UCSC CE and EE Departments' fulfillment of ABET Outcome J

Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have a knowledge of contemporary issues.

These courses help fullfill this ABET outcome:

• CE80e via Core Topics 5, 6, 7 and all Optional Topics
• EE80t via Skills 9 and 10 and Core topics 5, 6, 7, 8

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.

Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have a knowledge of contemporary issues.

These courses help fullfill this ABET outcome:

1. CE80e via Core Topics 5, 6, 7 and all Optional Topics
2. EE80t via Skills 9 and 10 and Core topics 5, 6, 7, 8

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. The CE department on monitoring and feedback
   1. The initial take (as written by Roberto Manduchi)
      This outcome is fulfilled largely by the graduation requirements including the general education requirements at UCSC, a school with a tradition of politically-aware liberal arts education. Each student is required to fulfill American History and Institutions requirements, take topical courses from three different majors that explain how the major impacts society, take two different introduction to social sciences courses, two different introductions to the natural sciences courses, and two different introductions to the humanities coruses. They must also take a course that centers on Ethnic studies or Third-World relations and an Art course.

      The CE department doesn't measure this outcome directly. Students must earn grades of C or better to receive credit for campus general education requirements. We depend on UCSC as a whole to evaluate this outcome. For long-term feedback, there are several questions on the alumni survey that address students' views of this issue at a distance.

      Our three metrics are:

      1. Subjective: WASC Accreditation: UCSC maintains WASC accreditation
      2. Quantitative: The Senior Portfolio: students receive an average of 4 out of 5 on the contemporary issues component of the Senior Portfolio evaluation.
      3. Quantitative: 123B: 100% of the students consider the impact of their projects on society and the environment.
      4. Subjective: The exit survey results on Question 14: An average of 4 out of 5 must be maintained.
      If any of the three of these is not met, the oversight committee must propose changes to the faculty and the advisory counsil.
2. The EE department's monitoring and feedback (as written by Holger Schmidt)
   The EE department measures this outcome using questions both on the exit and alumni surveys that address this issue. In this way, we record students' reflections on their UCSC education at different stages of their careers and lives.