THIS SURVEY IS NOT PART OF THE FINAL EXAM!

The rest of this document is a survey that we request that you complete.

If you are willing to fill out this survey:

·  Fill out the survey on the following pages. You can use pencil or pen, but please fill in the ovals completely!

·  Pull apart the survey and put it in the SEPARATE folders provided. We do not want your survey in the same folder, because we do not want any way of associating your name with the survey.

Thank you!


Please COMPLETELY fill the oval. DO NOT just check them off!

1. What is your gender?
O Female
O Male
2. In which college do you belong to?
O College of Architecture
O College of Engineering
O College of Management
O Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
O College of Science
O Undecided
O College of Computing
O Other
3. What is your ethnicity?
O Asian, not from Indian subcontinent
O Asian, from Indian subcontinent
O Caucasian
O African American
O Hispanic
O Other or mixed
4. What year are you?
O 1st (undergraduate)
O 2nd (undergraduate)
O 3rd (undergraduate)
O 4th or more (undergraduate)
O Graduate
5. What grade do you expect in this class?
O A
O B
O C
O D
O F
6. Before this class, have you done any programming?
O Yes
O No
7. Do you have MP3s on your computer?
O Yes
O No
8. Have you used Photoshop before?
O Yes
O No / 9. Before this class I would rate my programming skills as
O Strong
O Good
O Weak
O None
10. After this class I would rate my programming skills as
O Strong
O Good
O Weak
O None
11. Before this class I would rate my computer skills as
O Strong
O Good
O Weak
O None
12. After this class I would rate my computer skills as
O Strong
O Good
O Weak
O None
Do you have a(n)
Yes / No
13. IPod or MP3 player / O / O
14. Digial camera / O / O
15. Computer / O / O
Do you frequently view/use
Yes / No
16. IPod or MP3 player / O / O
17. Digial camera / O / O
18. Computer / O / O
19. Playlist / O / O
20. Digital photos / O / O
21. Digital videos / O / O


Please use the below scale to rate the difficulty of

Very Difficult / Difficult / Neutral / Easy / Very Easy
22. Homework / O / O / O / O / O
23. Labs / O / O / O / O / O
24. Quizzes / O / O / O / O / O
25. Take Home Exams / O / O / O / O / O
26. Midterms / O / O / O / O / O
27. Final / O / O / O / O / O

Please use the below scale to rate the following statements.

Strongly Agree / Agree / Neutral / Disagree / Strongly Disagree
28. Programming language can be learned by memorization. / O / O / O / O / O
29. Programming language can be learned like a foreign language. / O / O / O / O / O
30. The class atmosphere was conducive to asking questions. / O / O / O / O / O
31. I liked the fact that we were allowed to work with others on assignments. / O / O / O / O / O
32. Attending lectures helped me succeed in this course.
/ O / O / O / O / O
33. Doing homework helped me succeed in this course. / O / O / O / O / O
34. I learned skills from this class that will be useful in other areas of my life. / O / O / O / O / O
35. I learned skills from this class that will be useful later in my professional career. / O / O / O / O / O
36. The math used to manipulate sound and images in this class was hard. / O / O / O / O / O
37. I am interested in taking additional Computer Science courses. / O / O / O / O / O
38. I am interested in taking additional media related Computer Science courses. / O / O / O / O / O
39. Programming can be a creative outlet. / O / O / O / O / O
40. Computer Science is a dry subject. / O / O / O / O / O
41. I could express my ideas for programs easily in the programming language used in this class. / O / O / O / O / O
42. I used my own media on my homework assignments / O / O / O / O / O
43. Computer Science and programming are the same thing. / O / O / O / O / O


44. How has this class affected the way you use computers?

45. What is Computer Science?

46. Comments?

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