BS CSE Program:
   Objectives, Outcomes, Assessments, Feedback, etc.

(Note: Here is the '05-'06 version of this page.)
Note: Various items related specifically to the 2011 accreditation evaluation, including supplementary materials being collected for the evaluation, are, for now, being stored here. The current page will shortly be rewritten to focus it on assessment-related topics.

Background: This page is intended both to document our efforts related to the evaluation, feedback, and improvement of the BS-CSE program, as well as to help direct those efforts. It will help various constituents including students, prospective students and their parents, faculty, current and future employers of graduates of the program, and others, understand the growth and evolution of the program and the rationale behind the evolution. It is also expected to provide some of the documentation needed to show that the program meets the accreditation criteria of the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) and the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC), both of ABET. For faculty and students who may be unfamiliar with accreditation, the background page provides some background information. Please send any comments, questions, or suggestions for improvements to this or any related pages to neelam AT cse.ohio-state.edu.

Overview: This page is organized as follows.

A. Accreditation Criteria, Self-Study Questionnaires

  1. EAC Criteria for '05-'06;   Summary;   Changes since '99-'00.
  2. CAC Criteria ('05-'06) (pdf);  Guidance (pdf);  Summary;   Changes since '99-'00.
    (The guidance document is dated '01 but I couldn't find a more recent version.)
    Proposed CAC outcomes
  3. EAC self-study questionnaire (pdf)  (.doc)
    CAC (supplemental) questionnaire (pdf)  (.doc)
  4. ABET site
  5. Site visit
  6. Direct Assessment (Rubrics) (Model (pdf)).

B. Objectives and Outcomes

  1. Published Program Objectives and Outcomes
  2. Processes for determinining, evaluating, and improving objectives and outcomes
  3. Relation of curriculum to program outcomes and to EC 2000 Criterion 3 outcomes

C. Program Requirements, Course Syllabi

  1. Official BS CSE Program Brochure
  2. Official Syllabi of CSE Courses
  3. Descriptions of capstone design courses for BS-CSE majors
  4. Syllabi of ECE Courses required of BS-CSE students
  5. Other engineering courses required of BS-CSE students
  6. Syllabi of mathematics and statistics courses required of BS-CSE students
  7. Syllabi of science courses required of BS-CSE students
  8. Syllabi of writing courses required of BS-CSE students
  9. Development of oral communication skills

D. Assessment & Feedback Mechanisms, and Results

  1. Summary of assessment mechanisms used, processes, and program improvements: This is the main page of this section and should be read before consulting the next several documents for further information about results of various assessments.
  2. Exit Survey results (annual)    (combined)
  3. Alumni survey results (2008-'09) (Results from previous years)
  4. Manager/Supervisor survey results
  5. On-Campus Recruiter survey results: This has been discontinued since we were getting poor return rates for the survey; we are in the process of setting up a new mechanism that would survey supervisors of current students who are involved in co-op and internship programs.
  6. Undergraduate Forums
  7. Other feedback (from students, alumni, industrial advisory board, etc.)
  8. Survey of computing professionals: This survey instrument was created as a possible way to obtain feedback from members of our Industrial Advisory Board. After discussions within the department, it was decided not to implement this survey since it was felt that better feedback would be obtained in a face-to-face meeting with members of the board on an annual or bi-annual basis.
  9. Evaluation of capstone design courses: This page contains results of regular evaluations of each of the capstone design courses against the criteria that these courses must meet.
  10. Course Group Reports: Course Group Reports is a key assessment/feedback mechanism that we use to assess groups of related courses, identify possible improvements, and document and provide detailed rationale for changes in the particular courses. Detailed description of the mechanism as well as all course group reports are accessible from this page.
  11. Rubrics for evaluating communication skills and other "soft" outcomes.
  12. Results of direct assessments (see item 4 in that page).

E. Some Recent Improvements

Most of the improvements that have taken place in the program in the last several years are briefly summarized in item (D.1). Below, we consider a handful of recent improvements in somewhat greater detail; and in the next section we consider some other improvements in the pipeline (some of these have since been implemented).
  1. Changes in capstone course criteria
  2. New courses
  3. Changes in student evaluation of teaching
  4. Diversity program
  5. Advising office
  6. Software practitioners as full-time faculty

F. Improvements in the Pipeline

  1. Revised exit survey
  2. Communication skills
  3. Knowledge of Economics and Business principles
  4. Engineering GEC
  5. New course syllabus-related tool
  6. Alumni and current students get-together
  7. Changes in the CGRs
  8. Development of new honors courses

G. Accreditation Evaluation

  1. Reports (restricted access)

Other

  1. Undergraduate Studies Committee
  2. Curriculum Committee
  3. Teaching Excellence Statement (pdf) (postscript)

Last modified: Thu Feb 3 12:37:54 EST 2011