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Life cycle assessment, MPECO, vt11, VTM081

1. Did the course meet your expectations?

Yes, completely»		7		29%
Yes, almost»		9		37%
Somewhat»		7		29%
No, not at all»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.08

2. Do you think that the course meets the goals outlined in the course description?

24 svarande

Yes, completely»		9		37%
Yes, almost»		7		29%
Somewhat»		4		16%
No, not at all»		1		4%
Don"t know/Can"t remember the goals»		3		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.25

3. What do you think about the content and scope of the course? Do you think that any sections could be removed or do you have any suggestions about sections that could be added?

4. Please describe your background (educational, work experience, previous environmental courses.)!

5. How did you find the difficulty level of the course in relation to your background?

To easy»		2		8%
Suitable»		22		91%
Too difficult»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.91

6. Did you find the lectures well-structured and easy to follow?

- Christel did"t have any brak in her lecture so it was hard to be listening in almost two hours in a row.»
- Anne-Marie lectures did not contain much content.»
- Anne-Maries lectures are difficult to follow. It seems like she is not so prepared for the lectures and that she"s using the same slides as last year without looking at them before the lecture. She need to show greater commitment. »
- Marie could mabye talk a little bit louder.»
- I especially appreciated the lecture by Christel Cederberg, she was inspirational.»
- I didn"t attend the lectures enough to say.»
- AMT always seem to be a little bored and lacks the enthusiasim needed. The information is there, but the inspiration is not. »
- I missed too much lectures due to commitments and tasks for other courses.»
- Did not attend any other lectures than Anne-Marie"s unfortunately.»

In general
23 svarande

Yes»		14		60%
Somewhat»		5		21%
No»		4		17%

Genomsnitt: 1.56

Anne-Marie Tillman
23 svarande

Yes»		13		56%
Somewhat»		7		30%
No»		3		13%

Genomsnitt: 1.56

Maria Ljunggren Söderman
15 svarande

Yes»		8		53%
Somewhat»		7		46%
No»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.46

Christel Cederberg (SIK)
16 svarande

Yes»		8		50%
Somewhat»		8		50%
No»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.5

Birger Löfgren (SKF)
16 svarande

Yes»		8		50%
Somewhat»		8		50%
No»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.5

7. Do you think the guest lectures gave a useful insight into how LCA is used in industry and research?

Very useful»		5		20%
Useful»		11		45%
Not useful»		1		4%
Did not attend guest lectures»		7		29%

Genomsnitt: 2.41

- Even guest lecturers should respect the breaks or at least ask us about if it´,s ok to talk a little longer. Since we are kind of programmed to just listen for 45 minutes the guest lecutures would also better be that long. » (Useful)
- Interesting to actually get a hunch about how LCA is used in companies.» (Useful)

8. Were the smaller exercises in the course instructive?

- I think it would be better to allocate more time for the software exercise. And I also want to have feedback of the reading exercise, or at least some discussion.»
- They could be more.»
- Blurry things have a tendency to clarify as the course proceeds. In this case I think the smaller exercises worked as a good base for the learning even though the level of understanding, at least in my case, might have been quite adequate while doing the exercises in the first place.»

Goal definition exercise
23 svarande

Yes»		13		56%
Somewhat»		10		43%
No»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.43

Beginner´,s LCA
24 svarande

Yes»		18		75%
Somewhat»		5		20%
No»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 1.29

Software exercise
23 svarande

Yes»		12		52%
Somewhat»		9		39%
No»		2		8%

Genomsnitt: 1.56

Reading exercise
24 svarande

Yes»		10		41%
Somewhat»		9		37%
No»		5		20%

Genomsnitt: 1.79

9. The project

- We don"t have consultation of hand-in 3. I think it will be better if we can make group by ourselves, so that we can work with students having same ambition. And I find the different background didn"t help a lot in the project work.»
- The support from the supervisors were sometimes a little bit late after the hand-in (when it was a spring break)»
- The tutor didn"t help us so much, he didn"t give any good advices. »
- Maybe 3h extra would be enough.»
- It would have been more intresting if you could get some new data.»
- Unfortunately I had not enough time left too read the book during the course to use it in the project. I wish I had had that time, because when I did read it for the exam after the project was done, I noticed a few things we should have made different in the project.»
- Wonderful feedback. Christine is terrific!»
- The project was a night-mare. It´,s hopeless to be put in groups with people that don´,t do what they are supposed to. The supervision wasn´,t to any help since we hadn´,t done enough to ask the relevant questions. We relly needed a lot extra time in addition to the scheduled hours and even with that extra time, we hardly pass the project. The thought about doing an LCA like this is good, but it doesn´,t work in reality. I would have had so spend less time if I had done it on my own. Then I wouldn´,t have spend a lot of time waiting for calculations that never came or turned out to be wrong. It´,s also hopeless to find time to work together when you are put in groups with people that take other courses than you do. »
- The last question is definitely a YES but we thought it was interesting and fun work so we simply chose to put some time into it.»
- The others in the group were incompetent, one that hadn"t finished his bachelor and one exchange student, both with big trouble with English. There should definitely be higher pre-requisites to this course, both when it comes to English and knowledge about sustainability matters. My fellow project members didn"t meet any of these requirements which costed me a lot of extra hours since I basically had to write the report myself. »

Did you learn much?
24 svarande

Yes»		19		79%
Somewhat»		4		16%
No»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 1.25

Were there enough hand-ins and adequate feed-back?
24 svarande

Yes»		16		66%
Somewhat»		6		25%
No»		2		8%

Genomsnitt: 1.41

Did you receive sufficient support from supervisors?
23 svarande

Yes»		15		65%
Somewhat»		4		17%
No»		4		17%

Genomsnitt: 1.52

Did the co-operation within the group work?
24 svarande

Yes»		16		66%
Somewhat»		6		25%
No»		2		8%

Genomsnitt: 1.41

Did you need extra time in addition to the scheduled hours for your course?
24 svarande

Yes»		16		66%
Somewhat»		3		12%
No»		5		20%

Genomsnitt: 1.54

10. What did you think about the Hitch Hiker"s Guide to LCA?

Excellent»		7		29%
Good»		12		50%
OK»		5		20%
Bad»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.91

- Very well written, easy to understand and follow, good structure. » (Excellent)
- The book does not emphasize on how the "system equations" should/may be presented in a LCA report. I also lack a more thorough description of the difference between "stand alone LCA" and "attributional LCA". According to the book there was apparently some small difference, but I failed to put my finger on it. I can only guess that the attributional LCAs are meant for comparisons, while the stand alone LCAs are not meant to compare at all. It was said in the book that the methodology choices for stand alone LCAs are of less importance, but since the results can vary quite a bit depending on methodology choices this seem strange. What is really the application of such stand alone studies as compared to attributional studies. I also lack a deeper discussion in the book/course on the choice of average vs. marginal data in the case of change oriented studies. Also in relation to the question in the goal and scope definition and the time frame of interest. » (Excellent)
- Could have been more excercises with answers.» (Good)
- An additionnal update could be awesome also. This field is changing constantly and this kind of book gets "old" quickly.» (Good)
- Clear and easy to read and follow. I like the original Hitch Hiker series as well.» (Good)
- Boring to read but instructive. » (OK)
- It needs to be reviewed, maybe a newer version? The project chapters (H) really need a clearer structure. » (OK)
- Uses old terms and expressions.» (OK)

11. Did the examination test whether you had reached the goals of the course?

Yes, completely»		4		17%
Yes, almost»		7		30%
Somewhat»		3		13%
No, not at all»		1		4%
Not examined yet»		8		34%

Genomsnitt: 3.08

- Well formulated questions and easy to understand. Good mixture of testing understanding and knowledge.» (Yes, completely)
- The exam had good but too few questions. The time it took to answer them was too short for a four hour exam. » (Yes, almost)
- Some questions (or 1 in particular) can appear a bit ambiguous» (Yes, almost)

12. Do you think the course was well-organised?

Yes»		12		50%
Somewhat»		10		41%
No»		2		8%

Genomsnitt: 1.58

- The individual project lecture could have been somewhat later in the course or at least some days after the consultation so that we could have had time to work with the projects and gather some more questions. » (Somewhat)

13. Do you feel capable to conduct an LCA on a product that you have good technical knowledge about?

Yes»		7		29%
Yes, with some additional studies»		14		58%
No»		3		12%

Genomsnitt: 1.83

14. Further opinions, comments and suggestions how the course can be improved?