Collection

2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Harry C. Petersen

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Collection

2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Eric S. Musselman; Andrea J. Schokker

take.AssessmentAssessment is an important tool for any curriculum and even more so when that curriculum hasnot had the opportunity to be evaluated over multiple years [2]. Therefore assessment has beenimbedded throughout the development of the curriculum. It has also been emphasized in therecruitment and hiring of faculty members. There are 17 outcomes (a-q) that are assessed todetermine the effectiveness of the new curriculum. The first 11 (a-k) are the standard ABEToutcomes assessed by most engineering schools. The next 5 (j-p) are based on guidelinesprovided by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The final outcome was added to furtheremphasize and provide a means to measure the focus of the curriculum on sustainability. Theoutcomes are summarized in Table