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The Academic Affairs Unit (AAU) guides and
directs freshman students at the Faculty of Engineering in all affairs
related to their educational progress, including registration, adding and
dropping courses, cancellation or determining the equivalence of courses,
etc. The AAU provides all student information to their respective academic
advisors at the start of each semester, in addition to cooperating with the various
engineering departments in all matters related to student academic and/or extra-curricular
activities.
The AAU utilizes the electronic
registration system “ODUS Plus” to regulate various processes concerning
student registration and counseling, and maintains all student records, which
are continually updated, for student and administrative reference. Additional
computer programs have also been designed by the AAU to regulate and control
student co-op training activities with external agencies in the country. AAU
staff perform the following tasks:
- provide guidance to new students
and helps them settle in the KAU Engineering environment
- advise students on how they can
register, and add or drop courses
- prepare and organize the
respective core courses examination time-table
- announce to students all notices
related to academics
- facilitate student academic
counseling
After two semesters of exclusive AAU
assistance, the respective engineering departments take charge in providing
counseling to their students through faculty academic advisors until
graduation. With this, students are
expected to maintain their own level of academic conscientiousness by
ensuring the following:
-
be
aware of all academic programs and student related statutes and regulations
-
set
their own objectives to suit their aptitude and abilities
-
know
the ways and means and take decisions to pursue their academic goals
- consistently project a good image
and impression of self to all
 Student Counseling Unit
The Faculty of Engineering established the
Student Counseling Unit as a result of a study conducted among some of its
students who faced significant challenges during their course of study in the
college. Some of these students had difficulty coping with their academic
situation, and unfortunately had to discontinue their studies. When following
up through dialogue with these students, it became evident of the need to
establish such a unit, as students undergoing difficulty and needing some
advice to help them find solutions for these challenges, can be a normal
thing to experience, but not normal to have nowhere to turn.
Through the experience of some of our
faculty members with such cases, it was found that individual meetings with
such students contributes positively to paving the way to successful
strategies. In doing so, the AAU uses
caution not interfere, nor create conflict with the role of the academic advisors,
since its role is not registration issues and/or course study plans.
A group of distinguished senior faculty
members were chosen from various disciplines to represent all KAU Engineering
departments at KAU, who all abide by the units integrity and ethics codes
which aim to protect the privacy of student personal information.
Consequently, all student counseling sessions are held in the adviser’s
office. Additional goals of the Student Counseling Unit are:
§ developing
students’ personal capabilities
§ helping
students overcome academic, social and personal challenges
§ strengthening
relationships between students and faculty members
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