BNFO 301: Introduction to Bioinformatics (Spring 2011) Personal Information Questionnaire (please press SUBMIT button when finished) WARNING! Please don't use double quoatation marks in your answers. (The questionnaire program dies when it encounters them!)
I. Basic Information
A. Your name As you wish to be called and/or As you wish NOT to be called B. Your e-mail address C. How often do you check e-mail? Select One More than once a day About once a day About once every other day Once or twice a week Less than once a week D. Year you expect to graduate E. Major or Department F. OK if this information and your picture is made available to others in the class (but not to others)? Select One No Yes G. Can you bring a laptop to class? (I'll warn you when there's a reason to do so) Select One No Yes
B. Your e-mail address
C. How often do you check e-mail? Select One More than once a day About once a day About once every other day Once or twice a week Less than once a week
D. Year you expect to graduate
E. Major or Department
F. OK if this information and your picture is made available to others in the class (but not to others)? Select One No Yes
G. Can you bring a laptop to class? (I'll warn you when there's a reason to do so) Select One No Yes
There are three lab sections (including the one recently opened up): Section 1: Monday, 10:00 - 10:55 Section 2: Monday, 11:00 - 11:55 Section 3: Wednesday, 10:00 - 10:55 A. Would you like to switch sections? Select One No Yes If so, then from what section Select One Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 to what section Select One Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 1 or 2 Section 1 or 3 Section 2 or 3 B. If somene else needs to switch, would you be willing to switch sections? Select One No Yes If so, then from what section Select One Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 to what section Select One Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 1 or 2 Section 1 or 3 Section 2 or 3 C. There are more people in some lab sections than there are computers in the lab. Would you be willing to work off of your own laptop? Select One No Yes D. Would you prefer to use your own laptop? Select One No Yes
Section 1: Monday, 10:00 - 10:55 Section 2: Monday, 11:00 - 11:55 Section 3: Wednesday, 10:00 - 10:55
B. If somene else needs to switch, would you be willing to switch sections? Select One No Yes If so, then from what section Select One Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 to what section Select One Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 1 or 2 Section 1 or 3 Section 2 or 3
C. There are more people in some lab sections than there are computers in the lab. Would you be willing to work off of your own laptop? Select One No Yes
D. Would you prefer to use your own laptop? Select One No Yes
Please check courses you have taken or are taking: Cell Biology Biotechniques Lab Genetics Phage Discovery Any other class or experience pertinent to molecular or cell biology?
Any other class or experience pertinent to molecular or cell biology?
Please check courses you have taken or are taking: General Chemistry Organic Chemistry Biochemistry Any other class or experience?
Any other class or experience?
Courses and experiences? More importantly, how comfortable do you feel about computer programming?
D.1. How comfortable do you feel working with statistics and understanding what things mean? (Note that I'm not asking how much you know) Select One Very much so Somewhat Neutral Not too much Not at all D.2. How comfortable do you feel working with probability and understanding what things mean? (Again, I'm not talking about classroom knowledge. Maybe you learned it all playing cards) Select One Very much so Somewhat Neutral Not too much Not at all D.3. In general, how comfortable are you figuring things out. Like how to slice a bagel so that each of three people get an equal part, and everyone gets a hole.
D.2. How comfortable do you feel working with probability and understanding what things mean? (Again, I'm not talking about classroom knowledge. Maybe you learned it all playing cards) Select One Very much so Somewhat Neutral Not too much Not at all
D.3. In general, how comfortable are you figuring things out. Like how to slice a bagel so that each of three people get an equal part, and everyone gets a hole.
E.1. Have you had any research experience (interpret any way you like). SelectYesNo If so, please elucidate below. E.2. Have you by any chance used any bioinformatic tools (e.g. Blast or sequence alignment). SelectYesNo If so, please elucidate below.
E.2. Have you by any chance used any bioinformatic tools (e.g. Blast or sequence alignment). SelectYesNo If so, please elucidate below.
A. What is your current thinking as to your career/life goal?
B. Why did/do you hope to gain from your time at VCU?
C. What, thus far, has helped you during your time at VCU make progress?
D. What, thus far, has not helped you during your time at VCU make progress?
E. Why did you take this course? What do you hope to gain from it?
Put here any comments, questions, suggestions, concerns that don't fit anywhere else.
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