2014 UCUES: Part 1

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Academic Engagement
Time Allocation
Academic and Personal Development
Campus Climate for Diversity
Plans and Aspirations
Overall Satisfaction and Agreement
Evaluation of the Major
Evaluation of the Educational Experience

Academic Engagement

1.  During this academic year, how often have you done each of the following?

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Contributed to a class discussion	126	1027	2244	1991	2535	1823
	1%	11%	23%	20%	26%	19%
Brought up ideas or concepts from different courses during class discussions	461	1745	2504	2036	1989	987
	5%	18%	26%	21%	21%	10%
Asked an insightful question in class	511	1834	2666	2074	1724	873
	5%	19%	28%	21%	18%	9%
Found a course so interesting that you did more work than was required	658	1858	2671	2075	1563	863
	7%	19%	28%	21%	16%	9%
Chosen challenging courses, when possible, even though you might lower your GPA by doing so	445	1128	1870	2042	2470	1764
	5%	12%	19%	21%	25%	18%
Made a class presentation	868	1683	2481	2024	1699	937
	9%	17%	26%	21%	18%	10%
Had a class in which the professor knew or learned your name	710	1488	2097	1833	1936	1669
	7%	15%	22%	19%	20%	17%

2.  How frequently have you engaged in these activities so far this academic year?

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Taken a small research-oriented seminar with faculty	5677	1204	959	725	642	347
	59%	13%	10%	8%	7%	4%
Communicated with a faculty member by e-mail, texting, or in person	271	1006	2393	2006	2143	1726
	3%	11%	25%	21%	23%	18%
Talked with the instructor outside of class about issues and concepts derived from a course	1205	2096	2305	1723	1351	866
	13%	22%	24%	18%	14%	9%
Interacted with faculty during class sessions	703	1854	2447	1836	1678	1002
	7%	20%	26%	19%	18%	11%
Worked with a faculty member on an activity other than coursework (e.g., student organization, campus committee, cultural activity)	4544	1985	1096	826	619	478
	48%	21%	12%	9%	7%	5%

3.  How frequently during this academic year have you done each of the following?

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Turned in a course assignment late	4300	3177	1176	416	227	89
	46%	34%	13%	4%	2%	1%
Gone to class without completing assigned reading	574	1711	2710	1879	1568	918
	6%	18%	29%	20%	17%	10%
Gone to class unprepared	686	2588	3107	1544	941	465
	7%	28%	33%	17%	10%	5%
Skipped class	1090	3521	2524	1097	700	392
	12%	38%	27%	12%	8%	4%
Raised your standard for acceptable effort due to the high standards of a faculty member	568	1084	2523	2437	2064	663
	6%	12%	27%	26%	22%	7%
Extensively revised a paper before submitting it to be graded	578	1233	2070	1955	2052	1484
	6%	13%	22%	21%	22%	16%
Sought academic help from instructor or tutor when needed	832	1634	2270	1825	1801	1005
	9%	17%	24%	20%	19%	11%
Worked on class projects or studied as a group with other classmates outside of class	430	1095	2097	1935	2171	1637
	5%	12%	22%	21%	23%	18%
Helped a classmate better understand the course material when studying together	376	935	2295	2184	2315	1271
	4%	10%	25%	23%	25%	14%

You indicated above that you worked on class projects or studied as a group with other classmates outside of class. Which did you do?

Response	Number	Percent
Worked on a class project with other classmates outside of class	1362	16%
Studied as a group with other classmates outside of class	2022	23%
Both, worked on a class project and studied with classmates outside of class	5358	61%

4.  On average, how much of your assigned course reading have you completed this academic year?

Response	Number	Percent
0-10%	181	2%
11-20%	259	3%
21-30%	402	4%
31-40%	446	5%
41-50%	649	7%
51-60%	1119	12%
61-70%	1282	14%
71-80%	2051	22%
81-90%	1675	18%
91-100%	1300	14%

Time Allocation

5.  How many hours do you spend in a typical week (7 days) on the following activities? (Must be numeric, enter 0 for none)?

Paid employment (including internships) on campus

Response	Number	Percent
None	6052	67%
Some other amount	2947	33%

Paid employment (including internships) off campus

Response	Number	Percent
None	6662	77%
Some other amount	2007	23%

Of your total hours spent working for pay, about how many hours were related to your academic interests?

Response	Number	Percent
None	2308	54%
Some other amount [Contact OPA for more information]	1966	46%

6.  How many hours do you spend in a typical week (7 days) on the following activities?

	0	1-5	6-10	11-15	16-20	21-25	26-30	More than 30
Attending classes, discussion sections or labs	24	415	1325	2941	2621	1134	383	251
	0%	5%	15%	32%	29%	13%	4%	3%
Studying and other academic activities outside of class	62	945	2126	2018	1656	941	556	744
	1%	10%	24%	22%	18%	10%	6%	8%
Attending movies, concerts, sports, or other entertainment events	2065	5009	1156	409	200	74	44	55
	23%	56%	13%	5%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Performing community service or volunteer activities	3684	3511	976	449	213	90	60	58
	41%	39%	11%	5%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Participating in physical exercise, recreational sports, or physically active hobbies	1463	4440	1862	665	277	172	76	101
	16%	49%	21%	7%	3%	2%	1%	1%
Participating in spiritual or religious activities	6215	1888	446	223	157	66	44	47
	68%	21%	5%	3%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Participating in student clubs or organizations	2442	3399	1595	774	454	187	99	117
	27%	38%	18%	9%	5%	2%	1%	1%
Socializing with friends	315	3390	2821	1379	644	246	106	174
	4%	37%	31%	15%	7%	3%	1%	2%
Partying	4394	3336	773	297	140	69	37	30
	48%	37%	9%	3%	2%	1%	0%	0%
Spending time with family	4848	2797	612	279	192	99	56	164
	54%	31%	7%	3%	2%	1%	1%	2%
Using the computer/tablet/smartphone for non-academic purposes and entertainment (e.g., gaming, social media, shopping, streaming video)	247	2520	2569	1533	945	478	239	534
	3%	28%	28%	17%	10%	5%	3%	6%
Watching TV, streaming movies/TV on computer or tablet	1593	3671	1946	934	457	220	102	142
	18%	41%	22%	10%	5%	2%	1%	2%
Commuting to school and/or to work	2723	4815	899	313	139	76	43	56
	30%	53%	10%	4%	2%	1%	1%	1%

7.  During this academic year, what was the average number of hours per night you slept on weeknights?

Response	Number	Percent
4 or less	297	3%
5	1218	14%
6	2810	31%
7	2966	33%
8	1499	17%
9 or more	238	3%

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Academic and Personal Development

8a.  Please rate your level of proficiency in the following areas when you started at this campus and now.

When you started here

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
Analytical and critical thinking skills	117	536	3019	3285	1461	496
	1%	6%	34%	37%	16%	6%
Ability to be clear and effective when writing	144	721	2881	3101	1524	526
	2%	8%	32%	35%	17%	6%
Ability to read and comprehend academic material	124	758	2928	3248	1374	452
	1%	9%	33%	37%	16%	5%
Foreign language skills	542	1455	2930	2246	1044	660
	6%	16%	33%	25%	12%	7%
Understanding your field of study (i.e., college major)	596	2030	3306	2101	625	227
	7%	23%	37%	24%	7%	3%
Quantitative (mathematical and statistical) skills	265	856	3070	2947	1318	437
	3%	10%	35%	33%	15%	5%
Ability to speak clearly and effectively in English	51	284	1446	2182	2212	2731
	1%	3%	16%	25%	25%	31%
Ability to understand international perspectives (economic, political, social, cultural)	262	1240	3097	2616	1145	510
	3%	14%	35%	30%	13%	6%
Leadership skills	203	905	2716	2946	1468	659
	2%	10%	31%	33%	17%	7%

Current ability level

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
Analytical and critical thinking skills	28	94	753	2842	3649	1434
	0%	1%	9%	32%	42%	16%
Ability to be clear and effective when writing	37	157	1088	3041	3302	1159
	0%	2%	12%	35%	38%	13%
Ability to read and comprehend academic material	32	108	830	2923	3566	1302
	0%	1%	10%	33%	41%	15%
Foreign language skills	537	1370	2125	2243	1591	886
	6%	16%	24%	26%	18%	10%
Understanding your field of study (i.e., college major)	79	180	873	2567	3475	1596
	1%	2%	10%	29%	40%	18%
Quantitative (mathematical and statistical) skills	203	640	1913	2998	2217	812
	2%	7%	22%	34%	25%	9%
Ability to speak clearly and effectively in English	28	99	607	1887	2888	3271
	0%	1%	7%	22%	33%	37%
Ability to understand international perspectives (economic, political, social, cultural)	72	288	1177	2630	3103	1492
	1%	3%	13%	30%	35%	17%
Leadership skills	106	375	1356	2798	2787	1366
	1%	4%	15%	32%	32%	16%

8b.  Please rate your level of proficiency in the following areas when you started at this campus and now.

When you started here

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
Library research skills (e.g. finding books, articles, evaluating information sources)	502	1883	3375	2198	702	234
	6%	21%	38%	25%	8%	3%
Other research skills	360	1508	3582	2478	713	231
	4%	17%	40%	28%	8%	3%
Ability to prepare and make a presentation	125	688	2912	3341	1331	479
	1%	8%	33%	38%	15%	5%
Interpersonal (social) skills	162	660	2596	2969	1633	858
	2%	7%	29%	33%	18%	10%

Current ability level

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
Library research skills (e.g. finding books, articles, evaluating information sources)	114	486	1703	3178	2497	846
	1%	6%	19%	36%	28%	10%
Other research skills	81	296	1648	3349	2570	852
	1%	3%	19%	38%	29%	10%
Ability to prepare and make a presentation	51	178	1220	3310	2917	1124
	1%	2%	14%	38%	33%	13%
Interpersonal (social) skills	99	261	1007	2767	3005	1683
	1%	3%	11%	31%	34%	19%

9.  Similarly, please rate your abilities now and when you first began at this university on the following dimensions.

When you started here

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
Ability to appreciate and understand racial and ethnic diversity	107	568	2292	2995	1775	1109
	1%	6%	26%	34%	20%	13%
Ability to appreciate the fine arts (e.g., painting, music, drama, dance)	143	683	2126	2742	1812	1337
	2%	8%	24%	31%	21%	15%
Ability to appreciate cultural and global diversity	82	422	2135	3026	1919	1251
	1%	5%	24%	34%	22%	14%

Current ability level

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
Ability to appreciate and understand racial and ethnic diversity	53	113	606	2213	3285	2498
	1%	1%	7%	25%	38%	29%
Ability to appreciate the fine arts (e.g., painting, music, drama, dance)	103	344	1134	2434	2665	2086
	1%	4%	13%	28%	30%	24%
Ability to appreciate cultural and global diversity	42	123	677	2173	3131	2624
	1%	1%	8%	25%	36%	30%

Campus Climate for Diversity

10.  Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the statements in terms of yourself.

	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Somewhat disagree	Somewhat agree	Agree	Strongly agree
I feel free to express my political beliefs on campus	208	374	732	2071	3472	1966
	2%	4%	8%	24%	39%	22%
I feel free to express my religious beliefs on campus	191	332	678	2035	3611	1953
	2%	4%	8%	23%	41%	22%
Students of my race/ethnicity are respected on this campus	189	336	700	1870	3599	2114
	2%	4%	8%	21%	41%	24%
Students of my socio-economic status are respected on this campus	209	340	761	1905	3726	1874
	2%	4%	9%	22%	42%	21%
Students of my gender are respected on this campus	98	195	451	1713	4071	2282
	1%	2%	5%	19%	46%	26%
Students of my religious beliefs are respected on this campus	141	249	635	1997	3814	1957
	2%	3%	7%	23%	43%	22%
Students of my political beliefs are respected on this campus	200	284	590	1738	3806	2174
	2%	3%	7%	20%	43%	25%
Students of my sexual orientation are respected on this campus	53	91	229	1027	4011	3376
	1%	1%	3%	12%	46%	38%

11.  Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the statements in terms of yourself.

	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Somewhat disagree	Somewhat agree	Agree	Strongly agree	Not applicable
Students of my immigration background are respected on this campus	124	195	379	953	2113	1429	3600
	1%	2%	4%	11%	24%	16%	41%
Students with a physical, psychological, or learning disability like mine are respected on this campus	132	170	322	766	1509	753	5081
	2%	2%	4%	9%	17%	9%	58%

Plans and Aspirations

12.  Which of the following BEST represents your plans for after graduation? (Select only one)

Response	Number	Percent
Enroll in graduate or professional school	3118	35%
Work full-time	3279	37%
Work part-time	114	1%
Be self-employed	103	1%
Study or work abroad	356	4%
Join armed forces	27	0%
Paid internship	233	3%
Unpaid internship/volunteer	93	1%
Take a year off	446	5%
Do something else	47	1%
I have no idea at this point	844	10%
Other [Contact OPA for more information]	161	2%

13.  What career do you hope to eventually have after you've completed your education?

Response	Number	Percent
Agriculture/agribusiness	47	1%
Artistic, creative professions	505	6%
Business, finance-related professions	1350	15%
Civil Service/government	406	5%
Education	510	6%
Engineering, computer programming	1346	15%
Law	562	6%
Medicine, health-related professions	1617	18%
Military	17	0%
Psychology, helping professions	313	4%
Researcher, scientist	851	10%
I have no idea whatsoever	750	9%
Other [Contact OPA for more information]	508	6%

14.  What is the HIGHEST academic degree or credential that you plan to earn eventually?

Response	Number	Percent
Bachelor's degree (B.A., B.S., etc.)	871	10%
Teaching credential	74	1%
Business master's (M.B.A.)	1072	12%
Other professional master's (M.Ed., M.PP., M.P.H, M.FA., M.LIS., M.SN., M.SW.,M.ARCH., etc)	769	9%
Academic master's (M.A., M.S., etc.)	1046	12%
Law degree (L.L.B. or J.D.)	596	7%
Medical doctorate other than M.D. (D.O., D.D.S., D.V.M., etc)	271	3%
Medical doctor (M.D.)	779	9%
Doctorate (Ph.D., Ed.D., etc)	1702	19%
Multiple doctoral degrees (M.D./Ph.D.)	316	4%
I don't know yet	1215	14%
Other, please elaborate [Contact OPA for more information]	95	1%

15.  Indicate the following research and creative activities that you are currently doing or have completed as a student.

	Yes, doing now or have done	No
A research or research paper as part of your coursework	6865	1836
	79%	21%
At least one student research course (a course in which you learned research methods or researched a topic)	4846	3803
	56%	44%
At least one independent study course	2038	6562
	24%	76%
Assist faculty in research with course credit	1918	6691
	22%	78%
Assist faculty in research for pay without course credit	839	7720
	10%	90%
Assist faculty in research as a volunteer without course credit	1580	6999
	18%	82%
A creative activity as part of your coursework	4883	3719
	57%	43%
Work on creative projects under the direction of faculty with course credit	2137	6443
	25%	75%
Work on creative projects under the direction of faculty for pay without course credit	353	8185
	4%	96%
Work on creative projects under the direction of faculty as a volunteer without course credit	713	7840
	8%	92%

Overall Satisfaction and Agreement

16.  How satisfied are you with the following aspects of your university education.

	Very dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Satisfied	Very satisfied
My UC Berkeley grade point average	897	1370	1719	2185	1830	795
	10%	16%	20%	25%	21%	9%
Overall social experience	306	629	1155	2485	2950	1256
	4%	7%	13%	28%	34%	14%
Overall academic experience	203	427	1022	2461	3238	1409
	2%	5%	12%	28%	37%	16%
Value of my education for the price I am paying	449	591	1274	2417	2487	1541
	5%	7%	15%	28%	28%	18%

17.  Please select your level of agreement with the following statements.

	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Disagree somewhat	Agree somewhat	Agree	Strongly agree
I feel that I belong at this campus	214	360	741	2309	3189	1976
	2%	4%	8%	26%	36%	23%
Knowing what I know now, I would still choose to  enroll at this campus	241	287	646	1627	2823	3165
	3%	3%	7%	19%	32%	36%

Evaluation of the Major

VERSION SEEN BY DECLARED SINGLE MAJOR STUDENTS
The next section of this questionnaire asks you to evaluate your major based on your experience. Below is your major according to University records. Please select the major that you will evaluate. If you have changed majors and would like to evaluate your new major, please select that option and then choose your new major from the subsequent list.

Response	Number	Percent
First Major	5150	97%
Other [Contact OPA for more information]	159	3%

VERSION SEEN BY DECLARED DOUBLE MAJOR STUDENTS
The next section of this questionnaire asks you to evaluate your major based on your experience. Below are listed your major(s) according to University records. Please select the major that you will evaluate. If you do not want to evaluate the first major listed, then you will need to make another selection. If you have changed majors and would like to evaluate your new major, please select that option and then choose your new major from the subsequent list.

Response	Number	Percent
First Major	437	62%
Second Major	270	38%
Other [Contact OPA for more information]	1	0%

Note: On selecting "Other", the respondent is directed to "Please select your new major from the following list" question and asked to select a new major from a drop down list.

SEEN BY DECLARED SINGLE & DOUBLE MAJOR STUDENTS
18.  Were the following factors very important to you in deciding on your major?

	Yes	No
Intellectual curiosity	5618	320
	95%	5%
Leads to a high paying job	2677	3227
	45%	55%
Prepares me for a fulfilling career	4985	935
	84%	16%
Parental/family desires	1603	4296
	27%	73%
Allows time for other activities	2352	3532
	40%	60%
Provides international opportunities	3005	2897
	51%	49%
Prestige	2847	3051
	48%	52%
Couldn't get into my first choice of major	571	5299
	10%	90%
Prepares me for graduate/professional school	3710	2185
	63%	37%
Compelled to choose a major by school requirements or deadlines	1103	4768
	19%	81%
Other, please elaborate [Contact OPA for more information]	317	909
	26%	74%

SEEN BY UNDECLARED
18.  Which of the following factors do you consider to be very important to you in deciding on your major?

	Yes	No
Intellectual curiosity	2675	124
	96%	4%
Leads to a high paying job	1872	905
	67%	33%
Prepares me for a fulfilling career	2650	146
	95%	5%
Parental/family desires	1134	1628
	41%	59%
Allows time for other activities	1905	861
	69%	31%
Provides international opportunities	1692	1071
	61%	39%
Prestige	1610	1151
	58%	42%
Prepares me for graduate/professional school	2023	739
	73%	27%
Other, please elaborate [Contact OPA for more information]	109	290
	27%	73%

19.  Thinking back over your coursework this academic year, how often were you REQUIRED to do the following?

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Recognize or recall specific facts, terms and concepts	29	152	709	1269	3024	3518
	0%	2%	8%	15%	35%	40%
Explain methods, ideas, or concepts and use them to solve problems	44	182	549	1211	3199	3501
	1%	2%	6%	14%	37%	40%
Break down material into component parts or arguments into assumptions to see the basis for different outcomes and conclusions	91	436	978	1666	2952	2558
	1%	5%	11%	19%	34%	30%
Judge the value of information, ideas, actions, and conclusions based on the soundness of sources, methods and reasoning	126	594	1112	1719	2868	2260
	2%	7%	13%	20%	33%	26%
Create or generate new ideas, products or ways of understanding	212	811	1351	1906	2450	1955
	2%	9%	16%	22%	28%	23%

20.  Thinking back on this academic year, how often have you done each of the following?

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Used facts and examples to support your viewpoint	49	193	628	1333	3109	3363
	1%	2%	7%	15%	36%	39%
Incorporated ideas or concepts from different courses when completing assignments	95	518	1327	1983	2767	1970
	1%	6%	15%	23%	32%	23%
Examined how others gathered and interpreted data and assessed the soundness of their conclusions	217	818	1398	2074	2511	1649
	3%	9%	16%	24%	29%	19%
Reconsidered your own position on a topic after assessing the arguments of others	152	520	1474	2104	2738	1666
	2%	6%	17%	24%	32%	19%

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Evaluation of the Educational Experience

SEEN BY DECLARED SINGLE AND DOUBLE MAJOR STUDENTS (EVALUATION OF 1ST MAJOR FOR DOUBLE MAJORS)
21.  Please answer the following questions about your major.

	Yes	No
Do you understand how the requirements of your major combine to produce a coherent understanding of a field of study?	5301	592
	90%	10%
Are the program requirements well defined?	5390	502
	92%	9%
Are department rules and policies clearly communicated?	5129	752
	87%	13%
Is the description of the major in the catalog accurate?	5422	446
	92%	8%
Is the website (and/or social media) used to facilitate communication between students and the program?	4627	1231
	79%	21%

SEEN BY DECLARED SINGLE AND DOUBLE MAJORS
22.  Please answer the following questions about your experiences in the major.

SEEN BY UNDECLARED
22.  Please answer the following questions about your educational experience overall.

How often have you experienced the following?

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Open channels of communication between faculty and students regarding student needs, concerns, and suggestions	221	831	1677	2129	2596	1178
	3%	10%	19%	25%	30%	14%
Students treated equitably and fairly by the faculty	57	200	895	1817	3822	1832
	1%	2%	10%	21%	44%	21%
Faculty clearly explaining what constitutes plagiarism and its consequences	86	388	867	1407	3137	2735
	1%	5%	10%	16%	36%	32%
Faculty providing prompt and useful feedback on student work	92	485	1360	2550	2942	1190
	1%	6%	16%	30%	34%	14%

SEEN BY DECLARED SINGLE AND DOUBLE MAJORS
23.  How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your educational experience in the major?

	Very dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Satisfied	Very satisfied	Not applicable-No courses taken
Variety of courses available in your major	154	268	589	1182	1982	1673	27
	3%	5%	10%	20%	34%	29%	1%
Quality of lower-division courses in your major	173	317	723	1239	1726	976	712
	3%	5%	12%	21%	29%	17%	12%
Quality of upper-division courses in your major	71	118	302	902	1963	2101	412
	1%	2%	5%	15%	33%	36%	7%

How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your educational experience overall?

	Very dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Satisfied	Very satisfied
Advising by faculty on academic matters	253	471	1066	2932	2860	919
	3%	6%	13%	35%	34%	11%
Advising by student peer advisers on academic matters	203	416	1113	3467	2569	595
	2%	5%	13%	42%	31%	7%
Advising by school or college staff on academic matters	280	517	1148	2964	2763	776
	3%	6%	14%	35%	33%	9%
Advising by departmental staff on academic matters	240	436	1037	2836	2834	1039
	3%	5%	12%	34%	34%	12%
Quality of faculty instruction	94	217	676	2298	3721	1468
	1%	3%	8%	27%	44%	17%
Quality of teaching by graduate students (TA's, AI's)	129	238	763	2521	3422	1398
	2%	3%	9%	30%	40%	17%
Availability of courses for general education or breadth requirements	146	346	941	2490	3448	1083
	2%	4%	11%	30%	41%	13%
Availability of courses needed for graduation	194	370	974	2342	3454	1143
	2%	4%	12%	28%	41%	14%
Access to small classes	528	885	1652	2350	2324	747
	6%	10%	20%	28%	27%	9%
Access to faculty outside of class	220	414	1142	2764	3033	898
	3%	5%	14%	33%	36%	11%
Ability to get into a major that you want	261	304	666	1791	3478	1954
	3%	4%	8%	21%	41%	23%
Opportunities for research experience or to produce creative products	340	674	1442	2586	2454	966
	4%	8%	17%	31%	29%	11%
Educational enrichment programs (e.g., service-learning, study abroad, internships)	227	441	1123	2831	2787	1021
	3%	5%	13%	34%	33%	12%
Availability of library research resources	69	131	399	2253	3634	1952
	1%	2%	5%	27%	43%	23%

24.  How many professors do you know well enough to ask for a letter of recommendation in support of an application for a job or for graduate or professional school?

Response	Number	Percent
Zero	1736	30%
1	1530	26%
2	1424	24%
3	745	13%
4 or more	398	7%

25.  Would you like to evaluate another major?

Response	Number	Percent
Yes	236	4%
No, skip to next part of questionnaire	5586	96%

SEEN BY DECLARED SINGLE MAJOR STUDENTS
26.  Please select your second major to evaluate from the following list.

Response	Number	Percent
First Major	17	19%
Other [Contact OPA for more information]	72	81%

SEEN BY DECLARED DOUBLE MAJOR STUDENTS
26.  Please select your new major to evaluate from the following list.

Response	Number	Percent
First Major	43	29%
Second Major	103	70%
Other [Contact OPA for more information]	2	1%

Note: On selecting "Other", the respondent is directed to "Please select your new major from the following list" question and asked to select a new major from a drop down list.

27.  Were the following factors very important to you in deciding on your major?

	Yes	No
Intellectual curiosity	215	13
	94%	6%
Leads to a high paying job	78	151
	34%	66%
Prepares me for a fulfilling career	182	46
	80%	20%
Parental/family desires	52	177
	23%	77%
Allows time for other activities	69	159
	30%	70%
Provides international opportunit ies	109	120
	48%	52%
Prestige	104	123
	46%	54%
Couldn't get into my first choice of major	13	215
	6%	94%
Prepares me for graduate/professional school	151	78
	66%	34%
Compelled to choose a major by school requirements or deadlines	24	201
	11%	89%
Other, please elaborate [Contact OPA for more information]	17	49
	26%	74%

28.  Please answer the following questions about your major.

	Yes	No
Do you understand how the requirements of your major combine to produce a coherent understanding of a field of study?	204	23
	90%	10%
Are the program requirements well defined?	204	23
	90%	10%
Are department rules and policies clearly communicated?	200	28
	88%	12%
Is the description of the major in the catalog accurate?	210	17
	93%	8%
Is the website (and/or social media) used to facilitate communication between students and the program?	178	46
	80%	21%

Please answer the following questions about your experience in the major.
How often have you experienced the following?

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Open channels of communication between faculty and students regarding student needs, concerns, and suggestions	6	17	26	41	82	55
	3%	8%	12%	18%	36%	24%
Students treated equitably and fairly by the faculty	3	8	16	33	95	73
	1%	4%	7%	15%	42%	32%
Faculty clearly explaining what constitutes plagiarism and its consequences	7	5	28	29	69	90
	3%	2%	12%	13%	30%	40%
Faculty providing prompt and useful feedback on student work	2	13	27	48	78	58
	1%	6%	12%	21%	35%	26%

29.  How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your educational experience in the major?

	Very dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Satisfied	Very satisfied
Variety of courses available in your major	8	16	20	44	82	57
	4%	7%	9%	19%	36%	25%
Quality of lower-division courses in your major	11	11	29	43	81	50
	5%	5%	13%	19%	36%	22%
Quality of upper-division courses in your major	7	5	18	40	74	82
	3%	2%	8%	18%	33%	36%

How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your educational experience overall?

	Very dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Satisfied	Very satisfied
Advising by faculty on academic matters	13	8	20	48	86	51
	6%	4%	9%	21%	38%	23%
Advising by student peer advisers on academic matters	10	9	22	77	65	37
	5%	4%	10%	35%	30%	17%
Advising by school or college staff on academic matters	11	14	26	53	73	47
	5%	6%	12%	24%	33%	21%
Advising by departmental staff on academic matters	14	15	21	35	71	68
	6%	7%	9%	16%	32%	30%
Quality of faculty instruction	7	8	16	35	82	79
	3%	4%	7%	15%	36%	35%
Quality of teaching by graduate students (TA's, AI's)	9	7	17	40	83	70
	4%	3%	8%	18%	37%	31%
Availability of courses for general education or breadth requirements	6	11	18	44	87	61
	3%	5%	8%	19%	38%	27%
Availability of courses needed for graduation	10	6	24	41	81	64
	4%	3%	11%	18%	36%	28%
Access to small classes	20	10	39	49	43	64
	9%	4%	17%	22%	19%	28%
Access to faculty outside of class	6	10	23	46	77	64
	3%	4%	10%	20%	34%	28%
Ability to get into a major that you want	5	6	14	27	84	90
	2%	3%	6%	12%	37%	40%
Opportunities for research experience or to produce creative products	6	12	36	44	74	54
	3%	5%	16%	20%	33%	24%
Educational enrichment programs (e.g., study abroad, internships)	11	15	28	50	66	53
	5%	7%	13%	22%	30%	24%
Availability of library research materials	3	5	18	34	79	86
	1%	2%	8%	15%	35%	38%

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