The updated American Society of Civil Engineers' Body of Knowledge (BOK2) defines how educational and practical experience shall fulfill developmental requirements for entry into the civil engineering profession. As the BOK2 continues to be introduced into the profession, existing and potential civil engineering student perceptions are a particular subject of interest, one recently investigated by Angela Bielefeldt at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Potential students can use the BOK2 to learn about their chosen field of study, visualize a roadmap for future development, and better understand the dedication their profession requires. Graduating seniors can use the BOK2 to assess their personal development, their own strengths and weaknesses, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of their undergraduate engineering program. Student feedback can help leaders in higher education to make positive changes in their school's program in order to better prepare students for professional service. This study partially replicates Bielefeldt's 2010 investigation under different conditions (i.e. at a military academy as opposed to a research-oriented academic institution) in order to provide confirmation that the BOK2 framework is a useful tool for evaluating civil engineering curricula across a wide range of institutions. This study queried 42 seniors within a military academy's civil engineering program on their personal strengths and weaknesses in the context of the 24 BOK2 outcomes. In addition, students were asked to identify apparent curriculum weaknesses and rank order the 24 outcomes in terms of perceived importance. This study will be of interest to undergraduate civil engineering program administrators concerned with assessing pedagogy and industry representatives developing learning experiences, both of whom share a common goal to better prepare students for professional licensure. This study also assists practicing engineers to provide appropriate mentorship and engineering experience to further prepare engineer interns for eventual licensure as a professional engineer.
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