Duties of the Departments

• Coordinating all educational and research activities relevant to the majors

• Adjusting the educational programs needed for the teaching of the contents for each major

• Supervising the presentation of the courses, and reviewing and commenting on textbooks and course contents based on approved syllabi and curricula

• Supervising the teaching hours and research activities of the members of the department

• Deciding on the admission of transfer students and guest students, and determining the courses they are required to pass.

• Reviewing research plans and proposing thereof to the educational-research council of the faculty

• Commenting on the scholarships and missions applied for by the members and proposing them to the educational-research council of the faculty

• Predicting the needs of the department as to the employment of specialized members and commenting on the academic qualifications of the recruitment candidates to undergo the relevant legal processes

• Evaluating the annual activity of the department to be presented in the educational-research council of the faculty

• Planning the teaching of courses in accordance with the authorities delegated to the department by the High Council for Educational Planning

• Reviewing and commenting as to the modification of syllabi and revising course titles (in terms of main courses and electives)

Note 1: A committee or committees comprised of selected professors, associate professors and assistant professors who have served longer than others and have been appointed as members of specialized committee or committees by the dean of the faculty comment on such matters as new employment applications, the promotion of faculty members, the annual evaluation of faculty members, and making decisions as to granting scholarships and sabbaticals in each department.

Note 2: In newly-established universities and in departments with fewer than three assistant professors or even professors with higher ranks, the educational-research council of the faculty shall bear the responsibility of reviewing the items mentioned in Note 1.