2023-2024 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
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Total Headcount   12 10 11 129 614
Total Person-Years   10.5 8.7 9.9 112.7 562.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   3.3 2.9 3.4 41.5 241.3
Total FTE   14.0 11.7 13.1 150.2 749.7
FTE Devoted to Instruction   4.3 3.9 4.5 55.4 321.8
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Total Headcount   2 3 4 27 297
Total Person-Years   1.6 1.9 3.7 21.4 247.0
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.4 1.9 3.5 17.1 172.0
Total FTE   2.1 2.5 5.0 28.6 329.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.9 2.5 4.7 22.7 229.3
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan Scholar/ Scientist/ Engineer, Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoc Assoc Total Headcount   4 5 4 35 182
Total Person-Years   3.3 3.9 3.6 32.4 171.5
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   2.7 3.3 2.6 25.3 104.1
Total FTE   4.4 5.2 4.8 43.2 228.6
FTE Devoted to Instruction   3.6 4.5 3.5 33.7 138.8
Adjuncts -- Total Headcount   5 3 4 55 545
Total Person-Years   0.4 0.3 0.4 10.4 113.7
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.4 0.3 0.4 10.4 113.5
Total FTE   0.6 0.4 0.5 13.8 151.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.5 0.4 0.5 13.8 151.4
Graduate Assistants -- Total Headcount   31 33 31 420 1,240
Total Person-Years   14.4 13.0 12.5 147.7 439.1
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   12.0 13.0 11.3 123.8 332.4
Total FTE   19.2 17.4 16.6 197.0 585.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   16.0 17.4 15.1 165.1 443.2
Other -- Total Headcount   4 3 2 51 255
Total Person-Years   1.0 2.2 0.5 14.2 72.9
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.2 0.7 0.2 4.2 25.3
Total FTE   1.3 2.9 0.7 18.9 97.1
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.3 0.9 0.3 5.6 33.7
Total Total Headcount   58 57 56 717 3,133
Total Person-Years   31.2 30.1 30.5 338.8 1,606.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   20.0 22.1 21.5 222.2 988.6
Total FTE   41.6 40.1 40.7 451.8 2,141.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   26.7 29.5 28.6 296.3 1,318.1

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
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         7
Male         1
Total         8
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 1 1   12 42
Male 4 4 3 21 97
Total 5 5 3 33 139
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       1 64
Male       3 24
Total       4 88
Hispanic Female       4 28
Male         14
Total       4 42
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 3 4 5 48 346
Male 10 9 10 90 389
Total 13 13 15 138 735
Non-Resident Alien Female       1 11
Male     1 6 16
Total     1 7 27
Total Female 4 5 5 66 498
Male 14 13 14 120 541
Total 18 18 19 186 1,039

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
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       1 3
Male         1
Total       1 4
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       4 19
Male 1 1 1 4 12
Total 1 1 1 8 31
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       4 64
Male       2 36
Total       6 100
Hispanic Female       1 4
Male         6
Total       1 10
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 1 1 20 195
Male 3 1 2 19 201
Total 4 2 3 39 396
Non-Resident Alien Female         1
Male         3
Total         4
Total Female 1 1 1 30 286
Male 4 2 3 25 259
Total 5 3 4 55 545

Source: Instruction and Research File


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

  Physics College Total University Total
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
Course Level Type     46 48 46 851 4,990
Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered #
  # Enrolled 3,676 4,006 4,124 63,495 215,486
  Avg Section Enrollment 79.9 83.5 89.7 74.6 43.2
Sections Faculty-Taught # 42 41 43 668 4,017
% 91.3 85.4 93.5 78.5 80.5
Lab Sections Offered # 141 125 113 634 865
  # Enrolled 1,906 1,867 1,849 13,715 17,115
  Avg Section Enrollment 13.5 14.9 16.4 21.6 19.8
Sections Faculty-Taught # 141 33 113 344 457
% 100.0 26.4 100.0 54.3 52.8
Discussion Sections Offered #       15 189
  # Enrolled       369 4,705
  Avg Section Enrollment       24.6 24.9
Sections Faculty-Taught #       15 159
%       100.0 84.1
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 2 3 7 308 1,388
  # Enrolled 6 10 12 2,604 9,434
  Avg Section Enrollment 3.0 3.3 1.7 8.5 6.8
Sections Faculty-Taught # 2 3 7 271 1,031
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 88.0 74.3
Graduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered # 18 20 17 196 2,193
  # Enrolled 102 103 102 1,847 32,561
  Avg Section Enrollment 5.7 5.2 6.0 9.4 14.8
Sections Faculty-Taught # 16 18 16 184 1,725
% 88.9 90.0 94.1 93.9 78.7
Lab Sections Offered #       8 67
  # Enrolled       44 442
  Avg Section Enrollment       5.5 6.6
Sections Faculty-Taught #       7 42
%       87.5 62.7
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 42 48 33 675 1,838
  # Enrolled 88 88 85 944 5,604
  Avg Section Enrollment 2.1 1.8 2.6 1.4 3.0
Sections Faculty-Taught # 42 48 33 624 1,751
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 92.4 95.3

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
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Professional         274
Bachelors 36 27 30 6,993 27,482
Masters/Specialist 2 2 2 326 6,142
Doctoral 35 34 32 304 1,184
Unclassified       1 2,664
Total 73 63 64 7,624 37,746

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
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Professional American Indian/Alaskan Native Male         2
Total         2
Asian or Pacific Islander Female         35
Male         42
Total         77
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         7
Male         4
Total         11
Hispanic Female         10
Male         8
Total         18
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         71
Male         66
Total         137
Not Reported Female         17
Male         12
Total         29
Total Female         140
Male         134
Total         274
Undergraduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       18 47
Male       5 51
Total       23 98
Asian or Pacific Islander Female   0 1 264 775
Male 2 1 0 122 704
Total 2 1 1 386 1,479
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 2 1 1,317 3,506
Male 3 3 4 439 2,197
Total 4 5 5 1,756 5,703
Hispanic           1
Female 3 1 4 1,554 4,634
Male 8 6 6 596 3,387
Total 11 7 10 2,150 8,022
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 4 4 3 1,733 6,118
Male 15 9 9 698 4,955
Total 19 13 12 2,431 11,073
Non-Resident Alien Female       130 427
Male 0 1   44 344
Total 0 1   174 771
Not Reported Female       42 163
Male     2 31 173
Total     2 73 336
Total           1
Female 8 7 9 5,058 15,670
Male 28 20 21 1,935 11,811
Total 36 27 30 6,993 27,482
Graduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         11
Male       2 18
Total       2 29
Asian or Pacific Islander Female   1 1 26 199
Male       12 136
Total   1 1 38 335
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       25 944
Male 1 1 1 24 398
Total 1 1 1 49 1,342
Hispanic Female 4 3 2 74 873
Male 1 1 1 46 545
Total 5 4 3 120 1,418
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 1 1 173 1,500
Male 7 6 8 119 1,017
Total 8 7 9 292 2,517
Non-Resident Alien Female 8 6 6 57 637
Male 15 17 14 65 1,022
Total 23 23 20 122 1,659
Not Reported Female       5 16
Male       2 10
Total       7 26
Total Female 13 11 10 360 4,180
Male 24 25 24 270 3,146
Total 37 36 34 630 7,326
Unclassified American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         8
Male         9
Total         17
Asian or Pacific Islander           1
Female         187
Male         116
Total         304
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         334
Male         149
Total         483
Hispanic Female         428
Male         249
Total         677
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       1 575
Male       0 459
Total       1 1,034
Non-Resident Alien Female         48
Male         51
Total         99
Not Reported           4
Female         20
Male         26
Total         50
Total           5
Female       1 1,600
Male       0 1,059
Total       1 2,664

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
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Undergraduate Total   494.6 530.4 544.5 6,887.9 22,362.8
             
Graduate Total   20.1 19.7 20.3 318.9 3,181.7
Grad I   6.2 7.3 7.6 171.0 2,602.6
Grad II   13.9 12.3 12.7 147.8 579.0
             
Classroom   13.0 14.6 15.1 261.8 3,029.1
Thesis-Dissertation   7.1 5.1 5.1 57.0 152.6
             
Grand Total   514.7 550.1 564.8 7,206.7 25,544.5

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
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Course Level FTE produced by students who are: 3.8 1.8 1.8 282.7 1,112.2
Lower Division Undergraduate Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 263.6 261.1 237.2 1,596.4 3,345.3
Majors outside the college 217.8 254.4 298.9 2,648.1 6,420.5
Total 485.2 517.3 537.9 4,527.2 10,877.9
Upper Division Undergraduate FTE produced by students who are: 7.4 8.9 4.8 1,569.9 6,476.2
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 0.5 0.9 0.3 484.3 3,351.1
Majors outside the college 1.5 3.2 1.6 306.4 1,657.6
Total 9.4 13.1 6.6 2,360.6 11,484.9
Graduate FTE produced by students who are: 19.8 19.7 18.2 270.6 2,621.4
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college       27.9 341.8
Majors outside the college 0.3   2.0 20.4 218.5
Total 20.1 19.7 20.2 318.9 3,181.7
Total FTE produced by students who are: 31.0 30.4 24.8 2,123.2 10,209.8
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 264.1 262.0 237.5 2,108.6 7,038.1
Majors outside the college 219.5 257.6 302.5 2,974.9 8,296.6
Total 514.7 550.1 564.7 7,206.7 25,544.5

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


C 3 Degrees Awarded
Physics (Program CIP: 400801)

  Physics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
  Degrees awarded with a:         249.0
Associates Single major
All         249.0
Bachelors Degrees awarded with a: 8.0 4.0 7.0 1,604.0 5,822.0
Single major
Double or triple major   0.5   2.0 44.0
All 8.0 4.5 7.0 1,606.0 5,866.0
Masters Degrees awarded with a: 4.0 4.0 1.0 132.0 1,859.0
Single major
All 4.0 4.0 1.0 132.0 1,859.0
Specialist Degrees awarded with a:         36.0
Single major
All         36.0
Doctorate Degrees awarded with a: 4.0 6.0 5.0 40.0 158.0
Single major
All 4.0 6.0 5.0 40.0 158.0
First Professional Degrees awarded with a:         56.0
Single major
All         56.0
Total Degrees awarded with a: 16.0 14.0 13.0 1,776.0 8,180.0
Single major
Double or triple major   0.5   2.0 44.0
All 16.0 14.5 13.0 1,778.0 8,224.0

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
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Undergraduate   105.8 111.7 79.1 117.5 54.1
Graduate   4.3 4.1 2.9 5.4 7.7
Total   110.1 115.8 82.0 123.0 61.8

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
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Associates 0 0 0 0 0.6
Bachelors 1.7 0.9 1.0 27.4 14.2
Masters 0.9 0.8 0.1 2.3 4.5
Specialist 0 0 0 0 0.1
Doctorate 0.9 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.4
First Professional 0 0 0 0 0.1
Total 3.4 3.1 1.9 30.3 19.9

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 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Undergraduate # Sections   5 24 35 121 558 630 484 2,092 2,361
Mean Rating   1.9 2.0 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6
Graduate # Sections     3 3 6 42 66 202 565 712
Mean Rating     1.2 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Total # Sections   5 27 38 127 600 696 686 2,657 3,073
Mean Rating   1.9 1.9 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6

Source: Student Perception of Teaching Results, Summer 2023 through Spring 2024


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
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
Departmental Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   4.1 1.2 3.7 40.0 159.6
FTE   5.4 1.6 4.9 53.4 212.8
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years   0.1 0.0 0.1 1.7 19.6
FTE   0.1 0.0 0.2 2.3 26.1
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years   0.4   0.1 1.4 15.5
FTE   0.5   0.1 1.8 20.7
Other -- Person-Years     0.2 0.3 1.0 2.1
FTE     0.2 0.4 1.3 2.8
Total Person-Years   4.5 1.4 4.3 44.1 196.8
FTE   6.0 1.8 5.7 58.8 262.5
Sponsored Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   1.1 2.7 0.8 8.6 33.0
FTE   1.5 3.6 1.1 11.4 44.0
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years       0.0 0.2 4.7
FTE       0.0 0.3 6.3
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years         0.2 24.1
FTE         0.2 32.1
Other -- Person-Years       0.1 0.5 0.8
FTE       0.1 0.7 1.0
Total Person-Years   1.1 2.7 0.9 9.5 62.6
FTE   1.5 3.6 1.2 12.7 83.4

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
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) # 0 0 0 5 49
2. Other peer-reviewed publications # 38 58 30 256 1,104
3. All other publications # 2 6 3 40 295
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences # 41 49 5 208 786
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions # 0 0 0 8 260
6. Grant Proposals Submitted # 9 0 8 212 720

Sources: Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting
Beginning with the 2018-2019 year the Departmental Dashboard Indicators Include Calendar Year Activity for items 1 through 5 in this table.


D 1-9 Efficiency Data
Physics

  Physics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
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   3.2 5.8 2.7 2.0 1.8
3. All other publications per faculty member   0.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences per faculty member   3.4 4.9 0.5 1.6 1.3
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4
6. Grant proposals submitted per faculty member   0.8 0.0 0.7 1.6 1.2

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 for items 1 through 5 in this table


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

  Physics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees # 18 20 41 465 2,478
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees # 11 24 55 589 2,510
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications # 12 9 0 3 43

Source: Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting
 
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
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees per faculty member   1.5 2.0 3.7 3.6 4.0
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees per faculty member   0.9 2.4 5.0 4.6 4.1
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications per faculty member   1.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.1

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