS, IT, CpE and EE
• Unified Mission and Common Interests
• Planning for 2008 Accreditation (Fall 2006)– Develop Program Objectives– CS and IT accredited under new ABET/CAC– Define a Unified Assessment Process
• Curriculum Unification– Identify and Eliminate Course Duplication– Re-structure Pre-requisites– Revise Curricula – Implement in Fall 2007– Concerns
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Unified Assessment Process
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Course Descriptions
• Title and Number• Pre-requisites• Course Custodian• Textbooks & References• Topic Outline• Course Outcomes
– Assessment Instruments (Embedded Exam Question, Project Deliverables )– Performance Threshold ( Expected level for students passing the course)– Mapping to Program Outcomes ( for each Program for which course is
required)
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Assessment Data Collection Spreadsheet
OutcomeMapping #1 #3 Total
PtsTotal
Outcome #1Total
Outcome #3Q1 … Qm
Student 1 13 10 23 13 10
…
Student n 8 7 15 8 7
Max Pts 15 10 25
Threshld 12 6 18 #1 Threshld #3 Threshld
Mean
Stdev
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Table 2: Outcome Mapping
Pgm1 Pgm2 Pgm3 … PgmN
Course Outcome #1 X% X%
Course Outcome #2 Y% Y%
…
Course Outcome #M Z% Z%
Totals 2/2 1/1 1/2 0/1
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Table 3: Program Performance
Pgm1 Pgm2 Pgm3 … PgmN
Course1 2/2 1/1 1/2 0/1
Course2 3/5 3/4
…
CourseM 2/5 3/3
Totals 5/7 3/6 3/5 3/5
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Writing the Self Study
• Writing of the Self Study is a Project– Requires a Manager or Coordinator– Requires Planning (Time & People)– Requires Commitment from Contributors– Requires full cooperation of unit administrator
• Involves People at all Levels in the Academic Organization– College– Department /School– Library– Personnel – Enrollment Services
• Involve People with Special Knowledge– Administration (Personnel & Budget)– Accounting– Graduate Coordinator– Undergraduate Coordinator– Lab Supervisor– Systems Admin
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Creating an Assessment Website
• Access to Information– Mission, Objectives, Outcomes (for each Program)– School Assessment Process– Course Descriptions (each Program)– Assessment Reports (each Program)– Program Performance Summaries (Table 3)
• Visit our Websitehttp://abet.eecs.ucf.edu/
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Mock Review
• When to Schedule– After Self Study has been completed– Some Course Display Materials should be available– Leave time for changes before submitting Self Study to ABET
• Benefits to Computer Engineering– Statements of Program Ojectives– Student/Faculty Ratio– Paper Trail of Assessment Process – Demonstrate “Closing the Loop”
• Benefits to Computer Science– Weakness with Assessment Data ( only one cycle )– Concern about assessing program outcomes– Concern about address CAC a-k
• Benefits to Information Technology– Deficiencies in curriculum– Pre-mature (withdraw application for accreditation)
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Course Displays & Team Workplace
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Course Displays & Team Workplace
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Other Preparation Advice
• Prepare Faculty– Know the Assessment Process– Know where to Find Information– Be familiar with Self Study
• Prepare Labs for Visit– Tidy– Safety Issues– Security Procedures and Access
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Post Mortem
• Computer Engineering– Concern: Student/Faculty Ratio (36:1)
Remedy– Concern: Faculty supporting Software Engineering
Remedy
• Computer Science– Weakness: Regular Collection of Assessment Data (2 or more cycles)
Remedy– Concern: Covering and Assessing CAC (e)(g)(h)
Remedy– Concern: Teaching Faculty keeping current in discipline
Remedy
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Questions?
• Thank You!