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Effective Assessment Plan Leading to Strong Reform of Petroleum Engineering Graduate Program
The Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University has made a lot of significant actions of improvement to its graduate program that was motivated by a systematic SACSCOC assessment plan. This paper shows how the SACSCOC assessment plan aided in making continuous actions of improvement and as a conclusion of these actions, how the current graduate curriculum plan was improved. This paper highlights the details of the graduate department assessment plan, such as how graduate program objectives are assessed, what assessment tools are used, when data are gathered and evaluated, and when actions of improvement are made. This paper will also detail how the analysis of data was utilized in making actions of continuous improvement. At the end of the paper examples of the significant actions of improvement made based on the department assessment and evaluation plan are presented.Cockrell School of Engineerin
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Effective Student Outcomes Assessment Plan Reform Strong Undergraduate Curriculum Plan
The undergraduate curriculum committee from the Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University has made significant modifications that were determined by a systematic student outcomes assessment plan. This paper shows how the department assessment plan facilitated continuous actions of improvement and ultimately provides an example of how a strong undergraduate curriculum plan was constructed. The paper highlights the details of the department assessment plan, such as how ABET student outcomes are mapped to department undergraduate courses, what assessment tools were used, when data were gathered and evaluated, and how the analysis of data was utilized to implement actions of improvement. Finally, the paper provides two examples of significant actions of improvement, made based on the department assessment and evaluation plan.Cockrell School of Engineerin