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The Overall Satisfaction Item (OSI)

A single question asks graduates about their overall level of satisfaction with their degree course:

25. Overall, I was satisfied with the quality of this course

The table below provides performance in the Overall Satisfaction Item by Department:

	2005			2006
	Number of respondents	Number satisfied	Percent satisfied (%)	Number of respondents	Number satisfied	Percent satisfied (%)
Sci, Comp, Eng, Arch, Agric
Statistics	*	*	*	13	6	46.15
Biological Sciences	38	24	63.16	53	43	81.13
Grad School of the Environ	25	18	72.00	13	10	76.92
Chem & Biomolecular Sci	*	*	*	11	9	81.82
Physical Geography	*	*	*	*	*	*
Earth & Planetary Sciences	17	13	76.47	26	23	88.46
Animal Behaviour (CISAB)	-	-	-	*	*	*
Computing	60	29	48.33	65	31	47.69
Electronics	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mathematics	*	*	*	*	*	*
Physics	*	*	*	*	*	*
Total broad group	171	107	62.57	198	134	67.68
Bus, Law, Econ
Accounting and Finance	191	118	61.78	368	194	52.72
Actuarial Studies	27	22	81.48	42	24	57.14
Business	70	57	81.43	116	67	57.76
Economics	24	15	62.50	29	15	51.72
Business Law	-	-	-	*	*	*
Law	102	63	61.76	78	48	61.54
Media	-	-	-	*	*	*
Total broad group	414	275	66.43	643	355	55.21
Hum, Arts, Edu
Business	-	-	-	*	*	*
School of Education	74	56	75.68	57	37	64.91
Institute of Early Childhood	32	26	81.25	58	43	74.14
Ancient History	-	-	-	*	*	*
Asian Languages	*	*	*	11	5	45.45
English	23	20	86.96	40	31	77.50
European Languages	*	*	*	*	*	*
Modern History	23	18	78.26	56	50	89.29
Contemporary Music Studs	*	*	*	12	9	75.00
Politics & Internat Rels	13	12	92.31	25	18	72.00
Anthropology	13	10	76.92	*	*	*
Cultural Studies	*	*	*	17	12	70.59
Media	59	33	55.93	96	59	61.46
Philosophy	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sociology	28	21	75.00	16	14	87.50
Warawara,Dept of Indig St	*	*	*	-	-	-
Human Geography	*	*	*	*	*	*
Linguistics	18	14	77.78	*	*	*
Psychology	76	58	76.32	127	93	73.23
Total broad group	398	297	74.62	552	398	72.10
Health
Biological Sciences	-	-	-	*	*	*
Health & Chiropractic	11	4	36.36	20	13	65.00
Linguistics	*	*	*	*	*	*
Electronics	-	-	-	*	*	*
Total broad group	20	10	50.00	25	17	68.00
All disciplines
Accounting and Finance	191	118	61.78	368	194	52.72
Actuarial Studies	27	22	81.48	42	24	57.14
Business	70	57	81.43	118	68	57.63
Economics	24	15	62.50	29	15	51.72
Statistics	*	*	*	13	6	46.15
School of Education	74	56	75.68	57	37	64.91
Institute of Early Childhood	32	26	81.25	58	43	74.14
Ancient History	-	-	-	*	*	*
Asian Languages	*	*	*	11	5	45.45
English	23	20	86.96	40	31	77.50
European Languages	*	*	*	*	*	*
Modern History	23	18	78.26	56	50	89.29
Contemporary Music Studies	*	*	*	12	9	75.00
Politics & Internat Rels	13	12	92.31	25	18	72.00
Business Law	-	-	-	*	*	*
Law	102	63	61.76	78	48	61.54
Anthropology	13	10	76.92	*	*	*
Cultural Studies	*	*	*	17	12	70.59
Media	59	33	55.93	98	60	61.22
Philosophy	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sociology	28	21	75.00	16	14	87.50
Warawara,Dept of Indig St	*	*	*	-	-	-
Biological Sciences	38	24	63.16	54	43	79.63
Grad School of the Environ	25	18	72.00	13	10	76.92
Chem & Biomolecular Sci	*	*	*	11	9	81.82
Health & Chiropractic	11	4	36.36	20	13	65.00
Human Geography	*	*	*	*	*	*
Physical Geography	*	*	*	*	*	*
Earth & Planetary Sciences	17	13	76.47	26	23	88.46
Linguistics	27	20	74.07	10	8	80.00
Psychology	76	58	76.32	127	93	73.23
Animal Behaviour (CISAB)	-	-	-	*	*	*
Computing	60	29	48.33	65	31	47.69
Electronics	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mathematics	*	*	*	*	*	*
Physics	*	*	*	*	*	*
Total broad group	1003	689	68.69	1418	904	63.75
A dash (-) means no response. A star (*) means less than 10 responses and the cell is suppressed.

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