Mathematics And Engineering: Working Together To Satisfy Abet's Ec2000

On November 1, 2001, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) awarded Carroll College the ABET Innovation Award. This award, which has not been conferred since 1991, was given to Carroll College because of the cross-disciplinary support of the new ABET accreditation standards (called Engineering Criteria 2000), both in Carroll’s mathematics and engineering programs. The mathematics curriculum at Carroll supports satisfaction of the ABET criteria, while at the same time, engineering applications enrich the study of mathematics, not only for engineering majors, but also for mathematics, mathematics education, science, and computer science majors. Interdisciplinary student team projects, written reports and oral presentations, and the extensive use of computing and information technologies are all part and parcel of Carroll’s mathematics curriculum. These features support EC2000 beyond the basic requirement for a sequence of courses to satisfy the mathematics content requirements of the engineering program. In particular, the mathematics curriculum plays a key role in supporting satisfaction of Criterion 3, outcomes a-k.