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Unit Assessment Report - Four Column
UTPA
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering
Department: Electrical Engineering
College: College of Engineering & Computer Science
Division: Division of Academic Affairs
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
SLO Assessment Method:
Engineering - 1. Use of Knowledge Base Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
1. Students will be able to use knowledge of (Nationally Normed): Mathematics,
mathematics, basic sciences and
Probability and Statistics, Chemistry, Statics,
engineering to analyze (identify, formulate,
and Dynamics sections.
and solve) problems in electrical
SLO Assessment Method Category:
engineering
Direct - Certification or Licensing
Examination
Start Date:
Criterion for Success:
01/01/2008
Meet or exceed national average for
SLO Outcome Status:
electrical engineering in each section
Active/Ongoing
Student Learning Outcomes
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SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013 Exam: 18% below in
Math, 13% below in Probability, 9% below in
Chemistry, 12% below in Statics, 15% below in
Dynamics. CRITERION NOT MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/02/2013 - Spring2013/Fall2012 3 to 22% below
national average in all 4 catagories.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/21/2012 - Fall 2011 6 students 3 pass, UTPA
65% NationalAvg 68%, Probability UTPA 67%
National 73%, Chem UTPA 41% National 56%,
Engr Mech UTPA 46% National 49%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/26/2011 - 9 EE Students elected to take the FE
Exam April 2011. Results Math UTPA 71% Nat
72%, Prob UTPA 65% Nat 60%, Chem UTPA 65%
Nat 61%, Eng Mech UTPA 39% Nat 48%. UTPA
below national average in two catagories.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/23/2010 - 9 EE Students elected to take the
12/18/2014 - College formed a
student success task force.
Addressing low FE results is one of
the specific charges to the
committee.
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09/14/2012 - Additional FE Exam
related courses and or course
emphasis proposed to
administration.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Method:
Successful demonstration of senior design
project.
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Senior Project Course
Criterion for Success:
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SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
FE Exam April 2010. Results Math UTPA 56% Nat
64%, Prob UTPA 46% Nat 63%, Chem UTPA 62%
Nat 73%, Eng Mech UTPA 47% Nat 64%. UTPA
below national average in all four catagories.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/31/2008 - Oct 2008 FE Exam results, Three EE
students elected to take the FE exam Fall 2008.
FE exam results were Math UTPA 91%, Nat 73%,,
Prob. UTPA 71% Nat 68%, Chemistry UTPA 73%
Nat 60%, and Statics and Dynamics UTPA 62%
Nat 50%. National average met or exceeded in all
four sections. (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 FE Exam results, Three
EE students elected to take the FE exam Fall
2007. FE exam results were Math UTPA 74%, Nat
66%,, Prob. UTPA 54% Nat 51%, Chemistry
UTPA 57% Nat 58%, and Statics and Dynamics
UTPA 57% Nat 57%. National average met or
exceeded in three out of four sections. A Senior
Design robotics teams won 1st place competing
against 25 other Universities and a RFID senior
design won 3rd place in a paper competition for
the same competition field April 2008(CRITERION
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
09/29/2010 - EE review for Spring
2011 Exam organized for Spring
2011 semester.
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 12/17 completed on
schedule (71%).
Spring 2014: 10/14 completed on schedule
(71%).
CRITERION NOT MET.
Result Type:
12/18/2014 - Undergraduate
coordinator has proposed midterm
progress grades in Senior Design I
and Senior Design II to encourage
students to allocate sufficient time
during first half of semester.
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05/31/2008 - Syllabus revised and
math courses revised to better
reflect electrical engineering needs
in meetings with math faculty 2006
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
80% of senior designs completed on
schedule. 100% completed before
graduation approved.
SLO Assessment Results
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Proposal has been forwarded to
Senior Design instructor.
07/02/2013 - Spring2013/Fall2012 95.6% Senior
Design projects completed on schedule, 100%
Senior Design projects completed by graduating
Seniors.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/21/2012 - Spring 2012/Fall2011 96.3% of
senior designs completed on schedule. 100% of
graduating seniors completed senior design.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Spring 2011/Fall 2010 total: 100%
Senior Design I projects completed on schedule,
88% Senior Design II projects completed on
schedule, 100% graduates completed senior
design project.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010/Fall 2009 total: 85%
Senior Design I projects completed on schedule,
94% Senior Design II projects completed on
schedule, 100% graduates completed senior
design project.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/12/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior Design I and II
100% of projects completed on schedule. All
graduates completed senior design project.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 Senior Design 1: 100% of
projects completed on schedule, Senior Design 2,
100%, of project completed. All graduates
completed senior project. (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 Senior Design 1: 100%
of projects completed on schedule, Senior Design
2, 88%, of project completed. All graduates
completed senior project. (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams (Internal) Circuits I and
II.
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Course Embedded Assessment
Criterion for Success:
Improve scores on Circuits I and Circuits II
2007-2008 assessment exams by 10% over
previous year.
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Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Curriculum change to
eliminate summer senior design
initiated 2006.
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 versus Spring 2009
Assessment Exam, Circuits I Down 9.3%, Circuits
II Up 12%, Average of Both Up 1%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - February 2010
Assessment meetings. Circuits I
More emphasis on node equation
lectures and assignments, adding
phasor diagram to Circuits I lab,
Circuits II adding power lab using
power meter to Circuits I lab ro
improve complex power
understanding.
05/12/2009 - Spring 2009 versus Spring 2008
Assessment Exams:
Circuits I Up 7.5%, Circuits II Down 7.2%, Average
Up 0.1%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/12/2009 - Circuits I:Lecture
Emphasis Norton Short Circuit,
Phasors,Max Power,RC time
constant.
Circuits II: Lecture Emphsis
Transient and Step Response,
Sophomore Lab AC Pwr, Pf=0.5
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 vs Fall 2007 Assessment
Exams: Circuits I: Up 30%, Circuits II: up 26%,
average up 28%, (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 vs Spring 2007
Assessment Exams: Circuits I: Up 6.1%, Circuits
II: up 18.3%, average up 12.2%, (CRITERION
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey
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12/18/2014 - Fall 2013 Exit Survey: 100% agree
or strongly agree on Question 1. CRITERION
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/02/2013 - Spring 2013 Exit Survey 83.3%
Strongly Agree or Agree with question 1.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/21/2012 - Spring 2012 Exit Survey 100%
strongly agree or agree in question 1
Result Type:
Criterion Met
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Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Added complex power
labs to improve Circuits I concepts
and modified lecture to emphasize
equivalent circuit terminals constant
and adding more 3 phase power to
lecture Fall 2007.Circuits 1
increasing node equation
assignments and specifically
teaching surface current concept
Fall 2007 Sophomore and Junior lab
more emphasis on Thevenin/Norton
applications Fall 2007.
12/18/2014 - Criterion was met so
no actions specifically based on
result were taken.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Exit Survey 100%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question 1
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 Exit
Survey 100% Strongly Agree or Agree on
Question 1
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/12/2009 - Spring 2009 Exit Survey: 94%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question #1.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 Exit Survey: 100%
Strongly Agree on Question #1. (CRITERION
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams (Internal) Circuits I and
II.
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Course Embedded Assessment
Criterion for Success:
Improve scores on Circuits I and Circuits II
assessment exams over previous year.
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12/18/2014 - Circuits I
Fall 2012 vs Fall 2013 - improved by 6.9%.
Spring 2013 vs Spring 2014 - declined by 4.3%.
Overall AY 12-13 vs AY 13-14 - improved by
1.3%. CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/02/2013 - Circuits I average up 12.8%. Circuits
II exam revision in progress due to course content
change.
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12/18/2014 - No new actions continue actions from previous
cycles.
12/18/2014 - Spring 2013 committee
recommendations: more work on
capacitor
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/13/2012 - Signals and Systems assessment
exam: Overall score 54%, declined from previous
year. Detailed breakdown included in report.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
Use of Result & Follow-Up
charge/discharge and phasor
diagrams for capacitors, metric unit
multipliers.
12/18/2014 - Actions recommended
by committee: Revise superposition
lab, and more emphasis on
superposition in lecture. More
emphasis on controlled voltage
sources, supernode technique,
maximum power theorem, and
complex power.
10/10/2012 - Based on assessment
of individual questions on exam,
instructors were advised to
emphasize definition of complex
frequency, distinction between LTI
and non-LTI systems, and to do
more examples involving the
sampling theorem.
08/21/2012 - Circuits I up 8.6%, Circuits II revised
exam for Signals and Systems
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Circuits I
Assessment Exam Down -9.0%, Circuits II
Assessment Exam Up 16%, average both Up
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 2. Design/Conduct
Experiments - 2. Students will be able to
design and conduct experiments and
interpret the results.
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
SLO Assessment Method:
Successful demonstration of senior design
project.
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Senior Project Course
Criterion for Success:
100% of senior designs completed on
schedule. 100% completed before
graduation approved
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 12/17 completed on
schedule (71%).
Spring 2014: 10/14 completed on schedule
(71%).
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/18/2014 - Undergraduate
coordinator has proposed midterm
progress grades in Senior Design I
and Senior Design II to encourage
students to allocate sufficient time
during first half of semester.
Proposal has been forwarded to
Senior Design instructor.
07/02/2013 - Spring2013/Fall2012 95.6% Senior
Design Projects completed on schedule, 100% for
graduating Seniors
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/21/2012 - 96.3% Senior Design projects
complete on schedule, 100% completed by
graduating seniors.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Spring 2011/Fall 2010 total: 100%
Senior Design I projects completed on schedule,
88% Senior Design II projects completed on
schedule, 100% graduates completed senior
design project.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010/Fall 2009 total: 85%
Senior Design I projects completed on schedule,
94% Senior Design II projects completed on
schedule, 100% graduates completed senior
design project.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior Design I 100%
projects completed on schedule. Senior Design II
100% projects completed on schdule.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 Senior Design I 100%
projects completed on schedule. Senior Design II
100% projects completed on schdule.
(CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 Senior Design 1: 100%
of projects completed on schedule, Spring 2008
Senior Design 2: 88% of projects completed. All
graduates completed senior project. (CRITERION
MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
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12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 100% agree or strongly
agree on Question 2.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/02/2013 - Spring 2013 Exit Survey 83.3%
Strongly Agree or Agree with question II.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
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Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Curriculum change to
eliminate summer senior design
initiated Spring 2006.
12/18/2014 - Results meet criterion
and no specific actions were taken.
07/02/2013 - Additional
oscilloscopes and power supplies
being added to Senior Design Lab
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Pending Follow-Up
08/21/2012 - 100% Strongly Agree or Agree on
Question 2
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Exit Survey, 100%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question 2.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 Exit
Survey, 90% Strongly Agree or Agree on Question
2.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Exit Survey: 100%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question #2.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Exit Survey: 100%
Strongly Agree on Question #2. (CRITERION
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exam on Basic Lab Skills given
first day of EE Lab I, after completion of
Circuits I and Digital I Laboratories
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
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12/18/2014 - Fall 13 to Spring 14 - Scores
improved by 0.5% from 63.1 to 63.6.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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12/18/2014 - Test evaluator
recommended action due to decline
in scores on safety portion of test.
Actions recommended included
adding safety notices in labs and
making sure TAs inform
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
students that disconnecting power is
always first priority in accidents
involving electricity.
Improvement over previous cycle results
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
Use of Result & Follow-Up
07/02/2013 - Fall2012 only, average 49.7% same
as previous year, decline. Dropped from 100 to
83% on safety question.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
09/13/2012 - Overall score 49.7%, down 5.7%
from previous cycle. Individual topic results given
in exam report.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/02/2013 - Lab Safety rules
posted in junior lab.
09/13/2011 - Overall score 55.4%, decline of 3.2%
from previous cycle. Results of individual
questions given in exam report.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/13/2011 - Report recommended
additional ammeter usage in lab
(repeat from previous cycle) and
emphasizing meaning of RMS
measurements.
03/29/2011 - Overall score 58.6%, improvement
of 7.5% over previous exam cycle. Detailed topic
scores given in exam report.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
03/29/2011 - Report
recommendations: (1) Emphasize
use of ammeter. (2) Request
instructors of ELEE 2320 to
increase emphasis on sign and
polarity in lectures.
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10/10/2012 - Report
recommendation: (1) Assign TAs to
re-emphasize safety rules in
laboratory. (2) Rewrite one or more
projects to increase usage of
ammeter. (3) Assign TAs to
increase use of ammeters.
Additional recommendations after
committee meeting: (1) Post safety
rules in laboratories, (2) Assign two
faculty to reconsider sequence of
labs in ELEE 2120.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Loop Closed
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 3. Design Electrical Systems
- 3. Students will be able to design electrical
devices, systems, or processes that meet
given specifications.
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
SLO Assessment Method:
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
(Nationally Normed) - All Afternoon
(Electrical) Sections
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Certification or Licensing
Examination
Criterion for Success:
Meet or exceed national average for
electrical engineering on combined average
of all afternoon sections
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013 Exam; There were
signficant declines in each area of the FE Exam as
well as the combined average. CRITERION NOT
MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/02/2013 - Fall 2012 UTPA afternoon electrical
engineering test average 55.4%, National average
55.0%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/21/2012 - 6 students Afternoon EE section
UTPA Average 51.1% National 51.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/26/2011 - Spring 2011 FE Exam 9 Students,
PM EE Session all catagories, UTPA 57% Nat
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 FE Exam 9 Students,
PM EE Session all catagories, UTPA 49% Nat
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
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12/18/2014 - The College of
Engineering and Computer Science
established a student success task
force, which has recommended
actions to improve performance in
gatekeeper courses and eventually
on the FE exam scores.
09/14/2012 - Additional FE Exam
related courses and or course
emphasis proposed to
administration.
10/13/2012 - Spring 2011 Review
Sessions Conducted by Engineering
Faculty
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Method:
Successful demonstration of senior design
project.
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Senior Project Course
Criterion for Success:
80% of senior designs completed on
schedule, 100% completed before
graduation approved.
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
12/31/2008 - FE Exam Oct 2008 Afternoon EE
Session UTPA 90% National Avg 50%
(CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - . FE Fall 2007 UTPA Afternoon EE
Session 64%, National average 56%. A Senior
Design robotics teams won 1st place competing
against 25 other Universities and a RFID senior
design won 3rd place in a paper competition for
the same competition field April, 2008.
(CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Syllabus revised and
math courses revised to better
reflect electrical engineering needs
in meetings with math faculty.
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 12/17 completed on
schedule (71%).
Spring 2014: 10/14 completed on schedule
(71%).
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/18/2014 - Undergraduate
coordinator has proposed midterm
progress grades in Senior Design I
and Senior Design II to encourage
students to allocate sufficient time
during first half of semester.
Proposal has been forwarded to
Senior Design instructor.
07/02/2013 - Spring 2013/Fall 2012 95.6% Senior
Designs Completed on schedule, 100% completed
before graduation.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Fall 2011 Spring 2012 100% Senior
Design I and 93.5% Senior Design II projects
completed, 100% graduating senior porjects
completed.
Result Type:
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Student Learning Outcomes
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Spring 2011/Fall 2010 total: 100%
Senior Design I projects completed on schedule,
88% Senior Design II projects completed on
schedule, 100% graduates completed senior
design project.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010/Fall 2009 total: 85%
Senior Design I projects completed on schedule,
94% Senior Design II projects completed on
schedule, 100% graduates completed senior
design project.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior Design I 100%
projects completed on schedule Senior Design II
100% projects completed on schedule, All
graduates completed Senior Design Project.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 Senior Design I 100%
projects completed on schedule Senior Design II
100% projects completed on schedule, All
graduates completed Senior Design Project.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 Senior Design 1: 100%
of projects completed on schedule, Senior Design
2: 88% of projects completed on schedule. All
05/31/2008 - Curriculum change to
eliminate summer senior design
initiated.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
graduates completed senior project. (CRITERION
MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams (Internal) Circuits I & II,
Electronics, Digital I
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improvement in average.
12/18/2014 - CIRCUITS I - Overall AY 12-13 vs
AY 13-14 - improved by 1.3%. SIGNALS AND
SYSTEMS - Fall 13 to Spring 14 improved by 6%.
ELECTRONICS - AY12-13 to AY13-14 improved
by 2.3%, DIGITAL I - AY12-13 to AY13-14
declined by 0.5%. Overall CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/18/2014 - Continued strategies
from previous semesters in ELEE
2320 including increased emphasis
on controlled voltage sources,
supernode techniques, time and
phasor domain behavior of
capacitors, and unit conversions.
12/18/2014 - The Digital Systems
committee recommended adding
classroom discussions, homework
assignments, and quizzes in ELEE
2330 focusing on Boolean
simplification. The committee
recommended allocating more
lecture time to Finite State
Machines.
12/18/2014 The test evaluator for Signals and
Systems recommended continuing
emphasis on Bode Plots, which had
shown improved results, and
assessing whether enough course
time is available to cover ztransforms.
07/02/2013 - Spring2013 Circuits I up 12.8%,
Digital I up 6.9%, Fall 2012 Electronics I up 0.0%,
Spring 2013/Fall 2012 Circuits II not available,
average all up 4.9%%
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/13/2012 - Signals and Systems assessment
exam: Overall score 54%, declined from previous
year. Detailed breakdown included in report.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 from Spring 2011,
Circuits I up 3.2%, Digital I up 6.4%, Electronics
down 10.8%, Net down -1,2%, Circuits II new
exam Signals and Systems.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Senior Assessment
Exam: AC -16.8%, Comm +8.9%, DII -21.5%,
JLab 4.9%, Microp +11%, NumComp -2%, SolidS
-5.7%, ElectII -12.6%, EMag +13.7%, Average All
Down -2.2%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 versus Spring 2010
Assessment Exam, Circuits I Down 9.0%, Circuits
II Up 16%, Digital up 1.5%, Electronics Up 5.1%,
Average of four Up 3.4%
Use of Result & Follow-Up
09/14/2012 - Action taken
Spring2012 to continue emphasis in
Electronics Lecture on threshold
voltage with additional problem
assignment on the topic.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 versus Spring 2009
Assessment Exam, Circuits I Down 9.3%, Circuits
II Up 12%, Digital Down 2.7%, Electronics Up
3.5%, Average of four Up 0.8%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/27/2010 - February 2010
Assessment meetings. Circuits I
More emphasis on node equation
lectures and assignments, adding
phasor diagram to Circuits I lab,
Circuits II adding power lab using
power meter to Circuits I lab ro
improve complex power
understanding.
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 versus Spring 2008
Assessment exams. Circuits I Up 7.5%, Circuits II
Down 7.2%, Electronics I Down 3.8%, Digital I
Down 1.3%, Average Down 1.2%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Lecture emphasis and
assignments: Circuits I: Norton
Short Circuit, Phasor, Max Power,
RC time constant. Digital I:
Mealy/Moore, 2's complement,
Boolean Algebra. Circuits II: RC
time constant step response, Power
Factor. Electronics I Ic
approximately Ie, Quadratic Vg.
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 versus Fall 2007
Assessment exams. Circuits I Up 30%, Circuits II
Up 26%, Electronics I, even, Digital I Down 9%,
Average Up 12% (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 vs Spring 2007
Assessment Exams: Circuits I: up 6.1%, Circuits
II: up 18.3%, Electronics I: up 14.2%, Digital I: up
21.9%, average up 15.1% (CRITERION MET.)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
03/10/2009 - Increased emphasis
on state machine in Digital I lecture
Fall 2008.
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05/31/2008 - Added complex power
labs to improve Circuits I concepts
and modified lecture to emphasize
equivalent circuit terminals constant
and adding more 3 phase power to
lecture. Lecture emphasis increase
of Boolean algebra in Digital 1 and
depletion MOSFET in electronics
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 100% agree or strongly
agree on Question 3.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/03/2013 - Spring 2013 Question 3 result 75.5%
Strongly Agree or Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/22/2012 - 94.4% agree or strongly agree on
Question 3 of Senior Exit Survey.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Exit Survey 100%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question 3
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 Exit
Survey 87% Strongly Agree or Agree on Question
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Exit Survey: 78%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question #3.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - Criterion was met, so
no specific action was taken.
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07/03/2013 - Additional equipment
being purchased as recommended
by some Senior Design Groups
05/13/2009 - Action to be
considered in fall presemester
department meeting.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Exit Survey: 95% Strongly
Agree on Question #3. (CRITERION MET.)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams (Internal) Automatic
Controls, Communications, Digital 2, Junior
Lab, Microprocessors, Numerical
Computation, Solid State
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve Assessment Exams (Internal)
Automatic Controls, Communications, Digital
2, Junior Lab, Microprocessors, Numerical
Computation, Solid State Average for all
exams 5%.
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams (Internal) Automatic
Controls, Communications, Digital 2, Junior
Lab, Microprocessors, Numerical
Computation, Solid State
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
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07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 Senior Assessment
Exam: AC +0.8%, Comm -2.2%, DII +13.4%, JLab
-10.6%, Microp -10.6%, NumComp +2.1%, SolidS
-3.3%, ElectII +3.4%, EMag -9.5%, Average All Up
0.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior Assessment Test
Automatic Controls Up 26.5%, Communications
Down 4.6%, Digital 2 Up 4.4%, Junior Lab Up
7.8%, Microprocessors Down 5.5%, Numerical
Computation Up 1%, Solid State Up 2.8%
Average Up 3.4%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Lecture and
assignment emphasis:
Communications:Amplitude
Modulation & Quantitization. Junior
Lab: Units and Power Supply Filter.
Microprocessors: Distinguishing
machine and assembly language.
Solid State:Thermal Equilibrium
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 exam basis established
(CRITERIA UNDETERMINED)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Sophomore and Junior
lab more emphasis on
Thevenin/Norton applications
12/18/2014 - 2013-2014 Results not yet compiled.
12/18/2014 - N/A
Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/03/2013 - Spring2013 4 question average: AC1%, Comm +7.7%, DigitalII +4.0%, JL +9.2%, MP
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
Improve Assessment Exams (Internal)
Automatic Controls, Communications, Digital
2, Junior Lab, Microprocessors, Numerical
Computation, Solid State Average for all
exams.
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 4. Multidisciplinary Teams 4. Students will be able to function in
multidisciplinary teams
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
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SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
+9.8%, NC -4%, SSD +19.3%, ElectII +3.2%,
Emag +7.2%.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/03/2013 - Single test question
actions: AC, Comm, DII, JL, MP,
NC, EII, see meeting minutes for
actions.
08/22/2012 - Senior Assessment Exam Spring
2012 compared Spring 2011, AC down -3.5%,
Comm down -7.7%, Digital II down -19.4%, JL up
1.2%, MP up 3.7%, NumCopm down -4.2%,
SolidSD down -10.3%, Electronics II down -0.8%,
EMag Down -15.0% Net Avg down -6,3%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
09/14/2012 - Spring 2012 action
includes additional exam question
topic lecture emphasis in Controls,
Digital II, Microprocessors,
Numerical Comp, and Electronics II
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 91.6% agree or strongly
agree on Question 4. CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/03/2013 - Spring 2013 Exit Survey 75.5% for
Question 4
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/22/2012 - 94.4% agree or strongly agree on
Question 4 on the Senior Exit Survey.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Exit Survey 100%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question 4
Result Type:
12/18/2014 - Criterion was met so
no specific new actions were taken.
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07/03/2013 - Lecture on teamwork
being added to Senior Design I & II
syllabus.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 Exit
Survey 90% Strongly Agree or Agree on Question
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Exit Survey: 94%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question #4.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Exit Survey: 100%
Strongly Agree on Question #4.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Senior Design Team Survey
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% Exemplary or Satisfactory Team Survey
Average
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
12/18/2014 - Results for 2013-2014 have not yet
been compiled.
Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/03/2013 - Spring 2013 Senior Design II 81.6%
found self and team members as examplary or
satisfactory.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 Senior Design I 85.1%
Rate self and partners as Satisfactory or
Exemplary
Result Type:
Criterion Met
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12/18/2014 - New instructors will be
informed of assessment
requirements.
07/03/2013 - Teamwork lecture to
be added to syllabus for Senior
Design I & II
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 91.4% Senior Design II
Team Survey Exemplary or Satisfactory Average.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 92%
Senior Design I and II Team Survey Exemplary or
Satisfactory Average.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - 85 % Team Survey Exemplary or
Satisfactory Average (CRITERION MET.)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 5. Communication - 5.
Students will be able to communicate ideas
effectively in graphical, oral, and in written
media
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
SLO Assessment Method:
Completion of senior design report
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Senior Project Course
Criterion for Success:
100% of reports judged acceptable by EE
faculty.
12/18/2014 - Due to change in instructors this was
not specifically tracked; however, 71%
completion result indicates that some reports were
unsatisfactory.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - New instructors will be
informed of the assessment
requirement for Senior Design
reports. The undergraduate
coordinator has proposed midterm
progress grades in Senior Design I
and Senior Design II to encourage
students to allocate sufficient time
during first half of semester.
07/03/2013 - Spring 2013/Fall2012 Senior Design
I & II reports were 96.8% accepted by faculty.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
08/22/2012 - 96.3% of Senior Design I & II reports
judged acceptable by faculty.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Spring 2011 and Fall 2010 6.5% of
31 Senior Design I and II reports rejected by
faculty.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 8.3% of
24 Senior Design I and II reports rejected by
faculty.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - No Senior Design Reports were
rejected by faculty Spring 2009
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - 1 Senior Design Report rejected by
one faculty (Report accepted by two faculty)
87.5% accepted. (CRITERION NOT MET). Follow
up on Senior Design II Report.
Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - No senior design reports were
reported rejected by faculty. (CRITERION MET.)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Senior Design II
Report accepted by all three faculty.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 91.6% agree or strongly
agree on Question 5. CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/03/2013 - Spring 2013 Exit Survey indicates
91.7% Strongly Agree or Agree can comminicate
effectively.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - 100% Agree or Strongly Agree with
Question 5 on Exit Survey
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Exit Survey 100%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question 5
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 Exit
Survey 80% Strongly Agree or Agree on Question
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Exit Survey: 81%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question #5
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - Criterion was met so
not new actions were taken.
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05/13/2009 - Action to be
determined at fall presemester
department meeting.
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Exit Survey: 95% Strongly
Agree, on Question #5. (CRITERION MET.)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Junior Lab Oral and Graphical Presentation
Rubric
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Scoring Rubrics
Criterion for Success:
85% score 80 or higher on Junior Lab oral
and graphical rubric.
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12/18/2014 - Spring 2014: Junior level oral
presentations 78.3% scored 80 or higher.
CRITERION NOT MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/18/2014 - Format of
presentations was changed in
Spring 2014. Another evaluation
was performed in Fall 2014 and
results improved to 93.3%.
07/03/2013 - Spring2013/Fall2012 JL I & II Written
94.3%>80, Oral 95.4% >80
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 JL I & II Written Rubric
68.7% > 80, Oral 96.0% > 80.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 and Fall 2010 Junior
Lab I and II 96.2% scored 80 or higher on Junior
Lab Oral Presentaion Rubric and 91.8% scored 80
or higher on Junior Lab Written Rubric
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/23/2010 - Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 Junior
Lab I and II 94.3% scored 80 or higher on Junior
Lab Oral Presentaion Rubric and 93.6% scored 80
or higher on Junior Lab Written Rubric
Result Type:
Criterion Met
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - 90.0% scored 80 or higher on Junior
Lab Oral Presentaion Rubric Spring 2009
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - 93.8% scored 80 or higher on Junior
Lab Written Report Rubric Spring 2009
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - 95.5% scored 80 or higher on Junior
Lab Written Report Rubric Fall 2008 (CRITERION
MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - 95.5% scored scored 80 or higher on
Junior Lab Oral and Graphical rubric Fall 2008
(CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - 100% scored 80 or higher on Junior
Lab oral and graphical rubric.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
SLO Assessment Method:
Engineering - 6. Professional Responsibility Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
- 6. Students will understand the
(Nationally Normed) - Ethics Section
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12/18/2014 - Fall 2013 Exam - 1% below national
average. Borderline, result with margin of error.
Result Type:
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
professional responsibility of an engineer
and how engineering solutions impact
safety, economics, ethics, politics, and
societal and cultural issues.
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Certification or Licensing
Examination
Criterion for Success:
Meet or exceed national average for
electrical engineering in ethics section
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/18/2014 - COECS established a
student success task force charged
with improving FE scores and pass
rates in gatekeeper courses.
07/03/2013 - Spring2013/Fall2012 Weighted Avg
UTPA 71.65%, National Avg 72.6%, Ehtics &
Bussiness paractices. No action as within 1%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Fall2011/Spring 2012 FE Exam
Ethics & Bussiness Practices UTPA 77.5%
National Avg 84.0%, 6.5% below National average
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/26/2011 - Spring 2011 FE Exam Ethics &
Bussiness Practices UTPA 71% National Avg 72%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/27/2010 - Spring 2010 FE Exam Results Ethics
Section Average UTPA 60% National 74%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 FE Exam Results UTPA
83% National Average 81% (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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09/14/2012 - Additional FE Exam
related courses and or course
emphasis proposed to
administration.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Fall 2007 FE Exam results UTPA
84% National Average 75%.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 91.6% agree or strongly
12/18/2014 - Criterion was met so
agree on Question 6. CRITERION MET.
no new actions were taken.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/03/2013 - Spring 2013 100% Strongly Agree or
Agree Question 6 on Exit Survey
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - 94% agree or strongly agree with
Question 6 on Senior Exit Survey
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring2011 Exit Survey Question 6
100% Strongly Agree or Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Fall2009/Spring2010 Exit Survey
Question 6 94% Strongly Agree or Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Exit Survey 100% Agree
or Stongly Agree on Question #6
Result Type:
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Exit Survey: 100%
Strongly Agree on Question #6. (CRITERION
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Senior Project Reports addresses
environmental health and safety, economic,
political, and ethical issues.
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Senior Project Course
Criterion for Success:
85% submitted reports address issues
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
12/18/2014 - Due to change in instructors this was 12/18/2014 - New instructors have
not tracked in 2013-2014.
been informed of need to record this
Result Type:
measure.
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/03/2013 - Spring 2013 Senior Design I & II
92.7% final Reports address Environmental,
Social & Ethical, Health & Safety Issues
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Senior
Design I & II 100% addressed Health & Safety,
Economic, and Environmental concerns, 90%
Political, and 93.3% Ethical.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/04/2011 - Fall 2010/Spring 2011 97%
addressed all issues, % addressed each issue:
100% health and safety, 100% economic, 100%
political, 97% ethical, 100% environmental
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
07/27/2010 - Fall 2009/Spring 2010 57%
addressed all issues, % addressed each issue:
61% health and safety, 96% economic, 78%
political, 61% ethical, 74% environmental
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 100% Senior Design I
reports and 88% Senior Design II reports
addressed Environmental, Health & Safety,
Economic, Political and Ethical Issues
100% Senior Design II reports addressed
Environmental and Political Issues
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 100% Senior Design I
reports and 100% Senior Design II addressed
Environmental, Health & Safety, Economic,
Political and Ethical Issues (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Spring senior design reports 100%
all issues except political, ethical 90%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Issues to be added to
written report rubric
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 7. Lifelong Learning - 7.
Students will understand the need for
lifelong learning to keep abreast of current
practice.
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 100% agree or strongly
agree on Question 7. CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/03/2013 - Spring 2013 100% Strongly Agree or
Agree on Question 7
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - 94% agree or strongly agree with
question 7 in the Senior Exit Survey
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring2011 Question 7 Exit Survey
100% Strongly Agree or Agree.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Fall2009/Spring2010 Question 7 Exit
Survey 85% Strongly Agree or Agree.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Exit Survey 94% Agree
or Strongly Agree on Question #7
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Exit Survey: 100%
12/18/2014 - Criterion was met so
no specific new actions were taken.
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Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Strongly Agree on Question #7. (CRITERION
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 8. Computational
Hardware/Software - 8. Students will be
able to use state-of-the-art computational
hardware and software for analysis, design,
and documentation
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
SLO Assessment Method:
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
(Nationally Normed) - AM Computer section,
PM Computer Systems sections
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Certification or Licensing
Examination
Criterion for Success:
Meet or exceed national average for
electrical engineering in each section
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013 Exam: 22% below national
average on AM Computers and 15% below
national average on PM Computer Systems.
CRITERION NOT MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Fall2012/Spring2013 16/4 students
Morning Computers UTPA 71/66 National Avg
75/80, Afternoon Comupter Systems UTPA/51/50
National Avg. 56/69
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Fall 2011 Spring2012 AM Computers
UTPA 84.5% National 82.0 % PM Computer
Systems UTPA 47% National 54.5% Net UTPA
65.8% National 68.3%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/26/2011 - FE Exam Spring 2011 AM
Computors, PM Computor Systems Averge UTPA
69% National 64%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - FE Exam Spring 2010 AM
Computors PM Computor Systems % Correct
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12/18/2014 - College established a
student success task force charged
with improving scores on FE exam
and pass rates in gatekeeper
courses.
07/05/2013 - Course proposal for
FE Exam study.
09/14/2012 - Additional FE Exam
related courses and or course
emphasis proposed to
administration.
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
National 65%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
09/29/2010 - EE review for Spring
2011 Exam organized for Spring
2011 semester.
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 FE Exam Results AM
Computer Section UTPA 88% National Average
80%, PM Computer Systems Section UTPA 56%
National Average 55% (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Fall 2007 FE Exam results, UTPA
69% National 66% (CRITERIA MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
05/31/2008 - Lab changes for
computer engineering increasing
emphasis on digital circuits
submitted to THECB.
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 100% agree or strongly
12/18/2014 - Criterion was met so
agree on Question 8. CRITERION MET.
no new actions were taken specific
Result Type:
to this result.
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 91.7% students Strongly
agree or agree with Question 8 on the exit survey.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 Exit Survey Question 8
100% Agree or Strongly Agree.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Exit survey Question 8
100% Strongly Agree or Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Fall 2009/Spring 2010 Exit survey
Question 8 90% Strongly Agree or Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Exit Survey: 94% Agree
or Strongly Agree on Question #8.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Exit Survey: 95% Strongly
Agree on Question #8. (CRITERION MET.)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 9. (A) Knowledge of
Mathematics/Basic Sciences - 9. (A)
Students will demonstrate a knowledge of
mathematics and basic sciences necessary
for the analysis and design of electrical and
electronic circuits and systems
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
SLO Assessment Method:
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
(Nationally Normed) - Mathematics section
and Probability/Stats section.
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Certification or Licensing
Examination
Criterion for Success:
Meet or exceed national average for
electrical engineering in math section
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013 Exam: 18% below national 12/18/2014 - The College of
average in Math and 14% below national average Engineering and Computer Science
in Probability/Stats. CRITERION NOT MET.
established a student success task
force charged with improving FE
Result Type:
Exam scores and performance in
Criterion Not Met
gatekeeper courses.
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring1013/Fall2012 FE Exam UPTA 07/05/2013 - Additional FE Exam
16/4 students Math 58/72 National 62/75,
course proposed.
Engineering Probability UTPA 45/31 National Avg
62/52.
Result Type:
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/22/2012 - Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Math Morning
Prob & Stat UTPA 50% National average 62.5 %
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/26/2011 - Spring 2011 FE Exam AM Math and
Prob & Stat Average UTPA 68% National 66%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Spring 2010 FE Exam AM Math and
Prob & Stat Average UTPA 51% National 64%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 FE Exam Results Math and
Probablity Sections UTPA 81% National Average
55% (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Fall 2007 FE Exam results, UTPA
64%, National Avg 59%
(CRITERIA MET)
Use of Result & Follow-Up
09/14/2012 - Additional FE Exam
related courses and or course
emphasis proposed to
administration.
09/29/2010 - EE review for Spring
2011 Exam organized for Spring
2011 semester.
05/31/2008 - Syllabus revised and
math courses revised to better
reflect electrical engineering needs
in meetings with math faculty.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Successful demonstration of senior design
project.
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 12/17 completed on
schedule (71%).
Spring 2014: 10/14 completed on schedule
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Senior Project Course
Criterion for Success:
80% of senior designs completed on
schedule, 100% completed before
graduation approved.
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
CRITERION NOT MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/18/2014 - Undergraduate
coordinator has proposed midterm
progress grades in Senior Design I
and Senior Design II to encourage
students to allocate sufficient time
during first half of semester.
Proposal has been forwarded to
Senior Design instructor.
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013/Fall2012 95.6% senior
design projects completed on schedule. 100% of
senior deign projects of graduating seniors
completed on schedule.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - 94% of Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Senior
Design I & II projects accepted, 100% graduating
Senior projects accepted.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Senior Design I & II Fall 2010 Spring
2011 93.5% projects accepted, 100% Grauating
Seniors projects accepted.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Senior Design
I and II total 92.3% Senior Design Projects
Accepted.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior Design 1: 100%
of projects completed on schedule, Senior Design
2 100% completed on schedule. All graduates
completed senior project.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 Senior Design I 100%
Projects completed on schedule, Senior Design II
100% projects completed on scedule, All
Graduates completed Senior Design (CRITERION
MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Senior Design 1: 100% of 05/31/2008 - Curriculum change to
projects completed on schedule, Senior Design 2 eliminate summer senior design
88% completed on schedule. All graduates
initiated.
completed senior project. (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams (Internal)
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve scores on Circuits I and Circuits II
2007-2008 assessment exams by 10% over
previous year.
07/27/2010 - Spring 2010 Fall 2009 Circuits I
Assessment Exam Down -9.3%, Circuits II
Assessment Exam Up 12%, average both Up 1%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/27/2010 - February 2010
Assessment meetings. Circuits I
More emphasis on node equation
lectures and assignments, adding
phasor diagram to Circuits I lab,
Circuits II adding power lab using
power meter to Circuits I lab ro
improve complex power
understanding.
07/27/2010 - Spring 2010 Senior Assessment
Exam All Sections Up 2.3%
Result Type:
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior exams up 4.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 versus Spring 2008
Assessment Exams: Circuits I Up 7.5%, Circuits II
Down 7.2%, Average Up 0.1%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 vs Fall 2007 Assessment
Exams: Circuits I Up 30%, Circuits II Up 26%,
Average Up 28% (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 vs Spring 2007
Assessment Exams: Circuits I: up 6.1%, Circuits
II: up 18.3%, average up 12.2%,
(CRITERION MET.)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni Survey
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Alumni Surveying
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Additional lecture
emphasis:Communications:Modulati
on and Quantitization, Solid
State:Thermal Equilibrium
05/13/2009 - Circuits I:Lecture
Emphasis Norton Short Circuit,
Phasors,Max Power,RC time
constant. Circuits II: Lecture
Emphsis Transient and Step
Response, Sophomore Lab AC Pwr,
Pf=0.5
05/31/2008 - Added complex power
labs to improve Circuits I concepts
and modified lecture to emphasize
equivalent circuit terminals constant
and adding more 3 phase power to
lecture.
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 exam basis established
(CRITERIA UNDETERMINED)
Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Pending Follow-Up
Criterion for Success:
85% Agree or Strongly Agree on relevant
sections of survey.
SLO Assessment Method:
Senior Exit Survey
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% Agree or Strongly Agree on relevant
sections of Survey
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 91.6% agree or strongly
12/18/2014 - Criterion was met so
agree on Question A. CRITERION MET.
no action was taken specific to this
Result Type:
result.
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 Exit Survey 83.3%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Section I Question 1
and 100% Strongly Agree or Agree on Question
II.A. Average both questions 91.7%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - 100% agree or strongly agree on
Question 1 Section I and 94.4% agree or strongly
agree on Section II Question A
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Senior Exit Survey Spring 2011
Question 1 Strongly Agree or Agree 100%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Senior Exit Survey Spring 2011
Question II. A 100% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/24/2010 - Senior Exit Survey Fall 2009
Question II. A 100% Spring 2010 100% 2009/2010
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Average 100% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Senior Exit Survey Fall 2009 Spring
2010 Question 1 Strongly Agree or Agree 100%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams (Internal)
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve scores on Circuits I and Circuits II
2007-2008 assessment exams over previous
year.
12/18/2014 - CIRCUITS I - Overall AY 12-13 vs
AY 13-14 - improved by 1.3%. SIGNALS AND
SYSTEMS (formerly Circuits II) - Fall 13 to Spring
2014 improved by 6%. CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/18/2014 - In ELEE 2320,
continued strategies from previous
semesters including increased
emphasis on controlled voltage
sources, supernode techniques,
time and phasor domain behavior of
capacitors, and unit conversions.
12/18/2014 - The test evaluator for
Signals and Systems recommended
continuing emphasis on Bode Plots,
which had shown improved results,
and assessing whether enough
course time is available to cover ztransforms.
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 Circuits I exam up
12.8% over Spring 2012. Circuits II Signals and
Systems being revised.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/13/2012 - Signals and Systems assessment
exam: Overall score 54%, declined from previous
year. Detailed breakdown included in report.
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10/10/2012 - Based on assessment
of individual questions on exam,
instructors were advised to
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
emphasize definition of complex
frequency, distinction between LTI
and non-LTI systems, and to do
more examples involving the
sampling theorem.
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 Circuits I Assessment
Exam up 3.2% from Spring 2011
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Circuits I
Assessment Exam Down -9.0%, Circuits II
Assessment Exam Up 16%, average both Up
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/03/2011 - Spring 2011 Senior Assessment
Exam All Sections Down -2.2%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 10. (B) Principle of Electric
Circuits and Electronic - 10. (B) Students
will understand the principles of electrical
circuits and electronics, and analysis,
synthesis, and experimental techniques for
both analog and digital electronic circuits
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
SLO Assessment Method:
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
(Nationally Normed) - PM Sections on
Circuits, Electronics, and Digital Systems
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Certification or Licensing
Examination
Criterion for Success:
Meet or exceed national average for
electrical engineering in sections named
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013 Exam: 20% below national 12/18/2014 - COECS established a
average in Circuits, 6% below in Electronics, and college student success task force
16% below in Digital. CRITERION NOT MET.
with representatives from each
department and the associate dean,
Result Type:
charged with improving FE exam
Criterion Not Met
scores.
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013/Fall2012 UTPA 16/4
students UTPA Circuits 68/40 National Avg 66/60,
Electronics UTPA 62/58 Nationa Avg 55/60,
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Proposed.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Digital Systems UTPA 65/71, National Avg 56/65.
Overall weighted average three tests UTPA 63,2%
National Avg 59.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Fall 2011 Spring 2012 FE Exam
Digital Systems UTPA 51% and National 61%.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/26/2011 - Spring 2011 FE Exam PM Section
Digital, Circuits, Electronics average UTPA 64%
National 60%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Spring 2010 FE Exam PM Section
Digital, Curcutis, Electronics average UTPA 58%
National 63%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 FE Exam results, PM
Digital, Circuits, and Electronics, UTPA 76%
National Average 54%, (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Fall 2008 FE Exam results, UTPA
75%, National Average 62% (CRITERIA MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
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Use of Result & Follow-Up
09/14/2012 - Additional FE Exam
related courses and or course
emphasis proposed to
administration.
09/29/2010 - EE review for Spring
2011 Exam organized for Spring
2011 semester.
05/31/2008 - Lab changes for
computer engineering increasing
emphasis on digital circuits
submitted to THECB.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Successful demonstration of senior design
project.
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Senior Project Course
Criterion for Success:
80% of senior designs completed on
schedule, 100% completed before
graduation approved
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 12/17 completed on
schedule (71%).
Spring 2014: 10/14 completed on schedule
(71%).
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/18/2014 - Undergraduate
coordinator has proposed midterm
progress grades in Senior Design I
and Senior Design II to encourage
students to allocate sufficient time
during first half of semester.
Proposal has been forwarded to
Senior Design instructor.
07/05/2013 - Spring2013/Fall2012 95.6% senior
design projects completed on schedule, 100%
graduating senior projects completed on schedule.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 94.4%
Senior Design I and II projects completed, 100%
graduating Senior projects completed.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Fall 2010 Spring 2011 100% of
Senior Design I and 87.5% Senior Design II
projects completed on schedule, 100% Graduating
Senior Projects completed on schedule.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Fall 2009 Spring 2010 92.3% of
Senior Design projects accepted, 100%
graduating Seniors projects accepted.
Result Type:
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior Design I 100%
projects completed on schedule, Senior Design II
100% projects completed on scedule. All
graduates completed Senior Design.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - December 2008 Senior Design I
100% projects completed on schedule, Senior
Design II 100% projects completed on scedule. All
graduates completed Senior Design. (CRITERION
MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Senior Design 1: 100% of 05/31/2008 - Curriculum change to
projects completed on schedule, Senior Design 2 eliminate summer senior design
88% of projects completed on schedule. All
initiated.
graduates completed senior project. (CRITERION
MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams (Internal)
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve scores on assessment exams by
10% over previous year.
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
07/27/2010 - Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Circuits I
Down -9.3%, Circuits II Up 12%, average Circutis I
and II Up 1.0%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
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07/27/2010 - February 2010
Assessment meetings. Circuits I
More emphasis on node equation
lectures and assignments, adding
phasor diagram to Circuits I lab,
Circuits II adding power lab using
power meter to Circuits I lab ro
improve complex power
understanding.
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
07/27/2010 - 2010 Senior Assessment Exam
Digital II, Junior Lab amd Microprocessor Average
Down -0.6%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 vs Spring 2008
Assessment Exams: Electronics I Down 3.8%,
Digital I Down 1.3%, Average Down 2.5%,
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
SLO Assessment Method:
Junior Lab, Digital 2, Microprocessors
Assessment exams
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve three test assessment average by
5%
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Lecture emphasis
Electronics I:Ic approx Ie, Quadratic
Vg; Digital I:Moore/Mealy, 2's
compliment, Boolean Algebra
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 vs Fall 2007 Assessment
Exams: Electronics I Up 0%, Digital I Down 9%,
Average Down 4.5%, (CRITERION NO MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 vs Spring 2007
Assessment Exams: Electronics I: up 14.2%,
Digital I: up 21.9.3%, average up 21.8%
(CRITERION MET.)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
03/10/2009 - Increased lecture in
Digital I Fall 2008 on state
machines, Boolean Algebra, Hex
Numbers, and Shannon's Theorem.
12/18/2014 - 2013-2014 results not yet compiled.
Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 Junior Lab up 9.2%,
Digital II up 4.0%, Microprocessors 9.8% with
Digital II within 1% no action taken.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
12/18/2014 - N/A
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05/31/2008 - Added complex power
labs to improve Circuits I concepts
and modified lecture to emphasize
equivalent circuit terminals constant
and adding more 3 phase power to
lecture.
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 Digital II down 19.4%,
Junior Lab up 1.2%, Microprocessor up 3.7%, Net
down 14.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/27/2011 - 2011 Senior Assessment Exam
Digital II, Junior Lab amd Microprocessor Average
Down -5.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior Assessment
Test: Digital II Up 4.4%, Junior Lab Up 7.8%,
Microprocessors Down 5.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
Use of Result & Follow-Up
10/15/2012 - Additional lecture
emphasis on exam question items
starting Spring semester 2/29/2012
05/13/2009 - Microprocessors:
Lecture emphasis on distinguihing
machine and assembly language.
Junior Lab: Lecture emphasis on
power supply filter design.
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 exam basis established
(CRITERIA UNDETERMINED)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Sophomore and Junior
lab more emphasis on
Thevenin/Norton applications
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 91.6% agree or strongly
agree on Question B. CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 91.7% on exit survey
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question II.B
Result Type:
Criterion Met
12/18/2014 - Criterion met so no
new actions proposed.
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Senior Exit Survey Question II.B
100% Spring 2012 Senior Design I strongly agree
or agree.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Senior Exit Survey Question II.B Fall
2010 100% Spring 2011 100% 2009/2010
Average 100% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/24/2010 - Senior Exit Survey Fall 2009
Question II.B 85.7% Spring 2010 88.2%
2009/2010 Average 87.5% Agree or Strongly
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams (Internal)
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve scores on CircuitsI & II, Electronics,
Digital I assessment exams over previous
year.
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
12/18/2014 - CIRCUITS I - AY12-13 to AY13-14
improved 1.3%. SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS
(formerly Circuits II) - Fall 13 to Spring 14
improved 6%. ELECTRONICS - AY12-13 to AY
13-14 improved 2.3%. DIGITAL I - AY12-13 to
AY13-14 declined 0.5%. Overall CRITERION
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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12/18/2014 - Continued strategies
from previous semesters including
increased emphasis on controlled
voltage sources, supernode
techniques, time and phasor domain
behavior of capacitors, and unit
conversions.
12/18/2014 - The Digital Systems
committee recommended adding
classroom discussions, homework
assignments, and quizzes in ELEE
2330 focusing on Boolean
simplification. The committee
recommended allocating more
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
lecture time to Finite State
Machines.
12/18/2014 - The test evaluator for
Signals and Systems recommended
continuing emphasis on Bode Plots,
which had shown improved results,
and assessing whether enough
course time is available to cover ztransforms.
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013/Spring 2012 Circuits I
up 12.8%, Digital I up 6.9%, Electronics up 0.0%,
CircuitsII/Signals&Systems not available.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
09/13/2012 - Signals and Systems assessment
exam: Overall score 54%, declined from previous
year. Detailed breakdown included in report.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
10/10/2012 - Based on assessment
of individual questions on exam,
instructors were advised to
emphasize definition of complex
frequency, distinction between LTI
and non-LTI systems, and to do
more examples involving the
sampling theorem.
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 Circuits I up 3.2%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Spring 2011 Spring 2011 Circuits I
Down -9.0%, Circuits II Up 16%, average Circutis I
and II Up 3.5%
Result Type:
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 11. (C) Application of
Electrical Engineering Principles - 11. (C)
Students will understand the applications of
electrical engineering principles in systems
for communications, control, and
computation
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
SLO Assessment Method:
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
(Nationally Normed) - PM Sections on
Communications, Control Systems,
Computer Systems
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Certification or Licensing
Examination
Criterion for Success:
Meet or exceed national average for
electrical engineering in sections named
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013 Exam: 8% below national
average in Communications, 16% below in
Controls, and 15% below in Computer Systems.
CRITERION NOT MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013/Fall2012 UTPA 16/4
students UTPA Controls 53/33 National Avg
44/45, Communications UTPA 36/30 Nationa Avg
45/47, Digital Systems 56/65. Overall weighted
average three tests UTPA 47.5% National Avg
48.8%
12/18/2014 - College of Engineering
and Computer Science created a
task force on student success,
charged with improving scores on
FE exam.
07/05/2013 - FE Exam class
proposed.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/22/2012 - Fall 2011 Spring 2012 FE Exams
Communications UTPA 37.0% National 41.4%,
Controls UTPA 63.5% National 53%, Computer
Systems UTPA 47% National 54.5% Net UTPA
49.2% National 49.7%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/26/2011 - 2011 Spring FE Exam PM Controls,
Communications, and Computors Average UTPA
53% National 54%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/27/2010 - 2010 Spring FE Exam PM Controls,
Communications, and Computors Average UTPA
44% National 54%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 FE Exam results average
of Communications, Control Systems, and
Computer Systems sections, UTPA 60% National
Average 46%, (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Fall 2007 FE Exam results, UTPA
54% National Avg 51%
(CRITERIA MET)
Use of Result & Follow-Up
09/29/2010 - EE review for Spring
2011 Exam organized for Spring
2011 semester.
05/31/2008 - FE Exam action item
under discussion.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams Circuits II and Digital I
(Internal)
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve scores on Circuits II and Digital I
2007-2008 assessment exams by 10% over
previous year.
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
07/27/2010 - Assessment Exams Spring 2010 Fall
2009 Circuits II Up 2%, Digital I Down -8.2%,
Average Both Down -3.1%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Assessment Exams Spring 2009
Spring 2008: Circuits II Down -7.2%, Digital I
Down -1.3%, Average Down -4.4%.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
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05/13/2009 - Digital I: Class
emphasis Moore/Mealy,2's
compliment, Boolean Algebra
Circuits II: Class emphasis RC time
constant, Power factor
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 versus Fall 2007
Assessment Exams: Circuits II up 26%, Digital I
down 9%, average up 8% (CRITERION NOT
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 vs Spring 2007
Assessment Exams: Circuits II: up 18.3%, Digital
I: up 21.9%, average up 20.1% (CRITERION
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - Increased lecture time
in Digital I on Moore, Mealy
Machine, Boolean Algebra, Hex
numbers, Shannon's Theorem.
05/31/2008 - Lab changes for
computer engineering increasing
emphasis on digital circuits
submitted to THECB.
SLO Assessment Method:
Automatic Controls and Communications
Assessment Exams
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve Automatic Control and
Communication Assessment Exam average
by 5%
07/27/2010 - Senior Assessment 2010 Controls
Up 0.8%, Communications Down -2.2%, Both
Down -1.4%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Senior Assessment Exam: Automatic 05/13/2009 - Communications
Controls Up 26.5%, Communications Down 4.6%, increased emphasis AM modulation
Average Up 15.5%.
and Quantitization effects.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 exam basis established
(CRITERIA UNDETERMINED)
Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 91.6% agree or strongly
agree on Question C. CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
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12/18/2014 - Criterion met, no
specific actions proposed.
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
SLO Assessment Method:
Assessment Exams Circuits II and Digital I
(Internal)
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve scores on Circuits II and Digital I
2007-2008 assessment exams over previous
year.
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 Exit Survey 91.7%
Strongly Agree or Agree on Question II.C
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Senior Exit Survey Question II.C
Spring 2012 88.8% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Senior Exit Survey Question II.C Fall
2010 91% Spring 2011 90.9% 2010/2011 Average
91% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/24/2010 - Senior Exit Survey Question II.C Fall
2009 71.4% Spring 2010 88.2% 2009/2010
Average 83.3% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - DIGITAL I - Fall 12 to Fall 13,
declined 0.7% from 52.1 to 51.5. Spring 13 to
Spring 14, improved 0.5% from 50.0 to 59.5.
SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS (formerly Circuits II) Fall 13 to Spring 14, improved 6.0% from 41% to
47%. Results are mixed but overall CRITERION
MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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12/18/2014 - The Digital Systems
committee recommended adding
classroom discussions, homework
assignments, and quizzes in ELEE
2330 focusing on Boolean
simplification. The committee
recommended allocating more
lecture time to Finite State
Machines.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - Signals and Systems:
Test evaluator recommended
continuing emphasis on Bode Plots,
which showed improvement, and
assessing whether sufficient time is
available to cover z-transforms.
07/05/2013 - Spring2013/Spring 2012 Digital I Up
6.9%, Circuits II not available
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 from Spring 2011 Digital
I Assessment Up 6.4%, Circuits II being revised.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Assessment Exams Spring 2011
Spring 2010 Circuits II Up 16%, Digital I Up 1.5%,
Average both Up 8.8%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Automatic Controls and Communications
Assessment Exams
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve Automatic Control and
Communication Assessment Exam average
over previous year.
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
12/18/2014 - 2013-2104 results not yet compiled.
Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 Automatic Controls 1.0%, Communitcations +7.7%, Net up 6.6%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 12. (D) Software Creation
and Use - 12. (D) Students will be able to to
create and use software both as an analysis
and a design tool, and as part of systems
containing hardware and software
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Method:
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
(Nationally Normed) - AM Section on
Computers, PM Sections on Computer
Systems.
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Certification or Licensing
Examination
Criterion for Success:
Meet or exceed national average for
electrical engineering in sections named.
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
08/22/2012 - Senior Assessment Spring 2012 from
Spring 2011 Automatic Controls down 3.5%,
Communications down 7,7% Net -5.6%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/27/2011 - Senior Assessment Spring 2011
Spring 2010 Automatic Controls Down -16.8%
(test change to more difficult test),
Communications Up 8.9%, Average both Down Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
09/14/2012 - Automatic Controls
Additional Emphasis on pole
placement lectures based on Spring
2012 Senior Assessment Test
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013 Exam: 22% below
national average on AM Computer section, 15%
below on PM Computer Systems section.
CRITERION NOT MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring2013/Fall2012 FE Exam UTPA
16/4 students Computers UTPA 71/66 National
Avg 75/80 Computer Systems UTPA 51/50
National Avg 56/60
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/22/2012 - FE exam Fall 2011 Spring 2012 AM
Computers UTAP 84.5% National 82.0%
afternoon Computer SYstems UTPA 47% National
54.5%, Net down -2.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
12/18/2014 - College of Engineering
and Computer Science created a
student success task force. One of
committees charges was to improve
scores on FE Exam.
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07/05/2013 - FE Exam course
proposed
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Loop Closed
08/26/2011 - Spring 2011 FE Exam AM
Computors, PM Computor Systems Average Both,
UTPA 68% National 64%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Spring 2010 FE Exam AM
Computors, PM Computor Systems Average Both,
UTPA 51% National 65%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/31/2008 - Fall 2008 FE Exam average for AM
Computer section UTPA 88% National Average
80%, PM Computer Systems Section UTPA 56%
National Average 55% (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - Fall 2007 FE Exam results, UTPA
69%, National Avg 66%
(CRITERIA MET)
Use of Result & Follow-Up
09/29/2010 - EE review for Spring
2011 Exam organized for Spring
2011 semester.
05/31/2008 - Lab changes for
computer engineering increasing
emphasis on digital circuits
submitted to THECB.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Successful demonstration of senior design
project
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Senior Project Course
Criterion for Success:
80% of senior designs completed on
schedule, 100% completed before
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12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 12/17 completed on
schedule (71%).
Spring 2014: 10/14 completed on schedule
(71%).
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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proposed midterm progress grades
in Senior Design I and Senior
Design II to encourage students to
allocate sufficient time during first
half of semester. Proposal has been
forwarded to Senior Design
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
instructor.
graduation approved.
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 95.6% Senior Design
projects completed on schedule, 100% graduating
Senior Design projects completed on schedule.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Fall 2011 Spring 2012 96.3% Senior
Design I & II design projects completed on time,
100% graduating Senior Design I & II projects
completed on time.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Spring 2011 and Fall 2010 6.5% of
31 Senior Design I and II reports rejected by
faculty.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Senior Design
I & II 92.3% Projects completed, 100% graduates
completed senior design project.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior Design I 100%
projects completed on schedule, Senior Design II
100% projects completed on schedule, All
graduates completed senior design project.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
12/31/2008 - December 2008 Senior Design I
100% projects completed on schedule, Senior
Design II 100% projects completed on schedule,
All graduates completed senior design project.
(CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Senior Design 1: 100% of
projects completed on schedule, May 2008 Senior
Design 2 88% of projects completed on schedule.
All graduates completed senior project.
(CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Digital 2 and Microprocessor Assessment
Exam
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
Criterion for Success:
Improve Digital 3 and Microprocessor exam
by 5%
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
07/27/2010 - Spring 2010 Senior Assessment
Digital II Up 13.4% Microprocessors Down -10.5%,
Average both Up 1.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Senior assessment test
Digital II Up 4.4%, Microprocessors Down 5.5%,
Average Down 0.5%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Spring 2008 exam basis established
(CRITERIA UNDETERMINED
Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
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05/31/2008 - Curriculum change to
eliminate summer senior design
initiated.
05/13/2009 - Mircoprocessors:
Lecture emphasis on distinguishing
machine language assembly
language.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 83.3% agree or strongly
agree on relevant sections of survey.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/18/2014 - Action is required, will
be referred to faculty committee and
results reported next cycle.
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 Exit Survey 66.6%
Strongly Agree or Agree with Question II.D
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/05/2013 - Software instructions
revised as part of learning curve for
new LPKF PCB board router used
for Senior Design projects Spring
2013.
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 Section II Question D
88.9% agree or strongly agree.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Senior Exit Survey Question II. D Fall
2010 91% Spring 2011 86.4% 2010/2011 Average
88.7% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/24/2010 - Senior Exit Survey Question II. D Fall
2009 57.1% Spring 2010 82.4% 2009/2010
Average 75% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
SLO Assessment Method:
Digital 2 and Microprocessor Assessment
Exam
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Locally Developed Test
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
12/18/2014 - Results for 2013-2014 cycle have not 12/18/2014 - N/A
yet been compiled.
Result Type:
Inconclusive
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
Criterion for Success:
Improve Digital 3 and Microprocessor exam
scores over previous year.
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 13. (E) In Depth Knowledge 13. (E) Students will have depth of
knowledge beyond the basic level in one or
more specific electrical engineering topics
elected by the student
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
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SLO Assessment Method:
Analysis of transcripts to ensure three
technical electives were taken.
Criterion for Success:
100% of transcripts in compliance at time of
graduation.
SLO Assessment Results
07/05/2013 - Spring2013/Spring2012 Digital II up
4.0%, Microprocessors up 9.8%
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 Assessment exam
Digital II down -7.7%, Microprocessors up 1.2%,
Net down -3.2%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Spring 2011 Senior Assessment
Digital II Down -21.5% Microprocessors Up 11.1%,
Average both Down -10.4%
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - AY 2013-2014: All students had
three ELEE technical electives at UTPA, except
for transfer courses from other institutions.
CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
Use of Result & Follow-Up
09/14/2012 - Additional lecture
emphasis on all Senior Exam Digital
II question topics was Spring 2012
action item.
12/18/2014 - The department has
increased the number of elective
offerings, which should reduce the
demand to count transfer
engineering courses from other
institutions as electives.
08/22/2012 - 97% of graduates took all electives,
3% one graduate substituted one MANE elective
for EE electrive.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Graduates,
100% of graduating students took required
courses. No waivers or substitutions were granted
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
on electives.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/27/2010 - Spring 2010 Fall 2009 Graduates,
100% of graduating students took required
courses. No waivers or substitutions were granted
on electives.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - Spring 2009 Graduates, 100% of
graduating students took required courses. No
waivers or substitutions were granted on electives.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - December 2008 Graduates, 100% of
graduating students took required courses. No
waivers or substitutions were granted on electives.
(CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Graduates 100% of
students took required courses. No waivers or
substitutions were granted on electives.
(CRITERION MET.)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
04/27/2015 2:01 PM
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 91.6% agree or strongly
agree on Question E. CRITERION MET.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Program - B.S.E.E. in Electrical
Engineering - 14. (F) Complex Design
Projects - 14. (F) Students will be able to
use their engineering knowledge to
successfully complete design projects of
substantial complexity
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SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 Exit Survey 66.7%
Strongly Agree or Agree on question II.E.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 77.8% Senior Exit
Survey Section II, Question E agree or strongly
agree.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
08/27/2011 - Senior Exit Survey Question II.E Fall
2010 100% Spring 2011 95.5% 2010/2011
Average 97.0% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/24/2010 - Senior Exit Survey Question II.E Fall
2009 71.4% Spring 2010 82.4% 2009/2010
Average 79.2% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
12/18/2014 - Criterion met, no
specific action required.
SLO Assessment Method:
Successful demonstration of senior design
project
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Direct - Senior Project Course
Criterion for Success:
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 12/17 completed on
schedule (71%).
Spring 2014: 10/14 completed on schedule
(71%).
Result Type:
Criterion Met
12/18/2014 - Undergraduate
coordinator has proposed midterm
progress grades in Senior Design I
and Senior Design II to encourage
students to allocate sufficient time
during first half of semester.
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07/05/2013 - Additional power area
course in power electronics being
offered.
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
Start Date:
01/01/2008
SLO Outcome Status:
Active/Ongoing
90% of senior designs completed on
schedule. 100% completed before
graduation approved.
SLO Assessment Results
Result Status:
Loop Closed
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Proposal has been forwarded to
Senior Design instructor.
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 95.6% of Senior Design
Projects completed on schedule, 100% graduating
Senior Design Projects completed on schedule.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/22/2012 - Fall 2011 Spring 2012 94.6% Senior
Project projects accepted, 100% graduating
Senior projects accepted.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Senior Design
II 87.5% of projects completed on schedule and
100% all graduating seniors completed Senior
Design project.
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
07/27/2010 - Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Senior Design
II 92.3% of projects completed on schedule and
100% all graduating seniors completed Senior
Design project.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/13/2009 - All Spring 2009 graduating Seniors
completed Senior Design Projects. 100% of Senior
Design II projects completed on schedule.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Loop Closed
12/31/2008 - December 2008 Senior Design I
100% of projects completed on schedule, Senior
Design II 100% of projects completed on
schedule. All Graduates completed Senior Design
project. (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
05/31/2008 - May 2008 Senior Design 1: 100% of
projects completed on schedule, May 2008 Senior
Design 2 88% of projects completed on schedule.
May 2008 Senior Design Avg 91% projects
completed on schedule. All graduates completed
senior project. (CRITERION MET)
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
SLO Assessment Method:
Alumni & Exit Surveys
SLO Assessment Method Category:
Indirect - Student Surveying and Exit
Interviewing
Criterion for Success:
85% "agree" or "strongly agree" on relevant
sections of survey.
12/18/2014 - Fall 2013: 91.6% agree or strongly
agree on Question F. CRITERION MET.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
07/05/2013 - Spring 2013 75% Strongly Agree or
Agree on Exit Survey Question II.E
Result Type:
Criterion Not Met
Result Status:
Pending Follow-Up
Use of Result & Follow-Up
05/31/2008 - Curriculum change to
eliminate summer senior design
initiated.
12/18/2014 - Criterion met, no
actions proposed.
07/05/2013 - Additional Power
Supplies and Function Generators
added to Senior Design Lab and
instructions for new LPKF router
and associated Eagle PCB software
revised for imporved operation.
08/22/2012 - Spring 2012 Section II Question F
88.8 % agree or strongly agree.
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
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Student Learning Outcomes
SLO Means of Assessment & Criteria for
Success / Strategies
SLO Assessment Results
Use of Result & Follow-Up
Loop Closed
08/27/2011 - Senior Exit Survey Question II.F Fall
2010 100%, Spring 2011 95.5%, and Average
both 97.0% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
08/24/2010 - Senior Exit Survey Question II.F Fall
2009 100.0%% Spring 2010 88.2% 2009/2010
Average 91.6% Agree or Strongly Agree
Result Type:
Criterion Met
Result Status:
Loop Closed
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