Visa resultat

MPWPS 1213-4 Radar systems and applications, RRY080

1. What is your study program?

Communication Engineering»		3		25%
Wireless, Photonics and Space Engineering»		7		58%
Exchange student»		2		16%
Other»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.91

Your own effort

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

12 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		2		16%
Around 20 hours/week»		6		50%
Around 25 hours/week»		3		25%
Around 30 hours/week»		0		0%
At least 35 hours/week»		1		8%

Genomsnitt: 2.33

- the most of the work is too compressed near the end of the course, reports deadlines don"t allow much time to study the subject or else» (Around 25 hours/week)

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

12 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		2		16%
75%»		3		25%
100%»		7		58%

Genomsnitt: 4.41

- Would have attended the teaching to larger extent if I could.» (50%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

4. How understandable are the course goals?

The goals are difficult to understand»		1		11%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		5		55%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		3		33%
I have not seen/read the goals»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.22

- A LOT of different things patched together with no deep explanation just a couple of slides where formulas comes out from nowhere.» (The goals are difficult to understand)
- The goals are given in the instruction class, but it was just outline. It could be more clarified.» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)
- To change the goals the last lecture can"t be ok according to the Chalmers rules.» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)

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

10 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		0		0%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		9		90%
No, the goals are set too high»		1		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.1

- Reasonable but it was a hard course compared to many other.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- Having taken the remote sensing course, I had an easier time than some of my fellow students.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)

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

No, not at all»		0		0%
To some extent»		4		36%
Yes, definitely»		7		63%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.63

- something are just repetition of already seen exercises that had no explanation anywhere during the course. Formulas sometimes had to be learned by heart.» (To some extent)
- Understand goals in exam basically.» (To some extent)

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		4		33%
Large extent»		7		58%
Great extent»		1		8%

Genomsnitt: 2.75

- Lars" lectures were a bit boring. Maybe, integration of real life examples and applications would make lectures more interesting.» (Some extent)
- Sometimes the teaching was VERY confused, unprecise and also not explanatory at all in rare cases. Sometimes it also lacked of coherence, not showing the goal to reach or the importance of the result, bringing the lecture to a mere exercise of math or a reading of the slides.» (Some extent)
- The lectures were really good but the tutorials could have been better prepared.» (Large extent)
- Mixing power point and board can sometimes complicate life for students. What is woth writing down? Will the material presented on the board be accessible somewhere else?» (Large extent)

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

Small extent»		1		8%
Some extent»		5		41%
Large extent»		5		41%
Great extent»		1		8%

Genomsnitt: 2.5

- The course book is the worst one Ive had since kindergarden.» (Small extent)
- The main textbook is OK for the first part (detection and signal processing) but very bad for SAR. The accompanying material for SAR helped a lot. » (Some extent)
- The course book was not very helpful when it came to ISAR/SAR, however, the recommended "Principles of modern radar - Basic principles" was.» (Some extent)
- The course book: Very little The lecturenotes: Pretty much» (Some extent)
- The book was useful in some cases, but jumping around 500 pages of book to find a solution for a Home Exercise appears quite a nuissance. The slides are sometimes non consistent. The Past exams were not enough. PLEASE EXPLAIN the critical passages in the exam/exercises, the final number doesn"t mean anything unless it"s the one I"ve got too!» (Large extent)
- I used the book a lot but it wasn"t a book I would recommend. There was basically no explanation at all of how the different equations were derived. » (Large extent)
- The book (Sullivan) were good in many aspects, but I found the chapter on signal processing difficult to understand. Where there were no explanation one could find a source reference. I should not be forced to borrow ten more books just to be able to understand the first one.» (Large extent)

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		0		0%
Rather well»		5		41%
Very well»		7		58%

Genomsnitt: 3.58

- I would prefer to have the Home Exercise handouts a bit earlier and also the past exams in order to be prepared in time instead of rush at the last minute. Home Exercises Handouts:more information before the actual exercise, sometimes the questions were hard to understand because of the topic had not been explained.» (Rather well)
- much clearly» (Rather well)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		2		16%
Rather good»		6		50%
Very good»		4		33%
I did not seek help»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.16

- I didnt feel that I got anything out of it due to poot explanations a lot of times.» (Rather poor)
- The professor and tutors were always available and ready to help and easy to find. The tutors expecially were very helpfull during the various reports and very fast in answer any quiestion.» (Very good)

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

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		1		9%
Rather well»		6		54%
Very well»		4		36%
I did not seek cooperation»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.27

- I had to do the lab report on my own because my (poor) team mate didn"t have a clue on what we were doing (and neither did I). You should check the team formation in order to pair people with experience with those who don"t have.» (Rather poorly)

12. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		8		66%
High»		4		33%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.33

- It was not expeccially high but matched with another course it would have been pretty hard to follow them both decently.» (High)

13. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		6		54%
High»		4		36%
Too high»		1		9%

Genomsnitt: 3.54

Summarizing questions

14. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		1		8%
Adequate»		5		41%
Good»		6		50%
Excellent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.41 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- There are good topics but I didnt get an intuitive feeling for it as is the case for a lot of otjer courses.» (Adequate)
- I think the course is a good course, but needs a bit or a riorganization. The teaching has to be more linear, the home exercises has to be explained and the topic regarding them has to be fully explained at lesson. The goal has to be clarified, and the path to it has to be clearly shown.» (Adequate)
- The time it took for the lab report to be corrected was way too long. Most of us handed it in in the second week but we didnt receive them until the last week. If everything was okey with the report I wouldnt really have cared but to fix errors in the exam week is just annoying.» (Good)
- A very interesting course, which answers many questions about target detection and other signal processing aspects.» (Good)

15. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

16. What should definitely be changed to next year?

17. Additional comments