ABET Accreditation: E&IT Degree Programs
The Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) is a nonprofit organization which provides assurance the program of study meets standards established by industry.
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
- Graduates will have a strong foundation of scientific and technical knowledge and hands-on experience to be equipped with critical thinking skills, an appreciation for teamwork, and effective communication skills required for engineering technicians.
- Graduates will meet or exceed standards for engineering technicians with technical service firms in local or regional industries or governmental agencies.
- Graduates will recognize the importance of professional development, continued learning, and service to the local and global communities and will engage in discipline-specific organizations that foster these opportunities.
Student Outcomes (SOs)
- An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve well-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;
- An ability to design solutions for well-defined technical problems and assist with the engineering design of systems, components, or processes appropriate to the discipline;
- An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in well-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature
- An ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results; and
- An ability to function effectively as a member of a technical team.
- Electrical Engineering Technology AAS is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Electrical/Electronic(s) Engineering Technology and Similarly Named Programs.
- Mechatronics Technology AAS is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Mechatronics Engineering Technology and Similarly Named Programs.
- Engineering Technology AAS is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria with no applicable program criteria.
- Engineering Systems Technology AAS is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria with no applicable program criteria.