Results of the BS-CSE Alumni Survey, Importance of PEOs and Extent to which Graduates Were Prepared for Achieving them
The results of the questions related to the program educational objectives (PEOs) in the BS-CSE Alumni Survey are summarized below. For each PEO the respondent was asked to rank the importance of the PEO for his/her professional career on a scale of "Not important", "Somewhat important", "Important", "Very important", through "Extremely important"; and, for each PEO, rate, on a scale of "Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree", whether the respondent agrees that the program prepared him/her to achieve that particular PEO. In averaging the responses, the following weights were attached to the various possible responses:
| Importance of PEO | Preparation to achieve PEO | ||
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| Response | Weight | Response | Weight |
| Not important | 0% | Strongly Disagree | 0% |
| Somewhat important | 25% | Disagree | 25% |
| Important | 50% | Neutral | 50% |
| Very Important | 75% | Agree | 75% |
| Extremely important | 100% | Strongly agree | 100% |
The survey also included two questions that asked for free-form responses from the respondent. The first question was, "What single aspect of the CSE program did you find most helpful? Explain briefly." The second question was, "What single change in the CSE program would you most like to see? Explain briefly." Summaries of responses to these two questions are available separately.
The Results
The first column in each table lists the outcome in question, the second shows, as a bargraph, the average importance that respondents for the year attached to that item, the third shows the average value for "objective was met" that respondents for the year specified for that item; in each case, the numerical percentage represented by the bargraph is also shown. For comparison, a bargraph representing "100%" appears at the top of each column; immediately below that is listed the number of respondents for the year's survey.
Please note that the bar-graphs displaying the results of the various surveys don't display well in some browsers; please check the numerical results printed next to the bar-graphs to be sure of the actual values.
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| I. Graduates of the program will be employed in the computing profession, and will be engaged in learning, understanding, and applying new ideas and technologies as the field evolves. |
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| II. Graduates with an interest in, and aptitude for, advanced studies in computing will have completed, or be actively pursuing, graduate studies in computing. |
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III. Graduates will be informed and involved members of their communities, and responsible engineering and computing professionals who take appropriate account, in their professional work, of such issues as privacy, security, copyright etc. in ways that are consistent with the ACM/IEEE Code of Conduct.** (**The reference to ACM/IEEE Code was added in 2016, based on input from our Advisory Board.) |
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