2023-2024 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
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Total Headcount   14 9 11 83 614
Total Person-Years   11.3 8.9 11.8 81.7 562.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   4.1 4.1 5.6 38.8 241.3
Total FTE   15.0 11.9 15.8 108.9 749.7
FTE Devoted to Instruction   5.5 5.5 7.5 51.8 321.8
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Total Headcount     1 2 37 297
Total Person-Years     1.2 1.0 33.6 247.0
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction     0.7 0.8 24.6 172.0
Total FTE     1.5 1.3 44.8 329.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction     0.9 1.1 32.8 229.3
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan Scholar/ Scientist/ Engineer, Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoc Assoc Total Headcount   2 2 2 27 182
Total Person-Years   1.9 2.1 2.3 26.2 171.5
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.5 1.6 2.0 22.2 104.1
Total FTE   2.5 2.8 3.1 35.0 228.6
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.9 2.2 2.7 29.5 138.8
Adjuncts -- Total Headcount   1 3 2 110 545
Total Person-Years   0.5 0.8 0.4 25.2 113.7
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.5 0.8 0.4 25.2 113.5
Total FTE   0.7 1.0 0.6 33.6 151.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.7 1.0 0.6 33.6 151.4
Graduate Assistants -- Total Headcount   3 6 6 79 1,240
Total Person-Years   1.1 1.4 0.9 26.3 439.1
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.0 1.4 0.9 26.0 332.4
Total FTE   1.5 1.8 1.3 35.1 585.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.0 1.8 1.3 34.7 443.2
Other -- Total Headcount         22 255
Total Person-Years         1.5 72.9
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction         1.5 25.3
Total FTE         2.0 97.1
FTE Devoted to Instruction         2.0 33.7
Total Total Headcount   20 21 23 358 3,133
Total Person-Years   14.8 14.3 16.5 194.5 1,606.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   6.1 8.6 9.9 138.3 988.6
Total FTE   19.7 19.1 22.0 259.4 2,141.8
FTE Devoted to Instruction   8.2 11.5 13.2 184.4 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
Economics

Instructional Faculty (Tenured, tenure-earning, & non-tenure-earning) Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       1 7
Male         1
Total       1 8
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 3 2 2 9 42
Male 4 4 4 19 97
Total 7 6 6 28 139
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       5 64
Male     1 5 24
Total     1 10 88
Hispanic Female 1 1 1 2 28
Male 1   1 3 14
Total 2 1 2 5 42
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       37 346
Male 6 5 6 60 389
Total 6 5 6 97 735
Non-Resident Alien Female       1 11
Male       1 16
Total       2 27
Total Female 4 3 3 55 498
Male 11 9 12 88 541
Total 15 12 15 143 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
Economics

Adjuncts Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         3
Male         1
Total         4
Asian or Pacific Islander Female         19
Male   1   1 12
Total   1   1 31
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       6 64
Male       9 36
Total       15 100
Hispanic Female       1 4
Male       2 6
Total       3 10
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       21 195
Male 1 2 2 70 201
Total 1 2 2 91 396
Non-Resident Alien Female         1
Male         3
Total         4
Total Female       28 286
Male 1 3 2 82 259
Total 1 3 2 110 545

Source: Instruction and Research File


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

  Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2023-2024
2023-2024
Course Level Type     71 85 85 916 4,990
Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered #
  # Enrolled 6,138 5,956 7,117 48,098 215,486
  Avg Section Enrollment 86.5 70.1 83.7 52.5 43.2
Sections Faculty-Taught # 67 76 79 721 4,017
% 94.4 89.4 92.9 78.7 80.5
Lab Sections Offered #       8 865
  # Enrolled       287 17,115
  Avg Section Enrollment       35.9 19.8
Sections Faculty-Taught #       0 457
%       0.0 52.8
Discussion Sections Offered #         189
  # Enrolled         4,705
  Avg Section Enrollment         24.9
Sections Faculty-Taught #         159
%         84.1
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 3 4 7 31 1,388
  # Enrolled 16 22 44 262 9,434
  Avg Section Enrollment 5.3 5.5 6.3 8.5 6.8
Sections Faculty-Taught # 3 4 7 31 1,031
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 74.3
Graduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered # 19 14 24 939 2,193
  # Enrolled 299 198 300 12,418 32,561
  Avg Section Enrollment 15.7 14.1 12.5 13.2 14.8
Sections Faculty-Taught # 19 14 24 639 1,725
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 68.1 78.7
Lab Sections Offered #         67
  # Enrolled         442
  Avg Section Enrollment         6.6
Sections Faculty-Taught #         42
%         62.7
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 13 11 8 117 1,838
  # Enrolled 20 11 8 207 5,604
  Avg Section Enrollment 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.8 3.0
Sections Faculty-Taught # 13 11 8 117 1,751
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 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)
Economics (Program CIP: 450601)

  Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Professional         274
Bachelors 140 138 103 8,260 27,482
Masters/Specialist 28 30 27 2,405 6,142
Doctoral       104 1,184
Unclassified       4 2,664
Total 168 168 130 10,773 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
Economics (Program CIP: 450601)

  Economics 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       11 47
Male       20 51
Total       31 98
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 3 3 0 186 775
Male 7 4 3 211 704
Total 10 7 3 397 1,479
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 3 6 3 674 3,506
Male 15 16 10 673 2,197
Total 18 22 13 1,347 5,703
Hispanic           1
Female 14 18 16 1,076 4,634
Male 33 36 28 1,169 3,387
Total 47 54 44 2,245 8,022
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 13 10 7 1,692 6,118
Male 34 35 25 2,156 4,955
Total 47 45 32 3,848 11,073
Non-Resident Alien Female 7 4 5 136 427
Male 10 5 3 154 344
Total 17 9 8 290 771
Not Reported Female     1 39 163
Male 1 1 2 63 173
Total 1 1 3 102 336
Total           1
Female 40 41 32 3,814 15,670
Male 100 97 71 4,446 11,811
Total 140 138 103 8,260 27,482
Graduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       4 11
Male       11 18
Total       15 29
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 1 2 2 86 199
Male 1     57 136
Total 2 2 2 143 335
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       324 944
Male 1 6 4 209 398
Total 1 6 4 533 1,342
Hispanic Female 2 2 1 349 873
Male 5 7 7 306 545
Total 7 9 8 655 1,418
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 3 3 448 1,500
Male 9 8 8 522 1,017
Total 10 11 11 970 2,517
Non-Resident Alien Female 5 2   97 637
Male 3 0 2 94 1,022
Total 8 2 2 191 1,659
Not Reported Female       2 16
Male         10
Total       2 26
Total Female 9 9 6 1,310 4,180
Male 19 21 21 1,199 3,146
Total 28 30 27 2,509 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       3 575
Male       1 459
Total       4 1,034
Non-Resident Alien Female         48
Male         51
Total         99
Not Reported           4
Female         20
Male         26
Total         50
Total           5
Female       3 1,600
Male       1 1,059
Total       4 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
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Undergraduate Total   602.0 588.3 704.4 4,764.4 22,362.8
             
Graduate Total   21.5 19.3 19.1 375.2 3,181.7
Grad I   19.3 18.1 17.4 351.8 2,602.6
Grad II   2.3 1.3 1.6 23.4 579.0
             
Classroom   21.5 19.3 19.1 369.1 3,029.1
Thesis-Dissertation   0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 152.6
             
Grand Total   623.5 607.6 723.4 5,139.6 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
Economics

  Courses offered by:
Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Course Level FTE produced by students who are: 0.1     4.3 1,112.2
Lower Division Undergraduate Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 268.4 267.1 368.0 1,000.3 3,345.3
Majors outside the college 74.1 77.8 74.6 193.9 6,420.5
Total 342.6 344.9 442.6 1,198.5 10,877.9
Upper Division Undergraduate FTE produced by students who are: 41.1 41.0 33.1 1,258.6 6,476.2
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 209.2 194.4 219.5 1,945.1 3,351.1
Majors outside the college 9.1 8.0 9.2 362.2 1,657.6
Total 259.4 243.4 261.8 3,565.9 11,484.9
Graduate FTE produced by students who are: 13.0 14.8 11.3 135.2 2,621.4
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 6.8 4.2 7.8 133.7 341.8
Majors outside the college 1.7 0.4 0.0 106.3 218.5
Total 21.5 19.3 19.1 375.2 3,181.7
Total FTE produced by students who are: 54.2 55.7 44.4 1,398.1 10,209.8
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 484.4 465.7 595.3 3,079.1 7,038.1
Majors outside the college 84.9 86.2 83.8 662.3 8,296.6
Total 623.5 607.6 723.4 5,139.6 25,544.5

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


C 3 Degrees Awarded
Economics (Program CIP: 450601)

  Economics 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: 44.0 49.0 50.0 1,656.0 5,822.0
Single major
Double or triple major 0.5 1.0 0.5 7.0 44.0
All 44.5 50.0 50.5 1,663.0 5,866.0
Masters Degrees awarded with a: 9.0 15.0 12.0 766.0 1,859.0
Single major
All 9.0 15.0 12.0 766.0 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: 53.0 64.0 62.0 2,434.0 8,180.0
Single major
Double or triple major 0.5 1.0 0.5 7.0 44.0
All 53.5 65.0 62.5 2,441.0 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)
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Undergraduate   145.1 122.1 108.9 75.1 54.1
Graduate   5.2 4.0 2.9 5.9 7.7
Total   150.3 126.1 111.8 81.0 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
Economics (Program CIP: 450601)

  Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
Associates 0 0 0 0 0.6
Bachelors 10.7 10.4 7.8 26.2 14.2
Masters 2.2 3.1 1.9 12.1 4.5
Specialist 0 0 0 0 0.1
Doctorate 0 0 0 0.2 0.4
First Professional 0 0 0 0 0.1
Total 12.9 13.5 9.7 38.5 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)
Economics

Scale: 1=Excellent 5=Poor 6. Rate your instructor"s overall teaching effectiveness in this course
Economics College Total University Total
Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Undergraduate # Sections   8 21 23 84 297 324 484 2,092 2,361
Mean Rating   1.7 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Graduate # Sections   1 8 8 121 233 286 202 565 712
Mean Rating   1.0 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Total # Sections   9 29 31 205 530 610 686 2,657 3,073
Mean Rating   1.6 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6 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
Economics

  Economics 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   3.8 3.1 3.2 26.4 159.6
FTE   5.0 4.2 4.2 35.2 212.8
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years     0.3 0.0 2.4 19.6
FTE     0.4 0.0 3.2 26.1
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years           15.5
FTE           20.7
Other -- Person-Years   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 2.1
FTE   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 2.8
Total Person-Years   3.9 3.6 3.3 29.2 196.8
FTE   5.2 4.7 4.4 39.0 262.5
Sponsored Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 33.0
FTE   0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 44.0
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years         0.1 4.7
FTE         0.2 6.3
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years           24.1
FTE           32.1
Other -- Person-Years   0.1     0.2 0.8
FTE   0.1     0.2 1.0
Total Person-Years   0.2 0.1 0.0 0.5 62.6
FTE   0.3 0.1 0.0 0.7 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
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) # 4 1 0 3 49
2. Other peer-reviewed publications # 24 26 27 133 1,104
3. All other publications # 4 0 0 22 295
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences # 10 12 4 24 786
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions # 0 0 0 0 260
6. Grant Proposals Submitted # 0 0 3 16 720

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
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) per faculty member   0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
2. Other peer-review publications per faculty member   1.7 2.9 2.5 1.6 1.8
3. All other publications per faculty member   0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences per faculty member   0.7 1.3 0.4 0.3 1.3
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
6. Grant proposals submitted per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 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
Economics

  Economics College Total University Total
2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2023-2024 2023-2024
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees # 19 35 28 350 2,478
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees # 18 20 33 370 2,510
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications # 11 12 0 1 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
Economics

  Economics 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   1.4 3.9 2.5 4.2 4.0
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees per faculty member   1.3 2.2 3.0 4.5 4.1
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications per faculty member   0.8 1.3 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