Questionnaire for Graduates in the B.A. in Religious Studies

In what year were you born?
In what year did you graduate?
Did you take time off while at Chico State during which you took no courses?	Yes No
If so, how long did you take off?
How many years did it take you to graduate once you enrolled in Chico State?
If you double majored, in what field did you receive your other B.A. degree?
What did you minor in, if you received a minor or minors?
Did you study a language or languages while at Chico State?	Yes No
Which language/languages did you study?
How long did you study this language while attending Chico State?
Did you study abroad during your college career?	Yes No
If so, in what country, university, and program did you study?
If you volunteered while you were abroad, describe in what capacity:
Did you study abroad, volunteer abroad, or work abroad after college?	Yes No
If so, where, in what program, and in what capacity?
Did you travel abroad during summer or after graduation?	Yes No
Where and for how long?
Did you volunteer or perform service to the community while you were in college?	Yes No
Where and in what capacity?
Did you receive credits for an internship during your undergraduate career, and if so, with what organization did you intern?
Did this internship involve service to the community?	Yes No
What were your responsibilities?
Did you work in a summer internship or become an intern soon after college?	Yes No
What was the organization for which you interned?
Did this position help you receive a job?	1 2 3 4 5 Disagree <---------------------> Agree
Did it provide skills that you would use to become marketable for subsequent employment?	1 2 3 4 5 Disagree <---------------------> Agree
If so, what were these skills?
Have you volunteered or performed service to the community after college?	Yes No
Where and in what capacity?
Did you participate in events sponsored by the Religious Studies Student Society?	Yes No
Would you consider yourself an active participant (for at least 1 year)?	Yes No
If you were you elected as an officer, which position(s) did you hold?
Are you a member of the Theta Alpha Kappa Religious Studies Honor Society?	Yes No
Did you receive regular and timely advising about the requirements to complete your major while in the B.A. program in Religious Studies?	1 2 3 4 5 Disagree <---------------------> Agree
Did you receive accurate and helpful advising about the requirements to complete your major while in the B.A. program in Religious Studies?	1 2 3 4 5 Disagree <---------------------> Agree
List any other university student organizations to which you belonged while at Chico State:
Did you work closely with a faculty member on a scholarly or creative project during at least one of your courses?	1 2 3 4 5 Disagree <---------------------> Agree
Did you work closely with a faculty member or members on a scholarly or creative project in more than one course?	1 2 3 4 5 Disagree <---------------------> Agree
Did you participate in and register for a course such as "Directed readings," "Independent Study," or "Senior Thesis"?	Yes No
While at Chico State, did you participate in the Religious Studies Symposium, the Humanities Symposium, a Thesis defense, a student panel, or other public forum in which you were able to share your scholarly or creative work in or reflections on Religious Studies and religion?	Yes No
Do you feel that you were actively involved in your education in Religious Studies by participating in individual or group projects, public forums, student groups like the RSSS, student panels, class presentations, or interaction with faculty?	1 2 3 4 5 Disagree <---------------------> Agree
Was the feedback about your performance provided by the faculty in the program in Religious Studies useful in improving your performance?	1 2 3 4 5 Disagree <---------------------> Agree
If you received post-graduate education, where did you study, and in what field? List any degrees or certificates you received:
What is your current field of employment?
What organization, institution, or company employs you, or are you self-employed?
What is your job title, if applicable?
List some of the other fields of employment you have held, if applicable:
List some other organizations, institutions, or companies that have employed you, if applicable:
List some other job titles you have held, if applicable:
Rate the success of the B.A. in Religious Studies in teaching the following skills ("Student Learning Outcomes" or "SLOs"), with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest:
SLO1: The ability to identify the historical and cultural sources and describe the basic beliefs and practices of a given world religious tradition.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLO2: An understanding of dimensions of religion such as ritual, myth, doctrine, ethics, philosophy, and material religious culture.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLO3: The ability to explain how religion shapes and has been shaped by other cultural systems in history.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLO4a: An understanding of texts on religion (including primary texts).	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLO4b: An understanding of the methodologies used in religious studies and/or the methodologies used to study other disciplines.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLO5: The ability to engage in reasoned dialogue about religion.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLO6a: The ability to make clear, well organized, and substantive written presentations.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLO6b: The ability to make clear, well organized, and substantive oral presentations.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLO7: The ability to produce a research project using traditional and electronic resources.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLOw: An understanding of the range of expressions of religious life in America.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLOx: A general understanding of world cultures.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLOy: The ability to employ critical thinking to assess the logical validity and coherence of arguments and their relationship to evidence as well as to make arguments that are valid and cogent and supported by evidence.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
SLOz: An ability to have empathy for perspectives and traditions other than one's own.	1 2 3 4 5 Low <-----------------------------> High
List any other skills or abilities that you gained in your education in Religious Studies that are not included above:
Are there other Religious Studies skills you wish had been part of your education in Religious Studies at Chico State, and if so, what are they?
Rank the following skills taught by the B.A. in Religious Studies ("Student Learning Outcomes" or "SLOs") in relevance and significance to your current employment, with 1 being of little or no relevance and 5 being highly relevant:
SLO1: The ability to identify the historical and cultural sources and describe the basic beliefs and practices of a given world religious tradition.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLO2: An understanding of dimensions of religion such as ritual, myth, doctrine, ethics, philosophy, and material religious culture.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLO3: The ability to explain how religion shapes and has been shaped by other cultural systems in history.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLO4a: An understanding of texts on religion (including primary texts).	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLO4b: An understanding of the methodologies used in religious studies and/or the methodologies used to study other disciplines.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLO5: The ability to engage in reasoned dialogue about religion.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLO6a: The ability to make clear, well organized, and substantive written presentations.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLO6b: The ability to make clear, well organized, and substantive oral presentations.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLO7: The ability to produce a research project using traditional and electronic resources.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLOw: An understanding of the range of expressions of religious life in America.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLOx: A general understanding of world cultures.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLOy: The ability to employ critical thinking to assess the logical validity and coherence of arguments and their relationship to evidence as well as to make arguments that are valid and cogent and supported by evidence.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
SLOz: An ability to have empathy for perspectives and traditions other than one's own.	1 2 3 4 5 Not Relevant <-> Highly Relevant
Has any past employment required any of these skills?	Yes No
If so, state the position.
List those of the skills above (e.g. SLO8 or SLO9) that were very or highly relevant to this position:
Are there other skills that are useful in employment that you wish had been part of your education in Religious Studies at Chico State, and if so, what are they?
Are there other skills that are useful in employment that you wish you had gained in your other studies at Chico State, and if so, what are they?
What are the best features of the B.A. in Religious Studies at CSU Chico?
How could the B.A. in Religious Studies at CSU Chico be improved?

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