PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM CRITERIA FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMS

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has adopted a revised set of accreditation criteria that is designed to ensure that graduates of accredited programs are prepared to enter the practice of engineering. The proposal also specifies that engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have an understanding of professional practice issues in addition to proficiency in specific subject areas that are tabulated in the civil engineering program criteria. The findings of this study indicate that engineering undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners perceive that four subject areas are of great importance for civil engineers: structural engineering, hydraulics/hydrology/water resources, engineering design, and mathematics through calculus and differential equations. In contrast, one area, chemistry, received lower ratings. Data suggest that the majority of subjects included in the civil engineering program criteria are considered by students and practitioners to have generally the same level of importance and should be included in the curriculum at an above average level. In particular, 81% of the subject areas included in the ABET civil engineering program criteria are rated by both students and practitioners with a composite score 3.1. This may be interpreted as strong support for the Engineering Criteria 2000 program requirements.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Koehn, E
• Publication Date: 2000-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 174-179
• Serial:
  • Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
  • Volume: 126
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1052-3928
  • EISSN: 1943-5541
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jpepe3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculus; Certification; Chemistry; Civil engineering; Civil engineers; College graduates; Curricula; Design engineering; Differential equations; Evaluation and assessment; Graduate students; Hydraulics; Hydrology; Knowledge; Mathematics; Standards; Structural engineering; Water resources
• Identifier Terms: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology; Engineering Criteria 2000
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Education and Training; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00800652
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 21 2000 12:00AM