Survey on Graduates of Physics and Applied Physics Departments as to their Careers and their Evaluation of Undergraduate Education

本研究的目的在于探讨大学物理教育的评估与改革。对高校物理系和应用物理系毕业生的职业功能现状，以及他们认为在大学物理教育中对职业形成有价值的因素进行了调查。参加调查，在2003年和2004年进行的，是45个部门在39所大学。问卷调查表被发送到那些获得学士学位的参与部门5年前和14 - 16年前。总的来说，70%到80%的受访者在各个行业，其中制造业和信息通信业的比例最大，其余的在教育和研究机构。百分比分布是不同截面之间的共同特征，无论学校类型如何，他/她获得的最高学位（例如，学士或硕士及以上）等。对“哪些本科学科被认为是有价值的？回答最多的是“毕业论文研究”（51.5%）和“实验”（46.6%），而回答讲座科目的比例在40%以下。在“提取要素和建模能力”（49.7%）、“逻辑思维和表达能力”（48.0%）和“理解原理和利用新技术的能力”方面的回答最高。

The purpose of this study is to obtain evaluation, and guidelines for renovations, of undergraduate physics education. The survey has been made on graduates of physics and applied physics related departments of colleges and universities as to their present job function, and the elements in the undergraduate physics education they received which they consider to have been valuable in their career formation. Participated in the survey, carried out in 2003 and 2004, were 45 departments in 39 universities. Questionnaire sheets were sent out to those who obtained bachelors degree from the participating departments 5 years ago and 14〜16 years ago. The response totaled 777.Overall, 70 to 80% of the respondent are in various area of industry, with the largest portion in manufacturing and information-telecommunication industry, and the rest in educational and research institutions. The percentage distribution is common feature among different cross section, irrespective of the school type, the highest degree he/she obtained (e.g., bachelor or master and above), etc.To the question "What are the undergraduate subjects which have been found valuable?", the highest response proportion was on "senior thesis research" (51.5%) and "experiments" (46.6%), while lecture subjects acquired 40% or less.The question "What have been the advantages of majoring physics or applied physics?" had highest responses to "Ability to extract essentials and make models" (49.7%), "Ability of logical thinking and presentations" (48.0%), and "Ability to understand the principles and make use of new technology".