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A Method Enabling Program-Level CQI for Accreditation of Engineering Education  

Sim, Chun-Bo (College of Engineering, Sunchon National University)
Park, DongGook (College of Engineering, Sunchon National University)
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Journal of Engineering Education Research / v.16, no.4, 2013 , pp. 21-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
Accreditation of engineering education as initiated by Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (ABEEK) centers around three key issues: program outcomes, assessment/evaluation thereof, and continuous quality improvement (CQI). Most engineering departments, however, are neither adequately familiar with nor well prepared for the issues, especially CQI. The CQI in almost all departments seems to be overly confined in individual courses and the final capstone design courses for seniors; there is no evidence that CQI is not limited to the course level but flows through all courses in the curriculum. This paper presents a sound and viable framework for CQI implementation in which course-level CQI is integrated into the department/program-level CQI.
Keywords
Engineering education; accreditation; continuous quality improvement (CQI); program outcomes (POs); outcome assessment;
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