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Curriculum revisions for meeting the new ABET program-specific criteria in optical engineering

Paul O. Leisher, Sergio C. Granieri, Robert M. Bunch, Azad Siahmakoun, and Charles Joenathan

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Abstract

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) recently revised their published list of program-specific criteria. Beginning during the 2014–15 cycle, all engineering programs which include “optical” and “photonic” in their titles must meet new specific criteria to receive ABET accreditation. One portion of the wording under the curriculum section states “The curriculum must prepare students to have knowledge of and appropriate laboratory experience in: geometrical optics, physical optics, optical materials, and optical and/or photonic devices and systems.” Last year, the Rose-Hulman optical engineering curriculum committee revised our baccalaureate degree program. A portion of this effort sought to improve alignment to the ABET program-specific criteria. Here we review the outcomes of this effort, including our documented continuous improvement process, the realignment of our existing courses along the four tracks laid out by ABET, and the introduction of new undergraduate courses to improve student learning.

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  1. R. M. Bunch, C. Joenathan, and A. Z. Siahmakoun, “From optics to optical engineering: 20 years of optics education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,” presented at the Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2003.
  2. R. M. Bunch, P. O. Leisher, and S. C. Granieri, “Optical engineering capstone design projects with industry sponsors,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 9188, 2014.
  3. ABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. Available: http://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/E001-14-15-EAC-Criteria.pdf
  4. B. L. Shoop and K. B. Robinson, “ABET accreditation and optics and photonics engineering: an association whose time has come,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 8481, 2012.
    [Crossref]
  5. Rose-Hulman Course Catalog - Optical Engineering Program of Study. Available: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/course-catalog/course-catalog-2014-2015/programs-of-study/optical-engineering.aspx

2014 (1)

R. M. Bunch, P. O. Leisher, and S. C. Granieri, “Optical engineering capstone design projects with industry sponsors,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 9188, 2014.

2012 (1)

B. L. Shoop and K. B. Robinson, “ABET accreditation and optics and photonics engineering: an association whose time has come,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 8481, 2012.
[Crossref]

Bunch, R. M.

R. M. Bunch, P. O. Leisher, and S. C. Granieri, “Optical engineering capstone design projects with industry sponsors,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 9188, 2014.

R. M. Bunch, C. Joenathan, and A. Z. Siahmakoun, “From optics to optical engineering: 20 years of optics education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,” presented at the Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2003.

Granieri, S. C.

R. M. Bunch, P. O. Leisher, and S. C. Granieri, “Optical engineering capstone design projects with industry sponsors,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 9188, 2014.

Joenathan, C.

R. M. Bunch, C. Joenathan, and A. Z. Siahmakoun, “From optics to optical engineering: 20 years of optics education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,” presented at the Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2003.

Leisher, P. O.

R. M. Bunch, P. O. Leisher, and S. C. Granieri, “Optical engineering capstone design projects with industry sponsors,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 9188, 2014.

Robinson, K. B.

B. L. Shoop and K. B. Robinson, “ABET accreditation and optics and photonics engineering: an association whose time has come,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 8481, 2012.
[Crossref]

Shoop, B. L.

B. L. Shoop and K. B. Robinson, “ABET accreditation and optics and photonics engineering: an association whose time has come,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 8481, 2012.
[Crossref]

Siahmakoun, A. Z.

R. M. Bunch, C. Joenathan, and A. Z. Siahmakoun, “From optics to optical engineering: 20 years of optics education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,” presented at the Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2003.

Proc. of SPIE (2)

R. M. Bunch, P. O. Leisher, and S. C. Granieri, “Optical engineering capstone design projects with industry sponsors,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 9188, 2014.

B. L. Shoop and K. B. Robinson, “ABET accreditation and optics and photonics engineering: an association whose time has come,” Proc. of SPIE, vol. 8481, 2012.
[Crossref]

Other (3)

Rose-Hulman Course Catalog - Optical Engineering Program of Study. Available: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/course-catalog/course-catalog-2014-2015/programs-of-study/optical-engineering.aspx

ABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. Available: http://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/E001-14-15-EAC-Criteria.pdf

R. M. Bunch, C. Joenathan, and A. Z. Siahmakoun, “From optics to optical engineering: 20 years of optics education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,” presented at the Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, 2003.

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