Criteria 2000, A Case Study

Union College was one of the three institutions whose programs were evaluated in October 1997 using the ABET Criteria 2000 process. The paper, written from the point of view of the Electrical Engineering Department, describes the steps involved in the preparation for the visit, presents conclusions based on the visit, and identifies some issues which remain imponderable after it. The preparatory activities included the determination of the program objectives, of a curriculum designed to meet these objectives, and the identification of measurable outcomes and of an assessment strategy. The latter is used to measure the degree of success in meeting the program objectives as well as Criteria 2000 objectives [a]-[k]. The limited set of conclusions is based on the visit and on the exit interview which culminated it.