What to do if a college professor is not doing his job?

[janyd]

What would be the proper course of action if a college professor is not teaching the course material? Say for instance you are in a class to teach you about government regulations for truck drivers, fuel taxes, hours of service, and all the basic necessities a dispatcher will need, but he is teaching about railroads, highway infrastructure, and profit/loss accounting principles. All of these are taught in other classes to prepare you for that portion of your job. This class is to teach you about the trucking side of freight movement, and it is not being taught. What can be done, and what steps should be taken. I understand that in this economy if someone loses their job then they could loose everything, but if I am not taught the correct information then I could loose my job after graduation and I will still have student loans to repay. Please help. The whole class has the same feelings, but no one knows what to do. We want the education we are paying for, and do not want to look like idiots when we go to work and know nothing about the safety portion of our job.

[seme22]

Talk with the professor.

He probably thinks you guys don't know this stuff or whatever. If everyone complained to him, im sure he would get the point.

[vipponah]

How many days/weeks have you been in the course? If it has only been a few, this could be his way of introducing the material, since they appear to correlate. If not, ask the professor when are you going to get to the material that you are supposed to learn. I would recommend that you do it during his office hours though, not in class.

[gwen]

Talk to someone in academic affairs about the issue & take the others with you to academic affairs. That is the problem these days not enough students speak up and state the facts.

[abelard29]

You go to the head of the department. then just keep going up the ladder at the school.