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ABET 2017 Followup Actions

This report discusses the findings of the ABET 2017 evaluation, highlighting weaknesses in the advising office, failure to enforce pre-requisites, and a curriculum gap in programming language concepts. The report proposes solutions to address these weaknesses and meet upcoming criteria changes.

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ABET 2017 Followup Actions

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  1. ABET 2017 Followup Actions

  2. 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. 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. Proposal(s)… • Proposal 1: Make CSE 3341 a required course and CSE 3321 a tech elective • Proposal 2: Make both 3341 and 3321 required; make Math 3345 a tech elective • Proposal 2 addresses the current weakness and meets upcoming requirements • But … ABET 2017 Results, Follow-up

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