1 Accreditation Evaluation of the BS-CSE Program: Site Visit Neelam Soundarajan Chair, Undergrad Studies Comm. CSE Department

Background (recap) BS-CSE program being evaluated by ABET's EAC and CAC Team members: – Doug Williams (GA Tech), EAC PEV – Bill Shoaff (Florida Inst. of Tech.), CAC PEV – Bill Dixon (Ernst & Young), CAC Team Chair 2

Team Schedule Sunday: – (Williams) ECE lab tour – Talk to Neelam – Examine assessment materials – Examine course materials – (Dixon) Talk to dean, assoc. dean (Tomasko) – Team meeting 3

Team Schedule (contd) Monday: – Presentation by dean (about things like Outcomes Comm; Core Comm.; CCAA) – Meet with Xiaodong, Bruce – Meet with individual faculty (confirm schedule)schedule – Lunch (students, alum, industry person) – Meet with Peg Steele; others (Registrar, ECS etc.) – Meet with math dept. faculty (Gerlach, Carlson) – Meet with students – May be: prelim. debrief of Xiaodong, Bruce, Neelam – Team meeting 4

Team Schedule (contd) Tuesday: – May be more meetings – Debrief Xiaodong, Bruce, Neelam – Debrief dean – Working lunch (to prepare "exit statements") – Exit Interview with provost (sort of formal) 5

ABET's Instructions/Guidelines to PEVs Examine assessment materials: – Corroborate assessment plan for PEOs and SOs – Ensure appropriate documentation exists for the various phases of the assessment process. So: – Please go through the materials at – If you have any questions, please Neelam 6

ABET's Instructions/Guidelines to PEVs (contd.) Examine course materials: – Confirm course is up-to-date and appropriate for PEOs. – Course pre-reqs are adequate/important – Learning activities are appropriate for course outcomes – Graded work assesses learning outcomes appropriately So: – Please go through the materials for all your courses at state.edu/~neelam/abet/2011/COURSES/ state.edu/~neelam/abet/2011/COURSES/ – If you have any questions, please talk to the appropriate instructor and make sure you can explain any issues 7

ABET's Instructions/Guidelines to PEVs (contd.) Interview faculty members: – What is his/her philosophy of teaching? – Activities to stay current in field? – Understanding of assessment process? – Participation in assessment process? – Participation in preparing self-study? – Views of strengths/weaknesses of program & its future? – Views of quality/maintenance of facilities? – Views of institutional support for program? – Commitment to the institution/program? 8

General (Important) Requests Do NOT get into discussion/debate about ABET Do NOT criticize students or other faculty Do NOT gripe about your teaching loads etc. (ABET can't do anything about it!) Do NOT gripe about the football team (ABET definitely can't do anything about it!) Do go through the assessment/cont. impr. page Do go through pages for the courses you are involved with (teach, coordinate, have interest in) 9

Last but not least... Keep your fingers crossed! Thanks! 10