2006 Alumni Survey
Results of the survey conducted in January through March of 2006. There were 88 responses.
Responces to General Information- How would you rate the overall education you received in your major?
| 1 | 0 | 13 | 47 | 25 | 0 | | Poor | | Average | | Excellent | NA |
- If you have worked in the Computing field, how would you rank your academic preparation for your career?
| 1 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 28 | 5 | | Poor | | Average | | Excellent | NA |
- If you completed graduate study in a related field, how would you rank your preparation for graduate work?
| 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 46 | | Poor | | Average | | Excellent | NA |
- How would you rate the overall quality of teaching in the Department?
| 0 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 21 | 0 | | Poor | | Average | | Excellent | NA |
- How would you rate the overall quality of teaching at the University?
| 0 | 0 | 17 | 51 | 17 | 0 | | Poor | | Average | | Excellent | NA |
- Regarding the balance in the department's computing environment and experience with both Open Source and Proprietary (Microsoft, IBM etc.) software experiences. What should we use in the future?
| 0 | 13 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | | Exclusively Proprietary | | Even Balance | | Exclusively OpenSource | No Opinion |
Given your experience, for each of the topics listed below indicate the importance you believe we should give to the topic.- Discrete mathematical structures
| 7 | 26 | 38 | 12 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Programming fundamentals
| 1 | 1 | 10 | 72 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Algorithms and complexity
| 2 | 3 | 36 | 43 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Architecture and organization
| 2 | 5 | 28 | 48 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Theory of computing/formal languages
| 4 | 20 | 41 | 19 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Operating systems
| 3 | 10 | 42 | 29 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Data communications
| 3 | 3 | 34 | 42 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Web Programming
| 4 | 7 | 24 | 48 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Network and computer security
| 3 | 1 | 30 | 49 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Programming languages theory
| 4 | 18 | 46 | 15 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Human-computer interaction/graphics
| 14 | 15 | 37 | 18 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Artificial intelligence
| 13 | 38 | 29 | 4 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Database and information management
| 1 | 2 | 18 | 63 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Social and professional issues
| 7 | 17 | 42 | 18 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Software engineering
| 7 | 3 | 39 | 35 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Numerical methods
| 15 | 28 | 37 | 3 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Business organization concepts
| 7 | 16 | 32 | 29 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Business management concepts
| 8 | 14 | 34 | 27 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Professional communication/writing/presentation
| 2 | 1 | 27 | 53 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Semester long development of a major project
| 2 | 4 | 20 | 58 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Information systems development concepts/tools
| 7 | 3 | 43 | 31 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Risk management
| 6 | 8 | 50 | 20 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Project management
| 5 | 5 | 33 | 40 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Information systems analysis
| 6 | 6 | 41 | 30 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Information systems design
| 5 | 4 | 44 | 31 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Information systems implementation and testing
| 5 | 4 | 42 | 32 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Information systems operation and maintenance
| 9 | 6 | 43 | 26 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Software development using formal methods
| 5 | 7 | 46 | 24 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Software testing and metrics
| 6 | 3 | 41 | 32 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
- Internships
| 13 | 8 | 21 | 41 | | No Opinion | Not Important | Important | Very Important |
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