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Please answer the first eleven
questions on the 1-5 scale provided. In the box below each question add
any comments you have. If a question does not apply to you, leave it
blank. The material collected in this survey will be kept confidential and will only be
reported anonymously. Thank you for your feedback! It will be very
valuable in our assessment of the Augustana physics program. |
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Your class
year (4 digits)
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difficult was your physics course work at Augustana? |
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grades you received in your physics classes were indicative of your true
merit? |
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| 3. How difficult was it
for you to get a job after graduation? |
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| 4. How difficult was it
for you to get into graduate school? |
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| 5. How well did your
physics education prepare you for your job? |
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| 6. How well did your
physics education prepare you for graduate school? |
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| 7. How relevant is your
physics education to your current position? |
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| 8. If you could change
your Augustana experience, would you still be a physics major? |
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| 9. If you could change
your Augustana experience, how would you modify your physics course
selection? |
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| 10.
Please
indicate how important each skill or area has been to you and then
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well your Augustana physics courses as a whole have developed that skill
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| B. Critical thinking |
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| C. Creative thinking |
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| D. Problem solving |
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| E. Working in groups |
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| G. Writing skill |
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| H. Speaking skill |
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| J. Computer skills |
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| K. Laboratory skills |
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| 11.
For each of the
following physics courses, please indicate how effective we were in
presenting the material and then how useful the material was in
your career and subsequent studies. If you did not take a particular course at Augustana, leave that row blank.
Here is the
catalog description of these courses. If you are among the
approximately 50 alumni who were at Augustana when we were on semesters,
consider Basic Physics I and II as the fall and spring semesters of the
calculus-based introductory course. If you took Physical
Electronics, fill in the row for Solid State Physics. |
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| Basic Physics I |
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| Basic Physics II |
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| Basic Physics III |
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| Scientific Research |
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| Modern Physics |
301 |
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| Electronic Circuits |
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| Electricity &
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| Thermodynamics |
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Mechanics I |
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Mechanics II |
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| Experimental Astrophysics |
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| Solid State
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| Advanced Lab I |
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| Advanced Lab II |
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| Advanced Lab III |
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| Optics |
360 |
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| AutoCAD
Directed Study |
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| Quantum Physics |
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12. What aspects of your Augustana physics education
were the most positive (most enjoyable, most useful in your career, most interesting,
etc.)? |
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13. What aspects of your Augustana physics education
were least positive (least enjoyable, least useful in your career, least interesting,
etc.)? |
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14.
Please add your comments on this survey and other comments on your Augustana
physics experience including such things as being a lab assistant,
tutoring, grading homework, Physics Club activities, and summer research
done at Augustana. |
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In the drop down box, please choose whether you would like to review
your entries or if you are finished:
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