Development And Implementation Of An Abet Compliant Course Profile & Assessment Model

As part of the ABET assessment process, each course in an accredited program must be evaluated for ABET compliance by the teaching faculty. By establishing an ABET compliant course profile and assessment model, program deficiencies between expected program outcomes and actual course level outcomes can be identified. The Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University has developed a three-step model. First, the assessment process, program outcomes and performance criteria are developed and adopted by the faculty. Second, each teaching faculty member evaluates his/her own course(s) by reducing course syllabi down to course learning objectives and a list of major topic areas and practices. The level to which the course addresses each performance criteria is estimated using a Bloom’s Taxonomy scale. Third, all course profiles are compiled and analyzed to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in particular performance criteria or outcomes. This paper will highlight the ABETcompliant course profile development and implementation and a model for program deficiency analysis.