Why Are We Doing This? Before the semester starts, we must check the "field" and the "rules". MUDEK requires us to guarantee that education is carried out not only in the classroom but also in safe laboratories and with a correct curriculum.

Critical Concepts:

• Annex-1 (Civil Engineering Criteria): It is the special topic list required by MUDEK for civil engineering. Our curriculum must include areas such as Structure, Geotechnics, Hydraulics, and construction site management/bidding processes.
• Showstopper: Laboratory safety (Criterion 7.5). If auditors do not see "Wear Goggles" warnings or fire extinguishers in the laboratory, they may not grant accreditation.

Relevant MUDEK Articles: Criterion 5 (Curriculum), Criterion 7 (Infrastructure).

Basic Definitions:

• PO (Program Outcomes): 11 basic competencies that a student must acquire upon graduation (Engineering knowledge, design, communication, ethics, etc.).
• ECTS: European Credit Transfer System based on student workload. The workload calculation in the course syllabus must be realistic.

Why Are We Doing This? "You must do what you promise." Consistency between the course information package on the website and the practice in the classroom (Bologna Compliance) is the basis of reliability. Also, student participation in the process (Representative election) is required by Criterion 9.

Tip: The Course Syllabus is a "contract" made with the student. If the relationship between exams and POs is not established here, we cannot collect data at the end of the semester.

Critical Distinction (PEO vs PO):

• PEO (Program Educational Objectives): Describes the position our graduates reach in their careers 3-5 years after graduation (e.g., "Working as a manager", "Received postgraduate education").
• PO (Program Outcomes): The knowledge they possess on the day they graduate.

Why Are We Doing This? We are obliged to get the opinion of External Stakeholders (Employers and Graduates) to understand whether our education meets the current needs of the sector (Criterion 2).

Evidence Value: In the Advisory Board meeting, not just "chatting" should take place; concrete Decision Minutes such as "The sector suggested software X, so we added it to the curriculum" must be created.

What Are We Measuring?

• Direct Assessment: Exams, projects, homework (Student's provable success).
• Indirect Assessment: Surveys (Student's declaration "I learned this").

Critical Survey: "Graduation Candidate (Exit) Survey". According to Criterion 3.3, the student must declare that they have achieved all program outcomes just before receiving their diploma.

Why Are We Doing This? MUDEK is not satisfied with just "passed the course" information. It asks us to answer the question "Did the student gain PO-7 (Communication) skill?" with both exam grade and survey result (Triangulation/Data Diversification).

What is a Course Binder? It is the black box of that course's quality journey. It must contain exam questions, answer key, grade sheet, and most importantly Student Evidence (Examples of papers receiving the best, average, and lowest grades).

Civil Engineering Special Note: Especially in design course files;

• Complex Engineering Problem: Non-standard problems requiring abstract thinking.
• Realistic Constraints: It must be proven that limitations such as cost, environment, ethics are included in the project.

Why Are We Doing This? When auditors come to the school, they examine these files, not the student.

PDCA Cycle (Plan-Do-Check-Act): It is the heart of quality assurance.

• Check: We analyzed survey and exam results.
• Act: We decided "Success in Soil Mechanics course is low, we will increase laboratory hours next year".

Graduation Control (Criterion 1.6): Just completing credits is not enough. Our commission must verify the compliance of the internships and courses taken by the graduating student with MUDEK criteria through "reliable methods" (Check-list).

Result: We cannot say "Cycle Closed" without completing this stage. Collecting data is not enough, we must prove that we make data-based improvements.

Evidence Room: It is the place where all course binders, meeting minutes, and official letters are exhibited for auditors in a physical or digital environment.

Look Back: Auditors want to see records not only of this year but also of previous years (at least 1 full cycle). Continuity is essential.

Tip: In delegation interviews, saying "I can check this data from our quality system and get back to you" instead of "I don't know" shows that you trust your system.