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Academic Programs and the Colleges

Choosing a Major

     Submit When did you decide on your primary major?
     Submit When did you officially declare your primary major?
     Submit How many times did you officially change your major?
      How important were each of the following reasons to you in deciding on your primary major?
           Submit My major is the best for the career I want.
           Submit My parents/family wanted me to have this major.
           Submit My major is intrinsically interesting to me.
           Submit Taking a particular class or classes got me interested in my major.
           Submit My talents and abilities are well suited to my major.
           Submit Graduates with my major can make a lot of money.
           Submit My major will allow me to make a difference.
      In each of the following areas please indicate how much advice you received from the various people in your life selecting a major:
           Submit Other Students
           Submit Parents and Family
           Submit Faculty
           Submit College Advisors/Preceptors
      In each of the following areas please indicate the quality of the advice you received from the various people in your life selecting a major:
           Submit Other Students
           Submit Parents and Family
           Submit Faculty
           Submit College Advisors/Preceptors
      In each of the following areas please indicate how much advice you received from the various people in your life selecting classes in your major:
           Submit Other Students
           Submit Faculty
           Submit College Advisors/Preceptors
           Submit Departmental Advisors
      In each of the following areas please indicate the quality of the advice you received from the various people in your life selecting classes in your major:
           Submit Other Students
           Submit Faculty
           Submit College Advisors/Preceptors
           Submit Departmental Advisors

Quality Ratings

     Submit If you were just beginning your undergraduate studies would you still choose the same primary major?
      Along the following dimensions please rate the quality of your major at UCSC:
           Submit Intellectual challenge
           Submit Overall quality of faculty instruction
           Submit Availability of faculty outside of class
           Submit Overall quality of TA instruction
           Submit Availability of TAs outside of class
           Submit Availability of small classes or seminars
           Submit Opportunities for in-class discussion
           Submit Variety of classes offered
           Submit Ability to get into required classes
           Submit Extent to which lower division courses prepared you for upper division courses
           Submit Well defined and appropriate requirements
           Submit Required courses offered regularly
           Submit Fair treatment of students by faculty

General Education

      Thinking back on all of the courses you have completed on the way to your degree, please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement with each of the following statements:
           Submit The combination of college, departmental, and general education requirements result in a coherent undergraduate education overall.
           Submit Requirements are sometimes at odds with each other.
           Submit The courses I completed represent a good balance between broad general courses and specific in depth courses within a discipline.
           Submit Taking General Education courses helped me choose a major.
           Submit General Education requirements were a waste of time.
           Submit I would have preferred to take more courses each term with smaller unit values to ensure a greater variety of coursework.
           Submit I would have liked to take a small seminar during my first year with a regular faculty member that focused on a theme or issue in the faculty member's discipline.
           Submit Language courses should be able to satisfy general education requirements.
           Submit If I knew in advance that study abroad would have satisfied general education requirements I would have been (even) more likely to have studied abroad.
      In each of the following areas please indicate how much advice you received from the various people in your life selecting general education classes:
           Submit Other Students
           Submit Faculty
           Submit College Advisors/Preceptors
           Submit Departmental Advisors
      In each of the following areas please indicate the quality of the advice you received from the various people in your life selecting general education classes:
           Submit Other Students
           Submit Faculty
           Submit College Advisors/Preceptors
           Submit Departmental Advisors

The College Experience

     Submit Did you take a college core course?
     Submit How satisfied were you with the overall quality of the college core course?
     Submit Rate the quality of your college core course instructor.
      How important was your affiliation with your college to each of the following aspects of University life?
           Submit Forming friendships
           Submit Sense of belonging at UCSC
           Submit Appreciation of people different than myself
           Submit Forming study partnerships
           Submit Social activities
           Submit Support services
           Submit Overall development as a person
           Submit Intellectual development

Senior Exit Requirements

     Submit How did you satisfy your senior exit requirement?
     Submit How would you rate your senior exit requirement?

Advising

      Please rate the quality of the advising and/or information that you received while enrolled at UCSC:
           Submit Effectiveness/Helpfulness of college advisors/preceptors
           Submit Effectiveness/Helpfulness of departmental staff in your major
           Submit Faculty advising about careers
           Submit Faculty advising about graduate school
           Submit Academic advising by faculty
           Submit UCSC printed publications
           Submit UCSC websites