Electrical Engineering
Objectives and Outcomes

We design and change the Electrical Engineering program by first considering, along with our program constituents, what our graduates should be able to do five to seven years after completing the program, combining their academic learning with later experience.  This produces our objectives, which we adjust every several years, again with the help of constituents. 

Objectives

Five to seven years after graduation, cadets who major in Electrical Engineering can:

• Demonstrate the background for professional practice, graduate study, and service to the Army within the context of the electrical engineering discipline.
• Demonstrate the skills and confidence to grow intellectually and professionally in electrical engineering through self-study, continuing education, and other means, including being prepared to pursue any area of the discipline in depth as desired or required by the Army.
• Apply disciplinary knowledge and skills to identify and formulate solutions to problems relevant to the Army which can be solved through the application of electrical engineering theory, tools, and techniques.
• Apply an engineering methodology and creativity to problem solving in the Army, communicate concepts effectively, and integrate information and computer technologies as multipliers for human intellectual ability and the application of military force when appropriate.
• Demonstrate the ability to work as a member of a diverse team and effectively manage team projects, technology, and technologists, particularly in a military environment.
• Effectively employ electrical and electronic systems in the Army and lead the exploration of new applications, techniques, and doctrine for their use.

In order to reach these objectives, which are rather abstract, we make day-to-day decisions about courses and lessons using desired outcomes.  These list the things our cadets should be able to do upon graduation. We consider adjustments to outcomes each year when program assessment results are reviewed.

Outcomes

Upon graduation, cadets who major in Electrical Engineering can:

• Apply knowledge of mathematics, probability, statistics, physical science, engineering, and computer science to the solution of problems.
• Identify, formulate, and solve electrical engineering problems.
• Apply techniques, simulations, information and computing technology, and disciplinary knowledge in solving engineering problems.
• Design and conduct experiments to collect, analyze, and interpret data with modern engineering tools and techniques.
• Communicate solutions clearly, both orally and in writing.
• Work effectively in diverse teams.
• Apply professional and ethical considerations to engineering problems.
• Incorporate understanding and knowledge of societal, global and other contemporary issues in the development of engineering solutions that meet realistic constraints.
• Demonstrate the ability to learn on their own.

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