27 students out of 31 in the class filled and submitted the online student evaluations. The results are displayed below in percentage from the number of students participated in the survey. Additional general comments are attached in the end of the survey results.
2. The course material consists of 5 major chapters: linear eigenvalue problems, differential equations, Fourier solutions for PDEs, numerical methods, and statistics. Select one out of the five chapters in the questions below:
2.1. The most favourite (and simple) chapter of the course?
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78% - linear eigenvalue problems 18% - numerical methods 4% - probability and statistics 0% - differential equations 0% - Fourier solutions for partial differential equations |
2.2. The most unfavourite (and difficult) chapter of the course?
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93% - Fourier solutions for partial differential equations 7% - numerical methods 0% - linear eigenvalue problems 0% - differential equations 0% - probability and statistics |
2.3. The most important chapter of the course for your finding a job (or further studies)?
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59% - numerical methods 19% - differential equations 15% - probability and statistics 4% - linear eigenvalue problems 3% - Fourier solutions for partial differential equations |
2.4. The least important chapter of the course for your finding a job (or further studies)?
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41% - Fourier solutions for partial differential equations 26% - linear eigenvalue problems 15% - probability and statistics 11% - numerical methods 3% - differential equations |
3. Studies in the course can be composed out of 4 components: lectures, tutorials, home assignments (analytical and computer problems), and self-studies (textbooks). Select one out of the four components in the questions below:
3.1. The most important component for your studies?
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52% - home assignments 26% - textbooks 19% - lectures 3% - tutorials |
3.2. The second important component for your studies?
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44% - textbooks 30% - home assignments 19% - lectures 7% - tutorials |
3.3. The component which should be diminished in favour of other components?
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48% - computer or Web assignments 22% - tutorials 15% - lectures 15% - home assignments |
3.4. The component which should be strengthened compared to other components?
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48% - tutorials 37% - lectures 11% - home assignments 4% - computer or Web assignments |
4. Additional information about yourself:
4.1. What are your plans in near future?
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63% - finding a job in an area related to your major 15% - finding a job in an unrelated area 15% - graduate studies in an area related to your major 7% - graduate studies in an unrelated area |
4.2. Which component of math courses will be important in your career?
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59% - general analytical skills 26% - computer skills and knowledge of mathematical software 15% - solid background in solving special mathematical problems 0% - nothing at all |
4.3. What were your expectations for the course mark?
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44% - 70-80% 30% - 60-70% 22% - 80-90% 4% - 90-100% |
4.4. What is your average (without final exam)?
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33% - 60-70% 26% - 70-80% 22% - 80-90% 19% - below 60% 0% - 90-100% |
5. Additional general comments:
It has been an interesting course. I hope some of the knowledge gained from this course may be used in the workplace in the coming years!
Most of the topics discussed in this course seem somewhat valuable to students in civil engineering. I do draw attention however to topics like the heat and wave equation and wonder if any of us will ever see them again - although I do realize that the point of learning them was to learn applications of partial differential equations. The home assignments helped out a lot in understanding the material. One suggestion I have would be to maybe do more examples in lectures - although as of late the number of examples have been sufficient. Overall, a very good and valuable course. Thank you.
More examples are often helpful for me to understanding the concepts... More about Matlab and other Math software... The course is infomative and interesting compared to my other math courses taken previousily.
This class did help me understand the topics that were covered. The only comment I have is that the tutorials could be more effective. Although the coarse in general was very helpfull.
I find that the lectures are very helpful, however there are very many proofs of mathematical applications and this makes understanding and following the examples difficult at times. Perhaps a better way to illustrate problems would be to present examples with numerical values and final results so following and learning the methods are made much easier.
The home assignments were helpful in learning the material. The professor was very approachable and always willing to help. Lastly, the outline for this course was very clear and well organized.
I find the textbook very difficult to learn from so I try to attend lectures as much as possible, although many times I find the lectures more confusing than the textbook due to a lack of simple numerical examples. The examples provided in the lectures are too complicated for students trying to learn new concepts.
Home assignments to computer oriented, very difficult to do if you are not familiar with Matlab. Lectures need real examples, while studying for tests I've realized the lecture notes are not helpful, only the assignment solutions are. I appreciate the professer's interest in the students opinion, and like the fact that the exam is only worth 40%.
As stated in the class survey, it was a good change to have a prof. who took the time to get his students involved in how the class was taught. i also think in future years that maybe the assignment marks should be reduced down from 30%.