Programme Outcomes Assessment for Civil & Structural Engineering Courses at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Programme Outcomes (PO) is the expected achievement of the level of knowledge, skills and abilities essential to each student after their graduation. The Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM has established 10 POs, PO1 to PO10 for all undergraduate courses from Year 1 to Year 4. Measurements of the POs are made through several assessments such as tutorials, quizzes, laboratory works, projects, mid-semester examinations and final examinations. This study presents the results from calculations based on the POs of the final examinations for two semesters (semester 1 and semester 2) of session 2010/2011 Civil & Structural and Civil & Environmental Engineering undergraduate programmes. It was made using the average marks for the sample of five excellent students, five moderate students and five weak students for all courses which have final examinations. The results showed an average overall marks for the PO4 is the highest around 78% followed by PO3 and PO10 which are about 68% and 63% respectively, while PO1 and PO2 have the lowest values which are around 56%-59%.