ABET 2017 Followup Actions

ABET 2017 Results, Follow-up Findings Too few advisors in the Advising Office (C1) Failure to enforce pre-requisites (C1) Weakness with respect to the requirement that the curriculum include coverage of programming language concepts (C5) Result: Weaknesses with respect to Criterion 1 and (CAC) Criterion 5 ABET 2017 Results, Follow-up

ABET 2017 Results, Follow-up Therefore … We need to satisfactorily address each of the three items in order to avoid a re-evaluation in two years … Too few advisors: we (Nikki, I, Xiaodong) are working on making a request to the college to hire more advisors … Pre-reqs: we (Kitty, Paul, Rafe, I) are working on starting enforcement of pre-reqs; there may be some related discussions in the Curriculum Committee ABET 2017 Results, Follow-up

*Upcoming* changes in criteria … Curriculum must include: Algorithms and complexity, CS theory, concepts of programming languages, and software development Information assurance and security principles and practices At least two of: architecture & organization; information mgmt.; networking & comm.; parallel & distributed computing; And: Students must acquire ability to reason at multiple levels of abstraction

ABET 2017 Results, Follow-up Proposal(s)… Proposal 1: Make CSE 3341 a required course and CSE 3321 a tech elective Proposal 2: Make both 3341 and 3321 required; make Math 3345 a tech elective Proposal 2 addresses the current weakness and meets upcoming requirements But … ABET 2017 Results, Follow-up