An educational practice for many two-year and four-year engineering technology programs is the use of instrumentation and interfacing which employs real-time analog/digital signals from industrial environments supported by graphical-based data acquisition and control hardware and software tool such as LabVIEWTM from National Instruments. The Department of Engineering Technology (ETEC) at Sam Houston State University is a new department which recently become an independent department separating from a wellestablished Department of Agriculture Science. The faculty are in the process of preparing necessary curriculum updates to apply for ABET-ETAC accreditation for the current B.S. in Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) and B.S. in Construction Management programs. One missing significant curriculum component of the ECET program is an instrumentation and data acquisition class that includes work within a hands-on laboratory and a requirement for rigorous design project activities. This new course serves as a core class for multiple degree programs in the department and it is one of the essential components for the employability of students, especially in electronics and computer engineering technology fields. The course is also an essential part of the electrical engineering technology program curricula. Within this course, students are expected to gain knowledge and hands-on skills on graphicbased programming, data acquisition, instrumentation, interface, signal conditioning, troubleshooting, control in industrial operations, and dealing with a variety of instrumentation applications the students will be required to apply as part of their main job duties. This paper describes course objectives, learning outcomes which are aligned with the ABETETAC criterion 3, and sample curriculum material which covers lecture, laboratory, and project activities. Student assessment and course improvements are also discussed. There are several expected outcomes from this curriculum enhancement: (a) A well-established instrumentation and interface course is now part of the ETEC curriculum. (b) The class will help meet the criteria 3 of the ABET-ETAC requirements. (c) Students will be exposed to real-time data acquisition and instrumentation applications in industrial environments using a LabVIEWTM based myDAQ board and a number of sensors such as motion, pressure, electromagnetic interference (EMI), thermocouples, EKG, and anemometer for both industrial, medical, solar, and wind energy systems. The corresponding LabVIEWTM Virtual Instruments (VIs) are discussed. This paper describes a new course in the department of ETEC in which the students are assessed regarding the course objectives and associated outcomes using various direct and indirect assessment tools. Additionally, course-embedded direct assessment of objectives and university-level end-ofsemester faculty and course assessment will provide valuable input to the course assessment and continuous improvement process. The results from various direct and indirect assessment instruments will be archived and revised annually to generate action items used as input for the course’s continuous improvement process.