Accreditation | SUNY Oswego

ABET is the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.

The Software Engineering Bachelor of Science program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Software Engineering. The Computer Science Bachelor of Science program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Computer Science.

Program enrollment and degree data is available through the SUNY Oswego FactBook.

Below are components of our program which are designed to ensure student success, including the mission of the campus and department, Program Educational Objectives we hope for all students to attain, and Student Outcomes assessed and evaluated within majors programs as part of a continuous improvement process.

Mission Statements

SUNY Oswego: SUNY Oswego contributes to the common good by lighting the path to wisdom and empowering every person in the college community to pursue a meaningful life as a productive, responsible member of society.

Computer Science Department: The Mission of the Computer Science Department at Oswego is to provide students with a learning environment which will nurture their growth into competent software developers, computer scientists, and information system designers. We strive to maintain modern computing resources, modern software systems and languages, and a diverse faculty capable of engaging students in meaningful learning activities steeped in classic computer science yet applicable to contemporary problems associated with computer and information science.

Program Educational Objectives

The above missions have been used in combination with input from faculty, graduated students of the program, employers hiring our alumni, and the SUNY Oswego Engineering Advisory Board to produce a set of Program Educational Objectives, consistent across the Oswego Engineering Core. These Objectives undergo periodic review to ensure continued consistency with the institutional mission, the program constituents’ needs, and ABET criteria.

Within a few years of graduation, graduates are expected to:

Engage in ongoing professional development activities including but not limited to graduate study, leadership training, certification and licensure,
Foster future generations of engineers through mentoring, service, and outreach,
Assume leadership roles in professional and/or community life, and
Be productive, responsible, healthy citizens within a global perspective.

Program Constituencies

The CS/SE Program constituencies consist of:

Employers - Employers benefit from the training and education of a competent skilled engineering workforce, especially at the local level.
Alumni - The value of their education and their degree is constantly enhanced by the continued success of the institution and the program graduates.
Faculty - Faculty are an integral constituency that benefits from the success of the program and its graduates in various ways. Their goals is the success of their students and the constant improvement of their program.

The Engineering Advisory Board

The Engineering Advisory Board (EAB) is composed of representatives of the constituent groups critical to providing guidance on the success of the SUNY Oswego engineering graduates. The EAB helped establish the current Program Educational Objectives, and regularly reviews them.

Engineering Advisory Board Members

Student Outcomes

We adopt a set of Student Outcomes which have been designed to prepare students to achieve the Program Educational Objectives. These Outcomes are assessed and evaluated as part of a continuous improvement process within our program. These outcomes vary across programs as follows:

Software Engineering BS degree

Graduates of the program will have:

An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgements, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgement to draw conclusions.
An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Computer Science BS degree

Graduates of the program will have an ability to:

Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.
Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions.

Student Enrollment and Graduation Information

Student Enrollment (total majors)

AY	SE	CS
2016	78	59
2017	73	65
2018	53	82
2019	37	107
2020	24	101
2021	29	86
2022	35	142
2023	37	129
2024

Graduates

AY	SE	CS
2016	6	9
2017	6	8
2018	7	12
2019	6	16
2020	11	14
2021	1	21
2022	3	23
2023	8	31
2024