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Term paper & seminars, TEK426

Workload

1. In total, how many hours per week did you spend on this course?

at most 5 hours/week»		5		21%
around 10 hours/week»		8		34%
around 15 hours/week»		9		39%
at least 20 hours/week»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.26

- The workload is not evenly distributed across the semester. It is very intense arounf the hand-in occasions.» (around 15 hours/week)

2. How did you experience the course workload?

Too low»		1		4%
Low»		1		4%
Adequate»		7		30%
High»		8		34%
Too high»		6		26%

Genomsnitt: 3.73

- High intensive in some periods» (High)
- It was not always so easy to distinguish what case was connected to what course. Maybe be a bit more clear about that.» (Too high)
- Since some of the other courses that are included in the program have not adapted their workload to the fact that they are onlu 6hp, the overall workload during the semester is too high. I have constantly felt stressed and have had to study every weekend to keep up. » (Too high)
- Both the term paper and the host company case was too big to fit together in a course of 6 credits.» (Too high)

Learning objectives

3. How understandable are the learning objectives of the course?

I have not seen/read the objectives»		6		26%
The objectives clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		3		13%
They give some guidance, but could be clarified further»		8		34%
The objectives are difficult to understand»		6		26%

Genomsnitt: 2.6

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

Yes, the objectives seem reasonable»		13		59%
No, the objectives are set too low»		1		4%
No, the objectives are set too high»		8		36%

Genomsnitt: 1.77

- The objectives in paper seem rather reasonable. The difficulty is however that the professor"s evaluation (grading) is more or harder than what is understood by the student.» (Yes, the objectives seem reasonable)
- Many things in all of the courses this fall, not only this course had a heavy load.» (No, the objectives are set too high)
- Maybe not too many points, but me and many others hadn"t ever written something like a term paper before so maybe it would be nice with some more lectures on the structure of a report and such.» (No, the objectives are set too high)

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

Yes, definitely»		4		17%
Yes, to some extent»		9		39%
No, not at all»		5		21%
I don’,t know»		5		21%

Genomsnitt: 2.47

Course administration

6. What is your overall assessment of the course administration in this course?

Has worked very well»		9		39%
Has worked rather well»		8		34%
Has worked rather badly»		5		21%
Has worked very badly»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 1.91

- Good that email are sent to all, not only at studieportalem.» (Has worked very well)
- Confusing messages along the semester, different each time and even the grading changed half way. » (Has worked rather badly)

7. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help from the course examiner (Lars Bankvall)?

Very good»		11		50%
Rather good»		4		18%
Rather poor»		1		4%
Very poor»		0		0%
I did not seek help»		6		27%

Genomsnitt: 2.36

- I would have liked either one more consulting session for the term paper or to push the second one further into the future to be able to get further with that one. Since it felt you had to "walk in the dark" for quite som time when it came to the writing.» (?)
- Lars has done a really good job!» (Very good)

8. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help from the course secretary (Nojan Najafi)?

Very good»		2		8%
Rather good»		4		17%
Rather poor»		1		4%
Very poor»		0		0%
I did not seek help»		16		69%

Genomsnitt: 4.04

9. How do you assess the relevance of the course information received from the course examiner (Lars Bankvall)?

Very relevant»		8		34%
Rather relevant»		12		52%
Rather irrelevant»		3		13%
Very irrelevant»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.78

- too long and confusing emails» (Rather relevant)

Lectures

10. What lectures have you attended?

(på denna fråga var det möjligt att välja flera svarsalternativ)

Course information»		23		100%
Search for literature»		22		95%
Structure and Content»		23		100%
Presentation skills»		22		95%

- More presentation skills lesson!» (Course information, Search for literature, Structure and Content, Presentation skills)

11. To what extent have the lectures been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		1		4%
Large extent»		3		13%
Some extent»		10		43%
Small extent»		9		39%

Genomsnitt: 3.17

- Many things are just repetition.» (Some extent)
- On a totally different level than what was needed to complete the course.» (Small extent)

12. To what extent has the specific lecture on "Course information" been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		3		13%
Large extent»		5		21%
Some extent»		11		47%
Small extent»		4		17%

Genomsnitt: 2.69

13. How do you assess the pedagogical ability of the lecturer on "Course information" (Lars Bankvall)?

Very strong»		6		26%
Rather strong»		16		69%
Rather weak»		1		4%
Very weak»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.78

- There where still some confusion about the information received after the lecture.» (Rather strong)

14. To what extent has the specific lecture on "Search for literature" been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		1		4%
Large extent»		5		21%
Some extent»		8		34%
Small extent»		9		39%

Genomsnitt: 3.08

- I did not attend, change this question!» (Some extent)
- I knew most of it before since the bachelor» (Small extent)
- This feels irrelevant for master level, not the first time we have searched for literature. » (Small extent)

15. How do you assess the pedagogical ability of the lecturer on "Search for literature" (Jan Magnusson)?

Very strong»		4		18%
Rather strong»		12		54%
Rather weak»		3		13%
Very weak»		3		13%

Genomsnitt: 2.22

- Omg. I did not go» (Rather strong)

16. To what extent has the specific lecture on "Structure and Content" been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		0		0%
Large extent»		5		21%
Some extent»		8		34%
Small extent»		10		43%

Genomsnitt: 3.21

- If you just did your bachelor thesis this was a little much.» (Small extent)

17. How do you assess the pedagogical ability of the lecturer on "Structure and Content" (Benedikte Borgström)?

Very strong»		0		0%
Rather strong»		11		47%
Rather weak»		5		21%
Very weak»		7		30%

Genomsnitt: 2.82

- Focus more on holistic view of a case.» (Rather weak)
- She was so bad, didnt learn anything from this lecture.» (Very weak)
- Not inspiring and was quite hard to follow. » (Very weak)

18. To what extent has the specific lecture on "Presentation skills" been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		6		27%
Large extent»		7		31%
Some extent»		4		18%
Small extent»		5		22%

Genomsnitt: 2.36

- More of these interactive classes.» (Great extent)
- Very good!» (Great extent)
- This lecture was very interesting and interactive. I would definetely recommend it for next year.» (Great extent)
- Good for other courses and event but not useful for this specific course. » (Large extent)

19. How do you assess the pedagogical ability of the lecturer on "Presentation skills" (Rebecca Bergman)?

Very strong»		13		59%
Rather strong»		7		31%
Rather weak»		1		4%
Very weak»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 1.54

- Fun lecture!» ( Very strong)
- Did not have Rebecca Bergman, her name was something else. » ( Very strong)

Term paper supervision and seminars

20. Which term paper supervisor did you have?

Lars Bankvall»		1		4%
Magnus Blinge»		2		8%
Benedikte Borgström»		6		26%
Arni Halldorsson»		5		21%
Ola Hultkrantz»		3		13%
Maria Lindholm»		3		13%
Nojan Najafi»		3		13%

Genomsnitt: 4.21

- He was one of the best tutors I"ve had. Supporting but also challenging and he seemed to care so much about you and your work.» (Arni Halldorsson)

21. What is your overall assessment of your supervisor?

Very good»		13		56%
Rather good»		6		26%
Rather poor»		3		13%
Very poor»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 1.65

- He isn"t afraid to say that something is inadeqate, and that is a good thing! He is also knowledgeable in several areas which make you listen to what he says, and he gives good input for your questions and such. » (Very good)
- Did not get any written feedback at the seminars and also very little oral feedback during these seminars from the supervisor.» (Rather poor)
- I feel my suporvisor was of little help in meeting the goals expected from this activity. It was not clear what to achieve or focus nor how to do so. More of the answers of the supervisor seemed to encourage for the student to follow the line of research that he wanted. Furthermore,the comments on the second seminar were very positive. However, the grading did not correspond to the feedback given. In addition, the evaluation seemed to ask for more to the student than what is has been lead to during the whole supervision process.» (Rather poor)

22. To what extent has the term paper supervision been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		6		26%
Large extent»		8		34%
Some extent»		6		26%
Small extent»		3		13%

Genomsnitt: 2.26

- In the end, quite som help was given here! It is good that it is quite early so the writing process starts in time!» (Great extent)
- I would recommend to have three term paper seminars intead of two. In this way it is possible to mature the paper as the students would have had more opportunity to understand his/her topic. Thus make a better use of the supervision. » (Some extent)

23. To what extent has term paper seminar 1 (term paper drafts) been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		6		26%
Large extent»		8		34%
Some extent»		7		30%
Small extent»		2		8%

Genomsnitt: 2.21

- Good to discuss with others since you are all alone.» (Great extent)
- Very different levels of the people in the group. Since they were much less experienced of writing papers, it was hard to get that much useful feedback.» (Some extent)

24. To what extent has term paper seminar 2 (final papers) been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		5		21%
Large extent»		7		30%
Some extent»		10		43%
Small extent»		1		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.3

- Nice to evaluate the results.» (Great extent)
- It almost needs to be longer, it felt like and same for the first seminar. We were only 4 in our group, but in seminar 2 Arni didn"t get a chance to say anything which would have been appreciated, to have a discussion face-to-face not only with your fellow student friends but with supervisor as well!» (Some extent)
- I really would have appreciated to be told what was actually missing in my term paper as I received just good comments. Yet the final grade did not correspond the effort put on it.» (Some extent)

Host company case report

25. To what extent has the writing of the host company case report been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		0		0%
Large extent»		10		43%
Some extent»		6		26%
Small extent»		7		30%

Genomsnitt: 2.86

- Learned about a new industry, good for the future. » (Large extent)
- It felt like that part was largely overshadowed by the term paper so, much focus was not put here unfortunantely. » (Some extent)

26. How has the interaction with your host company worked?

Very good»		10		43%
Rather good»		10		43%
Rather poor»		3		13%
Very poor»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.69

- Our contact person rescheduled the second meeting and was then sick for this appointment so we only had a very short phone interview. Worked better for the first interview.» (Rather good)
- Fairly ok even though they are very busy.» (Rather good)
- It has worked ok, but our first contact stopped just very suddenly, but it all worked out okay in the end!» (Rather good)

27. How well has the cooperation between you and your fellow students in the host company case group worked?

Very good»		15		65%
Rather good»		7		30%
Rather poor»		1		4%
Very poor»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.39

- Worked very well with two or maybe three of them. Two members did not contribute with anything useful. » (Rather good)

28. To what extent has the host company case seminar been of help for your learning?

Great extent»		3		13%
Large extent»		3		13%
Some extent»		12		52%
Small extent»		5		21%

Genomsnitt: 2.82

- Don"t make everyone present at one seminar, split them up like the last seminar,» (Some extent)

Summarizing questions

29. What is your general impression of the course?

Excellent»		3		13%
Good»		7		30%
Adequate»		4		17%
Fair»		4		17%
Poor»		5		21%

Genomsnitt: 3.04

- I can see the point of learning how to write a report but with this structure it does not really help. In order to help and develop, more supervision is required! And also, depending on your tutor you learn quite different things, a more equal judgement would be better!» (Adequate)
- Too much workload. I don"t know how you were thinking that we should manage all courses at the same time? There were no time even if you study 10 hours a day every week the whole semester... Really bad course! You didn"t put any time for this course on the weekly schedule, this course was something that we had to work with on nights and weekends and I think that is really bad! On top of that we didn"t get any help, we had to find out our self how to wright this shity paper! One of the worst courses I have ever taken...» (Poor)

30. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

31. What should definitely be changed to next year?

32. Additional comments