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EC2000 Criterion 2: A Procedure for Creating, Assessing, and Documenting Program Educational Objectives
ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (2001)
  • Michael Carter, North Carolina State University
  • Sarah A. Rajala, North Carolina State University
  • Rebecca Brent, North Carolina State University
Abstract

Criterion 2 [Program Educational Objectives (PEO)] is arguably the most important part of ABET EC2000. PEO embody the broad vision for an engineering program that drives the overall accreditation process. They also provide a crucial nexus point for the assessment of each program, the point at which the programmatic issues of the other EC2000 criteria—curriculum, faculty, facilities, etc.—are considered within the larger context of the needs of key constituencies of the program and the mission of the institution. Criterion 2 plays an essential role in EC2000's goal of encouraging continuous improvement in engineering programs and of providing the opportunity for people involved in those programs to define what continuous improvement means for their own programs.

Publication Date
June, 2001
Comments
Copyright 2001 American Society for Engineering Education
Citation Information
Michael Carter, Sarah A. Rajala and Rebecca Brent. "EC2000 Criterion 2: A Procedure for Creating, Assessing, and Documenting Program Educational Objectives" ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (2001)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sarah_rajala/5/