Office of the Vice President

for Academic Affairs

Required Documents for Academic Program Development *

* The Academic Affairs has the right to request additional documents.

The requirements of introducing a new academic program *:

  • Program title in Arabic and English.
  • Title of the certificate upon graduation in Arabic and english.
  • Introduction.
  • The vision, mission, objectives, and values.
  • Rationales for untroducing the new program.
  • Major sheets for the suggested program.
  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the department and the department’s council.
  • Opinion of Deanship of Admission and Registration.
  • Course introduction form (signed and stamped).
  • Course syllabi.
  • Courses’ numbering system.
  • Program timetable over years.
  • Prerequisites’ scheme
  • Available occupational paths for graduates.
  • Opinion of the Vice-President for Planning Office.
  • Inclusive study for labor market needs.
  • Minors for the program  (if applicable).
  • Available financial and human resources to support the program.
  • The financial and human needs of the college to support the program.
  • Coordination with related departments and colleges.
  • Contact related colleges to identify the Interdisciplinarity between the proposed course and other available courses.
  • Students’ admission criteria.
  • Transfer criteria.
  • Program referee reports by three external referees nominated by the college.
  • College Council approval.
  • Minutes of Meetings for the specialized committee at the college.
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The requirements of introducing a general culture course *:

  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the department and the department’s council.
  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the college and college's council.
  • Rationales.
  • General Culture Course Introduction form.
  • Course syllabus.
  • Available resources at the college to offer the course.
  • The college’s needs to offer the course.
  • Opinions of the colleges about listing the course in their major sheets.
  • Effective date.
  • Specification of the class year (batch).
  • Opinion of Deanship of Admission and Registration.
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The requirements of introducing a new course *:

  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the department and the department’s council.
  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the college and college's council.
  • Rationales.
  • Course introduction form.
  • Course syllabus.
  • Effective date.
  • Specification of the class year (batch).
  • Opinion of Deanship of Admission and Registration.
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The requirements of approving a textbook for course study *:

  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the department and the department’s council
  • Minutes of Meetings for the college’s council and related committees especially the curriculum committee.
  • A list of the current approved textbooks for the course
  • A technical report from the concerned committee at college containing the following:
    • The academic quality of the textbook.
    • The editing quality of the textbook.
    • Suitability for the course.
    • Comparison of the textbook with others at the prestigious universities.
  • Detailed syllabus.
  • Rationales and the departments’ need for the textbook.
  • Soft copy of the textbook.
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The requirements of modifying a course *:

  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the department and the department’s council.
  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the college and college's council.
  • Rationales.
  • Course amendment form.
  • Syllabus.
  • Effective date.
  • Specification of the class year (batch).
  • Showing the impact of the modification on the major sheet.
  • Opinion of Deanship of Admission and Registration.
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The requirements of dropping a course *:

  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the department and the department’s council.
  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the college.
  • Rationales.
  • Drop Course Form.
  • Syllaby.
  • Effective date.
  • Specification of the class year (batch).
  • A transition plan (conserving the previous batches)
  • Opinion of Deanship of Admission and Registration.
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The requirements of course equivalency *:

  • Rationales.
  • Approval of the department’s council and the related committees at the department for the first course and college's council.
  • Approval of the related committees at the college for the first course.
  • Approval of the department’s council and the related committees at the department for the second course and college's council.
  • Approval of the related committees at the college for the second course.
  • Specifying the equivalence direction.
  • Syllabus of the first course
  • Syllabus of the second course.
  • Content for the second course.
  • Course Equivalence form.
  • Opinion of Deanship of Admission and Registration.
  • Effective date.
  • Specification of the class year (batch).
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The requirements of college admission policy *:

  • Minutes of Meeting of the college’s council.
  • Current applicable rules and regulations.
  • Proposed rules and regulations with detailed explanation of the proposed changes.
  • Reasons for the proposal.
  • Available resources at the college to admit students.
  • Needs of the college to initiate the proposal.
  • Opinion of Deanship of Admission and Registration.
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The requirements of modifying conditions of internal and external transfer *:

  • Minutes of Meeting for the college’s council.
  • Rationales.
  • Current applicable transfer conditions.
  • Proposed transfer conditions with detailed explanation of the proposed conditions.
  • Available resources at the college to admit students.
  • Needs of the college to initiate the proposal.
  • Opinion of Deanship of Admission and Registration.
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The requirements of modifying major sheets *:

  • Rationales.
  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the department and the college.
  • Minutes of Meeting for the councils at the department and college.
  • Current major sheet.
  • Proposed major sheet with indicating the differences from the current major sheet (using red color for the introduced course, blue for the modified course and green for the dropped course).
  • Final version of the proposed major sheet.
  • Course Description Forms for the introduced, modified and dropped courses.
  • Effective date and class year (batch).
  • Opinion of Deanship of Admission and Registration.
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The requirements of high density courses approval *:

  • Rationales.
  • Minutes of Meetings for the related committees at the department and the college.
  • Minutes of Meeting for the councils at the department and college.
  • Available resources.
  • Last two years statistics of registered students at the course.
  • Syllabus.
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The requirements to request an accreditation for an academic program from an international accreditation organization *:

  • Type of accreditation.
  • Required budget.
  • Detailed timetable for agreed due payment dates.
  • Visiting programs of the college for the accreditation.
  • Duration to obtain the academic accreditation.
  • Effectiveness of the academic accreditation.
  • Requirements for obtaining the academic accreditation.
  • A list of international and regional universities accredited by the organization.
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