General Education Annual Course Assessment Form
Course Number/Title ___ISE 195B___________________ GE Area ________V______________________
Results reported for AY ____2014-15_____ # of sections ______1______ # of instructors ______2______
Course Coordinator ____Louis Freund, Rebecca Mantecon____
rebeccaelena.mantecon@sjsu.edu ____
E-mail ____ louis.freund@sjsu.edu,
Department Chair: _Yasser Dessouky (for 2014-2015), Louis Freund (current) __ College: __Engineering___
Instructions: Each year, the department will prepare a brief (two page maximum) report that documents the
assessment of the course during the year. This report will be electronically submitted to
<curriculum@sjsu.edu>, by the department chair, to the Office of Undergraduate Studies, with an electronic
copy to the home college by October 1 of the following academic year.
Part 1
To be completed by the course coordinator:
1. What SLO(s) were assessed for the course during the AY?
All GE Area V SLOs for the ISE 195 B course offered in Spring 2015

GELO 1: Compare systematically the ideas, values, images, cultural artifacts, economic structures,
technological developments, and/or attitudes of people from more than one culture outside the U.S

GELO 2: Identify the historical context of ideas and cultural traditions outside the U.S. and how they
have influenced American culture

GELO 3: Explain how a culture outside the U.S. has changed in response to internal and external
pressures
2. What were the results of the assessment of this course? What were the lessons learned from the
assessment?
GELO 1 Assignment 1:
IE Magazine Article Analysis: An article from the designated Industrial Engineer magazine that compares
strategies and ideas from other countries outside of the US in regards to their economic structures,
technological developments, and/or attitudes. (500 words)
B - GELO 1
Total Students
Exceeds Criteria
Met Criteria
Below Criteria
Did not Submit
IE Magazine
Spring 2015
% of Total
30
1
3.3%
27
90.0%
0
0.0%
2
6.7%
GELO 1 Assignment 2:
Senior Project Analysis: In regards to your Senior Design Project, address the human, social, and cultural
barriers that may result in difficulties conducting your project in a country outside of the United States.
Choose at least one country to explain in detail any challenges that could be faced and how they would change
your project. (minimum 1500 words)
B - GELO 1
Total Students
Exceeds Criteria
Met Criteria
Below Criteria
Did not Submit
Sr. Project Analysis
Spring 2015
% of Total
30
1
3.3%
24
80.0%
0
0.0%
5
16.7%
GELO 2 Assignment 1:
Total Quality Management Essay: Consider the history of Total Quality Management (TQM) which was
developed in Japan. Describe the cultural and social factors that led to the “invention” of TQM. Answer: How
has the TQM management philosophy affected U.S. manufacturers? (250-500 words)
B - GELO 2
Total Students
Exceeds Criteria
Met Criteria
Below Criteria
Did not Submit
TQM
Spring 2015
% of Total
30
0
0.0%
27
90.0%
0
0.0%
3
10.0%
GELO 3 Assignment 1:
Outsourcing Evolution Paper: Research the evolution of outsourcing in regards to the changes over time.
Choose a country outside of the US where outsourcing is common practice for US manufactures to describe
the changes due to internal and external pressures of that country. Detail any benefits or consequences that
must be evaluated in the decision to outsource while considering the country’s culture itself. (500-750 words)
B - GELO 3
Total Students
Exceeds Criteria
Met Criteria
Below Criteria
Did not Submit
Outsourcing
Spring 2015
% of Total
30
1
3.3%
27
90.0%
1
3.3%
1
3.3%
3. What modifications to the course, or its assessment activities or schedule, are planned for the upcoming
year? (If no modifications are planned, the course coordinator should indicate this.)
Assignments will be scaled so as to meet requirements but also be manageable for the instructor in the
context of other course management and grading responsibilities. The lessons learned last year were that the
number of assignments and the time required for grading was excessive. Therefore, ISE will no longer be
continuing to have 4 assignments, but only one that includes all 3 GELOs as a Senior Project Analysis paper.
Part 2
To be completed by the department chair (with input from course coordinator as appropriate):
(4) Are all sections of the course still aligned with the area Goals, Student Learning Objectives (SLOs),
Content, Support, and Assessment? If they are not, what actions are planned?
Yes
(5) If this course is in a GE Area with a stated enrollment limit (Areas A1, A2, A3, C2, D1, R, S, V, & Z),
please indicate how oral presentations will be evaluated with larger sections (Area A1), or how
practice and revisions in writing will be addressed with larger sections, particularly how students
are receiving thorough feedback on the writing which accounts for the minimum word count in this
GE category (Areas A2, A3, C2, D1, R, S, V, & Z) and, for the writing intensive courses (A2, A3, and
Z), documentation that the students are meeting the GE SLOs for writing.
Feedback on writing was provided through Canvas, where each assignment is graded based on a rubric
provided to the students when each homework was assigned. The rubric included points for word count,
grammar/writing style and more, where feedback for all criteria was given during grading. Meeting the GELOs
was not included in grading (points), as previously advised by the university/COE to all course instructors, but
students were given a score on a scale of 5 for each assignment submitted.