Action Review for Outcome (f)  Know professional and ethical responsibilities and practices
2004
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
Meshing Ethics across the curriculum was a required Curriculum  Action.  This has been implemented in MET 310, MET design, and emphasized in Material Advantage meetings.  Ethics canons have also been broadcast on the department's Daktronics board.
Curriculum Review Summary
The outcome summary of ABET criterion (f) for 2004 indicated an increase in student performance.  The number of assessments increased from 2 to 32.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N	No action needed	Scores were greatly improved as was the number of metrics
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
No items specifc to Assessment Process Action Review for ABET criterion (f) were noted.
Assessment Process Review Summary
The FE Exam was only taken by one student.  If few students are consistently taking the exam, its inclusion in the assessment process may not be appropriate
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
W	FE Exam Numbers	The number of students taking the FE Exam is small.
2005
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
No items specifc to Curriculum Action Review for ABET criterion (f) were noted.
Curriculum Review Summary
The scores continued to increase, but the number of assessments was low.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
No items specifc to Assessment Process Action Review for ABET criterion (f) were noted.
Assessment Process Review Summary
The number of assessments were rather low.
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
N
2006
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
No items specifc to Curriculum Action Review for ABET criterion (f) were noted.
Curriculum Review Summary
The students scores werehigh again in 2006 and an increase in total number of assessments was noted.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
No items specifc to Assessment Process Action Review for ABET criterion (f) were noted.
Assessment Process Review Summary
The number of assessments were significantly increased.
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
N
2007
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
No items specifc to Curriculum Action Review for ABET criterion (f) were noted.
Curriculum Review Summary
The student's performance was split between areas in which said students perfomed exceedingly well and those in which they performed adequately.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
No items specifc to Assessment Process Action Review for ABET criterion (f) were noted.
Assessment Process Review Summary
The number of assessment instruments are now plentiful, but the split in the scores  indicates that more direct assessment of ethics may be desirable.
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
N
2008
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
No items specifc to Curriculum Action Review for ABET criterion (f) were noted.
Curriculum Review Summary
The level of the students was very good.  The number of assessments was also quite good.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
No items specifc to Assessment Process Action Review for ABET criterion (f) were noted.
Assessment Process Review Summary
While the number of instruments was good, few students took the FE exam.  As the FE exam provides direct assessment of material relevant to Outcome (f), more students should be encouraged to take the FE Exam.
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
N
2009
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
No Previous Curriculum Action Review Items were noted from 2008.
Curriculum Review Summary
For 2009, the curriculum in MET 465 (Design Reports) seems to have underemphasized ethics.  However, the other methods indicate good performance in Outcome (f).
A	MET 465 Design Reports	Re-emphasize ethics
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
No Previous Assessment Process Action Reviews were noted from 2008.
Assessment Process Review Summary
The Assessment Process shows that Outcome (f) is adequately covered by the current instruments, once the issue with the design reports is dealt with.
N
2010
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
For 2009, the curriculum in MET 465 (Design Reports) seems to have underemphasized ethics.  However, the other methods indicate good performance in Outcome (f).
Curriculum Review Summary
The curriculum results show a significant improvement over 2009. More importantly, the curriculum in MET 465 (Design Reports), which raised some concern in 2009, has been greatly improved.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N	No action needed.
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
The Assessment Process shows that Outcome (f) is adequately covered by the current instruments, once the issue with the design reports is dealt with.
Assessment Process Review Summary
One instrument was added (MET 310) to evaluate Outcome (f). Noting that the number of students taking the FE Exam is still lowest as compared to the number of students in other instruments, it is a valuable addition to the instruments used to evaluate Outcome (f).
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
N	No action needed.
2011
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
The curriculum results show a significant improvement over 2009. More importantly, the curriculum in MET 465 (Design Reports), which raised some concern in 2009, has been greatly improved.
Curriculum Review Summary
There has been a considerable improvement of curriculum results over 2010. However, the results correspond to considerably less number of students as compared to 2010. While the total number of assessments for 2010 was 72 using 5 instruments, the total number of assessments was only 28 using 4 instruments.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N	No action needed.
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
One instrument was added (MET 310) to evaluate Outcome (f). Noting that the number of students taking the FE Exam is still lowest as compared to the number of students in other instruments, it is a valuable addition to the instruments used to evaluate Outcome (f).
Assessment Process Review Summary
MET 310 was not considered as an instrument to evaluate Outcome (f), most probably because it is offered every other year. Not only the number of students taking the FE Exam is still lowest as compared to the number of students in other instruments, it has decreased even more contributing only one assessment.
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
W	FE Exam numbers	The number of students taking FE Exam is small.
2012
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
There has been a considerable improvement of curriculum results over 2010. However, the results correspond to considerably less number of students as compared to 2010. While the total number of assessments for 2010 was 72 using 5 instruments, the total number of assessments was only 28 using 4 instruments.
Curriculum Review Summary
There has been a considerable decline in curriculum results compared to all previous years except 2001 and 2003.  The students have scored less on almost all of the instruments, while the number of assessments is comparable to 2011.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
W	Low Performance in all Instruments.	Watch to see if lower scores persist in all instruments.
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
MET 310 was not considered as an instrument to evaluate Outcome (f), most probably because it is offered every other year. Not only the number of students taking the FE Exam is still lowest as compared to the number of students in other instruments, it has decreased even more contributing only one assessment.
Assessment Process Review Summary
The number of students taking the FE Exam has considerably increased, but the scores are low.
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
A	Inclusion of ethical responsibilities and practices in MET 310	Add ethical instruction on responsibilities and practices to MET310
2013
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
There has been a considerable decline in curriculum results compared to all previous years except 2001 and 2003.  The students have scored less on almost all of the instruments, while the number of assessments is comparable to 2011.
Curriculum Review Summary
The average of scores increased from 3.52 to 3.87.  It appears that the introduction of new design projects and standards has re-energized the students.  The previous Watch is discontinued.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N	No Action
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
The number of students taking the FE Exam has considerably increased, but the scores are low.
Assessment Process Review Summary
The FE Exam is no longer used since too few students are taking it to be meaningful. No Action is needed.
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
W	Inclusion of ethical responsibilities and practices in MET310	Ethical responsibilities and practices should be introduced in MET310 in 2014
2014
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
The average of scores increased from 3.52 to 3.87.  It appears that the introduction of new design projects and standards has re-energized the students.  The previous Watch is discontinued.
Curriculum Review Summary
The average of scores remained steady (3.87 to 3.85).  It appears that the introduction of new design projects and standards continues to re-energized the students.  There is no need for action as the new curriculum with higher performance standards is implemented.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N	Ethical responsibilities and practices was included and emphasized  in MET 310.	The action which was called for to introduce ethical responsibilities and practices has been implemented.
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
The FE Exam is no longer used since too few students are taking it to be meaningful. No Action is needed.
Assessment Process Review Summary
The system is performing well.  No Action needed.
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
C	Add Ethics to MET 310	Ethics instruction was added to MET 310
2015
Previous Curriculum Action Review Summary
The average of scores remained steady (3.87 to 3.85).  It appears that the introduction of new design projects and standards continues to re-energized the students.  There is no need for action as the new curriculum with higher performance standards is implemented.
Curriculum Review Summary
Student performance continues to rise (3.85 to 4.48).  No Action needed.
Code	Curriculum Action Title	Curriculum Action Brief Description
N	No Action
Previous Assessment Process Action Review Summary
The system is performing well.  No Action needed.
Assessment Process Review Summary
The system continues to perform well. No Action needed.
Code	Assessment Process Action Title	Assessment Process Action Brief Description
N	No Action