Department of Political Science
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) 9.0 8.8 9.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
All faculty 10.5 10.2 10.2 10.5 11.0 10.4 11.5
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 86% 86% 88% 76% 82% 87% 78%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 3,536 3,660 3,829 3,982 4,380 4,145 4,894
Undergraduate 3,346 3,428 3,540 3,731 4,171 3,853 4,700
Graduate 190 232 289 251 209 292 194
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 393 408 425 475 474 455 432
Undergraduate 372 382 393 444 455 422 411
Graduate 21 26 32 31 19 32 22
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, tenure
     faculty  (n = 20, 28, 30, 34, 30) 229 231 234 249 252 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 201 213 224 237 234 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 20 21 21 24 21 Not Avail Not Avail
  5 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
all faculty  (including GTAs)    337 359 375 379 400 399 426
Undergraduate 319 336 347 355 381 370 409
Graduate 18 23 28 24 19 28 17
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, all 
     faculty  (n = 20, 28, 30, 34, 30) 249 251 249 271 274 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 232 236 235 255 259 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 19 17 17 20 17 Not Avail Not Avail
  6 Student FTE, total   239 248 260 270 295 281 330
Undergraduate 223 229 236 249 278 257 313
Graduate 16 19 24 21 17 24 16
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  197 189 252 280 297 391 372
Pre-majors
Undergraduate majors 173 162 213 238 255 337 310
Graduate majors 24 27 39 42 42 54 62
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 27 28 29 32 32 31 29
All faculty (including GTAs) 23 24 25 26 27 27 29
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 25 25 26 30 30 28 27
All faculty (including GTAs) 21 22 23 24 25 25 27
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 2 2 3 3 2 3 2
All faculty (including GTAs) 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 129 165 202 172 191 149
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 27 29 29 34 33 28
Graduate Not Avail 10 13 10 13 13 10
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 4 1 3 2 3 4
Undergraduate Not Avail 1 0 1 0 0 2
Graduate Not Avail 3 1 2 2 3 2
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.9
Undergraduate 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.3
Graduate 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.7 0.6
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, tenure faculty
     (n = 20, 28, 30, 34, 30) 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 Not Avail Not Avail
12 Organized class sections per faculty FTE, 
all faculty (including GTAs) 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.6
Undergraduate 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.2
Graduate 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, all faculty
     (n = 20, 28, 30, 34, 30) 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.7 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 Not Avail Not Avail
13 Degrees awarded   (FY) 56 46 45 56 72 82 Not Avail
Undergraduate 42 36 29 41 49 59
Graduate 14 10 16 15 23 23
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 519,350 538,075 563,843 585,839 595,981 581,289 606,956
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 502,659 521,384 547,152 568,774 578,916 564,224 589,450
Total operating expenses 16,691 16,691 16,691 17,065 17,065 17,065 17,506
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 643,090 653,491 706,009 751,672 769,584 785,157 Not Avail
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 627,475 636,792 691,000 726,770 748,143 766,386 Not Avail
Total other expenses 15,615 16,699 15,009 24,902 21,441 18,771 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 97 95 95 95 94 93 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure 
    per SCH (n = 19, 28, 27, 29, 25) 151 152 146 134 136 Not Avail Not Avail
18 Direct instructional exp per student FTE  (FY) 2,692 2,636 2,715 2,788 2,604 2,792 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure
per student FTE (n = 19,28,27,29,25) 4,400 4,505 4,178 3,963 3,935 Not Avail Not Avail
19 Personnel cost as percentage of direct
instructional expenditure (FY) 98% 97% 98% 97% 97% 98% Not Avail
NSICP:  Personnel cost as a percentage 
    of direct instructional expenditure 
    (n = 19, 28, 27, 29, 25) 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% Not Avail Not Avail
20 Research expenditures  (FY) 0 0 13,220 26,789 (9) 0 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 0 0 13,220 26,789 (9) 0
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 1,469 3,349 (1) 0 Not Avail
NSICP:   Research expenditures per
    tenure faculty FTE
   (n=27, 29, 25) 3,852 5,054 2,314 Not Avail Not Avail
21 Public service expenditures  (FY) 0 0 2,566 3,275 4,963 1,196 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored  0 0 2,566 3,275 4,963 1,196
22 AY Student credit hours 6,617 6,874 7,416 7,874 8,222 8,416 Not Avail
Undergraduate 6,206 6,332 6,844 7,388 7,740 7,890
Graduate 411 542 572 486 482 526
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 3,536 3,591 3,829 3,799 4,263 4,094 3,892
Undergraduate 3,346 3,359 3,540 3,548 4,096 3,802 3,698
Graduate 190 232 289 251 167 292 194
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 239 243 260 257 287 278 263
Undergraduate 223 224 236 237 273 253 247
Graduate 16 19 24 21 14 24 16
  6B From All Faculty SCH 239 248 260 270 295 281 330
Undergraduate 223 229 236 249 278 257 313
Graduate 16 19 24 21 17 24 16
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 25 24 24 24 24 26 26
Undergraduate 19 17 17 17 21 20 21
Graduate 6 7 7 7 3 6 5
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 25 25 24 26 26 27 30
Undergraduate 19 18 17 19 22 21 25
Graduate 6 7 7 7 4 6 5