Department of Environmental Studies
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) 3.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.3 6.3
All faculty 9.3 8.3 7.1 7.3 6.1 10.0 8.6
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 32% 60% 70% 55% 98% 63% 74%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 1,410 1,424 1,694 1,445 1,609 1,712 1,491
Undergraduate 1,006 910 1,099 938 1,067 1,181 1,077
Graduate 404 514 595 507 542 531 414
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 263 215 308 253 239 149 178
Undergraduate 174 144 219 176 161 80 119
Graduate 90 71 89 77 78 69 59
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, tenure
     faculty  (n = 8, 6, 8, 9, 11) 178 127 195 164 187 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 137 100 163 126 162 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 50 33 43 42 34 Not Avail Not Avail
  5 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
all faculty  (including GTAs)    152 172 239 198 262 172 173
Undergraduate 108 110 155 128 174 118 125
Graduate 43 62 84 69 88 53 48
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, all 
     faculty  (n = 8, 6, 8, 9, 11) 167 164 197 197 181 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 143 141 172 174 172 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 34 28 33 27 27 Not Avail Not Avail
  6 Student FTE, total   101 104 123 105 116 123 106
Undergraduate 67 61 73 63 71 79 72
Graduate 34 43 50 42 45 44 35
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  128 174 208 218 221 234 236
Pre-majors 36 65 6 1
Undergraduate majors 2 18 103 112 122 136 152
Graduate majors 90 91 99 105 99 98 84
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 19 16 22 18 17 11 13
All faculty (including GTAs) 11 12 17 14 19 12 12
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 12 10 15 12 11 5 8
All faculty (including GTAs) 7 7 10 9 12 8 8
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 7 6 7 6 7 6 5
All faculty (including GTAs) 4 5 7 6 7 4 4
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 80 119 100 105 111 105
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 17 23 22 20 27 25
Graduate Not Avail 12 12 11 13 12 9
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 3 4 6 4 5 7
Undergraduate Not Avail 1 0 0 1 0 0
Graduate Not Avail 2 4 6 3 5 7
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.5 1.8 2.5
Undergraduate 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.9
Graduate 1.8 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.6
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, tenure faculty
     (n = 8, 6, 8, 9, 11) 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.6 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.0 1.7 2.1 1.3 1.8 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 Not Avail Not Avail
12 Organized class sections per faculty FTE, 
all faculty (including GTAs) 2.0 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.9 1.8 2.4
Undergraduate 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.0
Graduate 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.1 1.3
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, all faculty
     (n = 8, 6, 8, 9, 11) 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.3 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.7 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 Not Avail Not Avail
13 Degrees awarded   (FY) 31 31 43 61 53 70 Not Avail
Undergraduate 1 5 11 27 20 24
Graduate 30 26 32 34 33 46
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 290,305 298,404 341,889 348,600 360,046 365,641 384,675
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 276,332 284,431 327,916 334,314 345,760 351,355 370,006
Total operating expenses 13,973 13,973 13,973 14,286 14,286 14,286 14,669
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 360,389 422,814 445,039 399,462 480,237 539,736 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 328,970 410,140 424,766 372,917 462,866 512,288 Not Avail
Total other expenses 31,419 12,674 20,273 26,545 17,371 27,448 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 144 158 151 151 163 194 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure 
    per SCH (n = 8, 5, 8, 9, 11) 226 171 219 228 241 Not Avail Not Avail
18 Direct instructional exp per student FTE  (FY) 3,578 4,085 3,623 3,812 4,129 4,389 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure
    per student FTE (n = 8, 5, 8, 9, 11) 6,305 4,819 6,126 6,060 7,044 Not Avail Not Avail
19 Personnel cost as percentage of direct
instructional expenditure (FY) 91% 97% 95% 93% 96% 95% Not Avail
NSICP:  Personnel cost as a percentage 
    of direct instructional expenditure 
    (n = 8, 5, 8, 9, 11) 91% 91% 90% 87% 90% Not Avail Not Avail
20 Research expenditures  (FY) 26,898 54,721 117,342 190,946 249,827 590,875 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 26,898 54,721 117,342 190,946 249,827 590,875
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 23,468 47,737 41,638 94,540 Not Avail
NSICP:   Research expenditures per
    tenure faculty FTE
   (n=8, 9, 11) 115,297 81,704 101,682 Not Avail Not Avail
21 Public service expenditures  (FY) 0 0 0 800 0 0 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored  0 0 0 800 0 0
22 AY Student credit hours 2,497 2,672 2,942 2,647 2,945 2,789 Not Avail
Undergraduate 1,799 1,808 1,918 1,702 1,924 1,831
Graduate 698 864 1,024 945 1,021 958
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 790 1,074 1,540 1,012 1,436 931 1,125
Undergraduate 521 718 1,095 704 966 498 751
Graduate 269 356 445 308 470 433 374
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 57 78 110 73 104 69 81
Undergraduate 35 48 73 47 64 33 50
Graduate 22 30 37 26 39 36 31
  6B From All Faculty SCH 101 104 123 105 116 123 106
Undergraduate 67 61 73 63 71 79 72
Graduate 34 43 50 42 45 44 35
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 8 11 13 11 15 12 16
Undergraduate 2 5 7 6 6 3 6
Graduate 6 6 6 5 9 9 10
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 19 20 16 17 18 18 21
Undergraduate 10 10 7 8 7 7 9
Graduate 9 10 9 10 11 11 12