Computer Engineerng Technology--Associate of Engineering
Mission
The mission of the Computer Engineering Technology (CET) Degree program in the Computer Systems Engineering Technology (CSET) Department at Oregon Institute of Technology is to provide an excellent education incorporating industry-relevant, applied laboratory based design and analysis to our students. The program is to serve a constituency consisting of its students, high-technology industry, and the citizens of Oregon. Major components of the CET program's mission in the CSET Department are to:
educate computer engineering technology students to meet current and future industrial challenges,
promote a sense of scholarship, leadership, and professional service among our graduates,
enable our students to create, develop, and disseminate knowledge for the applied engineering environment,
expose our students to cross-disciplinary educational programs, and
provide high tech industry employers with graduates in the computer engineering technology profession, a profession which is increasingly being driven by advances in technology.
Educational Objectives
The CET associate degree is intended to serve a number of purposes. It provides primarily a way for students obtaining a bachelor's degree in software (or other related degrees) to add breadth to their education. It also allows students who run into unforeseen events that prevent them from obtaining a CET bachelor's degree the option of obtaining an associate's degree. It also provides an educational option preparing students for employment as technicians. According to current statistics, one third of students who obtain the CET associate's degree also obtain a bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
- Graduates of the CET associate's degree program will possess the ability to test hardware, and solve software problems, using the basic principles of electronics, physics, mathematics and applied engineering. They will be able to use modern techniques, skills, and tools.
- Graduates of the CET associate's degree program will be able to apply the knowledge and skills from their education in order to understand the role of computer and technological solutions in an industrial environment.
- Graduates of the CET associate's degree program will be technically competent with aspects of software technologies and electronics as appropriate to the discipline within each student's technical interests.
- Graduates of the CET associate's degree program will have developed a broad base of skills preparing them to be able to pursue professional practice as computer technicians. They will practice ethically and responsibly; recognize the need for, and have the ability to engage in, continual learning as pertaining to advances in technology; and have the ability to function and communicate effectively, both individually and within teams.
- Graduates of the CET associate's degree program who have done so in conjunction with obtaining an SET bachelor's degree, will have developed a broadened appreciation of hardware functionality and its limitations enabling them to be able to use and directly interface with hardware.
Expected Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the CET associate's degree program are expected to be able to demonstrate:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve computer engineering technology problems, including the test, implementation, and operation of systems and components, that meet performance and quality requirements in a timely manner.
- an ability to design, conduct, and interpret experiments including applying the results to verify a system.
- an ability to function effectively on teams.
- an understanding of professional, ethical and social responsibility.
- a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning.
- the ability to apply mathematics including differential and integral calculus and discrete mathematics to hardware and software problems.
- an ability to use applied engineering tools, techniques, and skills including computer-based tools for analysis, simulation, and testing.
- an ability to fabricate and test engineering systems containing hardware and software components.
- an ability to convey technical materials through oral presentation and interaction with an audience.
- an ability to convey technical material through written reports which satisfy accepted standards for writing style.
Curriculum Map
The curriculum map for the CET associate's degree program can be found on the program's web page on the OIT web site.
Summary of Student Learning Outcomes
During the 2007-08 academic year, the program faculty formally assessed the student learning outcomes summarized in the attached report. Additional details can be found in department assessment records.