To achieve its stated vision and mission, KSU-COA will distinguish its academic and social contribution by defining a set of values for the KSU-COA that underlines the operational tenets of quality and excellence in its academic and social endeavors:
Analytical and critical thinking
Effective understanding and communication
Cultural and social literacy
Scientific, informational, and technological literacy
Creativity and eagerness to learning
Understanding and meeting the capstone needs of students
Enduring precepts and principles of higher education
Unending concerns for its Arabic and larger community society
Perpetuating intellectual and academic achievement
Adhering to accountable and transparent governance
Committing to the cornerstone principles of academic and human freedom
Committing to the foundation principles of honesty and integrity in ethical and moral academic and social existence
Perpetuating the fundamentals of peace and harmony in societal citizenship