SENIOR - YEAR STUDENT SURVEY EVALUATION
OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PROGRAM
When did you enter Thiel?__________(term, year)
When will you graduate?___________(term, year)
Extenuating circumstances?
I. Courses
A. Please check all the courses that you have taken and completed, and indicate the English track in
which you specialized.
Courses Tracks
_____ENG 090 Basic English _____ Literature
_____ENG 111 Oral and Written Expression I (Honors OWE I) _____ Writing
_____ENG 112 Oral and Written Expression II (Honors OWE II) _____ Secondary Education
_____ENG 120 Introduction to Literature
_____ENG 210 British Literature to Romanticism _____ English Minor
_____ENG 220 British Literature from 1798 to the Present
_____ENG 230 American Literature to 1865
_____ENG 240 American Literature from 1865 to the Present
_____ENG 260 Business and Technical Writing
_____ENG 262 Advanced Technical Writing
_____ENG 270 Advanced Composition and Research
_____ENG 280 Introduction to Creative Writing
_____ENG 282 Creative Writing: Poetry
_____ENG 284 Creative Writing: Fiction
_____ ENG 286 Creative Writing: Drama
_____ENG 305 Children’s Literature
_____ENG 315 Adolescent and Young Adult Literature
_____ENG 320 Contemporary Fiction of Africa, Asia, and Latin America
_____ENG 325 Literary New England
_____ENG 330 Dramatic Literature
_____ENG 335 Persuasive Writing
_____ENG 340 Shakespeare
_____ENG 345 The Development of the Novel
_____ENG 355 The Nineteenth-Century Novel
_____ENG 365 The Twentieth-Century Novel
_____ENG 390 Modern Poetry
_____ENG 415 Special Project
_____ENG 425 Independent Study
_____ENG 430 Cooperative Education/Internship
_____ENG 440 Literary Criticism
_____ENG 455 The English Language
_____ENG 495 Special Topics Seminar: Topic_________________________________________
B. On a scale of one (lowest) to five (highest), evaluate the effectiveness of the English curriculum based on the courses you have taken and completed. Please circle the number:
1. Content 1 2 3 4 5
2. Methodology 1 2 3 4 5
3. Classroom participation 1 2 3 4 5
4. Breadth of coverage 1 2 3 4 5
5. Depth of coverage 1 2 3 4 5
6. Clarity of presentation 1 2 3 4 5
7. Testing and other evaluation 1 2 3 4 5
8. Grading 1 2 3 4 5
II. Faculty
A. Intellectual competence and knowledge of subject
1 2 3 4 5
B. Concern for student’s academic growth
1 2 3 4 5
C. Accessibility and responsiveness
1 2 3 4 5
D. Overall teaching effectiveness
1 2 3 4 5
III. Academic Advising
A. Did you have an academic advisor in the English Department after your freshman year?
Yes_____ No____
B. If “no,” did you request a change to a member of the English Department?
Yes_____ No_____
C. If “no,” why not?_____________________________________________________________
D. Check below the types of advising services that you utilized on your own initiative:
_____Advice about college requirements and graduation
_____Processing a change of major
_____Appropriateness of a particular course
_____Information regarding internships
_____Questions or advice about course registration for the next term
_____Information about graduate school(s)
_____Questions about student teaching and/or certification for teaching
_____Information about career opportunities
_____Processing a drop-add
_____Questions about research, the library, or term papers
_____Others (specify)
E. Did you receive appropriate advice from the faculty advisor when you sought it (regardless of whether you subsequently acted on it?)
Yes_____ No_____
F. Were the departmental faculty members receptive to your request(s) for advice?
Yes_____ No_____
If “no,” please explain
G. Evaluate the overall quality of the advice and the advising system as you experienced it.
1 2 3 4 5
IV. Internships
A. Did you have an internship during your college career that was sponsored or approved by the English Department?
Yes_____ No_____
B. If “yes,” was it arranged in conjunction with the college’s Career Services Office?
Yes_____ No_____
C. Please give a brief description of your internship.
D. Did you receive academic credit for it?
Yes_____ No_____
E. Were you paid a wage or stipend?
Yes_____ No_____
F. Evaluate the overall internship experience.
1 2 3 4 5
V. Secondary certification majors
A. Did you student teach in secondary English?
Yes, grades 7-9_____ Yes, grades 10-12_____ No_____
1. If “yes,” were you adequately prepared to teach literature? Explain.
Yes_____ No_____
2. Were you adequately prepared to teach composition? Explain.
Yes_____ No_____
3. Were you adequately prepared to teach grammar? Explain.
Yes_____ No_____
VI. Your Plans (Professional, academic) after graduation:
VII. Overall evaluation of the English Department program:
1 2 3 4 5
Remarks and suggestions:
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