PHY graduate course offerings questionnaire

If you took any prelim preparation courses, how well did you feel they
helped you prepare for the prelims?

Well

Medium

Badly

Other

Would you rather have a course that teaches you the topic that is covered by prelims, or a course that specifically addresses prelims problems?

course that teaches you the topic that is covered by prelims

course that specifically addresses prelims problems

both courses

both in one course

Regarding Introductory and Core courses, Which of the following do you agree with:

There are not enough introductory courses offered

I am unsatisfied with the quality of introductory courses

Both

Neither

Can you suggest any improvements in the quality of the courses offered at the introductory level?

Regarding Intermediate/Related courses, such as Cosmology or Scientific Computing, Which of the following do you agree with:

There are not enough intermediate courses offered

I am unsatisfied with the quality of intermediate courses

Both

Neither

Suppose you were interested in an intermediate subject such as Cosmology, or in a subject that is useful for physicists but is not physics in itself, such as Statistics. Would you be willing to take a “reading course” on that subject? That would be listed in the course offerings as a course, but it would not actually have any lectures or homeworks. However, there would be a mailing list, and a curriculum to be followed, as well as a text book. The instructor would only be in charge of checking the syllabus every semester and sending an initial welcome email at the beginning of the semester.

Yes

Not sure

Regarding Advanced courses, Which of the following do you agree with:

There are not enough advanced courses offered

I am unsatisfied with the quality of advanced courses

Both

Neither

Suppose the department could offer one more course next semester. Would you rather have it be an introductory, intermediate or advanced course?

Introductory

Intermediate

Advanced

None

Regarding the previous question, Which course would it be?

Suppose you are interested in taking an intermediate, related or advanced course, and that the department is not offering it. How likely were you to organize a regular meeting with your class mates to discuss the topics involved?

Very likely

Somewhat likely

Unlikely