Untitled - Annual Report 2004 - The University of Western Australia

Indicator 1.2 Proportion of Student Load PassedThe proportion of student load passed gives anindication of the quality of the University’sstudents and their development.The following table shows that the University hasmaintained a high pass rate of approximately 90per cent over the 1999 to 2003 period. Note thatthe branch of learning classification wassuperseded in 2001 by field of education codes,so pre-2001 pass rates have been recalculatedusing the new codes.92.2%92.0%91.8%91.6%91.4%91.2%91.0%90.8%90.6%90.4%90.2%Student load pass rate 1999 to 2003 (excluding HDRs)1999 2000 2001 2002 2003Student Load Pass Rate (a) by Broad Field of Education, 1999 to 2003 (excluding Higher Degrees by Research)Broad Field of Education 1999 2000 2001 2002 200301 Natural and Physical Sciences 86.4% 87.6% 88.6% 89.2% 89.1%02 Information Technology 90.6% 88.3% 87.1% 88.0% 88.2%03 Engineering and Related Technologies 90.9% 92.1% 93.0% 93.2% 92.3%04 Architecture and Building 89.2% 89.6% 89.6% 88.1% 90.7%05 Agriculture, Environmental Studies 91.7% 91.6% 93.5% 93.6% 95.8%06 Health 97.3% 97.3% 96.3% 96.9% 96.6%07 Education 95.4% 94.3% 94.7% 95.7% 96.0%08 Management and Commerce 93.0% 92.9% 92.5% 93.1% 93.6%09 Society and Culture 90.8% 90.4% 90.5% 91.1% 91.5%10 Creative Arts 88.1% 91.4% 88.1% 90.8% 90.7%Total 90.8% 91.0% 90.9% 91.5% 91.9%(a)The student load pass rate has been calculated as a proportion of the total enrolled load excluding units with incomplete results.Indicator 1.3 Course Experience QuestionnaireThe quality of the University’s courses can be judged inpart from graduates’ responses to the CourseExperience Questionnaire (CEQ) and PostgraduateResearch Experience Questionnaire (PREQ) which areconducted in conjunction with the annual GraduateDestinations Survey of the students who completedcourses in the previous year.0%2000 2001 2002 2003 2004Respondents to the CEQ and PREQ are asked torecord their responses to 24 statements about various aspects of the courses completed. A five-point scale ranging from 1 labelled ‘stronglydisagree’ to 5 labelled ‘strongly agree’ is used for this purpose (2, 3 and 4 are not labelled and it is assumed that 4 indicates agreement withthe statement). Item 24 (‘Overall, I was satisfied with the quality of the course’) obtained students’ overall impressions of their courses. Eachyear approximately half of the students who completed courses in the previous year at this University respond to this item. Their responsesare summarised in the following table, and show an increase in the proportion of graduates with a positive response (responses 4 and 5 onthe response scale) from 71 per cent of respondents in 2000 to 76 per cent in 2003, followed by a drop to 72 per cent in 2004.Student Responses to the Course Experience Questionnaire Item 24: ‘Overall, I was satisfied with the quality of the course.’Percentage of RespondentsCourse Type Course Number of Strongly Disagree Strongly AgreeCompletions Respondents 1 2 3 4 52004 ResponsesDoctorate by Research 211 105 3% 7% 10% 54% 27%Master’s Research 57 29 0% 3% 10% 41% 45%Master’s Coursework 516 216 3% 6% 13% 55% 22%Other Postgraduate (a) 527 154 4% 5% 12% 53% 27%Bachelor’s Graduate Entry 128 61 2% 13% 25% 48% 13%Bachelor’s Honours 869 225 3% 7% 13% 49% 28%Bachelor’s Pass 1,834 1,288 2% 8% 22% 48% 20%Undergraduate Diploma 15 4 0% 0% 0% 75% 25%2004 Total 4,157 2,082 2% 7% 18% 50% 22%2003 Total 3,935 1,658 2% 7% 16% 52% 24%2002 Total 3,698 1,774 3% 6% 16% 49% 25%2001 Total 3,490 2,000 2% 7% 17% 51% 23%2000 Total 3,496 2,107 2% 7% 19% 50% 21%(a)Comprises graduate diplomas and graduate certificates.100%80%60%40%20%Responses to Course Experience SurveyOverall Satisfaction1 Strongly disagree2345 Strongly agree89