2023-2024 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
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Total Headcount   14 15 5 168 614
Total Person-Years   11.6 13.9 4.7 144.9 562.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   4.7 7.1 2.1 67.8 241.3
Total FTE   15.5 18.5 6.2 193.2 749.7
FTE Devoted to Instruction   6.3 9.5 2.8 90.4 321.8
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Total Headcount   1 1 3 64 297
Total Person-Years   0.9 0.8 2.8 50.8 247.0
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.8 0.7 1.6 40.2 172.0
Total FTE   1.2 1.1 3.7 67.7 329.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.1 0.9 2.1 53.5 229.3
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan Scholar/ Scientist/ Engineer, Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoc Assoc Total Headcount   2 2 2 42 182
Total Person-Years   1.7 2.1 2.2 40.9 171.5
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.6 2.1 2.2 38.4 104.1
Total FTE   2.3 2.8 2.9 54.5 228.6
FTE Devoted to Instruction   2.2 2.8 2.9 51.2 138.8
Adjuncts -- Total Headcount   9 11 8 129 545
Total Person-Years   2.4 2.1 1.5 30.2 113.7
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   2.4 2.1 1.5 30.0 113.5
Total FTE   3.2 2.7 2.0 40.2 151.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   3.2 2.7 2.0 40.0 151.4
Graduate Assistants -- Total Headcount   15 14 18 267 1,240
Total Person-Years   4.6 3.7 4.5 97.2 439.1
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   4.3 3.5 4.5 94.8 332.4
Total FTE   6.1 4.9 6.0 129.6 585.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   5.7 4.7 6.0 126.4 443.2
Other -- Total Headcount   2 2 6 29 255
Total Person-Years   0.3 0.6 1.1 7.1 72.9
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.3 0.6 0.8 4.3 25.3
Total FTE   0.4 0.8 1.5 9.4 97.1
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.4 0.8 1.0 5.7 33.7
Total Total Headcount   43 45 42 699 3,133
Total Person-Years   21.5 23.1 16.8 370.9 1,606.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   14.1 16.0 12.6 275.5 988.6
Total FTE   28.7 30.8 22.4 494.6 2,141.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   18.8 21.4 16.9 367.3 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
Political Science

Instructional Faculty (Tenured, tenure-earning, & non-tenure-earning) Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       3 7
Male       1 1
Total       4 8
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       2 42
Male 1 1   7 97
Total 1 1   9 139
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       10 64
Male       7 24
Total       17 88
Hispanic Female       14 28
Male       6 14
Total       20 42
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 4 6 5 107 346
Male 12 10 4 102 389
Total 16 16 9 209 735
Non-Resident Alien Female   1 1 4 11
Male       4 16
Total   1 1 8 27
Total Female 4 7 6 140 498
Male 13 11 4 127 541
Total 17 18 10 267 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
Political Science

Adjuncts Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       1 3
Male       1 1
Total       2 4
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       8 19
Male       2 12
Total       10 31
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       5 64
Male       4 36
Total       9 100
Hispanic Female 2 1   1 4
Male 1     1 6
Total 3 1   2 10
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 3 1 51 195
Male 5 7 7 55 201
Total 6 10 8 106 396
Non-Resident Alien Female         1
Male         3
Total         4
Total Female 3 4 1 66 286
Male 6 7 7 63 259
Total 9 11 8 129 545

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
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
Course Level Type     132 147 143 1,982 4,990
Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered #
  # Enrolled 6,742 7,306 7,631 61,998 215,486
  Avg Section Enrollment 51.1 49.7 53.4 31.3 43.2
Sections Faculty-Taught # 90 111 111 1,647 4,017
% 68.2 75.5 77.6 83.1 80.5
Lab Sections Offered #       50 865
  # Enrolled       830 17,115
  Avg Section Enrollment       16.6 19.8
Sections Faculty-Taught #       19 457
%       38.0 52.8
Discussion Sections Offered #       138 189
  # Enrolled       3,582 4,705
  Avg Section Enrollment       26.0 24.9
Sections Faculty-Taught #       112 159
%       81.2 84.1
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 49 42 45 571 1,388
  # Enrolled 760 707 854 4,561 9,434
  Avg Section Enrollment 15.5 16.8 19.0 8.0 6.8
Sections Faculty-Taught # 19 13 16 326 1,031
% 38.8 31.0 35.6 57.1 74.3
Graduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered # 12 12 10 241 2,193
  # Enrolled 134 124 99 2,223 32,561
  Avg Section Enrollment 11.2 10.3 9.9 9.2 14.8
Sections Faculty-Taught # 12 12 10 227 1,725
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.2 78.7
Lab Sections Offered #         67
  # Enrolled         442
  Avg Section Enrollment         6.6
Sections Faculty-Taught #         42
%         62.7
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 12 8 3 366 1,838
  # Enrolled 16 8 5 687 5,604
  Avg Section Enrollment 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.9 3.0
Sections Faculty-Taught # 12 8 3 353 1,751
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.4 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)
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Professional         274
Bachelors 545 518 502 4,439 27,482
Masters/Specialist 41 32 24 373 6,142
Doctoral       124 1,184
Unclassified       2 2,664
Total 586 550 526 4,938 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
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science 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 3 1 2 7 47
Male 2 2 0 11 51
Total 5 3 2 18 98
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 15 13 13 109 775
Male 7 7 5 71 704
Total 22 20 18 180 1,479
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 64 70 77 508 3,506
Male 56 46 43 360 2,197
Total 120 116 120 868 5,703
Hispanic           1
Female 101 103 98 848 4,634
Male 54 52 55 517 3,387
Total 155 155 153 1,365 8,022
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 122 110 100 1,120 6,118
Male 107 103 93 743 4,955
Total 229 213 193 1,863 11,073
Non-Resident Alien Female 7 2 4 66 427
Male 1 1 2 30 344
Total 8 3 6 96 771
Not Reported Female 4 5 7 24 163
Male 2 3 3 25 173
Total 6 8 10 49 336
Total           1
Female 316 304 301 2,682 15,670
Male 229 214 201 1,757 11,811
Total 545 518 502 4,439 27,482
Graduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         11
Male         18
Total         29
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 1 1 1 13 199
Male 1     3 136
Total 2 1 1 16 335
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 6 3 3 46 944
Male 1 1 1 18 398
Total 7 4 4 64 1,342
Hispanic Female 2 2 3 63 873
Male 4 3 2 35 545
Total 6 5 5 98 1,418
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 8 7 5 122 1,500
Male 13 10 5 108 1,017
Total 21 17 10 230 2,517
Non-Resident Alien Female 3 4 3 64 637
Male 2 1 1 23 1,022
Total 5 5 4 87 1,659
Not Reported Female       1 16
Male       1 10
Total       2 26
Total Female 20 17 15 309 4,180
Male 21 15 9 188 3,146
Total 41 32 24 497 7,326
Unclassified American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       1 8
Male         9
Total       1 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       1 428
Male         249
Total       1 677
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         575
Male         459
Total         1,034
Non-Resident Alien Female         48
Male         51
Total         99
Not Reported           4
Female         20
Male         26
Total         50
Total           5
Female       2 1,600
Male         1,059
Total       2 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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Undergraduate Total   719.0 775.2 823.5 6,537.6 22,362.8
             
Graduate Total   18.5 16.3 13.1 331.6 3,181.7
Grad I   18.2 15.3 11.9 284.7 2,602.6
Grad II   0.3 1.0 1.3 46.9 579.0
             
Classroom   18.5 16.3 13.1 307.1 3,029.1
Thesis-Dissertation         24.5 152.6
             
Grand Total   737.4 791.5 836.7 6,869.2 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
Political Science

  Courses offered by:
Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Course Level FTE produced by students who are: 22.1 18.7 25.2 393.5 1,112.2
Lower Division Undergraduate Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 48.2 49.2 54.3 601.2 3,345.3
Majors outside the college 308.5 383.1 438.6 3,297.4 6,420.5
Total 378.8 451.0 518.1 4,292.1 10,877.9
Upper Division Undergraduate FTE produced by students who are: 188.5 193.3 177.3 1,429.0 6,476.2
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 66.0 54.6 55.7 322.8 3,351.1
Majors outside the college 85.7 76.3 72.4 493.6 1,657.6
Total 340.2 324.2 305.4 2,245.5 11,484.9
Graduate FTE produced by students who are: 17.7 15.3 11.6 307.7 2,621.4
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 0.4 1.0 1.5 15.9 341.8
Majors outside the college 0.4     8.0 218.5
Total 18.5 16.3 13.1 331.6 3,181.7
Total FTE produced by students who are: 228.3 227.3 214.2 2,130.2 10,209.8
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 114.5 104.8 111.5 939.9 7,038.1
Majors outside the college 394.6 459.4 511.0 3,799.1 8,296.6
Total 737.4 791.5 836.7 6,869.2 25,544.5

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
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: 117.0 113.0 125.0 1,020.0 5,822.0
Single major
Double or triple major 5.5 5.5 5.0 26.5 44.0
All 122.5 118.5 130.0 1,046.5 5,866.0
Masters Degrees awarded with a: 19.0 11.0 13.0 117.0 1,859.0
Single major
All 19.0 11.0 13.0 117.0 1,859.0
Specialist Degrees awarded with a:         36.0
Single major
All         36.0
Doctorate Degrees awarded with a:       12.0 158.0
Single major
All       12.0 158.0
First Professional Degrees awarded with a:         56.0
Single major
All         56.0
Total Degrees awarded with a: 136.0 124.0 138.0 1,149.0 8,180.0
Single major
Double or triple major 5.5 5.5 5.0 26.5 44.0
All 141.5 129.5 143.0 1,175.5 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)
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Undergraduate   129.9 99.2 222.5 60.6 54.1
Graduate   3.3 2.1 3.5 3.1 7.7
Total   133.2 101.3 226.0 63.6 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
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Associates 0 0 0 0 0.6
Bachelors 22.1 15.2 35.1 9.7 14.2
Masters 3.4 1.4 3.5 1.1 4.5
Specialist 0 0 0 0 0.1
Doctorate 0 0 0 0.1 0.4
First Professional 0 0 0 0 0.1
Total 25.6 16.6 38.6 10.9 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)
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 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Undergraduate # Sections   19 46 53 160 766 886 484 2,092 2,361
Mean Rating   1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6
Graduate # Sections     4 2 8 63 84 202 565 712
Mean Rating     1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Total # Sections   19 50 55 168 829 970 686 2,657 3,073
Mean Rating   1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 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
Political Science

  Political Science 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   0.7 3.8 1.7 44.1 159.6
FTE   0.9 5.0 2.3 58.8 212.8
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years       0.5 5.1 19.6
FTE       0.7 6.9 26.1
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years         0.1 15.5
FTE         0.2 20.7
Other -- Person-Years         0.3 2.1
FTE         0.4 2.8
Total Person-Years   0.7 3.8 2.3 49.7 196.8
FTE   0.9 5.0 3.0 66.3 262.5
Sponsored Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   2.9 0.2   1.6 33.0
FTE   3.8 0.3   2.1 44.0
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years   0.1     0.2 4.7
FTE   0.1     0.3 6.3
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years         0.1 24.1
FTE         0.2 32.1
Other -- Person-Years         0.0 0.8
FTE         0.1 1.0
Total Person-Years   3.0 0.2   2.0 62.6
FTE   4.0 0.3   2.7 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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) # 2 3 1 27 49
2. Other peer-reviewed publications # 6 16 12 173 1,104
3. All other publications # 46 51 4 41 295
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences # 31 20 13 235 786
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions # 0 0 1 247 260
6. Grant Proposals Submitted # 0 0 12 80 720

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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) per faculty member   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
2. Other peer-review publications per faculty member   0.4 1.1 2.4 1.0 1.8
3. All other publications per faculty member   3.3 3.4 0.8 0.2 0.5
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences per faculty member   2.2 1.3 2.6 1.4 1.3
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.4
6. Grant proposals submitted per faculty member   0.0 0.0 2.4 0.5 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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees # 31 0 32 837 2,478
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees # 0 0 59 590 2,510
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications # 14 0 4 33 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
Political Science

  Political Science 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   2.2 0.0 6.4 5.0 4.0
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees per faculty member   0.0 0.0 11.8 3.5 4.1
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications per faculty member   1.0 0.0 0.8 0.2 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