Finding new KPIS for faculty of computing and information technology at KAU

Abstract EN

This paper presents key performance indicators (KPIs) for the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (FCIT) at King Abdulaziz University (KAU).

The objective of this work is to find out the answer of the following: (a) Are grades of English courses (ELCS101, ELCS102) and CPIT201 valid measures of student performance? (b) Can the Math course (MATH 110) be used as an indicator? (c) Can the GPA of the common courses of our faculty (CPCS202, CPIT201, CPIT221, STAT210, ISLS 101) be used as a measure to determine the selection of the major: Computer Science (CS), Information Technology (IT), or Information System (IS)? (d) How can we use features of IT-Blocks in our study?, and (e) The gender issue (i.e.

why girls outperform boys) in our faculty?).

Also the following Key indicators can be drawn from this paper: Overall Pass Rate, Retention Rate, Program Completion Rate, Average course/year hour load and First time Graduate Students.