|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
ABET 2000Mission Statement Program Objectives Learning Outcomes Constituents Assessment Plan Constituents of Penn BioengineeringWe divide
our constituencies into two groups, core and extended constituencies.
Core constituencies include major stakeholders with
very direct relationship to the program, such as students and
alumni. Another group defined as extended constituencies
includes other important contributors to the program, such as
federal granting agencies and various visiting boards that do
not provide as intensive, direct or continual input to the program.
These indirect constituencies have an important effect on the
program objectives and outcomes. Core ConstituenciesStudents: The students are the primary and foremost stakeholders in the program. Penn’s education is the launching point for their future careers. We need to build an environment that prepares them for their professional life in a rigorous, challenging and supportive way. Alumni: Our alumni are an excellent resource with perspective on the value and advantages of their education. They are also a resource for current students for potential networking and employment. Bioengineering industry and services: We define the bioengineering industry in its broadest sense as one of our core constituencies. This includes the medical device and pharmaceutical industries, health care and related sectors, and bioengineering-related business, financial, legal, and regulatory areas. Graduate and Professional Schools: Many of our students seek advanced degrees and training mostly in bioengineering research and medicine. Some students seek graduate education in professional MS programs, business and law schools and other professions. We need to allow the programmatic options and flexibility to properly prepare these students for their varied continuing education in graduate and professional schools and their following careers. Faculty and staff: Dedicated educators
and resourceful, outstanding researchers are key to fostering
the learning and supportive environment for our students in
the classroom and teaching and research laboratories. The faculty
and staff has the dual role of being a constituent providing
input as well responsible for approving and implementing the
program mission, objectives and outcomes through teaching, advising
and mentoring of students Extended ConstituenciesThe School of Engineering & Applied Science and University of Pennsylvania: The University and School of Engineering and Applied Science make the intellectual environment where our students learn. The University and its 12 schools provide the unique multidisciplinary milieu for our students and contribute to learning in areas not directly offered in SEAS, including natural sciences and mathematics, social sciences and humanities, business and more. ABET, Inc. and Advisory Boards: ABET’s mission of improving and assisting in engineering education through program evaluation complemented by Advisory Boards, School Overseers and in our case also the prominent role of the Whitaker Foundation, makes these boards an important constituency. The Bioengineering Advisory Board and SEAS Board of Overseers include members from academe, corporations, government and alumni. This constituency is instrumental in sharing a wide spectrum of experiences and views. Federal, State and Private Funding Agencies: The Department of Bioengineering receives extensive funding from both public and private sources. This funding not only supports specific research projects, but also supports the intellectual environment in which our students learn. Penn’s research environment creates research and design training opportunities in areas of societal priority and national need thereby contributing to our objectives. Professional Societies: The role of professional societies in introducing our students to technical, entrepreneurial and societal aspects of the field and in providing outstanding opportunities for life long learning makes them important constituents. Penn Bioengineering supports a student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society and encourages student participation as a means for service, enhancing the profession, networking and leadership skills. The General Public: Through our mission in education and research, supported also by the public, and as part of the overall societal mission of the University, we work to enhance the quality of life for all, especially in areas related to bioengineering. |
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|