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CRITERION 2. PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
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CRITERION 2. PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVESABET defines program educational objectives (PEOs) as “broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve”. PEOs are measures of the graduates’ performance 3 to 5 years after completing the program. PEOs have to be consistent with the mission of the institution. Various program constituents have to be involved in the development, periodic revision, and assessment of the PEOs. This section presents PEOs of the Computer Engineering Program (COE) and discusses their alignment with the institution mission. Also, it describes the processes used to establish, assess and evaluate them. Relevant supporting documents and evidence are collected in a folder named "Criterion 2", which is available in the assessment committee office. The Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) of the Department of Computer Engineering (COE) are supported by the COE program learning outcomes in accordance with the declared missions of KFUPM and the College of Computer Sciences and Engineering (CCSE). The KFUPM and CCSE mission and the CCSE objectives, which drive the education and shape the identity of the engineering graduates of the Computer Engineering (COE) department, are reviewed in the following paragraphs.
The PEOs are developed to ensure proper contribution of the program to fulfill the following university, college and the COE department mission statements: The University Mission KFUPM, founded in 1963, is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in the Middle East region. As one of the distinguished technical universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the resources of the university constitute an invaluable asset for the intellectual, economic, and social enrichment of the Kingdom. As an institution of higher learning, the KFUPM is committed to (University Mission):
The mission of KFUPM is posted on its web site at: http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/opq/University_Mission_Vision_Values.html The College Mission The College of Computer Sciences & Engineering (CCSE) was created in 1986. It was the result of a reorganization aimed at grouping together computer-related disciplines to better serve the development plans of the Kingdom. The mission of the college of Computer Sciences and Engineering is:
The mission of CCSE is posted on its web site at: http://www.ccse.kfupm.edu.sa/ccse-web/pages/page.php?page=Strategic_Plan The Department Mission The mission of the Computer Engineering Program at KFUPM is to develop and train the human intellect needed for meeting the continued technological advances in the discipline of Computer Engineering and IT-related areas. This includes graduating well-trained computer engineers to participate in the industrial development which is taking place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mission of the COE is posted on the following web site:
In consistency with the missions of the University, the CCSE and the COE department, the following Educational Objectives were adopted for the Computer Engineering Program: The objectives of the Computer Engineering Program (COE) are to produce computer engineering graduates who are prepared to:
These PEOs were proposed to the COE Department Council in November 2006 after an elaborate discussion of an initial set of PEOs that were proposed by a departmental subcommittee commissioned for this task. Moreover, the COE department council has discussed and ratified an assessment strategy together with a review process to evaluate the extent to which the COE program achieves these PEOs. The assessment strategy and review process involve the COE department constituency at various levels as will be detailed in the coming sections. The departmental faculty council approved the Computer Engineering PEOs in its meeting # 6/1429-30H (2008-2009), dated 1/2/2009. The PEOs of the Computer Engineering Program are published on the departmental web site at: http://www.ccse.kfupm.edu.sa/coe/abet/objectives.html The PEOs are in full alignment with the university mission statements. In particular, PEOs of the COE program are linked directly to point (a) of the university mission. Consistency of the COE PEOs with the missions of KFUPM, CCSE, and COE is further elaborated in the next Sections.
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