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Part of Speech

Noun

Pronunciation

['see teks]

Definition

1. Short for "Course and Teacher Evaluation Council," CTECS are the quarterly evaluations of 100- through 400-level courses, professors, and teaching assistants, performed anonymously by students for each course he/she took within that quarter. Students can review past CTECS on CAESAR before registering for classes. CTECs are available to read at all times, as long the viewing student has completed his/her own CTECs for the previous quarter. However, they only become available to write over a three-week period, starting one week prior to Reading Week up until the Sunday night after finals week.

Participating Schools

• School of Education and Social Policy
• Medill School of Journalism
• Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
• Bienen School of Music
• School of Communication
• McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
• School of Continuing Studies
• Kellogg School of Management Certificate Program for Undergraduates^[1]

500-level classes may be included upon request.

CTEC Components

Students are asked to give numerical ratings to the following statements:

1. Provide an overall rating of the instruction.
2. Provide an overall rating of the course.
3. Estimate how much you learned in the course.
4. Rate the effectiveness of the course in challenging you intellectually.
5. Rate the effectiveness of the instructor(s) in stimulating your interest in the subject.
6. Estimate the average number of hours per week you spent on this course outside of class and lab time.

Students are then asked to answer the following essay questions:

1. What are the primary teaching strengths of the instructor(s)?
2. What are the primary weaknesses, if any, of the instructor? Can you offer suggestions for improvement?
3. Did the course help you learn? Why or why not?
4. What are the primary strengths and weaknesses of the teaching assistant?
5. Summarize your comments from the above questions giving your reaction to this course, focusing on the aspects that were most important to you. (This comment, and only this comment, may be published online).*^[2]

• Will be made visible through CAESAR.

Example Sentence

"This class got really good CTECs, so I'm going to add it to my shopping cart."

References

1. ↑ Registrar.northwestern.edu, Participating Schools.
2. ↑ Registrar.northwestern,edu, CTEC Components.