CompSci 6 Introductory Survey

1. What level student are you? (circle)

   	1st Year	Soph	JR	SR	Grad	Other

2. Why are you taking CompSci 6 and what do you hope to gain?

3. Computer Science Experience How comfortable and familiar are you with computer science, programming, mathematics, or building things? Briefly describe your experiences, if any, in studying and using these fields.

4. Which best describes you? (if no good answer, write something)

   I wish I was more confident in my own abilities to do well

   I am pretty confident in my work; others don't look to me for help and I don't look to them

   I tend to look to and consult with others for confirmation that my work is on track, but I'm pretty confident of my abilities

   I'm pretty confident and others look to me in class, but I'm not as comfortable with this as I'd like to be

   I'm confident, others look to me, and it's a role I relish

5. Computers you have at Duke (circle those you have)

   	PC laptop	PC desktop	Mac laptop	Mac desktop	Other
   Have/kind?

6. Operating systems with which you're comfortable

   Mac/OS X	Windows XP/other	Linux/Unix

7. Programming Experience

   	no experience	read some code	written a few lines	written fair amount	very knowledgeable
   Java
   C++
   Alice
   HTML
   Visual Basic
   Perl
   Scheme
   Other (describe)

8. What about this course are you least looking forward to?

9. What about this course are you most looking forward to?