Fall ’08 Unofficial Course Evals
As we move into another registration period, the Student Government has some good news.
As you may have noticed, the Unofficial Course Evals for Fall ‘08 are up and available. They can be found here: https://www.law.harvard.edu/current/orgs/student-gov/secure/fall-2008-course-evaluations.html
You will notice that the formatting on these evals is quite a bit different. The same information is still presented. It may be just a little less . . . user friendly. Please take a look at them and let us know what you think. This format is much easier and quicker to produce, and if they are usable in this format it will enable us to get the evals to you in a much more timely manner.
A simple key to understanding the format follows. The eval survey is reproduced below and the included COLUMN INFO refers to which column(s) in the eval you can find the answers.
As always, your feedback is appreciated.
Thanks very much,
Brian
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1) Please select the course and professor you are reviewing from the drop-down list.
Select one: COLUMN A
2) Workload (choose one) COLUMN B
A. Light
B. Reasonable
C. Heavy but manageable
D. Extremely time consuming
3) Difficulty of material (choose one) COLUMN C
A. Easy
B. Average
C. More challenging than average
D. Very difficult
4) Primary questioning style (choose one) COLUMN D
A. Panel
B. Socratic, focusing on a few students per class
C. Socratic, calling on many students per class
D. Volunteers only
E. Class discussion
5) Characteristics of instructor (check all that apply) COLUMNS F – Z
A. Clear about content
B. Unclear about content
C. Clear about expectations
D. Unclear about expectations
E. Organized
F. Disorganized
G. Practical
H. Theoretical
I. Engaging
J. Boring
K. Regurgitates the reading
L. Adds meaningfully to/builds usefully on the reading
M. Does not use the reading
N. Focuses on black letter law
O. Focuses on theory, institutional design, politics, history, economics, etc.
P. Focuses on his/her personal views
Q. Is open to disagreement from students
R. Is not open to disagreement from students
S. Is knowledgeable about the material
T. Does not seem to know the material
U. Is easily sidetracked by student questions/comments
6) Class time (check all that apply) COLUMNS AB – AE
A. Enhanced my understanding of the material
B. Did not enhance my understanding of the material
C. Lecture/discussion is difficult to follow if you have not done the reading
D. Lecture/discussion is easy to follow independent of the reading
7) Instructor availability (check all that apply) COLUMNS AG – AK
A. Available right before and/or after class
B. Available during office hours
C. Seems enthusiastic and/or proactive about interacting with students outside of class
D. Seems reluctant and/or too busy to interact with students outside of class
E. No basis for judgment
8) Exam (choose one) COLUMN AL
A. The exam primarily reflected the material covered in the reading
B. The exam primarily reflected the material covered in class
C. The exam equally reflected the reading and the class discussion
D. The exam did not fairly reflect the material covered in the course
E. I have not yet taken the exam
F. No exam in this class
9) All things considered, if you had it to do over again, would you take this class? (choose one) COLUMN AM
A. Yes
B. No
10) Your year/program in school (choose one) COLUMN AN
A. 1L
B. 2L
C. 3L
D. LLM
E. SJD
11) How much did you learn from this class? COLUMN AO
A. This course gave me mastery of the law on this subject (i.e., I could write a good brief on this area right now)
B. This course added substantially to my understanding of the law on this subject
C. This course added marginally to my understanding of the law on this subject
D. This course added nothing to my understanding of the law on this subject
12) Comments (e.g., classes you would recommend taking before this course, anything you wish you had known in advance, information on papers required for course, any other miscellaneous comments) COLUMN AP
