In April 1997 a request was sent to NEEDHA members to share with other members, through a posting on the NEEDHA Web site, material that could be used to help document adherence to ABET Engineering Criteria 2000. The following have been received.
From S. K. Ramesh, Professor & Chair, EEE Department, California State University, Sacramento <rameshs@ecs.csus.edu>:
The EEE Department is in the process of updating and reevaluating the curriculum. Your input to this process is valuable. Please take the time to carefully and thoughtfully reply to the student survey.
Please circle the course you are attending for the survey:
CpE 184, EEE 190A, EEE 190B, EEE 191A, EEE 191B, EEE 117, EEE 118 EEE 130, EEE 142, EEE 180
If you receive this survey in another course but have already filled one out, please do not fill out another one.
1. Where did you take your lower division math, physics and chemistry courses? Where did you complete your lower division engineering work? Names of the most common occurring institutions are listed below (circle the one for each section).
Math, Physics, Chemistry:
CSUS
American River Community College
Sierra Community College
Sacramento City Community College
Lower Division Engineering:
CSUS
American River Community College
Sierra Community College
Sacramento City Community College
2. Approximately how many semesters do you need to graduate (include the one currently enrolled in)?
3. What is your approximate CSUS GPA (circle one)?
4.0-3.5 3.49-3.0 2.99-2.5 2.49-2.0 Below 2.0
4. Is the general education program at CSUS: Excessive, about right, too theoretical?
5. How would you rate your lower division preparation: Very good, good, fair, poor, very poor?
6. Which CSUS technical courses have been most useful?
7. Which courses taken at CSUS have been least useful?
8. Do you feel you have enough, too many or too few electives?
9. Do you own a personal computer or have easy access to one? . . Yes . . No
10. What computer program or application software have you used?
11. Have the laboratory courses reinforced what you learned in the lectures?
12. How would you rate your laboratory courses: . . Very good . . good . . fair . . poor . . very poor?
13. What should be added to the EEE program?
14. Are you reasonably satisfied with the education you are getting? Is is broad enough, too broad or too narrow?
From S. K. Ramesh, Professor & Chair, EEE Department, California State University, Sacramento <rameshs@ecs.csus.edu>:
The EEE Department is in the process of updating and reevaluating the curriculum. Your input to this process is valuable. Please take the time to carefully and thoughtfully reply to the faculty survey.
From S. K. Ramesh, Professor & Chair, EEE Department, California State University, Sacramento <rameshs@ecs.csus.edu>:
1. Which one of the following best describes your primary work status at this time?
2. Indicate your overall college grade point average (GPA) at this school.
3. How many transfer hours/credit were accepted by this college toward completion of your most recent program at this school?
QUESTIONS #5 - 7 CONCERN YOUR CURRENT JOB. IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY NOT EMPLOYED, GO TO QUESTION #8.
4. In what field/major is your current job?
Other
5. How closely related is your current job to he major/field in which you received your most recent degree?
6. How closely related was the first, full-time job to the major/field in which you received your first degree from this school? (Please respond to this questions even if your current job is your first job.)
7. Indicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of your current job.
Very Satisfied | Satisfied | | Neutral | | | Dissatisfied | | | | Very Dissatisfied | | | | | _ _ _ _ _ 1. Challenge _ _ _ _ _ 2. Job security _ _ _ _ _ 3. Salary _ _ _ _ _ 4. Fringe benefits (insurance, vacation, etc.) _ _ _ _ _ 5. Potential for career or professional advancement _ _ _ _ _ 6. Support for continuing education or in-service programs _ _ _ _ _ 7. Accessibility/proximity of childcare services _ _ _ _ _ 8. Quality of service or product provided/produced _ _ _ _ _ 9. Opportunity to be creative _ _ _ _ _ 10. Human diversity (e.g. racial, religious, etc.) _ _ _ _ _ 11. Organization's ethical standards
8. What year did you receive your B.S.E.E.E. degree?
9. Since graduation, which courses or course modules have proven to be the most useful in providing you the tools necessary to succeed in the work you are doing today?
10. In your opinion, of the courses or course modules in your undergraduate curriculum, which courses or course modules do you think were of the most value to your industry as a whole?
11. Considering your professional experience since you received your B.S.E.E.E degree, what subject(s), principle(s), item(s), etc. do you feel were missing and wish had been covered while you were a student in electrical engineering?
12. Considering your professional experience since you received your B.S.E.E.E. degree, what subject(s), principle(s), item(s), etc do you feel were presented that you have not used in your professional experience?
13. In your opinion, what is the most advanced electrical device or aid that you expect to see having considerable use in your job/industry 5 years from now?
14. What unique technical concepts and skills do you think an electrical engineer in your industry is required to possess to be a viable professional practitioner?
15. What unique technical concepts and skills to you think an electrical engineer in your industry will be required to possess to be a viable professional practitioner in the year 2010?
16. What are the attitudes, knowledge and performance level you most admire in a newly hired electrical engineer?
What are the attitudes, knowledge and performance level you least admire in a newly hired electrical engineer?
17. Consider the electrical engineering graduate of 1997 that you might hire, what subjects (technical and non-technical) would you want this person to have?
18. If you have been involved with work outside the United States, do you believe the current foreign language requirement at CSUS is a necessity? Would a foreign cultural/business methods course be a necessity?
19. Is the general education program at CSUS:
20: How would you rate your E.E.E. preparation?
21. Which CSUS technical courses have been most useful?
22. Which courses taken at CSUS have been least useful?
23. Have the laboratory courses reinforced what you learned in the lectures?
24. How would you rate your laboratory courses?
25. What should be added to the E&EE program?
26. Are you reasonably satisfied with the education you received? Is it
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ABET 2000 Committee|
Created: May 1, 1997
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Modified: Dec 30, 1998|
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