UCLA Computer Science Fall 2022 Town Hall Survey
UCLA's Computer Science department is continuously evolving. The Town Hall is a way for the department to hear and respond to student concerns and feedback.  This form is an effort towards improvement of UCLA CS and making sure students' voices are heard.

This has been organized by student organizations ACM, exploretech.la, and UPE, and responses will only be used anonymously. Please fill out this survey as thoroughly as you can!

NOTE: Signing into your UCLA email is for credibility purposes; it will NOT be used to trace your responses back to you. Your UCLA email will be used as a "password" to get food at Townhall.

If you have not yet RSVP'd for the Town Hall (Wednesday, Nov 9, 6-8 pm), you can do so here:  https://forms.gle/XceEgzRWbNt2JB1B7

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Learn more at the website: https://uclaacm.com/town-hall

Please fill this form out by Monday, Nov 7 at 11:59pm.
Email *
Major *
Graduation Year *
If you're an alum who graduated in 2020 or earlier, please fill out the "Other" option with the year you graduated.
Path to UCLA
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Curriculum
Which courses did you really enjoy? (choose 1)
What made these courses enjoyable?
Are there any required CS classes that you feel are less relevant and should be dropped from the requirements? Do you think there is a different course that could replace that required one?
Are there any CS classes or topics you'd like to see added to the curriculum?
Which course(s) do you think needs revamping? What exact changes would you like to see in these courses?
Please label each change with the corresponding course. Specifics are really important! e.g. CS M152A: Remove Verilog and add Arduino C programming.
Are you aware that undergraduate students are allowed to take graduate-level courses?
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Are you satisfied with current technical breadth offerings?
If you are in the Computer Science Major, please feel free to include the sci-tech offerings as part of this answer.
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If not, which additional technical breadth offerings would you like to see?
If you are in the Computer Science Major, please feel free to include the sci-tech offerings as part of this answer.
If you sought help from the HSSEAS academic office or counselors, how helpful was the support?
Not helpful
Extremely helpful
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UCLA Engineering Ethics Reform
The UCLA engineering school is reforming its Ethics Curriculum. The proposed plan is to replace the engineering writing and ethics class with two 2-unit classes. The first would be a lower division class focused on communication and the other would be an upper division major-specific class focused on ethics. This section of the survey is designed to gather information and student feedback for the upper division major-specific class focused on ethics and to help shape the structure of this new class, which is why the questions are required. 
What approach would you prefer for this new class? *
If the school decides to take a case-study based approach, would you like the class to be focused on *
Would you like the class to be taught by: *
Would you prefer some ethics content to be embedded in your CS courses regardless of this new class where appropriate? *
Please feel to write your thoughts on this approach here. 
Research
How interested are you in doing CS research?
Not interested
Extremely interested
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If you are already involved in CS Research, how did you find this opportunity? If you are not yet involved but are interested, what is the primary roadblock?
Teaching Practices
During this year's town hall, we'd like to discuss what teaching practices have been most helpful for students and what teaching practices should change.
Are the course units for CS classes reflective of the workload?
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What CS classes had course units that were not reflective of the workload, please explain
Which of the following practices help you complete CS projects more independently?
Were recorded/Bruincasted lectures helpful for you?
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Do you think it would be helpful if professors periodically collected feedback about the pace of the class, workload and the difficulty of projects?
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Do you fill out course evaluations, why or why not?
Are you able to get enough help/support from TAs during discussion and their office hours?
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Are there any teaching practices that you found particularly effective in supporting your learning? Please provide specific examples.
Which of the following teaching practices make students feel more pressured to be academically dishonest?
We encourage using the "other" option for anything not listed here.
Diversity, Inclusivity and Accessibility
Feeling included and safe is a critical component of any effective learning environment. At this year's Town Hall, we will have a special focus on this topic.
Do you feel comfortable raising concerns about accessibility, diversity and inclusivity with your Professors?
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Do you think the class materials (lecture slides, handouts, etc.) are inclusive and accessible?
Not at all inclusive/accessible
Extremely inclusive/accessible
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If you answered anything less than a 5 to the question above, can you give specific examples when class materials weren't inclusive and accessible?
Is there a specific person(s) (a professor, TA/LA, student leader, peer) who has made you feel particularly included? What did they do?
Have you felt particularly welcomed into the UCLA CS community because of a student group?
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If so, which group(s)?
If there are any questions you'd like to ask anonymously (to the CS department/faculty), please let us know here!
Please use this space to offer any comments that you'd like!
Thank you for completing the survey!
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