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Development and Implementation of Multi-level Outcomes Assessment Plan for a Construction Degree Program

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Conference

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

San Antonio, Texas

Publication Date

June 10, 2012

Start Date

June 10, 2012

End Date

June 13, 2012

ISSN

2153-5965

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Tagged Division

Construction

Page Count

12

Page Numbers

25.448.1 - 25.448.12

DOI

10.18260/1-2--21206

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https://peer.asee.org/21206

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Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu University of Texas, San Antonio Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-4819-6407

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Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Louisiana State University. He is currently the Coordinator of the Construction Science and Management program at the University of Texas, San Antonio.

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Suat Gunhan University of Texas, San Antonio

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Suat Gunhan received both his bachelor's of architecture and master's of science in architecture degrees from Dokuz Eylul University and a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Construction Science and Management program at the University of Texas, San Antonio.

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Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi University of Texas, San Antonio

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Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi holds B.S. in architectural engineering from Shiraz Azad University, master's of architecture from University of Tehran, and master's in design studies from Harvard University. She is currently a Construction Science and Management program faculty member at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

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Jude W.P. Patin University of Texas, San Antonio

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Jude W.P. Patin (U.S. Army, Retired) holds B.S. in architectural engineering from Southern University, B.S. in construction management from Louisiana State University, M.S. in industrial engineering from Arizona State University, and an honorary doctorate from Northeastern Louisiana University. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Construction Science and Management program of the University of Texas, San Antonio.

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Abstract

Development and Implementation of Multi-Level Outcomes Assessment Plan for a Construction Degree ProgramAssessment of learning outcomes for academic programs is an essential part of quality controland quality assurance. This process becomes rather intensive for professional degree programsbecause of the specific discipline requirements combined with institutional approaches andindustry expectations. Accreditation agencies, at national, regional and discipline levels, defineoutcomes assessment as a required component in their evaluations and most higher educationprograms have a version of these processes in place.This paper describes a seven-element outcomes assessment plan for a construction science andmanagement program. The plan has a comprehensive list of components including academic,industry and student reviews. The first three elements of the plan are academic review itemswhich consist of student evaluation of individual courses, assessment of construction body ofknowledge, and assessment of learning objectives for individual construction courses. Theinformation from these reviews are then combined with information received from the industryrepresentatives. Detailed feedback are collected through survey instruments form the companiesthat hire full-time employees or interns from the program. In addition, the program’s IndustryAdvisory Council annually reviews the content and delivery of the construction courses throughtheir Curriculum Committee. The student review elements includes specially designed exitsurveys for graduating seniors and alumni surveys for the graduates five and ten year into theircareers. The paper also includes discussion about the challenges of defining a commonterminology for the different assessment elements and creating the data collection system usingtechnology.

Hatipkarasulu, Y., & Gunhan, S., & Pishdad-Bozorgi, P., & Patin, J. W. (2012, June), Development and Implementation of Multi-level Outcomes Assessment Plan for a Construction Degree Program Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21206

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