Head of the Department of Sunnah Jurisprudence

Planning

• Organizing and chairing department council meetings, overseeing departmental affairs, implementing council resolutions, and submitting meeting minutes to the Dean.
• Conducting performance evaluations of faculty members, teaching assistants, lecturers, and newly appointed academic staff.
• Proposing the formation of permanent and ad hoc departmental committees and nominating their members.
• Nominating academic advisors and supervisors for graduate students.
• Nominating coordinators for shared courses.
• Reporting the commencement of duties of faculty members on sabbatical leave or scholarship programs.
• Submitting the names of faculty members participating in distance learning and summer semester programs.
• Recommending teaching overload compensation for faculty members and equivalent academic staff when their teaching load exceeds the prescribed limit.
• Supporting the achievement of the university’s strategic goals and policies.
• Implementing decisions issued by the College Council and other higher authorities concerning the department.

Oversight and Follow-up

• Supervising the preparation of the department’s strategic plan and monitoring its implementation.
• Overseeing academic, research, administrative, financial, and cultural affairs within the department and ensuring the regularity of operations.
• Supervising the department’s administrative, academic, and research development.
• Providing guidance to faculty members, encouraging scholarly research, coordinating research activities, and supporting publication efforts.
• Monitoring the submission, approval, and recording of course grades and reviewing grade change requests.
• Monitoring faculty performance in assigned duties, including office hours, class attendance, examination invigilation, and submission of course reports through the Itqan system.
• Reviewing and approving reports submitted by academic supervisors and advisors.
• Supervising and approving class schedules and examination invigilation schedules.
• Overseeing the department’s staffing and resource requirements, including faculty, technical, and administrative personnel.
• Coordinating with the Scholarship and Training Committee regarding scholarship recipients and trainees.
• Receiving correspondence and requests submitted by faculty members and students and taking the appropriate action.

Evaluation and Reporting

• Submitting periodic reports to the Dean on departmental performance, assigned responsibilities, and operational challenges.
• Reporting unresolved violations or failures by faculty members and equivalent academic staff to the Dean.
• Preparing an annual comprehensive report on the department’s activities, recommendations, and decisions.
• Submitting reports to the College Council on the academic progress of scholarship recipients after half of their study period has elapsed.
• Submitting an annual detailed report on scholarship affairs within the department to the College Council after departmental approval.