In 2015, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering will undergo the accreditation process with the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). Viterbi’s Vice Dean for Academic Programs is seeking a graduate student to support the school-level administrative tasks of this year-long process. The position is 20 hours a week beginning in January 2015 and continuing through December 2015.
Position responsibilities:
Serving as principal point of contact for department faculty and external consultants assisting department chairs with ABET accreditation processes and procedures, including fielding routine questions from departments while seeking guidance from the Vice Dean for Academic Programs as needed. Assisting in the development of a calendar for department actions, and the scheduling and coordination of the ABET visit in Fall 2015.
Organizing centralized hard and electronic copies of departmental materials from the 2009 ABET accreditation visit for reference and retrieval as needed. Reviewing and understanding documents describing 2015 ABET accreditation requirements and criteria.
Communicating as needed with University Communications concerning nonacademic changes to the USC Catalogue, and alerting department chairs, and the faculty members assisting them, to pending action items and deliverables needed to meet schedules.
Assisting the Vice Dean for Academic Programs to review draft department self-study reports as possible for consistency, clarity, and completeness with respect to ABET computing accreditation committee and engineering accreditation committee questionnaires and criteria documents. Communicating and following up with departments concerning omissions or deficiencies in self-study documents.
Assisting the Vice Dean for Academic Programs to update non-sensitive portions of School-level data needed to complete Appendix D of ABET departmental self-study documents, and providing department specific versions of this appendix to each department.
Assembling current syllabi for basic science and mathematics courses in the Dornsife College that are completed by Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduates.
Collaborating as needed with scholars and units in the chool providing centralized outcomes assessment data or other specialized data to the various departments.
Working with individual Viterbi departments and programs to implement strategies with respect to AEFIS or equivalent software based tools.
Hourly Rate: $25.00 - $27.00
To apply for this position, students should visit connectSC at http://careers.usc.edu/connectsc and submit a cover letter and resume for position 68028. Applications from graduate students in the Rossier School’s Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs program are particularly sought, but applicants from other programs will be considered.
