2018-2019 Program Review
Economics
 
I Instruction
A Assessment goals and outcomes for each degree program (reported separately)
B Input Data
 
B 1 Headcount, Person Years and FTE -- Overall and Devoted To Instruction
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2018-2019
2018-2019
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Total Headcount   11 12 14 90 697
Total Person-Years   10.0 10.7 11.7 74.3 595.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   4.7 4.4 4.8 32.6 271.6
Total FTE   13.4 14.3 15.6 99.1 793.7
FTE Devoted to Instruction   6.3 5.8 6.4 43.4 362.1
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Total Headcount   6 3 3 48 247
Total Person-Years   4.2 2.9 1.5 43.1 197.1
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   3.8 2.5 1.3 34.0 148.1
Total FTE   5.6 3.9 2.0 57.4 262.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   5.0 3.3 1.7 45.3 197.5
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan Scholar/ Scientist/ Engineer, Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoc Assoc Total Headcount     1 1 13 174
Total Person-Years     1.0 0.9 12.2 139.1
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction     0.9 0.8 11.0 73.4
Total FTE     1.3 1.2 16.3 185.4
FTE Devoted to Instruction     1.1 1.0 14.7 97.8
Adjuncts -- Total Headcount   5 3 4 114 696
Total Person-Years   0.8 0.6 1.0 22.8 128.4
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.7 0.5 1.0 22.3 123.1
Total FTE   1.0 0.8 1.4 30.3 171.2
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.9 0.7 1.4 29.8 164.1
Graduate Assistants -- Total Headcount   13 11 6 102 1,193
Total Person-Years   2.3 2.5 1.4 28.6 373.9
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.8 1.6 1.1 8.2 233.9
Total FTE   3.1 3.3 1.9 38.1 498.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   2.4 2.1 1.4 10.9 311.9
Other -- Total Headcount   2     33 252
Total Person-Years   0.0     1.9 25.5
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.0     0.9 15.0
Total FTE   0.1     2.5 34.0
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.0     1.2 20.0
Total Total Headcount   37 30 28 400 3,259
Total Person-Years   17.4 17.7 16.6 182.8 1,459.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   10.9 9.8 8.9 109.0 865.1
Total FTE   23.2 23.6 22.1 243.8 1,945.7
FTE Devoted to Instruction   14.6 13.1 11.9 145.4 1,153.5

Source: Instruction and Research File
 
 
Report includes summer, fall and spring semester data
Faculty headcounts are unduplicated within year; faculty with appointments in multiple departments are counted in the department where they devoted most effort.
Adjuncts and Grad Assistants are counted in each department where they had an appointment.
Person-year= 1 person working full time for one year
1.00 FTE = .75 person-years


B 2 Instructional Faculty and Adjuncts By Gender and Ethnicity
Economics

Instructional Faculty (Tenured, tenure-earning, & non-tenure-earning) Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2018-2019
2018-2019
American Indian/Alaskan Native Male         1
Total         1
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 3 3 3 9 44
Male 5 4 5 21 101
Total 8 7 8 30 145
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       5 45
Male       7 24
Total       12 69
Hispanic Female 1 1 1 3 42
Male     1 7 34
Total 1 1 2 10 76
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1     34 338
Male 7 7 8 63 411
Total 8 7 8 97 749
Total Female 5 4 4 51 469
Male 12 11 14 98 571
Total 17 15 18 149 1,040

Source: Instruction and Research File
Instructional Faculty includes tenured, tenure-earning and non-tenure-earning faculty members who taught a course during the year.


B 2 Instructional Faculty and Adjuncts By Gender and Ethnicity
Economics

Adjuncts Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2018-2019
2018-2019
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         1
Total         1
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       3 17
Male 1 1 1 1 11
Total 1 1 1 4 28
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       6 58
Male 1 1 1 7 34
Total 1 1 1 13 92
Hispanic Female       5 60
Male 1 1 1 6 41
Total 1 1 1 11 101
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       18 257
Male 2   1 68 217
Total 2   1 86 474
Total Female       32 393
Male 5 3 4 82 303
Total 5 3 4 114 696

Source: Instruction and Research File


B 3 Average Course Section Size and Percent of Sections Taught By Faculty
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2018-2019
2018-2019
Course Level Type     98 87 83 916 5,505
Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered #
  # Enrolled 6,645 6,177 6,275 45,736 207,527
  Avg Section Enrollment 67.8 71.0 75.6 49.9 37.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 87 79 71 683 3,900
% 88.8 90.8 85.5 74.6 70.8
Lab Sections Offered #       19 916
  # Enrolled       658 16,501
  Avg Section Enrollment       34.6 18.0
Sections Faculty-Taught #       0 463
%       0.0 50.5
Discussion Sections Offered #         344
  # Enrolled         8,876
  Avg Section Enrollment         25.8
Sections Faculty-Taught #         290
%         84.3
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 7 7 6 34 1,429
  # Enrolled 32 47 44 493 8,887
  Avg Section Enrollment 4.6 6.7 7.3 14.5 6.2
Sections Faculty-Taught # 7 7 6 33 1,113
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.1 77.9
Graduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered # 20 17 17 736 1,902
  # Enrolled 352 265 263 10,796 24,462
  Avg Section Enrollment 17.6 15.6 15.5 14.7 12.9
Sections Faculty-Taught # 20 17 17 529 1,528
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 71.9 80.3
Lab Sections Offered #         93
  # Enrolled         610
  Avg Section Enrollment         6.6
Sections Faculty-Taught #         54
%         58.1
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 6 6 5 65 1,916
  # Enrolled 6 6 5 140 3,812
  Avg Section Enrollment 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.2 2.0
Sections Faculty-Taught # 6 6 5 59 1,830
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 90.8 95.5

Source: Instruction and Research File and Student Data Course File
 
'Other Course Types' includes DIS, Thesis/Dissertation Research, Individual Performance Instruction, Internships, etc.
Sections taught by tenured, tenure-earning and non-tenure-earning faculty are counted as 'faculty-taught'


B 4 a Majors Enrolled By Level (Annual Headcount)
Economics (Program CIP: 450601)

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
Professional         245
Bachelors 516 262 173 8,006 28,236
Masters/Specialist 50 36 38 2,293 4,728
Doctoral       38 1,033
Unclassified         3,023
Total 566 298 211 10,337 37,265

Source: Student Data Course File
Note: For Annual Headcounts, each student is counted once whether enrolled in summer, fall or spring.
Students enrolled in more than one term during the year are included in the level of their latest term.


B 4 b Majors Enrolled (Annual Headcount) By Gender and Ethnicity
Economics (Program CIP: 450601)

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
Professional Asian or Pacific Islander Female         13
Male         22
Total         35
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         14
Male         9
Total         23
Hispanic Female         18
Male         16
Total         34
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         67
Male         76
Total         143
Not Reported Female         3
Male         7
Total         10
Total Female         115
Male         130
Total         245
Undergraduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female 3 4 2 31 109
Male 3 1   23 84
Total 6 5 2 54 193
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 9 2 2 203 872
Male 17 12 8 219 718
Total 26 14 10 422 1,590
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 55 14 7 858 3,897
Male 59 38 20 709 2,438
Total 114 52 27 1,567 6,335
Hispanic Female 79 27 12 1,060 4,537
Male 64 39 35 1,073 3,192
Total 143 66 47 2,133 7,729
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 63 25 16 1,372 5,913
Male 144 77 57 2,047 5,258
Total 207 102 73 3,419 11,171
Non-Resident Alien Female 3 5 4 140 465
Male 14 17 9 201 521
Total 17 22 13 341 986
Not Reported Female       37 129
Male 3 1 1 33 103
Total 3 1 1 70 232
Total Female 212 77 43 3,701 15,922
Male 304 185 130 4,305 12,314
Total 516 262 173 8,006 28,236
Graduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       3 20
Male   1 1 9 12
Total   1 1 12 32
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 1 1   82 194
Male 1 1 1 58 106
Total 2 2 1 140 300
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 3     242 709
Male 5 3 4 140 285
Total 8 3 4 382 994
Hispanic Female 3 1 2 311 694
Male 9 7 6 236 442
Total 12 8 8 547 1,136
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 8 7 5 514 1,583
Male 13 10 12 562 1,148
Total 21 17 17 1,076 2,731
Non-Resident Alien Female 2 1 2 87 269
Male 5 4 5 87 299
Total 7 5 7 174 568
Total Female 17 10 9 1,239 3,469
Male 33 26 29 1,092 2,292
Total 50 36 38 2,331 5,761
Unclassified American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         7
Male         3
Total         10
Asian or Pacific Islander Female         182
Male         112
Total         294
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         312
Male         161
Total         473
Hispanic Female         371
Male         237
Total         608
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         803
Male         666
Total         1,469
Non-Resident Alien Female         84
Male         59
Total         143
Not Reported Female         13
Male         13
Total         26
Total Female         1,772
Male         1,251
Total         3,023

Source: Student Data Course File
Note: For Annual Headcounts, each student is counted once whether enrolled in summer, fall or spring.
Students enrolled in more than one term during the year are included in the level of their latest term.


Productivity Data
 
C 1 Annualized State-Fundable FTE Produced By Level
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
Undergraduate Total   491.2 613.1 625.3 4,567.2 21,667.3
             
Graduate Total   24.8 27.0 27.0 372.0 2,484.8
Grad I   21.5 23.0 22.1 345.1 1,915.4
Grad II   3.3 4.0 4.9 26.8 569.4
             
Classroom   24.7 27.0 27.0 367.4 2,317.6
Thesis-Dissertation   0.2     4.6 167.2
             
Grand Total   516.0 640.1 652.3 4,939.2 24,152.1

Source: Student Data Course File
Based On State-Fundable Credit Hours
Note: Grad I and Grad II groups will sum to Graduate Total; Classroom and Thesis-Dissertation will sum to Graduate Total.


C 2 Annualized State-Fundable FTE Produced In/Out Of Department or College
Economics

  Courses offered by:
Economics College of Business University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
Course Level FTE produced by students who are: 10.3 1.9 0.6 8.2 1,028.2
Lower Division Undergraduate Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 142.1 206.3 231.3 696.8 2,745.3
Majors outside the college 75.8 99.3 82.6 192.2 5,889.5
Total 228.3 307.5 314.5 897.2 9,663.0
Upper Division Undergraduate FTE produced by students who are: 73.0 58.8 42.0 1,444.1 7,025.9
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 177.4 231.2 255.1 1,836.2 3,275.1
Majors outside the college 12.5 15.6 13.8 389.7 1,703.4
Total 262.9 305.6 310.8 3,670.0 12,004.3
Graduate FTE produced by students who are: 14.8 14.8 16.4 201.1 2,049.1
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 9.2 11.0 10.4 138.0 247.2
Majors outside the college 0.8 1.3 0.3 32.9 188.4
Total 24.8 27.0 27.0 372.0 2,484.8
Total FTE produced by students who are: 98.2 75.5 58.9 1,653.4 10,103.2
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 328.7 448.5 496.8 2,671.0 6,267.6
Majors outside the college 89.1 116.1 96.6 614.8 7,781.3
Total 516.0 640.1 652.3 4,939.2 24,152.1

Source: Student Data Course File
Based On State-Fundable Credit Hours


C 3 Degrees Awarded
Economics (Program CIP: 450601)

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
  Degrees awarded with a:         216.0
Associates Single major
All         216.0
Bachelors Degrees awarded with a: 85.0 84.0 66.0 1,646.0 5,715.0
Single major
Double or triple major 3.0 2.5 3.0 29.0 71.0
All 88.0 86.5 69.0 1,675.0 5,786.0
Masters Degrees awarded with a: 24.0 15.0 13.0 654.0 1,530.0
Single major
All 24.0 15.0 13.0 654.0 1,530.0
Specialist Degrees awarded with a:         28.0
Single major
All         28.0
Doctorate Degrees awarded with a:       10.0 145.0
Single major
All       10.0 145.0
First Professional Degrees awarded with a:         55.0
Single major
All         55.0
Total Degrees awarded with a: 109.0 99.0 79.0 2,310.0 7,689.0
Single major
Double or triple major 3.0 2.5 3.0 29.0 71.0
All 112.0 101.5 82.0 2,339.0 7,760.0

Source: Student Data Course File
Note: Degrees awarded with multiple majors may result in fractional degree totals for some groups.
A degree awarded with a single major contributes 1 degree, a double major contributes 1/2 degree in each major,
and a triple major contributes 1/3 degree in each major to the degree totals.


Efficiency Data
 
D 1 B Annualized Student FTE Produced Per FACULTY Instructional Person-Year (Student Faculty Ratio)
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
Undergraduate   58.1 89.2 103.1 68.6 51.6
Graduate   2.9 3.9 4.5 5.6 5.9
Total   61.0 93.2 107.5 74.2 57.5

Source: Instruction and Research File and Student Data Course File
Includes Instructional Person-Years from Tenured, Tenure-earning and Non-tenure-earning faculty only
Annualized FTE (C 1) produced for each person-year devoted to instruction (B 1 department total).


D 2 Degrees Awarded Per FACULTY Instructional Person Year
Economics (Program CIP: 450601)

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
Associates 0 0 0 0 0.5
Bachelors 10.4 12.6 11.4 25.2 13.8
Masters 2.8 2.2 2.1 9.8 3.6
Specialist 0 0 0 0 0.1
Doctorate 0 0 0 0.2 0.3
First Professional 0 0 0 0 0.1
Total 13.2 14.8 13.5 35.1 18.5

Source: Instruction and Research File and Student Data Course File
Includes Instructional Person-Years from Tenured, Tenure-earning and Non-tenure-earning faculty only
Number of Degrees (C 3) produced for each Faculty person-year devoted to instruction (B 1 tenured, tenure-earning and non-tenure-earning faculty).


Effectiveness Data
 
E 1 Rating Instructor's Overall Teaching Effectiveness (item 6) from Student Perception of Teaching (SPOT)
Economics

Scale: 1=Excellent 5=Poor 6. Rate your instructor"s overall teaching effectiveness in this course
Economics College Total University Total
Summer 2018 Fall 2018 Spring 2019 Summer 2018 Fall 2018 Spring 2019 Summer 2018 Fall 2018 Spring 2019
Undergraduate # Sections   14 28 26 146 330 347 889 2,643 2,438
Mean Rating   1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6
Graduate # Sections   3 4 4 81 193 194 189 533 548
Mean Rating   1.4 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6
Total # Sections   17 32 30 227 523 541 1,078 3,176 2,986
Mean Rating   1.7 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6

Source: Student Perception of Teaching Results, Summer 2018 to Spring 2019


II. Research, Creative & Scholarly Activities
A Assessment Goals and Outcomes for Research (reported separately)
B 1 Faculty Person Years and FTE Devoted to Research
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2018-2019
2018-2019
Departmental Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   2.9 3.5 4.1 23.5 163.1
FTE   3.9 4.7 5.5 31.3 217.4
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years   0.2 0.2 0.0 0.7 2.7
FTE   0.3 0.3 0.0 1.0 3.7
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years           6.0
FTE           8.0
Other -- Person-Years     0.1 0.0 0.3 1.3
FTE     0.1 0.0 0.3 1.8
Total Person-Years   3.1 3.8 4.2 24.5 173.1
FTE   4.1 5.0 5.6 32.6 230.8
Sponsored Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.6 26.9
FTE   0.1 0.2 0.3 0.8 35.8
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years         0.3 8.5
FTE         0.4 11.3
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years           37.7
FTE           50.2
Other -- Person-Years           0.9
FTE           1.2
Total Person-Years   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.9 73.9
FTE   0.1 0.2 0.3 1.2 98.6

Source: Instruction and Research File
'Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan' includes Scholar/Scientist/Engineer (all ranks), Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoctoral Assoc
 
Includes summer, fall and spring semester data
Person-year= 1 person working full time for one year
1.00 FTE = .75 person-years


C 1-9 Research/Scholarly Productivity
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) # 0 0 0 3 95
2. Other peer-reviewed publications # 14 15 15 137 1,376
3. All other publications # 1 0 0 35 565
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences # 13 18 18 168 1,676
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions # 0 0 0 0 514
6. Grant Proposals Submitted # 0 0 0 4 290

Sources: College Dean's Office and Division of Research (Grant Proposals Submitted)
Beginning with the 2018-2019 year the Departmental Dashboard Indicators Include 2019 Calendar Year Activity
Note: Grant Proposals Submitted includes proposals administered by the Division of Research only. This number does not include funding proposals administered by the FAU Foundation
University Total Grant Proposals Submitted excludes proposals submitted by units outside the University's Colleges (e.g., IRM, Library).


D 1-9 Efficiency Data
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
2. Other peer-review publications per faculty member   1.3 1.3 1.1 1.5 2.0
3. All other publications per faculty member   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences per faculty member   1.2 1.5 1.3 1.9 2.4
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
6. Grant proposals submitted per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4

Scholarly output(Section II, C 1-9) per tenured and tenure earning faculty member (Section I B 1)
 
Beginning with the 2018-2019 year the Departmental Dashboard Indicators Include 2019 Calendar Year Activity


III. Service
A Assessment Goals and Outcomes for Service (reported separately)
B 1-3 Service Productivity
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees # 48 35 13 299 2,561
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees # 24 16 12 122 1,246
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications # 4 10 10 146 619

Source: College Dean's Offices
 
Beginning with the 2018-2019 year the Departmental Dashboard Indicators Include 2019 Calendar Year Activity


C 1-3 Efficiency Data
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-2019 2018-2019
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees per faculty member   4.4 2.9 0.9 3.3 3.7
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees per faculty member   2.2 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.8
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications per faculty member   0.4 0.8 0.7 1.6 0.9

Faculty committee memberships and faculty serving as editors or referees (Section III B 1-3) per tenured and tenure earning faculty member (Section I B 1)
 
Beginning with the 2018-2019 year the Departmental Dashboard Indicators Include 2019 Calendar Year Activity

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