UCSC CE and EE Departments' fulfillment of ABET Outcome B

Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.

These courses help fulfill this ABET outcome:

1. CE100 via Core Labs 1 through 4
2. CE107 via Core Topics 2 and 6
3. CE110 via Skills 1, 4, and Core Topics 1 and 2
4. CE113 b via Core Topics 2, 3, and 5
5. CE117 via Skills 2, 3, 4, Core Topics 8, 10, 14, 15, and the core lab exercises
6. CE118 via Core topics 3,4,5, and 7 as well as all Core Labs.
7. CE121 via Skills 1 through 3, and Lab Exercises 1 through 4
8. CE125 via Skill 1, Core Topic 7, and Core Lab Exercises 1 through 3
9. CE150 via Skill 4
10. CE151 via Core Topics 1 through 7
11. CE152 via Core Topics 2 and 4
12. CE155 via Skills 1 and 2
13. CE177 via the core lab project
14. CS111 via Core Lab Exercises 1 though 4
15. ENG147 via Skills 3, 7, 8 and Core Topics 3 and 7
16. EE80t via Skills 10 and 11 and Core topic 3
17. EE103 via Skill 8, 9, 14, and Core Topics 5 and 8
18. EE125 via Skills 1 through 4 and Core Topics 1 and 3
19. EE126 via Skills 1, 3, and 4 and Core Topics 1,3, and 5
20. EE127 via Skills 1, 2, 3, and Core Topic 2.
21. EE128 via Skills 1, 2, 3, and Core Topic 2.
22. EE129 (at SJSU) via Skill 13 and Core Labs 2 through 9
23. EE130 via all core labs
24. EE145 via Skills 21, 22, 38, 55, 56, 60, 69, 73, 77-79, 96 and 97 and all core laboratory exercises
25. EE153 via Skills 13 through 16 and Core Topics 4 through 6
26. EE154 via Skills 5, 6, and Core Topic 16
27. EE171 via Skills 28 through 33, and all core labs
28. Chem1bc/mn via all 1M and 1M Skills
29. Physics 5abcd via all skills

In the following section, representatives from each department talk about how their students fulfill this component, how it is monitored, and what the feedback loops are.

1. 1. The initial take (as written byJJ Garcia-Luna)
      Outcome b is monitored in the short term via student reports in required courses (for example, EE 70, CE 12C, CE 100, CE 121) and elective courses (for example, CE 117 and CE 125) with laboratory requirements. Designing and conducting experiments, as well as interpreting and analyzing data are key factors used in the development of lectures and the assignment of laboratory grades in required and elective course with laboratory requirements. Medium-term monitoring and feedback is provided through the capstone project courses (CE 123a & CE 123b). Long-term feedback is provided on a more qualitative basis by our exit and alumni surveys.

       

   2. Final metric and feedback as determined by the Oversight committee

      Our two metrics are:

      1. Quantitative: 90% of CE students must pass CE123A on first taking.
      2. Quantitative: Enrollment statistics for CE121: 90% of enrolled students must have passed Physics 5C/N and EE70.
      3. Subjective:The exit survey results on Questions 2 and 3: An average of 4 out of 5 must be maintained.
      If either of these is not met, the oversight committee must propose changes to the faculty and the advisory counsil.
The CE department on monitoring and feedback

 

2. The EE department's monitoring and feedback (as written by Ali Shakouri)
   Outcome b is directly monitored in the short term via student reports in required classes with laboratories EE145 and EE171, and in elective courses EE129 and EE130. Medium term monitoring and feedback is provided through capstone project courses EE125 & EE126 and EE127 & EE128. Design and conduct of experiments as well as data interpretation and analysis is an important part of the lab grade and project emphasis. For example, based on the observation that students did not do well in their analysis of experimental data in EE145 labs, a review lab session on statistical analysis and linear regression will be added to the course in Spring 2003. Long term feedback is provided, on a somewhat more subjective basis, by our exit exit and alumni surveys.