2017-2018 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
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2017-2018
2017-2018
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Total Headcount   13 14 12 173 695
Total Person-Years   11.4 11.7 9.9 138.6 579.4
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   6.6 6.8 6.1 74.3 270.0
Total FTE   15.2 15.6 13.2 184.8 772.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   8.8 9.1 8.1 99.0 360.1
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Total Headcount   4 3 2 40 239
Total Person-Years   3.0 2.4 1.7 33.7 192.7
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   2.6 2.3 1.7 32.5 148.5
Total FTE   4.0 3.2 2.2 45.0 256.9
FTE Devoted to Instruction   3.5 3.1 2.2 43.4 197.9
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan Scholar/ Scientist/ Engineer, Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoc Assoc Total Headcount       1 26 159
Total Person-Years       0.8 21.8 131.6
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction       0.8 20.6 68.2
Total FTE       1.1 29.1 175.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction       1.1 27.5 90.9
Adjuncts -- Total Headcount   5 8 7 124 701
Total Person-Years   1.0 1.5 1.5 25.3 133.9
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.9 1.5 1.5 24.4 128.0
Total FTE   1.3 2.0 2.0 33.8 178.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.2 2.0 2.0 32.5 170.7
Graduate Assistants -- Total Headcount   15 12 18 230 1,254
Total Person-Years   3.1 3.5 4.2 72.6 389.5
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   3.0 3.5 3.8 65.6 247.0
Total FTE   4.2 4.7 5.6 96.8 519.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   3.9 4.7 5.0 87.4 329.4
Other -- Total Headcount   3 3 1 27 280
Total Person-Years   0.3 0.3 0.2 2.1 27.9
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.3 0.3 0.2 1.6 16.9
Total FTE   0.5 0.4 0.2 2.8 37.2
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.4 0.4 0.2 2.2 22.5
Total Total Headcount   40 40 41 620 3,328
Total Person-Years   18.9 19.4 18.2 294.2 1,454.9
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   13.4 14.5 13.9 219.0 878.6
Total FTE   25.2 25.9 24.3 392.2 1,939.9
FTE Devoted to Instruction   17.9 19.3 18.6 292.0 1,171.5

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
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2017-2018
2017-2018
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       3 44
Male 1 1 1 5 101
Total 1 1 1 8 145
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       9 38
Male       5 24
Total       14 62
Hispanic Female       17 39
Male 1     6 33
Total 1     23 72
White (Not of Hispanic Origin)   0        
Female 4 5 4 93 326
Male 11 11 10 99 409
Total 15 16 14 192 735
Total   0        
Female 4 5 4 122 447
Male 13 12 11 115 567
Total 17 17 15 237 1,014

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
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2017-2018
2017-2018
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         1
Male         1
Total         2
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       1 12
Male         14
Total       1 26
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       6 49
Male       3 34
Total       9 83
Hispanic Female 1 1 2 15 47
Male       10 33
Total 1 1 2 25 80
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 3 2 48 287
Male 3 4 3 41 223
Total 4 7 5 89 510
Total Female 2 4 4 70 396
Male 3 4 3 54 305
Total 5 8 7 124 701

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
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2017-2018
2017-2018
Course Level Type     108 117 115 1,944 5,462
Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered #
  # Enrolled 4,084 4,278 4,292 55,028 203,379
  Avg Section Enrollment 37.8 36.6 37.3 28.3 37.2
Sections Faculty-Taught # 97 93 92 1,405 3,682
% 89.8 79.5 80.0 72.3 67.4
Lab Sections Offered #       24 902
  # Enrolled       415 16,280
  Avg Section Enrollment       17.3 18.0
Sections Faculty-Taught #       20 468
%       83.3 51.9
Discussion Sections Offered #       119 322
  # Enrolled       2,837 8,205
  Avg Section Enrollment       23.8 25.5
Sections Faculty-Taught #       119 270
%       100.0 83.9
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 28 24 23 504 1,374
  # Enrolled 114 291 337 3,476 8,508
  Avg Section Enrollment 4.1 12.1 14.7 6.9 6.2
Sections Faculty-Taught # 26 20 17 333 1,058
% 92.9 83.3 73.9 66.1 77.0
Graduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered # 9 10 10 195 1,840
  # Enrolled 108 140 128 1,320 23,939
  Avg Section Enrollment 12.0 14.0 12.8 6.8 13.0
Sections Faculty-Taught # 9 10 10 193 1,485
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.0 80.7
Lab Sections Offered #       1 80
  # Enrolled       8 577
  Avg Section Enrollment       8.0 7.2
Sections Faculty-Taught #       1 52
%       100.0 65.0
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 5 3 8 347 1,964
  # Enrolled 7 4 10 481 3,936
  Avg Section Enrollment 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 2.0
Sections Faculty-Taught # 5 3 8 339 1,865
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.7 95.0

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
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
Professional         250
Bachelors 514 513 509 4,293 28,345
Masters/Specialist 27 31 30 345 4,785
Doctoral       49 999
Unclassified       1 3,073
Total 541 544 539 4,688 37,452

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
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
Professional Asian or Pacific Islander Female         16
Male         22
Total         38
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         12
Male         8
Total         20
Hispanic Female         15
Male         13
Total         28
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         67
Male         86
Total         153
Not Reported Female         2
Male         9
Total         11
Total Female         112
Male         138
Total         250
Undergraduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female 3 1 1 16 102
Male     1 10 85
Total 3 1 2 26 187
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 9 13 16 126 896
Male 6 9 5 50 725
Total 15 22 21 176 1,621
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 50 55 59 519 3,884
Male 43 45 50 352 2,427
Total 93 100 109 871 6,311
Hispanic Female 76 76 79 777 4,458
Male 76 70 66 454 3,191
Total 152 146 145 1,231 7,649
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 94 83 77 1,064 6,037
Male 142 148 139 805 5,398
Total 236 231 216 1,869 11,435
Non-Resident Alien Female 5 4 6 54 417
Male 6 8 5 27 492
Total 11 12 11 81 909
Not Reported Female 2 0 2 21 129
Male 2 1 3 18 104
Total 4 1 5 39 233
Total Female 239 232 240 2,577 15,923
Male 275 281 269 1,716 12,422
Total 514 513 509 4,293 28,345
Graduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       1 13
Male         8
Total       1 21
Asian or Pacific Islander Female   1 2 11 198
Male   1 1 4 126
Total   2 3 15 324
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female   1 2 24 688
Male 3 3 2 19 288
Total 3 4 4 43 976
Hispanic Female 1 2 5 47 658
Male 3 4 6 32 411
Total 4 6 11 79 1,069
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 7 7 6 130 1,648
Male 8 10 6 91 1,188
Total 15 17 12 221 2,836
Non-Resident Alien Female 4 1   24 239
Male 1 1   11 319
Total 5 2   35 558
Total Female 12 12 15 237 3,444
Male 15 19 15 157 2,340
Total 27 31 30 394 5,784
Unclassified American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         5
Male         1
Total         6
Asian or Pacific Islander Female         178
Male         115
Not Reported         1
Total         294
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         288
Male         144
Total         432
Hispanic Female       1 384
Male         253
Total       1 637
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         847
Male         666
Total         1,513
Non-Resident Alien Female         85
Male         81
Total         166
Not Reported Female         10
Male         15
Total         25
Total Female       1 1,797
Male         1,275
Not Reported         1
Total       1 3,073

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
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
Undergraduate Total   302.3 319.4 432.8 5,525.8 21,144.0
             
Graduate Total   10.8 13.4 17.3 221.8 2,526.4
Grad I   10.7 13.4 17.1 197.7 1,969.6
Grad II   0.1   0.1 24.1 556.8
             
Classroom   10.8 13.4 17.3 201.7 2,343.6
Thesis-Dissertation         20.1 182.8
             
Grand Total   313.1 332.8 450.1 5,747.6 23,670.4

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 of Arts
& Letters		 University Total
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
Course Level FTE produced by students who are: 10.3 12.6 20.1 319.9 1,024.9
Lower Division Undergraduate Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 13.4 14.1 17.0 571.3 2,516.5
Majors outside the college 90.7 105.2 145.2 2,564.0 5,684.0
Total 114.5 131.9 182.3 3,455.2 9,225.4
Upper Division Undergraduate FTE produced by students who are: 126.7 121.5 162.6 1,222.0 7,113.8
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 25.6 33.3 43.0 383.9 3,207.5
Majors outside the college 35.6 32.7 44.9 464.6 1,597.3
Total 187.9 187.5 250.5 2,070.6 11,918.6
Graduate FTE produced by students who are: 9.9 12.5 16.3 203.8 2,078.8
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 0.4 0.3 0.4 9.1 259.1
Majors outside the college 0.5 0.7 0.6 8.9 188.5
Total 10.8 13.4 17.3 221.8 2,526.4
Total FTE produced by students who are: 147.0 146.6 199.0 1,745.7 10,217.4
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 39.4 47.7 60.4 964.3 5,983.1
Majors outside the college 126.7 138.5 190.7 3,037.5 7,469.8
Total 313.1 332.8 450.0 5,747.6 23,670.4

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
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
  Degrees awarded with a:         229.0
Associates Single major
All         229.0
Bachelors Degrees awarded with a: 112.0 112.0 118.0 1,057.0 5,734.0
Single major
Double or triple major 9.0 6.5 6.0 26.0 88.0
All 121.0 118.5 124.0 1,083.0 5,822.0
Masters Degrees awarded with a: 10.0 9.0 12.0 95.0 1,574.0
Single major
All 10.0 9.0 12.0 95.0 1,574.0
Specialist Degrees awarded with a:         12.0
Single major
All         12.0
Doctorate Degrees awarded with a:       4.0 140.0
Single major
All       4.0 140.0
First Professional Degrees awarded with a:         64.0
Single major
All         64.0
Total Degrees awarded with a: 122.0 121.0 130.0 1,156.0 7,753.0
Single major
Double or triple major 9.0 6.5 6.0 26.0 88.0
All 131.0 127.5 136.0 1,182.0 7,841.0

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
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
Undergraduate   32.8 35.0 56.1 51.7 50.5
Graduate   1.2 1.5 2.2 2.1 6.0
Total   33.9 36.4 58.3 53.8 56.6

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
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
Associates 0 0 0 0 0.5
Bachelors 13.1 13.0 16.1 10.1 13.9
Masters 1.1 1.0 1.6 0.9 3.8
Specialist 0 0 0 0 0.0
Doctorate 0 0 0 0.0 0.3
First Professional 0 0 0 0 0.2
Total 14.2 14.0 17.6 11.1 18.7

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 2017 Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Summer 2017 Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Summer 2017 Fall 2017 Spring 2018
Undergraduate # Sections   15 41 39 208 880 766 957 2,775 2,411
Mean Rating   1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6
Graduate # Sections   1 5 4 7 71 53 230 564 560
Mean Rating   1.3 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6
Total # Sections   16 46 43 215 951 819 1,187 3,339 2,971
Mean Rating   1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6

Source: Student Perception of Teaching Results, Summer 2017 to Spring 2018


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
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2017-2018
2017-2018
Departmental Research . -- Person-Years         0.1 4.2
FTE         0.1 5.7
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   2.5 3.0 2.3 38.3 151.2
FTE   3.3 4.0 3.0 51.1 201.6
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years         0.2 3.6
FTE         0.3 4.8
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years           4.8
FTE           6.4
Total Person-Years   2.5 3.0 2.3 38.6 163.8
FTE   3.3 4.0 3.0 51.4 218.4
Sponsored Research . -- Person-Years         0.1 6.9
FTE         0.1 9.2
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1 23.4
FTE   0.1 0.1 0.0 1.5 31.2
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years         0.0 6.1
FTE         0.0 8.1
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years           27.3
FTE           36.4
Total Person-Years   0.1 0.1 0.0 1.2 63.7
FTE   0.1 0.1 0.0 1.6 84.9

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
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) # 0 2 3 10 82
2. Other peer-reviewed publications # 11 13 14 117 1,308
3. All other publications # 6 9 15 133 585
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences # 25 28 29 208 1,545
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions # 0 0 0 234 289
6. Grant Proposals Submitted # 0 0 1 7 272

Sources: College Dean's Office and Division of Research (Grant Proposals Submitted)
 
Note: Grant Proposals Submitted includes proposals administered by the Division of Research only. This number does not include funding proposals administered by the FAU Foundation
University Total Grant Proposals Submitted excludes proposals submitted by units outside the University's Colleges (e.g., IRM, Library).


D 1-9 Efficiency Data
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) per faculty member   0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1
2. Other peer-review publications per faculty member   0.8 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.9
3. All other publications per faculty member   0.5 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.8
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences per faculty member   1.9 2.0 2.4 1.2 2.2
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.4
6. Grant proposals submitted per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4

Scholarly output(Section II, C 1-9) per tenured and tenure earning faculty member (Section I B 1)


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

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees # 32 28 9 363 2,508
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees # 7 6 4 131 1,060
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications # 8 15 16 71 499

Source: College Dean's Offices


C 1-3 Efficiency Data
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
 University Total
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2017-2018 2017-2018
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees per faculty member   2.5 2.0 0.8 2.1 3.6
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees per faculty member   0.5 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.5
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications per faculty member   0.6 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.7

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)

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