Computer Science Faculty Meeting ABETAssessment Activities

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Computer ScienceFaculty MeetingABET/Assessment
Activities

• Prepared by
• David Workman
• CS Assessment Coordinator
• February 2, 2007

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Agenda

• Summary of ABET Assessment Process
• Overview of EECS Assessment Process
• Report on Approved Program Objectives
• Approved CS Objectives
• Approved IT Objectives
• Course Documentation Collected for Fall 06
• Course Documentation Requirements for Spring 07
• Assessment Data Collection for Next Year

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ABET Assessment Process
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EECS Assessment Process
External Measurement Alumni Survey (Yes)(Spr
07) Industrial Survey (No)
Internal Measurement CS Exit Survey (Yes)
(Indirect) Foundation Exam (Yes) (Direct) Course
Content (Yes) (Fall 06)
(TBD) (Spr 07)
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Approved CS Objectives

• Objective 1
• To give CS graduates the knowledge and skills
  necessary to participate as an effective team
  member or team leader in the development of large
  computer and software systems covering a broad
  range of engineering and scientific applications.
• Objective 2
• Prepare CS graduates for professional careers in
  roles including, but not limited to, the
  following computer programmer, software
  engineer, software systems designer, software
  applications developer, technical software
  project lead, computer systems analyst, computer
  systems programmer, software applications tester
  and maintainer.
• Objective 3
• To prepare CS graduates with the knowledge and
  skills to do advanced studies and research in
  computer science and related engineering and
  scientific disciplines.
• Objective 4
• To equip CS graduates with the communication
  skills, both oral and written, to become an
  effective team-oriented problem solver as well as
  an effective communicator with non-technical
  stakeholders in computer and software systems
  development, maintenance and administration.

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Approved IT Objectives

• Objective 1
• To prepare IT graduates with the knowledge and
  skills necessary to be an effective professional
  contributor or leader in the design,
  administration and management of information
  technology systems, databases and networks
  commonly used by industry, government, education,
  research and non-profit organizations.
• Objective 2
• To prepare IT graduates for professional careers
  in roles including, but not limited to, the
  following IT manager, IT systems analyst,
  network designer, network administrator, network
  security administrator, web applications
  developer, webmaster, database administration, IT
  project lead, IT quality assurance.
• Objective 3
• To equip IT graduates with the communication
  skills, both oral and written, to become an
  effective team-oriented problem solver as well as
  an effective communicator with non-technical
  users of information technology systems and
  applications.
• Objective 4
• To prepare IT graduates with the knowledge and
  skills to conduct advanced studies and research
  in disciplines for web-based applications,
  networking, information storage and retrieval, IT
  security, electronic commerce.

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CAC Proposed Changes
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CC2001 Knowledge Areas

• DS. Discrete Structures (43 core hours)
• PF. Programming Fundamentals (38 core hours)
• AL. Algorithms and Complexity (31 core hours)
• AR. Architecture and Organization (36 core hours)
  
• OS. Operating Systems (18 core hours)
• NC. Net-Centric Computing (15 core hours)
• PL. Programming Languages (21 core hours)
• HC. Human-Computer Interaction (8 core hours)
• GV. Graphics and Visual Computing (3 core hours)
• IS. Intelligent Systems (10 core hours)
• IM. Information Management (10 core hours)
• SP. Social and Professional Issues (16 core
  hours)
• SE. Software Engineering (31 core hours)
• CN. Computational Science (no core hours)

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Course Content Documentation

• Instructor
• Textbooks
• ABET/CAC (a)-(i)
• CC2001 Topics and Subtopics
• Lecture Topics and Schedule (Mapped to 3 4)
• Assignment Schedule and Descriptions (Mapped to 3
  4)
• Size data on Programs (SLOC) by Language
• Size data on Technical Documents by Type (Pages)
• Number of Oral Presentations by Topic
• Assessment Topics, Outcomes Assessed, Assessment
  Mechanism, Assessment Thresholds.
• Student performance (Score Letter grade) wrt
  Assessment Topics for all students passing the
  course.

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