Undergraduate Computer Engineering Program

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Undergraduate Computer Engineering Program

• ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REPORT 2008-2009

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Program ObjectivesLISTING OF OBJECTIVES
ENGR SYSTEM DESIGN
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
COMMUNICATION
PROBLEM SOLVING
WORK/GRAD SCHOOL
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Program Objectives CONSTITUENTS INVOLVED
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Program Objectives PROGRAM OUTCOME SUPPORT OF
OBJECTIVES
2008-2009 Results
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Program Objectives SUPPORTING SURVEYS

• Surveys used for assessing Program Objectives
• IAB / Employer Survey
• Employer Survey
• Alumni/Alumnae Survey

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Program Objectives IAB/EMPLOYER SURVEYS
2008-2009 Results
IAB and Employer Survey Support of the Program
Objectives
RUBRICS 3 or higher is benchmark of support
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Program Objectives EMPLOYER SURVEYS
PRELIMINARY RESULTS Reported at time of the ABET
Visit
2008-2009 Results
Cooperative Education Performance Evaluation vs.
Program Outcomes
RUBRICS 75 of responses are either 1 or 2 or S
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Program Objectives ALUMNI/NAE SURVEY
PRELIMINARY RESULTS as reported in ABET self
study
2008-2009 Results
Alumni/nae Survey Support of the Program Outcomes
- Rating of Extent Enhanced By UB Experience
RUBRICS 3 or higher is benchmark of success
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Program Objectives ALUMNI/NAE SURVEY
FINAL RESULTS
2008-2009 Results
Alumni/nae Survey Support of the Program Outcomes
- Rating of Extent Enhanced By UB Experience
RUBRICS 3 or higher is benchmark of success
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Program Improvements2008-2009 Objectives Review
2008-2009

• Program Improvements
• New improved website component
• Online Survey Tool
• Introduction of Course Feedback Forms
• Planned Improvements
• IAB Reconstitution
• Strengthen our relations with alumni
• UB Undergraduate Alumni group page in Facebook
• Newsletter Distribution continues

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Program OutcomesLISTING OF OUTCOMES
FUNDAMENTALS
DESIGN
PROBLEM SOLVING
TECHNIQUES/SKILLS
TEAMWORK
ENGR ECON / PLANNING
ETHICS / PROFESSION
EXPERIMENT / RESULTS
COMMUNICATION
DIVERSITY LLL
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Program OutcomesCONSTITUENTS INVOLVED
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Program OutcomesOUTCOMES ASSESSMENT TABLE
2008-2009 Results
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Course Reports Feedback2008-2009 Assessment
Cycle
2008-2009 Results

• Each course report
• Reported on previous course specific
  recommendations.
• Included recommendations for future course
  offerings
• Broader impact recommendations
• CPE 387 Embedded Systems
• It was noticed that some students do not
  register CpE 387 directly after finishing the
  microprocessors course CpE 286. There might be
  sometimes a difference of two or three semesters.
  It is recommended that students take CpE 387
  directly after they finish CpE 286.
• CS 102 Intro to Computing II (2007-2008)
• In response to the 2007-2008 recommendation, the
  matter was discussed in the software thread
  committee and the following action taken
• Proving algorithmic correctness was rejected as
  a topic in CS102 for three main reasons
• It allowed more coverage to sorting and
  complexity analysis
• It allowed more focus on the necessary OO and
  Java-language-specific topics (this is also the
  first semester this course is being taught using
  Java vs. C which was the language of
  instruction earlier.
• It was better-suited for the CS follow-on course,
  CS329, Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms.
• Time constraints simply too great to over
  proving techniques and applications to
  algorithms.

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Program Outcomes SUPPORTING SURVEYS

• Surveys used for assessing Program Outcomes
• IAB / Employer Survey
• Coop Performance Evaluations
• Senior Exit Survey

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Program Outcomes IAB/EMPLOYER SURVEY
2008-2009 Results
IAB and Employer Survey Support of the Program
Outcomes
RUBRICS 3 or higher is benchmark of support
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Program Outcomes COOP PERFORMANCE EVALS
2008-2009 Results
Cooperative Education Performance Evaluation vs.
Program Outcomes
RUBRICS 75 of responses are either 1 or 2 or S
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Program Outcomes SENIOR EXIT SURVEY
2008-2009 Results
Senior Exit Survey Support of the Program
Outcomes - Rating of Extent Enhanced By UB
Experience
RUBRICS 3 or higher is benchmark of success
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Program Improvements2008-2009 Outcomes Review
2008-2009 Results

• Curricular Changes
• Introductory Programming language change.
• Individual courses followed up on previous
  recommendations.
• Process Improvements
• New improved website component.
• Online survey portal
• Introduction of course feedback form.

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Program OutcomesLISTING OF ABET CRITERION 3
OUTCOMES
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Program OutcomesMAPPING TO ABET CRITERION 3
2008-2009 Results