Teaching

At the College of Agricultural Sciences Engineering, Biotechnology and Crop Science Department, I am giving lectures on the following courses:

- Undergraduate students:

1- General Botany, First Stage, Biotechnology and Crop Science Department. 

2- Dry Farming, Second stage,  Biotechnology and Crop Science Department. 

3- Graduation Research project, Fourth stage, Biotechnology and Crop Science Department.  

4- Plant Genetic Engineering. fourth stage, Biotechnology and Crop Science department

5- General Genetics, third stage, Biology Department, College of Education, University of Sulaimani 

6- Germplasm Manipulation and Bioinformatics,  Fourth stage, Biotechnology and Crop Science Department.

- Postgraduate students:

1- Research Methodology, MSc,  For the departments of Biotechnology and Crop Science,  Horticulture and Natural Resources

2- Advanced genetic and plant breeding, MSc, Sulaimani Polytechnic University. Halabja Technical Agriculture College. 

3- Advanced molecular marker techniques, MSc, Sulaimani Polytechnic University. Halabja Technical Agriculture College. 

4- Advanced Genetics, Ph.D and MSc, Biotechnology and Crop Science Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Sulaimani 

4- Advanced Molecular Marker Techniques, PhD and MSc, Biotechnology and Crop Science Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Sulaimani.

5-  Plant Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology and Crop Science Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Sulaimani 

6- Plant Biotechnology, PhD and MSc., Biotechnology and Crop Science Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Sulaimani 

My Philosophy in Teaching

To communicate information to the public, teaching allows me to accomplish what I believe to be a fundamental responsibility of biologists. Thus, they can make informed decisions regarding botany, genetic manipulation of plant genomes. There are basic biological principles that should be understood by undergraduate students. The evolution and a basic understanding of genetics are considered among these principles, in addition to the interdependence of molecular biological systems and levels of organization in modern plant breeding on the base of understanding conventional plant breeding. I also want students to appreciate and value plant genetic resources and their diversity. My point is to increase the sense of stewardship by students for human services, providing safe and secure food, for the present and the future generations. I have some objectives as a lecturer in addition to teaching these basic principles concluded in the following points:

-  Understanding the relevance of such subjects to normal life. I try to emphasize relevance by discussing current events pertinent to plant biology and genetics, by encouraging the students to share their knowledge of the subject, and by discussing how I have found the knowledge useful. Independent research projects are one means to meet this goal allowing students to choose the subject matter in which they are most interested.

-  Information finding and how to evaluate that information, and how to make an informed decision based on their understanding of the issues. Trying to teach them how to locate and read primary journal articles, and challenges them to synthesize and evaluate the information they find.

-  The active engagement in the progress of learning. I try to incorporate the available techniques into my teaching subjects. This allows the students to retain the material more effectively with these activities. Comments from student evaluations support this perspective.