Student Course Evaluation Comments

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Idaho State University, Fall 2017

PE 4454 Senior Capstone

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Question 1: Was this course a valuable educational experience? Why or why not?

• Yes, it made you really focus on what you want to do after college which is very important and can be overlooked while in school.

• Yes. Learned skills applicable to real life situations

• Yes, it taught me more about grad school

• I think it was decent, probably could have been condensed into an 8 week class though.

• This course gave me the tools needed in order to prepare for graduation and apply to graduate schools. It allowed me to fine tune what I wanted to do with my career.

• Yes it was. Very educational and I feel like I learned a lot and am pretty ready for my future education and job applications

• This course was extremely beneficial and helped me prepare for life after college.

• Yes, however I feel some of the material was extremely redundant and shouldn't be required. For example, was the finding a job relevant to your field assignment worth the money this class costs..? Other then that I enjoyed the class.

• Yes. It helped bridge the gap between schooling and a career.

• Yes, I was able to get help with my resume and my personal statement.

• Learning about making cover letters and resumes was really helpful.

• I learned more from this class than any other. Everything we learned is applicable to now and the future.

• Yes it was, I felt it prepared me for my future.

• Yes, good experience

• Yes I feel like this course helped me see how much I did and learned over my college career and prepared me for the future.

• Yes, it prepared me for my professional future with everything involved.

• Yes, but I had already completed graduate applications during the beginning of the course, so wasnt helpful to my personal applications because I was already done. Would suggest making this a junior class so it’s helpful to all students applying to graduate programs

• it was alright. I would say more should be about whats next what now for after graduation

• Yes; it taught me how ton”adult” after college .

• Yes. It opened up my mind more to what I will be doing after college

Question 2: What aspects of this course contributed most to your learning?

• N/A

• The career center counseling and resume/cover letter building

• Doing the projects and other assignments.

• Interviews job hunting

• All of it

• The different processes of interviewing

• The professional portfolio and the exit interviews with the faculty.

• The career exploration assignments

• The senior Project and the graduate school information.

• All of it.

• The professional portfolio and the online assignments.

• Learning how to configure appropriate documents

• The assignments and in class lectures we're all helpful.

• Resume

• Faculty interviews

• Mock interview was helpful

• All of them. Will use all the materials I learned in my future.

Question 3: Would you take another course from this instructor? Why or why not?

• Yes, absolutely.

• Yes, she's great!

• Professor Foster is one of the best teachers I have ever had. She is passionate and really cares and wants you to succeed.

• Yes very fun and enthusiastic

• Of course I would, she’s awesome.

• Absolutely. Elaine was one of the best instructors I have had at ISU.

• Yes; Elaine is fabulous.

• Yes. The instructor was nice and easy to talk to and clearly structured the class

• Yes.

• Yes

• Yes, Foster is an awesome professor. She cares about her students and wants them to succeed.

• Yes, Elaine is very easy to talk to and she explains things so they are clear and easy to understand. When I needed help outside of class she was willing to take the time to help me.

• Yes. Elaine is a great and personable professor.

• probably not

• Yes. She was awesome! Very friendly and approachable.

• Yes I would, I enjoyed her teaching and assignments.

• Yes, she followed the class schedule and was always prepared for each class.

• Yes. Elaine is amazing and so helpful with everything.

Question 4: If this course utilized any form of technology, please comment on your experience.

• We used pp it was helpful

• The technology was used very well and beneficial to my learning.

• Technology was fine; we used computerized lessons for the first half of the class.

• Research- lots of helpful situation

• Microsoft office is what I used the most.

• Moodle, I liked the actual assignment format of it.

• PowerPoint and websites.

• Just computer work and it worked well

• It was nice to have everything posted in Moodle so it was clear what was due.

• portfolio was a bit much I shouldn't have to prove that I did my classes if there on my transcript.

• N/A

• Yes

• The assignments were easy to find and follow on moodle.