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Program Educational Objectives
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) are founded on the principles stated in the Mission Statements of Temple University, the College of Engineering, and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. PEOs are formed on the basis of consistency with the accreditation criteria published by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Mission Statement
The mission of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Temple University is to provide students with a high quality, affordable undergraduate and graduate civil and environmental engineering education. Basic mathematics, physical and engineering sciences, communication skills, and the humanities are the basis for specializing in advanced civil engineering courses and developing solutions to complex engineering design problems. The Department offers advanced education in a variety of Civil and Environmental Engineering disciplines that provides a range of skills necessary to prepare for professional practice and licensing and to pursue graduate studies and research. The Department prepares graduates to provide leadership in a modern, complex society and to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life while supporting an educational environment that upholds the value of human diversity, cooperation through teamwork, technological innovation, and life-long learning.

CEE Program Educational Objectives
The program in Civil and Environmental Engineering is designed to provide the basic undergraduate education required for professional practice and to continue formal education. Emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of civil engineering principles and design techniques. Students choose an area of specialization for professional practice and graduate studies. Their undergraduate course work culminates in a two semester Senior Design Project. The educational objectives of this program are intended to produce graduates who have:

The Department of CEE is guided by the hierarchy of the Mission Statements of the University, College, Department, the educational criteria established by ABET, and the specific program requirements of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). A clear linkage is established and maintained by the CEE Department in order to insure a consistent accreditation posture within the CEE curriculum. Through this mechanism, the PEOs are clearly linked to the established Program Outcomes at all levels of institutional policy as illustrated in Table 1.

Table 1 - Program Educational Objectives

Constituent Groups
The Department of CEE has identified the following constituent groups for purposes of establishing, assessing, and modifying the Department’s Educational Objectives:

1. Current CEE undergraduate students
2. CEE Department faculty
3. Other Engineering faculty within the College of Engineering. These faculty members provide instruction in the Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering series of required courses
4. Departments and faculty providing service courses in basic sciences and mathematics
5. Alumni of the CEE Department
6. Potential employers. The Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) consists of representatives of the major segments of engineering undergraduate employers. These include industrial and commercial firms, engineering consulting firms (both general and specialty firms in construction, environmental, geotechnical, structural engineering, and water resources), and government agencies (federal, state, local, and regional)
7. Graduate schools (engineering, business, and law)
8. The engineering profession as represented by professional societies (ASCE, ACI, ASEE, and others)

Program Educational Outcomes
The basis for the Program Educational Outcomes is the ABET 2000 EAC Program Criterion 3. Therefore, these ABET Criteria are the basis for measuring and assessing the successful implementation of the CEE Program as described by the Program Educational Objectives.

As a consequence of the proper implementation of the Program Educational Objectives, graduates of the CEE Program will have:

These Program Educational Outcomes (referred to hereon as Program Outcomes) are the operative components of the Department’s curricular policy as expressed by the Educational Objectives as shown in Table 2.

Table 2 - Program Educational Outcomes

Distribution of the of Civil Engineering Program Outcomes (PO) throughout the Civil Engineering undergraduate program is detailed in Table 3. The Course Learning Objectives and associated Course Topics are specified for each course in the CEE curriculum. As a result, each individual topic in every course can be linked to all levels of academic policy within the University.

Table 3 - Program Curriculum Linkages to the Program Outcomes