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SJO745 Wave loads and Seakeeping

Your own effort

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

15 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		3		20%
Around 20 hours/week»		5		33%
Around 25 hours/week»		6		40%
Around 30 hours/week»		1		6%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.33

- Huge variations. About 10 h/week the first week but then alot more, about 30 hours when assignment & study questions FINALLY was handed out.» (At most 15 hours/week)

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

15 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		2		13%
50%»		2		13%
75%»		7		46%
100%»		4		26%

Genomsnitt: 3.86

- I cannot concentrate at equations in powerpoint presentations , so I studied by myself instead.» (25%)
- was on NTHS other than that all lectures.» (75%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		4		28%
The goals are difficult to understand»		2		14%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		6		42%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		2		14%

Genomsnitt: 2.42

- Hard to see the conection of the coals and the things that is presented in the lecures» (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

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

No, not at all»		1		7%
To some extent»		3		23%
Yes, definitely»		1		7%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		8		61%

Genomsnitt: 3.23

- have not taken it jet..» (?)
- It is hard to understand if the course is focused on the mathematics / physics of wave loads or if its a more knowledge / theory based course. The lectures indicates that the focus is the mathematics but the exam was entirely study-questions. » (I don"t know/have not been examined yet)

Teaching and course administration

6. What is your opinion about the Learning sessions?

Poor»		7		50%
Fair»		5		35%
Adequate»		1		7%
Good»		1		7%
Excellent»		0		0%
No opinion»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.71

- no need to explain all values in the formula. only show the formulas are needed» (Poor)
- The learning sessions are slow and focused on formulas but it is not connected to any kind of physics or understanding.» (Poor)
- The objectiv of the lectures needs to be clearer and explain the background of the formulas, it is not necessery to littratury read the formula but an explanation of where from and why it is there would be good. Shortly mention what is required that the student should be able to do would is also a suggestion on what might be aproved to next year.» (Poor)
- The information from the lectures did not represent the content of the course enough» (Poor)
- Its very hard to follow the lectures when there only is huge amounts of equations on power point» (Poor)
- Alot of equations and no explanations... the study questions should have been taking up on the lectures instead » (Fair)
- The learning sessions have been hard to follow. I have been reading the litterature parallelly without getting much out the lectures, especially those sessions with a lot of equations presented. The understanding has better in the end of the course, mainly due to the study questions handed out, but also due less complexity of the material presented.» (Fair)

7. What is your opinion about the OCTOPUS assignment?

Poor»		3		20%
Fair»		2		13%
Adequate»		3		20%
Good»		6		40%
Excellent»		1		6%
No opinion»		0

Genomsnitt: 3

- The description was good, but the program was very bad. It crashed several times, lost data and could not get it back.» (Poor)
- The softwere is not very good, hard to use and works badly. I would rather to it in MatLab» (Poor)
- To much collecting numbers and low understanding, Havent get the grade or feedback on the assignment yet» (Fair)
- I think that the assignment it self was pretty good. The octopus software however is terrible and most of the time spent on the project was getting the software to run not the actual learning or method. I think that an assignment in MATLAB would be more suitable, most of the students are very proficient in MATLAB and all the focus could have gone to understanding the mathematics / statistics / method of the assignment, off course the assigments would have to be a little bit smaller , maybe just one ship and 6 different headning or something like that. » (Fair)
- I think the assignment was good, but I also think it was a little to time-consuming. I would have liked to spend more time to understand what has been presented in class and less time with octopus. After a certain time, we had the knowledge required, and the rest of the time was spent on repeating, repeating and repeating. I like the idea, just reduce it a little. » (Good)
- Over all I think it is a good assignment, bad luck with the softward updates. A litle uncorreated with the lecures and unstructured.» (Good)
- Good, could be better, perhaps a larger project or at least better introduction to octopus and better guidance» (Good)

8. What is your opinion about the visit to SSPA?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		1		6%
Adequate»		1		6%
Good»		7		46%
Excellent»		6		40%
No opinion»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.2

- The people at SSPA gave an impression of being unprepared. The visit was very slow and not very informative.» (Fair)
- Had been there already but I think it is good for the once that have not.» (Adequate)
- Very interesting» (Excellent)
- Interresting visit even for me that have been there once before» (Excellent)
- Very fun and interesting, the "lecture" there was also very good and relevant.» (Excellent)
- Its always interesting with insigt in the industry, also the coffe bunns were excellent» (Excellent)

9. What is your opinion about the assignment in the Bridge simulator?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		0		0%
Adequate»		0		0%
Good»		5		33%
Excellent»		10		66%
No opinion»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.66

- It was fun. Bit to short time» (Good)
- It was very good. I learnt alot of things during this assignment.» (Good)
- maybe not really necessary for this course, but good for the program!» (Excellent)
- Very interesting and down to the earth explanations» (Excellent)
- learnt alot on the preparing lecture aswell. gave a nice intro of ship manoeuvering» (Excellent)
- Good and interresting. » (Excellent)
- Very fun, and motivated you to learn more about maneuvering. » (Excellent)
- Also very interesting!» (Excellent)
- Could have had some more time» (Excellent)

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

Small extent»		7		46%
Some extent»		6		40%
Large extent»		1		6%
Great extent»		1		6%

Genomsnitt: 1.73

- Felt like it was only equations and not why we should learn the subject. Gave no overview of the subject.» (Small extent)
- on the lectures there are just equations, not very clear description of what is important to understand» (Small extent)
- It feels like the lectures is about one thing and the exam about another» (Small extent)
- The teaching is too general. Seakeeping course is full of equation. So I think if it is possible, the derivation would better be in the blackboard.» (Some extent)
- There was hard to see the coupling between the lectures and the theoryquestions. The theoryquestions were very good so try to intergrate them more in the lectures» (Some extent)

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

Small extent»		1		6%
Some extent»		2		13%
Large extent»		8		53%
Great extent»		4		26%

Genomsnitt: 3

- The lecture notes lackes a "red line" which make i hard to follow.» (Large extent)
- good litterature and questions, it would have been better if we got the questions earlier» (Large extent)
- Primarily the study questions. I think the course litterature is good, not to extensive and "reader-friendly". I have used them a lot in combination with the study questions» (Great extent)
- The literature is really good.» (Great extent)

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

Very badly»		1		6%
Rather badly»		2		13%
Rather well»		7		46%
Very well»		5		33%

Genomsnitt: 3.06

- Got the the theory questions reading week 5, at the same time as the project. The information was given late.» (Very badly)
- I would say rather well if it wasn"t for the late arivel of the study questions and lack of formula sheet.» (Rather badly)
- To much paper» (Rather well)
- No problem except that the study questions were handed out way too late.» (Rather well)
- It took too long time before we received the formula sheet for the exam. The octopus tutorial was not uploaded on the web page» (Rather well)
- Very good. Clearly lay out, and easy to follow» (Very well)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		1		6%
Rather good»		5		33%
Very good»		4		26%
I did not seek help»		5		33%

Genomsnitt: 3.86

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		0		0%
Rather well»		2		13%
Very well»		13		86%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.86

15. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		3		21%
Adequate»		9		64%
High»		2		14%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.92

- Low but too much variations.» (Low)
- Missed some alternative ways to adapt the material in the beginning of the course. Most of the was spent on reading, trying to understand» (Low)
- Ship motion is a kind of tricky course, but the course load is not as high as it should be.» (Low)

16. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		6		40%
High»		9		60%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.6

Summarizing questions

17. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		5		33%
Fair»		5		33%
Adequate»		3		20%
Good»		2		13%
Excellent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.13 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- Important topic but the course is not good.» (Poor)
- Its an advanced subject and the structure of the course is quite good. But, it can not be learned out via power point, its impossible to folow the lectures when there is only equations on the slides, there has to be more text and i would like to se it written on the board instead. » (Poor)
- I think it has improved much in the end of the course. I understand that it is a topic which can be hard to distribute, and therefore it should be more ways to adapt the information» (Adequate)
- but if you conect the lectures to the questions more and have a more practical approach on the lectures it would be much better» (Adequate)

18. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

19. What should definitely be changed to next year?

20. Additional comments