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- Charge to the Committee
ABET review committees have complimented this committee in several consecutive ABET reviews. Among top ECE departments, this department cares more about undergraduate curriculum than most.
Thank you to Jonathan for chairing this committee last year, and thanks to all members for being part of it.
A. Think about whether there are axes that represent themes in our two undergraduate majors that should be emphasized but are not. "I'm an ECE student but I've become very interested in X, therefore I need to move to department Y" – in what cases is that not true. Areas in which we teach at the undergraduate level, but are not aligned with traditional academic area committees. What is the proper language to describe our curriculum in a way that students will understand, key into. Communicate course content to someone who's not already a domain expert. For example this information could go into interviews in which we explain options to incoming students: roadmap.
B. The next ABET review will be either 2019 or 2020.
C. We have made major strides in delivering our curriculum in other places. Zhejiang University International Campus: we have a full cohort this fall (44 45 CEs, 34 38 EEs). (1) How will our curriculum change because of local circumstances, and/or by using that campus as a testbed for innovation? (2) City Scholars program: undergraduates will spend a semester in Chicago, as if in an internship while taking classes. Two courses planned in Chicago in spring: 422 security, and WMH's architectures. Can multiple delivery in this way push innovation in those courses?
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