Department of Mathematics Survey
1. What is the Concentration of your B.S. degree in Mathematics? Theoretical Applied Teaching Credential
2. Age at projected graduation? 20-24 30-34 40-44 25-29 35-39 45 and over
3. Gender? Female Male
4. Racial or ethnic group? American Indian Other Hispanic Filipino Black, Non-Hispanic Asian Other Mexican American Pacific Islander Decline to state White, Non-Hispanic
5. How many upper division (300 and above) mathematics courses will you have taken at graduation?
6. How many quarters of the calculus sequence (Math 211, 212, 213, 214, 222, 223) did you complete at CSUB?
7. After graduation, what are you career plans? Job- Math related Grad School- M.S. Teaching Credential Job- Math unrelated Grad School- Ph.D. None
8. If you could start college over, would you choose the same major? Definitely Yes Probably No Undecided Probably Yes Definitely No
Many factors determine the quality of an academic program. Please rate the degree of your satisfaction on the following factors.
9. Content of courses offered in mathematics. Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied
10. Variety of courses offered in mathematics. Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied
11. Quality of instruction in mathematics courses. Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied
12. Appropriateness of tests, grades, and evaluations. Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied
13. Intellectual stimulation of the mathematics faculty. Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied
14. Intellectual stimulation of other students. Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied
15. Adequacy of library materials in mathematics. Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied
16. Availability of computing facilities. Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied
17. Relevance of your major program to career opportunities. Very Satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied
Compared with other faculty at CSUB, how would you rate the mathematics faculty?
18. Enthusiasm for teaching. Very Good Good Average Poor Very Poor
19. Command of the subject matter. Very Good Good Average Poor Very Poor
20. Ability to communicate the subject matter. Very Good Good Average Poor Very Poor
21. Academic advice that you have received. Very Good Good Average Poor Very Poor
22. Career guidance. Very Good Good Average Poor Very Poor
23. Accessibility. Very Good Good Average Poor Very Poor
To help us improve the quality of the major, we would appreciate your comments to the following questions. Please be as specific as possible.
24. What upper division courses should be required of mathematics majors?
25. What courses or sequences of courses would you like to see expanded or added to the mathematics curriculum? (Which ones would you like to see deleted, and why?)
26. What role should graphing calculators and/or computers play in mathematics courses? Please comment. Feel free to include any memorable (good or bad) experiences you have had with technology in a mathematics class, or instances where technology was not permitted and you think its use would have been beneficial?
27. In your experience as a mathematics major, did you perceive any bias based on gender or race/ethnicity by any mathematics faculty? Please comment.
28. If you could start college over and would not choose mathematics as a major, please comment as to why.
29. Please suggest any improvements you may have on how to make Senior Seminar a better culminating course.
30. Please feel free to make any additional comments that you think would improve our program.