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PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

--To inject into the market a set of well-trained software engineers
equipped with the talents and vision needed to advance the software
industry in KSA and the whole region.

--To provide qualified and trained human capabilities, from both genders,
in the various specializations of IT through the preparation of national
manpower and the attraction of foreign expertise.

--To prepare IT manpower that possesses professional and business skills,
creativity and fluency in English, to work in certain areas.

--To prepare distinguished, high caliber manpower with special skills and
capabilities in the area of research, creativity and innovation to develop
IT products of national and strategic significance.

--To increase the number of IT university teaching faculty.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES | THE ABILITY TO:

--Master the core body of knowledge of Software Engineering.
--Demonstrate an understanding of advanced knowledge of the practice

of software engineering, from vision to analysis, design, validation and
deployment.
--Understand the Bloom Taxonomy level of each Software Engineering
knowledge areas
--Understand the relationship between software engineering and systems
engineering.
--Understand the importance of requirements-gathering and clear
requirements-specification, understand the importance of developer/
customer interaction.
--Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within
realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, ethical,
health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
--Apply object-oriented methodology and other programming paradigms,
such as aspect-oriented design, functional decomposition, etc. to
software design.
--Understand the software engineering principles and the software life-
cycle and be able to apply software development models and technology
for testing and other SE processes.

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