The Influence of the University/College/Department Mission How your university and department’s missions influence your engineering degree requirements Origins of the Curriculum – Connecting the Pieces

The Influence of the University/College/Department Mission The Following Slides are Templates to insert your University/College’s Mission as it relates to the engineering program at your institution. An example of a completed presentation (for Seattle Pacific University) follows, using this template, in red. Origins of the Curriculum – Connecting the Pieces

The Influence of the University/College/Department Mission The Slides in Red are an Example (Seattle Pacific University) that uses the template (in the previous slide) to outline an institution’s mission and relate it to the engineering program and student curriculum at that institution. These “example” slides are hidden but provide further clarification on how to tailor this presentation to an individual institution. Origins of the Curriculum – Connecting the Pieces

The Influence of the University/College/Department Mission How SPU’s & the department’s missions influence your engineering degree requirements E N G A G I N G T H E C U L T U R E, C H A N G I N G T H E W O R L D. Origins of the Curriculum – Connecting the Pieces

What is Your University’s Mission & Vision? Your University seeks to be … (Mission Statement) What does this mean to you? The vision for your university is… Picture of your university

What is SPU’s Mission & Vision? Seattle Pacific University seeks to be a premier … fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom and modeling grace-filled community. What does this mean to you? The vision for Seattle Pacific University is to engage the culture and change the world…

How does your department help to fulfill your university’s Mission? Your university’s Mission Statement: Point #4 Point #1 Point #3 Point #2 Picture #1 Picture #2 Picture #3 Picture #4

How does Engineering help to fulfill Our University’s Mission? Our University Mission Statement: We seek to be a premier … fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom and modeling grace-filled community. Our interns and graduates are valued employees with high technical and communication skills, and solid character and professional ethics. We aim to be premier, not only in the quality of our programs, but in the students we attract and graduates we produce Engineering can help change the world through technical innovations and developments in sustainable design Our culture – particularly in Seattle – is highly technical; engineering offers excellent opportunities for cultural engagement and service

Our educational goals reflect university & ABET learning outcomes Our graduates will … Goal #1 Star Student, 20XX Engineering Award Goal #2 Goal #3 Goal #4 Goal #5 Goal #6 Goal #7 Goal #8 Star Student Picture

Our educational goals reflect university & ABET learning outcomes Our graduates will … demonstrate abilities in the core competencies of engineering and be progressing toward excellence in their field succeed in a variety of postgraduate experiences exhibit servant leadership skills communicate effectively appropriately apply knowledge of contemporary issues to understand and be sensitive to the ethical and sustainable development, use and impact of engineering solutions in a global, societal and community context engage in lifelong learning Star Student, 20XX Engineering Servant Leader Award purposefully demonstrate ethical decisions throughout their professional lives

Your engineering curriculum has general education, common, & discipline specific components Engineering Degree Requirements Common Engineering Requirements (XX credits) Common Engineering Requirements (XX credits) Discipline Specific Requirements (XX credits) Discipline Specific Requirements (XX credits) General Education Requirements (XX credits) General Education Requirements (XX credits) Total credits for graduation: XXX Picture #1Picture #2

Our curriculum has general education, common, & discipline specific components EE, CpE, GE Degree Requirements Common Engineering Requirements (62 credits) Common Engineering Requirements (62 credits) Discipline Specific Requirements (68 credits) Discipline Specific Requirements (68 credits) General Education Requirements (60 credits) General Education Requirements (60 credits) Total credits for graduation: 190 (quarter credits)

Explain why students are required to take General Ed Your university community is required to take… Area #1(XX credits): Why? Answers why Area #2(XX credits): Why? Answers why Area #2(XX credits): Why? Answers why

The General Education requirement provides exploration of the liberal arts All of our university community takes… University Core (35 credits): Why? USEM: Introduces first-year college students to the liberal arts at a Christian university UCOR: Addresses the questions… “Who am I …?”; “From where have we come …?”; “How do I know what is true …?” UFDN: Introduces and explores faith formation, doctrines, and practices Exploratory Curriculum (40 credits): Why? Arts & Humanities : Exploration of the performing and visual arts and the humanities Natural Sciences : Exploration of natural biological and physical sciences Social Sciences : Exploration of human development and interactions, and social structures Mathematics: Exploration quantitative reasoning

Include picture of seniors Include picture of juniors Include picture of sophomores Highlight the common courses in your engineering curriculum Sophomore: Engage in …, enter into the engineering community & … Include picture of freshmen students Use key words to describe your program emphasis… Freshman: Explore engineering profession, build on foundations in math and science Junior: Focus on discipline core, synthesize fundamentals, apply engineering concepts to solve problems Senior: Mastery of material, open- ended design projects, engage in teamwork activities If you have common classes throughout program, highlight these here. It may be that you only have common freshman and sophomore (e.g., math, physics) and senior design. Even if different majors take different versions of the same course (e.g., computer programming), this is a chance to show the commonalities between different disciplines.

The common engineering requirements include fundamentals, design, & professional development Freshman/Sophomore: Explore engineering disciplines, build foundations in math and science Junior: Explore the profession, synthesize fundamentals & apply engineering concepts in design project Internship: Learn about the profession, solve practical problems, experience challenges of workplace Senior: open-ended, year-long, team design project Required Senior design Required Internship Required Junior Design & Professional Development Courses Required Intro. To Engr. Class, CS, Math & Physics

The XX Engineering curriculum … Area 3 (XX credits) Why? Highlight #1 Highlight #2 Highlight #3 Area 2 (XX credits): Why? Highlight #1 Highlight #2 Highlight #3 Area 1 (XX credits): Why? Highlight #1 Highlight #2 Highlight #3 Elective courses (XX credits): Why? Highlight #1 Highlight #2 Highlight #3

The Electrical Engineering curriculum integrates theory & design Electronics (10 credits): Why? Describes electronic devices and basic circuit configurations Allows for experimental exploration of electronic components Circuits (12 credits): Why? Provides an understanding of basic electrical circuits Allows for experimental exploration of electrical components EE Core courses (36 credits): Why? Logic systems: Introduces digital logic design Data structures: Introduces object- oriented design Microcontrollers: Covers hardware/ software design of embedded systems Signal & System Analysis: Studies of continuous & discrete signals Communications: Introduces principles of modern communication systems Computer Org: Provides understanding of computer hardware Electricity & Magnetism: Introduces electro & magnetostatics and waves Technical Electives (10 credits): Why? Explore specific areas of interest Provide deeper understanding of specific topics

Picture #1Picture #2 These are the pieces that make up your curriculum! Engineering Degree Requirements Common Engineering Requirements (XX credits) Discipline Specific Requirements (XX credits) General Education Requirements (XX credits) Total credits for graduation: XXX Bringing together the University Mission, the Department Mission, and ABET Goals…

These are the pieces that make up your curriculum! EE, CpE, GE Degree Requirements Common Engineering Requirements (62 credits) Discipline Specific Requirements (68 credits) General Education Requirements (60 credits) Total credits for graduation: 190 Bringing together the University Mission, the Department Mission, and ABET Goals…