Date, Time, and Location

Tuesday, January 22, 2018, 15:00-16:00, ECEB 5070

Old Business

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs): Committee needs to discuss and approve, if possible, our existing PEOs.  The current PEOs are as follows:

The University of Illinois Computer Engineering program will produce graduates having the choice, talents, and knowledge to:

1. Pursue a diverse range of careers as engineers, consultants, and entrepreneurs.
2. Continue their education in leading graduate programs in engineering and interdisciplinary areas to emerge as researchers, experts, and educators.
3. Re-learn and innovate in ever-changing global economic and technological environments of the 21st century.
4. Practice and inspire high ethical and technical standards and communicate to colleagues and the public at large their work and accomplishments.
5. Lead their professional disciplines, organizations, and communities around the world.

STATUS from 1/15/2019: the committee discussed the PEOs.  

3. Many on the committee dislike the word "re-learn," since it implies that one's initial education contained errors.  Alternates proposed so far include:

• Continue to learn and innovate in ever-changing global economic and technological environments of the 21st century.
• Learn and innovate in ever-changing global economic and technological environments of the 21st century.
• Innovate and keep learning in ever-changing global economic and technological environments of the 21st century.

New Business

Relationship of PEOs to Student Outcomes (SOs): Committee needs to discuss.

SOs are the following seven, which are dictated by ABET (though the summary word for each SO is our invention):

1. Principles: an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2. Design: an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3. Communication:an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4. Professionalism:an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5. Teamwork: an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plans tasks, and meet objectives
6. Analysis: an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7. Learning: an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies