Department of Geology
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) 11.6 10.5 10.0 9.2 10.0 9.0 9.8
All faculty 14.5 12.9 13.6 14.3 13.6 14.5 13.7
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 80% 81% 74% 64% 73% 62% 71%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 1,936 2,121 2,037 2,240 2,364 2,149 2,001
Undergraduate 1,748 1,942 1,834 2,010 2,064 1,985 1,752
Graduate 188 179 203 230 300 164 249
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 167 202 126 77 159 71 111
Undergraduate 151 185 106 52 129 53 86
Graduate 16 17 20 25 30 18 26
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, tenure
     faculty  (n = 20, 23, 24, 26, 22) 220 238 207 236 212 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 205 220 206 219 193 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 14 16 17 18 19 Not Avail Not Avail
  5 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
all faculty  (including GTAs)    134 164 150 157 173 148 146
Undergraduate 121 151 135 141 151 137 128
Graduate 13 14 15 16 22 11 18
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, all 
     faculty  (n = 20, 23, 24, 26, 22) 199 216 180 221 206 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 187 203 170 209 192 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 10 12 11 12 11 Not Avail Not Avail
  6 Student FTE, total   132 144 139 153 163 146 138
Undergraduate 117 129 122 134 138 132 117
Graduate 16 15 17 19 25 14 21
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  135 139 119 114 117 105 130
Pre-majors
Undergraduate majors 98 101 91 80 71 58 71
Graduate majors 37 38 28 34 46 47 59
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 11 14 9 6 11 5 8
All faculty (including GTAs) 9 11 10 11 12 10 10
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 10 12 7 3 9 4 6
All faculty (including GTAs) 8 10 9 9 10 9 9
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 1 1 2 2 3 2 2
All faculty (including GTAs) 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 42 42 45 46 41 41
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 16 14 16 11 12 17
Graduate Not Avail 5 5 6 7 6 10
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 7 9 8 12 7 3
Undergraduate Not Avail 3 2 1 5 4 1
Graduate Not Avail 4 7 7 7 3 2
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 2.3 3.5 2.2 1.8 3.3 1.3 1.5
Undergraduate 1.7 3.0 1.4 1.0 2.4 1.1 1.0
Graduate 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.5
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, tenure faculty
     (n = 20, 23, 24, 26, 22) 2.4 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.4 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 1.7 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.7 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 Not Avail Not Avail
12 Organized class sections per faculty FTE, 
all faculty (including GTAs) 1.9 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.3
Undergraduate 1.4 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0
Graduate 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.4
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, all faculty
     (n = 20, 23, 24, 26, 22) 2.1 2.2 1.8 2.1 2.0 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.6 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 Not Avail Not Avail
13 Degrees awarded   (FY) 31 41 32 30 36 18 Not Avail
Undergraduate 19 27 24 23 20 15
Graduate 12 14 8 7 16 3
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 899,511 921,878 944,761 817,136 869,761 868,384 905,258
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 849,212 871,579 894,462 765,710 818,335 816,958 852,374
Total operating expenses 50,299 50,299 50,299 51,426 51,426 51,426 50,784
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,100
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 1,073,719 1,062,441 960,009 1,091,205 1,103,361 1,093,143 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 1,025,271 1,008,379 880,993 1,030,581 1,045,985 1,039,106 Not Avail
Total other expenses 48,448 54,062 79,016 60,624 57,376 54,037 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 248 244 225 243 243 239 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure 
    per SCH (n=19, 23, 21, 22, 18) 201 197 187 175 191 Not Avail Not Avail
18 Direct instructional exp per student FTE  (FY) 8,122 7,358 6,897 7,124 6,786 7,487 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure
per student FTE (n = 19,23,21,22,18) 5,865 5,818 5,867 5,136 5,565 Not Avail Not Avail
19 Personnel cost as percentage of direct
instructional expenditure (FY) 95% 95% 92% 94% 95% 95% Not Avail
NSICP:  Personnel cost as a percentage 
    of direct instructional expenditure 
    (n=19, 23, 21, 22, 18) 90% 89% 91% 93% 91% Not Avail Not Avail
20 Research expenditures  (FY) 291,398 330,181 344,321 355,383 551,424 842,426 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 291,398 330,181 344,321 355,383 551,424 842,426
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 34,432 38,629 55,419 93,603 Not Avail
NSICP:   Research expenditures per
    tenure faculty FTE
   (n=21, 22, 18) 43,970 29,749 27,510 Not Avail Not Avail
21 Public service expenditures  (FY) 0 0 0 0 0 0
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored  0 0 0 0 0 0
22 AY Student credit hours 4,331 4,350 4,262 4,494 4,537 4,576 Not Avail
Undergraduate 3,927 3,954 3,830 4,019 3,870 4,121
Graduate 404 396 432 475 667 455
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 1,936 2,121 1,260 704 1,585 637 1,083
Undergraduate 1,748 1,942 1,057 476 1,285 473 834
Graduate 188 179 203 228 300 164 249
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 132 144 87 51 111 45 76
Undergraduate 117 129 70 32 86 32 56
Graduate 16 15 17 19 25 14 21
  6B From All Faculty SCH 132 144 139 153 163 146 138
Undergraduate 117 129 122 134 138 132 117
Graduate 16 15 17 19 25 14 21
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 27 37 22 17 33 12 15
Undergraduate 20 32 14 9 24 10 10
Graduate 7 5 8 8 9 2 5
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 27 37 37 36 38 33 32
Undergraduate 20 32 29 28 29 31 27
Graduate 7 5 8 8 9 2 5