Area Effectiveness Plan Report - Four Column
El Paso Community College
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's)
Discipline Mission The engineering department at El Paso Community College provides students the skills and knowledge necessary for
Statement: employment at entry-level positions in Engineering or related fields. The curriculum offers students courses that are
transferable to a four-year college or university.
Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) Means of Assessment:
Introduction to Engineering - Mesh-Current Comprehensive exam prepared by the
Analysis - The student will be able to
instructor.
calculate across a given a target element in Assessment Tool:
a network. Usually, the current variables are Exit/Final Exam
chosen to flow clockwise around the
Standard - Criteria for Success:
periphery of each of the open areas of the
Students should score 70 out of a 100
circuit diagram.
possible points.
Assessment Date:
05/12/2010
Outcome Start Date:
01/14/2010
Outcome Status:
Active
Student Learning Outcomes
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Results/Analysis
Use of Results for Improvement & Follow
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12/06/2011 - The average score was an 85%.
There were a total of 17 students who took this
final this semester. There were 11 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/21/2012 - The students will
check the circuit using node voltage
analysis to make sure that the
problems are solved correctly.
12/05/2011 - The average score was a 96%.
There were a total of 13 students who took this
final this semester. There were 12 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/21/2012 - The students will
check the circuit using node voltage
analysis to make sure that the
problems are solved correctly.
08/24/2010 - The class average score was 62%.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The use of Microsoft Excel along with
TracDat provides a good way for faculty to
study, analyze, and document data
pertaining to student learning outcomes.
07/21/2011 - Students will be taught
how to input and check any system
of linear equations into Microsoft
Excel. There are several methods
that students can choose from to
solve systems of linear equations.
Methods include but are not limited
to substitution, addition,
determinants, and matrices.
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Student Learning Outcomes
Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Results/Analysis
Use of Results for Improvement & Follow
-Up
Monitoring of grades, achieving academic
standards, and making recommendations
for the future are aspects that give the
professor an extra tool to make sure that
objectives are successfully achieved.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Statics Centroids of Lines, Areas, and Volumes - I The student will determine the centroid of
the beam's cross-sectional area. Assuming
that a body of density p has a small but
constant thickness t, it can be modeled as a
surface area A. The mass of an element
becomes dm= pt dA. The coordinates of the
center of mass of the body the coordinates
of the centroid C.
Outcome Start Date:
09/06/2010
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
12/15/2010
03/07/2011 - The average score was an 69%.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The use of Microsoft Excel along with
TracDat provides a good way for faculty to
study, analyze, and document data
pertaining to student learning outcomes.
Monitoring of grades, achieving academic
standards, and making recommendations
for the future are aspects that give the
professor an extra tool to make sure that
objectives are successfully achieved.
07/21/2011 - Beams of different
cross sectional areas will be
provided to the students during
class. Using a Vernier Caliper,
students will measure the required
dimensions and work out problems
that reinforce concepts related to
this student learning outcome.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Statics Structures - I - The student will be able to
determine the force in members of a truss
structure if the members are in tension or
compression. Using the support of
reactions equations and the method of
sections will give the student sufficient
elements to formulate an analysis and solve
for the force acting on each of the members
of the truss structure.
Outcome Start Date:
09/26/2010
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
12/15/2010
03/07/2011 - The average score was an 68%.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The use of Microsoft Excel along with
TracDat provides a good way for faculty to
study, analyze, and document data
pertaining to student learning outcomes.
Monitoring of grades, achieving academic
standards, and making recommendations
for the future are aspects that give the
professor an extra tool to make sure that
objectives are successfully achieved.
07/21/2011 - There are several free
programs on the internet that
students will download in order to
design, build, and check all the
values of forces in members.
Students will be given a list of URL
addresses so that they can practice
with the one they feel most
confortable with.
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Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Intro to
thermal Fluids - The First Law of
Thermodynamics: Control Volume - I - The
student will determine the mass and volume
flow rate through a nozzle and the average
velocity of the air as it enters the balloon.
The boundaries of a control volume are
called a control surface, and they can be
real or imaginary. In the case of a nozzle,
the inner surface of the nozzle forms the
real part of the boundary, and the entrance
and exit areas form the imaginary part,
since there are no physical surfaces there.
Equations derived from this system allow
students to determine the value all of
variables related to this problem.
Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Results/Analysis
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
05/18/2011
12/31/2011 - The average score was a 75%.
There were a total of 29 students who took this
final this semester. There were 27 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/28/2012 - The students will
practice writing the values given on
the right part of the diagram. If no
diagram or sketch is given then the
students will create one. From the
diagram with values, students will
simply substitute the appropriate
values into the formula or formulas.
Then, the students will solve for the
correct variable without forgetting
that average velocity is expressed in
units.
06/27/2011 - The average score was an 65%.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The use of Microsoft Excel along with
TracDat provides a good way for faculty to
study, analyze, and document data
pertaining to student learning outcomes.
Monitoring of grades, achieving academic
standards, and making recommendations
for the future are aspects that give the
professor an extra tool to make sure that
objectives are successfully achieved.
07/21/2011 - The professor will find
an application that suits the
requirements for this problem.
Students will be given a handout
that will require the students to
answer some key questions towards
understanding these type of
problems thoroughly.
Outcome Start Date:
01/03/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Intro to
thermal Fluids - The entropy change of ideal
gases - I - " The student will develop an
effective strategy to solve problems
involving the entropy change of ideal gases.
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Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Use of Results for Improvement & Follow
-Up
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 61%.
There were a total of 29 students who took this
final this semester. There were 16 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
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s diagram for the problem. The entropy of
vaporization is the increase in entropy when
vaporizing a substance. This is always
positive since the degree of disorder
increases in the transition from an
organized crystalline solid or a slightly less
organized liquid to the extremely
disorganized structure of a gas. It is
denoted as ÄSovap and normally
expressed in J/mol·K. The enthalpy of
vaporization, (symbol ÄHvap), also known
as the heat of vaporization or heat of
evaporation, is the energy required to
transform a given quantity of a substance
into a gas at a given pressure (often
atmospheric pressure). It is often measured
at the normal boiling point of a substance;
although tabulated values are usually
corrected to 298 K, the correction is often
smaller than the uncertainty in the
measured value. The heat of vaporization is
temperature-dependent, though a constant
heat of vaporization can be assumed for
small temperature ranges and below
Tr<<1.0. The heat of vaporization
diminishes with increasing temperature and
it vanishes completely at the critical
temperature (Tr=1) because above the
critical temperature the liquid and vapor
phases no longer co-exist. Finally, the
student will use the (a) the property values
from the air table and (b) average specific
heats. Typically, these problems involve a
Outcome Start Date:
01/03/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) Mechanics of Materials - Plane-Stress
Transformation - I - The student will
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Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Results/Analysis
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
05/18/2011
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
1 - Recommendation Pending
Evaluation of the Assessment:
There were 8 studens who could only
rescue 5 points out 25 possible points. That
was about 28 percent of the class.
06/27/2011 - The average score was an 62%.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The use of Microsoft Excel along with
TracDat provides a good way for faculty to
study, analyze, and document data
pertaining to student learning outcomes.
Monitoring of grades, achieving academic
standards, and making recommendations
for the future are aspects that give the
professor an extra tool to make sure that
objectives are successfully achieved.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
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07/21/2011 - There is an article
closely related to this problems. The
professor will make copies and will
distribute it during class. Students
will be asked to read it and discuss
in class how the four points below
relate to the article.
1) Pressure as it enters and exits
the control volume.
2) Enthalphy as it enters and exits
the control volume.
3) Temperature as it enters and
exits the control volume.
4) Entropy as it enters and exits the
control volume.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 65%.
There were a total of 19 students who took this
final this semester. There were 5 students who
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determine the stress components acting on
the inclined plane AB and solve the problem
by resolving components. The x, y elements
must be sectioned and labeled with
appropriate values. The student then will
first convert all the stress components to
forces by multiplying the stresses by their
associated areas. A free body diagram of
the segment is constructed using the forces
(not the stresses). Using the equations of
force equilibrium, the student will the
convert the forces to the required normal
and shear stress components.
Outcome Start Date:
01/03/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Intro to
thermal Fluids - Energy Balance for Closed
Systems - The Student will learn to
calculate the heat transfer required for a
given process. This process contains a
mixture of liquid water and vapor at 100
degrees Celsius with a 12.3 percent quality.
The mixture is then heated to 180 degrees
Celsius. The student will learn that for any
given process of this nature, the energy
balance is expressed by equating Energy
into the process and energy out of the
process. The student will apply the first law
of thermodynamics.
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Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Results/Analysis
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
05/19/2011
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
1 - Recommendation Pending
Evaluation of the Assessment:
Only twenty five percent of the students was
able to solve this problem.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
12/31/2011
Use of Results for Improvement & Follow
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07/13/2011 - The average score was an 65%.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The use of Microsoft Excel along with
TracDat provides a good way for faculty to
study, analyze, and document data
pertaining to student learning outcomes.
Monitoring of grades, achieving academic
standards, and making recommendations
for the future are aspects that give the
professor an extra tool to make sure that
objectives are successfully achieved.
07/21/2011 - The students will
calculate and draw the free-body
diagram with the right stress
components.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 96%.
There were a total of 29 students who took this
final this semester. There were 27 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/21/2012 - This students will be
exposed to actual devices that use
this type of process.
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Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Present Value of an
Ordinary Annuity - The student will learn to
calculate the present value of a small
payroll over the next three years. Providing
that the value of all combined salaries is
worth $250,000.00 this year. The boss
expects to give each employee a raise of
6% each year. The student will calculate the
present worth of his employees' salaries at
an interest rate of 10% per year.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Even Cash Flows Present Value of cash flow stream - The
student will learn to calculate the value of
decreasing even cash flows that an oil
company expects to get from a well over the
next five years. Then the student will also
learn to calculate the present value of the
cash flow stream form years 1 to 5 if the
interest rate is fixed at 12% per year.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Rules of Doubling The student will learn to use the rules of
doubling the value to estimate the interest
rate that would be required for $94,000 to
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Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Results/Analysis
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
01/05/2012
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 74%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 34 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/28/2012 - A handout with several
problems will be distributed among
the students. The series of problems
will increase in difficulty level so that
the students build up solving
techniques as they calculate each
variable in the problems.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 66%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 27 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The problem was challenging but the
students should have been able to score
better on this one.
08/21/2012 - The students will
calculate the value of the first three
decreasing cash flows and total
them.
Alternatively, the students will learn
how to calculate the uniform annual
worth for each period.
The students will compare the two
scenarios by graphing each
alternative.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
12/06/2011 - The average score was an 83%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 35 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
08/28/2012 - The students will find I
(interest rate) using the rule of 72
and using the formula for simple
interest rate. These simple methods
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double in 5 years if the interest rate is (a)
simple and (b) compound. To find the
simple interest rate, the student will just use
the formula to calculate simple interest rate.
To find the compound interest rate, the
student will learn and apply the rule of 72.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Uneven Cash Flows The Student will learn to calculate the
present value of uneven cash flows. The
Student will discount the cash flows and
then sum them to find the present value of
the streams.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Present value Specific Periods - The Student will learn to
calculate the present value of an ordinary
annuity. The Student will discount the cash
flows for the years required and then sum
them to find the present value of the
streams.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
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Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Results/Analysis
Use of Results for Improvement & Follow
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will be discussed in class to
estimate a value for the student?s
car, house, or any asset. Students
will easily find out that they can
compute the best alternative even
mentally.
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 78%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 39 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/28/2012 - These types of
problems require the students to do
repetitive calculations using two
different formulas varying the year
and the interest rate. Most scientific
calculators are programmable. The
students will create and save these
two functions into their calculators
so that they can simply punch in the
parameters for each of the functions
created. Finally, students will store
the value obtained from each
function into an array which will be
totaled and this total represents the
sum of all cash flows.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 74%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 35 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
08/21/2012 - The students will be
asked to work out the problem
using the formula varying the
exponent which is equal to the
period number. Then, the students
will use the calculator or EXCEL to
check their answers.
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Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Results/Analysis
Use of Results for Improvement & Follow
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The standard was met successfully.
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Future Value - The
Student will learn to calculate the future
value of ordinary annuity.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was an 83%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 35 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/28/2012 - A problem of this
nature is useful in everyday
situations of individuals. As students
grow up and starting making
investments, they will require
applying the mechanics of this
problem to make exact calculations
of every alternative. As students
begin to have the need to purchase
assets on credit for their families,
they will find these concepts useful.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Present value Alternatives - The Student will learn to
calculate the best alternative of two
investments considering the initial cost, the
annual maintenance cost, the salvage
value, and the life in years.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was an 87%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 39 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/21/2012 - The students will
analyze and work out each of the
two alternatives selecting the one
that is more profitable.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Future Value
Analysis - Purchase or Lease - The Student
will learn to analyze whether to purchase or
lease a new clamshell. If purchased, the
shell will cost $150,000 and is expected to
have a $65,000 salvage value in 6 years.
Alternatively, the company can lease a
clamshell for $30,000 per year, but the
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 63%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 24 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
08/21/2012 - The students will work
more problems using different
amounts. A better understanding is
expected by gradually increasing or
decreasing the values in key
variables of each problem.
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lease payments will have to be made at the
beginning of each year. If the company's
minimum attractive rate of return is 15 %
per year, should the clamshell be purchase
or lease? For both alternatives the student
will compute the interest rate of return and
discard the one with anything less than 15
% rate of return.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Payback Period - The
Student will learn to analyze the payback
period for an asset using two different
interest rates. Payback period in capital
budgeting refers to the period of time
required for the return on an investment to
"repay" the sum of the original investment.
For example, a $1000 investment which
returned $500 per year would have a two
year payback period. The time value of
money is not taken into account. Payback
period intuitively measures how long
something takes to "pay for itself." All else
being equal, shorter payback periods are
preferable to longer payback periods.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Perpetuity - A
perpetuity is an annuity that has no end, or
a stream of cash payments that continues
forever. The student will determine its
perpetual equivalent annual worth (in years
1 through infinity) considering that the cash
flow now is $100,000.00 and $50,000.00
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Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Results/Analysis
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2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
Only 24 students were able to understand
how to solve this problem.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 72%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 25 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/28/2012 - These problems allow
students to practice with the
concepts of present value and future
value. The present and future value
of an amount can be calculated
using a formula, a calculator, or a
computer running EXCEL. Students
will try each of these methods to
select the best one that works for
them.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 67%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 31 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
08/28/2012 - The textbook come
with a set of tables that provide the
students with discrete cash flows,
Compound, and Interest factors.
The students will use this factor to
speed up the calculation of the
required problem. It is important that
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every 5 years forever at an interest rate of
8% per year.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
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Results/Analysis
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the students compare the total value
of cash flows considering inflation,
and devaluation of currency.
better.
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
There were 31 students who passed this
objective. Unfortunately, some students
could only rescue 3 points or no points at
all.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Future Value Uneven Cash Flows - The future value of
uneven cash streams is done by
compounding rather than discounting. The
student will learn to calculate the future
value of the of an amount of money from
year 6 on given the interest rate and the
initial amount. However, after year 5 cash
flows will be computed as an amount equal
to the interest that is generated on the
investment.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 56%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 24 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
Most scores were low. There were some
zeros and too many threes. Eventhough 24
students passed, the students who could
not rescued enough points brought down
the average score.
08/22/2012 - The students will
calculate the interest earned on an
investment for each period keeping
in mind that cash flows will be
disbursed at the beginning of each
period. Students will be encouraged
to use EXCEL to improve their
solving techniques.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Present Value Bonds - Compounded semiannually - The
Student will calculate the present value of a
$10,000.00 bond that has a bond interest
rate of 8% per year, payable semiannually
with a maturity date of 20 years from now.
Assume the market interest rate is 12% per
year, compounded semiannually.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 73%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 33 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - Problems involving
bonds can be designed with more
real life data so that students can
see an immediate application. The
city of El Paso issues bonds on a
regular basis to gather capital to
complete a specific project.
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Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Equipment Valuation
- The student will learn to valuate assets
such as machinery considering the following
variables: Initial cost, annual operating cost,
and a salvage value in years.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was an 82%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 35 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - The students are to
look for the alternative that is less
costly in an annual basis. Microsoft
EXCEL is a powerful tool for to
create a table for each alternative.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Economy
Engineers/Scientists - Asset Worth - The
student will learn to calculate the asset
worth given the following data: cost, annual
operating cost, maintenance cost, useful
life, and current interest rate.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 79%.
There were a total of 44 students who took this
final this semester. There were 39 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - The annual worth
evaluation method is the best
method and it is the simplest to
compute. Students will master the
use of this method to identify the
best alternative in problems like this
one.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Intro to
thermal Fluids - The Ideal-Gas Equation of
State - The student will learn to calculate
the temperature change of Helium (an idealgas) in a vessel which is essentially a
closed system. As the vessel is heated, the
temperature of the gas will change. The
student will learn to determine the
temperature change caused by the heat
applied to the vessel. The ideal-gas
equation of state is used in this type of
problems.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
02/08/2012
02/08/2012 - The average score was a 95%.
There were a total of 8 students who took this final
this semester. There were 8 students who learned
the material successfully for this Student Learning
Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - There are gases like
Helium, Nitrogen, Air, and Carbon
Monoxide that can be treated as
ideal gases. The students will solve
different vessel problems with a
variety of ideal gases.
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Outcome Start Date:
05/30/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Intro to
thermal Fluids - Entropy Changes of Pure
Substances - The student will become
familiar with thermodynamic processes
involving a compressor. Specifically, if water
vapor enters a compressor at 50 kPa and
200 degrees Celsius, and leaves at 1.00
Mpa with the same specific entropy as at
the inlet. The student will learn to calculate
the temperature and the specific enthalpy of
water at the compressor exit. Finally,
students will determine the work output per
unit mass.
Outcome Start Date:
05/30/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) - Intro to
thermal Fluids - Steady Flow Engineering
Devices - Turbines and Compressors - The
student will analyze and become familiar
with systems in which steam flows steadily
through an adiabatic turbine. The student
will be provided with the inlet conditions of
the steam and the mass flow rate of the
steam. The student will learn to determine
(a) the change in kinetic energy, (b) the
power output, and (c) the turbine inlet area.
Outcome Start Date:
05/30/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) Introduction to Engineering - Fundamental
Dimensions and Units - The student will
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Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
02/08/2012 - The average score was a 100%.
There were a total of 8 students who took this final
this semester. There were 8 students who learned
the material successfully for this Student Learning
Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - The students obtained
a good understanding of this type of
problems by working the assigned
homework problems. In the future,
different fluids are going to be
added to this type of problems.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
02/08/2012 - The average score was a 91%.
There were a total of 8 students who took this final
this semester. There were 7 students who learned
the material successfully for this Student Learning
Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - The use of adiabatic
devices in Introduction to
Thermofluids is essential. It helps
students understand the real
devices such as turbines and
compressors which none of them
are adiabatic.
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
12/05/2011 - The average score was an 89%.
There were a total of 13 students who took this
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concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
02/23/2012
final this semester. There were 10 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - Most students improve
their cancellation of units technique
in this class. By the end of the class
this process should be second
nature. Students also learn how to
use their calculators to be able to
solve problems faster.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) Introduction to Engineering - International
System (SI) of Units - The student will learn
to properly write the exponential form for the
following SI Symbols.
Outcome Start Date:
05/30/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
02/23/2012
12/05/2011 - The average score was a 98%.
There were a total of 13 students who took this
final this semester. There were 13 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - The book and many
other resources at the library
present this information to students
as a table. Memorizing and
interpreting the data from the table
is essential for any person who
whishes to become an engineer.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) Introduction to Engineering - Components in
two dimensions - Given the drawing of a
flag pole and two vectors, the student will
express the results as cartesian vectors for
the following items: 1) The position of a
selected vector 2) the force of a vector 3)
the moment of a force vector about a point.
Outcome Start Date:
05/30/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
The student will demonstrate the ability to
solve problems related to the topics and/or
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
02/23/2012
12/05/2011 - The average score was a 97%.
There were a total of 13 students who took this
final this semester. There were 13 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - Vector addition is one
of the most applied mathematical
concepts in engineering. The
student will be exposed to a more
challenging set of problems that will
reinforce their knowledge on this
subject.
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) Means of Assessment:
Introduction to Engineering - Couples - The The student will demonstrate the ability to
students will determine the magnitude of the solve problems related to the topics and/or
12/05/2011 - The average score was a 100%.
There were a total of 13 students who took this
final this semester. There were 13 students who
08/22/2012 - Couple moments is an
essential part of statics. The student
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learn to convert a distance expressed in
Km/h into feet/s.
Outcome Start Date:
05/30/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
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couples forces F of two couples at the base
of a fan given some constant variables.
Outcome Start Date:
05/30/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) Mechanics of Materials - Hooke's Law - The
students will learn to use and interpret the
stress-strain diagram to be able to decide
which is the best material to manufacture a
rod or any other part of a machine. The
strength of a material depends on its ability
to sustain a load without undue deformation
or failure. Usually, materials are tested by
experiment. In the United States the
American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) has published guidelines for
performing such tests and provides limits for
which the use of a particular material is
considered acceptable. From the data of a
tension or compression test, it is possible to
compute various values of the stress and
corresponding strain in the specimen and
then plot the results. The resulting curve is
called the stress-strain diagram, and there
are two ways in which it is normally
described. 1) Conventional Stress and
Strain Diagram 2) Nominal or engineering
strain. The material (Polyvinyl Chloride) can
take three different states when subject to
stress and strain: a) Unplasticized b)
Copolymer c) Flexible (plasticized). The
stress-strain diagrams for most engineering
materials exhibit a linear relationship
between stress and strain within the elastic
region. Consequently, an increase in stress
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Results/Analysis
concepts discussed in class.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
02/23/2012
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
will be given problems that involve
different applications such as
steering wheels, ratchets, and tools
that require minimization of applied
force.
Means of Assessment:
Final comprehensive exam is administered
during the week of finals.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Assessment Date:
03/09/2012
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 75%.
There were a total of 19 students who took this
final this semester. There were 15 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - Interpreting stressstrain diagram allows students to
select the best material to use in the
manufacture of a needed part of a
given machine. Engineers involved
in machinery maintenance will be
utilizing this concepts on a daily
basis.
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causes a proportionate increase in strain.
This fact was discovered by Robert Hooke
in 1676 using springs and is known as
Hooke's law. Since it may be expressed in a
mathematical formula, students will be able
to apply the formula to all states of the
material and therefore, determine which
material to use.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) Mechanics of Materials - Elastic
Deformation of an Axially Loaded Member Students have developed the concept of
stress as a means of measuring the force
distribution within a body and strain as a
means of measuring a body's deformation.
We have also learned that the mathematical
relationship between stress and strain
depends on the type of material from which
the body is made. In particular, if the stress
creates a linear elastic response from the
material, then Hooke's law applies and
there is a proportional relationship between
stress and strain. Furthermore, in Axial
Load problems, since stress can be related
to the load and strain can be related to
displacement, there must also be a
proportional relationship between the
applied load and the displacement of points
in the body. Displacement is computed
using a formula derived from the above
concepts. For any segment, if the computed
results is a positive numerical quantity, it
indicates elongation; if it is negative, it
indicates a contraction. If the body is made
with more than one member, then the
combined displacement is computed by
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Means of Assessment:
Final comprehensive exam is administered
during the week of finals.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Results/Analysis
Use of Results for Improvement & Follow
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12/06/2011 - The average score was an 83%.
There were a total of 19 students who took this
final this semester. There were 18 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
08/22/2012 - During their future
careers, students will encounter how
to apply this concepts on a regular
basis. From design a bridge to
manufacturing a simple beam,
deformation of material should be
kept into consideration. The
students are going to be assigned
several homework problems of this
nature.
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adding the displacements of each of its
members.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
Discipline - Engineering (SLO's) Mechanics of Materials - Stress
Concentration - The Students will learn to
apply the Torsion Formula to regions of a
shaft having a circular cross section that is
constant or tapers slightly. There are three
common discontinuities of the cross section
that occur in practice. They are at
couplings, which are used to connect two
collinear shaft together. Keyways, used to
connect gears or pulleys to a shaft. And
shoulder fillets, used to fabricate a single
collinear shaft from two shafts having
different diameters. Students analyzed a
problem that required to determine the
maximum shear stress developed in a
segment of a A-36 steel shaft with a
diameter of 40 mm that is supported on
smooth bearings that allow it to rotate
freely. The shaft has two gears in this
segment that are subjected to different
torques. The strategy is straight forward. 1)
Draw a free-body diagram. 2) Select the
gear with the highest torque (Forces acting
perpendicular to the shaft). 3) Then, finally
apply and solve the maximum shear stress
formula by carefully selecting the values for
each variable.
Outcome Start Date:
08/21/2011
Outcome Status:
Active
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Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Means of Assessment:
Final comprehensive exam is administered
during the week of finals.
Assessment Tool:
Exit/Final Exam
Standard - Criteria for Success:
The class as a group should score 70% or
better.
Results/Analysis
12/06/2011 - The average score was a 91%.
There were a total of 19 students who took this
final this semester. There were 15 students who
learned the material successfully for this Student
Learning Outcome.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
The standard was met successfully.
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08/22/2012 - In the future, a few
lectures will be used for hands on
experience for students to construct
shafts, gears, and pulleys. Using a
Vernier Caliper, students apply
theory concepts to actual objects
with incredible precision.
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