North Carolina
State University
2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey:
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (AET majors only)
INSTRUCTIONS:
All graduating seniors in
the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering are being
asked to take a few minutes to complete this survey. The College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences and the department have both included questions. Your
answers to these questions are important and would
be appreciated. If you have more than one major in the
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
please answer this survey based on your experiences in the
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Questions
1.
Did you participate in undergraduate research with NCSU faculty?
2.
Which one reason listed below best describes your reason for not
participating in undergraduate research with NCSU faculty?
If you participated in undergraduate research with NCSU faculty,
please answer questions 3 and 4. Others skip to question 5.
3.
Was the research you conducted for college credit under
4.
To what extent do you agree with the following statement:
My research experience
enabled me to focus on a career, to gain employment, and/or
to become admitted
to postbaccalaureate educational programs.
All answer
5.
Did you participate in undergraduate teaching with NCSU faculty?
6.
Which one reason listed below best describes your reason for not
participating in undergraduate teaching with NCSU faculty?
If you participated in undergraduate
teaching with NCSU faculty, please answer questions 7 and 8.
Others skip to question 9.
7.
Was the teaching you conducted for college credit under
8.
To what extent do you agree with the following statement:
My teaching experience enabled me to focus on a career, to gain employment, and/or to
become admitted to postbaccalaureate educational programs.
All answer
9.
Did you participate in a formal internship?
10.
How did you locate the internship?
11.
Did you ever use the CALS Career Services Office (hear a speaker from that office in
a class or club, attend a career program including the Career Expo,
Focus on Your Future, a Minute Clinic, Kick Start, Career Fellows,
Just Who Will I Be? or use their web pages)?
12.
13.
All answer
14.
15.
Did you participate in a CALS club or student organization?
16.
17. Overall, how beneficial was your experience in the
CALS club(s) or student organization(s)?
18.
Did you participate in an international experience?
19.
Which of the following international experiences did you have?
(mark all that apply)
As an alumnus, you will be eligible to use the CALS Career Services
Office. For question 20,
please indicate whether or not the statement applies to you.
20.
I plan to use the office sometime in the future if I am
making a career transition.
If you would be willing to provide advice for CALS students about
your career once you are established in your field, please contact
Marcy Bullock at 919.515.3249 or cals_career@ncsu.edu.
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering: (Questions for AET Majors
Only)
Please indicate your agreement with each of the following statements.
1. The following AET teaching
facilities and equipment significantly enhanced my learning experience:
Agree
Tend to agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Tend to disagree
Disagree
Did not use/no opinion
a. Classrooms
b. Laboratory
rooms
c. Audio/video
equipment
d. Computers
e. Laboratory
equipment
f. Access
to the above facilities and equipment
Agree strongly
Agree somewhat
Neither agree nor disagree
Disagree somewhat
Disagree strongly
2.
As a graduating senior, I feel adequately prepared
to independently design and conduct experiments.
3.
In general, teamwork experiences in all of my
undergraduate courses were positive.
4.
I have a conceptual understanding of group dynamics.
5.
eam project experiences have given me the skills
and strategies that will make any future teamwork I engage in successful.
6.
The instruction and guidance in teamwork I have received
from professors in AET was adequate.
7. The instruction and guidance in teamwork I received
from other NCSU professors was adequate.
8.
I am confident that my undergraduate instruction in
oral and written communication skills have prepared me to perform capably
on the job.
Please indicate the number of times you attended the following
activities while an undergraduate student:
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7+
9.
Professional development seminars that focused on teamwork,
interpersonal communication, or time management skills
