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9.5.0 ABET Accreditation of SE programs: How is it going and why are we doing it?
Author(s) -
Olwell David,
Brown Phil,
Ryan Julie,
Farr John,
Sutton Steve,
Adcock Rick
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2011.tb01272.x
Subject(s) - accreditation , engineering ethics , session (web analytics) , perspective (graphical) , engineering management , engineering , certification and accreditation , medical education , political science , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , world wide web
INCOSE has become one of the professional societies overseeing ABET accreditation for systems engineering. This session present an overview of INCOSE's accreditation strategy, perspectives from recent evaluators of an undergraduate and a graduate program, an international perspective, a summary of why one major school has decided not to accredit its program, and a summary of why another did attempt accreditation. A floor discussion will follow.