Process To Identify Minimum Passing Criteria And Objective Evidence In Support Of Abet Ec2000 Criteria Fulfillment

This paper describes a methodology for combining course assignments that summarize course objectives with grading policy to ensure fulfillment of EC2000 criteria. The methodology involves the development of a grading policy that includes using key assignments that represent course material that strongly represents the course objectives and using these assignments to define ‘minimum passing criteria’. The grading policy insures that no student passes the course without demonstrating competence in all course objectives. Also, these key assignments become the objective evidence for the course meeting its program/EC2000 criteria. The result is a methodology that defines specific assignments to assess student learning outcomes and objective evidence of each student having meet course and program outcomes.