Cleveland Institute of Electronics

Cleveland Institute of Electronics
Motto	A School of thousands. A class of one. Since 1934.
Established	1934
Type	Private
President	John R. Drinko [1]
Superintendent	Scott Katzenmeyer [2]
Dean	Keith Conn
Location	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Campus	Urban
Former names	Smith Practical Radio Institute
Affiliations	CHEA, DETC, ACE [3]
Website	cie-wc.edu

Cleveland Institute of Electronics (CIE) is an accredited privately held technical and engineering college in Cleveland, Ohio, with a 4 year college 'World College' in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

History

The Institute was established in 1934 by Carl E. Smith under the name Smith Practical Radio Institute to provide correspondence learning courses in the field of Radio and Electronics Engineering, and has served an international student body since its inception. CIE reached a milestone of 40,000 students from 70 countries around the world in 1972 and continued its exponential growth until 1995.^[4] In these years institutes started to provide educational content over the internet. In 2000, CIE began providing online examinations and assignment submission over the internet.^[5] The competition between formal universities and educational institutes over the internet resulted in a smaller market share of most of the correspondence learning institutions including CIE. In 1992 a wholly owned subsidiary was added to CIE called World College, located in Virginia. CIE offers Bachelor degree programs via World College.

Notable accolades

In 1956, Cleveland Institute of Electronics conceptualized and patented its "Auto-Programmed" method, a new approach to curriculum presentation.^[6]

In the 1960s Carl Smith commissioned Pickett & Eckel Company to make a slide rule for their course. The model became the Pickett N515-T Electronic Slide Rule (images courtesy of Mike Konshak, Curator, International Slide Rule Museum.)

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  The Pickett N515-T CIE Electronic Slide Rule

Programs of study

The Institute provides A.A.S. degrees as well as B.S. degrees through its subsidiary World College, as well as numerous diplomas in the Electronics Engineering, Broadcast Engineering (Leads to CBT designation by SBE), and Computer Engineering fields.^[7][8]

Undergraduate Certificates

• Electronics Engineering
• Wireless and Electronic Communications
• Electronics Technology with FCC License Preparation
• Electronics Technology with Laboratory
• Electronics Technology and Advanced Troubleshooting I & II
• Electronics Technology with Digital and Microprocessor Laboratories
• Industrial Electronics with PLC Technology
• Broadcast Engineering
• Computer Programming with Java and C#
• CompTIA A+ Certification and Computer Technology
• CompTIA Network+ Certification and Computer Technology
• Introduction to Computers and Microsoft Office
• Introduction to Home Automation Installation
• Introduction to Photovoltaic Systems

Associate's of Applied Science Degrees

• A.A.S. in Software Engineering
• A.A.S. in Electronic Engineering Technology
• A.A.S. in Computer Information Technology and Systems Management

Bachelor's of Science Degrees

• B.S. in Electronic Engineering Technology
• B.S. in Computer Information Systems

References

1. ^ "Letter from the President"
2. ^ "BBB; CIE business management"
3. ^ "CIE Accreditation and Approvals"
4. ^ "About CIE'
5. ^ "CIE, A History of Our Growth"
6. ^ "CIE, A Programmed Approach"
7. ^ "Courses Offered, Cleveland Institute of Electronics"
8. ^ "Course Description Syllabus, World College"

External links

• Official Cleveland Institute of Electronics Website
• CIE Bookstore
• World College
• World College listing with IAU International Association of Universities UNESCO