FUI's course evaluation

INF4151 - Operativsystemer

Assessment:

Choose a question to see data from the student assessment:

Question: What is your general impression of the course?

Average answer: Very good

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

Average answer: Somewhat good

Summary:

The respondents' general impression of this course ranged from Very good to Quite good. The course's difficulty level was rated from Difficult to Appropriate. The amount of work in relation to the number of credits given was evaluted as Appropriate to Large. The respondents considered the lectures to be to Somewhat good. The difficulty level of the mandatory assignments was considered to be from High to Appropriate. The mandatory assignments were considered Very important to Important when it came to the respondents' learning and understanding of the curriculum. The amount of work involved with the mandatory assignments was considered Large to Approriate. The respondents thought that the difficulty level of the home exams was High and that they were Very important to their learning.

Overall the course was thought of as giving, relevant and educational, with a good curriculum. The mandatory assignments were important for the ability to solve the home exam. Some respondents wanted more information on the home page, and better slides and assignment texts. The respondents also thought that the pre-written code was old and messy.

Quotes:

Yes, most of the information given in the course was too little. Everyone I know that took the course resorted to reading other lecture slides and assignment texts. They had much more detail and helping pointers.
Great teachers - great students - great PA teachers.
Established curriculum, relevant, challenging.
  1. Learn how OSes work in depth 2. Good traning for teamwork 3. Plenty of assembly and C programming.

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.