North Carolina State University
2009-2010 Graduating Senior Survey
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Natural Resources - Ecosystem Assessment and Policy & Administration Programs

INSTRUCTIONS:

The Natural Resources program is very interested in your opinions, and believes that you can provide it with useful information to help us evaluate and improve our programs. We appreciate you taking the time to answer these questions.

To answer a question, click on the bubble for the answer you are choosing. Once you have answered all the questions, you must hit the SUBMIT button at the end of the form to submit your answers.

In the first column, please select the appropriate bubble to indicate to what extent you think the Natural Resources program prepared you in each of the following areas. In the second column, indicate how important you expect the area will be in your future profession.

	HOW WELL WERE YOU PREPARED BY YOUR PROGRAM OF STUDY?					HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU EXPECT THIS WILL BE IN YOUR PROFESSION ?
	Very Well Prepared	Well Prepared	Somewhat Prepared	Poorly Prepared	Very Poorly Prepared	Very Important	Important	Moderately Important	Of Limited Importance	Not At All Important
1. Ability to assess natural resources effectively.	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Somewhat prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited important	Not at all important
2. Ability to apply objective and critical thought to the solution of a variety of problems in natural resource management.	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Somewhat prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited important	Not at all important
3. Ability to communicate proficiently in the kinds of writing and speaking required of natural resource professionals.	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Somewhat prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited important	Not at all important
4. Ability to work effectively in teams.	Very well prepared	Well prepared	Somewhat prepared	Poorly prepared	Very poorly prepared	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited important	Not at all important

5. How satisfied are you with the curriculum's ability to foster a broad perspective to natural resources?
Very satisfied
Moderately satisfied
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
Moderately dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied
Not required in major

Thank you for your time and assistance!