Comp 440 Background Survey - Fall 2026
Email *
What first name should I call you? *
What last name do you go by? *
What are your preferred gender pronouns? *
What year are you (measured by # semesters at Mac, not by # credits)? *
Required
What is your (likely or declared) major most closely related to this class? *
Required
Do you have any other majors or minors? If so, list them.
Are you registered for this class? *
Prior Courses *
Check each course below that you have taken in a previous semester, whether taken here, or somewhere else
Required
Familiarity with Data Science Tools: I do not expect you to know these. I am just curious about backgrounds. *
No understanding
Basic familiarity
Comfortable, but will need to brush up
Fluent
R / RStudio / R Markdown
R ggplot2
R dplyr verbs (filter, select, group_by, select)
Python
Python pandas
Python scikit-learn
SQL
PyTorch or TensorFlow
Familiarity with GenAI tools: I do not expect you to know these. I am just curious about backgrounds. *
No understanding
Basic familiarity
Comfortable, but will need to brush up
Fluent
Claude Code
Claude web chat
ChatGPT
Codex
Cursor
Familiarity with Statistical Concepts *
For each general category of statistical concepts below, think about how comfortable you are with it, and how much experience you have working with it.  I expect you to have *no experience at all* with most of the elements below.
No understanding at all
Understand overall idea, but no details
Understand most portions of it
Fluent and comfortable
Linear regression
Classification
Clustering
Mean, median
What type of computer do you have? *
What are your views on the risks and benefits of AI?What do you hand over to an AI, what do you keep for yourself? *
I'm looking for five-ish thoughtful sentences here capturing your "AI Posture." We are going to track how this changes throughout the semester.
I want to make this course accessible and comfortable for you. Do you have any specific needs that would enhance your learning experience? You don't have to worry about tests, as this course doesn't have any. However, if you would like to discuss your accommodations with me in more detail, please indicate that here and I will arrange a meeting with you.
Is there anything else you would like me to know?
If you do not want to experiment with AI tools in this course, please list that here and I will contact you about options.
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