Students’ evaluation of the perceived quality of academic postgraduate courses: Case Study of Shiraz University

Subject Areas : Education

mehdi mohammadi ¹ (دانشیار بخش مدیریت و برنامه‌ریزی آموزشی دانشگاه شیراز)
ghasem salimi ² (استادیار بخش مدیریت و برنامهریزی آموزشی دانشگاه شیراز)
سحر نوروزی ³ (کارشناس ارشد برنامه ریزی درسی دانشگاه شیراز)

Received: 2016-12-07 Accepted : 2019-03-08 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: quality, evaluation, Shiraz University, postgraduate courses,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to students’ evaluation of the quality of academic postgraduate courses: Case Study of Shiraz University. The study population consisted of all final year postgraduate students of different educational groups at Shiraz University. 240 participants were selected using "Multistage cluster sampling” method. Research instruments consisted of Graduate Program Self-Assessment of quality questionnaire. The results showed that: 1) All of dimensions of Postgraduate courses quality was lower than the adequate level and dimensions including environment for learning, faculty concern for students, student satisfaction, and scholarly excellence were higher than the acceptable level of competence. Also dimensions: curriculum, available resources, departmental procedures, and resource accessibility were lower than the acceptable level of competence; also dimension of Teaching Quality was on the Moderate level. 2) There is a significant difference between the dimensions of Postgraduate courses quality. 3) From the perspective of students of different educational groups, there is a significant difference between the dimensions of Postgraduate courses quality. 4) From the perspective of male and female students, there isn’t a significant difference between the dimensions of Postgraduate courses quality.

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