Division of Biological Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Academic Unit Data
Fall 1999 Fall 2000 Fall 2001 Fall 2002 Fall 2003 Fall 2004 Fall 2005
(FY 2000) (FY 2001) (FY 2002) (FY 2003) (FY 2004) (FY 2005) (FY 2006)
  1 Instructional faculty FTE
Tenure faculty (tenured and tenure track) 21.2 18.6 21.0 22.2 24.1 22.9 24.2
All faculty 33.9 36.8 30.9 35.6 36.5 38.0 38.7
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 63% 51% 68% 62% 66% 60% 62%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 7,452 7,783 7,286 6,985 6,876 7,300 7,281
Undergraduate 7,173 7,368 6,838 6,577 6,471 6,775 6,841
Graduate 279 415 448 408 405 525 440
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 218 222 210 139 164 171 126
Undergraduate 205 202 192 122 148 151 111
Graduate 13 20 19 18 16 20 15
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, tenure
     faculty  (n = 30, 45, 33, 36, 31) 240 233 215 213 219 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 220 202 196 191 184 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 17 24 17 21 23 Not Avail Not Avail
  5 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
all faculty  (including GTAs)    220 211 236 196 188 192 188
Undergraduate 212 200 221 185 177 178 177
Graduate 8 11 14 11 11 14 11
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, all 
     faculty  (n = 30, 45, 33, 36, 31) 209 222 213 236 221 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 201 199 201 220 203 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 11 19 11 15 17 Not Avail Not Avail
  6 Student FTE, total   501 526 493 472 465 495 493
Undergraduate 478 491 456 438 431 452 456
Graduate 23 35 37 34 34 44 37
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  742 787 725 713 733 748 669
Pre-majors
Undergraduate majors 671 721 646 656 674 674 611
Graduate majors 71 66 79 57 59 74 58
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 15 15 14 10 11 12 9
All faculty (including GTAs) 15 14 16 13 13 13 13
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 14 13 13 8 10 10 7
All faculty (including GTAs) 14 13 15 12 12 12 12
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 1 2 2 1 1 2 1
All faculty (including GTAs) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 66 80 64 76 69 63
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 28 29 33 28 39 40
Graduate Not Avail 9 8 7 5 6 6
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 14 14 13 19 25 14
Undergraduate Not Avail 7 7 2 6 6 5
Graduate Not Avail 7 7 11 13 19 9
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 1.7 2.9 2.2 1.8 1.8 2.4 1.2
Undergraduate 1.4 2.0 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.3 0.7
Graduate 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.5
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, tenure faculty
     (n = 30, 45, 33, 36, 31) 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.0 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 Not Avail Not Avail
12 Organized class sections per faculty FTE, 
all faculty (including GTAs) 2.0 2.9 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.5
Undergraduate 1.8 2.5 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2
Graduate 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.3
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, all faculty
     (n = 30, 45, 33, 36, 31) 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.1 1.8 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 Not Avail Not Avail
13 Degrees awarded   (FY) 112 121 118 98 91 117 Not Avail
Undergraduate 96 113 98 85 79 102
Graduate 16 8 20 13 12 15
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 1,740,956 1,723,516 1,863,128 2,038,209 2,064,867 2,107,298 2,226,322
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 1,584,903 1,567,463 1,707,075 1,878,661 1,905,319 1,947,750 2,061,600
Total operating expenses 156,053 156,053 156,053 159,548 159,548 159,548 164,722
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 2,029,874 1,807,237 2,167,055 2,449,089 2,351,016 2,854,715 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 1,866,961 1,614,309 1,999,553 2,209,209 2,207,656 2,682,255 Not Avail
Total other expenses 162,913 192,928 167,502 239,880 143,360 172,460 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 136 118 147 160 160 191 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure 
    per SCH (n = 29, 43, 29, 30, 25) 201 191 181 174 186 Not Avail Not Avail
18 Direct instructional exp per student FTE  (FY) 4,048 3,437 4,394 5,184 5,054 5,762 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure
 per student FTE (n = 29,43,29,30, 25) 5,872 5,714 5,334 5,273 5,659 Not Avail Not Avail
19 Personnel cost as percentage of direct
instructional expenditure (FY) 92% 89% 92% 85% 94% 94% Not Avail
NSICP:  Personnel cost as a percentage 
    of direct instructional expenditure 
    (n = 29, 43, 29, 30, 25) 88% 87% 87% 85% 89% Not Avail Not Avail
20 Research expenditures  (FY) 4,376,763 5,162,178 5,040,542 4,863,769 7,645,452 8,320,115 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 4,376,763 5,162,178 5,040,542 4,863,769 7,645,452 8,320,115
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 240,026 219,089 317,898 363,165 Not Avail
NSICP:   Research expenditures per
    tenure faculty FTE
   (n=29, 30, 25) 51,962 52,000 42,712 Not Avail Not Avail
21 Public service expenditures  (FY) 114,808 80,134 32,430 32,164 32,251 36,778 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 33,697 23,988 32,359 32,164 32,251 36,778
Sponsored  81,111 56,146 71 0 0 0
22 AY Student credit hours 14,921 15,309 14,770 15,260 14,734 14,925 Not Avail
Undergraduate 14,174 14,440 13,929 14,383 13,887 13,920
Graduate 747 869 841 877 847 1,005
NOTES:   Data are for Fall semester, unless noted otherwise.  
FY denotes Fiscal Year.    AY denotes Academic Year.
Detail may not add to total due to rounding or separate calculation.   
ADDITIONAL  DATA:          
  4 Tenure faculty SCH, total 4,628 4,128 4,420 3,095 3,940 3,913 3,041
Undergraduate 4,349 3,757 4,024 2,700 3,563 3,462 2,669
Graduate 279 371 396 395 377 451 372
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 313 281 301 213 269 268 209
Undergraduate 290 250 268 180 238 231 178
Graduate 23 31 33 33 31 38 31
  6B From All Faculty SCH 501 526 493 472 465 495 493
Undergraduate 478 491 456 438 431 452 456
Graduate 23 35 37 34 34 44 37
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 37 54 46 40 44 55 29
Undergraduate 30 37 33 25 28 30 17
Graduate 7 17 14 15 16 26 13
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 68 108 67 61 61 72 60
Undergraduate 61 91 53 46 45 46 46
Graduate 7 17 14 15 16 26 14