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Engineering Geology, VGE022

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1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

30 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		1		3%
Around 20 hours/week»		1		3%
Around 25 hours/week»		5		16%
Around 30 hours/week»		15		50%
At least 35 hours/week»		8		26%

Genomsnitt: 3.93

- Most of the time spent in the course was going to lectures» (Around 20 hours/week)
- Way to much, some weeks it was more than 30 hours. » (Around 30 hours/week)
- Det har varit en väldigt stor andel föreläsningar och övningar vilket har resulterat i att andelen självstudier har varit på ett minimum. Jag har väldigt svårt att se den positiva effekten av att sitta på föreläsningar/övningar 8 timmar per dag vilket hänt ett flertal gånger. Kursprojektet har tagit väldigt mycket tid i anspråk av dessa timmar. » (Around 30 hours/week)
- it was heavy but i learned so much that it was worth it» (Around 30 hours/week)
- I don"t know, but after the group work came out, I was in Chalmers at least 11hours a day for one week and it kept on - not as hard as this, but the group work was a lot! Then there was the learning for the exam and of course the time in class. I am not so good in estimating. It felt like 40hours a week, but I think we don"t want to overestimate ,)» (Around 30 hours/week)
- Very much scheduled time on top of a large time consuming project.» (Around 30 hours/week)
- actually i didn"t have free time during the past quarter» (Around 30 hours/week)
- Depending on which part of the course this amount of hours changed up or down» (Around 30 hours/week)
- Mindre i början, men mycket helger i slutet.» (At least 35 hours/week)
- In the first beginning it maybe wasn"t that much but the last weeks it was much more than 35 hours/week.» (At least 35 hours/week)
- I felt I had to put all this time on especially the project just to pass. I don"t want to miss lectures.» (At least 35 hours/week)
- The problem is not that course requires large ammounts of time and work but that the other course during the period also demanded lots of work and time.» (At least 35 hours/week)
- The hours for lectures and projects works are really ilogicall. so time consuming and boring. I dont what is the purpose of that.» (At least 35 hours/week)

2. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

30 svarande

0%»		1		3%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		0		0%
75%»		12		40%
100%»		17		56%

Genomsnitt: 4.46

- I did not have the time to attend some classes because my group had to work with the course project. » (75%)
- Two periods of illnes caused my absence at the first field day and a period later on in the course.» (75%)
- Tried to attend as much as possible, but due to other classes it wasn"t possible» (75%)
- kanske 90%, gick tidigare nån gång nör det var 8 timmar föreläsningar på en dag.» (100%)
- The lecturers from Lund was good, but we should have need more basic information about geophysics.» (100%)
- It was way too much lectures and even if they are optional you don"t want to risk missing something important.» (100%)
- Proud, but now afterwards I know what lessons did not give much or any... So would rather had put that time on the project, or have some free time... Or put that on the other course which did not get a lot of time. That course"s project was 40% of the grade, the project in this course I spent more hours than in the other but did not give any... » (100%)
- Except 2 days when i was sick.» (100%)
- It was a little less since I am used to be late. And I think I have not attended one lecture. I am sorry. But it"s far more than 75%» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		5		16%
The goals are difficult to understand»		2		6%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		13		43%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		10		33%

Genomsnitt: 2.93

- Thw goals are clear enough without becoming a "kommpendium" in it self.» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

28 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		0		0%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		21		75%
No, the goals are set too high»		7		25%

Genomsnitt: 2.25

- The goals are in fact reasonable, if you look at the knowledge are expected to "assimilate" but some things take to much time. The repport that were written was way to large since it didn´,t give any credits.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- But I can"t feal that they are conected to the exam.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- The course comprises to much in relation with the number of points (7.5p). » (No, the goals are set too high)
- There are lots of the goals from different and wide range of subjects.» (No, the goals are set too high)
- But are all the students background enough? Too much work for 7,5 points. » (No, the goals are set too high)
- The goals themselves are not high, but they are too many. » (No, the goals are set too high)
- It is a very wide course with lots of things to learn which makes it hard to learn everything that you should learn during the course» (No, the goals are set too high)

5. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		2		6%
To some extent»		18		62%
Yes, definitely»		8		27%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 2.27

- felt like more of a examination of remembering things for a day than examinate what we learned. » (No, not at all)
- The exam was really bad for those who had to put all their time in the project. Should be more related to the project if it should be fair.» (To some extent)
- Jag blev besviken på tentan eftersom det var sagt innan att hade man jobbat med projektuppgiften väl, som jag tycker jag gjorde, skulle man inte ha några problem att klara tentan. Jag tycker tentan var svår och jag fick inte alls visa vad jag lärt mig under projektuppgiften. Så till nästa år: säg inte att klarar tentan med faktan man lärt sig under projektuppgiften, för jag tycker det är en lögn.» (To some extent)
- To asses if you reached the goals in a four hour exam is inpossible but I think it was a quite good exam (although I´,m not certain that I passed).» (To some extent)
- some quation of exam were really stange.» (To some extent)
- Do not think the exam reflected the course» (To some extent)
- Too much questions about "details". When I studdied for the exam I found that a lot of information was really difficult to find. Like the stereonet was not explained satisfactory in the slides and compendium. This was true for the "triangle" as well - so it was really hard for me who missed the very first lecture and no one I asked seemed to be able to explain it to me.» (To some extent)

Teaching and course administration

6. To what extent has the course project been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		2		6%
Some extent»		10		33%
Large extent»		15		50%
Great extent»		3		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.63

- Depends, if look at the ability to pass the exam not so much but if look at the ability reach the course goals and understand the subject it has been of great importance.» (Some extent)
- it was good but when thinkin that for doing such a time consuming and hard project we weill get no grade it seems useless and wasring of time.» (Some extent)
- Thought the project was about that we had to learn, that was the information we got in the start, but the exam were on more things» (Some extent)
- Too large groups means that the group work is divided and that means that I know something about a specific part.» (Some extent)
- It has been a great help for some of the parts of the course but some parts of the goals for the course where left out » (Some extent)
- I certainly learned a lot, but apparently not that much that were considered important in the examination. Why don"t give those who had to do all the work some credit for it and test on that?» (Large extent)
- interesting except one phd who was not nice he was rude» (Large extent)
- Kursprojektet är bra, väldigt omfattande och täcker de områden som kursen handlar. Tycker dock att tentan inte återspeglar kursprojektet på så många områden. I och med att kursprojektet står för en väldigt stor andel av den tid som läggs på kursen (har inte pluggat på egen han nästan någonting) så tycker jag att tentan borde återspegla kursprojektet mer. Eftersom kursprojektet tar så mycket tid så tycker jag också att man antingen tilldelas betyg och poäng för genomfört arbete. Eftersom man endast blir godkänd på kursprojektet så känns det som att man med tentan examinerar examinationen. Eftersom man endast blir godkänd på projektet så tycker jag assistenterna är väldigt petiga med småsaker i rapporterna, tex omskrivningar av meningar etc. » (Great extent)
- But it took alot of time, which doesn"t show on the grade, which it should» (Great extent)

7. To what extent has the lectures and exercises been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		1		3%
Some extent»		17		56%
Large extent»		9		30%
Great extent»		3		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.46

- The exercises were quite good, but the lectures were at times dissapointingly structrured and prepared.» (Small extent)
- The lectures were way to long. How do you expect us to learn anything if we have lectures eight hours per day? Some of the exercises were quite good though.» (Some extent)
- Alldeles för många föreläsningar för att det ska vara rimligt att man ska kunna lära sig allt. Borde kunna halvera antalet för att det ska bli rimligt. Att man har 6-8 timmar per dag är inte bra. Det kan inte anses som troligt att man ska orka lyssna så länge på samma dag. Lägg ut vissa avsnitt på självstudier istället. Övningarna har varit jättebra, har varit kopplat till kursprojektet på ett tydligt och bra sätt.» (Some extent)
- Exercises and lab test were not good at all, but lectures were good,» (Some extent)
- Too much lectures, too much information to take in at 8 hours in row. Think that some things could have been said in a more compact way.» (Some extent)
- Some lectures and exercises were very good and some (like the stereonet) was really bad.» (Some extent)
- since it is such a wide course with lots of different parts in it some of the lectures seemed to unnecessary since the teacher didn"t have time to explain the subject enough. This for instance was the case for the different geophysical topics.» (Some extent)
- The exercises was very good!» (Large extent)
- Exercises is always a great tool to help learning and specifically understanding, more excercises.» (Large extent)
- some great lectures tomas pettersson and the guys from lund was really good, impressive how they could manage to get everyone interested in a heavy subject for 8h in one day--------GREAT more of that» (Great extent)

8. To what extent has the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		11		36%
Some extent»		12		40%
Large extent»		7		23%
Great extent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.86

- Kursboken var svårläst, texten kändes inte genomarbetad och kändes inte sammanhängande. Upplevdes mer som ett utkast. För mycket information på "för liten plats"» (Small extent)
- The book was not good. I couldn"t find a link between the lectures and the book. The literature about the exercises was good.» (Small extent)
- I didn"t have much use for it really.» (Small extent)
- Har inte ens tittat i kursboken, tveksamt om den ens behövs under rådande omständigheter med alla föreläsningsslides som delas ut.» (Small extent)
- The book was a complete waste of money!» (Small extent)
- didnt read the book-worthless if i buy a book i wanna use it in future the handout was great» (Small extent)
- The covarage of the book was rather shallow. » (Some extent)
- we didn"t have much litrerature available, just lecture notes, with small slides which was hard to read and a book which was not proper!» (Some extent)
- The lecture notes of Geophysics are only pictures and we could gain nothing from them at all. and we have a quastion for taht in exam equal to 10 point!» (Some extent)
- When we for example wrote that we wanted boreholes to test, it was too many, but in the book (and lectures) it said about that, so not easy for us to know... Some was in Swedish, could that be easy for exchange students?» (Some extent)
- Old exams were the biggest part. The literature(the cremona book) was not very good. However, it had very nice pictures.» (Large extent)

9. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		2		6%
Rather well»		16		53%
Very well»		12		40%

Genomsnitt: 3.33

- handouts were not postet as said in the beginning before the lectures, so that one would have been able to prepare. otherwise, i think the web page is a good tool to spread news. » (Rather badly)
- It was not good that the examination date wasn"t fixed from the beginnning.» (Rather well)
- Vissa delar, som tex kostnadsberäkningarna till projektet lades ut väldigt sent, efter uppmaning från eleverna.» (Rather well)
- So bad to not have a date for the exams in the begining, good for you that not more people complained and fought for another date. But the usual things worked ok.» (Rather well)

Study climate

10. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		2		6%
Rather poor»		5		16%
Rather good»		9		30%
Very good»		11		36%
I did not seek help»		3		10%

Genomsnitt: 3.26

- When the teacher insults you instead of help you, the answer cannot be anything but very poor. » (Very poor)
- This is always a problem but when the course staff was very helpful when one was found.» (Rather poor)
- The teachers were quite hard to get a hold of sometimes. They were helpful when you did find them though.» (Rather good)
- study climate, one supervisor did not make the climate better...» (Rather good)
- Some teathers were more helpfull, others just said that you"ll find out later. you"re not suposed to know that yet. (but we should!!!)» (Rather good)
- Inga problem att få hjälp på föreläsningar eller via mail till projektassistenten. » (Very good)
- Miriam was a great helper and the teachers were always willing to answer questions!» (Very good)

11. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Very poorly»		2		6%
Rather poorly»		3		10%
Rather well»		11		36%
Very well»		14		46%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.23

- Some where often very late and did not contribute enough to the course project. » (Very poorly)
- The groups were too large and to uneven. It was a big difference in the level of knowledge, which made it even harder.» (Rather poorly)
- Som alltid: vissa studenter i projektuppgiften fick ta allt ansvar och göra det mesta, medans några glider med.» (Rather poorly)
- It is very hard for exchange students to do something when o lot of information is in Swedish, and there fore the Swedish people had to do more.» (Rather poorly)
- It was hard to cooperate with some of the exchange students because the don"t have the same knowledge as we that are from here have. Some of the material was in swedish and that we swedish students had to do because we couldn"t hand it over to the exchange students. It would be good if the information was in english too.» (Rather well)
- The work in the groups have been done much by som few.» (Rather well)
- we had significant problems with one person in our group. otherwise good.» (Rather well)
- Though it was hard to be a group of 7. I think 5 should be a max.» (Rather well)
- Vår grupp har fungerat bra. Dock tycker jag att vissa utbytesstudenter har en väldigt dålig kunskapsnivå vad gäller engelska språket och kunskaper om ämnet vi läser.» (Very well)
- i loved it» (Very well)
- Group B = Best Group in the project!!!» (Very well)

12. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		6		20%
High»		6		20%
Too high»		18		60%

Genomsnitt: 4.4

- So much time, not much efficiency!» (High)
- The problem was that there was two very timeconsuming courses at the same time.» (High)
- There was alot of scheduled time, so there wasn"t rellay any time for studying on this course or the other, which had to "pay" for all the time spent on this course. » (High)
- it should be high, many complaining but dont understand that-i love learning- I think it rather is their own problem than the course» (High)
- The project was really much. We tried to do it as good as possible. It"s really a shame, that it"s not graded!» (High)
- The workload for the course was always on a high level but during some parts of the course it was very high, especially before the draft-submission and the presentations. It would be better if the presentation was a few days earlier so that we would have more time to prepare for the exams.» (High)
- As said before: The course comprises to much in relation with the number of points (7.5p). » (Too high)
- På grund av projektet som tog väldigt mycket tid och det stora antalet föreläsningstimmar fanns ingen tid över till självstudier. Projektet var för stort med tankte på att det inte ger några poäng eller något betyg. Antingen tenta eller projekt borde räcka, nu känns det som dubbelexamination,» (Too high)
- It has been a lot of lectures combined with a too large project. I have not had a singel free day since I started this course. » (Too high)
- Projektuppgiften tog mycket energi. Någon tid till att plugga till tentan fanns inte förren efter redovisningen. Så ska det inte vara!» (Too high)
- Helt galet mycket att göra. För mycket schemalagd tid. Med all den tid som läggs ner på kursen (plus att vi läser en kurs till parallellt) så borde det räcka med godkänt på kursprojektet för att bli godkänd i kursen.» (Too high)
- Extremely high in this course. The amount of lectures was crazy too much. The course project took much time. Many student have not been feeling well this period. Many times students started to cry because of the stress. And also stomage pain and head pain. » (Too high)
- indeed no comparability between modelling and geologie. modelling had a 5 page report counting 50% of the grade. geologies report doesnt give any grade, but has to be at least ten pages.» (Too high)
- To many hours put (read all the other things that I have written, to understand more)» (Too high)
- Without complaining on the content, the workload should give more credits.» (Too high)
- The project work and the course contents was very lengthy to cover all the thing. There should be at least 50% weightage in the final result for the project.» (Too high)
- Just becasue you didn"t have time to do the group project. The lectures took up all our time.» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

13. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		5		16%
Fair»		5		16%
Adequate»		5		16%
Good»		13		43%
Excellent»		2		6%

Genomsnitt: 3.06

- Very disappointed with the course. Had a lot of expectations for it before the start of this semester. This since the course in the first was very interesting. » (Poor)
- I did not learn some things before I started to look at old exams, for example to make a profile. Was it like that we should had done it in the course project? Think no one have done that. We even asked how we should know that, how it looks under ground, but did not learn that. » (Poor)
- Not because of the content but the course required more time than it should.» (Poor)
- It felt that you hade to much to to but in the end I didn"t feel I had learnt that much.» (Poor)
- Alldeles för mycker föräläsningar. 8 timmar föreläsningar på en dag gör det svårt att ta in all information. » (Fair)
- It could have been a good course, but everything combined makes it to tough.» (Fair)
- Jag kämpade mig igenom projektuppgiften (som sen inte ens märks i mitt betyg) och fick tyvär inte visa allt vad jag lärt mig på tentan.» (Fair)
- Not good for assemnet and system of grading nor the houars of course. but practically good.» (Fair)
- Tycker det är synd att bara hälften av projektassisstenterna och ingen examinator är närvarnade vid presentationerna. Ger ju momentet väldigt dålig trovärdighet. Att examinatorn inte heller kommer till tentan tycker jag är dåligt. Hans enda sätt att sätta betyg blir ju genom tentan som inte återspeglar kursen på ett tillfredsställande sätt. » (Good)
- interesting topics, except geophysic (seismic, radar, etc.)lectures lasted too long for to few information.» (Good)
- It would have been excellent if not for the report whit no grading, and the workload which was a bit to mutch. » (Good)
- very interesting and a great way to get an understanding of what further geological/infrastructural studies will lead to.» (Good)
- i learned so much- one of the best course» (Excellent)

14. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

15. What should definitely be changed to next year?

16. Additional comments