| 1. |
Do you think the Methods course
provided you with enough of a foundation for you to be able to design a
study to properly test your research question? |
| 2. |
Do you think the
Statistics course provided you with enough of a foundation such that you
can competently analyze the results of your study next semester? (Perhaps
after a bit of reviewing your course notes first.) |
| 3. |
Was there anything that the Methods
course did NOT cover that you now find yourself in need of? (If so,
please specify.) |
| 4. |
Did you feel you had
skills sufficient to allow you to do the library research involved in your
project? (This can apply to anything from being able to use computerized
search indexes, finding materials in the library, using interlibrary
loan... to being able to read, understand, and summarize published
research.) Elaborate as needed. |
| 5. |
Were you familiar
enough with APA style to (with the aid of the manual) implement it in your
manuscript? |
| 6. |
Were the skills and
knowledge from the courses you completed for the major, including
statistics and methods, sufficient for preparing your proposal? |
| 7. |
Were there enough
people in the department with whom you could consult about your project
and were they sufficiently helpful? |
| 8. |
How prepared did you
feel for completing your project when the semester began? Was your
preparedness an issue of confidence in yourself, or do you think you
really possessed or really did not possess the knowledge and skills that
you thought you would need? How do you feel about your preparation now,
after having completed this semester? |
| 9. |
Were there specific
aspects of the project for which you feel you were particularly well
prepared? What were they? What helped prepare you? |
| 10. |
Were there specific
aspects of the project for which you feel you were particularly not well
prepared? What were they? What would have helped to prepare you? |
| 11. |
How well do you think
the Psychology curriculum prepares students for graduate school? What are
its strengths and weaknesses? Why? |
| 12. |
How well do you think
the Psychology curriculum equips students with the ability to apply what
they have learned to the real
world?
Why? |
| 13. |
What do you think
about the recent changes to the Psychology curriculum? What are the
strengths and weaknesses of the new curriculum? |
| 14. |
How could the
Psychology curriculum be improved? |
| 15. |
What is the overall
student perception of what it takes to be a Psychology Major? |
| 16. |
What is the overall
feeling among Psychology Majors: Do they like the major? Why or why not? |
| 17. |
What would make the
Major a better experience for undergraduates? |
| 18. |
What psychological
subject areas would you like to see added to course coverage in the
department? |
| 19. |
What kinds of teaching
approaches or tools have worked best for you in your psychology courses?
Why or why not? |
| 20. |
Do you have any
suggestions for improving specific courses or the curriculum in general? |
| 21. |
With
respect to completing a viable research proposal: What do you consider
the most beneficial part of PSY 490a? |
| 22. |
With
respect to completing a viable research proposal: What do you consider
the least beneficial? |
| 23. |
With
respect to completing a viable research proposal: What recommendation(s)
do you have for psychology students just entering into PSY 490a? |
| 24. |
With
respect to the entire psychology curriculum: What do you consider to be
the strongest part of the Psychology program at Mercer? |
| 25. |
With
respect to the entire psychology curriculum: What do you consider to be
the weakest part of the Psychology program at Mercer? |
| 26. |
With
respect to the entire psychology curriculum: Where would you devote
more attention in the major? |
| 27. |
With
respect to the entire psychology curriculum: Where would you devote less
attention? |
| 28. |
With
respect to the entire psychology curriculum: How beneficial was the
sequential ordering of courses in preparing you to complete PSY 490b? |
| 29. |
What one aspect of the
curriculum would you change to make new majors' experience in the
Department a richer, more fulfilling one? |
| 30. |
Please spend a page or
two writing a candid narrative of your professional experience in the
department, pointing out the good, the bad, and the ugly. |
