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ABET Criteria for Accrediting Systems Engineering Programs Overview

ABET, a non-profit organization, accredits engineering programs globally through its four Commissions. The Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) ensures programs meet general criteria like student outcomes, curriculum, faculty, and facilities. To be ABET accredited, systems engineering programs must satisfy specific criteria outlined by seven sponsoring societies. The curriculum must cover advanced mathematics, engineering topics on complex systems, and faculty must be qualified in design education. Various references guide systems engineering accreditation.

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ABET Criteria for Accrediting Systems Engineering Programs Overview

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  1. ABET Criteria for accrediting systems ABET Criteria for accrediting systems engineering programs engineering programs prepared and presented by Richard E. (Dick) Fairley, PhD ABET Commissioner, Team Chair, and Program Evaluator

  2. What is ABET? What is ABET? • ABET is a U.S. based non-profit, non-governmental organization • “The name of this organization is Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., hereafter referred to as ABET.” From the ABET APPM 2022-2023, section III.A. • ABET has four Commissions that internationally provide criteria, guidance, and evaluation of academic programs for accrediting post-secondary academic programs: 1. Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC), 2. Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC), 3. Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) 35 societies; 38 engr. programs 4. and Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC). NOTE: ABET accredits academic programs; it does not accredit institutions.

  3. 2023 2023- -24/2022 24/2022- -23 Evaluation Comparisons 23 Evaluation Comparisons Total Programs Total Non-US Prog. Non-US Inst. Institutions 38/56 28/37 11/5 ANSAC 17/9 CAC 166/141 112/107 51/51 31/31 EAC 732/640 211/184 151/208 55/56 22/7 8/4 ETAC 129/109 53/50 105/96 TOTAL 1065*/946 404/446 241/275 732 programs are to be evaluated by EAC in 23-24 (~70%) 176 are new programs to be evaluated by ABET in 23-24 (~16%) 3

  4. EAC General Criteria EAC General Criteria • All engineering programs accredited by ABET must satisfy the eight General Criterion for engineering: • Criterion 1. Students • Criterion 2. Program Educational Objectives • Criterion 3. Student Outcomes • Criterion 4. Continuous Improvement • Criterion 5. Curriculum • Criterion 6. Faculty • Criterion 7. Facilities • Criterion 8. Institutional Support Statements of the 2022-2023 EAC General Criteria are publicly accessible in Section 1 of: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering- programs-2022-2023/

  5. What are program criteria? What are program criteria? • All 38 engineering degrees accredited by ABET have unique Program Criteria that augment Criterion 5 and 6 of the General Criteria • Criterion 5: Curriculum • Criterion 6: Faculty • Systems engineering is the last of the 38 EAC engineering programs to establish program criteria and not for lack of trying during the past 10 years to be ABET Accredited an engineering program must satisfy the EAC General Criteria and the criteria for that degree program

  6. The seven EAC co-lead societies that sponsor systems engineering 1. International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), 2. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 3. Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSAB), 4. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 5. Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), 6. International Society of Automation (ISA), and the 7. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International)

  7. SE Program Criterion 5 SE Program Criterion 5 • The SE Program Criteria can be found at: • https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria- for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2022-2023/ • by scrolling to and clicking on the last alphabetical entry in Section III

  8. The curriculum must include the following topics: The curriculum must include the following topics: • ‘Advanced mathematics, including probability and statistics, and computing fundamentals, with practical applications thereof.” • ‘Engineering topics necessary to define, synthesize, analyze, design, and evaluate complex systems containing hardware and software, and human elements (where appropriate), in a holistic manner across the lifecycle.”

  9. SE Program Criterion 6 SE Program Criterion 6 “The program shall demonstrate that those faculty members teaching courses that are primarily design in content are qualified to teach the subject matter by virtue of education and experience or professional licensure.” To be ABET accredited, an SE program must also satisfy EAC General Criterion 6

  10. Four Useful References Four Useful References The ABET APPM, the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, SEBoK, and ISO-IEEE Standard 15288 are basic references for systems engineering and for the systems engineering program criteria. 1. The 2022-2023 ABET Accreditation Policy and Procedure Manual (APPM) is publicly available at: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation- criteria/accreditation-policy-and-procedure-manual-appm-2022-2023/ 2. The SE Handbook is free to INCOSE members and can be purchased online by others. 3. SEBoK can be universally accessed for free at: http://swebokwiki.org/ 4. The 15288 standard can be purchased online (expensive). Your company or university may have a license to access the ISO or IEEE version of the standard. 10

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