May 2015 Current Student Curriculum Survey

May 2015 Current Student Curriculum Survey

Question 1: Evaluating Phase I and II Environmental Core Courses

Of the following Phase I and II Environmental Studies core courses, please indicate how valuable they were to your education:
Answer Options / Not at all valuable / Only marginally valuable / Neutral / Valuable / Extremely valuable / Never taken it / Median / Rank
ENVS 201 Understanding Enviro Data / 0 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 0.73 / 3rd
PLSC 250 American Political System / 0 / 3 / 2 / 6 / 2 / 3 / 0.54 / 4th
ENVS 202 Intro to Env Studies/Sustainability / 0 / 3 / 3 / 7 / 1 / 2 / 0.43 / 5th
ENVS 303 Human Ecology & Sustainability or ENVS 304 Env & Resource Policy / 0 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 0.83 / 2nd
ESCI 302 or 310 or 325 or 392 Enviro Systems, Ecology, Global Change / 0 / 0 / 1 / 7 / 5 / 3 / 1.31 / 1st
ENVS 305 Enviro History and Ethics / 0 / 7 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 0.13 / 6th
ESCI 321 or 330 or 333 or 361 or 463 Oceanograph, Toxicology, Water Quality, / 0 / 1 / 1 / 5 / 3 / 5 / 1
Other (please specify)

2. Evaluating Urban Planning Core Courses

Of the following Urban Planning core courses, please indicate how valuable they were to your education:
Answer Options / Not valuable / marginally valuable / Neutral / Valuable / Extremely valuable / Average / Rank
-2 / -1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 1.272
ENVS 372 Natural Hazards Planning / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 8 / 1.800 / high
ENVS 461 Land Use Law / 0 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 10 / 1.692 / high
ENVS 472 Planning Studio I - Plan Development / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 7 / 1.636 / high
ENVS 498 Experiential (internship, foreign study, thesis project) / 0 / 0 / 1 / 3 / 8 / 1.583 / high
ENVS 470 Planning Methods / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 5 / 1.556 / high
ENVS 361 Intro to Planning / 0 / 0 / 1 / 7 / 8 / 1.438 / medium
ENVS 373 Transportation Systems and Planning / 0 / 0 / 2 / 4 / 8 / 1.429 / medium
ENVS 370 History of Planning / 0 / 0 / 1 / 5 / 5 / 1.364 / medium
ENVS 462 Planning Theory / 0 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 8 / 1.250 / medium
ENVS 457 Enviro Dispute Resolution / 0 / 0 / 1 / 3 / 2 / 1.167 / low
ENVS 473 Planning Studio II - Implementation / 0 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 / 1.100 / low
ENVS 360 Planning Graphics / 0 / 2 / 2 / 5 / 7 / 1.063 / low
ENVS 450/456 US Science Policy/WA Env Policy/Enviro Governance / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 0.571 / low
ENVS 343 Urbanization: Processes and Patterns / 2 / 3 / 0 / 5 / 2 / 0.167 / low

3. Rating Rigor in Urban Planning Courses

For these same Urban Planning core courses, please indicate how rigorous you felt the course was:
Answer Options / Greatly lacking in rigor / Somewhat lacking in rigor / Appropriate level of rigor / Somewhat too rigorous / Much too rigorous / Rigor Average / Rank
-2 / -1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / -0.1
ENVS 343 Urbanization: Processes and Patterns / 3 / 3 / 6 / 2 / 0 / -0.5 / Too low
ENVS 473 Planning Studio II - Implementation / 2 / 3 / 8 / 0 / 1 / -0.4 / Too low
ENVS 360 Planning Graphics / 1 / 3 / 11 / 0 / 0 / -0.3 / Too low
ENVS 373 Transportation Systems and Planning / 0 / 5 / 9 / 0 / 1 / -0.2 / About right
ENVS 498 Experiential (internship, foreign study, thesis project) / 0 / 2 / 11 / 0 / 0 / -0.2 / About right
ENVS 462 Planning Theory / 0 / 4 / 9 / 0 / 1 / -0.1 / About right
ENVS 472 Planning Studio I - Plan Development / 0 / 2 / 12 / 0 / 0 / -0.1 / About right
ENVS 361 Intro to Planning / 0 / 2 / 14 / 0 / 0 / -0.1 / About right
ENVS 470 Planning Methods / 0 / 2 / 10 / 0 / 1 / 0.0 / About right
ENVS 370 History of Planning / 0 / 1 / 12 / 0 / 1 / 0.1 / About right
ENVS 457 Enviro Dispute Resolution / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 1 / 0.2 / About right
ENVS 450/456 US Science Policy/WA Env Policy/Enviro Governance / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 1 / 0.2 / About right
ENVS 461 Land Use Law / 0 / 0 / 14 / 1 / 1 / 0.2 / About right
ENVS 372 Natural Hazards Planning / 0 / 0 / 6 / 6 / 1 / 0.6 / Too high

4. Rating Importance of Skills

Please indicate how important you think the following skills or values are for graduates of the planning program. If other skills or values are important, but unlisted, please explain in the comments section.
Answer Options / Unimportant / Somewhat important / Important / Very important / Extremely important / Importance / Rank
-2 / -1 / 0 / 1 / 2
Oral communication / 0 / 0 / 3 / 3 / 10 / 1.44 / Most important
Written communication / 0 / 0 / 3 / 4 / 9 / 1.38 / Most important
Formal presentations / 0 / 1 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 1.00 / Most important
Qualitative methods (surveying, focus groups, charrettes, etc.) / 0 / 0 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 1.00 / Most important
Social justice / 0 / 1 / 3 / 6 / 5 / 1.00 / Most important
Planning graphics (Adobe Suite) / 0 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 0.94 / Somwhat important
Quantitative methods (statistics, demographic analysis) / 0 / 0 / 5 / 8 / 3 / 0.88 / Somwhat important
Governance and participation / 0 / 1 / 3 / 9 / 3 / 0.88 / Somwhat important
Excel/Spreadsheets (manipulating data, graphing, summary statistics) / 0 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 4 / 0.75 / Somwhat important
Professional ethics / 0 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 4 / 0.75 / Somwhat important
Administrative skills (application of regs) / 0 / 1 / 4 / 8 / 2 / 0.73 / Somwhat important
GIS / 1 / 1 / 4 / 6 / 4 / 0.69 / Less important
Plan creation / 0 / 0 / 8 / 5 / 3 / 0.69 / Less important
Web-based collaborative tools (e.g. Google docs/sheets/presentations) / 0 / 2 / 6 / 4 / 3 / 0.53 / Less important
Sketch Up / 0 / 2 / 7 / 5 / 2 / 0.44 / Less important
Word advanced features (track changes, referencing, headings) / 0 / 3 / 7 / 5 / 1 / 0.25 / Less important

5. Rating Skills and Values

If you are a senior, please indicate how well the program has covered the following skills and values. (If not a senior, please skip this question.)
Answer Options / Covered a little / Covered moderately / Covered in-depth / Response Count / Coverage Score / Rank
1 / 2 / 3
Oral communication / 2 / 3 / 1 / 6 / 1.8 / Covered moderately
Written communication / 1 / 2 / 2 / 6 / 2.5 / Covered moderately to indepth
Formal presentations / 1 / 4 / 1 / 6 / 2.0 / Covered moderately
Qualitative methods (surveying, focus groups, charrettes, etc.) / 3 / 2 / 1 / 6 / 1.7 / Covered a little to moderately
Social justice / 2 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 2.5 / Covered moderately to indepth
Planning graphics (Adobe Suite) / 3 / 2 / 0 / 5 / 1.4 / Covered a little to moderately
Quantitative methods (statistics, demographic analysis) / 4 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 1.5 / Covered a little to moderately
Governance and participation / 2 / 2 / 2 / 6 / 2.0 / Covered moderately
Excel/Spreadsheets (manipulating data, graphing, summary statistics) / 4 / 1 / 0 / 6 / 1.0 / Covered a little
Professional ethics / 4 / 2 / 0 / 6 / 1.3 / Covered a little
Administrative skills (application of regs) / 4 / 1 / 0 / 6 / 1.0 / Covered a little
GIS / 2 / 1 / 0 / 6 / 0.7 / Not covered much
Plan creation / 2 / 2 / 1 / 5 / 1.8 / Covered moderately
Web-based collaborative tools (e.g. Google docs/sheets/presentations) / 2 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 2.5 / Covered moderately to indepth
Sketch Up / 1 / 1 / 4 / 6 / 2.5 / Covered moderately to indepth
Word advanced features (track changes, referencing, headings) / 5 / 0 / 1 / 6 / 1.3 / Covered a little