Fall 2007 Assessment Report
Program: BS in Computer Engineering Program
Prepared by:
Weider Yu
Date: 02/04/2008
phone: (408) 924-7365
Email: Weider.Yu@sjsj.edu
Where multiple program curricula are almost identical, and SLOs and assessment plans are
identical, it is acceptable to list more than one program in this report.
Electronic and hard copy due to your college facilitator January 15, 2008. Digital version of
this form available at: http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/assessment/forms/
Please report any activity (collect data, analyze data, discuss results among faculty, implement
changes) you completed prior to the fall 2007 semester that is not already posted on the
Web (http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/datareports/assess_report/). Please describe the content or
results of the activity.
Are samples, results, rubrics, etc for this report archived in the location listed on the Cover page?
______X_______ YES
_______________ NO
C=Collect data D=Discuss data among faculty I=implement program changes based on data
SLO
#
C, D,
or I
Content or results of activity
Reported already
Please report assessment activities completed in the fall 2007 semester (collect data, analyze
data, discuss results among faculty, or implement changes. This table should match planned
activities for fall 2007 in Table 2.
C=Collect data D=Discuss data among faculty I=implement program changes based on data
SLO
#
C, D,
or I
Content or results of activity
a
CDI
CMPE 130 - Recommend to the department that D not be considered a passing
grade in this course. In Fall 2006, department did not act on recommendation.
b
CDI
Some changes and adjustments are warranted for CmpE130, CmpE126,
CmpE195A, and CmpE195B
c
CDI
CMPE 46 - Planned to design multiple lab assignments with repetitive themes
to reinforce a student’s learning experience
CMPE 130 - Planned to assess the effect of the new software development
environment on the completion of the programming assignments.
d
CDI
Course Learning Objective (CLO) 6 of CMPE 195A covers and assesses this
outcome. For CLO-6, students achieved 3 out 4 Learning Performance
Indicators (LPI’s) - “able to respond to team needs”, “able to bring together the
skills of a team”, and “able to reflect on one’s own contribution to a team effort”.
Students had a good operational grasp of teamwork, and are generally able to
partition tasks into individual sub-tasks. The students were not particularly
critical in their view of their teammates contribution to the common effort. Thus,
student needed improvement on one LPI – “able to reflect on one’s colleagues’
contributions to a team effort”.
e
CDI
CMPE 046 –
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Planned –

Emphasize problem-solving process in the lectures

Incorporate open-ended lab problems as lab assignments
Implemented –

Continue open: Emphasize problem-solving process in the lectures.

Continue open: Incorporate open-ended lab problems as lab assignments.
CMPE 126 –
Planned –

Continue with changes implemented Spring 2006 semester.
Implemented –

Continue with changes implemented Spring 2006 semester.
CMPE 130 –
Planned –

Recommend to the department that the ENG100W prerequisite be restored
for CMPE130.
Implemented –
f
CDI
CmpE
195B

To be reviewed by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.

The students are able to place their particular project in the context of
technology and market trends.

The student learning capability level of this LPI is assessed as “Achieved”.

The students are well aware of current trends in computer engineering and
in the professional context they will be entering. However, they could be
more knowledgeable about global trends.

The student learning capability level of this LPI is assessed as “Achieved”.

The students are attuned to the needs of the project and of each other. In
teams were there was coat-tailing the teams took appropriate action (peer
consultation, management consultation, action recommendations)

The student learning capability level of this LPI is assessed as “Achieved”.

The project plans identify roles, and the status reports follow through on
these.

The teams have been able to identify member skills and how they work
together (though with small teams – 2-3 members) the need for partitioning
is not very challenging). The team members were sharing and teaching
each other their respective areas of expertise.

This LPI is assessed as “Achieved”.

The students have a good operational grasp of teamwork, and are
generally able to partition tasks into individual sub-tasks. The students are
not particularly critical in their view of their teammates contribution to the
common effort.
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g
CD

The student learning capability level of this LPI is assessed as “To Be
Improved”.

The students have a good operational grasp of team-work, and are
generally able to partition tasks into individual sub-tasks. The students are
not particularly critical in their view of their own contribution to the common
effort. They do evidence in conversations and to some extent in their
writings a degree of reflection. They have reached a barely “adequate”
level.

The students demonstrate a sense of their professional obligations to each
other, and the need to continue the learning process as the project
progresses.

The student learning capability level of this LPI is assessed as “Achieved”.
ENGR 10 - Recommended action: It is desirable for the General Engineering
program to design and implement a quantitative assessment process for the
course.
CMPE 195B – Two recommendation actions (2034.cmpe195b.LA4.1-1 and
2034.cmpe195b.LA.4.1-2) listed in Fall 2005 are implemented in Fall 2006.
By other departments.
h
i
j
CD
CD
CMPE 195B – Recommendations to be implemented:

Introduce risk analysis explicitly in an earlier course. CMPE 131 and CMPE
195A are likely candidates.

Spend some time in CMPE 195B to review the notion of risk and its capture
in the planning documents

Emphasize the role of continuous reflection as part of the discipline of a
professional.
Planned: CMPE 142 - Develop a software lab image using VMWARE to
minimize lab setup problems so students can hit the ground working on the
homework and projects instead of dealing with installation issues. Using
VMWARE is preferred over installing in a lab due to the nature of the majority of
the students preferring to use their own laptops.
Implemented - not yet
k
CDI
CmpE126: Continue changes implemented Spring 2007 semester.
CmpE 152: Give more time to “tree-based code optimization.”
Spring 2008 assessment plan
Please describe how the activities planned for the spring 2008 semester will be executed.
(should match schedule in Table 2):
SLO
a-k
Planned
Execution of plan
Review Fall 2007 outcome reports and
program assessment reports to take
appropriate actions
Activities will be discussed, prioritized and
scheduled by the department undergraduate
curriculum committee
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