University of Nebraska Kearney

History Graduate Program Survey of History and History Social Science Graduates

1. Which program did you complete?

   _____	BA, History	_____	BS, History Social Science Comprehensive
   _____	BAEd, History Subject Endorsement	_____	BAEd, Social Science Field Endorsement
   _____	BAEd, Social Science Minor	_____	BA or BS, History Minor
   _____	MAEd or MA in History

2. What year did you receive your degree from UNK? _______
    
3. What additional formal education have you undertaken since completing your degree at UNK?

   		institution/program
   _____	none
   _____	some courses, but no degree program	_______________________________________
   _____	second bachelors degree	_______________________________________
   _____	additional teaching endorsement	_______________________________________
   _____	professional degree such as JD, MBA, etc.	_______________________________________
   _____	MA or Ph.D.	_______________________________________

4. Do you plan to undertake any additional formal education in the future?
    
   ___yes
    
   ___no
    
5. How often do you seek alternative opinions to a newspaper editorial?
    
   ___always
    
   ___often
    
   ___sometimes
    
   ___never
    
6. How often do you use libraries the internet or other sources of information to pursue hobbies or topics of interest?
    
   ___often
    
   ___sometimes
    
   ___never
    
7. If you are confronted by an ideology and/or lifestyle choice that is contradictory to your beliefs do you
    
   ___ignore the difference?
    
   ___challenge it?
    
   ___tolerate it?
    
8. When your read or hear about a contemporary issue, how often do you consider its historical background?
    
   ___always
    
   ___often
    
   ___sometimes
    
   ___never
    
9. If you are confronted with an issue of authorship and/or plagiarism, do you:
    
   a. Take objection to it _____        b. Feel ambivalent about it ______       c. Ignore it _______
10. Mark the kinds of jobs that you have applied for, been offered, or accepted since completing your degree.

    applied for	offered	accepted
    ______	______	______    teaching history 7-12
    ______	______	______    teaching a social science other than history, 7-12
    ______	______	______    teaching other than history or social sciences, 7-12
    ______	______	______    elementary teaching
    ______	______	______    post-secondary teaching
    ______	______	______    history related other than teaching
    ______	______	______    not history or teaching related

11. If your current job is directly linked to your history major from UNK, please answer this question. If not, skip to question 12.
     
    Is original historical research and scholarship important in your current occupation?
     
    a. Very Much ____       b. Somewhat ____       c. Not at all _____
     
     
12. If your current job is not directly linked with your history major from UNK, please answer the following question.
     
    Do you read original historical research and scholarship?
     
    a. Often _____      b. Sometimes _____      c. Not at all
     

31. How many courses do you typically teach each semester in the following subjects?
     
    ___Economics
     
    ___Geography
     
    ___History
     
    ___Political Science
     
    ___Psychology
     
    ___Sociology
     
    ___Other _________________________________
     
     
32. Of the subjects that you teach, for which one were you best prepared?
     
    ___Economics
     
    ___Geography
     
    ___History
     
    ___Political Science
     
    ___Psychology
     
    ___Sociology
     
    ___Other _________________________________
     
     
33. Of the subjects that you teach, for which one were you least prepared?
     
    ___Economics
     
    ___Geography
     
    ___History
     
    ___Political Science
     
    ___Psychology
     
    ___Sociology
     
    ___Other _________________________________
     

42. In what ways did your program of study prepare you for what you are doing now?
     
     
     
     
     
43. How could your program of study have better prepared you for what you are doing?
     
     
     
     
     
44. What do the programs in history and history/social sciences do well?
     
     
     
     
     
45. How could the programs in history and history/social sciences be improved?
     
     
     
     
     
46. What additional comments about the History Department and its programs of study would you like to make?