This brief survey gathers information on your background and interest in this class. This information will help us both get to know you and to target certain parts of the course towards student interest.
The survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete.
Answers to all questions are required with the exception of ones marked as "[optional]".
First Name/Preferred Nickname:
Last Name:
Class Year: 2006 2007 2008 2009 Mass Academy Other
What are you majoring in or planning to major in (check all that apply)?
Do you have any prior programming experience?
Why are you taking this course?
How confident are you in your skills in approaching open-ended problems?
Very confident Mostly confident Somewhat confident Not confident
What particular areas of CS or applications of computing technology interest you? [optional]
What, if anything, do you wish you knew more about regarding computer science? [optional]
A "no binding for field ..." message when you submit mean that you failed to choose an option for one of the multiple-choice questions. If you get such a message, use the back button to come back to this page and continue.