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Advanced classical physics, FUF015

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

10 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		2		20%
Around 20 hours/week»		6		60%
Around 25 hours/week»		0		0%
Around 30 hours/week»		1		10%
At least 35 hours/week»		1		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.3

- 6 hours of lecture per week, 1 hand-in problem each week which didn"t take more than one evening usually. I dedicated the last maybe five days before the exam quite exclusively for this course though.» (At most 15 hours/week)
- I put most of my time on the Quantum Mechanics course. » (At most 15 hours/week)
- Not enough! The quantum mechanic course took to much time!» (Around 20 hours/week)

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

10 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		1		10%
50%»		0		0%
75%»		4		40%
100%»		5		50%

Genomsnitt: 4.3

- I was only on three lectures.» (25%)
- I prefer classes at 10, 8 feels to early!» (75%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		5		50%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		4		40%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		1		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.1

- On the course webpage there is a part "If time permits, ...". I feel new concepts should not be introduced if time permits, instead its better to really learn what we"re supposed to learn.» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)

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

6 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		1		16%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		3		50%
No, the goals are set too high»		2		33%

Genomsnitt: 2.16

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

No, not at all»		1		14%
To some extent»		5		71%
Yes, definitely»		1		14%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2

- The hand in problems were really good, but i think the exam didn""t cover the goals(the course)» (To some extent)
- The exam including the hand-ins covered the goals quite well.» (Yes, definitely)

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		1		10%
Some extent»		5		50%
Large extent»		3		30%
Great extent»		1		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.4

- The exercise classes were really good. Niklas did a great job! But I want to point out that unfortunately the lectures did not help for my learning. Per is nice and very knowledgeable about the course (and physics in general). But he is, to be frank, not a good lecturer.» (Some extent)
- Niclas Wyllards lectures has been really good, and i have learned alot!» (Some extent)
- The problem sessions hosted by Niklas Wyllard were very helpful. Pers lectures weren"t always as enlightening. I would like to have gotten more metaphors/illustrations of the ideas and less formal derivation of results which is in the book anyway.» (Large extent)
- The importance of the excercise classes cannot be overemphasized when it comes to actually solving the homework and exam problems. They were also easy to follow. Couldn"t be better, really. Per"s lectures gave a good theoretical understanding, although I didn"t understand them so well before reading the lecture notes. One thing that I found a bit irritating was the almost complete absence of concrete examples in the lectures. The so called "examples" in the lectures were often working with generel expressions that still didn"t allow us (me) to get what was happening. » (Large extent)

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

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		5		55%
Large extent»		3		33%
Great extent»		1		11%

Genomsnitt: 2.55

- not at all» (?)
- I found the book to be a bit too talky. But I realize that it is a standard work and that it probably will come in handy as a reference in the future.» (Some extent)
- Quite a good book!» (Some extent)
- I read all of Per"s lecture notes when studying for the exam (oral and written). They are quite good and more or less self-contained.» (Large extent)
- The homework problems and the exercise classes were what I used to learn what I did learn in this course. The book is good, and I read some of it but it takes too much time to read all yourself. With better lectures it would work fine.» (Large extent)
- I"ve read the relevant parts of Goldstein carefully. As the people the year before us said, the parts that lack written material are harder to get good grips on. Lectures alone are seldom exhaustive enough to clarify all details.» (Great extent)

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		10%
Rather well»		5		50%
Very well»		4		40%

Genomsnitt: 3.3

- One of the problems was apparently much harder to solve than Per thought. I sort of realised this and didn"t spend too much time on it but I guess it would be good to really check if the problems are solvable before handing them out to students.» (Rather well)

9. Did the hand-in problems feel relevant to your learning?

Not at all»		0		0%
Not all of them (comment on which ones)»		2		20%
Yes, to some extent»		2		20%
Yes, very relevant»		6		60%

Genomsnitt: 3.4

- Very good problems. i learned alot by solving them!» (Yes, very relevant)

10. How was the workload on the hand-in problems?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		9		90%
High»		1		10%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.1

- They were generally quite straight-forward. It was good for learing the concepts, but not to much of a challenge.» (Adequate)

11. How large part of the problem sessions with Niklas did you attend?

0%»		0		0%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		0		0%
75%»		3		30%
100%»		7		70%

Genomsnitt: 4.7

- it was good» (75%)
- Great problem sessions Niklas!» (100%)
- Very good!» (100%)

12. Did the problem sessions feel relevant to your learning?

I didn"t attend the problem sessions»		0		0%
Not at all»		0		0%
Not very relevant»		0		0%
Yes, to some extent»		3		30%
Yes, very relevant»		7		70%

Genomsnitt: 4.7

- I would like to see Niklas take over the entire course, actually.» (Yes, very relevant)
- Extremely relevant for the homework and exam problems. » (Yes, very relevant)
- far better from course instructor » (Yes, very relevant)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		0		0%
Rather good»		3		33%
Very good»		4		44%
I did not seek help»		2		22%

Genomsnitt: 3.88

- Problem sessions: very good. Lectures: not good. Asking Per at his office: good!» (Rather good)

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

Very poorly»		1		10%
Rather poorly»		1		10%
Rather well»		4		40%
Very well»		4		40%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.1

15. How was the course workload?

Too low»		1		10%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		7		70%
High»		2		20%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3

16. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		1		10%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		1		10%
High»		2		20%
Too high»		6		60%

Genomsnitt: 4.2

- The quantum mechanics course is of course very time consuming. This course was not that time consuming, but not to little either. I think we learned a lot.» (High)
- The QM course is quite time consuming. Of course it depends heavily on ones ambition with the homework problems in that course, but if one aims for completion of every problem it must be said that it takes more time than is reasonable, even compared with previous years at Engineering Physics.» (Too high)
- QM with Stellan Östlund...» (Too high)
- The workload was too high mainly because of two reasons: 1) the lectures in advanced classical physics didn"t give me anything so I had to spend more time on my own 2) The lectures and hand-in problems in the Quantum physics course were sometimes very confusing. When you spend hours trying to understand the meaning of a homework problem because of wrong grammar, wrong instructions and errors in the problems it doesn"t help that the problems are "not compulsry". I want to learn the course and the best way is to work with the content by solving problems. But, I have given my thoughts about the Quantum physics course in that course"s evaluation questionnare.» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

17. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		10%
Fair»		1		10%
Adequate»		5		50%
Good»		3		30%
Excellent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3

- The course contents are very interesting and good to learn. But how the course is taught needs improvements.» (Fair)
- The subjects are very useful to know. The course in itself did its job mediating the concepts, therefore it must be said to be adequate. It was not one of the most exciting courses I"ve taken though, so "Good" would be stretching it, I think.» (Adequate)
- I feel like a learned a lot of important concepts. » (Good)

18. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

19. What should definitely be changed to next year?

20. Additional comments