Assessment of electronics and communication education curriculum

Abstract

Continuously improvement of education has become a major goal for schools and assessment has been important part for this improvement process. This paper describes the assessment process of electronics and communication education curriculum of Marmara University in Istanbul. Since its establishment in 1975, electronics and communication education curriculum of Electronics and Computer Education Department had several major reviews by adding and/or changing course contents, credits and student workload. Effects of those changes have not been assessed yet. It is important for their progress; the institutions need to determine how well their graduates are doing, what the strengths and weaknesses of their curriculum are. Feedback is needed for both better curriculum design and teaching/learning methods. With this article we present process of the assessment we realized to reflect the results improving the Curriculum of Electronics and Communication Program of Department.