Computing Accreditation Criteria Update

This session provides participants with important information about recent efforts to update accreditation criteria used by CSAB and ABET’s Computing Accreditation Council (CAC). For many years, these two bodies have accredited undergraduate academic programs in computing including computer science, information systems and information technology. Currently, over 400 programs around the world are accredited. During the past three years, a joint CAC-CSAB team of 19 practitioners and academics has worked to develop an updated set of criteria. Motivation for these changes include publication of revised model curricula, a general desire to reduce assessment burden and increase the focus on continuous improvement, and constituent interest in a cost-benefit analysis of the effort required to achieve accreditation. During this session, participants will view and discuss the proposed criteria changes.