Programme Outcomes describe what the students are expected to know and would be able to do upon the graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviour that students acquire through the programme. These parameters are called Graduates Attributes and they vary from discipline to discipline and level to level.
Course Outcomes describe what students are expected to know, and be able to do at the end of each course/subject. While the POs define the departmental outcomes, the Course outcomes are more oriented towards the subjects and are mostly defined by the faculties consulting higher authorities. The Course outcomes are more like statements that relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviour the students acquire as they go through a specific course within a program. They collectively contribute to the program outcomes. They are to be mapped to the POs, and not necessarily to a single one.
