UCSB Hist 2c: Introductory Survey


Submitted February 21, 2007, 12:51 PM

1. Where are you from?
f non-US
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
a freshman
4. Why are you taking this course?
c interest in subject
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
b parent(s) attended some college
9. What is your political orientation?
e other/undecided
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

nothing really


Submitted April 26, 2006, 8:56 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
e natural sciences
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
d any Hist 4ABC course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
c Jewish
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
f parent(s) with post-graduate/professional degree; grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
a Republican
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 19, 2006, 5:27 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
d any Hist 4ABC course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
b parent(s) attended some college
9. What is your political orientation?
f I do not vote/am unpolitical
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

An A


Submitted April 17, 2006, 11:11 PM

1. Where are you from?
f non-US
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
f I do not vote/am unpolitical
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

Just get a decent grade and pass the class while i learn something.


Submitted April 13, 2006, 2:32 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
e parent(s) attended graduate school, or have graduate or professional degree
9. What is your political orientation?
e other/undecided
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

I want to change the way I view history. I think many people have a boxed view of how we view past events, and hopefully this class will open eyes to different interpretations of history.


Submitted April 11, 2006, 2:30 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
a undecided/other
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
b Hist 2B only
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
f parent(s) with post-graduate/professional degree; grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
a Republican
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
a what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 6, 2006, 8:11 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
c Jewish
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
e parent(s) attended graduate school, or have graduate or professional degree
9. What is your political orientation?
e other/undecided
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 6, 2006, 5:05 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
e other/undecided
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree


Submitted April 6, 2006, 2:41 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
a undecided/other
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
a no parents or grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
f I do not vote/am unpolitical
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
a what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree


Submitted April 6, 2006, 1:37 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 6, 2006, 1:26 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

Learn more about world history and become more knowledgable about past events.


Submitted April 6, 2006, 1:22 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
a undecided/other
3. What is your class year?
a freshman
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 6, 2006, 1:09 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
e natural sciences
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
f other
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
a no parents or grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

Learn more about history and the purpose behind people's actions. I want to expand my academics and learn more then I already know.


Submitted April 6, 2006, 1:01 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
b Hist 2B only
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
a no parents or grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

Learn. I just like to learn new things.


Submitted April 6, 2006, 12:48 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
c other humanities
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
d needed an elective
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
d any Hist 4ABC course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
a what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 6, 2006, 12:42 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
b parent(s) attended some college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

become more educated about our worlds history


Submitted April 6, 2006, 12:20 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
a no parents or grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 6, 2006, 12:15 AM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 11:42 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
a no parents or grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
f I do not vote/am unpolitical
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
a what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 11:40 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
a undecided/other
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
b Hist 2B only
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
a no parents or grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
e other/undecided
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

This is a very interesting survey that questions the way people might think.


Submitted April 5, 2006, 11:34 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
a undecided/other
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
c Jewish
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
b parent(s) attended some college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

gain new insight, and push myself to learn as much new information as possible


Submitted April 5, 2006, 11:34 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
b history
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
e any Hist 2AB AND any 4ABC
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

I want to think more anayltically and be more active in my education. I've taken a few lower division history courses before. And I haven't taken them too seriously. I want that to change this quarter.


Submitted April 5, 2006, 11:31 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
b history
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
d any Hist 4ABC course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
e parent(s) attended graduate school, or have graduate or professional degree
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

I want to learn, I like learning about history and think that it will be interesting to get more than simply european and american history.


Submitted April 5, 2006, 11:20 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
b parent(s) attended some college
9. What is your political orientation?
f I do not vote/am unpolitical
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

A broader knowledge about the past history of other people and countries.


Submitted April 5, 2006, 10:53 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
b history
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
c Hist 2A and 2B
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
e parent(s) attended graduate school, or have graduate or professional degree
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 10:39 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
a undecided/other
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
f other
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
d parent(s) and grandparent(s) attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 10:39 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
a undecided/other
3. What is your class year?
a freshman
4. Why are you taking this course?
c interest in subject
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 10:36 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
d any Hist 4ABC course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
f parent(s) with post-graduate/professional degree; grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 10:27 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
b history
3. What is your class year?
a freshman
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
e parent(s) attended graduate school, or have graduate or professional degree
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 10:08 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
a no parents or grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
e other/undecided
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 9:47 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
e natural sciences
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
d parent(s) and grandparent(s) attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 9:36 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
a undecided/other
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
f parent(s) with post-graduate/professional degree; grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
a Republican
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 9:33 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
e any Hist 2AB AND any 4ABC
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
f other
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
a what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 9:32 PM

1. Where are you from?
f non-US
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
b parent(s) attended some college
9. What is your political orientation?
e other/undecided
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 9:29 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
c Hist 2A and 2B
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
f other
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
b parent(s) attended some college
9. What is your political orientation?
d Independent/reform
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

An A+ of course!!!


Submitted April 5, 2006, 9:11 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
c other humanities
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
e parent(s) attended graduate school, or have graduate or professional degree
9. What is your political orientation?
e other/undecided
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 9:10 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
b history
3. What is your class year?
d senior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
d any Hist 4ABC course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
f parent(s) with post-graduate/professional degree; grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 8:42 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
c other humanities
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
d any Hist 4ABC course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
e parent(s) attended graduate school, or have graduate or professional degree
9. What is your political orientation?
a Republican
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

I want to become more knowledgeable about world history. I would like to become more knowledgeable about more recent events than events that happened a long long time ago. Knowing your history makes you more educated.


Submitted April 5, 2006, 8:24 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
b history
3. What is your class year?
a freshman
4. Why are you taking this course?
c interest in subject
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
a Hist 2A only
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
c family with income >$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
f parent(s) with post-graduate/professional degree; grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
a Republican
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
a agree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

I am hoping to spark new avenues of thought and understanding that I have as of yet been unable to open myself. Learning is a great adventure and I am ecstatic at the thought of learning more about my passion, history.


Submitted April 5, 2006, 8:19 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
b history
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
e any Hist 2AB AND any 4ABC
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
f parent(s) with post-graduate/professional degree; grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
d Independent/reform
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
c how historians and others interpret what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

b secondary sources can be more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 8:00 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
b history
3. What is your class year?
b sophomore
4. Why are you taking this course?
b major requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
b Hist 2B only
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
a none/atheist
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
b family with income $50,000-$100,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
a no parents or grandparents attended college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
a what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree
13 (optional): What do you want to achieve by taking this course?
Or: Any comments about this survey?

A better perspective of World History.


Submitted April 5, 2006, 7:56 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?
d social sciences
3. What is your class year?
c junior
4. Why are you taking this course?
a GE requirement
5. Have you taken any other Hist 2 or 4 series courses?
f no Hist 2 or Hist 4 course
6. What is your religion? (closest match)
b Christian (any denom.)
7. What is your family income level? (ignoring size, marital status)
a family with income <$50,000
8. Family education level (closest match):
c parent(s) completed college
9. What is your political orientation?
b Democrat
10. (Answer quickly--don't reflect too long) Which statement best reflects what you think the "history" you learn in this course will be?
b what we know about what happened in the past
Primary sources are documents or artifacts from the past or testimony by people who experienced past events.
Secondary sources are writings about the past by people who study and interpret primary sources.

11. Are primary sources necessarily more reliable than secondary sources?

a primary sources are more reliable
12. Do you agree or disagree: People in the past thought and behaved in exactly the same way as people today, only the setting was different for them.
b disagree


Submitted April 5, 2006, 7:51 PM

1. Where are you from?
a California
2. What is your (likely) major?