2022-2023 Program Review
Physics
 
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
Physics

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2022-2023
2022-2023
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Total Headcount   11 12 10 108 617
Total Person-Years   9.3 10.5 8.7 96.5 561.6
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   3.0 3.3 2.9 37.7 245.3
Total FTE   12.4 14.0 11.7 128.6 748.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   3.9 4.3 3.9 50.3 327.0
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Total Headcount   2 2 3 32 276
Total Person-Years   1.6 1.6 1.9 23.3 222.9
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.6 1.4 1.9 16.7 143.5
Total FTE   2.1 2.1 2.5 31.0 297.2
FTE Devoted to Instruction   2.1 1.9 2.5 22.2 191.3
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan Scholar/ Scientist/ Engineer, Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoc Assoc Total Headcount   7 4 5 35 174
Total Person-Years   6.2 3.3 3.9 31.5 161.8
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   3.2 2.7 3.3 22.4 93.8
Total FTE   8.3 4.4 5.2 41.9 215.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   4.2 3.6 4.5 29.8 125.1
Adjuncts -- Total Headcount   8 5 3 58 530
Total Person-Years   0.8 0.4 0.3 12.0 105.2
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.8 0.4 0.3 12.0 103.6
Total FTE   1.0 0.6 0.4 16.0 140.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.0 0.5 0.4 16.0 138.1
Graduate Assistants -- Total Headcount   30 31 33 395 1,170
Total Person-Years   12.9 14.4 13.0 154.8 428.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   11.1 12.0 13.0 131.1 306.5
Total FTE   17.1 19.2 17.4 206.4 571.1
FTE Devoted to Instruction   14.8 16.0 17.4 174.8 408.6
Other -- Total Headcount   1 4 3 50 281
Total Person-Years   0.3 1.0 2.2 13.4 81.4
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.3 0.2 0.7 4.3 22.2
Total FTE   0.4 1.3 2.9 17.9 108.6
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.4 0.3 0.9 5.7 29.6
Total Total Headcount   59 58 57 678 3,048
Total Person-Years   30.9 31.2 30.1 331.5 1,561.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   19.8 20.0 22.1 224.1 914.8
Total FTE   41.2 41.6 40.1 441.9 2,081.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   26.4 26.7 29.5 298.8 1,219.8

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
Physics

Instructional Faculty (Tenured, tenure-earning, & non-tenure-earning) Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2022-2023
2022-2023
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         5
Male         1
Total         6
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 1 1 1 10 41
Male 6 4 4 19 95
Total 7 5 5 29 136
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       1 57
Male       4 26
Total       5 83
Hispanic Female       2 24
Male       1 16
Total       3 40
White (Not of Hispanic Origin)           1
Female 3 3 4 44 337
Male 9 10 9 86 379
Total 12 13 13 130 717
Non-Resident Alien Female       2 8
Male       1 7
Total       3 15
Total           1
Female 4 4 5 59 472
Male 15 14 13 111 524
Total 19 18 18 170 997

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
Physics

Adjuncts Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2022-2023
2022-2023
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       1 3
Male         2
Total       1 5
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       4 18
Male 1 1 1 3 10
Total 1 1 1 7 28
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       1 64
Male       3 30
Total       4 94
Hispanic Female       1 7
Male         6
Total       1 13
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 1 1 25 206
Male 6 3 1 20 180
Total 7 4 2 45 386
Non-Resident Alien Male         4
Total         4
Total Female 1 1 1 32 298
Male 7 4 2 26 232
Total 8 5 3 58 530

Source: Instruction and Research File


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

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2022-2023
2022-2023
Course Level Type     49 46 48 832 4,843
Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered #
  # Enrolled 4,326 3,676 4,006 59,786 205,629
  Avg Section Enrollment 88.3 79.9 83.5 71.9 42.5
Sections Faculty-Taught # 41 42 41 599 3,725
% 83.7 91.3 85.4 72.0 76.9
Lab Sections Offered # 140 141 125 625 781
  # Enrolled 2,370 1,906 1,867 13,022 15,423
  Avg Section Enrollment 16.9 13.5 14.9 20.8 19.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 140 141 33 244 318
% 100.0 100.0 26.4 39.0 40.7
Discussion Sections Offered #       14 171
  # Enrolled       344 4,203
  Avg Section Enrollment       24.6 24.6
Sections Faculty-Taught #       14 126
%       100.0 73.7
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 3 2 3 323 1,417
  # Enrolled 10 6 10 2,259 9,829
  Avg Section Enrollment 3.3 3.0 3.3 7.0 6.9
Sections Faculty-Taught # 3 2 3 276 1,041
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 85.4 73.5
Graduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered # 25 18 20 201 2,025
  # Enrolled 115 102 103 1,629 26,934
  Avg Section Enrollment 4.6 5.7 5.2 8.1 13.3
Sections Faculty-Taught # 22 16 18 187 1,646
% 88.0 88.9 90.0 93.0 81.3
Lab Sections Offered #       8 64
  # Enrolled       38 446
  Avg Section Enrollment       4.8 7.0
Sections Faculty-Taught #       8 37
%       100.0 57.8
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 39 42 48 714 1,899
  # Enrolled 87 88 88 1,042 5,184
  Avg Section Enrollment 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.5 2.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 39 42 48 654 1,801
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 91.6 94.8

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)
Physics (Program CIP: 400801)

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Professional         259
Bachelors 49 36 27 7,026 27,172
Masters/Specialist 1 2 2 296 5,181
Doctoral 32 35 34 312 1,148
Unclassified       1 2,447
Total 82 73 63 7,635 36,207

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
Physics (Program CIP: 400801)

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Professional American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         1
Male         2
Total         3
Asian or Pacific Islander Female         30
Male         35
Total         65
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         10
Male         6
Total         16
Hispanic Female         14
Male         8
Total         22
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         73
Male         59
Total         132
Non-Resident Alien Male         1
Total         1
Not Reported Female         12
Male         8
Total         20
Total Female         140
Male         119
Total         259
Undergraduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       20 60
Male       4 52
Total       24 112
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 1   0 277 800
Male 2 2 1 113 639
Total 3 2 1 390 1,439
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 4 1 2 1,348 3,690
Male 5 3 3 446 2,214
Total 9 4 5 1,794 5,904
Hispanic Female 2 3 1 1,583 4,654
Male 7 8 6 607 3,295
Total 9 11 7 2,190 7,949
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 7 4 4 1,683 5,946
Male 19 15 9 688 4,735
Total 26 19 13 2,371 10,681
Non-Resident Alien Female       123 400
Male 2 0 1 61 393
Total 2 0 1 184 793
Not Reported Female       52 150
Male 0     21 144
Total 0     73 294
Total Female 14 8 7 5,086 15,700
Male 35 28 20 1,940 11,472
Total 49 36 27 7,026 27,172
Graduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         10
Male       1 10
Total       1 20
Asian or Pacific Islander Female     1 20 192
Male       12 130
Total     1 32 322
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       22 891
Male   1 1 25 350
Total   1 1 47 1,241
Hispanic Female 2 4 3 55 828
Male 1 1 1 46 499
Total 3 5 4 101 1,327
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 1 1 177 1,449
Male 7 7 6 121 1,001
Total 8 8 7 298 2,450
Non-Resident Alien Female 9 8 6 53 415
Male 13 15 17 74 542
Total 22 23 23 127 957
Not Reported Female       1 8
Male       1 4
Total       2 12
Total Female 12 13 11 328 3,793
Male 21 24 25 280 2,536
Total 33 37 36 608 6,329
Unclassified American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         2
Male         4
Total         6
Asian or Pacific Islander Female         184
Male         112
Total         296
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         272
Male       1 136
Total       1 408
Hispanic Female         366
Male         246
Total         612
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         550
Male         428
Total         978
Non-Resident Alien Female         66
Male         39
Total         105
Not Reported Female         22
Male         20
Total         42
Total Female         1,462
Male       1 985
Total       1 2,447

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
Physics

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Undergraduate Total   587.3 494.6 530.4 6,500.1 21,132.0
             
Graduate Total   21.5 20.1 19.7 304.0 2,622.4
Grad I   6.0 6.2 7.3 153.0 2,064.4
Grad II   15.4 13.9 12.3 151.0 558.1
             
Classroom   14.5 13.0 14.6 238.8 2,452.5
Thesis-Dissertation   7.0 7.1 5.1 65.2 170.0
             
Grand Total   608.7 514.7 550.1 6,804.1 23,754.5

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
Physics

  Courses offered by:
Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Course Level FTE produced by students who are: 3.9 3.8 1.8 241.2 1,006.2
Lower Division Undergraduate Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 294.3 263.6 261.1 1,550.2 3,065.5
Majors outside the college 274.9 217.8 254.4 2,414.4 5,850.7
Total 573.1 485.2 517.3 4,205.8 9,922.3
Upper Division Undergraduate FTE produced by students who are: 9.2 7.4 8.9 1,540.5 6,286.7
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 1.4 0.5 0.9 484.8 3,230.7
Majors outside the college 3.6 1.5 3.2 268.9 1,692.3
Total 14.2 9.4 13.1 2,294.3 11,209.7
Graduate FTE produced by students who are: 19.0 19.8 19.7 255.9 2,128.0
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 1.3     29.5 334.6
Majors outside the college 1.2 0.3   18.7 159.8
Total 21.5 20.1 19.7 304.0 2,622.4
Total FTE produced by students who are: 32.2 31.0 30.4 2,037.5 9,420.9
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 296.9 264.1 262.0 2,064.5 6,630.8
Majors outside the college 279.6 219.5 257.6 2,702.0 7,702.8
Total 608.7 514.7 550.1 6,804.1 23,754.5

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


C 3 Degrees Awarded
Physics (Program CIP: 400801)

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
  Degrees awarded with a:         415.0
Associates Single major
All         415.0
Bachelors Degrees awarded with a: 8.0 8.0 4.0 1,458.0 5,594.0
Single major
Double or triple major 1.0   0.5 4.0 46.0
All 9.0 8.0 4.5 1,462.0 5,640.0
Masters Degrees awarded with a: 1.0 4.0 4.0 129.0 1,628.0
Single major
All 1.0 4.0 4.0 129.0 1,628.0
Specialist Degrees awarded with a:         22.0
Single major
All         22.0
Doctorate Degrees awarded with a: 1.0 4.0 6.0 42.0 168.0
Single major
All 1.0 4.0 6.0 42.0 168.0
First Professional Degrees awarded with a:         64.0
Single major
All         64.0
Total Degrees awarded with a: 10.0 16.0 14.0 1,629.0 7,891.0
Single major
Double or triple major 1.0   0.5 4.0 46.0
All 11.0 16.0 14.5 1,633.0 7,937.0

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)
Physics

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Undergraduate   130.3 105.8 111.7 119.5 54.4
Graduate   4.8 4.3 4.1 5.6 6.7
Total   135.0 110.1 115.8 125.1 61.1

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
Physics (Program CIP: 400801)

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Associates 0 0 0 0 1.1
Bachelors 2.0 1.7 0.9 26.9 14.5
Masters 0.2 0.9 0.8 2.4 4.2
Specialist 0 0 0 0 0.1
Doctorate 0.2 0.9 1.3 0.8 0.4
First Professional 0 0 0 0 0.2
Total 2.4 3.4 3.1 30.0 20.4

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)
Physics

Scale: 1=Excellent 5=Poor 6. Rate your instructor"s overall teaching effectiveness in this course
Physics College Total University Total
Summer 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Summer 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Summer 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023
Undergraduate # Sections   8 18 20 165 494 472 666 1,889 1,722
Mean Rating   2.5 1.9 2.3 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6
Graduate # Sections     2 2 5 37 23 252 485 453
Mean Rating     1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5
Total # Sections   8 20 22 170 531 495 918 2,374 2,175
Mean Rating   2.5 1.8 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6

Source: Student Perception of Teaching Results


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

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2022-2023
2022-2023
Departmental Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   3.0 4.1 1.2 27.5 134.9
FTE   4.0 5.4 1.6 36.6 179.9
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years     0.1 0.0 1.8 14.2
FTE     0.1 0.0 2.5 19.0
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years   0.9 0.4   1.1 8.2
FTE   1.2 0.5   1.5 10.9
Other -- Person-Years       0.2 1.2 3.3
FTE       0.2 1.6 4.3
Total Person-Years   3.8 4.5 1.4 31.6 160.6
FTE   5.1 6.0 1.8 42.1 214.1
Sponsored Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   0.6 1.1 2.7 7.5 35.5
FTE   0.8 1.5 3.6 10.0 47.4
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years         0.3 4.3
FTE         0.4 5.8
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years   1.5     1.7 24.0
FTE   2.0     2.3 32.0
Other -- Person-Years         0.2 0.3
FTE         0.3 0.3
Total Person-Years   2.1 1.1 2.7 9.7 64.1
FTE   2.8 1.5 3.6 13.0 85.5

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
Physics

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) # 0 0 0 2 57
2. Other peer-reviewed publications # 0 38 58 242 1,100
3. All other publications # 0 2 6 9 302
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences # 0 41 49 277 1,037
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions # 0 0 0 0 200
6. Grant Proposals Submitted # 14 9 5 114 347

Sources: College Dean's Office and Division of Research (Grant Proposals Submitted)
Beginning with the 2018-2019 year the Departmental Dashboard Indicators Include Calendar Year Activity for items 1 through 5 which are reported by the College Deans' Offices.
The source of the number of Grant Proposals submitted is Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting for fiscal year 2023


D 1-9 Efficiency Data
Physics

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
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   0.0 3.2 5.8 2.2 1.8
3. All other publications per faculty member   0.0 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.5
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences per faculty member   0.0 3.4 4.9 2.6 1.7
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
6. Grant proposals submitted per faculty member   1.3 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.6

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 Calendar Year Activity


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

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees #   18 20 288 1,985
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees #   11 24 123 920
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications #   12 9 66 395

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


C 1-3 Efficiency Data
Physics

  Physics College Total University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees per faculty member     1.5 2.0 2.7 3.2
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees per faculty member     0.9 2.4 1.1 1.5
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications per faculty member     1.0 0.9 0.6 0.6

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 Calendar Year Activity