Math 210 End-of-term Survey
1) What is your major (e.g. math, electrical engineering, etc)?
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2) What year of study are you in?
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a) 1st year
b) 2nd year
c) 3rd year
d) 4th year
e) 5th year or beyond
Additional comments
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3) When are you planning to graduate?
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a) 2012
b) 2013
c) 2014
d) 2015
e) 2016 or later
Additional comments
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4) Have you taken CPSC 110 or 111?
 a) Yes
 b) No
Additional comments
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5) Why are you taking this course instead of CPSC 210?
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6) Why are you taking this course this year?
this year.
 a) I did not have all prerequisites until this year.
 b) I had all prerequisites in previous years but there were not enough seats until
 c) I had all prerequisites in previous years but I chose to take it this year.
 Other (please specify)
If you selected other, please specify
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7) Have you had experience with Maple and MATLAB before taking this course?
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a) Both Maple and MATLAB
b) Maple only
c) MATLAB only
d) Not much with either
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8) What other programming languages and mathematical software (e.g. C++, Java,
Wolfram Alpha, Mathematica, etc) have you had experience with?
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9) How useful do you think are Maple and MATLAB to your future studies/career?
Please briefly explain your choice under Additional Comments.
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a) Very useful
b) Should be useful
c) Unclear
d) May not be useful
e) Useless
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10) Do you think the use of computers (Maple, MATLAB or similar math programs)
should be incorporated into math courses in general? Please explain briefly and
suggest a list of courses that computers might be useful.
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11) The pace of the lectures in the MATLAB part of the course is
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a) Way too slow
b) Slightly too slow
c) Reasonable
d) Slightly too fast
e) Way too fast
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12) Do you have any comment about the lectures or the course notes?
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13) How much time do you usually spend on a MATLAB assignment?
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14) The MATLAB assignments are in general
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a) Way too easy
b) Slightly too easy
c) Reasonable
d) Slightly too hard
e) Way too hard
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15) What do you like about the course?
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16) What do you dislike about the course?
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17) What other concerns would you like to bring to the instructor's attention?
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Thanks you very much for your responses.