General Education Course Evaluation Form

Instructor:________________________Course:___________________________Date:________

Course evaluations give you the opportunity to express views about a course and the way it was taught. The college administration may use your responses to evaluate your instructor’s teaching. Both tenured and untenured faculty members are evaluated, and so it is important that you answer thoroughly and honestly. Questions 3 - 8 of this form ask you to evaluate the course specifically in terms of the college’s published general education criteria. Please be detailed in your answers and give examples.

1. How did this course change, challenge, or focus your thinking on the subject matter?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. My thinking about this topic was refined by the course:

   ____ Strongly Agree ____ Agree ____ Neutral ____Disagree ____ Strongly Disagree

3. In what ways did the instruction in this course engage students as active participants in the learning process?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. The instructor employed a variety of effective learning formats:

   ____ Strongly Agree ____ Agree ____ Neutral ____Disagree ____ Strongly Disagree

5. How did this course help improve your academic skills in such areas as writing, analyzing, speaking, and thinking critically? Please note what if any feedback you received on writing assignments and/or presentations.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. My academic skills improved:

   ____ Strongly Agree ____ Agree ____ Neutral ____Disagree ____ Strongly Disagree

7. In what ways did the course show relationships to wider social issues, personal choices, and values? Please give examples.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. The course material related to wider social issues, personal choices, and values.

   ____ Strongly Agree ____ Agree ____ Neutral ____Disagree ____ Strongly Disagree

9. Comment on how well organized the course was, and how clearly the instructor communicated objectives, expectations, and grading policies.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. The objectives, expectations, and grading policies were clearly stated and consistently implemented:

    ____ Strongly Agree ____ Agree ____ Neutral ____Disagree ____ Strongly Disagree

11. Comment on the instructor’s willingness to help, responsiveness to questions, and concern for the students’ progress both inside and out of the classroom.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
12. The instructor was generally responsive to students’ needs.

    ____ Strongly Agree ____ Agree ____ Neutral ____Disagree ____ Strongly Disagree

13. What is your carefully considered judgment of the instructor’s overall effectiveness? Note such things as command of subject, clarity, and thoroughness.
    
    
    
    
    
14. The instructor was generally effective:

    ____ Strongly Agree ____ Agree ____ Neutral ____Disagree ____ Strongly Disagree

15. The grade you expect in this course will:

    ____ lower your GPA ____ not change your GPA ____ increase your GPA

16. Including excused absences, you were absent:

    ____ never ____ 1-2 times ____ 3-4 times ____ 5-6 times ____ more often

17. In your opinion, the workload in this course (in relation to other courses of equal level) is:

    ____ much lighter____ lighter ____ about the same ____ heavier ____ much heavier

18. Your expected grade in this course is:

    ____ A ____ B ____ C ____ D ____U

19. The instructor returns work in a timely manner that facilitates students’ academic progress:

    ____ Strongly Agree____ Agree ____ Neutral ____Disagree ____ Strongly Disagree

20. What changes to the course methods, text(s), or content would help you learn the material better?
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
21. General Comments: