Graduate Careers Council of Australia
Course Experience Questionnaire Data 1995

Notes on Course Experience Questionnaire results, 23 January 1996.

This Course Experience Questionnaire data is for the 1995 survey of graduates who completed their courses in 1994. The data is available in two file formats:

• Ceqdel95.txt is a comma delimited file with field names as the first line.
• Ceqfix95.txt is a fixed length file with no delimiters.

Both files are sorted in order of Level of course then Field of Study then Institution. Only results for courses with five or more respondents per institution are included. Because of the small number of respondents, graduates of higher degrees (Ph.D, Masters Research and Masters other) are not included. This year standard deviations have been included.

Ceqfix95.dat is in the following format:

Column    Field Name     Description
1-2       LEVEL          Level of Course
3-6       FOS            Field of Study
7-8       INST           Code for Institution
9-14      MEANTCH        Mean (Good Teaching Scale)
15-20     MEANCGS        Mean (Clear Goals and Standards Scale)
21-26     MEANASS        Mean (Appropriate Assessment Scale)
27-32     MEANWKL        Mean (Appropriate Workload Scale)
33-38     MEANCRS        Mean (Generic Skills Scale)
39-44     MEANOVR        Mean (Overall Satisfaction Item)
45-50     NTCH           N (Good Teaching Scale)
51-56     NCGS           N (Clear Goals and Standards Scale)
57-62     NASS           N (Appropriate Assessment Scale)
63-68     NWKL           N (Appropriate Workload Scale)
69-74     NCRS           N (Generic Skills Scale)
75-80     NOVR           N (Overall Satisfaction Item)
81-86     STDTCH         StdDevn (Good Teaching Scale)
87-92     STDCGS         StdDevn (Clear Goals and Standards Scale)
93-98     STDASS         StdDevn (Appropriate Assessment Scale)
99-104    STDWKL         StdDevn (Appropriate Workload Scale)
105-110   STDCRS         StdDevn (Generic Skills Scale)
111-116   STDOVR         StdDevn (Overall Satisfaction Item)

LEVEL

     1=Pass bachelor
     2=Honours bachelor
     3=Graduate certificate
     4=G/PG diploma
     5=Graduate bachelor
     9=Diploma:undergraduate
    10=Associate diploma
    11=Certificate

FOS

The codes for field of study are derived from those listed in the publication "Field of Study Classification of Higher Education Courses", Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission, AGPS 1986 (Appendix C, Higher Education Student Data Collection - Main Documentation, DEET). The FOS code is a four-digit code which consists of digits two, four, five and six of the code in the TESC document and is used by the Graduate Careers Council of Australia in the coding of the Graduate Destination Survey. For example "Agriculture general" FOS=1201, TESC code=01.02.01.

Exceptions to this are FOS:

4299 Actuarial Studies
9901 Applied Electronics
9902 Applied Communications
9903 Applied Physics
9904 Applied Chemistry
9905 Applied Biology
9906 Other Applied Science courses
100  Veterinary Science

A list of codes for FOS's is included at the end of this document.

INST

This is a two digit code (data type text) unique to each institution,(and in some cases campus within institution). The codes are the same as those used for 1993 data. It should be noted that some institutions which had results listed for separate campuses in the 1993 data have chosen to have their results amalgamated into one institution code for 1994. In these cases the code for the major campus has been used for presentation of results.

Course Experience Questionnaire 1994 & 1995 Data

Institution Codes 

The following are the previously secret codes used to identify institutions. In the early years of the CEQ, institutions were not identified, but in later years institution names were divulged (with their agreement) in order to facilitate better use of the CEQ data.

61 SYDNEY U
40 UNSW
67 MACQUARIE U
57 UNE
50 NEWCASTLE U
63 WOLLONGONG U
76 ANU
37 MELBOURNE U
52 MONASH CLAYTON
53 LATROBE U
18 DEAKIN U
34 QUEENSLAND U
85 JAMES COOK U
03 GRIFFITH U
73 TASMANIA U
01 ADELAIDE U
04 FLINDERS U
16 UWA
23 MURDOCH U
54 UNI TECH SYD
24 CSU WAGGA
81 CSU Bathurst
60 SOUTHERN CROSS
14 OAC 33 UWS - NEPEAN
17 UNI BALLARAT
32 LA TROBE BENDIGO
59 VUT
26 MONASH GIPPSLAND
82 CSU ALBURY
06 RMIT
56 SWINBURNE
09 VIC COLLEGE OF ARTS
30 DEAKIN WARRNAMBOOL
39 MONASH VIC PHARMACY
44 DEAKIN BURWOOD
98 RMIT BUNDOORA
49 MONASH CAULFIELD
36 VCAH BURNLEY
19 ACU VIC
58 ACU QLD
74 BOND U
62 MONASH FRANKSTON
15 ACU ACT
25 UWS - HAWKESBURY
51 ACU NSW
02 QUT
48 CENTRAL QLD U
29 VCAH LONGERENONG
28 U SOUTH QLD
10 DEAKIN RUSDEN
27 DEAKIN TOORAK
07 UNI SA
99 VCAH DOOKIE
45 Aust. MARITIME COLLEGE
31 VCAH GLENORMISTON
22 CURTIN U Technology
47 EDITH COWAN U
42 CANBERRA U
21 NT U
05 UWS MACARTHUR

MEANTCH, MEANCGS, MEANASS, MEANWKL, MEANCRS, MEANOVR

MEANTCH, MEANCGS, MEANASS, MEANWKL, MEANCRS, MEANOVR, are all mean scores for each of these scales or items. They are accurate to one decimal place and have a range from -100.0 to +100.0. NTCH, NCGS, NASS, NWKL, NCRS, NOVR, are the number of respondents to questions which relate to that particular scale. STDTCH, STDCGS, STDASS, STDWKL, STDCRS, STDOVR, are all standard deviations for each of these scales or items. They are accurate to two decimal places.

For further details and explanations of these scales the reader is referred to the report "Course Experience Survey:1992", Ainley J.and Long M. (DEET 1994).

Fields of Study Codes

                  Field of Study                     Code
Aboriginal Studies                                   3202
Accounting                                           4202
Actuarial Studies                                    4299
Administration and Management                        4203
Aeronautical Engineering                             6202
Agricultural Economics                               4302
Agriculture - General                                1201
Agriculture Management - General                     1401
Anatomy                                              9302
Animal Husbandry                                     1301
Anthropology                                         3203
Applied - Other                                      9906
Applied Biology                                      9905
Applied Chemistry                                    9904
Applied Communications                               9902
Applied Electronics                                  9901
Applied Mathematics                                  9402
Applied Physics                                      9903
Archaeology                                          3204
Architecture - General                               2201
Area and Ethnic Studies                              3205
Arts, Humanities, Social Science General             3101
Asian Languages                                      3302
Banking and Finance                                  4204
Biochemistry                                         9303
Biology                                              9304
Botany                                               9305
Building - General                                   2301
Building Construction Technology                     2302
Business Administration                              4201
Business Data Processing                             4205
Cartography                                          6302
Chemical Engineering                                 6203
Chemistry                                            9502
Civil Engineering                                    6204
Communications and Journalism                        3206
Computer Science                                     9201
Conservation of Art and Culture                      3402
Counselling                                          3207
Crafts                                               3403
Dance                                                3404
Dental Therapy                                       7202
Dentistry                                            7201
Dramatic Arts                                        3405
Early Childhood Teacher Education - Initial training 5202
Early Childhood Teacher Education - Post-initial trg 5302
Economic History                                     4303
Economic Statistics and Econometrics                 4304
Economics - General                                  4301
Education - General                                  5401
Education Media                                      5404
Educational Administration                           5402
Educational Counselling                              5403
Electrical Engineering                               6205
Electronic and Communications Engineering            6206
Engineering - General                                6201
Environmental & Industrial Design                    2202
Environmental Science                                9306
European Languages                                   3303
Film and Photographic Arts                           3406
Fine Arts                                            3407
Food Science, Technology and Catering                9307
Forestry                                             1202
Geography                                            3208
Geology                                              9503
Graphic Arts and Design                              3408
Health  Administration                               7302
Health  Counselling                                  7303
Health  Surveying and Environmental Health           7304
Health - General                                     7101
Health Science and Technology                        7401
Health Support Activities - General                  7301
Higher Education                                     5405
History                                              3209
Home Economics                                       9308
Horticulture                                         1205
Hotel, Hospitality and Catering                      4207
Human Movement, Sports and Physical Education        9309
Industrial and Production Engineering                6207
Industrial Relations                                 4206
Interior Design                                      2303
Jurisprudence                                        8202
Laboratory Techniques                                9310
Landscape Architecture                               2203
Languages - General                                  3301
Law Enforcement                                      8301
Law, Legal Studies - General                         8101
Law, Legal Studies - Other                           8201
Library & Archival Studies                           3210
Life Sciences- General                               9301
Linguistics                                          3304
Literary Studies                                     3211
Marine Engineering                                   6208
Marketing and Distribution                           4208
Mathematics - General                                9401
Mechanical Engineering                               6209
Medical - Radiography, Radiology, Radiotherapy       7404
Medical - Technology, Laboratory Techniques          7405
Medical Science                                      7501
Medicine                                             7502
Metallurgy                                           6210
Microbiology                                         9311
Mining and Minerals Engineering                      6211
Multicultural Studies                                3212
Music                                                3409
Nautical Sciences                                    9504
Nurse and Health Educator's Education                5406
Nursing - Initial                                    7402
Nursing - Post Initial                               7403
Nutrition and Dietetics                              7406
Occupational Therapy                                 7602
Optometry                                            7407
Park and Wildlife Management                         1403
Personnel Management and Development                 4209
Pharmacology                                         9312
Pharmacy                                             7408
Philosophy                                           3213
Physical Sciences - General                          9501
Physics                                              9505
Physiology                                           9313
Physiotherapy                                        7603
Plant Sciences                                       1203
Podiatry/Chiropody                                   7409
Political Science and Government                     3214
Primary Teacher Education - Initial training         5203
Primary Teacher Education - Post-initial training    5303
Psychology                                           3215
Public Administration                                4210
Pure Mathematics                                     9403
Quantity Surveying                                   2304
Recreation Studies                                   3216
Rehabilitation - General                             7601
Religion and Theology                                3217
Rural Management                                     1402
Science - General                                    9101
Secondary Teacher Education - Initial training       5204
Secondary Teacher Education - Post-initial training  5304
Secretarial Studies                                  4211
Social Work                                          3218
Sociology                                            3219
Soil Sciences                                        1204
Special Teacher Education - Initial training         5206
Special Teacher Education - Post-initial training    5306
Speech Pathology, Audiology                          7604
Statistics and Operations Research                   9404
Surveying - General                                  6301
Surveying - Geography                                6303
TAFE Teacher Education - Initial training            5205
TAFE Teacher Education - Post-initial training       5305
Teacher Education - General initial training         5201
Teacher Education - General Post-initial training    5301
Urban and Regional Planning                          2401
Valuation and Real Estate                            4212
Veterinary Science                                    100
Visual Arts - General                                3401
Viticulture & Oenology                               1206
Welfare Studies                                      3220
Women's Studies                                      3221
Zoology                                              9314