Senior survey form

Not at all

graduate school?

your future career?

everyday life?

contributing to society?

life-long learning?

	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
	Senior Survey 2004

1a. What is your gender?
	Male
	Female
1b. What is your age?

1c.What is your race/ethnicity? (Mark all that apply.)
	African American
	Native Amercian
	White American
	Hispanic/Latino American
	Asian American
	Hawaiian/Pacific Islander American
	International Student
	Other
2. Did you enter the UW with transfer credits?
	No
	Yes
If yes, how many credits?

3. Did you earn a post-secondary degree prior to attending the UW? (mark highest if more than 1)
	No
	Yes, AA degree
	Yes, Bachelor's degree
	Yes, Master's degree
	Other(specify):

4. While your were enrolled in UW classes, how many hours per week did you work for wages, on average, as a:
	Hours
freshman?		I was not a freshman at UW.
sophomore?		I was not a sophomore at UW.
junior?		I was not a junior at UW.
senior?

5. What is the highest degree your expect to earn in your lifetime? (Choose one.)

  Bachelor's degree
  Master's degree
  Medical degree (MD, DO, DDS, DVM)
  Law degree (LLB or JD)
  PhD or EdD
  Other (specify):

6. With regard to each of the following, how satisfied are your with the undergraduate education you received at UW?

	Very	Mostly	Somewhat	Little	Not at all
Quality of instruction in your major field
Quality of instruction outside your major field
Quality of library services
Quality of academic experiences outside the classroom
Interaction with faculty outside the classroom
Assistance by faculty in pursuing your career
Assistance in finding employment
Advising and other student activities
Quality of extracurricular/social experiences

7. How well did your University of Washington experience prepare you for:

8. Rate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
I have felt a part of the UW community.
I have found my UW experience to be positive.
If I had to make my college choice over again, I would choose to attend the UW.

9. While attending the UW, how many hours each month, on average, have you devoted to volunteer work or a community action program?

Over 10

7 - 10

4 - 6

1 - 3

None

10. YOUR SKILLS: Rate yourself on each of the following abilities. We want your most accurate estimate on how you see yourself.

11. NECESSITY: How important are each of these abilities to your academic work and success at the University of Washington?

12. SATISFACTION: How satisfied are you with the University of Washington's contribution to your development in each area?

YOUR SKILLS

NECESSITY

SATISFACTION

Writing effectively

Speaking effectively

Critically analyzing written information

Defining and solving problems

Working and/or learning independently

Working cooperatively in a group

Using a foreign language

Understanding and appreciating the arts

Understanding and applying scientific principles and methods

Understanding and applying quantitative principles and methods

Understanding and appreciating diverse philosophies and cultures

Understanding the interaction of society and the environment

Working effectively with modern technology, especially computers

Locating information needed to help make decisions or solve problems

Using the knowledge, ideas, or perspectives gained from your major field

Using a broad range of knowledge, ideas, or perspectives gained from outside your major field

Using management/leadership capabilities

Recognizing your responsibilities, rights, and privileges as a citizen

Frequency


<= 13.	How frequently did you have exposure to these educational opportunities and practices while you were an undergraduate at the University of Washington?
		14. Compared to what you needed, how sufficient was your exposure to these opportunities while at the University of Washington?	=>

Adequacy

Writing opportunities

Opportunity to do math and other quantitative analyses

Opportunities to think critically about knowledge and how it is produced

Opportunity to define and solve problems

Finding information in libraries and/or network resources

Group/team projects

Oral presentations

Group discussions

Lab work and other classroom "learning by doing" opportunities

Computer/internet opportunities and/or practice

Working on a professor's research project and/or publishing

Informal contact with professors outside of class

Learning about diverse cultures and people

Working with students of different backgrounds and ethnicities

Community service opportunities

Practical application of course work in your major field to job and/or education

15. While attending the UW, have you participated in any of the following activities?

Yes	No
		Community volunteer service (outside of UW)
		Community service as a part of a UW course (service learning)
		A public service internship or other work-based learning (for pay or credit)
		Faculty research beyond being a research subject

For each activity you marked "yes", how did your participation contribute to your overall education?

	Major Contribution	Strong Contribution	Moderate Contribution	Small Contribution	No Contribution
Community volunteer service
Service learning
Internship/work-based learning
Faculty research

16. During the past year, how often did you:

		Daily or nearly every day	2-3 times a week	Once a week	1-2 times a month	Once or a few times	Never
Use a computer:
	in a classroom, lab or library?
	at your residence to do coursework?
	at your residence to do your own projects or creative work?
	at your residence for fun or to play games?
Use a word processor (e.g., Microsoft Word, WordPerfect)
Use a spreadsheet (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Quatropro)
Use presentation software (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint)
Use the Internet
Communicate using e-mail
Participate in on-line discussion groups
Do research using on-line library or Internet resources
Create or update pages on the Internet
Write computer programs

17. While attending college, UW or elsewhere, during which year(s) did you own or have access to a computer in your residence? (Mark all that apply)

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

None

18. What is (are) your major(s)?

1st major

2nd major

19. What were the most intellectually challenging undergraduate courses you took at the UW? Please list up to 3 courses, with the first course being the most challenging course overall. If possible, use the Course Catalog abbreviation.

Course 1		Course 2		Course 3
Abbreviation	Number	Abbreviation	Number	Abbreviation	Number
Please describe what made these courses challenging.

20. What were the least intellectually challenging undergraduate courses you took at the UW? Please list up to 3 courses, with the first course being the least challenging course overall. If possible, use the Course Catalog abbreviation.

Course 1		Course 2		Course 3
Abbreviation	Number	Abbreviation	Number	Abbreviation	Number
Please describe what made these courses least challenging.

21. For how many courses in your major did the professor either talk about or list on the syllabus the learning goals for the course? By learning goals (sometimes called objectives) we mean statements about what professors expect students to know or be able to do by the end of the class.


Few or none	Half or less	More than half	Most	All

22. For those courses with learning goals, to what extent were the assessment of your performance and the determination of your grade based on your achievement of those goals?


Almost none of the courses	Half or fewer of the courses	More than half of the courses	Most of the courses	All of the courses

23. Thinking about courses that had explicit goals for your learning and those that did not, do you feel that:

  You learned considerably more in courses with explicit learning goals.
  You learned more in courses with explicit learning goals.
  You learned about the same amount with or without learning goals.
  You learned more in courses without explicit learning goals.
  You learned considerably more in courses without explicit learning goals.

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