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Within a few years after
graduation, the graduates of the Electrical Engineering (Power and Machines)
program are expected to attain the following program educational objectives:
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Career: Graduates will successfully engage in
careers in the areas of electric power
engineering to serve the needs of industry and academia in both the private
and public sectors in Saudi Arabia.
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Professional
Development: Graduates will
engage in active, continuous and lifelong professional development, seek
learning and training opportunities including graduate studies, adapt to
the rapid changes in work environment, and attain professional positions in
their business, career, and community.
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Social
Responsibility: Graduates will
contribute to the welfare of society and the development of the profession
through responsible practice of engineering.
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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 Electrical Engineering (Power and Machines) program, as described in the
program educational objectives, promote these aspects of the university
mission as indicated in the following table:
Consistency of the Electrical Engineering (Power and Machines) Program Educational Objectives with the Mission statement of
King Abdulaziz University
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Program Educational
Objectives
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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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Career:
Graduates will successfully engage in careers in the areas of electric power engineering to serve the needs of
industry and academia in both the private and public sectors in Saudi
Arabia.
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PEO #2
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Professional
Development: Graduates will engage in active,
continuous and lifelong professional development, seek learning and
training opportunities including graduate studies, adapt to the rapid
changes in work environment, and attain professional positions in their business,
career, and community.
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P
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PEO #3
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Social
Responsibility: Graduates will contribute to the welfare
of society and the development of the profession through responsible
practice of engineering.
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P
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P
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