Department of Chemistry
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) 8.0 7.8 10.6 8.8 8.9 11.6 10.9
All faculty 13.4 15.9 18.9 15.7 15.9 18.6 19.5
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 60% 49% 56% 56% 56% 63% 56%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 3,902 3,872 4,071 4,199 4,504 4,621 4,568
Undergraduate 3,715 3,659 3,876 3,975 4,272 4,273 4,241
Graduate 187 213 195 224 232 348 327
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 369 402 316 440 427 336 316
Undergraduate 346 375 297 414 401 306 287
Graduate 23 27 18 25 26 30 29
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, tenure
     faculty  (n = 25, 32, 34, 37, 32) 249 250 222 234 234 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 217 228 203 213 214 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 20 20 17 20 18 Not Avail Not Avail
  5 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
all faculty  (including GTAs)    291 244 215 267 283 248 234
Undergraduate 277 230 205 253 268 230 218
Graduate 14 13 10 14 15 19 17
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, all 
     faculty  (n = 25, 32, 34, 37, 32) 223 227 226 232 237 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 197 210 206 216 224 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 15 16 12 14 10 Not Avail Not Avail
  6 Student FTE, total   263 262 275 284 304 314 310
Undergraduate 248 244 258 265 285 285 283
Graduate 16 18 16 19 19 29 27
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  59 67 76 79 92 103 111
Pre-majors
Undergraduate majors 35 38 42 45 54 60 66
Graduate majors 24 29 34 34 38 43 45
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 25 27 21 30 29 23 22
All faculty (including GTAs) 20 16 15 18 19 17 16
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 23 25 20 28 27 20 19
All faculty (including GTAs) 18 15 14 17 18 15 15
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
All faculty (including GTAs) 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 106 101 83 131 126 124
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 14 19 14 15 18 17
Graduate Not Avail 6 8 6 7 7 8
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 13 10 12 14 14 12
Undergraduate Not Avail 2 0 1 2 1 1
Graduate Not Avail 11 10 11 12 13 11
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 3.6 6.3 2.3 3.5 2.7 2.3 2.3
Undergraduate 2.9 4.7 1.2 2.0 1.2 0.9 0.8
Graduate 0.8 1.7 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, tenure faculty
     (n =25, 32, 34 , 37, 32) 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 Not Avail Not Avail
12 Organized class sections per faculty FTE, 
all faculty (including GTAs) 2.6 4.0 1.5 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.7
Undergraduate 2.2 3.2 0.8 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.9
Graduate 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, all faculty
     (n =25, 32, 34 , 37, 32) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.7 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 Not Avail Not Avail
13 Degrees awarded   (FY) 12 9 14 15 13 14 Not Avail
Undergraduate 6 6 8 9 10 11
Graduate 6 3 6 6 3 3
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 771,741 758,416 853,005 892,437 919,357 977,659 999,302
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 706,537 693,212 787,801 825,773 852,693 910,995 930,786
Total operating expenses 65,204 65,204 65,204 66,664 66,664 66,664 68,516
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 1,018,886 989,802 1,100,333 1,242,752 1,221,995 1,424,689 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 952,831 914,930 1,010,569 1,123,360 1,171,565 1,388,424 Not Avail
Total other expenses 66,055 74,872 89,764 119,392 50,430 36,265 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 139 133 138 150 144 163 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure 
    per SCH (n=24, 31, 30, 31, 26) 229 233 227 219 213 Not Avail Not Avail
18 Direct instructional exp per student FTE  (FY) 3,870 3,782 4,006 4,381 4,018 4,539 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure
per student FTE (n=24,31,30,31,26) 6,534 6,595 6,577 6,596 6,325 Not Avail Not Avail
19 Personnel cost as percentage of direct
instructional expenditure (FY) 94% 92% 92% 90% 96% 97% Not Avail
NSICP:  Personnel cost as a percentage 
    of direct instructional expenditure 
    (n=24, 31, 30, 31, 26) 87% 88% 88% 88% 90% Not Avail Not Avail
20 Research expenditures  (FY) 938,514 981,528 1,396,534 1,759,298 3,143,280 3,430,294 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 938,514 981,528 1,396,534 1,759,298 3,143,280 3,430,294
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 131,748 199,920 352,386 294,699 Not Avail
NSICP:   Research expenditures per
    tenure faculty FTE
   (n=30, 31, 26) 48,452 57,896 67,055 Not Avail Not Avail
21 Public service expenditures  (FY) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored  0 0 0 0 0 0
22 AY Student credit hours 7,305 7,419 7,950 8,299 8,484 8,760 Not Avail
Undergraduate 6,934 7,041 7,535 7,843 7,968 8,104
Graduate 371 378 415 456 516 656
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 2,952 3,138 3,348 3,869 3,806 3,913 3,449
Undergraduate 2,765 2,925 3,153 3,645 3,574 3,565 3,131
Graduate 187 213 195 224 232 348 318
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 200 213 226 262 258 267 235
Undergraduate 184 195 210 243 238 238 209
Graduate 16 18 16 19 19 29 27
  6B From All Faculty SCH 263 262 275 284 304 314 310
Undergraduate 248 244 258 265 285 285 283
Graduate 16 18 16 19 19 29 27
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 29 50 25 31 24 27 25
Undergraduate 23 37 13 18 11 11 9
Graduate 6 13 12 13 13 16 16
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 35 64 28 33 29 32 34
Undergraduate 29 51 16 20 16 16 18
Graduate 6 13 12 13 13 16 16