PhD program is new in our department, and first experience of the faculty members and department head.

Our PhD classes are exactly like undergraduate classes: monologue lecture, strict attendance rule, no discussion, etc.

We are PhD students, and we have not experienced PhD classes before, but our expectation was something different. When we complain, the department replies this is the standard method around the world.

* How can we gather some information/evidence that how is a standard PhD class to convince the department?
* How the PhD class are actually different from undergraduate courses?