Goal 1: Enrich and advance our education program

Strategies

Assess and refine course curriculum

• Analyze student surveys and performance data from sophomore sequence to improve instructional outcomes
• Grow integration with EEIC to enhance ECE presence in freshman year and to increase ECE participation in interdisciplinary capstone design program
• Complete implementation of MS non-thesis design project program
• Improve laboratory offerings through MS non-thesis project participation
• Grow relationship with regional campuses

Build partnerships with international universities and industry

• Build industry/government laboratory sponsorship and guidance for undergraduate capstone and MS non-thesis programs
• Create a departmental committee to define and manage international partnerships and grow the number of partnerships and student participants

Expand distance education programs

• Define and implement incentives for faculty participation in distance education programs
• Create distance offerings for junior-level entry courses to facilitate co-op and internship experiences for students
• Increase number of professional education offerings
• Create focused programs for MS degree in “niche areas” of department expertise

Resource requirements and sources

• Course release provided to faculty as necessary
• Funding from industry/government laboratories for MS program projects
• Financial incentives for faculty distance education participation (e.g. return of portion of tuition or enrollment charges)
• Tuition support for students participating in international programs
• COE support for faculty EEIC participation

Measuring our progress