Electrical Power Engineering Technology Accreditation
Description and Details
Overview
The Electrical Power Engineering Technology Degree is accredited through XXXX by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). For more information regarding ABET’s history and purpose, please visit at www.abet.org. The accreditation information for Computer Engineering Technology is divided into three sections
- ABET General Criteria for 2004-2005 Accreditation Cycle
- ABET Electrical Power Engineering Technology Criteria
- Program Outcomes for Electrical Power Engineering Technology
I. ABET GENERAL CRITERIA FOR 2004-2005 ACCREDITATION CYCLE
Criterion 1: Program Educational Objectives
As defined by ABET, program educational objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve during the first few years following graduation.
Criterion 2: Program Outcomes
Although institutions may use different terminology, for purposes of Criterion 2, program outcomes are statements that describe what units of knowledge or skill students are expected to acquire from the program to prepare them to achieve the program educational objectives. These are typically demonstrated by the student and measured by the program at the time of graduation.
Criterion 3. Assessment and Evaluation
Each program must utilize multiple assessment measures in a process that provides documented results to demonstrate that the program objectives and outcomes are being met.
Criterion 4. Program Characteristics
The program must provide an integrated educational experience that develops the ability of graduates to apply pertinent knowledge to solving problems in the engineering technology specialty. The orientation of the technical specialization must manifest itself through program objectives, faculty qualifications, program content, and business and industry guidance.
Criterion 5. Faculty
Overall competence of the faculty will be evaluated through such factors as formal education, balance of academic experience and professional practice, industrial experience, professional certification, teaching experience, teaching effectiveness, technical currency, scholarly activity, professional society participation, communication skills, extracurricular support for student activities, and similar attributes appropriate to the program objectives.
Criterion 6. Facilities
Adequate facilities and financial support must be provided for each program
Criterion 7. Institutional and External Support
The program must receive adequate support from both the institution (e.g. administrative and university-level) as well as external groups (e.g. industry advisory board).
Criterion 8. Program Criteria
Where applicable, each program must satisfy program criteria that amplify these general criteria and provide the specifics needed for a given discipline. A program must satisfy all program criteria applicable to the technical specialties implied in the program title.
II. ABET Electrical Power Engineering Technology
In addition to general criteria, each degree program must meet specific content criteria. The following criteria reflect standards for Electrical Power Engineering Technology. To be consistent with ABET standards, the depth and breadth of expertise demonstrated by graduates must be appropriate to the goals of the program.
Graduates of baccalaureate degree programs must demonstrate:
- the ability to apply circuit analysis and design, computer programming, associated software, analog and digital electronics, and microcomputers to the building, testing, operation, and maintenance of electrical/electronic(s) systems.<.li>
- the ability to apply physics or chemistry to electrical/electronic(s) circuits in a rigorous mathematical environment at or above the level of algebra and trigonometry.
- the ability to analyze, design, and implement control systems, instrumentation systems, communications systems, computer systems, or power systems.
- the ability to apply project management techniques to electrical/electronic(s) systems.
- the ability to utilize statistics/probability, transform methods, discrete mathematics, or applied differential equations in support of electrical/electronic(s) systems.
III. PROGRAM OUTCOMES FOR ELECTRICAL POWER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
As explained in Section I, Criterion 2 specifies that students are expected to demonstrate skills and knowledge pertaining to the Electrical Power Engineering Technology program outcomes by the time they graduate. The general outcomes are presented here. Students must:
- Outcome A - Have a working knowledge of the principles and practices of the electrical power industry regarding generation, transmission, distribution, and electrical machines and their controls.
- Outcome B - Be able to apply their knowledge of electrical power principles, as well as mathematics and scientific principles, to new applications in electrical power.
- Outcome C - Be able to perform, analyze, and apply the results of experiments to electrical power application improvements.
- Outcome D - Be able to look at all options in design and development projects and creatively choose the most appropriate option for the current project.
- Outcome E - Have the ability to function effectively as a member of a project team.
- Outcome F - Be able to identify problems in electrical power systems, analyze the problems, and solve them using all of the required and available resources.
- Outcome G - Be able to effectively communicate technical project information in writing or in personal presentation and conversation.
- Outcome H - Be engaged in continuously learning the new practices, principles, and techniques of the electrical power industry.
- Outcome I - Comport themselves in an ethical, professional, and responsible manner.
- Outcome J - Be engaged in learning and appreciating the issues, both global, nationally, and locally that impact their lives and their chosen industry, and be sensitive to the impact of the issues on different constituencies.
- Outcome K - Be committed to continuous improvement, quality, and timely action within the electrical power industry and in their personal lives.
The outcomes described here are embedded throughout the courses that support the Computer Engineering Technology degree. For a detailed description of how these objectives map onto different courses in the degree program, click on the following link: EPTE course matrix.
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| b: emerging, math, science, engr., tech. | 1101 | |
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| c: apply experimental results | 1300 | |
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| d: creativity & design | 1301 | |
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| e: teamwork | 2101 | |
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| f: solve hardware/software problems | 2103 | |
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| g: communication skills | 2105 | |
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| h: lifelong learning | 2300 | |
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| i: professional ethics, social responsibility | 2301 - New FA04 | |
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| j: diversity, society, global issues | 2303 | |
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| k: quality, timeliness, CQI | 2305 | |
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| Support Courses | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | |
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