Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Assessment

Program Educational Objectives

Program educational objectives (PEO) are broad statements that describe what graduates are expected to attain within a few years after graduation. The PEOs for the Electrical Engineering program are as follows.

PEO 1: Graduates will succeed in pursuing their chosen career path. The primary indicator of success is that graduates will establish a reputation for engineering expertise and sound ethical judgment. Other indicators of success include:

1. Achieving professional advancement with increasing responsibility;
2. Engaging in technology-based innovation and/or entrepreneurial activities;
3. Engaging in advanced study in engineering graduate programs or related areas;
4. Receiving the opportunity to mentor less experienced engineers; and
5. Influencing industry trends through formation of standards.

PEO 2: Graduates will engage in a continuous process of life-long learning. Evidence of such engagement includes activities such as:

1. Staying abreast of emerging technologies;
2. Obtaining new skills or developing proficiencies with tools and programming/hardware description languages;
3. Actively participating in professional communities.
4. Moving into management roles.

These objectives are consistent with the university mission and meet the needs of the programs constituents: students, faculty, and industry. Industry participation in the review of the PEOs is coordinated through annual meetings of the ECE Department's Industry Advisory Committee (IAC). Feedback from students is obtained each semester through senior exit surveys. The faculty review the PEOs each year at the annual summer faculty retreat. Faculty review inputs and recommendations from students and the IAC and follow parliamentary procedures to vote on changes to the PEOs.

Student Outcomes

Student outcomes describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that students acquire as they progress through the program. Attainment of these outcomes prepares graduates to enter the professional practice of engineering. The student outcomes are:

1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

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