Table 4.

The single most important element students consider when choosing a nanocourse

	Junior students	Senior students
Interacting with faculty	6%	5%
Interacting with fellow students	0%	0%
Learning about the current state of a specific discipline	69%	68%
Exploring potential postdoc fields	0%	0%
Learning about topics related to your thesis project	6%	8%
Learning about techniques related to your thesis project	19%	19%
Receiving credit	0%	0%

Data were collected from surveys distributed to all students who took a nanocourse during the Spring 2006, Fall 2006, and Spring 2007 semesters. 53 student surveys were returned. Students were asked to consider the nanocourses they had taken, and to select the most important element considered when they chose to take a nanocourse. Students in their first or second year of training were considered junior students, whereas students in their third year of training or above were considered senior students.