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SSY165 - Discrete event systems, autumn 2012, SSY165

Your own effort

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

32 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		7		21%
Around 20 hours/week»		12		37%
Around 25 hours/week»		9		28%
Around 30 hours/week»		4		12%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.31

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

32 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		2		6%
75%»		7		21%
100%»		23		71%

Genomsnitt: 4.65

- I did not attend the exercises, but all lectures. I think the soultions to the exercise problems explained the answers to the problems in a very good way. » (75%)
- Very good lectures!» (100%)
- Bengt could probably be the best teacher at Chalmers, tied with Jana Madjarova(?) at the math department. It was a joy attending his lectures because you always knew you would learn a lot and that he will answer all questions beautifully.» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		9		28%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		7		21%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		16		50%

Genomsnitt: 2.93

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

28 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		3		10%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		23		82%
No, the goals are set too high»		2		7%

Genomsnitt: 1.96

- I m a master student from the TU Delft. I think I Delft I would get 2 points for this course.» (No, the goals are set too low)

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

No, not at all»		1		3%
To some extent»		12		44%
Yes, definitely»		11		40%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		3		11%

Genomsnitt: 2.59

- The course by itself was pretty straight forward and easy to understand, but the exam questions were forulated in a way that was hard to interpret. the home assignments were easy to understand though.» (No, not at all)
- The exam was bit different from previous exams but did indeed try to assess the goals.» (To some extent)
- The exam did not fully mirror the course.» (To some extent)
- Questions were different than expected. Important areas of the course were not covered, focus on some aspects tat were different from old exams or exercises.» (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»		3		9%
Large extent»		19		61%
Great extent»		9		29%

Genomsnitt: 3.19

- Bengt is very good on explaining and gives a lot of examples which makes it easier to understand.» (Great extent)
- Good explanations and clear definitions. It was easy to see what the different parts were leading to.» (Great extent)
- Good explanations, information that was not in the script.» (Great extent)

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

Small extent»		2		6%
Some extent»		6		18%
Large extent»		14		43%
Great extent»		10		31%

Genomsnitt: 3

- The teaching and the course literature were almost identical. » (Small extent)
- Considering that the only course literature is the lecture notes. » (Some extent)
- The only thing missing is some sort of index in the compendium.» (Large extent)
- It was easy to connect the lecture notes to the lectures and to look up something you wanted to know.» (Large extent)
- Good lecture script with understandable explanatory tects.» (Large extent)

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

Very badly»		1		3%
Rather badly»		0		0%
Rather well»		20		62%
Very well»		11		34%

Genomsnitt: 3.28

- Never uploaded on the date that the PM said.» (Very badly)
- Sometimes uploaded information och files was a little bit late on the course homepage.» (Rather well)
- Just some format issues in the course literature. One chapter was completely messed up and impossible to read. However available as pdf on the course homepage.» (Rather well)
- Please add to the web page info about when and where the exam review is.» (Rather well)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		0		0%
Rather good»		8		25%
Very good»		17		53%
I did not seek help»		7		21%

Genomsnitt: 3.96

- Bengt was allways available and willing to answer my questions.» (Very good)
- Questions was clearly investigated during the lectures and lecture breaks.» (Very good)
- But I felt that i had that option if i wanted to.» (I did not seek help)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		1		3%
Rather well»		4		12%
Very well»		27		84%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.81

11. How was the course workload?

Too low»		2		6%
Low»		3		9%
Adequate»		25		78%
High»		2		6%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.84

- The assignments were far too easy. This made the final exam a bit harder to deal with, as the assignments leading up to it did not reinforce as much of the material and concepts as they should have.» (Too low)

12. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		2		6%
Adequate»		17		53%
High»		10		31%
Too high»		3		9%

Genomsnitt: 3.43

- Due to project course in MPPEN.» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

13. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		1		3%
Adequate»		9		28%
Good»		17		53%
Excellent»		5		15%

Genomsnitt: 3.81 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- We spent too much time on the little minutia of things. I still barely understand how/when knowledge of this subject would benefit me as an engineer. Not enough practical examples have been given, instead the focus was on very detailed (and sometimes painfully slow and dull) theory without discussion of application or context.» (Fair)
- The course is good. But I think the course is not worth 7.5 credits.» (Good)
- An interesting subject, and well performed lectures. It gets more interesting when you hear that Bengt is interested in the subject. » (Good)

14. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

15. What should definitely be changed to next year?

16. Additional comments