04-21-2011, 01:01 PM
Here's another one, this time from AMU's course INTL 635 Indications & Warnings. The prof here is alleged to be a PhD, but apparently she went to the beach the day they covered course administration.
This course is so convoluted it's almost impossible to explain. The course docs included two conflicting syllabi--plus a third doc that conflicted with the other two! It was impossible to tell when the study week ended (Saturday or Sunday), when forum responses were due (Tuesday, Saturday or Sunday), or when (or if) replies to other students' posts were due.
One week's discussion assignment included a video but no questions. Then it was "corrected" to include questions but no video.
When a student asked the prof about that assignment she was told by the prof it wasn't required, but the course gradebook and at least one syllabus still showed it as 50 points out of 1000, or 5% of the course grade.
The course discussions originally were posted as worth 100 points, but after students complained about getting only 50 out of 100 the prof finally did the math and revised the available points to 50.
I'm told that the course isn't over yet, so there might be some more follies to report on this one. Seems like the "Indications & Warnings" that students should be getting here would be to stay away from AMU.
This course is so convoluted it's almost impossible to explain. The course docs included two conflicting syllabi--plus a third doc that conflicted with the other two! It was impossible to tell when the study week ended (Saturday or Sunday), when forum responses were due (Tuesday, Saturday or Sunday), or when (or if) replies to other students' posts were due.
One week's discussion assignment included a video but no questions. Then it was "corrected" to include questions but no video.
When a student asked the prof about that assignment she was told by the prof it wasn't required, but the course gradebook and at least one syllabus still showed it as 50 points out of 1000, or 5% of the course grade.
The course discussions originally were posted as worth 100 points, but after students complained about getting only 50 out of 100 the prof finally did the math and revised the available points to 50.
I'm told that the course isn't over yet, so there might be some more follies to report on this one. Seems like the "Indications & Warnings" that students should be getting here would be to stay away from AMU.