Senior Survey

Anyone graduating May 2001 or August 2001 should fill out this survey. We appreciate your cooperation. This will take about 15-20 minutes. Please take as much time needed to completely give us your thoughts.

* - Required Fields

1. Full RealName: * (ex. Johnatheena X. Doerty)

2. Social Security # not required (ex. 123-45-6789)

3. School Phone: [ ] (ex. [401] 874-1000)

4. Permanent Phone: [ ] (ex. [401] 874-1000)

5. Permanent Address:

6. Month/Year of Graduation: *

7. Estimated GPA:

8. Minor:

9. Email Address: * (ex. jdoe@hotmail.com)

10. Personal WebPage Address: http:// (ex. www.myhomepage.com/me/)

11. What Communication class or classes did you find the most challenging and/or rewarding? Please explain.

12. What Communication class or classes did you find the least challenging and/or rewarding? Please explain.

13. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being of no help and 10 being of significant help, how much did Com206 help prepare you for:

13. Work in your other Communication Studies courses?

14. Developing research skills?

15. Giving you an understanding of the major?

16. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being of no help and 10 being of significant help, how much did Com306 help prepare you for:

16. Basic research design and statistical knowledge?

17. Work in upper division Communication classes?

18. Knowledge that will be useful in graduate school and/or in the workforce?

19. What did you like most about Com206?

20. What did you like least about Com206?

21. What did you like most about Com306?

22. What did you like least about Com306?

23. Currently Com101, 103, 206 and 306 are required of all majors. Please indicate any other courses that you think should be required of all Communication Studies majors, if any. (Place cursor in box and separate each entry by pressing ENTER)

24. Did you find URI101 a productive and essential class? Yes or No

25. Should URI101 be required of all freshmen?
Yes or No

26. Should Communication Studies develop it's own version of URI101 for Communication Studies majors?
Yes or No

27. What did you like most about URI 101?

28. What did you like least about URI101?

29. What faculty or staff members of Communication Studies proved to be most influential in your undergraduate education? Please feel free to share specific examples. (Place cursor in box and separate each entry by pressing ENTER)

30. Do you plan to pursue graduate work? Yes or No

31.If yes, do you plan to start graduate work the semester after graduation? Yes or No

32. Do you plan to go to graduate school after working for a year or more? Yes or No

33. At which college or university will you be doing your graduate work?

34. In what kind of graduate program are you interested?

35. If you plan to enter the workforce after graduation, do you have a job lined-up? Yes or No

36. If yes, with what company?

37. Do you have an estimated starting salary?

38. How did you find the job?

39. Did you participate in an internship program as an undergraduate? Yes or No

40. Full-Time? Yes or No

41. Part-Time? Yes or No

42. If yes to either, where did you do your internship?

43. Discuss briefly your assessment of the internship experience.

44. Did you study abroad as an undergraduate? Yes or No

45. If yes, where did you study abroad?

46. Discuss briefly your assessment of the travel abroad experience.

47. Did you need curriculum modifications to help you meet the requirements for the major? Yes or No

48. Did you take Com491 and/or Com492, Independent Study? Yes or No

49. If yes, could you explain what projects you worked on?

50. Who directed your independent study?

51. What classes do we not offer that we should? (Place cursor in box and separate each entry by pressing ENTER)

52. Of what classes do we not offer enough sections? (Place cursor in box and separate each entry by pressing ENTER)

53. On a scale of 1-10 how difficult was it to register for classes in Communication Studies?
(1=easy to get classes, 10=highly frustrating or impossible)

53. Freshman Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

54. Sophomore Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

55. Junior Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

56. Senior Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

57.Please share with us any other thoughts you might have on your undergraduate experience?