Female students report significantly less confidence in their college physics courses than male students. Female students were more influenced by others to seek an engineering degree than were male students. Female students believed much more strongly than men that programs such as MEP and WIEP should be continued although all students strongly supported the continuance of these programs. The quality of college math courses is quite high. Students report that they are treated with respect by their professors.
Students are comfortable meeting with professors after class or during office hours.
The teaching assistants are primarily rated as competent or better and provide reasonable levels of assistance to students. Lab work is viewed as valuable and a complement to course materials. Most students are quite comfortable with the lab equipment. The students are quite confident about their performance in engineering courses and college math courses as well as their overall academic ability. Students demonstrate a high level of confidence that engineering is the right major.