Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Devine, CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED

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Civil Engineering

think outside ofthe box in their work and they did not need to follow any previous method used to assigninfrastructure grades. The students completed the assignment by submitting two deliverables, apaper explaining the process to determine the grade and postcard sized graphic illustrating theresulting grade. The assessment of the assignment was primarily gauged by a survey formcompleted by the students. Furthermore, the instructor (author) offers reflections of theassignment, student efforts, and future improvements. Additional assessments measured by useof the student work in the Indiana Section efforts for their report card are ongoing. Theassignments are well suited for ABET Criterion 3 Program Outcomes (g) an ability tocommunicate

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology

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Civil Engineering

credit hours, or approximately 48 equivalent courses. Conversion of 48 equivalentcourses to a traditional semester system suggests the curriculum is equivalent to 144 semesterhours. The curriculum for the department of civil engineering is depicted in Table 2.Evaluation of Current Curriculum vs BOK2 OutcomesThe current CE curriculum at RHIT was compared to the BOK2 outcomes using severalprocesses: • Qualitative reflection on course and curriculum content by faculty members to identify likely BOK2 compliance • Mapping of RHIT Program Outcomes to BOK2 outcomes and using the results of assessment from the RHIT Program Outcomes to estimate likely BOK2 compliance • Surveying a cross section of students to identify whether they

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Melin, United States Military Academy; Richard Hallon, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, ill-structured, and open-ended to foster flexible thinking; and being realistic and resonate to students’ experiences tosupport their intrinsic motivation17. These characteristics in turn can increase opportunities forgroup discussion over potential solutions, offers instances for instructor feedback to helpstudents evaluate or even steer learning when needed, and allows self-reflection of the learningthat is taking place17.Ill-defined problems have such a positive view as learning tools for engineering that the NSF-funded Center for the Study of Problem Solving created a case library of engineeringexperiences, based on the premise that engineers generally solve problems in the workplace byremembering similar problems’ histories and applying

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Uday Manepalli, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

significantly higher than the control group on assessment items. The student-centered reflective questions indicated also some weaknesses and associated potential actions toimprove the GIS based module. Based on these findings a series of changes to the current tasksin the GIS laboratory were planned.KEYWORDSTransportation Education and Training, Traffic Safety, Crash Data, Geographic InformationSystemsIntroductionThe education and practice of transportation engineering has evolved over the past severaldecades. The task of transportation education, as stated by an Institute of TransportationEngineers (ITE) Committee1, is not only “to train students in how to do various activitiesassociated with current practice”, but also “to provide students with the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Page 15.645.2in popularity and was tied into the ASCE Student Chapter’s end of the year celebration, wherethe students brewed the beer and named each variety to reflect a part of their civil engineeringeducation experience. After service at other locations (where how to brew sessions were alsoconducted), the author returned to teaching at West Point and the homebrewing sessions werestarted again midway through the 2004 academic year. Each year since that time, they havegrown and become what the students refer to as “Homebrewing 101” (HB101). Along the waythis very extracurricular program became more formalized and more an expected part of theASCE Student Chapter’s activities. It became the sole, and expected, supplier of the beer for theend of

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Instructor helped me understand importance B6. Instructor used well articulated learning obj. B7. My instructor communicated effectively. B8. Laboratories contributed to my learning. B9. Instructor demonstrated positive expectations. B10. My instructor used visual images. B11. Instructor gave timely/accurate feedback. B12. Instructor was available outside classroom. B13. Grading practices are fair/reflect performance. B14. The Exam's were fair and relevant. 072S 082S 092SFigure 2 Multi-Year Assessment Department Level Pedagogy QuestionsThe results presented so far have been based on

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 15.1094.2aimed at reaching a pre-established goal, and not by listening to an instructor in a lecture.Advocates of learning-by-doing stress the role of doing as part of preparing to perform in aprofession. According to Schon 3, the main features of reflection in action are learning by doing,coaching rather than teaching, and creating a dialogue between coach and student. Effectiveforms of learning by doing in real laboratories have been implemented in Engineering Education,especially for capstone courses 4. Alternatively, a methodology of building a simulated scenario,in which the student can learn-by-doing while interacting with fictitious characters (some ofwhom provide coaching), has been proposed by Schank 5 as an effective form of

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudesnecessary for future civil engineers. Two key areas associated with the BOK was adefinition of expected performance levels by these new engineers through Bloom’staxonomy2 as well as the addition of four new outcomes focused on additionalprofessional topics and discipline depth. Very quickly it was determined by mostprograms and ASCE that the discipline depth could only occur at the Master’s level. Theadditional professional skills above what even ABET3 EC2000 requires reflect greaterrecognition of the importance of the development of professional skills at the time ofbachelor’s level graduation. How/Where are these supplementary professional topics tobe included in the current curriculum?The ABET3

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University; Jay DeNatale, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

give thepresentations. All students attend these presentations together in a lecture environment, andconcepts are reinforced through in-class reflection exercises.The course also provides formal instruction in four different civil engineering emphasis areas -geotechnics, structures, transportation, and water resources. Technical modules within theseareas focus on quantitative considerations important for the design project and serve to reinforcesome of the knowledge areas that typically appear in the breadth session of the National Councilof Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Principles and Practice of EngineeringExam. These modules focus on such quantitative considerations as bearing capacity of shallowfoundations, axial capacity

Conference Session

Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement -- What the Experts Are Saying!

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

, definitions of key terms, guidance on acceptable measurement methods, andstandards of enforcement have all evolved significantly. During this period of flux, substantivechanges to Criterion 3 would have caused considerable confusion and would probably have donemore harm than good.Nonetheless, it must be recognized that the current Criterion 3 outcomes reflect the professionalenvironment of the mid-1990s, when they were formulated. The world has changedconsiderably since then—and there are increasing indications that the minimum essentialknowledge and skills required for engineering practice have changed as well. Hence, the EACCriteria Committee’s decision to consider changes to Criterion 3 is both well-founded andtimely

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Braun, United States Military Academy; Mark DeRocchi, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

. Page 15.394.6Initially it seemed natural to have a two-part decision matrix. The first set of criteria wasenvisioned as hierarchy based and serving as a simple GO/NO-GO decision. Any proposedindependent study project that failed to meet the first set of criteria would be automaticallynegated. However, upon further review, this logic proved unfounded as there were pastacademic years that always had exceptions to these criteria that ended up being fantastic projects.Further, some of the initial criteria were noted to have little or no influence on the hierarchalrating due to commonality in the scaled criteria value. This resulted in a modification of the listof criteria to reflect more than simply the D-C&ME stakeholders.Finally, there were

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

information from this assignment revealed student attitudes aboutcivil engineering. The course included additional assignments on sustainability (2009 only),ethics, a team West Point Bridge Designer project, a curriculum plan to graduation at CU with aB.S. in CVEN, a paper on a significant event or structure related to civil engineering (such as theThree Gorges Dam, the flooding in New Orleans from hurricane Katrina, etc.), and a shortsummary of a professional society meeting that they attended (such as ASCE or AGC). In thefinal assignment of the semester the students wrote a reflective essay that instructed them to statewhether or not they planned to remain a civil engineering major and why/why not. The studentswere also instructed to comment on

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

read about a moral exemplar; compare ASCE Code of Ethics5 to CU Student 20 20 Honor CodeTeam bridge competition in West Point Bridge Designer: teams of 4-5 students create a bridge using the WPBD software in an attempt to optimally fulfill 30 24 specified weighted design criteria and describe their design processCourse plan and curriculum mapping: outline courses that fulfill the CU CVEN 10 10requirements and illustrate how these courses teach the skills needed for licensureCivil engineering Controversies, Disasters, and Feats slides and paper 22 16Professional society meeting write-up and Reflective Essay 12 12The Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

the case studies more Retain the field trip to Valley Forge ParkSome of the topics did not fit well into the selected over-arching examples, consequently, theexamples will be broadened to better accommodate the course material as reflected in Table 5.LaboratoriesThe student responses once again were generally in agreement with the author’s observations onthe effectiveness of the laboratories and the evaluated student work did show some improvement.The laboratories on sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks, rock identification, andseismograms were useful. The additional laboratories on mineralogy (Hardness; Streak, Color,and Luster; Cleavage, Fracture, and Parting; and Crystal Form and Tenacity) required too muchclass time and did not

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadarajah Ravichandran, Clemson University; Brian Machmer, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

concern of stress concentrations affecting thequality of the clay layer on top of the sand layer.Consolidation of the clay-sand mixture was conducted in a two-step process on a universaltesting machine (UTM). Each step was performed by applying the load and the rate shown inTable 2. Once the loading for consolidation of the clay-sand mixture was completed, the steelreinforcement was removed and the plexiglass container was attached to the shake table. Page 15.402.6Page 15.402.7Page 15.402.8Page 15.402.9walls, and reflects waves back into the soil sample. To mitigate this breakdown, a liquefactionbox with flexible beams similar to those in the

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilfrid Nixon, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

minutes, which is critical in a class such as staticsin which time is very precious.Table 1 shows the bridges that were and are currently being used in the bridge of the daypresentations for statics. Many of them are historical bridges rather than modern (e.g. Page 15.1326.3constructed over the past 100 years) but this reflects the author’s own interests rather thanany special desire to meet outcome 11 of BOK2 (which had not been written when thesepresentations were first introduced in 2007).Table 1: Bridges used in Statics Class for Bridge of the Day PresentationsIronbridge, Shropshire, England Tarr Steps, Somerset, EnglandPont Neuf

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Joshua Hewes, Northern Arizona University

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Civil Engineering

requirement is intended to provide students with an understanding of theperspectives (e.g. theoretical; historical; social; political; economic; cultural; religious;geographic or sense of place; environmental; or intellectual traditions and/ or ways of knowing)of non-Western peoples. Through the U.S. ethnic diversity course, students will acquire anunderstanding of the perspectives (e.g. theoretical; historical; social; political; economic;cultural; religious; geographic or sense of place; environmental; or intellectual traditions and/ orways of knowing) of U.S. ethnic minorities.Design: Thirteen of the 24 design hours in the CE program come from the Design4Practice(D4P) curriculum, which is reflective of the engineering program’s long standing

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Javier Conde, National University of Distance Education; Jose M. de Urena, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Jose Turmo, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Raul Vizcaino, University of Castilla-La Mancha

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

other nine civil engineeringschools. The purpose of this paper is to share ideas and information about the master’s program Page 15.1076.2that might be of value to engineering educators in other countries, especially U.S. educators whoare pondering ways to reflect the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK) in theirundergraduate and graduate programs.Leadership, as used in the title of this paper, is shorthand for what are usually referred to asleadership and management. Leading means influencing the process of deciding where anorganization should go or what it should do. In contrast, and in a complementary manner,managing concentrates on how

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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Civil Engineering

≠ Pre-workshop assessment worksheet ≠ Discuss the pre-workshop assessment ≠ Followed immediately after ETW ≠ More time between ETW and ExCEEd II ≠ Demonstration class ≠ More time for personal reflection ≠ Participant team building through games (kickball) ≠ Need time to talk as a team before sports, Low impact sport, but keep it competitive ≠ Participant team rapport ≠ Ice breaker party, perhaps at the hotel ≠ Had meals together ≠ Vegan options and a meal where participants from

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; Edward Barbanell, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. In fact, by the end of the semesterthe engineers were arguing their position papers from humanist perspectives and vice versa –humanists basing their arguments on cost-benefits and practical reasoning.A conclusion based on the review of the course assessment and reflection was the necessity todevelop and facilitate the course with a multi-disciplinary group of students and a team taughtapproach representing not only engineering but also a humanistic perspective. Survey responsesfrom the civil engineers clearly indicated the humanities students provided example applicationsof critical thinking and a broadened worldview previously unseen in engineering and othergeneral education courses. Furthermore, the peer effect was strong providing a

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Tocco, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-667: ADOPTING THE BOK2: THE QUEST TO SLAY THEMULTI-HEADED HYDRAJohn Tocco, Lawrence Technological UniversityDonald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Page 15.128.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Adopting the BOK2: The Quest to Slay the Multi-Headed HydraAbstractIn 2008, the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) published the Civil EngineeringBody of Knowledge, Second Edition (BOK2), reflecting ASCE’s vision of the skills andknowledge the next generation of civil engineers must acquire. The program outcomes set forthin the BOK2 were significantly clearer, specific and detailed than those in the original body ofknowledge. The Department

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Benzley, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

possible that a single course can meet the requirementsfor both Social Science and Global and Cultural Awareness. Our college, upon developing aninitiative in leadership, ethics, and globalization, believed that a new University GeneralEducation course could be developed that would address these three topics.14 Such a coursewould allow engineering students to gain skills in these areas without increasing graduation Page 15.118.4requirement credit hours. Such a course would also serve the general university student body byPage 15.118.5 structured, guided manner under the direction of a faculty member. Evidence of reflection

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Quagliana, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael Doran, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Rod Hassett, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Greg Harrington, University of WIsconsin-Madison

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Civil Engineering

for the learningexperience. As is the case in the real world, project teams need to consider engineering and non-engineering issues within the scope of their work. As the project is developed from beginning toend, students should be exposed to many non engineering issues to reflect real life situations.These issues include: legal, financial, political, environmental, social, scheduling, constructionphasing, future expansion, and many others. The key point is this: real world projects are notjust about engineering design.Appropriate projects should present multiple design challenges for the team, especially related toinvestigating and presenting options or alternatives to the client. For example, the project designmay generate multiple layouts

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Andrea Bill, University of Wisconsin; Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University; Ida van Schalkwyk, Oregon State University; Rod Turochy, Auburn University; Rhonda Young, Texas Christian University

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Civil Engineering

getting faculty members to agreeon course outlines. At the conference, an attempt was made to determine instructor priorities forcourse topics in the first course on transportation engineering. Forty-three of the conferenceattendees participated in a survey that included 34 potential course topics. The attendees rankedeach topic on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest importance and 1 the lowest, in a mannersimilar to the 2004 survey of practitioners. Table 1 shows a list of the 20 highest ranked topics,along with the mean scores and standard deviations for the 43 survey responses. The survey wasintended to reflect whether a given course topic should be included but not necessarily to reflecton the extent, or depth, of the topic

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O'Brien, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

. 2007School Program The participants attend to whatever subject questions the students have. Most of the time is spent helping the students with Math, Science, and English, and occasionally, with Spanish and their Senior projects.Sophomore Students live in the same residence hall, where they attend weekly seminars toService 2006 discuss/study their service learning. Students must take at least one Service LearningLearning course as well as the one credit reflection seminar. Students offer weekly service.Community VESTED is an exposure and enrichment program whereby students receive

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George List, North Carolina State University

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Civil Engineering

  BOK2  and  Blooms Taxonomy before providing that assessment, an effort that takes time away from their research. The  second  is  that  the  assessment  is  hypothetical,  it  reflects  the  authors  sense  of  the  extent  to which  BOK2  outcomes  are  presently  being  achieved  and  commentary  about  what  would  be required  if  the  department  were  to  make  these  outcomes  a  driving  force  in  its  curriculum development.  Other  faculty  members,  in  the  same  department,  might  have  opinions  which  are different, and even perhaps more informed, especially those that are directly involved in the day­ to­day delivery of the undergraduate program. Where  NC  State  stands  relative  to  BOK2  is  presented  in  assessment

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

(Environmental Design)Table 4 shows the assessment matrix from 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. It is shaded inseveral ways to show key features related to the two points noted above. The overallpoints allocated to a particular outcome is coded to show outcomes below 50 and 100points (note that the exact number of points for this threshold is somewhat arbitrary andcan vary from year to year depending on the overall points for the senior design project)to clearly show areas with minimal points assigned that need more emphasis in futureyears.Since the senior design experience has been used to assess all program outcomes, thisallows points to be shifted to better reflect a distribution of points and desired effortacross the outcomes. Additionally, the percentages

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Hart, United States Military Academy; Steven Kreh, United States Military Academy; Rhett Blackmon, United States Military Academy; Nicholas Melin, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 15.986.14students on getting the correct answer as opposed to their continued focus on partial credit, andPage 15.986.15Page 15.986.16Page 15.986.17Page 15.986.18an opportunity to refresh their memory on what they needed to learn and know. The biggestcomplaint was that they saw it as a “haze” or “to waste our time.” This dealt directly with theconcept of having to repeat the problem set until it was entirely correct.3.6 Assessment by Interview At the completion of CE483 and CE404, interviews were conducted on a range (both ingrade and performance on Problem Set Zero) of students in order to gain their perspective on theoverall Problem Set Zero concept now that they had some time to reflect on CE483 and CE404as a whole. Over ten

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

-content changes have beenmade to support the new and revised program outcomes. A comparison of the BOK2baccalaureate outcomes and the current BSCE program outcomes (Table 2) is provided in Table4. Some combination, integration, and/or rewording of the BOK2 outcomes was done to betterreflect the emphasis and focus of the program and improve student understanding of the learningoutcomes. As a result, some BOK2 outcomes may not be identically reflected in the programoutcomes. Specific comments are included where differences or changes exist.While not included in this paper, the faculty purposefully linked all outcomes to at least two Page