Catalog Description

The accrediting body for engineering, ABET, requires that each program publish its educational objectives. A description of the student learning outcomes will also be included with this information. This description of outcomes will consist of a list of all of the ABET outcomes followed by this paragraph:

In addition to the requirements imposed by the engineering accrediting body, all students in the State of Florida must be given an opportunity to achieve the program's self identified Academic Learning Compact. To achieve the Compact in this discipline, you must demonstrate achievement of the following skills:

1. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering principles to Civil Engineering problems;

2. An ability to design and conduct Civil Engineering experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;

3. An ability to design a Civil Engineering system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability;

4. An ability to communicate technical data and design information effectively both orally and in writing to other Civil Engineers.

Content Knowledge Skills

1. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering principles to Civil Engineering problems
   

      ISA #1, #3, #4 and #5

2. An ability to design and conduct Civil Engineering experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
   

      ISA #1, #3, #4 and #5

Critical Thinking Skills

3. An ability to design a Civil Engineering system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
   

      ISA #1, #3, #4 and #5

Communication Skills

4. An ability to communicate technical data and design information effectively both orally and in writing to other Civil Engineers

      ISA #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5

ISA#1:

Completion of requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty. Completion will be considered as a score of 3 for purposes of comparison with other assessment tools.

ISA#2:

Passage of the CLAST examination before the beginning of Tracking Term 5. Passage will be considered as a score of 3 for purposes of comparison with other assessment tools.

ISA #3:

Assessment by two or more faculty and/or industrial practitioners of student performance on a major design experience. Each SLO is evaluated on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 = outstanding, 3 = acceptable and 1 = not achieved.

ISA #4:

Assessment in two or more courses of individual assignments targeted to each particular SLO. Each SLO is evaluated on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 = outstanding, 3 = acceptable and 1 = not achieved. Assessment is provided by the instructor of the course according to departmental standards.

ISA#5:

Interviews with graduating seniors in their final semester. Each SLO is self-evaluated on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 = outstanding, 3 = acceptable and 1 = not achieved.

Courses to be assessed for ISA#3 and ISA#4

SL Outcome 1:

SL Outcome 2:

SL Outcome 3:

SL Outcome 4:

Results of all ISAs are placed into a program SLO folder. These folders are reviewed once per year by a faculty committee. Students must achieve a score of 3 or higher on at least half of the assessment scores in the folder in order to demonstrate achievement of the SLO. Once an SLO has been achieved, a comment attesting to such completion will be entered in the student's SASS.

Student Learning Objectives (SLO)

• SLO Table (Downloadable)