Accreditation issues in electrical engineering curriculum: a comparative case study

Author

Erkmen, Ismet ; Yurtseven, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Middle East Tech. Univ., Ankara, Turkey

fYear

1994

fDate

12-14 Apr 1994

Firstpage

1016

Abstract

Currently, there are more than 300 undergraduate engineering programs in the USA accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET). Since its inception as the Engineers´ Council for Professional Development (ECPD) in 1932, this body has primary responsibility for monitoring, evaluating, and certifying the quality of engineering education programs in the USA. In this paper, a brief history and the purpose of ABET are given to familiarize the reader with the accreditation practice in the USA. The process of the accreditation cycle is then described in detail based on the literature ABET publishes and the visits that one such engineering education program in the USA went through over the years

Keywords

educational courses; electrical engineering education; societies; ABET; USA; accreditation cycle; accreditation practice; electrical engineering curriculum; engineering education program; history; Accreditation; Computer aided software engineering; Councils; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Engineering education; Guidelines; History; Monitoring; Voting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 7th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Antalya

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1772-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.1994.380928

Filename

380928