Quality Requirement for Academic Programs to Obtain Quality Certification and Accreditation

A CASE STUDY- In the Department of Economics of Investment &Resource Management

Abstract

         This research aims to obtain the quality and accreditation certificate from the Council of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in the Arab Universities Union for the Department of Economics of Investment and Resources Management , The research department evaluates the academic program of the ten main areas of the main requirements of the quality of the academic programs, but there is weakness in the application of some indicators, elements and characteristics of each of the main areas of the quality of academic programs and this is the problem of research. The importance of the research to achieve the evaluation of all the main requirements of the quality of academic programs as well as the identification of strengths to support them and weaknesses to processing each area and the implications of each area of indicators and elements and characteristics must be achieved as prerequisites for progression obtaining a certificate of quality and accreditation,                                                                                                                                                  The Department of Economics of Investment Management and Resources Department of the distinct departments for the corresponding sections of the four disciplines grouped in the Department (Management, Economics, Accounting and Statistics), which should obtain the certificate of quality and accreditation through conducting self-evaluation studies of academic programs to improve the quality of performance according to International standards to support the strengths and processing weaknesses in the main areas of quality requirements for academic programs.

     This research has reached to a group of conclusions and recommendations. The most important of these is a self-assessment of all the ten main requirements and areas, but there is no application of some of the indicators, elements and characteristics, Therefore, the recommendations of the need to establish a subcommittee in the department means to carry out and follow-up the self-assessment of all the requirements of the quality of academic programs and the implications of each of the elements and indicators and the diagnosis of strengths and weaknesses to be processing and thus to report the application of all the requirements of the quality of academic programs and this leads to obtaining the academic program of the department quality and accreditation.