May 2015 Current Student Curriculum Survey

Question 1: Evaluating Phase I and II Environmental Core Courses

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Of the following Phase I and II Environmental Studies core courses, please indicate how valuable they were to your education:

Answer Options Not at all valuable

Only marginally valuable

Neutral Valuable Extremely valuable

Never taken it Median Rank

ENVS 201 Understanding Enviro Data 0 3 1 3 4 5 0.73 3rdPLSC 250 American Political System 0 3 2 6 2 3 0.54 4thENVS 202 Intro to Env Studies/Sustainability 0 3 3 7 1 2 0.43 5thENVS 303 Human Ecology & Sustainability or ENVS 304 Env & Resource Policy

0 2 2 4 4 40.83 2nd

ESCI 302 or 310 or 325 or 392 Enviro Systems, Ecology, Global Change

0 0 1 7 5 31.31 1st

ENVS 305 Enviro History and Ethics 0 7 2 3 3 1 0.13 6thESCI 321 or 330 or 333 or 361 or 463 Oceanograph, Toxicology, Water Quality,

0 1 1 5 3 51

Other (please specify)

2. Evaluating Urban Planning Core Courses

Of the following Urban Planning core courses, please indicate how valuable they were to your education:

Answer Options Not valuable

marginally valuable Neutral Valuable Extremely

valuable Average Rank

-2 -1 0 1 2 1.272 ENVS 372 Natural Hazards Planning 0 0 0 2 8 1.800 highENVS 461 Land Use Law 0 0 1 2 10 1.692 highENVS 472 Planning Studio I - Plan Development 0 0 0 4 7 1.636 highENVS 498 Experiential (internship, foreign study, thesis project)

0 0 1 3 81.583 high

ENVS 470 Planning Methods 0 0 0 4 5 1.556 highENVS 361 Intro to Planning 0 0 1 7 8 1.438 mediumENVS 373 Transportation Systems and Planning 0 0 2 4 8 1.429 mediumENVS 370 History of Planning 0 0 1 5 5 1.364 mediumENVS 462 Planning Theory 0 2 1 1 8 1.250 mediumENVS 457 Enviro Dispute Resolution 0 0 1 3 2 1.167 lowENVS 473 Planning Studio II - Implementation 0 1 1 4 4 1.100 lowENVS 360 Planning Graphics 0 2 2 5 7 1.063 lowENVS 450/456 US Science Policy/WA Env Policy/Enviro Governance

0 1 2 3 10.571 low

ENVS 343 Urbanization: Processes and Patterns 2 3 0 5 2 0.167 low

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3. Rating Rigor in Urban Planning Courses

For these same Urban Planning core courses, please indicate how rigorous you felt the course was:

Answer OptionsGreatly

lacking in rigor

Somewhat lacking in

rigor

Appropriate level of

rigor

Somewhat too

rigorous

Much too rigorous

Rigor Average Rank

-2 -1 0 1 2 -0.1

ENVS 343 Urbanization: Processes and Patterns 3 3 6 2 0 -0.5 Too lowENVS 473 Planning Studio II - Implementation 2 3 8 0 1 -0.4 Too lowENVS 360 Planning Graphics 1 3 11 0 0 -0.3 Too lowENVS 373 Transportation Systems and Planning 0 5 9 0 1 -0.2 About rightENVS 498 Experiential (internship, foreign study, thesis project) 0 2 11 0 0 -0.2 About rightENVS 462 Planning Theory 0 4 9 0 1 -0.1 About rightENVS 472 Planning Studio I - Plan Development 0 2 12 0 0 -0.1 About rightENVS 361 Intro to Planning 0 2 14 0 0 -0.1 About rightENVS 470 Planning Methods 0 2 10 0 1 0.0 About rightENVS 370 History of Planning 0 1 12 0 1 0.1 About rightENVS 457 Enviro Dispute Resolution 0 0 12 0 1 0.2 About rightENVS 450/456 US Science Policy/WA Env Policy/Enviro Governance

0 0 11 0 10.2 About right

ENVS 461 Land Use Law 0 0 14 1 1 0.2 About rightENVS 372 Natural Hazards Planning 0 0 6 6 1 0.6 Too high

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4. Rating Importance of Skills

Please indicate how important you think the following skills or values are for graduates of the planning program. If other skills or values are important, but unlisted, please explain in the comments section.

Answer Options Unimportant Somewhat important Important Very

importantExtremely important Importance Rank

  -2 -1 0 1 2

Oral communication 0 0 3 3 10 1.44 Most importantWritten communication 0 0 3 4 9 1.38 Most importantFormal presentations 0 1 4 5 6 1.00 Most importantQualitative methods (surveying, focus groups, charrettes, etc.)

0 0 4 8 41.00 Most important

Social justice 0 1 3 6 5 1.00 Most importantPlanning graphics (Adobe Suite) 0 2 3 5 6 0.94

Somwhat important

Quantitative methods (statistics, demographic analysis)

0 0 5 8 30.88

Somwhat important

Governance and participation 0 1 3 9 3 0.88Somwhat important

Excel/Spreadsheets (manipulating data, graphing, summary statistics)

0 2 4 6 40.75

Somwhat important

Professional ethics 0 2 4 6 4 0.75Somwhat important

Administrative skills (application of regs) 0 1 4 8 2 0.73

Somwhat important

GIS 1 1 4 6 4 0.69 Less importantPlan creation 0 0 8 5 3 0.69 Less importantWeb-based collaborative tools (e.g. Google docs/sheets/presentations)

0 2 6 4 30.53 Less important

Sketch Up 0 2 7 5 2 0.44 Less importantWord advanced features (track changes, referencing, headings)

0 3 7 5 10.25 Less important

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5. Rating Skills and Values

If you are a senior, please indicate how well the program has covered the following skills and values. (If not a senior, please skip this question.)

Answer Options Covered a little

Covered moderately

Covered in-depth

Response Count

Coverage Score Rank

1 2 3

Oral communication 2 3 1 6 1.8 Covered moderately

Written communication1 2 2 6

2.5

Covered moderately to indepth

Formal presentations 1 4 1 6 2.0 Covered moderatelyQualitative methods (surveying, focus groups, charrettes, etc.) 3 2 1 6 1.7

Covered a little to moderately

Social justice2 1 1 6

2.5

Covered moderately to indepth

Planning graphics (Adobe Suite) 3 2 0 5 1.4Covered a little to moderately

Quantitative methods (statistics, demographic analysis) 4 1 1 6 1.5

Covered a little to moderately

Governance and participation 2 2 2 6 2.0 Covered moderatelyExcel/Spreadsheets (manipulating data, graphing, summary statistics)

4 1 0 61.0 Covered a little

Professional ethics 4 2 0 6 1.3 Covered a little Administrative skills (application of regs) 4 1 0 6 1.0 Covered a little GIS 2 1 0 6 0.7 Not covered muchPlan creation 2 2 1 5 1.8 Covered moderatelyWeb-based collaborative tools (e.g. Google docs/sheets/presentations)

2 1 1 62.5

Covered moderately to indepth

Sketch Up1 1 4 6

2.5

Covered moderately to indepth

Word advanced features (track changes, referencing, headings) 5 0 1 6 1.3 Covered a little

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