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

本研究的目的在于对本科物理教学进行评估，并提出改革的指导方针。对高校物理与应用物理相关专业的毕业生进行了调查，了解了他们目前的工作职能，以及他们认为本科物理教育中哪些因素对他们的职业发展有价值。这项调查于2003年和2004年进行，参与调查的是39所大学的45个系。调查问卷发给了5年前和14 ~ 16年前在参与部门获得学士学位的学生。回复总数为777。总体而言，70%至80%的受访者来自不同的工业领域，其中制造业和信息电信业的比例最大，其余的在教育和研究机构。无论学校类型、最高学历（如学士或硕士及以上）等，在不同的横截面中，百分比分布是共同的特征。在“认为有价值的本科科目有哪些？”的问题中，回答比例最高的是“毕业论文研究”（51.5%）和“实验”（46.6%），而讲座科目的比例为40%或更低。在“学习物理或应用物理专业有什么优势”的问题中，“提取要领和制作模型的能力”（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”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".