Here are the survey results, with a fair amount of double counting and transcription errors. With about 80 out of 90 people heard from:
Your year, from a combination of survey and registrar:
20 frosh, 32 soph, 13 junior, 25 senior, and half a dozen community auditors.
Your major or likely or possible major: a great spread of departments, including the ever-popular UNK. Don't take this as exactly accurate; some people said nothing, while others named two or more options.
13 ENG, 11 HIS, 10 WWS, 8 ANT , 7 PHI, 6 UNK, 6 PSY, 4 SOC, 4 POL, 4 CLA, 3 ECO, 2 NES, 2 MUS, 2 FRE, 2 EAS, 2 REL, 1 MOL, 1 FIT, 1 COM, 1 CHM, 1 ARC
Your life outside class, e.g., sports, music, theater, service, job, sleep, ...:
Lots of varsity and club sports, a wide variety of service activities, music in its myriad forms, writing in various venues, theater and dance and the like, jobs and work, and some wishful thinking about getting enough sleep. A word of warning for anyone with heavy time commitments, especially if they involve travel: there are weekly problem sets and labs in 109, and you only get two extensions, so please plan ahead.
Your computer experience:
a lot 2, some 18, a little 39, none 16What kind of computer(s) do you have here?
PC 9, Mac 70
The Mac fraction has increased steadily over the past few years. Two years ago it was 67%; now it's 89%. We can talk about why.
What kind of cell phone(s) do you have?
iPhone 34, other smartphone 20, regular phone 28
I got the sense that more people responded to my "do you have an iPhone?" question than this fraction would imply.
Who is your cell phone provider?
Verizon 35, AT&T 31, T-Mobile 8, Sprint 6.
This pretty much reflects the world at large, though AT&T had an advantage as the primary iPhone supplier for several years.
Do you have an e-book reader like a Kindle?
Kindle 10, Nook 3, other 6
This bit of technology hasn't caught on locally yet.
Do you have a tablet like an iPad?
iPad 8
Neither has this one.
Are there any topics you would especially like to hear about in class?
Intellectual property, privacy and security, hacking, business and finance, viruses, creating web sites, applications in various domains, and lots of others. We'll touch on most of these, with considerable detail on some, and if people ask questions at the right moment, we can go deeper into some.
These are the popular lab times, counting first and second choices. I'mot sure yet which ones we'll cover -- we need to coordinate with the lab assistants and get space from the registrar -- but it will probably be 5 or 6 of the most popular.
| 1:30-4:20 PM | 7:30-10:20 PM | |
| Monday | 14 | 27 |
| Tuesday | 17 | 24 |
| Wednesday | 14 | 13 |
| Thursday | 19 | 7 |
| Friday | 15 | 2
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