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ABET
SELF-STUDY REPORT (2013-2014 Review Cycle)
for
Civil Engineering Program
at
College of Engineering & Islamic Architecture
Umm Al-Qura University
Makkah
Saudi Arabia
June, 2013
CONFIDENTIAL The information supplied in this Self-Study Report is for the confidential use of ABET and its
authorized agents, and will not be disclosed without authorization of the institution concerned, except
for summary data not identifiable to a specific institution.
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Table of Contents BACKGROUND INFORMATION .......................................................................................... 9
A. Contact Information .................................................................................................... 9 B. Program History .......................................................................................................... 9 C. Options ........................................................................................................................ 9 D. Organizational Structure ........................................................................................... 10
D-1 Organizational Chart ..................................................................................... 10 D-2 ABET Accreditation Steering Committee .................................................... 10 D-3 Curriculum Committee ................................................................................. 11 D-4 Graduation Projects Committee .................................................................... 12 D-5 Surveys Committee ....................................................................................... 12
D-6 Assessment & Evaluation Committee .......................................................... 12 D-7 Laboratories Committee ............................................................................... 12 D-8 External Advisory Board (EAB) .................................................................. 12
D-9 Academic Advisement Committee ............................................................... 13 D-10 Student Advisory Board (Student Council) ................................................ 13 D-11 ASCE Advisor ............................................................................................ 13 D-12 ABET Coordinator...................................................................................... 13
E. Program Delivery Modes .......................................................................................... 13 F. Program Locations .................................................................................................... 13
G. Deficiencies, Weaknesses or Concerns from Previous Evaluation(s) and the Actions Taken to Address Them............................................................................... 13
H. Joint Accreditation .................................................................................................... 13
CRITERION 1: STUDENTS ................................................................................................... 14
A. Student Admissions .................................................................................................. 14 B. Evaluating Students Performance ............................................................................. 15
B-1 Examination and Grading System ................................................................ 16
B-2 Minimum GPA.............................................................................................. 17
B-3 Academic Probation ...................................................................................... 17 C. Transfer Students and Transfer Courses ................................................................... 18
C-1 Transfer from Other Universities .................................................................. 18 C-2 Transfer of students within the University.................................................... 19 C-3 Transfer to a department within the College................................................. 19
D. Advising and Career Guidance ................................................................................. 20 D-1 Registration Procedure.................................................................................. 20
D-2 Academic Advisement Committee ............................................................... 20 D-3 Functions of the Academic Advisor ............................................................. 20 D-4 Registration Process...................................................................................... 21
D-5 Process for Eliminating Pre-Requisite Violations ........................................ 22 D-6 Process for Minimizing Deviation from the Study Plan ............................... 23
E. Work in Lieu of Courses ........................................................................................... 23
F. Graduation requirements ........................................................................................... 23
F-2 Process for checking the graduation requirements ........................................ 25 G. Transcripts of Recent Graduates ............................................................................... 25
CRITERION 2: PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES ............................................ 26
A. Mission Statement ..................................................................................................... 26 A-1 Mission of the University ............................................................................. 26 A-2 College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture Mission........................... 26
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A-3 Civil Engineering Department Mission ........................................................ 26
B. Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) .................................................................. 28 C. Consistency of the Program Educational Objectives with the Mission of the
Institution .................................................................................................................. 28 D. Program Constituencies ............................................................................................ 29
E. Process of Revision of PEOs .................................................................................... 29 E-1 Initial Establishment of PEOs ....................................................................... 29 E-2 PEOs Revision Process ................................................................................. 30
CRITERION 3: STUDENT OUTCOMES ............................................................................. 32
A. Student Outcomes ..................................................................................................... 32 B. Relationship of SOs to PEOs .................................................................................... 33
CRITERION 4. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ............................................................... 35
A. Student Outcomes ..................................................................................................... 35 A-1 Essential Elements of SO Assessment & Evaluation ................................... 35
A-2 Assessment Processes Summary .................................................................. 43 A-3 Assessment Processes Details....................................................................... 45 A-4 SO Attainment indicated by Formative Assessments ................................... 59 A-5 SO Attainment indicated by Summative Assessment .................................. 69
A-6 SO Attainment indicated by Course-wise Student Survey ........................... 74 A-7 SO Attainment through indicated by Course-wise Faculty Survey .............. 74
A-8 SO Attainment indicated by Exit Surveys ........................................ 75 A-9 SO Attainment indicated through Alumni Survey ........................................ 81 A-10 SO Attainment indicated through Employer Survey ........................ 82
A-11 SOs Revision Process ................................................................................. 83 B. Continuous Improvement.......................................................................................... 84
B-1 Microscopic Continuous Improvement Process ........................................... 84 B-2 Loop-closing ................................................................................................. 87 B-3 SO Loop Closing Data for Spring 2013 ........................................................ 89
B-3-1 SO (a) Loop-closing .................................................................................. 90 B-3-2 SO (b) Loop-closing .................................................................................. 90
B-3-3 SO (c) Loop-closing .................................................................................. 91
B-3-4 SO (d) Loop-closing .................................................................................. 91 B-3-5 SO (e) Loop-closing .................................................................................. 92 B-3-6 SO (f) Loop-closing ................................................................................... 92 B-3-7 SO (g) Loop-closing .................................................................................. 93 B-3-8 SO (h) Loop-closing .................................................................................. 93
B-3-9 SO (i) Loop-closing ................................................................................... 94 B-3-10 SO (j) Loop-closing ................................................................................. 94 B-3-11 SO (k) Loop-closing ................................................................................ 95 B-4 Improvement Planning based on Facultys Opinion of Students Weaknesses.............................................................................................................................. 95
B-5 Improvement Planning based on Course Readiness ..................................... 97 B-6 Improvement Planning based on Exit Surveys ........................................... 101
B-7 Improvement Planning based on Alumni and Employers Surveys ........... 101 B-8 Improvement through Curriculum .............................................................. 103 B-9 Future Program Improvement Plans ........................................................... 104
C. Additional Information ........................................................................................... 104 CRITERION 5. CURRICULUM.......................................................................................... 105
B. Program Curriculum ............................................................................................... 105
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A-1 Plan of Study............................................................................................... 105
A-2 Curriculum Alignment to Program Educational Objectives ....................... 120 A-3 Curriculum Alignment to Student Outcomes ............................................. 121 A-4 Prerequisite Structure of Required CE Courses .......................................... 121 A.5 Satisfaction of Hours and Depth Requirements .......................................... 123
A-6 Major Design Experience ........................................................................... 127 A-7 Cooperative Education................................................................................ 129 A-8 Materials Available for Review during Visit.............................................. 130
B. Course Syllabi ................................................................................................................... 130
CRITERION 6. FACULTY ................................................................................................... 131
A. Faculty Qualifications ............................................................................................. 131 B. Faculty Workload.................................................................................................... 131
C. Faculty Size ............................................................................................................. 131 D. Professional Development ...................................................................................... 132
E. Authority and Responsibility of Faculty ................................................................. 132 CRITERION 7: FACILITIES ............................................................................................... 138
A. Offices, Classrooms and Laboratories .................................................................... 138
A-1-1 Offices ..................................................................................................... 138 A-2 Classrooms .................................................................................................. 139
A.3 Laboratories ................................................................................................ 140 B. Computing Resources ............................................................................................. 148
B-1 University Computing Resources ............................................................... 148 B-2 College Computer Resources ...................................................................... 148 B-3 Department Computer Laboratory .............................................................. 148
B-4 Faculty Personal Computer ......................................................................... 148 B-5 ELECTRONIC-GATE System ................................................................... 148
C. Guidance ................................................................................................................. 148
D. Maintenance and Upgrading of Facilities ............................................................... 149
E. Library Services ...................................................................................................... 149 E-1 Library Collections...................................................................................... 151
E-2 Library Databases........................................................................................ 151 F. Overall Comments on Facilities.............................................................................. 152
F-1 General Safety Measures ............................................................................. 152
F-2 Laboratory Safety Guidelines ...................................................................... 152 F-3 Policies related to the safety of computer software: .................................... 153
CRITERION 8. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT ................................................................... 154
A. Leadership .................................................................................................................... 154
B. Program Budget Process and Financial Support .......................................................... 154 B-1 Sources of Financial Support ...................................................................... 154 B-2 Support for Teaching Activities .................................................................. 156
B-3 Support for Facilities................................................................................... 156
B-4 Adequacy of Budget ................................................................................... 156 C. Staffing ......................................................................................................................... 156 D. Faculty Hiring and Retention ....................................................................................... 157
E. Support of Faculty Professional Development ............................................................. 157 CRITERION 9. PROGRAM CRITERIA .............................................................................. 159
A. Curriculum .............................................................................................................. 159 B. Faculty..................................................................................................................... 161
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References 162
Appendix A Course Syllabi ................................................................................................ 163
Plan 25 Core Courses ........................................................................................................ 163 List of Plan 25 Core Courses ............................................................................. 164 Engineering Mathematics I ................................................................................ 166 Engineering Mathematics II ............................................................................... 168 Engineering Drawing II ..................................................................................... 170
Statics ................................................................................................................. 172 Numerical Methods ............................................................................................ 174 Fluid Mechanics ................................................................................................. 176 Surveying I ......................................................................................................... 178 Civil Engineering Drawing ................................................................................ 180
Strength of Materials.......................................................................................... 182 Hydraulics .......................................................................................................... 184
Water Resources Engineering ............................................................................ 186 Basic Geology .................................................................................................... 188 Soil Mechanics I ................................................................................................ 190 Engineering Projects Management .................................................................... 192
Structural Analysis I .......................................................................................... 194 Transportation Engineering I ............................................................................. 196
Concrete Technology ......................................................................................... 198 Building Materials ............................................................................................. 200 Engineering Reports Writing ............................................................................. 202
Surveying II ....................................................................................................... 204 Soil Mechanics II ............................................................................................... 206
Foundation Engineering ..................................................................................... 208 Structural Analysis II ......................................................................................... 210 Reinforced Concrete Design I ............................................................................ 212
Reinforced Concrete Design II .......................................................................... 214 Design of Steel Structure ................................................................................... 216
Transportation Engineering II ............................................................................ 218
Sanitary Engineering and Water Supply ............................................................ 220 Construction Engineering .................................................................................. 222 Contract and Specifications ............................................................................... 224 Graduation Project ............................................................................................. 226 Islamic Culture I ................................................................................................ 228
Islamic Culture II ............................................................................................... 229 Islamic Culture III .............................................................................................. 231 Islamic Culture IV.............................................................................................. 233 The Holy Quran I ............................................................................................... 235 The Holy Quran II .............................................................................................. 236
The Holy Quran III ............................................................................................ 237 The Holy Quran IV ............................................................................................ 238
Biography of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) ...................................................... 239 Arabic Language ................................................................................................ 240 Calculus I ........................................................................................................... 241 Calculus II .......................................................................................................... 242 General Physics I ............................................................................................... 243 General Physics II .............................................................................................. 245
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General Chemistry I ........................................................................................... 246
English Language I ............................................................................................ 247 Communication Skills in English I .................................................................... 248 Communication Skills in English II ................................................................... 249 Computer Programming I .................................................................................. 250
Electrical Engineering for CE Students ............................................................. 251 Engineering Statistics and Probability Theory .................................................. 252 Engineering Drawing I ....................................................................................... 253 Workshop Basics ............................................................................................... 254 Engineering Economics ..................................................................................... 255
Experimental Engineering for the Civil Engineer ............................................. 256 Dynamics ........................................................................................................... 257
Plan 30 Core Courses ........................................................................................................ 258 List of Civil Engineering Core Courses for PLAN 30 ....................................... 259 Engineering Mathematics I ................................................................................ 260
Engineering Mathematics II ............................................................................... 262 Computer Aided Drawing (CAD) ...................................................................... 264
Statics ................................................................................................................. 266 Numerical Methods ............................................................................................ 268
Fluid Mechanics ................................................................................................. 270 Plane Surveying ................................................................................................. 272
Mechanics of Materials ...................................................................................... 274 Hydraulics .......................................................................................................... 276 Water Resources Engineering ............................................................................ 278
Basic Geology .................................................................................................... 280 Theory of Structures .......................................................................................... 282
Introduction to Transportation Engineering....................................................... 284 Engineering Design ............................................................................................ 286
Concrete Technology ......................................................................................... 288 Building Materials ............................................................................................. 290
Topographic & Photogrammetric Survey .......................................................... 292 Soil Mechanics ................................................................................................... 294 Foundation Engineering ..................................................................................... 296
Structural Analysis ............................................................................................. 298 Reinforced Concrete Design I ............................................................................ 300
Reinforced Concrete Design II .......................................................................... 302 Design of Steel Structures .................................................................................. 304 Highway Engineering ........................................................................................ 306
Environmental Engineering ............................................................................... 308 Contract and Specifications ............................................................................... 310
Professional Ethics ............................................................................................. 312 Graduation Project ............................................................................................. 314
Islamic Culture I ................................................................................................ 315 Islamic Culture II ............................................................................................... 316 Islamic Culture III .............................................................................................. 318 Islamic Culture IV.............................................................................................. 320 The Holy Quran I ............................................................................................... 322
The Holy Quran II .............................................................................................. 323 The Holy Quran III ............................................................................................ 324
The Holy Quran IV ............................................................................................ 325
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Biography of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) ...................................................... 326
Arabic Language ................................................................................................ 327 Calculus I ........................................................................................................... 328 Calculus II .......................................................................................................... 329 General Physics I ............................................................................................... 330
General Physics II .............................................................................................. 332 General Chemistry I ........................................................................................... 333 English Language I ............................................................................................ 334 Communication Skills in English I .................................................................... 335 Communication Skills in English II ................................................................... 336
Computer Programming I .................................................................................. 337 Electrical Engineering for CE Students ............................................................. 338 Engineering Statistics and Probability Theory .................................................. 339 Engineering Drawing I ....................................................................................... 340 Workshop Basics ............................................................................................... 341
Engineering Economics ..................................................................................... 342 Experimental Engineering for the Civil Engineer ............................................. 343
Appendix B Faculty Vitae .................................................................................................. 345
Name: ABDULRAZAK B. ABDULGHAFOUR.............................................. 346 1) Name: AHMED H. BAKHIT ......................................................... 348
2) Name: ALI A. AL-MASMOUM .................................................... 350 3) Name: ALI M. AL-SHAERY ......................................................... 351
4) Name: ALI M. IBRAHEEM ........................................................... 353 5) Name: ASIF A. HUSAIN ............................................................... 355 6) Name: AYMAN G. ABDEL-RAHMAN ....................................... 357
7) Name: BASAM A. GHULMAN .................................................... 359 8) Name: EHAB ABDURAHEEM A. MLYBARI ............................ 360
9) Name: ERFAN M. A. AL-QASIMI ............................................... 362
10) Name: FAIZ ABDULLAH M. MIRZA.......................................... 364
11) Name: IMTIAZ A. AHMED .......................................................... 366 12) Name: KEHLAN A. SALMAN ...................................................... 368 13) Name: KHALID L. EL-ASHMAWY ............................................. 370
14) Name: MAHMOUD A. ELTOUKHY ............................................ 372 15) Name: MAHMOUD M. ELSAADANY ........................................ 374
16) Name: MAJID M. ASSAS .............................................................. 376 17) Name: MAJID O. ALSAYDALANI .............................................. 378 18) Name: MARAI A. AL-SHIHRI ...................................................... 380
19) Name: MARWAN A. SARRAJ ..................................................... 381 20) Name: MEDHAT M. HELAL ........................................................ 382 21) Name: MOHAMED A. ALSABBAN ............................................ 384 22) Name: MOHAMMED A. SAIF ...................................................... 385
23) Name: MOHAMMED H. ALWY .................................................. 387
24) Name: MOUSSA S. EL-BISY ........................................................ 388 25) Name: MUHAMMAD H. IMAM................................................... 390
26) Name: SAMEH A. EL-REFAIE. .................................................... 392 27) Name: TAREK A. EL-DAMATY .................................................. 394
28) Name: TARIQ M. NAHHAS ......................................................... 396 29) Name: TURKI M. AL-ABOUD ..................................................... 398
Appendix C Equipment....................................................................................................... 400
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Appendix D Institutional Summary ................................................................................ 407
A. The Institution .............................................................................................................. 407 A-1 Name and address of the institution............................................................ 407
A-2 Name and title of the chief executive officer of the institution .................. 407 A.3 Name and title of the person submitting the self-study report .................... 407 A.4 Name the organizations by which the institution is now accredited and the
dates of the initial and most recent accreditation evaluations. ........................... 407 B. Type of Control ............................................................................................................. 407
C. Educational Unit ........................................................................................................... 407 D. Academic Support Units ............................................................................................... 408 E. Non-academic Support Units ........................................................................................ 408
E-1 Deanship of Admissions and Registration .................................................. 408 E-2 Deanship of Library Affairs ........................................................................ 409
E-3 Deanship of Information Technology ......................................................... 409
E-4 Deanship of Student Affairs ........................................................................ 410 F. Credit Unit ..................................................................................................................... 411
G. Tables ........................................................................................................................... 411 Table D-1. Program Enrollment and Degree Data ............................................ 412 Table D-2. Personnel ........................................................................................ 413
Appendix E Policy on Regulations of Study and Examinations......................................... 414
Signature Attesting to Compliance ........................................................................................ 420
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
A. Contact Information Dr. Mohammad A. Saif
Head of Civil Engineering Department
College of Engineering & Islamic Architecture
Umm Al-Qura University
P.O. Box 9125, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Phone: +966-2-527-0000 Ext 1524
Fax: +966-2-527-0027
E-mail: [email protected]
B. Program History The Civil Engineering Program started with the establishment of the department of the College
of Engineering and Islamic Architecture at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU). The college
started with four departments: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical
Engineering and Islamic Architecture. After a few years of initial planning and after obtaining
the necessary resources from the institution, the first batch of students was admitted to the
Civil Engineering Program in Fall-1986. The degree offered by Civil Engineering Program is
called Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
The program has not gone through a general review by ABET or any external accreditation
agency yet. This report is for an initial ABET accreditation.
The program curriculum has gone through several changes since it started. The curriculum that
was introduced nine years ago is known as Plan 25. This curriculum was a little deficient with 29 units of Math and Sciences. The requirement of 32 units of Math and Science was not
satisfied. Also, a program requirement for Civil Engineering of one additional area of basic
science was not met. To rectify this deficiency, a short-term stopgap arrangement was made on
the recommendation of the curriculum committee of the department approved by the faculty in
the departmental council meeting. This stopgap arrangement encouraged the students to take a
Numerical Methods course and a Basic Geology course as electives. At the same time, based on the recommendations of various constituencies, over the past few years, a thorough
overhaul of the program has already been performed to improve the program. This improved
plan has already been implemented with the name Plan 30. The students being admitted to the program since Fall-2009 are following the curriculum of Plan 30. Currently the department
is going through a transition period and we have students from both plans: Plan 25 and Plan 30.
Within a period of two years all students of plan 25 will have graduated and only Plan 30 will
remain in effect. The Plan 30 has Numerical Methods and Basic Geology as compulsory courses to satisfy the requirements of ABET accreditation. The chapter on curriculum (Chapter
5) will present the details of both plans. As a persistent continuous improvement policy, the
program goes through a review every five years and recommendations of all the constituencies
are considered.
C. Options At present, the department of civil engineering offers a single option. The graduates from the
program obtain a degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
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D. Organizational Structure The Civil Engineering (CE) program is run mainly by the civil engineering faculty under the
leadership of the chairman of the department who is responsible for all administrative matters.
All matters requiring a decision are presented in the departmental council meeting. Based on
the faculty opinion, decisions are made and documented. The recommendations and decisions
made in the departmental council are sent to the dean for approval. The dean presents
important matters to the college council for making decisions. The heads of the academic
departments, all vice deans, college academic coordinator, director of summer training unit and
some selected senior faculty constitute the college council which is chaired by the dean. The
decisions and recommendations of the college council are sent to the relevant university
administration officials for final approval and action. The organizational structure is illustrated
by the organizational chart and the tasks of various committees as follows
D-1 Organizational Chart
The chart in Fig. 0-1 shows that each college is headed by a Dean who reports to the Rector of
the University appointed by the Minister of Higher Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Rector is assisted by a few Vice-rectors and the administrative units. The Dean of the
college of Engineering is supported by four Vice-Deans, a Summer Training Coordinator and a
College Academic Coordinator. The chairmen of the four departments report to the Dean. The
chair of the Civil Engineering Department is supported by the Faculty, Administrative staff and
a number of committees.
The committees have been formed by the departmental council. The tasks of the committees
are described as follows:
D-2 ABET Accreditation Steering Committee
a) Leads the work for ABET accreditation.
b) Plans the tasks, implements the plans and monitors work progress of all other committees.
c) Plans the revision of the program educational objectives (PEOs), Student Outcomes (SOs) and the Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs).
d) Co-ordinates the communication among faculty concerning ABET Accreditation process, report the progress, and assign faculty for various
committees and for preparing Self Study Report (SSR) and other reports.
e) Compiles the feedback of the assessment process into recommendations and submit it to the External Advisory Board (EAB) meeting.
f) Arranges meetings of the EAB once per year.
g) Prepares EAB meeting documents such as agenda and working papers and sends them to the EAB members well before the scheduled date of the meeting.
h) Prepares the minutes of the EAB meeting and documents the opinions of the EAB members.
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Figure 01: Administrative Structure of Civil Engineering Department
D-3 Curriculum Committee
a) Reviews currently-in-progress curriculum for weaknesses and suggest measures to overcome the weaknesses.
b) Makes decisions on proposals for course and curriculum improvements. c) Sets up the prerequisite structure of the program and make sure that it is
enforced.
d) Promotes the implementation of new educational technologies that enhance learning and encourage faculty to publish course materials on the Web.
e) Updates faculty members with recent rules and guidelines for textbook selection, review textbook forms, and give recommendations.
f) Assesses the implementation of the curriculum in all courses being taught. The committee may demand the samples of examinations, homework and grading
procedures from all faculty members to ascertain that the curriculum is being
implemented.
g) Performs final assessment of the implementation of the curriculum by reviewing the course files submitted by the faculty at the end of the semester.
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D-4 Graduation Projects Committee
a) Develops learning outcomes for the projects. b) Controls the distribution of graduation projects. c) Monitors the progress of projects. d) Makes assessment and grading rules and implement them to ensure that the
projects completed by the students are Capstone Design Projects.
e) Ensures a procedure for uniform assessment and grading of all projects.
D-5 Surveys Committee
a) Conducts surveys for all graduating students (Exit Interview) that provides a secondary (indirect measure) for Student Outcomes.
b) Assigns one or more faculty members to interview the graduates in person and assess how much they have achieved the Student Outcomes. (direct measure)
c) Conducts employers survey to obtain data about how well our graduates are attaining the PEOs and SOs.
d) Collects information on graduates and conduct a survey for alumni targeting graduates within 3-5 years of receiving their degrees. Analyze the data collected
through surveys and report results to the assessment and evaluation committee.
D-6 Assessment & Evaluation Committee
a) Oversees the assessment process in the department b) Analyses and evaluates the assessments of PEOs, SOs and CLOs. c) Rreviews the courses files and SO satisfaction data. d) Rreviews the Continuous Improvement Plans submitted by the faculty for
courses with SO satisfaction lower than the specified satisfaction criterion.
D-7 Laboratories Committee
a) Keeps a complete inventory of all lab equipment. b) Identifies strengths and weaknesses of existing laboratories and facilities. c) Develops plans for improvement of the laboratories. d) Initiate requests for new laboratories or upgrades of existing ones with complete
list of equipment, possible vendors and approximate price quotes.
e) Plan for upgrading, maintenance, technical support, safety policy, etc. for all laboratories and facilities of the department.
f) Implement the safety rules for each lab. g) Create awareness among students of safety in the laboratories.
D-8 External Advisory Board (EAB)
The External Advisory Board has representatives from the following constituencies:
a) Programs graduates. b) National and regional employers of programs graduates. c) Local government: both as an employer and as a party interested in the region
economy and workforce needs.
d) Faculty from other national and international institutes. The EAB meets once per year. Its tasks are as follows:
a) Review the vision, mission, PEOs and SOs of the program. b) Review the progress towards accreditation. c) Suggest improvements in the curriculum to suit the current job market for the
program graduates.
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D-9 Academic Advisement Committee
a) Plans and supervise general academic advising. b) Deals with academic advisement issues/problems c) Plans and supervises career advising. d) Creates awareness in students about advising and encourage them to have
meetings with their advisors.
D-10 Student Advisory Board (Student Council)
a) Give feedback on curriculum, laboratories and the program in general to the ABET Steering Committee.
b) Arrange seminars and short courses to enhance students abilities
D-11 ASCE Advisor
a) Maintains ASCE local chapter. b) Plans and organizes ASCE activities. c) Encourages students to participate in activities of this chapter.
D-12 ABET Coordinator
a) Maintains the system of assessment and evaluation for the accreditation of civil engineering program with ABET.
b) Advises the faculty on assessment procedures c) Advises committees about ABET accreditation requirements. d) Coordinates amongst various ABET committees. e) Coordinates, assists and provides feedback to the Dean and Dept. Head with
reference to ABET related activities.
f) Prepares course folder guidelines g) Collects and keeps track of submitted course folders. h) Coordinates the preparation of SSR
E. Program Delivery Modes The program is delivered basically through daytime classes. Most classes are between the time
spans of 8 AM to 4 PM. However, due to non-availability of classrooms or faculty engagement
in certain projects, classes are also offered in the evening. No classes are offered during the
weekend. The courses are delivered in traditional lecture/laboratory environment.
F. Program Locations The program is offered at the new Abdia campus in the holy city of Makkah Al-Mukerremeh.
G. Deficiencies, Weaknesses or Concerns from Previous Evaluation(s) and the Actions Taken to Address Them
This is the very first accreditation of this program. No previous evaluations were done by
ABET. However, the two other departments of the same College of Engineering have been
accredited with ABET in the 2011-12 accreditation cycle.
H. Joint Accreditation The program is seeking accreditation by one commission only, i.e., EAC.
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CRITERION 1: STUDENTS
A. Student Admissions In general, students applying to the College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture are
centrally admitted by the Deanship of Admission and Registration. The new students are not
accepted directly to the Civil Engineering program but they must spend one year in the
Preparatory Year Program (PYP). University Council decides the number of students to be
admitted for each academic year according to the recommendation of various academic
colleges. The deanship of admissions and registration implements all policies in coordination
with the colleges. Admission takes place only once each year in the beginning of the academic
year.
Requirements of admission to the civil engineering program:
1) Secondary School Certificate (Natural Sciences) or its equivalent from inside or outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2) Score of Entrance Examination which consists of an aptitude test, and a subject test. The test is administered by the National Center for Assessment in Higher
Education, Saudi Arabia. It has two parts. The first part is General Aptitude Test.
This test measures a student's analytical and deductive skills. It focuses on testing
the student's capacity for learning in general regardless of any specific skill in a
certain subject or topic. The other part is called Achievement test for Science Colleges. This part covers the general and key concepts in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and English covered in the courses of the three years of
General Secondary School.
3) Record of good conduct. 4) Appearance in interviews required by the university council. 5) Certificate of physically fitness. 6) Permission from the employer (For employed candidates). 7) No record of suspension from UQU or any other university.
Students applying for admission fulfilling all the above conditions are considered as applicants.
A merit list of all applicants is prepared by the Deanship of Admissions and Registration on the
basis of the following weights to the three types of scores:
a) Secondary school certificate score (50%). b) Aptitude test score (30%). c) Achievement test score (20%).
Students are offered admissions in a college of their choice in the order of their position in the
merit list subject to the availability of seats. Once seats are exhausted in a particular college,
the admission to that college is closed and remaining students have to make their choices from
other colleges.
All newly admitted students to the College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture seeking
acceptance to the Civil Engineering program spend their first academic year in the PYP. The
major objectives of this program are:
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(a) to improve the students' English language proficiency to enable them for the engineering education in English language which is the principal language of
instruction.
(b) to strengthen the students' abilities in mathematical and analytical techniques and calculus-based physics.
(c) to improve computer skills of the students.
The duration of the PYP is one academic year, divided into two semesters, as well as a summer
term, if needed. The PYP represents the first two levels (semesters) of the undergraduate Civil
Engineering program. The complete program consists of 10 levels spanning over a period of 5
years. The courses offered in PYP are English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering
Graphics, Engineering Workshops, and the Holy Quran and Islamic Culture. Based on their
performance in the PYP, and in accordance with the implementation rules, students will be able
to select the major of their choice. An orientation session is held during the second semester of
PYP for students to learn about all programs in the engineering college to help them select the
program that suits them the most.
On successful completion of the PYP, the performance of students seeking admission to the
Civil Engineering program is evaluated based on the GPA in the PYP. A merit list of these
students is prepared and the department accepts the allocated number of students from the top
of the list.
The admission procedures are regulated by the Education and Examination Regulations available in Arabic language at the following URL (Note it is a common set of regulations for
all colleges):
https://uqu.edu.sa/page/en/93195223
The English translation of relevant articles from the above document are given in Appendix E
of this report.
B. Evaluating Students Performance Each Civil Engineering student is assigned to a faculty who acts for him as an academic
advisor. The academic advisor assists him in choosing courses for registration in each semester
according to the study Plan-25 of the Civil Engineering program. The study plan-25 is
documented in the chapter on Curriculum. The study plan available for the students and the
academic advisors online at the URL: https://uqu.edu.sa/page/en/93190303 and is also posted
on the department notice board. The academic advisors of the Civil Engineering program may
access students registration record for academic advisement. Based on this study plan a student can register on-line.
The maximum course load allowed to a student is 18 credit hours. Exceptions to this rule can
only be allowed by the coordinator of Students Registration for the College based upon the
performance of the student during the last few semesters.
The instructor evaluates students performance each course. The instructor designs the assessments for finding out the attainment of the course learning outcomes specified by the
Curriculum Committee. The instructor may use homework assignments, quizzes, periodic
examinations, and a final examination to evaluate students performance in terms of the attainment of the course learning outcomes. In the courses that involve laboratory classes,
laboratory written reports (for the lab work throughout the semester) and the laboratory final
examination are used to assess the attainment of the learning outcomes. Based on the Policy
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and implementation Rules of Examinations and Grades, CE program has formulated a grading
policy that was approved by the Department Council. The Grading Policy of Civil Engineering
program is documented in Appendix E.
B-1 Examination and Grading System
Success in a course is usually based on the combination of grades awarded to term work and
final examination. Each course has a total of 100 points. Out of this, the instructor may allocate
40% to 60% marks to the term work consisting of quizzes, homework, term projects and mid-
term or other periodic assessments while the remainder is allocated to the final examination.
The rubrics used for the grading system of Umm Al-Qura University are shown in Table 11. The instructor awards the grade as marks out of 100. The marks are converted to a letter grade
and grade points as shown in Table 11. Table 12 shows a sample of student's grade report for six subjects in a typical semester.
Table 11: Grading system at UQU
Grade Points
Per Credit Hour Description Letter Grade Marks out of 100
4 Excellent
A+ 95-100
3.75 A 90-less than 95
3.5 Very Good
B+ 85-less than 90
3.0 B 80-less than 85
2.5 Good
C+ 75-less than 80
2.0 C 70-less than 75
1.5 Poor
D+ 65-less than 70
1.0 D 60-less than 65
0 Failure F Below 60
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Table 12: Sample calculation of GPA
Total
Grade Points
(CH) (GP)
Grade Points
Per Credit Hour
(GP)
Letter
Grade
Points
(Marks)
(out of 100)
Credit
Hours
(CH)
Course
7.5 3.75 A 92 2 Course 1
12 4.00 A+ 97 3 Course 2
9 3.00 B 81 3 Course 3
14 3.50 B+ 86 4 Course 4
8 2.00 C 74 4 Course 5
5 2.50 C+ 76 2 Course 6
55.5 18 Total
Computed GPA = Total Grade Points / Credit Hours = 55.5 / 18 = 3.08
Grade of Incomplete (IC) is given to the student if the course requirements are not completed by the student. This is usually allowed in courses that require a project to be completed by the
students. It is awarded only on the recommendation of the instructor and approval of the
Department Council. The student getting IC must complete the requirements during the next
semester otherwise the IC automatically changes to F.
Some courses need more than one term to complete the requirements particularly the
Graduation Project. For these courses, the student gets In Progress (IP) grade. IP grade does not require the approval of the departmental council. Student getting an IP is required to
continue the work and appear for the assessment when the work is completed.
Umm Al-Qura University requires that students do not miss more than 25% of the total number
of lectures, labs and tutorials. Students failing to meet this requirement in any of the courses
are prohibited from attending the final examination of that course and earn a DN (Denied)
grade in that course. A student who is absent in the final examination of a course(s) for a valid
reason accepted by the department council and the Dean of the college is allowed to take the
examination at a later date.
B-2 Minimum GPA
According to the regulations of Umm Al-Qura University all students are required to maintain
a grade point average of at least 1.0 out of 4.0. A student failing to maintain the GPA of 1.0
will be placed on academic probation and is given two semesters to improve. After this period the student may be removed from the program.
The Dean of the College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture has requested the University
Council to raise the minimum GPA requirement to 2.00. The University council sent it to the
UQU Legal Advisory Council to complete the procedure. Recently, this recommendation was
approved by the UQU Legal Advisory Council. Now the recommendation has to be scheduled
for presentation for a formal approval of the University Council.
B-3 Academic Probation
At the beginning of each term, the Deanship of Admission and Registration provides each
student with his full academic advising record showing the results of all the courses that have
been studied from the study plan as well as the number of academic warnings that have been
issued. The student gets a warning if his CGPA is below 1 .0 out of 4.0 in a term. The student
is suspended if he gets a maximum of three (3) such consecutive warnings. After the third
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warning, being suspended for one term, College Council, in coordination with the Deanship of
Admission and Registration, may recommend to the University Council to give a fourth chance
to those students who can raise their CGPA by taking courses according to the rules of
registration. The student will also be suspended if he is not able to complete the graduation
requirements within a period of 15 terms. The academic suspension is governed by the Article
#20 of the Policy on Regulations of Study and Examinations. The English translation of
implementation rules of Article #20 is documented in Appendix E.
C. Transfer Students and Transfer Courses Transfer to the College can be done through three different channels as follows:
C-1 Transfer from Other Universities
A student may be accepted to transfer from outside UQU if he has studied at a recognized
university or college and has not been suspended from that institution based on disciplinary or
academic reasons. The transferring applicant must not have spent more than 6 terms at the
university he is transferring from and he must study at least 60% of the required courses at
UQU. The applicant is required to get an approval from the Dean of College and head of the
department he is transferring to. These requirements and process for accepting transfer students
are governed by the Article #42 of the Policy on Regulations of Study and Examinations
available in Appendix E.
Credits for courses taken by the students outside the university (UQU) may be transferred
provided the college council based on the recommendations of the concerned department
offering the equivalent courses approves the transfer of credits. The equivalent courses are
documented in the academic record of the student being transferred. The equivalency credits
are granted for only those courses in which the students has obtained a letter grade of C or above. But the points for the equivalent courses are not used in the computation of CGPA of
the student.
The transferred student submit an application for getting equivalency credits to the Deanship of
Admission and Registration along with the original academic record and certified detailed
description of the courses taken by student outside UQU. The Deanship of Admission and
Registration refers the application to the concerned department for evaluation of equivalency
credit. This evaluation is performed by the academic advisor in coordination with the chairman
of the department on a case-by-case basis. The department, after getting the approval of the
college council on the equivalency evaluations, sends the results to the Deanship of Admission
and Registration. These requirements and process for courses equivalency and transfer credits
are governed by Article #43 of the Policy on Regulations of Study and Examinations available
in Appendix E.
The student should have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (out of 4.0) or equivalent from
a reputable college. This is complemented with other conditions developed by the College
Council on a yearly basis. The procedure for evaluating transfer applications to the College
from outside the university is as follows:
Fill in the university application form
Upon receiving all applications, the university registrar office sends all applications that satisfy the College requirements to the Colleges Vice Dean of academic affairs office. The college Vice Dean of academic affairs office prepares
the applicants information for the College dean. The college dean evaluates the
presented applications information and makes decisions on transfer applications.
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The maximum allowable percentage of credit hours that could be transferred by students from other universities is 40% of the total credit hours in the curriculum.
Students who want to study some courses in other universities must do the following:
i. Fill in a course transfer form and submit it to the chairman of the department. ii. The chairman consults the faculty who teaches the course.
iii. The faculty reviews the syllabus of the transfer course in light of the departmental course syllabus checking the equivalency of the syllabus and credits.
iv. The chairman approves the equivalency and signs the form. v. The student should then get the approval of the vice dean.
vi. The student hands in the form to university registrar office and gets an official acceptance letter to study the course at the specified university.
vii. After studying the course, the student should get an official completion letter and the transcript from the registrar office of the university where the transfer course
was completed.
viii. Finally the student should hand the official completion letter to the UQU registrar office.
C-2 Transfer of students within the University
Students can apply for transfer only after studying at least one semester in the College
they are registered. (Summer semester is not counted). The student must satisfy the
College admission conditions which are announced on a yearly basis. The procedure for
evaluating transfer applications is as follows:
1. Fill in the transfer form (Inter-College Transfer Form). 2. Submit the form to the College Vice Dean. 3. Upon receiving all applications, a designated college-based committee (which
consists of the Vice Dean and the chairs of all departments) meets and
recommends on transfer applications. If the number of eligible applicants is
high, students with the highest cumulative GPA are tentatively accepted.
4. The tentative transfer decisions are then forwarded to the dean for final approval.
5. The academic committee of each department reviews transcripts of all tentatively accepted transfer students and decides on the equivalency of credits
based on an equivalency table of credits approved by the College Council.
C-3 Transfer to a department within the College
The procedure for evaluating transfer applications between departments within the
College is as follows:
1. Fill in the Inter-departmental Transfer Form. 2. Get the recommendation of the chairman of the department to be transferred to. 3. Submit the form to the College Vice Dean. 4. Upon receiving all applications, a designated college-based committee (which
consists of the Vice Dean and the chair and representatives of all departments)
meets and decides tentatively on transfer applications. If the number of eligible
applicants is high, students with the highest cumulative GPA are tentatively
accepted.
5. The tentative transfer decisions are then forwarded to the dean for final approval.
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6. The academic committee of each department reviews transcripts of all tentatively accepted transfer students and decides on the equivalency of credits
based on equivalency tables of credits approved by the College Council.
D. Advising and Career Guidance
The University considers student advising by faculty as an important academic activity. A
faculty member is expected to advise students in planning their academic programs during
early registration, registration and throughout the academic year whenever a student seeks his
advisor's input in academic matters.
D-1 Registration Procedure
Under normal circumstances, all students are registered automatically through the University
computerized registration system following a model study plan set by the department. This
plan includes all prerequisites and maximum and minimum allowable number of credit hours
per semester. The system allows the student to make changes and adjustments within the preset
rules. It is during the first week of classes that students are allowed to make changes, such as
add and drop. Afterwards, only course withdrawals are allowed provided they are done five
weeks before the final examination period, and with the head of departments approval.
Nevertheless, a student can only drop a course or withdraw from course(s) if his workload will
not fall below a minimum of 12 credit hours. This procedure can be repeated for four times
during the course of a students study.
The student must confirm his registration within the first week of the semester. The load for
each student is determined as follows:
Students with GPA of at least 2.0 are eligible to register for 14 credit hours. Students with GPA of 3.5 or above are eligible to register for up to 20 credit hours. Allowed credits range between 14 and 20 based on GPA.
D-2 Academic Advisement Committee
All academic advisement processes are proposed and implemented by the academic
advisement committee. Its formation and responsibilities are as follows:
Chairman of the department, selects the members and chair of the academic advisement committee.
The chair of the steering committee may remove or add members to the committee in consultation with the chairman.
Following are responsibilities of the academic advisement committee
e) Plan and supervise general academic advising. f) Deal with academic advisement issues/problems g) Plan and supervise career advising. h) Create awareness in students about importance academic advisement. i) Facilitate students meetings with the advisors.
D-3 Functions of the Academic Advisor
The academic advisement committee allocates groups of students to academic staff. The
academic advisor is a faculty member that performs academic follow-up of the student from
the moment he is accepted in the department until graduation. The academic advisor provides
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support to the students to ensure the educational process is progressing as planned. Academic
advisors provide educational counseling for students.
The academic advisor's primary responsibility is to ensure that students take all courses to
satisfy the requirements for graduation. To be effective, the advisor must recognize that each
student has different abilities, interests, aspirations, needs, experiences, and problems so that
his approach in dealing with students can be different from one to the other. The general
advising duties can be stated as follows:
Deal with the academic problems of his advisees. Helps his advisees examine the course offerings. Helps the student understand the graduation requirements. Serve as a link between the student and the administration. Counsel his students on matters of what to do if he fails a subject, on the procedures for
dropping and adding courses, course scheduling, and academic progress.
The academic advisor must alarm students of the exclusion procedure well in advance, and of any subsequent changes that might be enforced during the course of their
studies.
Maintain a folder for each student containing the following: a) Recent Academic record (transcript). b) Academic advisement record. c) Study plan.
D-4 Registration Process
Students have to be registered in courses required by their study plan each semester. The
registration process is briefly given as follows:
1. The student meets his advisor during the last month of each semester to plan for the pre-registration advisement for the next semester. However it is optional. If a student is
following the study plan with no courses failed, he does not need to see the advisor
because the University registration system will register him for the courses according to
the study plan.
2. At the student-advisor meeting, the student and advisor agree on the course schedule for the next semester. The form is retained with the advisor and a copy is provided to the
student.
3. The university registration system will register the student for all courses that are suitable to him without violating any pre-requisites.
4. The student may look at the registered courses on line at the beginning of the academic semester.
5. If the student does not desire any modifications to the proposed course schedule, then this course schedule will be considered as the final schedule and the student does not
have to meet with the academic advisor.
6. In case the student needs to change the proposed course schedule, he may try add/drop on line. If the seats are available in the course he wants and the pre-requisites have been
taken by the student and the course is from his level in the study plan, he will be
successful in doing add/drop on line.
7. In case, he is unable to register the courses he wants, he should contact the academic advisor.
8. The advisor may request the chairman to open a new section of the course or open the upper limit on the number of students if the not registering the course will result in delay
of the graduation. In this case a form is to be filled in by the student and then the advisor
must sign it.
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9. The student will take the form to the chairman for approval. The registration department will not register the student without chairmans signature.
10. Finally, the student will submit the form to the registration department. 11. If the course belongs to a department other than Civil Engineering, the student needs to
get approval of the chairman of the department offering the course.
D-5 Process for Eliminating Pre-Requisite Violations
Normally a student is not allowed to register a course without taking the prerequisite courses as
specified in the study plan. However, for a number of years, a student under certain
circumstances would be allowed to take a course without a perquisite if the college coordinator
for registration sees a need for it and finds out that the pre-requisite abilities have been attained
by the students from other courses, training he might have taken or due to his lifelong learning
ability with interest in the topics related to the pre-requisite subjects. This strictly required the
approval of the instructor teaching the course. However this practice that continued for last
several years was misused and therefore the Civil Engineering program has tried to eliminate
it. Now, no student is allowed to register a course without a pre-requisite. The instructors or the
academic advisors are not authorized to allow a student to register in a course without
satisfying the pre-requisites under any circumstances. For students who somehow get
registered in a course without satisfying the pre-requisites, the following process has been
implemented in the department of Civil Engineering to stop it completely.
Pre-requisites are automatically checked by the university electronic registration system. It
does not register any course unless the student has passed the pre-requisite courses. The
registration department has the data of perquisites in their system. It does not allow any student
to take a course without a pre-requisite taken already. Any pre-requisite violations present after
the registration period are rectified by the department using the following process.
1) The chairman prints the transcripts of all students.
2) The transcripts are handed over to the Academic Advisement committee chairman.
3) The advising committee divides the transcripts among its members.
4) The advising committee members audit the transcripts for the violations either with the help of the academic advisers, or other faculty members. It takes took 2 or 3 days to do
the auditing.
5) The chair of the advising committee collects the list of violations from all members, reviews them and then hands over to the chairman of the department.
6) The chairman then drops the courses registered by the students with pre-requisite violations using the online system.
7) This process is done prior to the last date on which the registration department allows the chairmen of departments to drop the courses with pre-requisite violations, usually
during the fifth or sixth week.
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D-6 Process for Minimizing Deviation from the Study Plan
The issue is slightly different but similar to pre-requisite violations. The process to stop pre-
requisite violations has already been implemented. The following process to stop such
violations has been planned:
1) Each semester, after the course add & drop period is over, the academic advising committee will review the students transcripts to determine if a student is deviating from the study plan.
2) In case a deviation from the study plan is found, the student will be called for an interview.
3) Students academic advisor will evaluate students particular situation and will advise him to register the course in the next semester.
4) Normally, the university registration system is not supposed to allow a student to take courses of the subsequent semesters without registering the courses remaining
from the previous semesters. In case, a violation of this type is found, the chair of
the academic advisement committee will inform department chairman.
5) The department chairman is already in discussion with the Dean and the coordinator of the college for registration to communicate to the registration department about
enforcing the rule concerning this issue.
6) The above process to minimize deviation from the study plan will be applied starting from spring 2014.
7) The faculty in the departmental council meeting has proposed that all such courses which are beneficial to the student in the subsequent courses of the study plan, must
be linked to the core engineering courses as pre-requisites. The curriculum
committee has been advised to review the pre-requisite for all courses and suggest
changes to the pre-requisite if really needed.
E. Work in Lieu of Courses The university only grants credit(s) for the academic courses that are successfully completed.
No credit is offered towards achieving life experience, advanced placement, dual enrollment,
military experience. Nevertheless, two credit hours are awarded for completing summer
training which is explained under the graduation requirements.
F. Graduation requirements Head of the Civil Engineering Department and the Deanship of Admissions and Registration
are jointly responsible to ensure that all graduating students have met all the graduation
requirements. With the help of the online registration system, the Deanship of Admissions and
Registration ensures that graduating students are fulfilling all the requirements for graduation.
The Civil engineering curriculum consists of 165 credit hours. According to the University
regulations, the student cumulative average should be 1.0 out of 4.0 or better at the time of
graduation. As was mentioned in Section B.3, a new regulation is in the process of approval by
the University to increase the minimum GPA requirement for graduation to 2.0 out of 4.0. The
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University Council may allow additional course load for a student to improve his cumulative
average in case he passes the required courses but fails to fulfill the cumulative average. The
requirement of 165 credit hours is distributed amongst various components as shown in Table
13 for Plan 25 and as shown in Table 1-3 for Plan 30.
Table 13: Graduation requirements for Plan 25
Credit Hours Curriculum Component
19 Islamic Education
10 General Education
29+6* Mathematics and Basic Sciences
94 Core Courses
Engineering
Courses 3 Electives
4 Summer Training
165 Total
* Note: The original Plan 25 had only 29 units of Mathematics and Basic Sciences. The
number of elective courses was three. The remaining Plan 25 students are now encouraged to
take Numerical Methods and Basic Geology courses in lieu of two of the electives. The
students of Plan 30 dont have this issue.
Table 14: Graduation requirements for Plan 30
Credit Hours Curriculum Component
19 Islamic Education
15 General Education
37 Mathematics and Basic Sciences
86 Core Courses
Engineering
Courses 6 Electives
2 Summer Training
165 Total
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F-2 Process for checking the graduation requirements
The following process has been in place for several years to ensure the student has completed
all graduation requirements before he is awarded a degree:
1. In the semester the student wants to graduate, he request the Deanship of Admissions and Registration to obtain to the Recommendation for Graduation from.
2. The Deanship of Admissions and Registration prints for him the Recommendation for Graduation form that contains all courses taken by him with grades and the courses he has in the current semester.
3. The student provides the form to his academic advisor for verification of graduation requirements.
4. The advisor signs the form after verification. 5. The student takes the form to the chairman for his approval. 6. The form is then submitted to the Deanship of Admissions and Registration. 7. The Deanship of Admissions and Registration approves his graduation if he clears all
subjects that he is registered in the current semester and fulfils the minimum GPA
requirement.
G. Transcripts of Recent Graduates Sample copies of transcripts of graduating students have already been sent to the ABET
program evaluator.
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CRITERION 2: PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES
A. Mission Statement
A-1 Mission of the University
The existence of Umm Al-Qura University in the Holy City of Makkah gives it a distinguished
character as an academic institution that serves Islam and contribute to the development of
human resources and the provision of services at the levels of both the public and private
sectors in the light of the requirements of the comprehensive development plans of the country.
The major objectives of the University as set by the Council of Ministers Decree number 190
on 21/7/1981 include the following:
Provision of higher education and graduate studies to enable citizens to contribute to the development of their country in the light of Islamic principles in the following
fields:
o Islamic studies. o Natural and applied sciences. o Humanities, social sciences and languages.
Contribution to enhancement of scientific research by conducting and encouraging research and establishing research centers, and suggesting means for provision and
satisfaction of present-day needs.
Preparation of specialized scientists and teachers. Helping other Islamic societies in the specialized education of their citizens in the
different fields of knowledge.
This University mission statement is available online at:
http://www.uqu.edu.sa/page/en/203
A-2 College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture Mission
The mission statement of the College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture is as follows:
To prepare engineers to be capable of fulfilling the needs of the work market through team
working and creation with continuing learning, teaching, and scientific research, and transfer
knowledge according to the highest academic and professional standards to serve the needs of
the local, national, and international community and to encourage scientific and technical
publishing and share the development of the knowledge abilities of the community members
and establishments and promote them to continuing learning.
This mission statement is available online at: http://uqu.edu.sa/engineering-architecture-
en/en/134416
A-3 Civil Engineering Department Mission
The mission of the Civil Engineering Program is to provide the students with high-quality
education and training required to fully develop their professional qualities and skills as civil
engineers and to develop their personal potential to the greatest extent possible to be able to
pursue higher studies and research to serve the holy city of Makkah with its particular
engineering needs due to the pilgrims, and the Saudi Arabian society at large.
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The mission of the Civil Engineering department requires striving for highly qualified faculty,
technicians, laboratory equipment, information resources and learning facilities, to facilitate
research activities and to keep its students up-to-date with recent development and advances in
science and technology through greater cooperation and involvement with the local industrial
activities. Beside its scientific mission, the department is keen to emphasize on the ethical
qualities for its graduates.
This mission statement is available online at: http://uqu.edu.sa/engineering-architecture-
en/en/154173
In order to show coherence between the Department mission and the College and University
missions, the mission statements will be divided into simpler statements. These simple
statements will then be mapped to each other as shown in Tables 21, 22 and 23.
The University mission can be summarized into three sub-missions:
1. Contribution to development of the country. 2. Contribution to scientific rsearch. 3. Local and global community service.
The College mission aims to do as follows:
1. Prepare engineers for the work market. 2. Conduct innovative research. 3. Offer professional services to the community.
Table 21 illustrates how the College mission helps in achieving the overall University mission.
Table 21 Mapping of College mission to the University mission
College Mission University Mission
1 2 3
1 2 3
The mission of the CE department can be summarized as:
1. To provide the students with high-quality education and training required to fully develop their professional qualities and skills as civil engineers.
2. To develop their personal potential to the greatest extent possible to be able to pursue higher studies.
3. To enable them to do research to serve the holy city of Makkah with its particular engineering needs due to the pilgrims, and the Saudi Arabian society at large.
Tables 22 and 23 illustrate how the mission of the Civil engineering department helps achieve the mission of the College and the University.
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Table 22 Mapping of Department mission to the University mission
Department
Mission
University Mission
1 2 3
1
2
3
Table 23 Mapping of Department mission to the College mission
Department
Mission
College Mission
1 2 3
1
2
3
B. Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) The Civil engineering department has defined a set of PEOs that translate its mission into
definite abilities they attain a few years after graduation. The PEOs of civil engineering
program are defined as follows:
Graduates of the civil engineering program are expected within a few years of graduation to
have demonstrated their ability to:
1. Practice the civil engineering profession by interacting with members of professional teams in industry, government, or other organizations.
2. Follow professional standards in executing civil engineering projects and in technical communications concerning the projects.
3. Keep their professional knowledge updated through exploring available resources and through engagement in civil engineering educational seminars or workshops.
4. Attain leadership positions in providing solutions to civil engineering problems that account for economic, environmental, ethical and societal considerations.
These PEOs are documented in the Guide of the Department of Civil Engineering and the
departments website: http://uqu.edu.sa/engineering-architecture-en/en/154174
C. Consistency of the Program Educational Objectives with the Mission of the Institution
Table 24 shows a mapping between the Institutions missions and the PEOs indicating the consistency of the PEOs with the mission of the institution.
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Table 24: Mapping of PEOs to the missions of Institution
PEO University Mission
1 2 3
1
2
3
4
D. Program Constituencies List the program constituencies. Describe how the program educational objectives meet the needs of these
constituencies.
The program constituencies are the following:
Program students: They are the primary input to the program. It is expected that students become technically qualified, marketable, and productive scientists upon
graduation.
Program alumni: This group includes students who have earned B.Sc. degrees from the Civil Engineering program and are currently working in various professions.
Department faculty: Faculty consists of members of the departmental teaching staff who are responsible for meeting the program outcomes and objectives during the
teaching process.
National and regional em