2014 CLASS survey
2014 Class Availability Student Survey (CLASS)1
REPORT ON CLASS AVAILABILITY
Institutional Research, Assessment and Policy Studies
University of California Santa Cruz
Background
This report presents results from the Class Availability Student Survey (CLASS). The
primary focus of the survey is to measure the availability of different types of courses based on
student experience with registering for classes they wanted and/or planned to take. Specifically,
we asked students about how successful they were in registering for all courses they “wanted or
planned to take,” classes for their major (“major courses”), and classes that satisfy General
Education requirements (“GE courses”). We also asked students whether they felt that they were
on track to graduate on time, and whether inability to register for needed courses affected one’s
progress toward graduation. The survey asked about student interest in and need to take courses
in summer session as well as about using strategies such as “crashing” courses and registering
for “back up” courses (planning to drop them if they got their first choice). The report focuses on
the 2013-2014 academic year and analyzes trends based on four rounds of the CLASS survey
administered in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014. Each round included questions on the two most
recent quarters.
Table of Contents
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Executive Summary
2014 Survey Response Rates
Overall results for all students, 2010-2014
Changes in Class Availability in 2010-2014 by Class Level
Major and GE Class Availability by Division and Class Level (Fall’13 and Winter’14)
Timely graduation by Division and Frosh vs. Transfer Status
Availability of classes and timely graduation by major and division (Fall’13 and
Winter’14)
“Crashing” and “Back up” courses
Summer Session
Appendices (data tables)
o Specific GE classes with which students had difficulties
o Division and major-specific class availability and timely graduation
o Summer Session (tables and open-ended responses)
o 2014 CLASS questionnaire
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An annual online survey of undergraduate students, CLASS has been a collaboration between students (SUA) and
Institutional Research, Assessment and Policy Studies since 2010. For more information contact Dr. Anna Sher,
asher@ucsc.edu.
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Executive Summary
Fall’13 - Winter’14 results
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There were notable differences in class availaibility between and within the academic
divisions for students with declared majors.
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Class availability was generally better for major classes than for GE classes for both
juniors and seniors across all academic divisions.
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Among the upper-division students who had difficulties with registering for GE courses,
the highest proportion (33%-40%) indicated difficulty with the Practice (PR) and
Ethnicity and Race (ER) in both Fall and Winter quarters across the academic divisions.
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In the Humanities, a large majority (88%) of upper-division students who started as
freshmen at UCSC, and 75% of transfers felt that they were on track to graduate on time
(4 years for those who entered as freshmen, 2 years for transfer students).
Around three-quarters of all students (including transfers) with majors in the Social
Sciences felt that they were on track to graduate on time.
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Almost three-quarters of Arts students who entered UCSC as freshmen were on track,
however, only 50% of transfer students in the Arts were on track to graduate on time.
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In PBSci just over two-thirds of upper-division students who entered as freshmen, and
only 55% of transfer students were on track to graduate on time.
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In the SOE only about half of all students (including transfers) were on track to graduate
on time.
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Between one-quarter and one-third of students in the Humanities, Social Sciences, PBSci,
and SOE (regardless of transfer status) thought they could use the summer session to
makeup one or more quarters needed to graduate on time.
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When registering for Fall and Winter quarters, one-third of students registered for courses
that they intended to drop if they were able to get into a more “ideal” course.
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About 5% of students enrolled in a course after “crashing” and 8% attempted to “crash” a
class but were unable to do so.
Trends
 The overall availability of classes has steadily improved since Winter 2010.
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There has been a small improvement in overall availability of major classes and GE
classes since 2010.
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The percentage of students able to take all the classes they wanted or planned has
increased from 42% in Winter 2010 to 59% in Winter 2014.
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In the last four years, “first choice” classes in majors have been consistently more
available to students than their “first choice” GE classes.
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There has been a notable increase in the percentage of students able to take all GE classes
they wanted or planned from 40% in Winter 2010 to 62% in Winter 2014.
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Summer Session (2014 survey)
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By the time they are seniors, 48% of those who started out as freshmen and 37% of those
who started out as transfers have taken at least one summer class at UCSC. A third of
freshmen entrants have taken a summer class elsewhere by the time they are seniors.
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Of those who have taken summer classes, roughly two thirds took one or two classes and
a third took three or more.
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One quarter of all students who are currently seniors are planning to take at least one
course at UCSC in summer 2014.
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Approximately one third of sophomores are planning to take at least one course in
summer 2014. Among juniors, 35% of freshmen entrants and 45% of transfers are
intending to take summer session this year.
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44% of students who entered as freshmen said they would be interested in a fast track
version of their major that required taking summer session classes and 40% said they
might be interested in such a program. Interest is even greater among students who are
earlier in their student careers.
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Across class levels, over half (52%-59%) of students would be interested in taking
summer courses at UCSC if more courses were offered online that they could take
remotely and about one quarter (25%-30%) said they might be interested.
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Among students who entered as transfers, 67% said that a somewhat or very important
reason for taking summer courses at UCSC was because they transferred in and are
behind.
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The five most popular choices for summer institutes were health studies (32%), foreign
languages (31%), sustainability (21%), scientific instrumentation (20%), and legal
studies/pre law (19%).
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22% of freshmen indicated that they did not know about summer session or what was
being offered.
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For students who were not planning to take summer courses at UCSC this year, the most
common reasons were financial. Almost half (47%) of students indicated that they could
not afford to stay in Santa Cruz for the summer or afford to pay for classes in the
summer. 27% of students indicated that they did not have enough financial aid.
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Regarding what kind of financial aid they would need to consider enrolling in Summer
Session, many students suggested that the university cover the full cost of enrollment
(tuition, fees, and housing), while some students said that they would consider enrolling
even if the university granted at least partial aid for summer classes.
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2014 Response Rates (estimated based on enrollment data).
The online survey was administered March 8-April 8, 2014. About 18% of undergraduate
students registered in Winter 2014 participated in the online survey.2 In the beginning of the
survey students were asked about their major, class level, admission status (transfer), and college
affiliation. Students of all class levels, and transfer students and students who started at UCSC as
freshmen responded to the survey at similar rates.
All undergraduates
Transfer Status
Class Level
2
Freshman
Transfer
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
N
2684
Response
Rates (%)
18%
2278
18%
406
17%
438
660
717
875
16%
19%
19%
17%
Overall response rates for previous rounds of CLASS were the following: 23% in 2011 and 17% in 2012.
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Overall results for all students, 2010-2014
First, we measured class availability based on two items: 1) students reporting that they took as
many classes as they wanted/planned, and 2) every class met a graduation requirement, even if it
was not their first choice. We found the following:
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The overall availability of classes has steadily improved since Winter 2010. In Winter
2014 87% of respondents said that they either took all classes they wanted/ planned, or at
least all of their classes met a graduation requirement compared to 74% in Winter 2010.
This trend is shown in black in Figure 1 (below).
Put another way, in Winter 2014 about 13% of respondents took fewer classes than they
planned/wanted or took at least one class that met no requirements compared to 26% of
respondents in Winter 2010.
There has been a small improvement in overall availability of major classes: in Winter
2014 94% of students were able to take classes in their major, including some classes that
were not their first choice, compared to 89% in Winter 2010. This trend is shown in blue
in Figure 1 (below).
There has been a slight improvement in overall availability of General Education (GE)
classes: in Winter 2014 about 90% were able to take GE classes, including some classes
that were not their first choice, compared to 86% in Winter 2010. This trend is shown in
green in Figure 1 (below).
Figure 1. Trends in class availability Winter 2010-Winter
2014
100%
95%
90%
85%
80%
75%
70%
65%
All classes met requirements
60%
Major classes, incl. not first choice
55%
50%
GE classes, incl. not first choice
Winter'10
Spring'10
Fall'10
Winter'11
Fall'11
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Winter'12
Fall'13
Winter'14
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A more conservative measure of class availability is based on the percentage of students
who were able to take all classes that they wanted/planned or that were their first choice. Based
on this measure, the overall availability of classes and especially of GE classes has improved in
the last four years.
 The percentage of students able to take all the classes they wanted or planned has
increased from 42% in Winter 2010 to 59% in Winter 2014 (see Figure 2, bars on left).
 In the last four years, “first choice” classes in majors have been consistently more
available to students than “first choice” GE classes. Following a small decline in
availability of “first choice” major classes in 2010-11, in the last three years there has
been an improvement to the highest level of availability since 2010 (see Figure 2, blue
columns in the middle).
 There has been a notable increase in the percentage of students able to take all GE classes
they wanted or planned from 40% in Winter 2010 to 62% in Winter 2014 (see Figure 2,
blue columns on right side).
Figure 2. Availability of classes, Winter '10 - Winter '14
30%
28%
61%
62%
winter'14
38%
53%
winter'12
fall'13
35%
56%
fall'11
41%
47%
41%
44%
40%
spring'10
48%
46%
23%
72%
winter'14
40%
24%
70%
29%
63%
winter'12
fall'13
28%
64%
33%
58%
winter'11
fall'11
33%
45%
38%
spring'10
45%
42%
20%
winter'10
30%
57%
19%
66%
spring'10
40%
fall'10
25%
64%
28%
59%
winter'14
winter'10
25%
36%
48%
winter'12
61%
30%
35%
31%
51%
50%
35%
60%
32%
70%
fall'11
80%
fall'13
90%
winter'10
100%
All classes
Wanted/planned
Major classes
winter'11
fall'10
winter'11
0%
fall'10
10%
GE classes
Met requirements, not 1st choice
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Changes in Class Availability in 2010-2014 by Class Level
Since Winter 2010 class availability has improved across students’ class levels. The
survey results for each class level, regardless of students’ majors show that compared to Winter
2010 in Winter 2014:
 Freshmen experienced a substantial improvement (13-17%) in overall availability of
classes and in major classes (see Table 1, below).
 Sophomores experienced an improvement in overall availability of classes (12%) and in
GE classes (7%).
 Juniors experienced a small improvement in overall availability of classes since 2010
(7%).
 Seniors experienced an improvement in overall availability of classes (10%) and in GE
classes (9%).
 For juniors and seniors there was a drop in the availability of major classes during the
2011-2012 academic year, but availability improved again in 2013-2014 (see Figure 3,
below).
Table 1. Change from Winter'10 to Winter'14 in percentage of students who
were able to register for the following classes:
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
All classes met
requirements
13%
12%
7%
10%
Major classes, incl. not
first choice
17%
5%
3%
1%
5%
7%
3%
9%
GE classes, incl. not first
choice
Figure 3. Availability of Major classes by Student Level
(Winter '10, '12, and '14 )
80%
All
planned/wanted
classes
70%
60%
50%
At least 1 class
wasn't 1st
choice
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
'10 '12 '14 '10 '12 '14 '10 '12 '14 '10 '12 '14
FR
SO
JR
SR
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any Major
classes
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Tables 2 and 3 show the changes in availability of classes measured in previous rounds of
CLASS survey.
Table 2. Change from Winter'10 to Winter'11 in percentage of students who were able to
register for the following classes:
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
All classes met
requirements
5%
4%
3%
5%
Major classes, incl. not
first choice
4%
2%
0%
11%
GE classes, incl. not first
choice
3%
1%
0%
8%
Table 3. Change from Winter'10 to Winter'12 in percentage of students who were able to
register for the following classes:
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
All classes met
requirements
5%
9%
12%
9%
Major classes, incl. not
first choice
1%
-1%
12%
7%
GE classes, incl. not first
choice
2%
4%
7%
11%
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2013-14 Major and GE Class Availability by Division and Class Level
We analyzed Fall 2013 and Winter 2014 class availability within each academic division
at UCSC. Students were asked about all classes they planned/wanted, major classes, and GE
classes. In the analysis below we show two measures, (a) they got all the classes they
wanted/planned and (b) all classes at least met a graduation requirement even if they were not a
student’s “first choice” (Figures 4-9). What Figures 4 and 7 (all classes) don’t show is the
percentage of students who had to take a class that did not meet a graduation requirement or who
took fewer classes than planned. Figures 5-6 and 8-9 don’t show the percentage of students who
wanted but could not get into any major classes or GEs. Only students who had a declared major
were part of this analysis.
Number of respondents with declared majors in each division by class level:
Social
Humanities
Sciences
Arts
PBSci
SOE
Freshman
2
1%
9
1%
4
5%
17
4%
15
8%
Soph.
15 11%
74 12%
15 18%
31
8%
16
9%
Junior
53 40% 219 36%
35 42%
131
32%
61 34%
Senior
64 48% 305 50%
30 36%
226
56%
89 49%
134
607
84
405
181
Majors in 2
Divisions
3
2%
8
6%
25 20%
88 71%
124
For Fall 2013 we found:
 Among juniors, students in the Social Sciences and those with double-majors in two
different divisions had the lowest class availability for all classes (see Figure 4, left side).
Juniors in the Physical and Biological Sciences (PBSci) and the School of Engineering
(SOE) had the highest class availability of all the academic divisions.
 Among seniors, students in the Arts Division and those with double majors in two
different divisions had the lowest class availability. Senior students in the Humanities had
the highest class availability for all classes (see Figure 4, right side).
 Class availability was generally better for major classes than for GE classes for both
juniors and seniors in Fall 2013 (see Figure 5 and 6).
 Juniors in the Social Sciences reported the lowest class availability of the academic
divisions for major and GE classes. Juniors with double-majors in two different divisions
were most likely to have taken major classes that were not their first choice.
 For juniors, PBSci and the SOE had the highest availabiltiy for major classes and the Arts
had the highest availability for GE classes.
 For seniors, Humanities had the highest availability for major and GE classes, while the
Social Sciences had the lowest availability.
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31%
22%
72%
62%
18%
73%
24%
22%
All planned/wanted
classes
2 divisions
SOE
62%
Arts
PBSci
67%
Soc Sciences
78%
Humanities
48%
69%
SOE
2 divisions
67%
PBSci
Juniors
Seniors
27%
22%
19%
28%
13%
28%
Not first choice
69%
72%
79%
77%
72%
Soc Sciences
Arts
PBSci
SOE
2 divisions
86%
78%
SOE
Humanities
2 divisions
39%
76%
PBSci
52%
22%
23%
17%
72%
Arts
50%
Soc Sciences
70%
42%
26%
Figure 5. Fall 2013 Availability of Major Classes by Class Level and
Division
Humanities
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Every class met
req-ts
26%
8%
25%
20%
63%
Arts
Humanities
Soc Sciences
44%
65%
30%
19%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
13%
Figure 4. Fall 2013 Availability of All Classes by Class Level and Division
Juniors
All
planned/wanted
classes
Seniors
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18%
21%
18%
70%
71%
73%
Seniors
2 divisions
SOE
25%
63%
Arts
Juniors
Not first
choice
All
planned/want
ed classes
PBSci
27%
60%
Soc Sciences
6%
83%
Humanities
14%
71%
2 divisions
19%
65%
SOE
17%
68%
PBSci
Arts
Soc Sciences
50%
87%
29%
27%
59%
Humanities
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
7%
Figure 6. Fall 2013 Availability of GE Classes by Class Level and Division
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Upper-division students with declared majors who had dificulty registering for GE courses
in Fall 2013 were asked to indicate specific GEs.
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Among the students who had difficulties with GE, the highest proportion (36%)
indicated the Practice (PR) requirement. Students in all divisions except the Arts
indicated difficulties with registering for PR courses (see Appendix).
The next highest proportion (32%) indicated the Ethnicity and Race (ER) requirement.
Students in all divisions except the Humanities indicated difficulties with registering for
ER courses.
One-fifth of these respondents had difficulty registering for the Interpreting Arts and
Media (IM) and Textual Analysis (TA) GE requirements. Registering for IM was
particularly difficult for PBSci students and registering for TA was particularly difficult
for Social Sciences and SOE students.
Under 10% of these respondents had difficulties registering for CC, MF, SI, SR, PE,
C1&C2, and DC courses.
For Winter 2014 we found:
 There were notable differences in class availaibility depending on the academic division
of a student’s major.
 Among juniors, students in the Social Sciences and those with double-majors in two
different divisions had the lowest class availability (see Figure 7, left side). Juniors in
PBSci and SOE had the highest class availability.
 Among seniors, students in the SOE had the lowest class availability, followed by the
Social Sciences majors. Senior students in the Humanities had the highest availability for
all classes, similar to Fall 2013 (see Figure 7, right side).
 Class availability was generally better for major classes than for GE classes for both
juniors and seniors in Winter 2014 (see Figure 8 and 9).
 Juniors with double-majors in two different divisions reported the lowest class
availability for both major and GE classes. Half reported not being able to take any GE
classes. Juniors in the Arts had the highest availabiltiy for major and GE classes.
 For seniors, the availability of major classes was similar across divisions.
 For seniors, the availability of GE classes was lowest for those with double-majors in two
different divisions and highest in the SOE and Humanities.
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28%
70%
2 divisions
30%
64%
15%
75%
PBSci
All
planned/wanted
classes
SOE
24%
72%
Arts
Every class met
req-ts
82%
69%
SOE
Humanities
2 divisions
42%
71%
PBSci
48%
Soc Sciences
Arts
54%
Humanities
61%
26%
21%
68%
Soc Sciences
27%
16%
19%
35%
30%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
13%
Figure 7. Winter 2014 Availability of All Classes by Class Level and Division
Juniors
Seniors
Figure 8. Winter 2014 Availability of Major Classes by Class Level
and Division
70%
21%
24%
15%
21%
23%
22%
22%
19%
17%
42%
80%
34%
90%
24%
100%
Not first choice
60%
79%
74%
83%
79%
73%
78%
80%
83%
78%
All
planned/wanted
classes
53%
30%
59%
40%
71%
50%
20%
10%
Juniors
Seniors
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2 divisions
SOE
PBSci
Arts
Soc Sciences
Humanities
2 divisions
SOE
PBSci
Arts
Soc Sciences
Humanities
0%
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6%
Not first choice
90%
21%
19%
63%
9%
16%
82%
69%
58%
SOE
66%
0%
57%
55%
Soc Sciences
20%
53%
30%
Humanities
40%
PBSci
83%
50%
50%
60%
16%
70%
25%
33%
80%
38%
8%
90%
89%
100%
11%
Figure 9. Winter 2014 Availability of GE Classes by Class Level and
Division
10%
All
planned/wanted
classes
Juniors
2 divisions
SOE
PBSci
Arts
Soc Sciences
Humanities
2 divisions
Arts
0%
Seniors
Upper-division students with declared majors who had dificulty registering for GE courses
in Winter 2014 were asked to indicate specific GEs.
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Similarly to Fall 2013, the highest proportion (40%) of students who had difficulties with
GE, indicated the Practice (PR) requirement. Again, students in all divisions except the
Arts indicated difficulties with registering for PR courses (see Appendix).
Also similarly to Fall 2013, the next highest proportion (33%) indicated the Ethnicity and
Race (ER) requirement. Students in all divisions, including Humanities, indicated
difficulties with registering for ER courses.
One-fifth of these respondents had difficulty registering for the Textual Analysis (TA)
GE requirement. Registering for TA was particularly difficult for students in all divisions
except the Humanities. .
At most 11% of these respondents had difficulties registering for CC, IM, MF, SI, SR,
PE, C1&C2, and DC courses.
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Timely graduation by Division and Frosh vs. Transfer Status
For upper-division students who had declared a major at the time of the survey (March 2014):
 The highest proportion of all divisions was in the Humanities where 88% of students who
started as freshmen at UCSC and 75% of transfers felt that they were on track to graduate
on time (4 years for those who entered as freshmen, 2 years for transfer students).
 Around three-quarters of upper-division students with majors in the Social Sciences (who
started as frosh and transfers) felt that they were on track to graduate on time.
 Almost three-quarters of upper-division Arts students who entered UCSC as freshmen
were on track, however, only 50% of transfer students in the Arts were on track to
graduate on time.
 In PBSci 69% of students who entered as freshmen, and just 55% of transfer students
were on track to graduate on time.
 In the SOE 57% of students who started as frosh and 47% of transfers were on track to
graduate in four and two years respectively.
 Between 21% and 36% of students in the Arts, Social Sciences, PBSci, and SOE
(regardless of transfer status) thought they could use the summer session to makeup one
or more quarters needed to graduate on time.
Figure 10. Percent of upper-division students with declared majors who reported being on
track to graduate on time (4 years for those who entered as freshmen, 2 years for transfer
students).
100%
90%
80%
88%
76%
75%
72%
72%
70%
69%
63%
60%
55%
50%
57%
47%
50%
41%
40%
Started as
Freshmen
30%
20%
Transfer
10%
0%
Humanities
Social
Sciences
Arts
PBSci
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Upper-division students: Do you feel you are on track to graduate on time? (Within 4 years if you came to
UCSC as a freshman, and within 2 years if you came to UCSC as a transfer)
Humanities
No
Not
sure
Yes
Started as
Freshmen
Transfer
Total
6 10%
6 18%
12 13%
1
2
2%
6%
53 88% 25 76%
Social Sciences
Started as
Freshmen Transfer
Total
No
Transfer
44 19% 18 27%
Transfer
40 13% 25 19%
65 15%
8
21% 3
35 12% 12
47 11%
3
8% 4
78 84% 227 75% 93 72% 320 74% 28
72% 7
3
3%
PBSci
Started as
Freshmen
Arts
Started as
Freshmen
9%
SOE
Total
21% 11 21%
29%
7 13%
50% 35 66%
Majors in 2 Divisions
Started as
Freshmen Transfer
Total
Total
Started as
Freshmen
Transfer
62 21%
28 31%
8 25%
36 30% 16
21% 4
24% 20 22%
11 12%
9 28%
20 16% 12
16% 6
35% 18 20%
51 57% 15 47%
66 54% 47
63% 7
41% 54 59%
Not
26 11% 12 18% 38 13%
sure
Yes 158 69% 36 55% 194 66%
Total
Upper-division students: Will you be able to use summer session to make up 1 or more of the additional
quarters you will need to graduate on time?
Humanities
No
Not
sure
Yes
No
Not
sure
Yes
Started as
Freshmen
5 71%
Transfer
3 43%
Social Sciences
Started as
Total
Freshmen Transfer
Total
8 57% 25 34% 14 39% 39 36%
6 43% 22
30% 14
39% 36 33%
5
45% 4
57%
9
50%
0
36%
22% 34 31%
3
27% 2
29%
5
28%
2
29%
4
57%
0
0%
0
0%
0% 26
8
Arts
Started as
Freshmen Transfer
3 27% 1
14%
Total
4 22%
PBSci
Started as
Started as
Freshmen Transfer
Total
Freshmen
30 44% 15 52% 45 46% 20 53%
Majors in 2 Divisions
Started as
Transfer
Total
Freshmen Transfer
Total
8 47% 28 51% 11 39% 6
60% 17 45%
19
28%
6
21% 25 26% 10
26%
3
18% 13 24%
6
21% 3
30%
9
24%
19
28%
8
28% 27 28%
21%
6
35% 14 25% 11
39% 1
10% 12
32%
8
SOE
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2014 CLASS survey
Availability of classes by major and division (Fall ’13 and
Winter’14)
Humanities Division Class Availability (Fall ’13 and Winter ’14)3
Major Classes
In each of the Humanities majors we analyzed, less than 10% of students in Fall 2013 and
Winter 2014 were unable to take any major classes.
Percent of students who took all planned/wanted major courses by major and term
Fall’13
Winter’14
75% - 100%
History, Language St,
Linguistics, Lit, Philosophy
50%-74%
Feminist Studies
(58%)
History, Linguistics, Lit,
Philosophy
Feminist Studies,
Language Studies
Under 50%
-
GE Classes
We measured the demand for GE courses by asking students if they tried to register for
GE courses. We then excluded students who did not try to register from the analysis to estimate
the availability of GE courses. At least 33% of students in a given Humanities major tried but
over 10% of them could not take any GE courses in the following majors:
Fall’13: History (20% could not take any GE).
Winter’14: Feminist Studies, History, Linguistics.
One-Time Graduation for Upper-Division Students
Between 83% and 93% of upper-division respondents were on track to graduate on time
(within 4 years if they started as a freshman and within 2 years if they started as a transfer
student) in History, Language Studies, Linguistics, and Literature. Over one-third of these
respondents were not on track (or not sure) in Philosophy and Feminist Studies.
Being unable to register for one or more courses in the last two academic years was the
reason for students being unsure or not on track in each of the six programs. None of these
students said they could not use summer session to make up one or more quarters needed to
graduate on time.
For more details, please see the tables for each division in the Appendix.
3
American Studies, Classical Studies, and Jewish Studies are not included in the report because they had fewer than
five respondents.
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2014 CLASS survey
Social Sciences Division Class Availability (Fall ’13 and Winter ’14)4
Major Classes
In Fall 2013, over 10% of LALS and Sociology students were unable to take any major
classes. In Winter 2014, over 10% of LALS, LALS/Sociology, Legal Studies, and Economics
students could not take any major classes.
Percent of students who took all planned/wanted major courses by major and term
Fall’13
Winter’14
75% - 100%
BME, Cog Science,
Community Studies,
Economics, ENVS,
ENVS/Bio &
ENVS/Econ.
Cog Science, Community
Studies, ENVS,
ENVS/Bio and
ENVS/Econ.
50%-74%
Anthro (52%), Politics (64%),
Legal Studies (56%), Psych (58%),
LALS/Sociology (67%)
Under 50%
LALS (25%),
LALS/Politics (33%),
Sociology (40%)
LALS (56%), Politics (60%),
Anthro (64%), Legal Studies
(67%), Psych (68%), Economics
(70%), BME (72%)
LALS/Politics (33%),
LALS/Sociology
(40%), Sociology
(49%)
GE Classes
We measured the demand for GE courses by asking students if they tried to register for
GE courses. We then excluded students who did not try to register from the analysis to estimate
the availability of GE courses. At least 33% of students in a given major tried but over 10% of
them could not take any GE courses in the following majors:
Fall’13: BME (26% couldn’t take GE), ENVS (10%), ENVS/Bio (33%), LALS (33%),
Politics (16%), Psych (16%), Sociology (11%).
Winter’14: BME, Legal Studies, Psych, Sociology.
One-Time Graduation for Upper-Division Students5
Over 70% of upper-division respondents were on track to graduate on time (within 4
years if they started as a freshman and within 2 years if they started as a transfer student) in
Anthropology, BME, Economics, ENVS, ENVS/Economics, Legal Studies, Psychology and
Sociology. About one-third of respondents were not on track (or not sure) in Cognitive Science,
LALS/Politics, and Politics. About two-thirds were not on track (or not sure) in ENVS/Biology
and LALS/Sociology. In LALS, only 11% said they were on track to graduate on time.
Being unable to register for one or more courses in the last two academic years was the
reason for students being unsure or not on track in each of the programs. Overall, one-third of
Social Sciences students thought they could use summer session to make up one or more quarter
needed to graduate on time. However, none of the Economics or LALS/Sociology students
thought they could use summer session to make-up quarters.
4
5
Global Economics is not included in this report because it had fewer than five respondents.
Community Studies is not included in this section because it had fewer than five upper-division students.
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2014 CLASS survey
Arts Division Class Availability (Fall ’13 and Winter ’14)
Major Classes
In Fall 2013, 12% of Art students were unable to take any major classes. In all Arts
majors in Winter 2014, less than 10% of students could not take any major classes.
Percent of students who took all planned/wanted major courses by major and term
Fall’13
Winter’14
75% - 100%
HAVC, Music, Theater
HAVC, Music, Theater
50%-74%
FDM
FDM, Art
Under 50%
Art (48%)
GE Classes
We measured the demand for GE courses by asking students if they tried to register for
GE courses. We then excluded students who did not try to register from the analysis to estimate
the availability of GE courses. At least 33% of students in a given major tried but over 10% of
them could not take any GE courses in the following majors:
Fall’13: Art (11%).
Winter’14: FDM (11%), HAVC (20%).
One-Time Graduation for Upper-Division Students
Seventy percent or more of respondents thought that they were on track to graduate on
time (within 4 years if they started as a freshman and within 2 years if they started as a transfer
student) in Art and HAVC. One third of respondents were not on track (or not sure) in Theater
Arts, almost half (44%) were not on track or were unsure in Film and Digital Media, and 75%
were not on track or unsure in Music.
Being unable to register for one or more courses in the last two academic years was the
reason for students being unsure or not on track in each of the programs. Overall, 28% of Arts
students thought they could use summer session to make up one or more quarters needed to
graduate on time. However, none of the Film & Digital Media, HAVC or Music students thought
they could use summer session to make-up quarters.
For more details, please see the tables for each division in the Appendix.
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PBSci Division Class Availability (Fall ’13 and Winter ’14)
Major Classes
In all PBSci majors, less than 10% of students in Fall 2013 and Winter 2014 were unable
to take any major classes.
Percent of students who took all planned/wanted major courses by major and term
Fall’13
Winter’14
75% - 100%
Applied Physics, Astrophysics,
Physics, EEB, Marine Bio,
MCDB, Math
Applied Physics, Astrophysics,
Physics, EEB, Marine Bio,
MCDB, Math, Chemistry,
Biochem, Human Bio
50%-74%
Biochem, Biology,
Chemistry, Earth Sci, Human
Bio, Neuroscience
Biology, Earth Sci,
Neuroscience
Under 50%
-
GE Classes
We measured the demand for GE courses by asking students if they tried to register for
GE courses. We then excluded students who did not try to register from the analysis to estimate
the availability of GE courses. At least 33% of students in a given major tried but over 10% of
them could not take any GE courses in the following majors:
Fall’13: Biology, Chemistry, EEB, Human Bio, Marine Bio, Neuroscience, and MCDB
(25% could not take any GE).
Winter’14: Biology, Chemistry, Human Bio, Marine Bio (28%), MCDB (17%), and
Earth Sci (20%).
One-Time Graduation for Upper-Division Students
Over 70% of upper-division respondents thought that they were on track to graduate on
time (within 4 years if they started as a freshman and within 2 years if they started as a transfer
student) in Biochemistry, Biology, EEB, Marine Biology, and Math. About two-thirds were on
track in Human Biology, MCDB, Neuroscience, and Physics. About half of respondents were on
track in Astrophysics, Chemistry, and Earth Sciences.
Being unable to register for one or more courses in the last two academic years was the
reason for students being unsure or not on track in each of the programs except for Math (where
students did not give reasons). Overall, 27% of PBSci students thought they could use summer
session to make up one or more quarter needed to graduate on time. However, none of the Math,
Neuroscience, or Physics students thought they could use summer session to make-up quarters.
For more details, please see the tables for each division in the Appendix.
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2014 CLASS survey
School of Engineering Class Availability (Fall ’13 and Winter ’14) 6
Major Classes
In all majors in Fall 2013, less than 10% of students could not take any major classes. In
Winter 2014, 13% of Robotics Engineering students were unable to take any major classes.
Percent of students who took all planned/wanted major courses by major and term
Fall’13
Winter’14
75% - 100%
Game Design, EE, Comp.
Eng.
50%-74%
Bioeng, CS, Robotics
Eng, TIM
Game Design, Comp.
Eng., TIM
Bioeng, CS, EE, Robotics
Eng
Under 50%
-
GE Classes
We measured the demand for GE courses by asking students if they tried to register for
GE courses. We then excluded students who did not try to register from the analysis to estimate
the availability of GE courses. At least 33% of students in a given major tried but over 10% of
them could not take any GE courses in the following majors:
Fall’13: Bioeng (20% could not take any GE), Robotics Eng. (38%).
Winter’14: Robotics Eng. (17%).
One-Time Graduation for Upper-Division Students
Between 60% and 67% of upper-division respondents were on track to graduate on time
(within 4 years if they started as a freshman and within 2 years if they started as a transfer
student) in Computer Game Design , CS, and TIM. About half of Bioengineering and Computer
Engineering respondents were on track. However, about 80% were not on track (or not sure) in
Electrical Engineering and Robotics Engineering.
Being unable to register for one or more courses in the last two academic years was the
reason for students being unsure or not on track in each of the programs. One-quarter of SOE
students thought they could use summer session to make up quarters in order to graduate on
time.
For more details, please see the tables for each division in the Appendix.
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Network and Digital Technology, and Bioinformatics are not included in the report because they had fewer than
five respondents.
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2014 CLASS survey
“Crashing” Courses
Students were asked how many of their courses they enrolled in after “crashing”
(showing up the first day to a full class to try to get a permission code from the instructor). They
were also asked how many classes they enrolled in that they intended to drop if they were able to
enroll in other, more ideal, classes.
In both fall and winter, the vast majority of students did not crash any classes. Ultimately,
only about 5% of students enrolled in a course after crashing. However, there were a number of
students (8%) both quarters that attempted to crash a class but were unable to do so. In an
attempt to get classes they wanted, one-third of students in both fall and winter registered for
courses that they intended to drop if they were able to get into a more ideal course.
How many of your total classes did you register for after "crashing”? (by term)
Fall 2013
Winter 2014
Percent
I didn't crash any classes
I tried to crash but was unable to successfully enroll
I crashed one or more classes
Total
87%
Count
1802
Percent
88%
Count
1659
8%
157
8%
157
5%
102
4%
79
100%
2061
100%
1895
Did you enroll in a class you intended to drop if you were able to register for a more ideal
class? (by term)
Fall 2013
Winter 2014
Percent
Count
Percent
Count
No
67%
1584
65%
1447
Yes
33%
791
35%
789
Total
100%
2375
100%
2236
Next, we analyzed “crashing” by class level. In Fall 2013, juniors were most likely to
have crashed (7% successfully and 10% unsuccessfully). Crashing rates for sophomores and
juniors were similar, while freshman were least likely to crash. Juniors were also most likely to
have registered for classes they intended to drop.
In Winter 2014, sophomores were most likely to have crashed a class (5% successfully
and 10% unsuccessfully). Juniors and seniors were similarly likely to have successfully crashed a
class, and about 8% of freshman, juniors, and seniors tried to crash but were unsuccessful in
Winter 2014.
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2014 CLASS survey
How many of your total classes did you register for after "crashing" in Fall 2013?
Freshman Sophomore
Junior
Senior
I didn't crash any classes
94.7%
86.5%
83.7%
87.4%
I tried to crash but was unable to
4.7%
8.1%
9.8%
7.1%
successfully enroll
I crashed one or more classes
.6%
5.4%
6.5%
5.5%
During the registration period in Fall 2013, did you enroll in a class you intended to
drop if you were able to register for a more ideal class?
No
Yes
Freshman
76.2%
23.8%
Sophomore
63.8%
36.2%
Junior
60.2%
39.8%
Senior
69.7%
30.3%
How many of your total classes did you register for after "crashing" in Winter 2014?
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
I didn't crash any classes
90.4%
85.5%
87.3%
87.8%
I tried to crash but was unable to
7.5%
10.0%
7.4%
8.2%
successfully enroll
I crashed one or more classes
2.1%
4.6%
5.2%
4.0%
During the registration period in Winter Quarter, did you enroll in a class you intended
to drop if you were able to register for a more ideal class?
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
No
68.2%
60.7%
62.0%
68.4%
Yes
31.8%
39.3%
38.0%
31.6%
We also analyzed crashing by division (only for those who had declared a major).
Students who are double majors with majors in two different divisions were most likely to have
crashed a class in Fall 2013 (13%) followed by students in the Arts division (12%). Students who
are double majors with majors in two different divisions and students in the Social Sciences were
most likely to unsuccessfully attempt to crash a class (9% each). Across divisions, the percentage
of students who enrolled in a course in Fall 2013 that they intended to drop ranged from 25% in
the SOE to 44% in the Arts.
In Winter 2014 students in the Arts division were most likely to have crashed a class
(9%) while those in the Humanities and Social Sciences were most likely to have attempted to
crash but were unsuccessful (10% and 9%, respectively). Across divisions, the percentage of
students who enrolled in a course they intended to drop in Winter 2014 ranged from 31% in
PBSci to 42% in the Arts.
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2014 CLASS survey
How many of your total classes did you register for after "crashing" in Fall Quarter 2013? 7
Social
Majors in 2
Humanities Sciences
Arts
PBSci
SOE
Divisions
I didn't crash any classes
85.2%
83.5%
82.0%
91.0%
84.6%
77.6%
I tried to crash but was
unable to successfully
7.4%
9.2%
6.6%
7.3%
7.4%
9.4%
enroll
I crashed one or more
7.4%
7.3%
11.5%
1.7%
8.1%
12.9%
classes
During the registration period in Fall Quarter, did you enroll in a class you intended to drop
if you were able to register for a more ideal class?
Social
Majors in 2
Humanities
Arts
PBSci
SOE
Sciences
Divisions
No
64.6%
60.2%
55.7%
72.2%
75.3%
61.3%
Yes
35.4%
39.8%
44.3%
27.8%
24.7%
38.7%
How many of your total classes did you register for after "crashing" in Winter Quarter
2014?
Majors in
Social
Humanities
Arts
PBSci
SOE
2
Sciences
Divisions
I didn't crash any classes
83.3%
85.3%
83.3%
89.5%
89.1%
91.1%
I tried to crash but was
unable to successfully
10.4%
9.4%
7.6%
7.6%
7.0%
6.3%
enroll
I crashed one or more
6.3%
5.2%
9.1%
2.9%
3.9%
2.5%
classes
During the registration period in Winter Quarter, did you enroll in a class you intended to
drop if you were able to register for a more ideal class?
Social
Majors in 2
Humanities
Arts
PBSci
SOE
Sciences
Divisions
No
68.3%
58.7%
58.5%
69.4%
69.2%
67.6%
Yes
31.7%
41.3%
41.5%
30.6%
30.8%
32.4%
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Includes only students with declared majors.
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Summer Session
Detailed results (data tables are included in Appendix)
Since starting at UCSC, how many classes have you taken during summer sessions?

Of seniors who entered UCSC as freshmen, 48% had taken at least one summer class at
UCSC and 33% had taken at least one summer class at another institution.

Of seniors who entered UCSC as transfers, 37% had taken at least one summer class at
UCSC and 30% had taken at least one summer class at another institution.
How many classes do you plan to take at UCSC in summer 2014?

Overall, 30% of students planned to take at least one class at UCSC in summer 2014.
Juniors were the most likely to plan to take one or more summer classes (38%), while
freshmen were the least likely (22%).

Overall, very few students (6%) planned to take more than two classes at UCSC in
summer 2014.

Juniors who entered as transfers were more likely to plan to take one or more classes at
UCSC in summer 2014 than juniors who entered as freshmen (45% compared to 35%).
If your major offered a 3-year track (or a 4-year track for majors that usually take more
than 4 years) that required taking summer classes at UCSC, would you be interested in
pursuing a fast track version of your major?

Of students who entered as freshmen, almost half (44%) of students said they would be
interested in pursuing a fast track version of their major that required taking summer
classes at UCSC and 40% said they might be interested.

Unsurprisingly, students who were earlier in their career were more interested in pursuing
a fast track version of their major than those who were later in their student career. 92%
of freshmen said they would or might be interested in pursuing a fast track version of
their major, compared to 77% of seniors.
If UCSC offered "summer institutes," that is 2-or-3-course programs of study that help
students develop an interest or skills in specialized or pre-professional areas, would you be
interested in any of the following programs? (select one or more)

The five most popular choices for summer institutes were health studies (32%), foreign
languages (31%), sustainability (21%), scientific instrumentation (20%), and legal
studies/pre law (19%).

Very few students (5% or less) were interested in summer institutes on Shakespeare and
Bayesian statistics.
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Would you be interested in taking summer courses at UCSC if more courses were offered
online that you can take remotely?

Overall, 57% of students would be interested in taking summer courses at UCSC if more
courses were offered online that they could take remotely and 27% said they might be
interested.
Which of the following requirements will be satisfied by these summer classes you plan to
take at UCSC in 2014? (Select all that apply)

Satisfying a major requirement was the most common reason selected by students overall
for taking a summer class at UCSC in 2014 (79% selected this choice). Satisfying a GE
requirement was the reason for 39%.

Students earlier in their career were more likely than those later in their student career to
plan to take a summer course to satisfy a GE (67% of freshmen compared to 30% of
seniors) and less likely to plan to take a summer course to satisfy a major elective (17%
of freshmen compared to 31% of seniors).

Among juniors and seniors, students who entered as freshmen were more likely than
students who entered as transfers to plan to take a course that satisfied a GE (41% and
35% compared to 26% and 16%) and less likely to plan to take a class that satisfied a
major elective (22% and 29% compared to 42% and 40%).
How important were each of the following reasons in your decision to take summer classes
at UCSC?

The reasons rated as most important by students for taking summer classes at UCSC
included taking major classes (94%), graduating on time or sooner (89%), taking GE
classes (58%), participating in an internship/field study (53%), and taking an elective
(49%).

Among students who entered as transfers, 67% of juniors and seniors said that a
somewhat or very important reason for taking summer courses at UCSC was because
they transferred in and are behind.

Freshmen were more likely than other students to indicate that taking GE classes,
participating in an academic summer program, or participating in an internship/field
study were somewhat important or very important reasons for deciding to take summer
classes.

Among juniors and seniors, those who entered as freshmen were more likely than those
who entered as transfers to rate taking GE classes (56% and 63% compared to 45% and
30%) and staying in the area over the summer for recreational reasons (40% and 36%
compared to 21% and 19%) as somewhat or very important reasons for taking summer
courses at UCSC.
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Why aren’t you planning to take summer courses this year at UCSC? (Check all that
apply)

Across class levels, the most common reason that students weren’t planning to take
summer courses this year were financial. Almost half (47%) of students indicated that
they could not afford to stay in Santa Cruz for the summer or could not afford to pay for
classes in the summer. 27% of students indicated that they did not have enough financial
aid.

22% of freshmen indicated that they did not know about summer session or what was
being offered.

Juniors and seniors were more likely to indicate that summer session was not offering any
courses that they needed or wanted than freshmen and sophomores (26% and 35%
compared to 12% and 15%, respectively).

Freshman and sophomores were more likely to indicate that they were taking summer
courses somewhere else than juniors and seniors (24% and 21% compared to 13% and
7%, respectively).
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If cost and/or insufficient financial aid prevented you from enrolling in Summer Session,
please tell us more about your situation and what kind of financial aid you would need to
consider enrolling.
Students’ financial situations
 Common financial situations mentioned by students that prevented them from enrolling
in Summer Session included not qualifying for financial aid, plans to work a full-time job
over the summer, personal and family financial strain, and a desire to avoid taking on or
increasing student loan debt.
Response
Category
Example
Working
“I cannot afford to stay for summer session, I work during the summer to
help cover my costs of tuition and supplies for next school year. I wouldn't
be able to pay for school if I went to summer session.”
Didn’t qualify for
financial aid
“According to my parents’ finances, they make enough money to pay for
college, but I am going to be living in Santa Cruz next summer and can't
afford to pay rent and college on my own over summer because loans are
not as readily available.”
Personal and
family financial
strain
“I am from a large, low-income family. My mother is currently not
working and my father is working as an industrial painter. I was fortunate
enough to get all my tuition and fees to be paid by financial aid. However, I
am unsure if with the current financial aid that I have, if I could use that
financial aid for the summer session.”
Avoiding loans
“Don't want to have more student debts. I already have enough loans as it
is.”
Financial aid required to consider enrolling in Summer Session

Regarding the kinds of financial aid they would need to consider enrolling in Summer
Session, many students suggested that the university cover the full cost of enrollment
(tuition, fees, and housing), while some students said that they would consider enrolling
even if the university granted at least partial aid for summer classes. Many students cited
the high cost of living in Santa Cruz as a barrier to enrolling in Summer Session and
expressed a need for housing and aid that covers personal and living expenses. While
several students said that they would consider enrolling in Summer Session if more loans
were available, many students specifically said that they would require grants and
scholarships to enroll because they had already taken out all possible loans and wished to
avoid more debt. Several students said that they would need enough aid to offset the
income they would lose not working over the summer, and several suggested that the
university provide work study opportunities.
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Response Category
Example
Full cost
“I would need financial aid to pay for the enrollment, classes, and
housing.”
Partial aid
“I cannot afford summer sessions. I would need to receive at least
half of the cost of tuition and housing in order to afford it”
Any kind of aid
“Enough to pay off as much as a regular quarter would.”
Tuition
I have no way of paying for summer classes upfront, regardless of
living on or off campus. If financial aid covered tuition I could
take summer classes and commute.
Housing and
personal/living expenses
“Although my FASFA family contribution amount is $0, the
financial aid offered for summer session just covers UCSC
tuition/fees. I would still need to pay for housing, food, and
personal expenses out of pocket. Which is a huge amount,
especially here in Santa Cruz.”
Loans
“I would need a loan or some form of aid.”
Grant/scholarship
“I already take out all of my loans including the unsubsidized,
therefore I have no aid for summer to cover housing or tuition. I
would need more grant/scholarship money so that I would not
have to take out loans so that those loans I can use during summer.
Work study
“Work study or some kind of program that helped house and feed
me.”
Offset lack of income
“Enough to offset not working a summer job: $2000+”
Concerns for transfer students

Students who entered as transfers mentioned some specific financial concerns regarding
enrolling for summer session. Specifically, several students mentioned that they had a
finite number of quarters that they would receive aid and would prefer to use this aid
during the normal school year. One student also mentioned that their grant was not able
to be used for summer courses.
Response Category
Example
Concerns of transfer
students
“Since I am a transfer, I am allowed a limited amount of money
from financial aid, and since I have to be here for three years then
I am going to save the rest available money for the other two.”
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APPENDIX (DATA TABLES)
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Which GE classes did you have difficulty registering for? (Upper Division Students, Fall 2013)
Humanities
Social Sciences
%
Count
%
Count
Arts
% Count
PBSci
% Count
Engineering
% Count
Majors in 2
Divisions
%
Count
%
Total
Count
Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC)
Selected
9%
1
4%
3
40%
2
12%
5
19%
4
13%
1
9%
16
Ethnicity and Race (ER)
Selected
9%
1
29%
24
40%
2
39%
16
43%
9
25%
2
32%
54
Interpreting Arts and Media (IM)
Selected
0%
0
19%
16
0%
0
29%
12
14%
3
25%
2
20%
33
Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MF)
Selected
9%
1
6%
5
20%
1
2%
1
5%
1
25%
2
7%
11
Scientific Inquiry (SI)
Selected
9%
1
10%
8
20%
1
5%
2
5%
1
13%
1
8%
14
Statistical Reasoning (SR)
Selected
36%
4
8%
7
40%
2
2%
1
10%
2
0%
0
9%
16
Textual Analysis (TA)
Selected
9%
1
24%
20
0%
0
17%
7
33%
7
13%
1
21%
36
Perspectives (PE)
Selected
0%
0
7%
6
20%
1
7%
3
10%
2
13%
1
8%
13
Practice (PR)
Selected
18%
2
42%
35
0%
0 44%
18
19%
4
25%
2
36%
61
Composition (C1 & C2)
Selected
9%
1
4%
3
0%
0
2%
1
0%
0
0%
0
3%
5
Disciplinary Communication (DC)
Selected
0%
0
5%
4
0%
0
2%
1
10%
2
0%
0
4%
7
Total N
11
83
5
41
21
8
169
28
Which GE classes did you have difficulty registering for? (Upper Division Students, Winter 2014)
Humanities
Social Sciences
%
Count
%
Count
Arts
% Count
PBSci
% Count
Engineering
% Count
Majors in 2
Divisions
%
Count
%
Total
Count
Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC)
Selected
11%
1
5%
3
0%
0
8%
4
33%
4
9%
1
9%
13
Ethnicity and Race (ER)
Selected
22%
2
26%
15
25%
1
40%
19
58%
7
18%
2
33%
46
Interpreting Arts and Media (IM)
Selected
0%
0
9%
5
0%
0
15%
7
17%
2
9%
1
11%
15
Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MF)
Selected
11%
1
4%
2
0%
0
2%
1
0%
0
9%
1
4%
5
Scientific Inquiry (SI)
Selected
0%
0
4%
2
0%
0
4%
2
0%
0
9%
1
4%
5
Statistical Reasoning (SR)
Selected
44%
4
9%
5
75%
3
4%
2
0%
0
18%
2
11%
16
Textual Analysis (TA)
Selected
0%
0
21%
12
25%
1
25%
12
33%
4
0%
0
21%
29
Perspectives (PE)
Selected
0%
0
5%
3
0%
0
4%
2
8%
1
9%
1
5%
7
Practice (PR)
Selected
44%
4
42%
24
0%
0 40%
19
25%
3
55%
6
40%
56
Composition (C1 & C2)
Selected
0%
0
4%
2
25%
1
0%
0
0%
0
3%
4
Disciplinary Communication (DC)
Selected
0%
0
5%
3
0%
1
8%
1
0%
0
4%
Total N
9
57
1
2%
0
2%
4
48
12
11
5
141
2014 CLASS SURVEY
Humanities pg. 1
Upper-Division Students: Do you feel you are on track to graduate on time? (Within 4 years if you came to UCSC as a
freshman, and within 2 years if you came to UCSC as a transfer)
Fem.
Studies
60%
0%
40%
10
Yes
Not sure
No
Total N
Hist.
83%
4%
13%
24
Lang.
Studies
92%
0%
8%
13
Ling.
90%
0%
10%
10
Lit.
93%
3%
3%
29
Philo.
60%
20%
20%
5
Total
85%
3%
12%
100%
Total
58%
42%
77
3
11
91
Upper-Division Humanities students were "not sure" or "not on track" because…
I was unable to register in 1 or more courses Yes
I needed this academic year
No
Total
I was unable to register in 1 or more courses Yes
I needed last academic year
No
Total
I was unable to register in a course in my
Yes
major that is part of a sequence
No
Total
I am not on track for reasons other than not Yes
being able to get into classes I need
No
Total
Fem.
Studies
75%
25%
Hist.
0%
100%
Lang.
Studies
100%
0%
Ling.
100%
0%
Lit.
50%
50%
Philo.
100%
0%
100%
0%
25%
75%
100%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
77%
23%
75%
25%
67%
33%
100%
0%
100%
0%
50%
50%
100%
0%
75%
25%
25%
75%
33%
67%
0%
100%
0%
100%
50%
50%
0%
100%
23%
77%
7
5
12
10
3
13
9
3
12
3
10
13
2014 CLASS SURVEY
Humanities pg. 2
Upper-Division Students: Will you be able to use summer session to make up 1 or more of the additional quarters you will need
to graduate on time?
Fem.
Lang.
Studies
Hist.
Studies
Ling.
Lit.
Philo.
Total
Yes
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0
Not sure
75%
25%
100%
0%
50%
0%
46%
6
No
25%
75%
0%
100%
50%
100%
54%
7
Total
13
2014 CLASS SURVEY
Arts pg. 1
Upper-Division Students: Do you feel you are on track to graduate on time? (Within 4 years if you came to UCSC as a
freshman, and within 2 years if you came to UCSC as a transfer)
Yes
Not sure
No
Total N
Art
76%
4%
20%
25
Film & Dig.
Media
HAVC Music
56%
70%
25%
33%
20%
25%
11%
10%
50%
9
10
4
Theater
Arts
67%
0%
33%
6
Upper-Division Arts students were "not sure" or "not on track" because…
Film & Dig.
Theater
Art
Media
HAVC Music
Arts
60%
75%
33%
50%
50%
I was unable to register in 1 or more
Yes
40%
25%
67%
50%
50%
No
courses I needed this academic year
Total
50%
67%
33%
50%
100%
I was unable to register in 1 or more
Yes
50%
33%
67%
50%
0%
No
courses I needed last academic year
Total
100%
75%
67% 100%
50%
I was unable to register in a course in my Yes
0%
25%
33%
0%
50%
No
major that is part of a sequence
Total
0%
0%
67%
33%
50%
I am not on track for reasons other than Yes
100%
100%
33%
67%
50%
No
not being able to get into classes I need
Total
Total
67%
13%
20%
100%
Total
56%
44%
56%
44%
80%
20%
22%
78%
36
7
11
54
9
7
16
9
7
16
12
3
15
4
14
18
Upper-Division Students: Will you be able to use summer session to make up 1 or more of the additional quarters you
will need to graduate on time?
Yes
Not sure
No
Total
Art
67%
33%
0%
Film & Dig.
Media
HAVC Music
0%
0%
0%
100%
67%
33%
0%
33%
67%
Theater
Arts
50%
0%
50%
Total
28%
50%
22%
5
9
4
18
2014 CLASS SURVEY
Social Sciences pg. 1
Upper-Division Students: Do you feel you are on track to graduate on time? (Within 4 years if you came to UCSC as a freshman, and within 2 years if you came to UCSC as a
transfer)
Anthro BME
75% 82%
3%
3%
22% 15%
36
34
Yes
Not sure
No
Total N
Cog.
ENVS ENVS/ LALS/ LALS/
Legal
Sci.
Econ. ENVS
/Bio
Econ
Politics
Soc
LALS Studies Politics
67%
78%
73%
40%
76%
67%
40%
0%
79%
63%
33%
11%
13%
20%
6%
33%
20%
29%
0%
17%
0%
11%
13%
40%
18%
0%
40%
71%
21%
20%
12
9
15
5
17
6
5
7
14
30
Psych
78%
10%
12%
173
Soc
Total
81% 74%
317
10% 11%
44
9% 15%
65
63 100%
426
Psych
Soc
Upper-Division Social Sciences students were "not sure" or "not on track" because…
Anthro
I was unable to register in 1 or Yes
more courses I needed this
No
academic year
BME
Cog.
Sci.
Econ.
ENVS
ENVS
/Bio
ENVS/
Econ
LALS/
Politics
LALS/
Soc
LALS
Legal
Studies
Politics
Total
63%
75%
33%
50%
67%
50%
100%
0%
50%
29%
67%
60%
27%
25%
43%
40
38%
25%
67%
50%
33%
50%
0%
100%
50%
71%
33%
40%
73%
75%
57%
55
Total
95
I was unable to register in 1 or Yes
more courses I needed last
No
academic year
Total
56%
25%
100%
0%
67%
100%
75%
100%
100%
0%
33%
60%
41%
70%
50%
46
44%
75%
0%
100%
33%
0%
25%
0%
0%
100%
67%
40%
59%
30%
50%
47
I was unable to register in a
Yes
course in my major that is part No
of a sequence
Total
88%
75%
100%
100%
0%
50%
50%
50%
0%
43%
67%
73%
48%
45%
56%
52
13%
25%
0%
0%
100%
50%
50%
50%
100%
57%
33%
27%
52%
55%
44%
42
Yes
I am not on track for reasons
other than not being able to get
No
into classes I need
Total
38%
93
0.5
94
0%
0%
0%
50%
0%
0%
50%
0%
29%
67%
33%
50%
90%
40%
40
63% 100%
100%
100%
50%
100%
100%
50%
100%
71%
33%
67%
50%
10%
60%
59
99
Upper-Division Students: Will you be able to use summer session to make up 1 or more of the additional quarters you will need to graduate on time?
Yes
Not sure
No
Total
Anthro BME
13% 50%
50% 17%
38% 33%
Cog.
ENVS ENVS/ LALS/ LALS/
Legal
Sci.
Econ. ENVS
/Bio
Econ
Politics
Soc
LALS Studies Politics
25%
0%
25%
33%
50%
50%
0%
29%
33%
30%
0%
0%
0%
67%
25%
50%
0%
29%
33%
30%
75% 100%
75%
0%
25%
0% 100%
43%
33%
40%
Psych
31%
41%
28%
Soc
45%
36%
18%
Total
31%
33%
36%
33 0.36449
35
38
106
2014 CLASS SURVEY
PBSci pg. 1
Upper-Division Students: Do you feel you are on track to graduate on time? (Within 4 years if you came to UCSC as a freshman, and within 2 years if you came to
UCSC as a transfer)
Astro
Biochem
Yes
54%
75%
Not sure
8%
9%
No
38%
16%
Total
13
32
*Applied Physics had too few upper-division respondents
Bio
72%
8%
20%
39
Chem Earth Sci EEB
44%
56%
75%
24%
11%
5%
32%
33%
20%
25
18
20
Human Marine
Bio
Bio
64%
72%
13%
16%
23%
12%
31
32
Math MCDB
75%
63%
25%
16%
0%
21%
8
49
Neuro
Physics
65%
67%
18%
0%
18%
33%
17
6
Total
66%
13%
21%
100%
191
38
62
290
Upper-Division PBSci students were "not sure" or "not on track" because…
Astro
Biochem
Bio
Chem
Earth Sci
EEB
Human
Bio
Marine
Bio
Math
MCDB
Neuro
Physics
Total
I was unable to register in 1 or Yes
more courses I needed this
No
academic year
Total
75%
0%
55%
38%
50%
60%
20%
75%
0%
56%
67%
100%
49%
44
25%
100%
45%
62%
50%
40%
80%
25%
100%
44%
33%
0%
51%
46
I was unable to register in 1 or Yes
more courses I needed last
No
academic year
Total
100%
75%
73%
78%
67%
40%
20%
50%
0%
47%
83%
100%
60%
49
0%
25%
27%
22%
33%
60%
80%
50%
0%
53%
17%
0%
40%
33
Yes
I was unable to register in a
course in my major that is part
No
of a sequence
50%
33%
45%
60%
50%
40%
10%
50%
0%
79%
50%
100%
50%
42
50%
67%
55%
40%
50%
60%
90%
50%
100%
21%
50%
0%
50%
43
90
82
Total
I am not on track for reasons
other than not being able to
get into classes I need
85
Yes
25%
60%
55%
45%
38%
60%
55%
25%
0%
40%
17%
0%
43%
36
No
75%
40%
45%
55%
63%
40%
45%
72%
0%
60%
83%
100%
57%
80
Total
86
Upper-Division Students: Will you be able to use summer session to make up 1 or more of the additional quarters you will need to graduate on time?
Yes
Not sure
No
Total
Astro
Biochem
17%
29%
0%
29%
83%
43%
Bio
45%
36%
18%
Chem Earth Sci EEB
14%
50%
20%
21%
13%
0%
64%
38%
80%
Human Marine
Bio
Bio
18%
50%
64%
13%
18%
38%
Math MCDB
0%
35%
50%
24%
50%
41%
Neuro
Physics
0%
0%
33%
0%
67%
100%
Total
27%
27
27%
27
46%
45
97
2014 CLASS SURVEY
SOE pg. 1
Upper-Division Students: Do you feel you are on track to graduate on time? (Within 4 years if you came to UCSC as a freshman, and
within 2 years if you came to UCSC as a transfer)
Bioeng.
47%
18%
35%
17
Yes
Not sure
No
Total
Comp.
Eng.
50%
10%
40%
22
Comp.
Game
Design
67%
19%
14%
21
CS
64%
18%
18%
39
EE
18%
18%
64%
11
Robotics
Eng.
20%
20%
60%
5
TIM
60%
20%
20%
5
Total
53%
63
17%
20
30%
35
100%
118
TIM
50%
50%
100%
100%
0%
100%
100%
0%
100%
50%
50%
100%
Total
46%
54%
100%
65%
35%
100%
51%
49%
100%
33%
67%
100%
*Bioinformatics and Network and Digital Technology had too few respondents
Upper-Division SOE students were "not sure" or "not on track" because…
I was unable to register in 1 or more
courses I needed this academic year
Yes
No
Total
I was unable to register in 1 or more
Yes
courses I needed last academic year
No
Total
I was unable to register in a course in
Yes
my major that is part of a sequence
No
Total
I am not on track for reasons other than Yes
not being able to get into classes I need No
Total
Bioeng.
22%
78%
100%
38%
63%
100%
22%
78%
100%
50%
50%
100%
Comp.
Eng.
56%
44%
100%
56%
44%
100%
44%
56%
100%
10%
90%
100%
Comp.
Game
Design
20%
80%
100%
100%
0%
100%
67%
33%
100%
40%
60%
100%
CS
38%
62%
100%
58%
42%
100%
58%
42%
100%
54%
46%
100%
EE
88%
13%
100%
100%
0%
100%
67%
33%
100%
11%
89%
100%
Robotics
Eng.
50%
50%
100%
50%
50%
100%
33%
67%
100%
25%
75%
100%
23
27
50
30
16
46
24
23
47
17
34
51
2014 CLASS SURVEY
SOE pg. 2
Upper-Division Students: Will you be able to use summer session to make up 1 or more of the additional quarters you will need to graduate
on time?
Yes
Not sure
No
Total
Bioeng.
22%
33%
44%
100%
Comp.
Eng.
30%
0%
70%
100%
Comp.
Game
Design
29%
43%
29%
100%
CS
7%
36%
57%
100%
EE
25%
13%
63%
100%
Robotics
Eng.
25%
25%
50%
100%
TIM
100%
0%
0%
100%
Total
25%
24%
51%
100%
13
13
28
55
2014 CLASS survey
38
DATA TABLES
Since starting at UCSC, how many classes have you taken during summer sessions?
Students who entered as FRESHMEN
at UCSC
at another institution
0
1-2
3-4
5 or more
0
1-2
3-4
5 or more
Freshman
337
1
0
6
295
11
2
0
98%
0%
0%
2%
96%
4%
1%
0%
Sophomore
483
32
5
4
397
66
5
1
92%
6%
1%
1%
85%
14%
1%
0%
Students who entered as TRANSFERS
at UCSC
at another institution
Junior
340
63
13
2
300
63
11
3
81%
15%
3%
0%
80%
17%
3%
1%
Junior
158
6
0
1
94
32
11
6
0
1-2
3-4
5 or more
0
1-2
3-4
5 or more
96%
4%
0%
1%
66%
22%
8%
4%
Senior
270
149
78
27
263
105
23
4
52% 1430
28% 245
15%
96
5%
39
67% 1255
27% 245
6%
41
1%
8
Senior
107
48
9
5
87
20
11
7
Total
63%
28%
5%
3%
70%
16%
9%
6%
79%
14%
5%
2%
81%
16%
3%
1%
Total
269
54
9
6
185
52
22
13
80%
16%
3%
2%
68%
19%
8%
5%
How many classes do you plan to take at UCSC in summer 2014?
OVERALL
Freshman
0
At least 1
1
2
3 or more
Students who entered as FRESHMEN
0
At least 1
1
2
3 or more
275
78
20
39
19
78%
22%
6%
11%
5%
Freshman
272
78
20
39
19
78%
22%
6%
11%
5%
Sophomore
362
179
50
86
43
67%
33%
9%
16%
8%
Sophomore
361
179
50
86
43
Students who entered as TRANSFERS
0
At least 1
1
2
3 or more
Institutional Research, Assessment, & Policy Studies (IRAPS), June 2014
67%
33%
9%
16%
8%
Junior
373
228
69
117
42
62%
38%
11%
19%
7%
Junior
280
151
42
76
33
65%
35%
10%
18%
8%
Junior
92
76
27
40
9
55%
45%
16%
24%
5%
Senior
542
179
60
74
45
75% 1552
25% 664
8% 199
10% 316
6% 149
Senior
414
129
41
59
29
73%
27%
10%
9%
9%
70%
30%
9%
14%
7%
Total
76% 1327
24% 537
8% 153
11% 260
5% 124
Senior
126
47
17
15
15
Total
71%
29%
8%
14%
7%
Total
222
123
44
55
24
64%
36%
13%
16%
7%
2014 CLASS survey
39
If your major offered a 3-year track (or a 4-year track for majors that usually take more than 4 years) that
required taking summer classes at UCSC, would you be interested in pursuing a fast track version of your
major?
Students who entered as FRESHMEN
Yes
Maybe
No
Freshman
172
149
28
49%
43%
8%
Sophomore
259
211
68
48%
39%
13%
Junior
177
179
74
41%
42%
17%
Senior
206
208
123
38%
39%
23%
Total
814
747
293
44%
40%
16%
If UCSC offered summer institutes, would you be
interested in any of the following programs?
(select one or more)
Count
717
697
455
439
415
403
307
290
247
134
101
Health studies
foreign languages
sustainability
scientific instrumentation
Legal studies/pre-law
science writing
digital arts
other
game design
Shakespeare
Bayesian statistics
N%
32%
31%
21%
20%
19%
18%
14%
13%
11%
6%
5%
Would you be interested in taking summer courses at UCSC if more courses were offered online that you can
take remotely?
Freshman
Yes
Maybe
No
202
107
42
58%
30%
12%
Sophomore
321
147
72
Institutional Research, Assessment, & Policy Studies (IRAPS), June 2014
59%
27%
13%
Junior
355
150
94
59%
25%
16%
Senior
372
183
163
Total
52% 1250
25% 587
23% 371
57%
27%
17%
2014 CLASS survey
40
Why aren't you planning to take summer courses this year at UCSC?
Freshman
I can’t afford to stay in Santa Cruz for the
summer
I can’t afford to pay for classes in the summer
I didn’t have enough financial aid
Summer Session is not offering any courses I
need or want
I am taking summer courses somewhere else
I didn’t know about Summer Session or what
was being offered
There is no housing available on campus
There is limited bus service in the summer
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Total
160
59%
212
59%
178
48%
176
33%
726
47%
120
44%
178
50%
203
55%
227
42%
728
47%
57
21%
108
30%
121
33%
135
25%
421
27%
33
12%
54
15%
95
26%
189
35%
371
24%
66
24%
74
21%
48
13%
37
7%
225
15%
59
22%
29
8%
22
6%
6
1%
116
8%
32
12%
18
5%
26
7%
9
2%
85
6%
17
6%
24
7%
38
10%
20
4%
99
6%
Which of the following requirements will be satisfied by these summer classes you plan to take at UCSC in
2014?
OVERALL
GE
Major requirement
Major elective
Minor requirement
Other
Students who entered as FRESHMEN
GE
Major requirement
Major elective
Minor requirement
Other
Freshman
50
65
13
5
2
67%
87%
17%
7%
3%
Freshman
50
65
13
5
2
67%
87%
17%
7%
3%
Sophomore
72
150
29
25
3
40%
84%
16%
14%
2%
Sophomore
72
150
29
25
3
40%
84%
16%
14%
2%
Junior
83
180
65
27
12
36%
79%
28%
12%
5%
Junior
63
119
33
15
6
41%
78%
22%
10%
4%
Senior
52
123
55
19
16
30%
70%
31%
11%
9%
Senior
45
89
37
14
13
35%
70%
29%
11%
10%
Total
257
518
162
76
33
39%
79%
25%
12%
5%
Total
230
423
112
59
24
43%
80%
21%
11%
5%
Students who entered as TRANSFERS
Junior
Senior
Total
GE
Major requirement
Major elective
Minor requirement
Other
20
60
32
12
6
7
32
18
5
2
27
92
50
17
8
Institutional Research, Assessment, & Policy Studies (IRAPS), June 2014
26%
79%
42%
16%
8%
16%
71%
40%
11%
4%
22%
76%
41%
14%
7%
2014 CLASS survey
41
How important were each of the following reasons in your decision to take summer classes at UCSC?
OVERALL
to take major classes
Freshman
1
Important
Not important
Doesn't apply
to take GE classes
Important
Not important
Doesn't apply
to take an elective
Important
Not important
Doesn't apply
to graduate on time or
Important
sooner
Not important
Doesn't apply
to participate in an
Important
academic summer program Not important
Doesn't apply
to participate in an
Important
internship/field study
Not important
Doesn't apply
to remain in the area
Important
because of my job
Not important
Doesn't apply
to stay in the area over the Important
summer for recreational
Not important
reasons
Doesn't apply
because I permanently
Important
reside in the area
Not important
Doesn't apply
because I transferred in and Important
am behind
Not important
Doesn't apply
because I changed my
Important
major and am behind
Not important
Doesn't apply
1
72 100%
0
0%
0
0%
59 84%
8 11%
3
4%
41 60%
24 35%
3
4%
64 91%
4
6%
2
3%
44 65%
19 28%
5
7%
50 72%
10 14%
9 13%
27 39%
22 31%
21 30%
25 37%
28 42%
14 21%
10 15%
25 37%
33 49%
7 10%
24 35%
37 54%
19 28%
17 25%
31 46%
Sophomore
167
1
5
100
41
28
74
68
27
152
8
10
83
47
39
100
33
37
66
41
62
63
51
55
34
43
91
18
42
108
66
29
75
"Important" includes "somewhat important" and "very important"
Institutional Research, Assessment, & Policy Studies (IRAPS), June 2014
97%
1%
3%
59%
24%
17%
44%
40%
16%
89%
5%
6%
49%
28%
23%
59%
19%
22%
39%
24%
37%
37%
30%
33%
20%
26%
54%
11%
25%
64%
39%
17%
44%
Junior
205
9
8
115
54
49
103
78
34
200
9
13
81
80
53
107
49
59
96
53
66
72
85
57
65
58
93
57
60
97
64
60
91
92%
4%
4%
53%
25%
22%
48%
36%
16%
90%
4%
6%
38%
37%
25%
50%
23%
27%
45%
25%
31%
34%
40%
27%
30%
27%
43%
27%
28%
45%
30%
28%
42%
Senior
154
8
9
91
37
41
88
45
34
147
11
10
53
63
50
73
42
50
62
46
60
54
61
53
48
57
62
42
50
76
55
48
67
90%
5%
5%
54%
22%
24%
53%
27%
20%
88%
7%
6%
32%
38%
30%
44%
25%
30%
37%
27%
36%
32%
36%
32%
29%
34%
37%
25%
30%
45%
32%
28%
39%
Total
598
18
22
365
140
121
306
215
98
563
32
35
261
209
147
330
134
155
251
162
209
214
225
179
157
183
279
124
176
318
204
154
264
94%
3%
3%
58%
22%
19%
49%
35%
16%
89%
5%
6%
42%
34%
24%
53%
22%
25%
40%
26%
34%
35%
36%
29%
25%
30%
45%
20%
28%
51%
33%
25%
42%
2014 CLASS survey
42
How important were each of the following reasons in your decision to take summer classes at UCSC? (cont.)
Students who entered as FRESHMEN
to take major classes
Important
Not important
Doesn't apply
to take GE classes
Important
Not important
Doesn't apply
to take an elective
Important
Not important
Doesn't apply
to graduate on time or
Important
sooner
Not important
Doesn't apply
to participate in an
Important
academic summer program Not important
Doesn't apply
to participate in an
Important
internship/field study
Not important
Doesn't apply
to remain in the area
Important
because of my job
Not important
Doesn't apply
to stay in the area over the Important
summer for recreational
Not important
reasons
Doesn't apply
because I permanently
Important
reside in the area
Not important
Doesn't apply
because I transferred in and Important
am behind
Not important
Doesn't apply
because I changed my
Important
major and am behind
Not important
Doesn't apply
Freshman
72 100%
0
0%
0
0%
59 84%
8 11%
3
4%
41 60%
24 35%
3
4%
64 91%
4
6%
2
3%
44 65%
19 28%
5
7%
50 72%
10 14%
9 13%
27 39%
22 31%
21 30%
25 37%
28 42%
14 21%
10 15%
25 37%
33 49%
7 10%
24 35%
37 54%
19 28%
17 25%
31 46%
Sophomore
167
1
5
100
41
28
74
68
27
152
8
10
83
47
39
100
33
37
66
41
62
63
51
55
34
43
91
18
42
108
66
29
75
Institutional Research, Assessment, & Policy Studies (IRAPS), June 2014
97%
1%
3%
59%
24%
17%
44%
40%
16%
89%
5%
6%
49%
28%
23%
59%
19%
22%
39%
24%
37%
37%
30%
33%
20%
26%
54%
11%
25%
64%
39%
17%
44%
Junior
136
4
6
80
36
26
59
57
22
128
8
10
53
50
34
67
31
40
63
36
39
55
51
31
33
42
64
5
50
82
40
39
59
93%
3%
4%
56%
25%
18%
43%
41%
16%
88%
5%
7%
39%
36%
25%
49%
22%
29%
46%
26%
28%
40%
37%
23%
24%
30%
46%
4%
36%
60%
29%
28%
43%
Senior
114
7
5
77
21
25
63
33
27
109
7
8
36
46
39
49
31
40
51
31
41
44
40
39
33
41
48
14
43
66
39
36
50
90%
6%
4%
63%
17%
20%
51%
27%
22%
88%
6%
6%
30%
38%
32%
41%
26%
33%
41%
25%
33%
36%
33%
32%
27%
34%
39%
11%
35%
54%
31%
29%
40%
Total
489
12
16
316
106
82
237
182
79
453
27
30
216
162
117
266
105
126
207
130
163
187
170
139
110
151
236
44
159
293
164
121
215
95%
2%
3%
63%
21%
16%
48%
37%
16%
89%
5%
6%
44%
33%
24%
54%
21%
25%
41%
26%
33%
38%
34%
28%
22%
30%
47%
9%
32%
59%
33%
24%
43%
2014 CLASS survey
43
How important were each of the following reasons in your decision to take summer classes at UCSC? (cont.)
Students who entered as TRANSFERS
Junior
Senior
to take major classes
68
5
2
34
18
23
43
21
12
71
1
3
27
30
19
39
18
19
32
17
27
16
34
26
31
16
29
51
10
15
23
21
32
38
0
4
13
15
15
24
11
6
37
3
1
16
16
10
22
10
10
10
14
18
8
20
14
15
15
12
28
6
8
16
11
15
Important
Not important
Doesn't apply
to take GE classes
Important
Not important
Doesn't apply
to take an elective
Important
Not important
Doesn't apply
to graduate on time or
Important
sooner
Not important
Doesn't apply
to participate in an
Important
academic summer program Not important
Doesn't apply
to participate in an
Important
internship/field study
Not important
Doesn't apply
to remain in the area
Important
because of my job
Not important
Doesn't apply
to stay in the area over the Important
summer for recreational
Not important
reasons
Doesn't apply
because I permanently
Important
reside in the area
Not important
Doesn't apply
because I transferred in and Important
am behind
Not important
Doesn't apply
because I changed my
Important
major and am behind
Not important
Doesn't apply
Institutional Research, Assessment, & Policy Studies (IRAPS), June 2014
91%
7%
3%
45%
24%
31%
57%
28%
16%
95%
1%
4%
36%
39%
25%
51%
24%
25%
42%
22%
36%
21%
45%
34%
41%
21%
38%
67%
13%
20%
30%
28%
42%
90%
0%
10%
30%
35%
35%
59%
27%
15%
90%
7%
2%
38%
38%
24%
52%
24%
24%
24%
33%
43%
19%
48%
33%
36%
36%
29%
67%
14%
19%
38%
26%
36%
Total
106
5
6
47
33
38
67
32
18
108
4
4
43
46
29
61
28
29
42
31
45
24
54
40
46
31
41
79
16
23
39
32
47
91%
4%
5%
40%
28%
32%
57%
27%
15%
93%
3%
3%
36%
39%
25%
52%
24%
25%
36%
26%
38%
20%
46%
34%
39%
26%
35%
67%
14%
19%
33%
27%
40%
University of California Santa Cruz
Questionnaire 1
CLASS SURVEY 2014 COURSE AVAILABILITY FOR FALL QUARTER 2013 AND WINTER QUARTER 2014 1. Which of the following best describes your experience in Fall [Winter] Quarter?  I got all of the classes that I planned/wanted  I didn’t get every class I planned/wanted but every class I took met one of the requirements for graduation (General Education or Major/Minor)  I didn’t get every class I planned/wanted so I took one or more classes that don’t meet any of my graduation requirements  I didn’t get every class I planned/wanted so I took fewer classes than I had planned. 2. Did you try to register for General Education (GE) classes in Fall [Winter] Quarter?  Yes, I was able to register for all GE classes I planned/wanted to take  Yes, but I had to take at least 1 GE class that was not my first choice  Yes, but I could not get into any GE classes  No, I did not try to register for any GE classes  Students who answered “Yes, I was able to register for all GE classes I planned/wanted to take” or “No, I did not try to register for any GE classes” skip to question 4. 3. Which GE did you have difficulty registering for? (choose all that apply)  Cross‐Cultural Analysis (CC)  Ethnicity and Race (ER)  Interpreting Arts and Media (IM)  Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MF)  Scientific Inquiry (SI)  Statistical Reasoning (SR)  Textual Analysis (TA)  Perspectives (PE)  Practice (PR)  Composition (C1 & C2)  Disciplinary Communication (DC)  Other: please specify ____________________ 4. Did you try to register for classes for your Major(s) in Fall [Winter] Quarter?  Yes, I was able to register for all classes I planned/wanted to take for my Major(s)  Yes, but I had to take at least 1 class for my Major(s) that was not my first choice  Yes, but I could not get into any classes for my Major(s)  No, I did not try to register for any classes for my Major(s) 5. How many units (credit hours) did you take in Fall [Winter] Quarter?  1‐11  12‐14  15‐19  20 or more Institutional Research, Assessment, & Policy Studies (IRAPS)
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Questionnaire 2
6. How many classes did you take in Fall [Winter] Quarter?  1‐2  3  4  5 or more 7. How many of your total classes (as selected above) did you register for after "crashing" in Fall [Winter] Quarter? (Definition of Crashing: Not being enrolled in a class and attempting enrollment through gaining permission from the professor)  0 (I didn't crash any classes)  0 (I tried to crash but was unable to successfully enroll)  1 class  2 classes  3 classes  4 or more 8. During the registration period in Fall [Winter] Quarter, did you enroll in a class you intended to drop if you were able to register for a more ideal class?  No  Yes GRADUATING ON TIME 9. At this point, do you feel you are on track to graduate on time? (Within 4 years if you came to UCSC as a freshman, and within 2 years if you came to UCSC as a transfer)  Yes  No  Not sure  Students who answer “yes” skip to question 14. 10. Are you not on track to graduate on time specifically because…? Yes No I was unable to register in 1 or more courses I needed this academic year
 
I was unable to register in 1 or more courses I needed last academic year
I was unable to register in a course in my major that is part of a sequence
  

I am not on track for reasons other than not being able to get into classes I need.
 
12. How many additional quarters do you think you will have to stay because you could not get into classes you needed this year?  One additional quarter  Two additional quarters  Three or more additional quarters 13. Will you be able to use summer session to make up 1 or more of the additional quarters you will need to graduate on time?  Yes  No  Not sure Institutional Research, Assessment, & Policy Studies (IRAPS)
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Questionnaire 3
SUMMER SESSION 14. Since starting at UCSC, how many classes have you taken during summer sessions? If you haven’t taken any summer classes, please select "0". 0 1‐2 3‐4 5‐6
7‐8
9‐10
11 or more 
at UCSC 





at another    



institution 15. How many classes do you plan to take at UCSC in summer 2014? If you don't plan to take any summer courses, select 0. 0 
1 
2 
3 
4 5
6
7 or more




16. If your major offered a 3‐year track (or a 4‐year track for majors that usually take more than 4 years) that required taking summer classes at UCSC, would you be interested in pursuing a fast track version of your major?  Yes  Maybe  No 17. If UCSC offered "summer institutes," that is 2‐or‐3‐course programs of study that help students develop an interest or skills in specialized or pre‐professional areas, would you be interested in any of the following programs? (select one or more)  Legal studies/pre‐law  Health studies  Shakespeare  Bayesian statistics  Foreign languages  Science writing  Game design  Digital arts  Scientific instrumentation  Sustainability  Other ____________________ 18. Would you be interested in taking summer courses at UCSC if more courses were offered online that you can take remotely?  Yes  Maybe  No  Students who answered “0” in question 15 now move to 19, but those who answered 1 or higher skip to question 21. Institutional Research, Assessment, & Policy Studies (IRAPS)
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Questionnaire 4
19. Why aren’t you planning to take summer courses this year at UCSC? Check all that apply.  I didn’t know about Summer Session or what was being offered  I can’t afford to stay in Santa Cruz for the summer  I can’t afford to pay for classes in the summer  Summer Session is not offering any courses I need or want  I am taking summer courses somewhere else  There is no housing available on campus  There is limited bus service in the summer  I didn’t have enough financial aid 20. If cost and/or insufficient financial aid prevented you from enrolling in Summer Session, please tell us more about your situation and what kind of financial aid you would need to consider enrolling. ______________________________________________________________ 21. Which of the following requirements will be satisfied by these summer classes you plan to take at UCSC in 2014? (Select all that apply)  GE  Major requirement  Major elective  Minor requirement  Other ____________________ 22. How important were each of the following reasons in your decision to take summer classes at UCSC? Not Somewhat Very Doesn't important important important apply to take major classes 

 
to take GE classes 

 
to take an elective 

 
to graduate on time or sooner 

 
to participate in an academic summer program 

 
to participate in an internship/field study 

 
to remain in the area because of my job 

 


 
to stay in the area over the summer for recreational reasons
because I permanently reside in the area 

 
because I transferred in and am behind 
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 
because I changed my major and am behind
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