The
graduates of Industrial Engineering Program are expected to attain the
following program educational objectives within a few years of graduation:
PEO 1: Pursue career professional development, advance in graduate
studies, or become successful entrepreneurs.
PEO 2: Advance in leadership positions and handle problems pertaining to
different industrial and managerial settings.
PEO 3: Apply
dynamic technological trends to solve future complex industrial engineering
problems.
Compliance of the Program Educational Objectives with the Mission of
the Institution
Consistency of the Program
Educational Objectives with the Institutional Mission
The University “Strategic Center to Kingdom Vision Realization”
clarifies KAU mission as follows (https://visionstrategy.kau.edu.sa/pages-universitymission.aspx):
Our Community Responsibility: Developing Knowledge, Research,
Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
This mission entails the following:
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Education for Sustainable Development:
Playing a pioneering and effective role in serving economic, environmental
and social development issues by providing an educational system that
promotes innovative and analytical thinking, deepens scientific concepts,
refines expertise, and upgrades skills to prepare the scientific and
professional competencies to meet the growing needs of different sectors of
development and industry that contribute to the success of development
efforts.
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Community Linked Research: Linking the
University’s scientific research plans with the objectives, directions and
requirements of a comprehensive and sustainable societal development in the
present and in the future.
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
Encouraging the spirit of innovation and creative abilities and
entrepreneurship, and producing innovative and advanced applied research
that contributes to the building of a knowledge economy, and promotes the
economic diversification of the country. In particular, starting pioneering
initiatives to ensure sustainable water security, renewable energy, and to
follow environmental management best practices.
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Consolidation of Citizenship Values:
Active participation in building a societal culture that consolidates the
values of citizenship, raises the spirit of loyalty and sense of belonging
to the homeland, rectifies concepts, and forms desirable intellectual
trends. And to build citizens distinguished by their giving, proud of the
principles and values of their society, and preserving their cultural and
civilizational heritage and social ties.
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According to this explanation the mission of the University
targets four aspects: Education for Sustainable Development, Community Linked
Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Consolidation of Citizenship
Values. The graduates of Industrial Engineering program, as described in the
program educational objectives, promote these aspects of the university
mission as indicated in the following table:
Consistency of the IE Program Educational Objectives with the Mission statement of King
Abdulaziz University
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Program Educational Objectives (PEO's)
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Community Responsibility
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Education for Sustainable
Development
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Community Linked Research
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Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
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Consolidation of
Citizenship Values
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PEO 1
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Pursue career professional development, advance in graduate
studies, or become successful entrepreneurs
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P
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P
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P
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PEO 2
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Advance
in leadership positions and handle problems pertaining to different
industrial and managerial settings
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P
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P
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PEO 3
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Apply
dynamic technological trends to solve future complex industrial engineering
problems
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P
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P
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P
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