Continuous Program Improvement - ABET Accredited B.S. Program

Metallurgical Engineering • SDSM&T • Rapid City, SD
 

2004 Evaluation of Program Objectives Summary                                          5/7/2004

 

Evaluation Instruments includes

·          Recent Outstanding Graduate Awards

·          Percentage Practicing Met Graduates

·          Alumni Survey

·          Employer Survey

·          Alumni Advancement

·          Depart Adv Board Report

·          Other Departments/Centers Input

 

After a long discussion, it was decided that these are to be combined as follows:

·          Alumni Survey (Alumni Advancement, Percentage Practicing Met Grad)

·          Employer Survey

·          Department Advisory Board Report

·          Recent Graduate Awards

·          Other Departments/Centers

 

Other departments and centers’ input regarding our current students performance is not a direct measure of the success of our objectives. However, it can serve as an indication pre-graduation satisfaction of Program Objectives

 

 

There are two categories in the evaluation of the objectives: 1) the improvement of system to make the evaluation more effective in the future and 2) the action items as results of the evaluation.

 

Actions for 2004

 

Evaluation Process

  • We have reasonable number of return on the alumni survey but only two employer surveys were received. More data on employer survey is critical.  Furthermore, survey questions are to be aligned more closely with the Program Objectives rather than with the currently alignment with Program Outcomes.
  • The alumni survey questions may focus more in relation to program objectives rather than outcomes in the future survey.  Also, survey questions are to be aligned more closely with the Program Objectives rather than with the currently alignment with Program Outcomes.

 

Objective Improvement

  • Curriculum should be improved to make communication skills better.  This action is closely related to an Outcome Assessment Action Items and is thereby slated for improvement action.
  • More emphasis should be given in ethics, professionalism and global issues. This action is closely related to an Outcome Assessment Action Items and is thereby slated for improvement action, primarily in MET 310 and MET 321.