APL Survey

APL Questionnaire

The academic planning process spans your first four semesters at Allegheny. It is designed to assist you in choosing a program of study and articulating a rationale for that choice. The FS Steering Committee (Professors Bomberger, Fleury, Willey, Schindler, and Dickey) is interested in your APL experiences. We want to know what you think of APL!

The questionnaire below begins by asking you to list the various exercises that you did in FS101 and APL and then what you thought of those exercises. Your answers are fully confidential. We are asking you to include your email address so that your name can be entered in a cash drawing (first prize $100, second prize $50, and third prize $25) but as soon as the questionnaire is received, your email address will be removed and put into a separate file. This questionnaire is being sent to only a few students in each class, so your responses are important (and your chance of winning is quite good!).

So just answer the questions as honestly as you can and then press the Submit button at the bottom of the page. And good luck!

1. Year:

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

2. Sex

Male

Female

3. When you arrived at Allegheny, which of the following best described you?

	Undecided as to a major or a career
	Arrived with a few interests, but no definite plan for a major or a career
	Arrived with a definite plan for a major and stuck with it.
	Arrived with a definite plan but changed my mind at least once
	Other (please describe below)

If you answered 'Other' to question 3, please describe what you felt about a major and career when you arrived at Allegheny.

4. Major

Social Science

Natural Science

Humanities

Interdisciplinary

Self-Designed

For questions 5 through 12, check which assignments you completed in your various FS101/APL courses. If you completed an assignment in more than one class, check all that apply.

FS 101	APL 102	APL 201	APL 202	Completed but not sure in what class

					5. Interacted with professional in my career field (such as interviews, career shadowing, alumni contact, etc.)
					6. Analyzed career/academic goals beyond simple course planning (wrote a paper, did research, or created a web site)
					7. Used ACCEL resources (database, alumni connections, internships, major assessment, etc.)
					8. Met with my advisor (after FS101)
FS 101	APL 102	APL 201	APL 202	Completed but not sure in what class
					9. Made a list of classes, internships, extracurricular activities, etc. that might contribute to my college experience
					10. Became familiar with the Allegheny Course catalogue (know graduation requirements, Honor Code, etc.
					11. Prepared class schedules for possible majors and minors.
					12. Other assignments (list below)

If you checked the Other option, please specify what other assignments you did in your APL courses.

For the following questions, please evaluate the effectiveness of the APL program.

13. The APL assignments that I did were effective in helping me choose a major or define my career goals.