This web site is for students, faculty, and future employers to become familiarized with the cyclical process of defining the objectives and outcomes of the electrical and computer engineering program at OSU, assessing whether our program is meeting these goals, and implementing improvements to the program to better meet our defined goals. This cycle is shown in the figure below as it has been implemented within ECEN. Click on shapes below to see corresponding data.

The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECEN) seeks to serve:

• Our students who are most directly affected by our program.
• Those in industry, government, or academia who will employ our students.
• The faculty who have large stakes in the long-term success of our program.

This group forms our constituency.

To train well-qualified engineers for future roles in technological leadership we have defined five objectives-- what the graduates of our program will be able to accomplish in the one to five year period following graduation. To meet these objectives our program measures outcomes-- what our students will be able to do when they graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from OSU.

To make sure that every single student who graduates from OSU has had the opportunity to achieve their maximum potential as an engineer in our program, we measure, or assess, how well our students are learning and whether we are giving them sufficient training. Assessment information-- measurement methods, results, and our interpretation-- inform our constituents how effectively we are meeting our objectives.

Education is not an exact science and as we learn more about effective educational techniques and the strengths and weaknesses of our own program, we continually modify our curriculum. These modifications are driven by what we have learned in our assessment activities. The actions taken or proposed are posted for our constituents to provide feedback.

For those of our constituents not familiar with EC-2000 we are continually updating a list of Frequently Asked Questions about this process. Links to many other sites are provided.