School of engineering

Program wrap-up session
Spring 2011

Program __Electrical Engineering__________________________________

Course _EE221___ Course name ___Frequency Domain Circuit Analysis

Instructor __Ryan Munden__________________________________________________

High points of the course (“successes”):

Pedagogy employed__Lecture, student work on board__________________________
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Homework - level of student response and feedback ___Online quizzes – all students completed nearly all quizzes on time.  The students also work textbook problems, and present them on the board.  Generally this was a well received method by the students.  They seem to prefer this to exhaustive textbook problems.  

Exams and Projects – level of student response and feedback __3 exams, due to some missed classes the last topics were somewhat rushed, and the final exam reflected somewhat poorer performance on average due to that.  The first exams were an average of A for the whole class.
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Student Attendance and overall Performance_Nearly all students attended all classes, and performed adequately.  There were no problem students, and several do a very good job.
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Any exceptionally good students? __Chukwuebuka Arinze, Michael Chambers, both averaged a 100 for the class (there are some extra credit opportunities).  _________________          

Any exceptionally poor students? ___NONE______________________________________
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Problems encountered:

Textbook ___used Alexander & Sadiku again, text is fine for this course

Return on Assignments ___Good, most quizzes turned in on time, and project.__
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Instruction method – was it student-centered? ___Students present work to class and answer class members questions, in addition to instructor lecture._________________________
Have you had the chance to try new methods, e.g. inductive learning? Did it work? __________
__primarily adding a final project again, this is a big plus, and more projects would be great

Problems with Course prerequisites_prereq courses are adequate, some weaknesses in math, such as the students not remembering seeing Series in Calculus.

Student feedback__Generally positive, and we had good dynamic in class, with frequent discussions about topics of interest.  In particular we benefitted from the presence of Marco Hernandez in the class, who was a Senior working at UI.  He sparked a lot of discussion about power generation and distribution, and inspired several students in the class to pursue internships in the Power Industry.____________________________________________________________

Student Performance, on the average.__good, the students were more capable in their math and problem solving than some previous classes, those stronger math abilities helped them succeed.
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Grade distribution__A (2), A- (2), B (2), B- (1)______________________________

Action steps

State of completion of Course Portfolio__all course work is available______

Has the course syllabus addressed Goals and Outcomes (as in Form A), and has class time per outcome been allocated as scheduled (Form F)?  ___syllabus addresses goals and outcomes, Form A & F will be completed.
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Change course prerequisites? __No__Comments*___Ensuring a solid foundation in calculus is the biggest requirement for success__________________________________
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Change course content? _No____Comments*___More projects would be a nice thing to incorporate, though it is difficult given the progression of material. _____________
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Change course objectives and/or outcomes_No_Comments*____________________________
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Recommendations for further improvement*__________________________________________
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Any advice to your fellow faculty?__________________________________________________
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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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___All were adequate.__________________________________________________________
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Were the problems brought to the attention of the Dean? ____NA_____________________

Were the problems corrected in a timely fashion? ___NA____________________________

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