1. ABET 2017 Followup Actions

2. 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

3. 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

4. *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

5. 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 required; make Math 3345 a tech elective
Proposal 2 addresses the current weakness and meets upcoming requirements
But …
ABET 2017 Results, Follow-up