School of engineering

Program wrap-up session
Spring 2011

Program __MSECE_______________________________________________________

Course ECE420____ Course name _Readings in ECE-Independent Study____

Instructor __Ryan Munden__________________________________________________

High points of the course (“successes”):

Pedagogy employed__Independent study, the students did their own readings on the topics they were interested in doing a Thesis on.  We met to discuss their problem statements, and background readings, and thesis proposals individually.
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Homework - level of student response and feedback _NA – no assigned textbook HW
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Exams and Projects – level of student response and feedback __both students were very motivated, and worked hard to turn in good thesis proposals.  They were very responsive to suggestions and feedback that I gave them, and I believe will be successful with their thesis work._____________________________________________________________________

Student Attendance and overall Performance__good________________________________
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Any exceptionally good students? _Tyrone Mellon, Sherwin Li __________________          

Any exceptionally poor students? __NA___________________________________________
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Problems encountered:

Textbook _none_______________________________________________________________

Return on Assignments ___Very good___________________________________________
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Instruction method – was it student-centered? _entirely student driven, based on chosen thesis work.  We met to discuss problems, ideas, and proposal writing.
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Have you had the chance to try new methods, e.g. inductive learning? Did it work? __________
__I would say this was a new method, and yes it was successful.  ________

Problems with Course prerequisites___none________________________________________

Student feedback__I believe generally positive, both wish to continue on and complete their theses under my guidance.  _________________________________________________

Student Performance, on the average.___Excellent__________________________________
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Grade distribution__A (2)_______________________________________________________

Action steps

State of completion of Course Portfolio___I have the thesis proposals_____________

Has the course syllabus addressed Goals and Outcomes (as in Form A), and has class time per outcome been allocated as scheduled (Form F)?  __Forms A & F are not complete, and may not need to be, as this is an entirely MSECE course.  Not open to undergrads.  ___________
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Change course prerequisites? _NO___Comments*_____________________________________
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Change course content? _NO___Comments*__Important to get students to the library workshops early, as they are going to make a lot of use of those resources.
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Change course objectives and/or outcomes_NO__Comments*____________________________
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Recommendations for further improvement*__________________________________________
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__May be desireable to require this course still, as more of a technical writing and research course, even if it is not continued to the thesis stage by most students.  _______________
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Any advice to your fellow faculty?__allow the students to guide the work according to their interests.______________________________________________________________________

instructional environment

Please comment on any problems that were encountered because of inadequacies in the classroom environment, lack of supplies, inadequate service from staff:
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___none_______________________________________________________________________
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Were the problems brought to the attention of the Dean? ___NA____________________

Were the problems corrected in a timely fashion? ______NA___________________________

use an additional sheet if necessary.

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