1998-99 Academic Summary Book
College: Fine Arts
Department: Mass Communications
| STAFFING | 1998-1999 | 1997-98 | 1996-97 | ||
| A. FTE Faculty Positions | |||||
| Professors | 3.722 | 4.76 | 5 | ||
| Assoc Professors | 4 | 2.99 | 3 | ||
| Assist Professors | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Instructors | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11.722 | 11.75 | 12 | ||
| Percent of College | 8% | 9% | 9% | ||
| Percent of University | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
| FTE Chair Reassign | 0.5 | 0.611 | 0.611 | ||
| FTE Noninstructional Reassign | 1.075 | 0.333 | 0.333 | ||
| FTE Sabbaticals | 0.736 | 0.437 | 0 | ||
| B. Faculty Demographic Characteristics | |||||
| Appointment Status (Headcount) | |||||
| Tenure | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Probationary | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Percent Male | 74% | 74% | 75% | ||
| Percent Female | 26% | 26% | 25% | ||
| Percent Ethnic Minority | 15% | 17% | 17% | ||
| Percent Age 60 and Over | 17% | 25% | 25% | ||
| Percent with Terminal Degrees | 58% | 50% | 58% | ||
| Percent with 10 or More Years of Service | 50% | 58% | 50% | ||
| Percent with Tenure | 92% | 92% | 92% | ||
| C. Other Resource Information | |||||
| 1. Budget Allocation | |||||
| Salaries/Benefits | $856,100 | $734,428 | $795,267 | ||
| Supplies | $163,981 | $139,372 | $129,542 | ||
| Total | $1,020,081 | $873,800 | $924,809 | ||
| 2. Other Staff | |||||
| Support Staff | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | ||
| Graduate Assistants | 1.88 | 2.33 | 2.00 | ||
| Administrative and Technical Staff | 0 | 0.76 | 0.79 | ||
| Total | 3.88 | 5.09 | 4.79 | ||
| ENROLLMENT | 1998-1999 | 1997-98 | 1996-97 | ||
| A. Student Credit Hours | |||||
| Lower Division | 3,807 | 5,681 | 5,469 | ||
| Upper Division | 3,327 | 4,924 | 4,964 | ||
| Graduate | 109 | 185 | 188 | ||
| Total | 7,243 | 10,790 | 10,621 | ||
| Number Credits General Education | 2,772 | ||||
| Percent Credits General Education | 38% | ||||
| Percent of College Credits | 9% | 9% | 9% | ||
| Percent of University Credits | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Continuing Studies Funded
Credits (Not In Total) |
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| Lower Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Upper Division | 12 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Graduate | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| B. Credit Hour Statistics | |||||
| Credit Hours Per Instructional Faculty (FTE) |
616 | 1041 | 961 | ||
| Student Faculty Ratio (Student FTE/Instruct FTE) |
26 | 23 | 22 | ||
| Budgeted Cost Per Credit Hour | |||||
| Unweighted | $140.84 | $80.98 | $87.07 | ||
| Weighted (Grad @ 1.8) | $139.16 | $79.89 | $85.86 | ||
| C. Enrollment Statistics | |||||
| 1. Student Majors | |||||
| Intended | 440 | 387 | 394 | ||
| Admitted | 230 | 265 | 242 | ||
| Admitted Majors per Faculty (FTE) | 20 | 23 | 20 | ||
| 2. Program Completions | |||||
| Undergraduate | 135 | 117 | 119 | ||
| Graduate | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Other (Licensures, Specialist) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 137 | 124 | 120 | ||
| Percent of University Graduates | |||||
| Undergraduate | 6% | 5% | 5% | ||
| Graduate | 1% | 2% | 0% | ||
| CURRICULAR | 1998-1999 | 1997-98 | 1996-97 | |
| A. Course Information | ||||
| Average Class Size | 27 | 23 | ||
| B. Percent of Curriculum Offered | ||||
| Number of Approved Courses | 98 | 116 | 116 | |
| Percent Curriculum Offered | 44% | 53% | ||
