LTU ECE CQI [formerly ABET] Updates September 10, 2004 LTU/ECE

Quick Review Visit -October ABET is the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. The website: The new format is: state what you do, and then make sure you are doing it. Our mission statement: Mission is to graduate students in ECE that: –possess problem solving and critical judgment skills needed to be competent citizens in an ever increasingly technological society. – able to undertake entry-level electrical engineering projects –are capable of growing in competence and responsibility –are prepared to undertake graduate study

Update/Details ‘Self-Study’ report is posted on website. Productive Monthly Meetings addressing hot issues for ECE ‘Loop Closing procedure’: –Identify and assess stakeholders –Faculty analyze data with Excel or other tool –Faculty propose and evaluate action plan

5 Identified LTU/ECE Stakeholders Students Faculty Industrial Advisory board Alumni Employers –All stakeholders have had at least one assessment cycle, and the students have had 6 cycles

Big Issue We added three credits of ‘Entrepreneurial’ content to both programs: EE/CompE The courses: 1 credit Project Management, 1 credit Business Plans, 1 elective credit We would like to add an ‘Entrepreneurial’ outcome to both programs STRAW OUTCOME:

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