Open AccessAn Example of Abet Accreditation Practice of Mechanical Engineering Program at UAE University
Author(s) -
Emad Elnajjar,
Salah Addin Burhan Al-Omari,
Farag Khalifa Omar,
Mohamed Y. Selim,
A. I. Mourad
Publication year - 2019
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss8.1697
Subject(s) - accreditation , curriculum , engineering management , engineering , medical education , engineering education , engineering ethics , medicine , sociology , pedagogy
This paper focuses on the Mechanical Engineering Program (MEP) at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) as a case study in terms of consistent accreditation by the internationally recognized Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET), where significant proportions of the study give attention towards the recent records of accreditation; granted in 2016. The paper describes the program educational objectives (PEOs), the student learning outcomes (SOs), and the curriculum, direct and indirect assessment tools of the SOs and it’s mapping to the PEO, and the level of attainment achieved is addressed through a case study example.