Assessment Report Archive

Assessment Plan

Mission

Our Assessment Plan:

Since our founding in 1996, the Chemical Engineering program has been engaged in a formal plan of continuous self assessment and improvement. This website contains an archive of our outside reviews from 1998 to date. In 2002, with contributions from the Chemical Engineering faculty, students, and Advisory Board, the plan was revised extensively to develop the evergreen process in affect today.

The self-assessment process and mechanism for change pivots on three reports analyzing an array of assessment tools with input from all of our constituents. The three reports provide for an opportunity to improve the program and the process of assessment itself. The process assures input from faculty, students, alumni, administration, and our outside Advisory Board. The focus of the plan, of course, is to improve both the input and output to the Chemical Engineering program. Here we outline the Program and Educational Objectives as well as our mechanism for assessment and continuous improvement. Within the objectives section each hyperlink connects to a detailed matrix of assessment tools and desired outcomes.

A. Institute and Program Mission

B. Constituents

C. Program and Educational Objectives

Program Objectives:

1. Provide for engaging undergraduate educational experience.

2. Assure continuous assessment and mechanism for improvement involving all constituents.

Educational Objectives:

1. Develop complete Engineers

2. Engender awareness of the broad reach of Chemical Engineering education and its importance to society.

3. Position Engineers to succeed in the spectrum of carreer opportunities.

4. Foster a life long love of learning opening doors to graduate study and enabling graduates to adapt to changes and opportunities in the profession.

D. The Self-Assessment Process and Mechanism for Change