Effective Institutional Related Factors on the Efficacy of Islamic Thought Courses (Case Study: Islamic Azad University Students (Dezfoul Branch))

The present study aims to determine the effective institutional related factors on the efficacy of general courses in Islamic Thoughts faculty from Islamic Azad university students’ point of view.
The nature of this study is applied research and the method is descriptive. Participants are all students in 94-95 in second semester in the 3 college: Human Sciences, Technical Engineering and nursing in Dezfoul Azad University. They are6262 students whom 395 are selected by proportionate stratified sampling. Data analysis was done by descriptive and inferential statistics.
Dezfoul Azad university students evaluated Islamic Thought faculty desirable in the "framework and content of the courses" and "execution of the courses" but undesirable in the "management of its schedules" and Islamic thought faculty in general.
Islamic Thought Department of Dezfoul needs to empower this department by pursuing suitable policies (like using faculty members, holding forums, powerful management staff and etc).