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Nanoscience MCC026, MPNAT, HT2011, MCC026

Your own effort

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»		3		30%
Around 25 hours/week»		4		40%
Around 30 hours/week»		1		10%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.4

- Very little in the beginning and to much in the end.» (Around 25 hours/week)

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

10 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		0		0%
75%»		5		50%
100%»		5		50%

Genomsnitt: 4.5

- Because we had to reach an attendancy of 70%» (75%)
- Not project support time, emailed with prof instead.» (75%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		2		20%
The goals are difficult to understand»		1		10%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		6		60%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		1		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.6

- Even tho the goals describe it well, the teacher didn"t so put more effort in it next time» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

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

8 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		0		0%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		5		62%
No, the goals are set too high»		3		37%

Genomsnitt: 2.37

- The same here: the goals are fine but the way the teacher did it isn"t.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)

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

No, not at all»		2		22%
To some extent»		5		55%
Yes, definitely»		2		22%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2

- Don"t think remembering answers to problems is a good way. Write different, but similar questions do the questions as hand ins. Also, man questions from one specific lecture (Danilovs) and not a single one from others like Isacsson or Kubatkin. » (To some extent)

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		6		60%
Large extent»		4		40%
Great extent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.4

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

Small extent»		4		40%
Some extent»		3		30%
Large extent»		3		30%
Great extent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.9

- A compendium would have been awesome to have. » (Small extent)
- No lecture material only lecture slights which was nowhere near enough» (Small extent)
- The slides and further reading were helpful» (Small extent)
- The lack of course literature made it difficult to find basic knowledge and the reading material from the lectures was research articles. Interesting but it takes time to read and there are also many things that are expected to be basic knowledge and aren’,t explained in these articles. Reading materials about the basics for each area would be good or that it is better explained during lecture.» (Some extent)

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

Very badly»		5		50%
Rather badly»		3		30%
Rather well»		2		20%
Very well»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.7

- no information flux at all» (Very badly)
- The guest lecturers did not seem to know what was expected of us or them, we did not know important things about the examination (i.e. how much of grades from project/written exam, and what was expected of the project). The course as a whole was good, but better administration is needed. The simplest would be to gather all information in a course pm and put it on course homepage.» (Very badly)
- The information on the homepage was not complete. The handouts regarding information about the research proposal was handed out to late and could give clearer guidelines. Information didn’,t reach the whole way to us students and it seemed to me that many of the lecturers didn’,t know how the questions to check the attendance were thought to work. There was a lot of confusion about what was to be done and it caused to me a reluctant to work with the course. » (Very badly)
- Dont change things like examtime, what to have on exam the day before! this should be clear the first/second week so the students have time to prepare it all! The handouts should be updated at the same time as the lecture or some days after, not weeks like it was on some lecture notes! Put all the Homework problems in a separate pdf-file or similar format for easy finding and reading. » (Rather well)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		1		10%
Rather poor»		4		40%
Rather good»		3		30%
Very good»		2		20%
I did not seek help»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.6

- everyone have to organisate yourself by there own and have to contact the teacher by there own, no real support time was given which is necessary» (Very poor)
- Too many persons that are too busy. The support time was empty of teachers!» (Rather poor)
- The times when I needed help with the home work the professors where very helpful.» (Rather good)
- The problem was not the lecturers will to answer questions but to find them. There were many different lecturers and they all sits in different buildings and it caused a lot of running to go and ask a question.» (Rather good)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		0		0%
Rather well»		3		30%
Very well»		7		70%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.7

- Because of the bad organisation of the course we worked really good together» (Very well)

11. How was the course workload?

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

Genomsnitt: 3.2

- Very low in the beginning, but extremely high towards the end. The questions after the lectures is a very good method though» (Adequate)
- We got to late the information for e.p. of the research proposal so the work time was compressed» (Too high)

12. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		2		20%
Adequate»		5		50%
High»		2		20%
Too high»		1		10%

Genomsnitt: 3.2

- Most students that come from Chalmers seams to be taking three courses without problems.» (Low)
- LOw in the beginning, high in the end» (Adequate)

Course specific questions

13. How do you think the teachers should evaluate the proposals?

14. Do you think the research proposal is a good examination form?

No, not at all»		0		0%
Not really»		2		20%
Yes, OK»		4		40%
Yes, very good»		4		40%

Genomsnitt: 3.2

- It could be if we got preparing and support time which was not the case» (Not really)
- the teacher should present how the research proposal work in the first week of the course (and show a good proposal from last year)» (Yes, OK)
- I really like the idea and when the teachers make this part better the overall of the course will be much better. Hopefully they will give a good example how a proposal is written and things like that so we should know how it is done. And: also give us that in time and not like this time! » (Yes, OK)
- If evaluation standard (or minimum requirement) is stated clearly before hand, I think research proposal works well as examination.» (Yes, OK)
- At first I though it was too difficult, but then I started liking it a lot. The difficult part was to come up with an idea. This should be more helped. We are very new in this field so it is difficult for us. » (Yes, very good)
- Captures the spirit of the course well.» (Yes, very good)
- I think it is a very good way of examination though it should be kept in mind that it is, for most, the first time to write a research proposal. More guiding form lecturers and help to start earlier in the period would be good. Also clearer guidelines for the structure of a research proposal.» (Yes, very good)

Summarizing questions

15. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		4		40%
Fair»		3		30%
Adequate»		0		0%
Good»		3		30%
Excellent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.2

- I would not take the course again» (Poor)
- The main idea is very good to get an overwiew about the different topics of nanoscience but everything else which was related to the course was bad» (Poor)
- I had high hopes on the course and it might be there for I’,m so disappointed. There is nothing wrong with the content of the course, the problem was the organization of it. » (Poor)
- Problem with organisation» (Fair)
- There could have been more dialog between the guest lectures, we don"t need to here the basic of plasmonics two or three times in a course.» (Good)

16. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

17. What should definitely be changed to next year?

18. Additional comments