SJSU Annual Program Assessment Form
Academic Year 2013-2014
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Records webpage (http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/faculty/programrecords/index.html) for your department.
Electronic copy of report is due June 1, 2014. Send to Undergraduate Studies
(academicassessment@sjsu.edu), with cc: to your college’s Associate Dean and college Assessment
Facilitator. List of AFs is found at http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/faculty/programs/committee/index.html>
Department: Graduate Extended Studies: General Eng
Program: Off Campus Programs: MSE in Optoelectronics Systems – Lockheed Martin
College: Engineering
Website: http://engr-extendedstudies.sjsu.edu/
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Program Accreditation (if any):
Contact Person and Email: Nader Mir, nader.mir@sjsu.edu
Date of Report: June 1, 2014
Part A
<In the 2013-14 AY, we would like to establish a baseline for all degree programs on campus, and we ask
that you fill out Items 1 – 5 for all degree programs in your department. In subsequent years, you will
only need to note changes from the baseline year.>
1. List of Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
<Please list PLOs and indicate how faculty decides on PLO content and criteria for assessing levels of
mastery. The PLOs should be appropriate to the degree and consider national disciplinary
standards. Each outcome should describe how students can demonstrate learning.>
List PLOs
Within five years of graduating from this program, engineers should have:
PLO 1
Demonstrated an understanding of fundamental knowledge of engineering analysis.
PLO 2
Demonstrated an understanding of fundamental knowledge of systems engineering.
PLO 3
Demonstrated an understanding of optics principles
PLO 4
Demonstrated an understanding of concepts and key components of sensors and
optical devices
PLO 5
Demonstrated skill to develop design concepts and architectures for optical sensing
systems
University Learning Goals (ULGs)
List ULGs
By the end of the program, students should be able to demonstrate:
ULG 1
Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
ULG 2
Understanding systems engineering principles and ability to apply them to optical
sensors and systems
ULG 3
Ability to apply principles of optics to understand the performance of optical
systems, fundamental constraints and issues affecting such performance
ULG 4
Ability to understand opto-mechanical and electro-optical systems
ULG 5
Ability to understand and generate design concepts and architectures for various
optical systems including active and passive sensing systems.
ULG 6
Ability to analyze advanced topics in optics including laser communication,
imaging, adaptive optics, and directed energy systems.
2. Map of PLOs to University Learning Goals (ULGs)
<Please indicate how your PLOs map to the University Learning Goals. Describe the collaborative
process used to create or interpret the map.>
PLOs
ULGs
ULG 1
PLO 1
ULG 2
ULG 4
X
X
ULG 5
ULG 6
X
X
X
PLO 2
X
PLO 3
X
PLO 4
ULG 3
X
PLO 5
X
X
3. Alignment – Matrix of PLOs to Courses
<Please show in which courses the PLOs are addressed and assessed. Curriculum map should show
increasing levels of proficiency and alignment of curriculum and PLOs.>
ULGs
ULG 1
Courses
PHYS180
ME297
PHYS208
ENGR202
ENGR271
ENGR201
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
ULG 2
ULG 3
X
ULG 4
X
X
X
X
ULG 5
ULG 6
X
X
ULGs
ULG 1
Courses
ENGR273
EE259
EE264
ENGR297C
ENGR295A
ENGR295B
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
ULG 2
ULG 3
X
ULG 4
X
ULG 5
X
X
ULG 6
X
X
X
4. Planning – Assessment Schedule
<Please indicate a reasonable, multi-year assessment plan that describes PLO assessment and
improvement of achievement, as well as other assessment activities.>
ULGs
F06
S07
F07
S08
F08
S09
F09
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F11
S12
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Collected (C) , discussed (D), and implemented changes(I)
5. Student Experience
<Please indicate where your PLOs and the ULGs are communicated to students, e.g. websites,
syllabi, promotional material, etc., and whether student feedback is considered in the creation of
the PLOs.>
PLOs and the ULGs are communicated to students, through e.g. websites, syllabi
Part C
6. Closing the Loop/Recommended Actions
<Please list all ongoing recommended actions for your program. Recommended actions might arise
from: the previous program planning cycle, feedback from a previous annual assessment report, or
other feedback. Indicate and describe activities undertaken this year designed to improve learning
and/or program quality and health.>
The selected topic course in Optoelectronic ENGR297C is now having an approved and permanent
syllabus and all recommendations from the previous cohort were implemented
7. Assessment Data
<Please briefly describe the data collected for this report (i.e. how, when and why). The data can
address achievement of PLOs and/or recommended actions. The instruments used and actual data
can be attached as appendices as appropriate. >
The assessment data were collected in the form of course learning objectives (CLOs) at the end of
each course, course assessment journals (CAJs) at the end of each course, and oral interview with
selected students time-to-time.
8. Analysis
<Please discuss data and evaluate achievement of PLOs and/or progress on recommended actions.
Please consider the composition of your students in your interpretation, if applicable. >
In EE264, all CLOs 1, through 6 contributed to this PLO. The direct measurement: the acceptable
students’ performance criteria are collectively set at score 70%. All CLOs were achieved by an
overall average of 80.80% of the students as assessed by exam and homework questions. As a result,
the performance criteria were achieved. The indirect measurement: for Part 1 (importance of course
topic), the acceptable performance is set at “B” or 3.75/5.00 and acceptable percentage of students
who pass the above score is also set at 70%. Overall, the average class score given by students is:
3.83/5.00, and 100% of all students met the acceptable performance. For Part 2 (portion learned and
achieved), the grand average class score by students is: 3.80/5.00, and 100% of all students met the
acceptable performance.
9. Proposed changes and goals (if any)
<Please list proposed changes and goals for the next academic year and the future, and identify
areas to be assessed. >
The direct measure found that students performed well in this area, but the Indirect findings suggest
that students did not feel they learned/achieved in this area. Students may have learned what was
taught very well, but wished to learn more, but we did not have enough time. Both direct and indirect
measurements show that students were not comfortable with the coverage. There was no homework
assigned to this topic. The plan for the next program is that more lecture time devoted to diversity and
multiple transmit and receive elements, to be in effect for the next course.