ABET Definitions

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ABET Definitions

• Objectives
• Broad Statements
• Goals for students 5 years after graduation
• Measured by surveys / focus groups
• Outcomes
• Specific skills
• Measured at graduation time
• Direct measurement (not grades or surveys)

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BSEE Objectives

• The objectives of the EE program at UF are to
  prepare students for
• Successful careers in a dynamic industry that is
  global, multi-disciplinary, and evolving
• Admission to, and excelling in, the best graduate
  programs in the world
• Good citizenship by engaging in ethical
  engineering for the betterment of society and the
  world.

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BSCprE Objectives

• Graduates of the Computer Engineering program
  will
• possess a successful career in Computer
  Engineering or a related discipline
• be continually enhancing both technical and
  non-technical skills
• work well in diverse environments
• provide technical leadership in the profession
  through innovation, communication, collaboration,
  and design

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B.S.E.E Program

• General Education and Pre-professional 48
  credits
• College Core and Accreditation 22 credits
• Electrical Engineering Core 27 credits
• EE Specializations 11 or 12 credits
• EE Electives 17 or 18 credits
• Total is 126 credits - fixed by state rule

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General Education and Pre-professional

• Humanities and Social Sciences - 15 credits
• Must include international studies and diversity
• Usually satisfy Gordon Rule (Writing requirement)
• Calculus and Differential Equations - 15 credits
• Science - 15 credits
• Chemistry I and lab
• Physics I and II and labs
• Chemistry or Biology
• General Elective - 3
• Raised Admissions Standards to Upper Division

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College Core and Accreditation

• Technical Writing - 3 credits
• Advanced Math and Statistics - 7 credits
• Ethics - 1 credit
• College Breadth - 9 credits
• Mechanical Engineering - Thermo, Mechanical
  Design
• Engineering Science - Statics, Dynamics,
  Mechanics of Materials
• Engineering Economics
• Advanced Math
• Computing Elective - 2 credits

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Electrical Engineering Core

• Circuits I and II and lab - 7 credits
• Signals and Systems - 3 credits
• Electronics and lab - 4 credits
• Solid State Devices - 3 credits
• Electromagnetic Fields - 3 credits
• Digital Logic and lab - 4 credits
• Senior Design - 3 credits

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Additional EE

• Specializations - Choose 3 of these 5 Areas
• Power and Energy lab
• Analog or Digital Electronics lab
• Communications lab
• Linear Controls lab
• Microprocessors lab
• Electives 17 - 18 credits
• Represents much of the senior year

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Objectives

• Broad Education
• General Ed, College Breadth
• Gordon Rule
• Knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering
• General Ed, Math, Science, College Core
• Engineering Problem Solving
• College Core
• EE Core, EE Electives
• Senior Design / IPPD
• Design and Conduct Experiments
• Physics, Chemistry, ECE - minimum 9 credits of
  labs
• Statistics
• Senior Design / IPPD

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B.S.C.E Program

• General Education and Pre-professional 48
  credits
• College Core and Accreditation19 credits
• Computer Engineering Core 31 credits
• Hardware/Software Track 10 credits
• Electives 18 credits
• Total is 126 credits - fixed by state rule

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General Education and Pre-professional

• Humanities and Social Sciences - 15 credits
• Must include international studies and diversity
• Usually satisfy Gordon Rule (Writing requirement)
• Calculus and Differential Equations - 15 credits
• Science - 15 credits
• Chemistry I and lab
• Physics I and II and labs
• Chemistry or Biology
• Technical Writing - 3

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College Core and Accreditation

• Intro to CIS (programming course) - 3 credits
• Circuits I and Lab - 4 credits
• Solid State Devices - 3 credits
• Ethics - 1 credit
• Linear Algebra - 3 credits
• Statistics - 3 credits
• Additional Breadth - 2 credits

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Computer Engineering Core

• Signals and Systems - 3 credits
• Digital Logic and lab - 4 credits
• Digital Design and lab - 4 credits
• Microprocessor Applications - 4 credits
• Discrete Structures - 3 credits
• Software Engineering - 3 credits
• Computer Organization - 3 credits
• Data Structures - 4 credits
• Operating Systems - 3 credits

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Additional EE

• Hardware Track - 10 credits
• Circuits II - 3 credits
• Electronics and Lab - 4 credits
• Senior Design - 3 credits
• Electives 18 credits
• EE Electives - 12 credits
• Technical Electives - 6 credits
• Represents much of the senior year

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B.S./M.S. Program

• Increasingly Popular
• Graduate Electives can be doubled counted
• 6 or 12 credits (depending on GPA)
• Streamlined
• 30 credit hour, non-thesis option
• Course work only option - no final exit exam
  required
• Completion possible in 1 additional calendar year
  (9, 9, 6)
• Encouraging all qualified students to pursue