Department of Environmental Engineering ABET Accreditation

The undergraduate program, Environmental Engineering (Bachelor of science), in the Department of Environmental Engineering at IAU (Main Campus), is accredited by ABET’S Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) under the Program Criteria Environmental Engineering.

• ABET Website

Program Educational Objectives (PEO’s):

The Environmental Engineering Program with its various constituents discussed in successive meetings the ABET requirements for the development of the Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) by focusing on the main elements of the university’s mission such as: creative knowledge, research, and professional community services. All those elements are the key focus points of PEOs of the program and those PEOs can help us to envision the future of our prospective and current students. After several departmental meetings, the department with the help of its constituents including students, faculty, alumni, potential employers, and the advisory committee approved the following PEOs.
The approved PEOs for our program are to:

1. Pursue careers in environmental engineering or other fields and seek professional licensure.
2. Seek advanced degrees or continue to engage in life-long learning to adapt to evolving technologies and changing career opportunities.
3. Attain leadership roles to be an advocate for their profession for the broader good of the community.

Student Outcomes (SO’s):  

The SO along with program criteria constitutes a predetermined set of competencies that students should demonstrate at the time of graduation. These competencies are accomplished through various courses taken by the students during the course of the program. However, performance measures would have to be specified for all SO to make them measurable and relevant to the Environmental Engineering program. Before graduation, students of the Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University’s Environmental Engineering program will demonstrate:  

1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.  
2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.  
3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.   
4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.   
5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.  
6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze, and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.  
7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.   

Annual student Enrollment and Graduation data for Environmental Engineering Program: