We always welcome student feedback about courses and instructors. Below is advice on how to express such concerns in a professional and productive way.
If you have questions or concerns about a course, the absolute best place to start is a discussion directly with the instructor. Instructors can't know that students have questions or concerns unless they hear that feedback from their students. We suggest setting up a time outside of class to meet with or Zoom with your instructor.
An email is also a good option, but tone and body language don't translate well in an email, so often, a face-to-face conversation can be especially productive for everyone.
Sometimes, students are concerned that sharing concerns about a course with the instructor could lead to retaliation or affect their grade. This is 100% not the case! All School of Nursing full and part-time faculty welcome student feedback, and such feedback will never affect a student's grade.
Your faculty advisor is also a good resource when you're facing a situation where you'd like mentorship on how to have a conversation about concerns or general advice on how to approach something.
If, after discussing your concerns with the course instructor and seeking faculty advisor advice, you feel that your concerns are not being appropriately addressed, you may then want to contact Dr. Provost and Prof. Larsen to discuss your concerns further.
The first question we will ask is, "Have you talked to the instructor?" Typically, we will redirect you to the instructor if you haven't talked with them yet. However, if you feel especially uncomfortable speaking with the instructor for some reason, you may contact us directly to begin with.
Know that because Dr. Provost and Prof. Larsen work together closely, concerns you share with one of them will be shared with the other, so that they are both in the loop.
How a concern shared with the coordinators is addressed will depend on the nature of the concern.