SUMMARY OF STUDENT COURSE EVALUATIONS
Harvard School of Public Health
2004-2005 Fall
and Fall2
- Response = number of questionnaires received / number of students officially registered
- Usefulness of Content, Quality of Lectures, and Overall ratings used a 7-point scale, with 7 as the highest or most positive rating
- Preparation = hours per week dedicated to the course
- Would do again = % of students who, given a choice, would probably or definitely take the course again
- A construct like 6/6.5/7 means that the lower quartile, median, and upper quartile values for students responding were 6, 6.5, and 7
Biostatistics
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Other Department
Health Policy and Management
Interdepartmental
Nutrition
Population and International Health
Other Department
Society, Human Development and Healt
Other Department
|
BIO200 |
Principles of Biostatistics |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
80/128 (63% |
Preparation |
3/3/4 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
3/5/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
3/5/6 |
|
Overall rating |
2.5/4/5 |
Would do again |
50% |
|
BIO201 |
Intro to Statistical Methods |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
58/83 (70%) |
Preparation |
2/3/4 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/7/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/6.5/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/6.5/7 |
Would do again |
100% |
|
BIO205 |
Stat. Mthds for Hlth& Soc. Pol |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
59/72 (82%) |
Preparation |
2/3/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/5/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
4/6/6 |
|
Overall rating |
4/5/6 |
Would do again |
80% |
|
BIO213 |
Appl Regression for Clin Res |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
98/154 (64% |
Preparation |
2/2/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/7/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/6/7 |
Would do again |
96% |
|
BIO222 |
Basics: Statistical Inference |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
16/18 (89%) |
Preparation |
3/3/4 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/7/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
5.5/7/7 |
Would do again |
94% |
|
BIO226 |
Applied Longitudinal Analysis |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
51/57 (89%) |
Preparation |
2/3/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/6/7 |
Would do again |
94% |
|
BIO227 |
Fund Concepts in Gene Mapping |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
27/34 (79%) |
Preparation |
2/2/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/6/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
5/6/6 |
Would do again |
96% |
|
BIO230 |
Prob Theory & Applications I |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
18/18 (100% |
Preparation |
3/3/4 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/6.5/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/6/7 |
Would do again |
94% |
|
BIO232 |
Methods I |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
16/15 (107% |
Preparation |
2/2/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
3/4.5/5 |
Usefulness of Content |
4.5/6/6 |
|
Overall rating |
3/4/6 |
Would do again |
47% |
|
BIO244 |
Analysis of Failure Time Data |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
11/18 (61%) |
Preparation |
2/3/4 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/7/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
7/7/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/7/7 |
Would do again |
100% |
|
BIO245 |
Analysis of Multi & Long Data |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
12/13 (92%) |
Preparation |
3/4/4 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5.5/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/7/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/7/7 |
Would do again |
100% |
|
BIO271 |
Stat Computing Environments |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
6/10 (60%) |
Preparation |
3/3/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/6/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/6/6 |
|
Overall rating |
4/5/6 |
Would do again |
67% |
|
BIO275 |
Operational Mathematics |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
10/14 (71%) |
Preparation |
2/3/4 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
4/5/5 |
Usefulness of Content |
3.5/4.5/5 |
|
Overall rating |
4/4/4 |
Would do again |
43% |
|
BIO284 |
Spatial Stats for Health Rsrch |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
12/16 (75%) |
Preparation |
2/3/4 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/5/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
5/5/5 |
Would do again |
75% |
|
EH 201 |
Intro to Environmental Health |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
49/78 (63%) |
Preparation |
1/2/2 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/5/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
4/5/6 |
|
Overall rating |
5/6/6 |
Would do again |
91% |
|
EH 205 |
Human Physiology |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
46/46 (100% |
Preparation |
2/3/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/6/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
4/5/6 |
|
Overall rating |
5/6/6 |
Would do again |
76% |
|
EH 223 |
Adv. Respiratory Physiology |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
1/3 (33%) |
Preparation |
./ ./ . |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
./ ./ . |
Usefulness of Content |
./ ./ . |
|
Overall rating |
./ ./ . |
Would do again |
.% |
|
EH 236 |
Epi of Env &Occ Hlth Regulatns |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
18/16 (113% |
Preparation |
2/2/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/6/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/5.5/6 |
|
Overall rating |
5/6/6 |
Would do again |
76% |
|
EH 243 |
Ergonomics/Human Factors |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
13/14 (93%) |
Preparation |
2/3/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/6/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/6 |
|
Overall rating |
5/5/6 |
Would do again |
100% |
|
EH 261 |
Properties of Env.Contaminants |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
13/13 (100% |
Preparation |
2/2/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
3/4/5 |
Usefulness of Content |
3/5/5 |
|
Overall rating |
3/3/5 |
Would do again |
23% |
|
EH 262 |
Intro to the Work Environment |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
15/20 (75%) |
Preparation |
1/2/2 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/6/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/6/7 |
Would do again |
93% |
|
EH 264 |
Water Systems Management |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
7/7 (100%) |
Preparation |
1/2/2 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
4/4/5 |
Usefulness of Content |
4/4.5/6 |
|
Overall rating |
4/5/6 |
Would do again |
71% |
|
EH 279 |
Radiation Envirn:ID,Eval,Cntrl |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
4/4 (100%) |
Preparation |
2/2.5/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5.5/6.5/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
5.5/6.5/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/7/7 |
Would do again |
100% |
|
EH 285 |
Industrial Ecology and LCA |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
7/10 (70%) |
Preparation |
1/2/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
4/5/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
3/6/7 |
Would do again |
86% |
|
EPI202 |
Elements Epidemiologic Researc |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
141/159 (89 |
Preparation |
2/3/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/6/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
4/5/6 |
Would do again |
80% |
|
EPI205 |
Practice of Epidemiology |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
15/17 (88%) |
Preparation |
2/3/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/7/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/6/7 |
Would do again |
93% |
|
EPI219 |
Concepts/Methods in Psych Epi |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
12/14 (86%) |
Preparation |
1/2/2 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/5/6.5 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/6 |
|
Overall rating |
5/6/6 |
Would do again |
83% |
|
EPI241 |
Design Issues Meas.Health Stat |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
23/23 (100% |
Preparation |
1/1/2 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/7/7 |
Would do again |
100% |
|
EPI242 |
Seminar in Clin. Epidemiology |
Credits |
1.25 |
|
Response |
34/49 (69%) |
Preparation |
1/1/1 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/7/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/7/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/7/7 |
Would do again |
97% |
|
EPI247 |
EPI Methods Development |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
34/34 (100% |
Preparation |
3/4/5 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/7/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
6/7/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/6/7 |
Would do again |
91% |
|
EPI285 |
Infectious Disease Dynamics |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
36/45 (80%) |
Preparation |
2/3/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/6/7 |
Would do again |
94% |
|
EPI287 |
Repro Morbidity & Psych Health |
Credits |
1.25 |
|
Response |
11/14 (79%) |
Preparation |
1/1/2 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/6/7 |
Would do again |
100% |
|
GCD210 |
Introduction to Cancer Biology |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
21/14 (150% |
Preparation |
2/2/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
4.5/6/6 |
|
Overall rating |
5/6/6 |
Would do again |
67% |
|
HPM205 |
Economic Analysis for Pub Hlth |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
36/42 (86%) |
Preparation |
1/2/2.5 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
4.5/6/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
4/6/6 |
Would do again |
78% |
|
HPM206 |
Economic Analysis |
Credits |
5 |
|
Response |
57/68 (84%) |
Preparation |
2/2/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
6/7/7 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
6/7/7 |
Would do again |
100% |
|
HPM220 |
Financial Management & Control |
Credits |
2.5 |
|
Response |
45/49 (92%) |
Preparation |
2/3/3 |
|
Advanced Knowledge |
5/6/6 |
Usefulness of Content |
5/6/7 |
|
Overall rating |
5/6/6 |
Would do again |
91% |
|
HPM223 |
Public Speaking for Managers |
Credits |
1.25 |
|
Response |
11/11 (100% |
Preparation |
1/1/1 |