Attainment of Course Outcomes and Program Outcomes: A Case Study in an Engineering Course

Author(s):

Pravin Kulkarni , PVGs College of Engineering & Technology, Pune; Ami R. Barot, PVGs College of Engineering & Technology, Pune

Keywords:

Course Outcomes, Outcome based education, Program Outcomes, Weights

Abstract:

Quality assurance and improvement process is about determining whether the set educational objectives meet a general standard of quality. Emphasis of outcome based education (OBE) system is on quantifying what the students are capable of doing and learning outcomes of the students is one of the key components. Course Outcomes are the statements indicating knowledge and skills the student is expected to acquire at the end of a course. Program outcomes represent the knowledge, skills and attitudes the students should have at the end of program. Program outcomes can be directly measured through course outcomes. The outcome based education model is based on defining various parameters called as Graduates Attributes. In this paper, an approach for measuring program outcomes attainment through course outcomes is presented. Course outcomes are attained based on assigning two step weights depending upon the nature of course and mapping of various exam heads with respect to course outcomes. The proposed method provides the result of course outcome attainment and program outcome attainment. The results are obtained through a program in MS Excel.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	IJSTEV5I8020
Published in	:	Volume : 5, Issue : 8
Publication Date	:	01/03/2019
Page(s)	:	40-45

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