The MSECE Program Assessment Process

The educational program objectives for the Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MSECE) program have been developed in conjunction with

the department’s Industrial Advisory Board, faculty, and students.

The program objectives consist of a fundamental component of graduate education for students seeking the MS degree in this ECE department and possibly the

Ph.D. degree at other institutions.  The program objectives also include the important component of providing effective opportunities for practicing professional

engineers seeking to expand their engineering education at the postgraduate level.

Based on these program objectives, the ECE department faculty developed a set of measurable educational outcomes to be assessed at different program

junctures.  Each of the educational outcomes is designed to support one or more program objectives.  Assessment of each program outcome includes defining

specific performance criteria related to the outcome as well as a set of methods to evaluate such criteria.  Those methods include evaluation of student

performance in course(s) that are relevant to the outcome being assessed as well as overall feedback information obtained by surveys from current graduates,

alumni, and employers.  For the course components of the evaluation, a set of rubrics for each outcome have been developed as described in the rubrics section

of this plan.  Those rubrics also assist instructors in preparing students to meet program educational outcomes, and students in understanding what is expected

of them in various courses.

The following sections describe this assessment plan using the outline below:

I.          Statement of Program Objectives

II.         Definition of Program Outcomes

III.       Description of the Outcome Assessment process

IV.              Outcome Assessment rubrics

V.                 Assessment Surveys

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