Consultation Engineering Education and Accreditation Chair: Larry Staples, FEC, P.Eng. Facilitator: Christina Comeau December 4, 2015

Welcome and Consultation Goals Everyone on call is committed to the “gold standard” Canadian accreditation system Today – focus on short-term issue: inform stakeholders, receive questions and comments, engage in dialogue January 6 th – present near-final recommendation, engage in dialogue February 19 th – recommendation to EC Board: timely resolution of short-term issue 2 of 18

Consultation Group 3 of 18 NameStakeholder Group Larry Staples (chair) Zaki Ghavitian Engineers Canada Board Gerard Lachiver Wayne McQuarrie Accreditation Board Greg Naterer Ishwar Puri National Council of Deans of Engineering & Applied Science Gerard McDonald Grant KoropatnickConstituent Associations

Agenda for Today Framing our discussion –Larry – 5 min Summarize AB and NCDEAS perspective + the way forward –Gerard & Greg – 15 min Stakeholder perspectives –Christina & All – 45 min Summary and next steps –Christina & Larry – 5 min 4 of 18

Etiquette for the webinar Please indicate you wish to speak by clicking on the “raise hand” icon in the webinar control panel (upper right) –The moderator will announce you and unmute your microphone when there is an opportunity to speak Submit questions at any time via the Question Panel within the webinar control panel. Written questions will be answered at the end. Support points previously made (but don't rehash them!) 5 of 14

Framing: Accreditation System 6 of 14

Framing: Evolution of Accreditation Designing the long-term solution –Quality at least equal, likely better –Flexibility – changing educational landscape –Global best practices –Efficiency and certainty – for all Implementing the short-term solution –Quality at least equal, better if possible –Flexibility, efficiency and certainty 7 of 18

AB & NCDEAS Perspective Gerard Lachiver, FIC, ing., Chair Accreditation Board Greg Naterer, FEC, P.Eng., Chair, NCDEAS 8 of X

Guiding Principles the purpose of accreditation will be maintained goal is to improve quality of engineering degrees and their value to students and society engineering programs will continue to be 4 years / 8 semesters (or equivalent) core engineering curriculum (math, natural science, engineering science, engineering design, complementary studies) and requirement for licensure of certain faculty will remain unchanged 9 of 18

Short-Term Issues educational approaches and best practices are changing rapidly need for better flexibility in educational innovation, alternative forms of program delivery, and renewal of curriculum to achieve graduate attributes preparation effort for both AB visitors and HEI hosts are unsustainable, mainly due to introduction of graduate attributes criteria without any significant simplification of the other criteria (e.g. curriculum content) cannot await the "perfect" long-term solution: need to implement an “acceptable" short-term solution to address some or all of the above 10 of 18

The Way Forward remove overall total of 1950 AU; keep core requirement of 1545 AU (amend criteria 3.4.2) additional curriculum content to satisfy intent of Interpretive Statement on Minimum Program Content programs will be required to be a minimum of 4 years / 8 semesters at a university level or equivalent (amend criteria 3.4.6) majority of AB and NCDEAS are in agreement … but listening carefully to concerned colleagues 11 of 18

The Way Forward Current CriteriaThe Way Forward Core Engineering Curriculum 1,545 AU prescribed Core Engineering Curriculum 1,545 AU prescribed Additional Curriculum 405 AU prescribed Additional Curriculum Meets Intent of Interpretive Statement (to be developed) Total 1,950 AU prescribed Total Core prescribed + Additional Curriculum described 4 years / 8 semesters implied 4 years / 8 semesters (or equivalent) Prescribed 12 of 18

Dialogue 13 of X

Stakeholder Perspectives 1.Questions/clarifications re: principles? 2.Questions/clarifications re: the way forward? 3.Concerns/pitfalls re: principles? 4.Concerns/pitfalls re: the way forward? 5.Additional comments? 14 of 18

Response to written questions 15 of X

Summary and next steps 16 of X

Additional feedback Forward additional questions/comments by Webinar #2: January 7, of 18

Thank you