Applying ABET Standards to Academic Engineering Programs (Field Study at the Technical Engineering College- Baghdad)

Hussien M. A. AL-mashhadany

Medical Devices - Institute of Medical Technology

Middle Technical University - Iraq

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Murooj Naser Majeed

Electrical Techniques - Institute of Technology

Middle Technical University - Iraq

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Received 17/9/2019 Accepted 18/12/2019

https://doi.org/10.34028/ijqa/3/1/137

Abstract:

The research aims to identify the standards of the American Engineering and Technology Accreditation Authority - ABET specialized in accrediting academic programs, including technical engineering, and see the view of teachers and lecturers at the Technical Engineering College - Baghdad, which is one of the formations of the Middle Technical University on the rate of achieving the criteria of students' output outcomes axis among graduates, Where these outputs represent one of the important axes of the requirements of the academic accreditation of the Engineering Accreditation Authority ABET, and to reach the opinions of teachers and lecturers at the college about the goal of the research a questionnaire has been designed that includes the axis of the educational outputs, which are 11 standards (a-k). the paper is based on Likert scale, the five-rank for the answers of the sample members, and it consists of (I agree totally and it has five degrees, I agree and it has four degrees, neutral and it has three degrees, I oppose and it has two degrees, very opposed and it has a score of zero) and the research sample consisted of the teachers of the Technical Engineering College - Baghdad and the lecturers from the Institute of Technology – Baghdad, a total of 63, and after analyzing the responses of the sample members about their expectations of the specifications of educational outputs according to the standards from (a-k). The research came out with a number of conclusions about the results of the questionnaire from general conclusions and some recommendations.

Keywords: ABET Standards, Academic Programs, Quality, Quality Assurance.

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