2022-2023 Program Review
Political Science
 
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
Political Science

  Political Science 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   13 14 15 173 617
Total Person-Years   10.3 11.6 13.9 146.8 561.6
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   6.4 4.7 7.1 73.6 245.3
Total FTE   13.7 15.5 18.5 195.7 748.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   8.6 6.3 9.5 98.1 327.0
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Total Headcount   1 1 1 50 276
Total Person-Years   0.8 0.9 0.8 35.8 222.9
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.8 0.8 0.7 25.8 143.5
Total FTE   1.0 1.2 1.1 47.7 297.2
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.0 1.1 0.9 34.4 191.3
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan Scholar/ Scientist/ Engineer, Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoc Assoc Total Headcount   2 2 2 41 174
Total Person-Years   1.8 1.7 2.1 38.4 161.8
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.8 1.6 2.1 35.4 93.8
Total FTE   2.4 2.3 2.8 51.1 215.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   2.4 2.2 2.8 47.2 125.1
Adjuncts -- Total Headcount   8 9 11 132 530
Total Person-Years   1.2 2.4 2.1 30.2 105.2
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.2 2.4 2.1 30.2 103.6
Total FTE   1.6 3.2 2.7 40.2 140.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.6 3.2 2.7 40.2 138.1
Graduate Assistants -- Total Headcount   17 15 14 266 1,170
Total Person-Years   4.3 4.6 3.7 92.1 428.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   4.1 4.3 3.5 89.3 306.5
Total FTE   5.8 6.1 4.9 122.8 571.1
FTE Devoted to Instruction   5.4 5.7 4.7 119.0 408.6
Other -- Total Headcount   1 2 2 28 281
Total Person-Years   0.3 0.3 0.6 4.0 81.4
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.3 0.3 0.6 3.3 22.2
Total FTE   0.5 0.4 0.8 5.3 108.6
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.5 0.4 0.8 4.4 29.6
Total Total Headcount   42 43 45 690 3,048
Total Person-Years   18.8 21.5 23.1 347.2 1,561.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   14.6 14.1 16.0 257.5 914.8
Total FTE   25.0 28.7 30.8 462.9 2,081.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   19.4 18.8 21.4 343.4 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
Political Science

Instructional Faculty (Tenured, tenure-earning, & non-tenure-earning) Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2022-2023
2022-2023
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       2 5
Male       1 1
Total       3 6
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       2 41
Male 1 1 1 5 95
Total 1 1 1 7 136
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       10 57
Male       8 26
Total       18 83
Hispanic Female       12 24
Male       6 16
Total       18 40
White (Not of Hispanic Origin)           1
Female 4 4 6 104 337
Male 11 12 10 102 379
Total 15 16 16 206 717
Non-Resident Alien Female     1 4 8
Male       4 7
Total     1 8 15
Total           1
Female 4 4 7 134 472
Male 12 13 11 126 524
Total 16 17 18 260 997

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
Political Science

Adjuncts Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2022-2023
2022-2023
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         3
Male       1 2
Total       1 5
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       3 18
Male       3 10
Total       6 28
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       5 64
Male       3 30
Total       8 94
Hispanic Female 2 2 1 4 7
Male   1   3 6
Total 2 3 1 7 13
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 1 3 57 206
Male 5 5 7 52 180
Total 6 6 10 109 386
Non-Resident Alien Male       1 4
Total       1 4
Total Female 3 3 4 69 298
Male 5 6 7 63 232
Total 8 9 11 132 530

Source: Instruction and Research File


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

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2022-2023
2022-2023
Course Level Type     131 132 147 1,889 4,843
Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered #
  # Enrolled 6,650 6,742 7,306 59,733 205,629
  Avg Section Enrollment 50.8 51.1 49.7 31.6 42.5
Sections Faculty-Taught # 102 90 111 1,480 3,725
% 77.9 68.2 75.5 78.3 76.9
Lab Sections Offered #       43 781
  # Enrolled       768 15,423
  Avg Section Enrollment       17.9 19.7
Sections Faculty-Taught #       16 318
%       37.2 40.7
Discussion Sections Offered #       122 171
  # Enrolled       3,162 4,203
  Avg Section Enrollment       25.9 24.6
Sections Faculty-Taught #       82 126
%       67.2 73.7
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 38 49 42 529 1,417
  # Enrolled 625 760 707 4,204 9,829
  Avg Section Enrollment 16.4 15.5 16.8 7.9 6.9
Sections Faculty-Taught # 17 19 13 312 1,041
% 44.7 38.8 31.0 59.0 73.5
Graduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered # 12 12 12 232 2,025
  # Enrolled 163 134 124 2,008 26,934
  Avg Section Enrollment 13.6 11.2 10.3 8.7 13.3
Sections Faculty-Taught # 12 12 12 222 1,646
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 95.7 81.3
Lab Sections Offered #         64
  # Enrolled         446
  Avg Section Enrollment         7.0
Sections Faculty-Taught #         37
%         57.8
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 5 12 8 383 1,899
  # Enrolled 9 16 8 706 5,184
  Avg Section Enrollment 1.8 1.3 1.0 1.8 2.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 5 12 8 369 1,801
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.3 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)
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Professional         259
Bachelors 572 545 518 4,538 27,172
Masters/Specialist 38 41 32 387 5,181
Doctoral       99 1,148
Unclassified         2,447
Total 610 586 550 5,024 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
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science 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 2 3 1 6 60
Male 3 2 2 12 52
Total 5 5 3 18 112
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 21 15 13 110 800
Male 7 7 7 63 639
Total 28 22 20 173 1,439
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 76 64 70 534 3,690
Male 56 56 46 407 2,214
Total 132 120 116 941 5,904
Hispanic Female 112 101 103 833 4,654
Male 61 54 52 551 3,295
Total 173 155 155 1,384 7,949
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 114 122 110 1,086 5,946
Male 106 107 103 790 4,735
Total 220 229 213 1,876 10,681
Non-Resident Alien Female 8 7 2 67 400
Male 2 1 1 41 393
Total 10 8 3 108 793
Not Reported Female 2 4 5 18 150
Male 2 2 3 20 144
Total 4 6 8 38 294
Total Female 335 316 304 2,654 15,700
Male 237 229 214 1,884 11,472
Total 572 545 518 4,538 27,172
Graduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       1 10
Male         10
Total       1 20
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 2 1 1 10 192
Male 2 1   3 130
Total 4 2 1 13 322
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 3 6 3 46 891
Male 1 1 1 18 350
Total 4 7 4 64 1,241
Hispanic Female 5 2 2 57 828
Male 2 4 3 31 499
Total 7 6 5 88 1,327
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 9 8 7 133 1,449
Male 10 13 10 106 1,001
Total 19 21 17 239 2,450
Non-Resident Alien Female 1 3 4 59 415
Male 3 2 1 21 542
Total 4 5 5 80 957
Not Reported Female       1 8
Male         4
Total       1 12
Total Female 20 20 17 307 3,793
Male 18 21 15 179 2,536
Total 38 41 32 486 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         136
Total         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         985
Total         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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Undergraduate Total   697.3 719.0 775.2 6,207.1 21,132.0
             
Graduate Total   21.6 18.5 16.3 301.1 2,622.4
Grad I   20.6 18.2 15.3 263.4 2,064.4
Grad II   1.0 0.3 1.0 37.7 558.1
             
Classroom   21.6 18.5 16.3 275.5 2,452.5
Thesis-Dissertation         25.6 170.0
             
Grand Total   719.0 737.4 791.5 6,508.2 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
Political Science

  Courses offered by:
Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Course Level FTE produced by students who are: 20.6 22.1 18.7 366.9 1,006.2
Lower Division Undergraduate Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 45.3 48.2 49.2 582.0 3,065.5
Majors outside the college 289.6 308.5 383.1 2,969.5 5,850.7
Total 355.5 378.8 451.0 3,918.4 9,922.3
Upper Division Undergraduate FTE produced by students who are: 208.2 188.5 193.3 1,381.2 6,286.7
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 61.3 66.0 54.6 346.7 3,230.7
Majors outside the college 72.4 85.7 76.3 560.8 1,692.3
Total 341.8 340.2 324.2 2,288.7 11,209.7
Graduate FTE produced by students who are: 19.8 17.7 15.3 275.4 2,128.0
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 1.1 0.4 1.0 15.9 334.6
Majors outside the college 0.8 0.4   9.8 159.8
Total 21.6 18.5 16.3 301.1 2,622.4
Total FTE produced by students who are: 248.5 228.3 227.3 2,023.5 9,420.9
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 107.7 114.5 104.8 944.6 6,630.8
Majors outside the college 362.7 394.6 459.4 3,540.1 7,702.8
Total 719.0 737.4 791.5 6,508.2 23,754.5

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


C 3 Degrees Awarded
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science 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: 148.0 117.0 113.0 989.0 5,594.0
Single major
Double or triple major 6.0 5.5 5.5 16.5 46.0
All 154.0 122.5 118.5 1,005.5 5,640.0
Masters Degrees awarded with a: 9.0 19.0 11.0 128.0 1,628.0
Single major
All 9.0 19.0 11.0 128.0 1,628.0
Specialist Degrees awarded with a:         22.0
Single major
All         22.0
Doctorate Degrees awarded with a:       7.0 168.0
Single major
All       7.0 168.0
First Professional Degrees awarded with a:         64.0
Single major
All         64.0
Total Degrees awarded with a: 157.0 136.0 124.0 1,124.0 7,891.0
Single major
Double or triple major 6.0 5.5 5.5 16.5 46.0
All 163.0 141.5 129.5 1,140.5 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)
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Undergraduate   96.9 129.9 99.2 62.4 54.4
Graduate   3.0 3.3 2.1 3.0 6.7
Total   99.9 133.2 101.3 65.5 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
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
Associates 0 0 0 0 1.1
Bachelors 21.4 22.1 15.2 10.1 14.5
Masters 1.3 3.4 1.4 1.3 4.2
Specialist 0 0 0 0 0.1
Doctorate 0 0 0 0.1 0.4
First Professional 0 0 0 0 0.2
Total 22.6 25.6 16.6 11.5 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)
Political Science

Scale: 1=Excellent 5=Poor 6. Rate your instructor"s overall teaching effectiveness in this course
Political Science College Total University Total
Summer 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Summer 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Summer 2022 Fall 2022 Spring 2023
Undergraduate # Sections   25 48 48 212 659 614 666 1,889 1,722
Mean Rating   1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6
Graduate # Sections   1 5 4 3 57 59 252 485 453
Mean Rating   1.0 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5
Total # Sections   26 53 52 215 716 673 918 2,374 2,175
Mean Rating   1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 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
Political Science

  Political Science 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   2.3 0.7 3.8 33.8 134.9
FTE   3.1 0.9 5.0 45.0 179.9
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years         2.5 14.2
FTE         3.3 19.0
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years           8.2
FTE           10.9
Other -- Person-Years         0.1 3.3
FTE         0.1 4.3
Total Person-Years   2.3 0.7 3.8 36.3 160.6
FTE   3.1 0.9 5.0 48.4 214.1
Sponsored Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   0.1 2.9 0.2 2.8 35.5
FTE   0.2 3.8 0.3 3.7 47.4
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years     0.1   0.0 4.3
FTE     0.1   0.0 5.8
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years           24.0
FTE           32.0
Other -- Person-Years           0.3
FTE           0.3
Total Person-Years   0.1 3.0 0.2 2.8 64.1
FTE   0.2 4.0 0.3 3.7 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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) # 2 2 3 29 57
2. Other peer-reviewed publications # 12 6 16 168 1,100
3. All other publications # 65 46 51 126 302
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences # 15 31 20 227 1,037
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions # 0 0 0 170 200
6. Grant Proposals Submitted # 2 0 9 47 347

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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) per faculty member   0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
2. Other peer-review publications per faculty member   0.9 0.4 1.1 1.0 1.8
3. All other publications per faculty member   5.0 3.3 3.4 0.7 0.5
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences per faculty member   1.2 2.2 1.3 1.3 1.7
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.3
6. Grant proposals submitted per faculty member   0.2 0.0 0.6 0.3 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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2022-2023 2022-2023
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees # 30 31 0 523 1,985
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees # 1 0 0 176 920
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications # 12 14 0 78 395

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


C 1-3 Efficiency Data
Political Science

  Political Science 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   2.3 2.2 0.0 3.0 3.2
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees per faculty member   0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications per faculty member   0.9 1.0 0.0 0.5 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