INTRODUCTION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING QUESTIONNAIRE

You may answer these questions on separate sheets of paper and turn them in at the time of your office visit. Or you may print out this questionnaire and answer the questions on it, using the back if needed.

1. Name (please print clearly):
2. Preferred phone number:
3. Preferred e-mail address:
4. Year (first-year, etc.), major:

5. What other courses are you currently taking?

    

    

6. Are you enrolled in LiBBy, the CS Learning Community? If not, why not?

    

    

7. Have you taken this course at Rowan before? If so, when? Why are you retaking it?

    

8. Characterize your usage of and experience with computers, for example, use for Web surfing and word processing, guru, regularly hack into the Pentagon, took one apart to install bigger disk or more RAM or faster CPU, built one from parts obtained at flea market or garage sale, found one or more bugs in the Linux kernel, read the Linux kernel source code for relaxation, etc.

    

9. What is computer science, that is, how would you define this term to one of your friends who doesn't know and asks?

    

10. Why are you a computer science major or minor? Be honest!

     

11. What programming languages (VisualBasic, Java, C, C++, Perl, Python, etc.) are you comfortable using?

     

12. What operating systems (Windows XP/7, Linux, MacOS/iOS, Android, etc.) are you comfortable using?

     

13. Briefly describe your most recent summer job, part-time job, or intern experience.

     

14. What on-campus activities, clubs, organizations are you involved in or plan to become involved in?

     

15. Briefly describe your hobbies and outside interests.

     

16. Look through the syllabus. What is an ``office visit'' and how long (by what date) do you have to do it?

     

17. Look through the syllabus. Are make-up exams given? Are late assignments accepted?

     

18. Look through the syllabus. What is my attendance policy?

     

19. Who is your CS advisor/mentor? The departmental secretary (third floor Robinson, northeast corner) can tell you who it is. Make an appointment with your advisor/mentor to meet each other. Have your advisor sign in the space below with the date and time met. Ask your advisor these three questions and write the answers below.
    • Advisor's name:

    • Date and time of meeting with advisor:

    • Advisor's signature:

    • What course has your advisor taught the most at Rowan?

    • What course does your advisor like teaching the most at Rowan?

    • What course does your advisor like teaching the least at Rowan?

20. If people often mispronounce your name, describe how to pronounce your name correctly using rhymes or a phonetic spelling. If you have a preferred nickname, please give it.

     

21. Please make up a code name or number that will be used for posting your grades on the Web. To protect your privacy, choose something that people who know you would not easily guess.

     

22. Other than being required, why are you taking this course? What are your goals and expectations? What do you want out of this class? Give a list of several specific things that you hope to learn in the course.