CS:2820 Survey, Fall 2017

Part of the CS:2820 Object Oriented Programming Collection
by Douglas W. Jones
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Department of Computer Science

Purpose: The background of the students in this class is so diverse that we need to know what you know in order to plan the first few lectures. A summary results of this survey, minus personal information, will be posted on line on the class web page. Personal information is collected only to avoid taking roll and will be shredded.

Personal Information

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Survey

Computer Support: What kind of computer do you routinely use?

Apple Mac __13__ Linux ___0__ Windows __44__
Windows+Mac __13__ Mac+Linux ___1__ Windows+Linux ___3__ All three ___3__

CS/CLAS Linux Experience: Have you used linux.clas.uiowa.edu or linux.cs.uiowa.edu?

Yes __21__ No __56__ Don't know ___0__

If yes, how did you access it?

NoMachine ___3__ PuTTY ___2__
SecureCRT ___2__ SSH ___5__
FaxtX __13__

Shell Experience: Have you used the Linux or MacOS command shell?

Yes __38__ No __36__ Unsure ___2__

Programming Languages: What programming languages do you know pretty well?

C ___8__ C++ __24__ Cobol ___0__
C# ___6__ Java __69__ Fortran ___1__
Python __70__ Assembly __19__ Basic ___4__

know C++ but not Python or Java ___4__
know Python but not Java ___4__
know Java but not Python ___5__
know Java and Python and possibly more __60__

Commentary: It is encouraging to see that Cobol is a dead language.

Work Load: Many students are seriously overworked

Credit hours of registration: ______ ×3= ______
Job hours per week: ______
Total work load hours/week: Sum ______ (should not exceed 50)

Distribution of reported totals:

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                                      X  X
                                      X  X  X
                                      X  X  X
                                   X  X  X  X
                                   X  X  X  X          X
     X                       X  X  X  XX X  X  X  X X  X  X
     X                       X  X  X  XX X  X  X  X X  X  X    X
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10        20        30        40        50        60        70        80        90

Commentary:

For the 76 students who responded, the median load was 51 hours per week.
Those with class loads under 15 credit hours (45 hour on the above) will not graduate in 4 years without taking summer classes.
Those with total loads (classes plus jobs) over 50 hours are overloaded.
Those with total loads (classes plus jobs) over 60 hours are seriously overloaded and almost certain to drop or fail courses unless they cut back on work obligations.
The financial cost of dropping or failing courses far exceeds the likely income from a job unless you earn an executive's salary.
There are 168 hours in a week. If you sleep 8 hours a day and take off an hour for each of 3 meals per day, you have 91 hours per week available. If you spend 1 hour per day commuting (home to class to work to home), you have 84 hours left for classes, work and recreation.

	Apple Mac	`__13__`		Linux	`___0__`		Windows	`__44__`
	Windows+Mac	`__13__`		Mac+Linux	`___1__`		Windows+Linux	`___3__`		All three	`___3__`

NoMachine	`___3__`	PuTTY	`___2__`
SecureCRT	`___2__`	SSH	`___5__`
FaxtX	`__13__`

C	`___8__`	C++	`__24__`	Cobol	`___0__`
C#	`___6__`	Java	`__69__`	Fortran	`___1__`
Python	`__70__`	Assembly	`__19__`	Basic	`___4__`

	know C++ but not Python or Java	`___4__`
	know Python but not Java	`___4__`
	know Java but not Python	`___5__`
	know Java and Python and possibly more	`__60__`

Credit hours of registration:	`______`	×3=	`______`
Job hours per week:			`______`
Total work load hours/week:		Sum	`______`	(should not exceed 50)