An Exclusively-Taught Course: Right or Wrong

Many students go against exclusively-taught courses in principle. They are worried over that a faculty member,  teaching a certain course exclusively, may not observe justice and so they might fail to pass. Some faculty members say this is unfair and whoever has problems should complain against a certain faculty in the department at once to solve his problems. 

Student Nada Al-Dusary said, "I think it is not in favor of students, if a faculty member teaches a course exclusively. This is because some students fail to pass a certain course taught and corrected by more than one faculty member. The final exams go the same, yet, the majority passes when corrected by Mr. x and the others fail since their papers are corrected by so-and-so faculty member. And this totally unfair. "

Student Maryem al-Hazmy said, "A faculty member who teaches a course exclusively is a selfish. She does not give a chance to the postgraduates to teach this very course. I thought, someday, of canceling a certain course since it was taught by a certain faculty member, the students to whom she teaches all failed to pass. "

Being neutral student Doa' Bagazy said, "If a faculty member sees she is the most qualified one to teach a course, she is totally backed up to do. But, if not, she does not need to do this. Some faculty members are extremely excellent and I like them to teach me."

Supporting the idea. Dr. Lobna Al-Ashrey, professor of pharmaceutics, said, "To teach a course exclusively is in favor of students. If a faculty member teaches it for long years, she learns it by heart. And this helps the students. Yet, the course should be anew throughout years."

Going against the principle of exclusively-taught courses, Dr. Jamila Madany, an associate professor of faculty of medicine, said, "Students are entitled to learn from a variety of resources. So a faculty member who teaches a course exclusively does not help students to progress."

Taking a neutral stance, Dr. Wafaa Al-Zaaqy, Islamic Studies department, said, "The phenomenon should not be generalized, since some courses may be taught exclusively by faculty members whose major is rare; some other faculty members  reject teaching a certain course; or any other reasons. And whoever feel unfair, should complain a professor at the department to solve his problem."

            Going against the changing policy, Dr. Iman Al-Khateeb, a faculty member at the languages and translation college, said, "It is a mistake to change a professor continually out of applying the policy of changing faculty members since students and a faculty members may be in harmony. So, things will go against the interest of the student and the faculty member."