Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Patricia Conry, Arkansas Tech University; Amber Harrington, Arkansas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

(ANSAC) and Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC),respectively. These programs follow an “Introduce, Reinforce, Master” curriculum map as partof the assessment plan where each student learning outcome (SLO) is assessed in at least threecourses of different levels, so that each SLO is assessed at each of the three levels (introduced,reinforced, and mastered). We seek to effectively assess, at the introductory level, the proposedANSAC SLO (5) and the new EAC SLO (4) with a series of case studies and a rubric in ourintroductory physics course. There are two primary difference between the SLOs from the twocommissions. Firstly, the EAC requires that the students recognize while the ANSAC requiresthat the students understand ethical and

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Roslyn Montecalvo, American University; Teresa L. Larkin, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

they have not officially announced plans to do so otherwise, the question wascompletely changed. Instead, the question was rewritten to reflect planetary protection policies.The rhetoric surrounding planetary protection policies is presently a popular topic of discussionpertaining to current and future space exploration. What makes this issue so controversial andtimely is the ethical debate around the importance of planetary protection policies. These policiesare extremely crucial and timely for deep space travel to distant celestial bodies including theMoon, Mars, and asteroids. Thus, gaining the perspective of the undergraduate participants’opinions on this topic is meaningful to depict future policy initiatives around planetaryprotection.At