Course Evaluations

Course evaluations are surveys of student opinions of the instructor and the course and are intended to help faculty members improve their teaching. Course evaluations are an important source of information as individual faculty members assess their teaching effectiveness. Individual evaluation forms are not given to faculty members. Instead, a faculty member receives a statistical summary of the course evaluations after final grades have been submitted.

Course evaluations are created for every course except student teaching, internship programs, and independent study courses. Course evaluations are conducted at the end of each regular class, including 5-week, 8-week, and semester long classes. Semester courses are evaluated during the two weeks prior to semester finals week.

Instructors have two options for the method of evaluation distribution: paper (in-class) or online (invitations to evaluate the class will be sent to the students' USIeagles.org email account).

Each semester, instructors will be sent a request to indicate their preference for method of evaluation distribution for their courses. This request will be sent during the first few weeks of classes to USI-issued email accounts only.

NOTE: Course evaluations for the College of Nursing and Health Professions are conducted using the online method only.

Security and anonymity of student responses is of utmost importance.

Fall 2008 Course Evaluation Calendar

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