Electrical Engineering

Welcome to the Capitol College alumni survey. All replies will be confidential and no record of comments will be associated with any individual. All of the data collected will be summarized and reported as summary descriptive statistics.

1. Please list the year you received your bachelor of science degree. This refers to the year of your spring graduation.

Year:  

2. Are you currently employed?

 Yes, full time.
 Yes, part time.
 No, I am seeking employment.(Skip to question 6)
 No, but I am not seeking employment. Please explain:
 

3. What is the name of the firm or organization for which you work?

 

4. Which one of the items below best describes your current primary job responsibilities?

 Design Engineer
 Program/Project Manager
 IT Manager
 Web Developer
 Electrical Engineer
 Engineering Technician
 Computer Specialist
 Hardware Engineer
 Software Engineer
 Analyst
 Systems Administrator
 Consultant
 Other

5. What is your current annual salary?

 

6. Are you a member of any professional organizations?

 No
 Yes, please list
 

7. How many professional conferences or seminars have you attended in the past two years?

 

8. Have you contributed to any professional publications or articles?

 Yes
 No

9. Do you have any industry certifications?

 Yes, please list.
 
 No

10. Have you obtained your P.E. license?

 Yes
 No

11. How important is the P.E. to your career enhancement?

 1- Not very important
 2- Somewhat important
 3- Very important

12. Please indicate graduate education plans.

 Do not plan to enroll
 Planning to enroll
 Accepted
 Currently enrolled
 Graduated

13. If graduated, specify college or university attended, degree type and year awarded

 

14. If currently enrolled, or are intending to enroll, indicate major area of study

 

15. How well did Capitol College prepare you for graduate study?

 Inadequate preparation
 Adequate preparation
 Good preparation
 Excellent preparation
 I have not enrolled for graduate study

16. On a scale of 1-5, rate the quality of your Capitol College experience with respect to the following areas. If the item does not apply to you, please indicate not applicable:

   
  1- Very Dissatisfied 2 3 4 5- Very Satisified Not applicable
Library facilities and materials
Overall content of courses
Overall quality of program
Quality of instructional delivery by faculty
Academic advising by faculty
Accessiblity of faculty
Activities offered by student services staff
Services offered by college tutorial staff
Resources offered by career services
Accessibility of college staff
Responsiveness of staff

17. On a scale of 1 to 5, rate the quality of Capitol College's education with respect to the following areas.

   
  1-Very Dissatisfied 2 3 4 5-Very Satisfied
Ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
Ability to communicate ideas and understanding in oral form
Ability to communicate ideas and understanding in written form
Ability to communicate ideas and understanding in electronic form
Ability to understand professional ethics and social responsibilities
Understanding of different cultures and values
A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in lifelong learning
Ability to recognize when information is needed, and be able to locate, evaluate and use the information
Understanding of impact of actions on immediate and external environment

18. The course or courses that I took at Capitol College which have been most helpful to me were:

19. The course or courses that I took at Capitol College which have been least helpful to me were:

20. The courses or subjects that I feel should be added to my degree program at Capitol College are:

21. If you were to do it over, would you attend Capitol College again?

   
  Yes I am not sure No

22. If you were to do it over, would you major in the same field again?

   
  Yes I am not sure No

23. Please identify the strengths of the program:

24. As a result of my education at Capitol College, I acquired the listed skill, knowledge or ability (1 = very dissatisfied and 5 = very satisfied)

   
  1- Very Dissatisfied 2 3 4 5- Very Satisfied
Ability to apply mathematics and science to engineering problems
Ability to design and conduct experiments
Ability to apply knowledge to analyze and interpret data
Ability to design a system or process to meet desired needs
Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
Understanding of impact of engineering in a global & societal context
Understanding of contemporary issues
Ability to use appropriate engineering tools to solve problems
Ability to program in a modern programming language
Ability to conduct research into an engineering problem
Ability to apply project management principles to design

25. The importance of the listed skill, knowledge or ability to my career (1 = not very important and 5 = very important)

   
  1-Not Very Important 2 3 4 5- Very Important
Ability to apply mathematics and science to engineering problems
Ability to design and conduct experiments
Ability to apply knowledge to analyze and interpret data
Ability to design a system or process to meet desired needs
Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
Understanding the impact of engineering in a global & societal context
Understanding of contemporary issues
Ability to use appropriate engineering tools to solve problems
Ability to program in a modern programming language
Ability to conduct research into an engineering problem
Ability to apply project management principles to design