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Environmental systems analysis, VMI010, Ht11

Your own effort

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

16 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		4		25%
Around 20 hours/week»		5		31%
Around 25 hours/week»		6		37%
Around 30 hours/week»		1		6%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.25

- To much time on the project compared to the it"s only 20% of the course! » (Around 30 hours/week)

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

16 svarande

0%»		1		6%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		2		12%
75%»		11		68%
100%»		2		12%

Genomsnitt: 3.81

- The lectures of the main lecturers (Jutta and Matty) were incredibly bad. They started discussing during the lectures, didn"t know some of the slides and weren"t able to explain all terms on the slides. Their English is terrible. Most of the guest lecturers were quite ok.» (75%)
- I were just in the guest lectures, the lectures of Jutta and Matti were so bad that I decided not to go there after the first 3 weeks. They often didn"t know their own slides and could not answer the questions and Juttas english is really bad.» (75%)
- Some lectures were not additional to the lecture slides, that"s why so few students attended the lectures.» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the learning outcomes?

I have not seen/read the goals»		3		18%
The goals are difficult to understand»		1		6%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		6		37%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		6		37%

Genomsnitt: 2.93 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- At no time learning outcomes were presented, and I did not get the goal of this course. I missed the red line in this course.» (I have not seen/read the goals)
- The goals were only some clumsy questions in the beginning, I think. If so, they were really bad formulated and the learning outcome didn"t get clear at all.» (The goals are difficult to understand)

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

13 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		1		7%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		12		92%
No, the goals are set too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.92

- goal are not so clear at all. difficult to evaluate our study by comparing to the course goal» (?)
- As I have a background in environmental systems analysis.» (No, the goals are set too low)
- ... but they only got clear by the end of the course.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)

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

No, not at all»		1		6%
To some extent»		5		31%
Yes, definitely»		3		18%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		7		43%

Genomsnitt: 3

- Plaese make this a homeexam instead, where you can use and write about what we"ve learnt in the course instead of memorizing definitions to later forget them! Please be brave to have something else than a regular writing exam for 4 hours!» (No, not at all)
- The exam was quite good, I think. Especially the improvement compared to the old exams, with the examinations. But all in all the course is so easy that you can pass the exam without any presence at the lectures...» (To some extent)
- The exam was really easy and I think that it is possible to pass this exam without being in the lectures.» (To some extent)
- The examination was good. Though, it popped up new things that had not been that clear that we should know about. It could have been clearer from the start what we should learn.» (Yes, definitely)
Genomsnitt totalt för detta stycke: 2.93

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		5		31%
Some extent»		7		43%
Large extent»		3		18%
Great extent»		1		6%

Genomsnitt: 2

- The lectures were bad, the exercises were even worse. The feedback on the report was useless.» (Small extent)
- Some guest lectures were good, but the main lectures from Jutta and Matti were really bad. The exercises were not helpful for understanding and the feedback for the group work was just ridiculous. » (Small extent)
- Very confusing, un-inspired and disorginized lectures and different messages from different teachers!(some guest lectures very very good) Lack of information and very late information!» (Some extent)
- The knowledge of teachers was fluctuating a lot from one environmental tool to another. For their specialities they were competent, but for others part of the course they were not enough competent. » (Some extent)

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

Small extent»		3		18%
Some extent»		6		37%
Large extent»		5		31%
Great extent»		2		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.37

- The chosen papers in the compendium are really bad and not worth to be read at all (exception: lca in a nutshell). » (Small extent)
- The course Literature was a compendium of papers and they did"t fit to the lectures.» (Small extent)
- No extent actually» (Small extent)
- The texts were very detailed, too much sometimes, and it would be good if the lectures could be a summary of the texts and the methods. It felt like some of the lectures said other things than the litterature! Better orginized lectures and "not as heavy" litterature would be better!» (Some extent)
- I don"t think that the compendium is good. I think some of the articles are uninteresting and not relevant. I would appreciate page numbers swell on the pages.» (Some extent)
- The course literature helped for the part that weren"t mastered by the teachers.» (Large extent)

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

Very badly»		1		6%
Rather badly»		6		37%
Rather well»		5		31%
Very well»		4		25%

Genomsnitt: 2.75

- As an example it wasn"t clear until the morning of the exam that we should have broght calculators. It wasn"t clear what we were going to do on the literature seminars until we got there. There was a big, general uncertainty during the whole course about what was expected of us and what we could expect from the teachers. » (Very badly)
- Some things were not communicated in time or were not clear.» (Rather badly)
- Information very late, eg for the presentations and the opponents!» (Rather badly)
- If I keep a deadline, I would appreciate if the etchers did that as well. And one week in the course not knowing what is mandatory. And the course PM should be finished at the first lesson.» (Rather badly)
- The teachers didn"t appear at one of the dates for supervision. The rest worked quite well.» (Rather well)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		1		6%
Rather poor»		1		6%
Rather good»		2		12%
Very good»		11		68%
I did not seek help»		1		6%

Genomsnitt: 3.62

- There were many possibilities to ask questions, but the teachers mostly couldn"t answer the questions.» (Very poor)
- The teachers were not able to answer the question but they tried.» (Rather poor)
- Y´,The techers answered my questions and emails almost all the time and the help was good.» (Very good)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		1		6%
Rather well»		6		37%
Very well»		9		56%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.5

- I had serious problems with my group during the project work and the teachers did not try to help us.» (Rather poorly)
- It would have been helpful with an introduction in the beginning about how to carry through a project together, since people come from different backgrounds.» (Rather well)

11. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		13		81%
High»		3		18%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.18

- I often didn"t knew what to to in the project work, because the topic of the project wasn"t clear at any time.» (Adequate)
- The project took far too much time in comparison with the rest of the course.» (Adequate)
- The LCA scope seemed to large for 20% of mark» (High)

12. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		1		6%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		9		56%
High»		4		25%
Too high»		2		12%

Genomsnitt: 3.37

- The other course was very intensive.» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

13. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		3		18%
Fair»		3		18%
Adequate»		6		37%
Good»		4		25%
Excellent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.68

- Not really interested in this area!» (Poor)
- I got the impression that the teachers are overtaxed with their task to hold a master course at an university. Their knowledge in the area of environmental systems analysis (asking students for help), skills at presenting it (rediculous lectures) and ability to supervise it (report and home exam) were simply not sufficient to provide a good or at least adequate course... » (Poor)
- I think the teachers were overtaxed with this course.» (Poor)
- The guest lectures were good, most of them. Maybe a bit too basic, and in some cases too much of promotion for their company. Regarding the other lectures, I got the impression many times that the lecturers hadn"t prepared themselves, but were just using material from earlier years, which of course makes it harder to present something.» (Fair)
- Since the teachers were new, I didn"t have very high expectations.» (Adequate)

14. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

15. What should definitely be changed to next year?

16. Additional comments