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CMSC434 Fall 2016 Background Survey

Background and Technical HCI Experience

Hi CMSC434 students,

This survey is intended to help me better understand your background and goals. Having more information about you, the student, will hopefully improve my ability to teach you and, consequently, improve the overall quality of the course. In addition, I think this survey provides a worthwhile exercise for you to reflect on your own education--whether you are getting what you need and want out of your Computer Science/Computer Engineering education and potential areas for improvement.

Please keep your written responses to a maximum of 3-4 sentences per question.

Thanks! Jon (and Matt)

1. Your name: *This question is required.

2. Why did you major in Computer Science or Computer Engineering? If you didn't major in CS or CprE, please indicate your major and explain why you selected that field as a course of study. *This question is required.

3. Have you ever had an internship where you were able to apply skills from Computer Science and/or Computer Engineering? *This question is required.

Where did you intern and what did you do? *This question is required.

4. Have you ever been an undergrad research assistant (RA)--regardless of whether it was paid, volunteer, or independent study? *This question is required.

Who did you do the ugrad RA with and what did you do? *This question is required.

5. Have you ever worked in a team (groups of 2 or more) before in a CS course at UMD? *This question is required.

For what class(es) and what did you do?

Overall, my experience working on a team for class assignments was positive.

Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly agree
Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly agree

What were some of the hardest parts about working on a team?

6. What programming languages do you have experience with and feel comfortable using? *This question is required.

7. What is your favorite programming language? *This question is required.

8. Why? *This question is required.

9. Have you ever used the following UI toolkits/libraries? *This question is required.

10. Have you ever designed/programmed a user interface? *This question is required.

11. Have you ever taken a Design or Art course at the university level? *This question is required.