COURSE EVALUATION REPORT

SC

MICHAEL NELSON

200310

1 UNACCEPTABLE

2 POOR

3 ACCEPTABLE

4 GOOD

5 VERY GOOD

6 EXCELLENT

NR NO RESPONSE

CS 495/CS 595 - Aggregate

	QUESTIONS FOR EVALUATION:		RESPONSE FREQUENCY
			1	2	3	4	5	6	NR	n	MEAN	INSTR MEAN	STD. DEV.	DEPT MEAN	COLL MEAN
1	RATE THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INSTRUCTOR		0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	5.40	5.67	0.82	4.19	4.55
2	RATE THE INSTRUCTOR'S ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IDEAS EFFECTIVELY		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	5	5.60	5.78	0.90	4.14	4.50
3	RATE INSTRUCTOR'S CONSISTENCY/PUNTUALITY MEETING CLASS & USING ALLOTED TIME		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	6.00	5.89	0.49	4.83	5.10
4	RATE INSTRUCTOR'S HELPFULNESS/SENSITIVITY/RESPONSIVENESS TO ALL STUDENTS NEEDS		0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	5.40	5.67	0.75	4.51	4.69
5	RATE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE COURSE		0	0	1	0	2	2	0	5	5.00	5.33	0.76	4.17	4.54
6	RATE HOW MUCH YOU HAVE LEARNED OR BENEFITED FROM THIS COURSE		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	5.40	5.67	0.77	4.09	4.44
7	RATE THIS COURSE IN ORGANIZATION, STRUCTURE, AND CLARITY OF REQUIREMENTS		0	1	0	0	1	3	0	5	5.00	5.44	0.68	4.31	4.69

GENERAL INFORMATION:
APPROXIMATE CLASS STANDING			PRESENT GPA			HRS PER WEEK SPENT PREPARING FOR CLASS
FRESHMAN	0		LESS THAN 2.00	0		0 TO 2	0
SOPHOMORE	0		2.00 TO 2.49	0		3 TO 5	0
JUNIOR	0		2.50 TO 2.99	1		6 TO 8	2
SENIOR	2		3.00 TO 3.49	0		9 TO 11	2
GRADUATE	2		3.50 +	2		12 OR MORE	1
OTHER	1		DO NOT KNOW	2
SEX			AGE			FULL OR PART TIME STUDENT
MALE	5		20 & UNDER	0		FULL-TIME	4
FEMALE	0		21 - 25	2		PART-TIME	1
			26 +	3
REASON FOR TAKING COURSE			EXPECTED COURSE GRADE			EMPLOYED WHILE TAKING COURSE
REQUIRED FOR MAJOR	0		A	4		NOT EMPLOYED	2
GEN. ED. REQUIREMENT	1		B	1		PART-TIME JOB	2
ELECTIVE	3		C	0		FULL-TIME JOB	1
OTHER	1		D	0
			F	0
			P	0
			Q	0

NR :	No response. Student did not rate the instructor on this question.
n :	Number of responses for this question (does not include “no response”.)
Mean:	The mean for this call number/CRN. In the case of aggregate reports, the mean for all session cross-listed together for this course.
Instr Mean:	The mean for all courses taught by this instructor. This number is the same on all reports for this instructor.
Std. Deviation:	The standard deviation for instructors means in this department.
Dept Mean:	The mean for all courses taught by this department, including any course cross-listed to a course taught by this department. This number is the same on all reports for this department.
Coll Mean:	The mean for all courses taught by this college, including any course cross-listed to a course taught by this college. This number is the same on all reports for this college.
ENROLLMENT:	Total number of students enrolled for this call number/CRN. In the case of aggregate reports, the total number of students enrolled for all call numbers cross-listed together with at least one completed evaluation.

COMMENTS:

Dr Nelson has definitely been one of the most influential teachers I have had so far. The presentations and lectures were always well planned and he was always enthusiastic about the content. His assignment expectations are very high and he always enjoyed reviewing each team's development. He wasn't happy all the time with our results, but we came together towards the end of the class. The nature of the P2P assignments required the entire class to work together in testing the applications. It was refreshing to learn about cutting edge technologies and to actually build a P2P system. His six Peer to Peer assignments were difficult, but challenging and functional. My lab partner and I worked on our assignments at least 20 - 30 hours a week. Although, we had a big learning curve. It was by far one of the most difficult programming projects I have had, but the final results were rewarding. My CS-150 class was a nice break :-D. The code we developed can be reused in real world projects and I learned a ton of new programming techniques. My only negative comment would have to be with the course prerequisites. Many students had a rough learning curve with network programming and multithreading. Although, the name of the course itself is probably a good enough indicator of difficulty in the area of programming :-D. The only suggestion I have would be for Dr. Nelson to allow students to develop Peer products from the onset of the class. One team spent time developing a Napster style server which they had to upgrade to an autonomous peer later in the semester. It would be nice if the next P2P class had a server ready to go. Dr. Nelson gave us free reign on the development, but I think it would have been helpful if he had discussed implementations in class as well. I will most definitely recommend this course to my friends and colleagues. Although, I would warn them about the intensive programming requirements. Dr. Nelson is a top notch professor! Sean P. Moffett
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Great course. Very effective use of theory and application. I learned a great deal.
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Best course of the semester and gave me a wide insight of the peere to peer systems. He is the best Instructor and good guider through the course work and helped us alot in making this a success
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ENROLLMENT:	8
TOTAL RESPONSES:	5