ATMAE Accreditation

Delgado Community College’s Computer Information Technology Program is currently

pursuing accreditation by ATMAE (pronounced “at-may”) -“The Association of Technology,
Management, and Applied Engineering”.

Background:

Founded in 1967, the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering is

recognized as the premiere professional association responsible for:

 The promotion of technology in business, industry, education, and government;

 The accreditation of technology programs in colleges, universities, and technical
institutes; and
 The certification of technologists and the recognition of their continued professional
development.

ATMAE accreditation ensures that an Institution has met a series of standards to provide
industry with highly competent employees and assures the graduate of an ATMAE
accredited program that they are receiving a marketable degree through relevant
curricula.

Institutions that earn accreditation from ATMAE confirm their commitment to quality and
continuous improvement through a rigorous and comprehensive review process.

Key areas of this review process include:

General Outcomes:

A list of general expectations for “what” students are expected to achieve in the form of
knowledge and skills:

a. Technical - ability to apply the knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools as appropriate
to the discipline

b. Math & Science-ability to apply a knowledge of mathematics and science as appropriate to the
discipline

c. Teamwork - ability to function effectively as a member of a technical team

d. Communication - ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication as appropriate to

the discipline
e. Professional Development & Lifelong Learning - understanding the need for and the ability to
engage in self-directed continuing professional development & lifelong learning

f. Personal/Professional Integrity - understanding of and a commitment to address professional

and ethical responsibilities, including a respect for diversity

g. Personal/Professional Productivity & Accountability - commitment to quality, timeliness, and

continuous improvement

h. Critical Thinking – ability to conceptualize, analyze, synthesize and evaluate data to provide
solutions to technical problems

Outcome Measures: Throughout the program we will complete a series of activities, including
instruments such as surveys, to determine the overall effectiveness of the outcomes covered in
the program.

Program Competencies: A series of measurable activities that demonstrate “how” students are
achieving the desired outcomes.

The program competencies we are currently focusing on include:

Programmer/Analyst Concentration:

a. Ability to apply critical thinking skills to complex problem analysis, synthesis, and evaluation to
design, implement and test programming solutions utilizing advanced logic and design concepts.
b. Ability to perform systems analysis and design using data modeling tools, methodologies
and techniques.
c. Ability to analyze computing problems and design computing solutions utilizing advanced
programmer/analyst skills, programming languages and tools including procedural languages,
object/event-driven languages, data manipulation languages, and toolkits.
d. Teamwork - Function effectively as a member of a technical team.
e. Problem Solving - Identify, analyze, and solve narrowly defined technical problems.
f. Written & Oral Communication - Apply written, oral, and graphical communication in both
technical and non-technical environments, identify and use appropriate technical literature.
g. Professional Development - Understand the need for and engage in self-directed continuing
professional development.
h. Ethics & Respect for Diversity - Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to address
professional and ethical responsibilities, including a respect for diversity.
i. Professionalism - Demonstrate a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous
improvement.
Web Design Concentration:

a. Ability to apply the fundamentals of web site development and be able to build web pages and
publish a web site.
b. Ability to apply user interactivity and input validation techniques to basic web site designs and
demonstrate basic client-server and database interaction.
c. Ability to enhance web site designs utilizing web authoring tools and multimedia editing
software.
d. Teamwork - Function effectively as a member of a technical team.
e. Problem Solving - Identify, analyze, and solve narrowly defined technical problems.
f. Written & Oral Communication - Apply written, oral, and graphical communication in both
technical and non-technical environments, identify and use appropriate technical literature.
g. Professional Development - Understand the need for and engage in self-directed continuing
professional development.
h. Ethics & Respect for Diversity - Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to address
professional and ethical responsibilities, including a respect for diversity.
i. Professionalism - Demonstrate a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous
improvement.

Information Security/Assurance Concentration:

a. Ability to apply different types of tools (both software and hardware), techniques and procedures
to perform rudimentary forensic investigations.
b. Ability to employ the basic concepts and principles of Information Security and Information
Assurance based on NSA standards established by ISC2.
c. Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for computer
network technology practice.
d. Teamwork - Function effectively as a member of a technical team.
e. Problem Solving - Identify, analyze, and solve narrowly defined technical problems.
f. Written & Oral Communication - Apply written, oral, and graphical communication in both
technical and non-technical environments, identify and use appropriate technical literature.
g. Professional Development - Understand the need for and engage in self-directed continuing
professional development.
h. Ethics & Respect for Diversity - Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to address
professional and ethical responsibilities, including a respect for diversity.
i. Professionalism - Demonstrate a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous
improvement.

Competency Measures: Throughout the program ATMAE will conduct a series of activities
used to determine if we have achieved a competency such as written tests, demonstrations &
observations, case studies & discussion groups, exemplars, peer reviews, self-assessments,
presentations, mock events and monitors.
Self Study:

An ATMAE self-study is currently being conducted for our program area.

ATMAE wants your input and/or participation in the self-study of your program. We will be
conducting surveys and may be asking for your help in the coming weeks to get your input for
the self-study.

Please take a few minutes and fill out the following ATMAE Awareness Survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FHLFYK2

Thank you for your time.