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The COS and PAQ shows responses from 11 students and six faculty. This does not represent a good sampling and thus the data may be considered to be statistically questionable. However one can find a few themes that have appeared in other surveys and reinforces them.
Students believe the department is very good at helping students develop their problem-solving skills. In addition they believe they received good preparation and instructor assistance in their courses. One of the major strengths is the 1:1 interaction with faculty, particularly in upper division courses. Students believe they needed more assistance with developing their computational skills, their writing and communication skills and in career counseling. Also they felt the department needed more modern instrumentation.
