FY 09-10: What other improvement efforts did the department make in FY 09-10? How successful were these efforts? What further efforts need to be made? If your department didn’t make improvement efforts during the fiscal year, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the department over the last year and how the department plans to address them in the coming year. The biggest changes we made to the program was implementing the Engineering Core Curriculum, getting ready for ABET accreditation and the Q2S switch. We did hire several new Adjunct instructors and spent some time getting them up to speed. The course notes were tweaked where we felt the need and most of our courses now have Master notes on PowerPoint slides. Our biggest weakness was collecting and analyzing hard data at the very detailed level. This was emphasized during the ABET visit and we now have plans in place to address this. The ability to attract students into the program is a major concern for all. We have plans underway to address this. FY 10-11: What improvement efforts does the department have planned for FY 10-11? How will you know whether you have been successful? We have gone through the ABET evaluation and have responded to their weaknesses, concerns, and observations. We are now implementing the means to address these issues, which will make analysis and assessment of the Program much easier and better. Gaining accreditation will be one of the key measures we have in determining how successful we were. As we focus on the switch to Semesters, this information will help create a successful Program, consistent with the demands of the students and of industry. The real test is whether we can increase enrollment levels to past numbers while maintaining strict focus on student success.
FY 09-10: What other improvement efforts did the department make in FY 09-10? How successful were these efforts? What further efforts need to be made? If your department didn’t make improvement efforts during the fiscal year, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the department over the last year and how the department plans to address them in the coming year. The biggest changes we made to the program was implementing the Engineering Core Curriculum, getting ready for ABET accreditation and the Q2S switch. We did hire several new Adjunct instructors and spent some time getting them up to speed. The course notes were tweaked where we felt the need and most of our courses now have Master notes on PowerPoint slides. Our biggest weakness was collecting and analyzing hard data at the very detailed level. This was emphasized during the ABET visit and we now have plans in place to address this. The ability to attract students into the program is a major concern for all. We have plans underway to address this. FY 10-11: What improvement efforts does the department have planned for FY 10-11? How will you know whether you have been successful? We have gone through the ABET evaluation and have responded to their weaknesses, concerns, and observations. We are now implementing the means to address these issues, which will make analysis and assessment of the Program much easier and better. Gaining accreditation will be one of the key measures we have in determining how successful we were. As we focus on the switch to Semesters, this information will help create a successful Program, consistent with the demands of the students and of industry. The real test is whether we can increase enrollment levels to past numbers while maintaining strict focus on student success.