Exit Survey for Students Obtaining the BSCSE (Computer Science and Engineering) Degree from the Department of Computer and Information Science

Thank you in advance for taking this survey, and for your thoughtful responses. We appreciate your help in assessing how well the stated educational objectives of the CIS Department, for students receiving the BSCSE degree, have been met in your particular case.

We ask for your social security number for tracking purposes only, so we can make sure that all CSE-graduates-to-be fill out the survey. All analysis will be done without reference to you or any other individual. The information you provide will be kept confidential, and the results will be made available only in the form of statistical summaries from which it will be impossible to identify your individual responses. If you have any questions about this survey (for example, if you would like to use an individualized code number in place of your social security number for tracking purposes), please contact Peg Steele (DL 374; 292-1900; peg@cis.ohio-state.edu).

Instructions for CSE Program Objectives Survey

This survey is about you personally, not about the general population of CSE students. So, for each primary objective and its subobjectives, please select (from the corresponding option menus to the right of each program objective) the two responses that best reflect your feelings, opinions, and experience.

  1. We are asking you to tell us how well each CSE program objective was met for you personally. Using the first column of option menu selections, indicate the extent to which you agree with the following statement: "This program objective has been met for me personally."
  2. In order to help us make best use of your survey answers, we are also asking how important the particular objective was for you personally. Using the second column of option menu selections, please indicate your assessment of the importance of the objective.

Program Objectives Survey

Please enter your Social Security Number in the format XXX-XX-XXXX

Your CSE Program Option 
Program Objective Objective Was Met For Me Importance Of Objective To Me
1. To provide graduates with a thorough grounding in the key principles and practices of computing, and in the basic engineering, mathematical, and scientific principles that underpin them.
  1a. Students will demonstrate proficiency in the areas of software design and development, algorithms, operating systems, programming languages, and computer architecture.
  1b. Students will demonstrate proficiency in relevant aspects of mathematics, including discrete mathematics and probability, as well as electrical circuits and devices.
  1c. Students will successfully apply these principles and practices to a variety of problems.
2. To provide graduates with an understanding of additional engineering principles, and the mathematical and scientific concepts that underlie them.
  2a. Students will demonstrate an understanding of differential and integral calculus, and of statistics.
  2b. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of physics and at least one other laboratory-based science.
  2c. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of at least one other engineering discipline in addition to computing and electrical engineering.
3. To provide graduates with an understanding of human and social issues that will enable them to be informed and involved members of their communities, and responsible engineering and computing professionals.
  3a. Students will demonstrate familiarity with basic concepts and contemporary issues in the social sciences and the humanities.
  3b. Students will demonstrate an understanding of social, professional and ethical considerations related to engineering in general and to computing in particular.
4. To provide students with appropriate social and organizational skills.
  4a. Students will demonstrate an ability to work effectively in teams.
  4b. Students will demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively.
5. To prepare graduates for employment in the CSE profession upon graduation, as well as for successful careers in the profession, and for graduate study in computing.
  5a. Graduates will be heavily recruited for positions in high-technology companies that utilize their computing education.
  5b. Strong graduates will be prepared to enter good graduate programs in computing. [Please respond to this item only if you consider yourself to be a "strong graduate".]
  5c. Graduates will demonstrate an ability to acquire new knowledge in the computing discipline and to engage in life-long learning.