SIMS 202 student questionaire

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Your Name (max 100 chars):

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Your undergrad or previous major (max 100 chars):

Your expected graduation date:

How much experience do you have, if any, in the following areas?

Using productivity applications (word processor, spreadsheet, etc.)

LittleModerateA lot

Systems administration of computers

LittleModerateA lot

Using database and information retrieval applications ( DBMS, Web Search Engines, DIALOG, etc.)

LittleModerateA lot

Programming

LittleModerateA lot

If you have programming experience, what languages (max 100 chars)?

Please describe briefly what you expect to get out of this course.

Please describe briefly any career goals you set for yourself after you graduate, and how this course might relate to those goals.

State what you consider your academic discipline(s) to be, or any field in which you have expertise. Consider the definitions of information discussed in class. How does your discipline(s) view information and what shades of meaning does your discipline(s) viewpoint contribute? (Part 1 of Assignment 1.)

Please describe any special skills or background you have that is relevant to this course.

There is much discussion in the popular press about information overload, information anxiety, the information glut. Do you think there is really a problem? If so, what are your initial thoughts on potential solutions? If not, why do you think people perceive a problem? (Part 2 of Assignment 1.)

Do you have any other comments?