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KMG060 Systems biology 2012, KMG060

Your own effort

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

25 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		8		32%
Around 20 hours/week»		7		28%
Around 25 hours/week»		7		28%
Around 30 hours/week»		3		12%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.2

- I learnt new techniques» (Around 30 hours/week)

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

25 svarande

0%»		1		4%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		2		8%
75%»		11		44%
100%»		11		44%

Genomsnitt: 4.24

- It was very interesting course» (100%)

Course content

3. Is the content of the course reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

No, the level of the course is too low»		1		4%
Yes, the content seems reasonable»		23		92%
No, the level of the course is too high»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 2

- The chapters about genomics and transcriptomics were known already. Therefore unnessecary.» (Yes, the content seems reasonable)

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		5		20%
Some extent»		12		48%
Large extent»		5		20%
Great extent»		3		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.24

- some of the lectures were rather useless and incomprehensible or too general and random. The exercises were a lot better. » (Small extent)
- The teachers should improve their English, especially their pronunciation. It was really hard to follow the lectures due to that.» (Some extent)
- The teaching helped me a lot..» (Great extent)

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

Small extent»		6		24%
Some extent»		10		40%
Large extent»		7		28%
Great extent»		2		8%

Genomsnitt: 2.2

- Got most information from lecture notes.» (Small extent)
- Slides wee not too helpful for learning. old exams with solutions were very helpful to learn.» (Some extent)
- vera larg denpendiong on the lecture. Ecpecially the last lectures slides were not very helpefull.» (Some extent)
- Did not buy the books. Only looked att lecture notes.» (Some extent)

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		4%
Rather well»		15		62%
Very well»		8		33%

Genomsnitt: 3.29

- The PP presentations were often uploaded om the HomePage to late. » (Rather badly)
- there has once been confusion with the lecture halls. The room was only updatet on timeedit, but not on the sysbio web page.» (Rather well)
- Sometimes the handouts wasn"t on the webpage before class. If this happens, it would be nice to be given a handout from the lecturer.» (Rather well)
- Sometimes the pp was not able to reach before after the lecture.» (Rather well)
- Material not always out in time for the lectures.» (Rather well)

Lectures

7. How good were the lectures by the different teachers?

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- Intawat as well as Sergios english was very difficult to follow.»
- The lectures felt a bit unorganized. It was difficult to get a grip on what was important. The lectures with PowerPoint could have been more deep into the important parts of the course instead of (like it was sometimes) just skipping from slide to slide and only saying a couple of words on each slide. The lectures given be Sergio that was on Black Board was intresting but could have been more organized. Eg. To write headlines and tell us what we actually was looking at.. And also to write from top to bottom and then switch board instead of writing "here and there". »
- Some pronunciations of Sergio was hard to understand. Also some of the concepts were handled very fast by him.»
- Sergio has to learn how to write on the board and be more structured in general! Tobias were great! Explained slowly so that everybody understood and took it from the begining.»
- It was very hard to follow Sergios lectures. When he wrote on the blackboard there was equations everywhere. Not a singel heading or words at all and no logical order. It was also hard to hear what he said and he just could not explain things so you understood it. »
- Intawat and sergio should improve their english skills. But I think they have a really good knowledge about their topics. Intawat should talk about all slides e presents and shouldn"t skip so many of them. If he thinks the slides are not usefull, they shouldn"t be presented. Less slides is often much better.»
- Sergio needs a course in teaching, it was very difficult to understand his lectures. Demonstrations om the black board were all over the place and there was no clear theme in the lectures. Tobias was just wonderful, very good demonstrations during computer exersizes and very good at explaining, although he only had a small fraction of the course he was a tremendous help! »
- It was hard to follow the metabolism lectures. Tobias Österlund was excellent, but there were to many students for him to be able to give enough time to everybody. »
- Sergio"s accent was tough to follow at times.. But all of them taught very well.. Especially Tobias was the best I feel..»

Intawat Nookaew
25 svarande

1 (bad)»		1		4%
2»		5		20%
3»		8		33%
4»		7		29%
5 (very good)»		3		12%
No opinion»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.25

Sergio Bordel Velasco
25 svarande

1 (bad)»		10		41%
2»		3		12%
3»		4		16%
4»		6		25%
5 (very good)»		1		4%
No opinion»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.37

Tobias Österlund
25 svarande

1 (bad)»		0		0%
2»		0		0%
3»		0		0%
4»		9		37%
5 (very good)»		15		62%
No opinion»		1

Genomsnitt: 4.62

Exercises

8. How did you find the computer exercises?

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		1		4%
Rather good»		6		24%
Very good»		14		56%
Excellent»		4		16%

Genomsnitt: 3.84

- Good for learning, but there was not much connection between lectures and computer exercises. » (Rather good)
- In the beginning too much was explain so didnt think that much for our selves...but I didn´,t understand that much from the lectures that were connected to the excercises so the excercises helped to understand!» (Rather good)
- By doing computer exercises and reports is the way I learned most about the subject» (Very good)

9. Did you get enough help with computer exercises from the exercise teacher?

No help at all»		0		0%
Too little help»		0		0%
OK help»		6		24%
Good help»		6		24%
Excellent help»		13		52%
I did not ask for help with the computer exercises»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.28 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- At one time Tobias seemed to be alone,» (OK help)
- I would like to specially thank Tobias for the help he gave us during computer exercises» (Excellent help)
- It was nice that he took time to explain thoroughly when you had a question.» (Excellent help)
- When Tobias was the teacher. » (Excellent help)
- Very good and nice help.» (Excellent help)
- Very good at explaining!» (Excellent help)

10. To what extent did the computer exercises help you learn the course?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		9		36%
Large extent»		5		20%
Great extent»		11		44%

Genomsnitt: 3.08

- I feel we did not have enough background knowledge to comprehend the way of programming etc, but the content of the exercises were valuable and good for understandning.» (Some extent)
- Got a better grip on what systems biology is about. Liked that it"s to put in and then evaluate the data that was important, and not only the programming.» (Great extent)
- Good complement to the lectures» (Great extent)
Genomsnitt totalt för detta stycke: 4.28

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		1		4%
Rather good»		10		40%
Very good»		12		48%
I did not seek help»		2		8%

Genomsnitt: 3.6

12. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		6		24%
Adequate»		15		60%
High»		4		16%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.92

Exam

13. How was the exam?

Very difficult»		3		12%
Quite difficult»		16		64%
Not so difficult»		6		24%
Easy»		0		0%
Didn"t take the exam»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.12

- The second exercise was difficult to interpret and to do. I don´,t think it should take 30% of the exam» (Very difficult)
- Question no. 2 was very tricky! Would have been better if it was divided into some subquestions.» (Quite difficult)
- I think the exam was reasonable but too little time!» (Quite difficult)
- Good exam» (Quite difficult)
- I found the exam slightly too basic and predictable. The last question was ridiculous: very easy concept, high margin for errors due to endless manual calculations » (Not so difficult)

14. Did you find the exam questions relevant for the over-all content of the course?

Yes»		18		72%
No»		7		28%
Didn"t take the exam»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.28

- i think the third exam question could have been shortened. It was a lot of calculation again and again without asking for new knowledge. You could have added additional exercises to scan other knowledge as well.» (Yes)
- It was a good exam but it felt like a lot of the things said during the lectures were abundant.» (Yes)
- I don´,t think that the reporter algorithm should take so many points in the exam. » (No)
- They were relevant to some extent but it would have been good to have some kind of "räknestuga" on a couple of occasions prior to the exam. » (No)

Summarizing questions

15. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		3		12%
Fair»		5		20%
Adequate»		8		32%
Good»		8		32%
Excellent»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.96

- The subject is good but the course felt very disorganized. I didn´,t really understand what you were talking about (exept the cell biology that was too simple since I´,ve studied biotechnology)and when doing calculations no good explanations were given. Only how to solve an equation was explained and that we know quite well already. More explanation of the choice of exations! » (Poor)
- I could have learnt a lot more had the lectures been better» (Fair)
- I think there are better approaches to teach a very interesting subject like this. Too much general basic concepts from biochemistry and then suddenly complex papers and examples which weren"t explained well. » (Fair)
- Intresting subject, but the course felt a bit unorganized in the lectures.» (Adequate)

16. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

17. What should definitely be changed to next year?

18. Additional comments