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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM

EXIT INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE

It is important to the Business Administration Program to find out your views on the courses, the learning process, and the administrative support provided. We ask that you complete this questionnaire and bring it to your exit interview. Please be candid in your responses and try to provide specific examples of effective and ineffective performance or factors where possible.

YOUR DEGREE:

1. What degree are you completing this semester?
Bachelor's
Master's

2. What was your concentration of study?
Accounting
Finance
Marketing
Management
Management Information Systems
Operations and Technology Management
None

3. Origin of Business Administration studies
Started Business Administration at SPSU

Undergraduates ONLY
Transferred from a 4 year U.S.A. college/university
Transferred from a 2 year U.S.A. college/university
Transferred from non U.S.A. college/university
Transferred from another SPSU program/department

GENERAL REACTIONS:

	YES Definitely	Probably YES	Probably NOT	Definitely NOT
4. If you could do it over again, would you attend SPSU to complete your Business Administration degree?
4a. If probably or definitely not, why?

	YES Definitely	Probably YES	Probably NOT	Definitely NOT
5. Would you recommend SPSU’s Business Administration program to a friend or relative?
5a. If probably or definitely not, why?

	YES Definitely	Probably YES	Probably NOT	Definitely NOT
6. Were you sufficiently challenged to do your best in your program?
6a. If probably or definitely not, why?

	YES Definitely	Probably YES	Probably NOT	Definitely NOT
7. Were your business education expectations met?
7a. If probably or definitely not, why?

PLANS AFTER GRADUATION:

8. What are your employment plans after completion of your graduate degree?
Continue with current employer in current position
Continue with current employer in new position
I accepted new position with new employer
I am or will be looking for new position
I do not plan to be employed

Undergraduate ONLY:
Get an M.B.A.

Graduate ONLY:
Get a Ph.D.

9. Select the best description of your employer after graduation
Governmental agency
School, college or university
Local or regional business
National/multi-national corporation
Nonprofit organization
Self-employed
Not sure
Other

10. How is the job you will hold after graduation related to your degree field?
Directly related
Somewhat related
Not related
Other

11. What salary will you be earning after graduation?
Below 30,000
30,000-44,999
45,000-59,999
60,000-74,999
75,000-100,000
Over $100,000
Do not know
No job

12. Do you have specific plans to pursue further education?
Yes, certificate program
Yes, master's degree
Yes, specialist degree
Yes, professional degree
Yes, doctoral degree
Yes, post-doc. position
Yes, other
No, not right now

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

13. Rate each of the following aspects of your academic experience:

	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor	Not Applicable
a. Quality of business instruction
b. The opportunity to interact with faculty
c. Availability of financial support
d. Adequacy of financial support
e. Availability of courses you wanted
f. Availability of courses at times you wanted them
g. Availability of online courses
h. Opportunity for research experience or practical skills application
i. Preparation for a job
j. Preparation for further education
k. Interaction with faculty

14. Rate each of the following aspects of you academic experience:

Importance	Very Much	Much	Somewhat	Very Little	Not at All	Not Applicable
a. Effectively convey information in writing
b. Effectively convey information orally
c. Think logically/resolve analytical problems
d. Apply research skills
e. Apply ethical standards of discipline
f. Network with others in field

15. Indicate your satisfaction with the following

Very Satisfied Somewhat Satisfies Neither Somewhat Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied Not Applicable

a. Business Administration department administrative staff

b. The assistance provided by the administrative staff during registration

c. Availability of academic advising

d. Availability of career advising

e. Helpfulness of career advising

f. Job placement services

g. The assistance provided by the Department Head to students

h. How useful was the Business Administration Computer Laboratory

i. Services provided by Graduate Admissions Office

j. The faculty’s interest in you

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

16. How long has it taken you to earn your degree?
Two years or less
Three years
Four years
More than four years

17. Did you pursue your degree primarily:
Full-time
Part-time

18 . On average, how many hours per week were you employed while attending SPSU?
None
1-10
11-20
21-39
40+

19. Ethnicity
Asian
African
African-American
Hispanic
Indian
White-Non-Hispanic

20. Citizenship
U.S.
Foreign National
Non U.S.

21. After graduation, where do you plan to live?
Greater Atlanta
Georgia
Southeast
Northeast
Midwest
West
Southwest
Leave U.S.

GENERAL QUESTIONS:

The Business Administration Program seeks your candid comments on the strengths of the program and needs for improvement. Please provide descriptions of behaviors that you observed. Your specific comments will remain confidential. Constructive feedback to individual faculty members will be summarized across surveys and will be conveyed by the Program Head.

22. Which courses and assignments stand out as being particularly effective? What makes them so effective?

23. Which courses/assignments would benefit from improvement? What types of changes would have enhanced your learning experiences with these courses/assignments? Which courses and assignments stand out as being particularly effective? What makes them so effective?

24. What are the strengths of the Business Administration Program?

25. What features should we add to the Business Administration Program?

26. What features should we delete from the Business Administration Program?

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. We are committed to improving our program with your helpful comments.