Senior Survey

In accordance with assessment requirments, every graduating senior is asked to complete an exit survey. Please complete this survey by May 17, 2019. Thank you!

Please enter the last four digits of your student identification number.

This is used as a control number to verify which GS seniors have responded to this survey. This number and your comments will remain strictly confidential.

A. Curriculum
Are you double or triple majoring?
Yes No
If applicable, please select your second major and third majors:
If you did not have a double or triple major and could do it all over again, would you complement the GS major with a second major?
 Yes No Not applicable
Are you minoring?
Yes No
If applicable, please select your first and second minors:
Who was your GS 290 Instructor?

Name, if other:

As you reflect with the wisdom of a graduating senior, what are your perceptions of the weaknesses of GS 290 in the context of the major?
What is your GS concentration?
If other, describe:
Reflecting as a graduating senior, did your GS concentration provide a coherent introduction to in-depth knowledge of a particular discipline or world region?

Who was the instructor of your Senior Seminar?
Name, if other:
As you reflect on the Senior Seminar, what are your perceptions of the weaknesses of this course in the context of the major?

B. Study Abroad
Where did you study abroad?
What program did you study under?
How long was your study abroad?
If other, how long?
If you studied abroad for only one term, do you now wish you had gone for a whole year? Yes No
Was the study abroad component of sufficient duration and quality from your perspective? Explain briefly.
Did you seek preapproval for your study abroad courses before departure? Yes No
If not, do you wish you had? Yes No
Did your advanced training in a foreign language, and direct experience of another culture, contribute to your understanding of cultures and their interactions in world affairs? If so, how? If not, why not?
What are the strengths of the study abroad component of the major?
What are the weaknesses of the study abroad component of the major?

C. Advising
Who is your concentration advisor?
Has your advisor helped you plan your major? Yes No
Has he or she been accessible? Yes No
What are the strengths of your concentration advisor?
What are the weaknesses of your concentration advisor?

D. General Questions

The mission statement of the GS major reads:

"The major in Global Studies seeks to enable students to develop a multidisciplinary understanding of cultures and their interactions in world affairs. It aims to train majors to meet the intellectual challenges of cross-cultural study by providing them with both necessary theoretical and methodological tools; advanced training in a foreign language, direct experience of another culture through study abroad, and knowledge in depth concerning at least one world region or transnational mode of analysis."
In your opinion, to what extent has the IS major fulfilled this mission?
What single course or experience had the greatest impact on you as an IS major?
Why did this course have such impact?
How have you changed since you began studying within the GS major?
If you had complete control over the GS major, what would you like to change?
Big Issues:
Small Issues:

Global Studies is an interdisciplinary program, not a department. What recommendations would you give to enhance a sense of community for GS faculty and students?
What are your short-term plans after graduation? If you have a job offer or graduate school prospect, please provide this information here for statistical purposes.
What are your long-term plans, hopes, or ambitions?

What additional questions do you think we should have asked?