A.ENGT. in Electrical Engineering Technology

Program Educational Objectives

The educational objectives of the Penn State Behrend Electrical Engineering Technology Program are to produce graduates who, within three years of graduation are able to:

  1. Be employed in fields of engineering such as design, research, development, applications, testing, manufacturing, processing, safety, quality, and technical sales or service:

For A.ENGT. degree recipients, as a technician or technologist or designer or engineering assistant

  1. Achieve positions of increased responsibility (technical and/or supervisory) within an organization; and
  2. Progress through advanced degree or certificate programs or participate in continuing education in engineering, business, and/or other professionally related fields.

Student Outcomes (Associate Degree – 2EET)

  1. an ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve well-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;
  2. an ability to design solutions for well-defined technical problems and assist with the engineering design of systems, components, or processes appropriate to the discipline;
  3. an ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in well-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature
  4. an ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results; and
  5. an ability to function effectively as a member of a technical team.

(Well-defined activities or problems are practical, narrow in scope, use conventional processes and materials in traditional ways, and require knowledge of standard operating processes.)

According the ABET accreditation agency, Program Educational Objectives are broad statements that describe what graduates are expected to attain within a few years after graduation. Program Educational Objectives were established through the input from employers of our students, alumni, and industrial constituencies of the program.

Student outcomes describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that students acquire as they progress through the program. The Student Outcomes are assessed using direct assessment of the work.

More detailed information is available upon request.