FUI's course evaluation

INF4130 - Algoritmer: Design og effektivitet

Assessment:

Choose a question to see data from the student assessment:

Question: What is your general impression of the course?

Average answer: Neither good nor bad

Question: What do you think of the amount of work required in relation to a number of credits given?

Average answer: Large

Question: What is your general impression of the quality of the lectures?

Average answer: Somewhat bad

Summary:

The respondents considered the course to be Difficult and required an Appropriate to Large amount of work in relation to the number of credits given. There are different opinions about the lectures, ranging from Extremely bad to Very good. Most students considered the difficulty level of the mandatory assignments to be High, the number of them to be Many, and the amount of work involved to be Large. The difficulty level of the final exam was evaluated between High and Too high.

The students were not happy with their lectures in this course, as they wanted more focus on why they do things, rather than just learning how.

Quotes:

[...] It encourages independent thinking and reflection. [...]
Restructure the entire course and make it more accessible for everyone.
Compendium is a mess. Way too much work for the points. [...]

About the course evaluation

The course evaluation is done by students in FUI (Fagutvalget ved Institutt for informatikk), and is based on questionnaires made at the end of each semester.