2021-2022 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
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Total Headcount   11 11 12 126 681
Total Person-Years   8.9 9.3 10.5 104.4 569.5
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   3.1 3.0 3.3 40.1 239.4
Total FTE   11.9 12.4 14.0 139.2 759.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   4.1 3.9 4.3 53.5 319.3
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Total Headcount   2 2 2 21 213
Total Person-Years   1.5 1.6 1.6 16.6 170.6
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.5 1.6 1.4 13.5 105.9
Total FTE   2.0 2.1 2.1 22.1 227.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   2.0 2.1 1.9 18.0 141.1
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan Scholar/ Scientist/ Engineer, Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoc Assoc Total Headcount   7 7 4 38 170
Total Person-Years   5.0 6.2 3.3 32.5 149.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   4.0 3.2 2.7 22.0 82.7
Total FTE   6.7 8.3 4.4 43.3 199.1
FTE Devoted to Instruction   5.3 4.2 3.6 29.4 110.3
Adjuncts -- Total Headcount   7 8 5 60 562
Total Person-Years   1.1 0.8 0.4 10.7 96.1
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.1 0.8 0.4 10.0 92.0
Total FTE   1.5 1.0 0.6 14.2 128.1
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.5 1.0 0.5 13.3 122.6
Graduate Assistants -- Total Headcount   36 30 31 421 1,176
Total Person-Years   13.8 12.9 14.4 158.6 396.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   12.3 11.1 12.0 120.9 231.8
Total FTE   18.4 17.1 19.2 211.5 528.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   16.4 14.8 16.0 161.3 309.0
Other -- Total Headcount   2 1 4 51 270
Total Person-Years   0.2 0.3 1.0 14.3 58.7
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.2 0.3 0.2 5.0 14.4
Total FTE   0.3 0.4 1.3 19.1 78.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.3 0.4 0.3 6.7 19.1
Total Total Headcount   65 59 58 717 3,072
Total Person-Years   30.5 30.9 31.2 337.0 1,440.5
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   22.1 19.8 20.0 211.6 766.1
Total FTE   40.7 41.2 41.6 449.3 1,920.6
FTE Devoted to Instruction   29.5 26.4 26.7 282.2 1,021.5

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
Physics

Instructional Faculty (Tenured, tenure-earning, & non-tenure-earning) Physics College Total University Total
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022
American Indian/Alaskan Native Male         1
Total         1
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 1 1 1 11 39
Male 6 6 4 21 100
Total 7 7 5 32 139
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       1 51
Male       4 25
Total       5 76
Hispanic Female       7 49
Male       2 37
Total       9 86
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 3 3 3 37 303
Male 9 9 10 93 371
Total 12 12 13 130 674
Total Female 4 4 4 56 442
Male 15 15 14 120 534
Total 19 19 18 176 976

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
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022
American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         2
Total         2
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       3 12
Male 1 1 1 4 14
Total 1 1 1 7 26
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       2 64
Male       5 33
Total       7 97
Hispanic Female       11 43
Male       1 36
Total       12 79
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 1 1 17 197
Male 5 6 3 17 161
Total 6 7 4 34 358
Total Female 1 1 1 33 318
Male 6 7 4 27 244
Total 7 8 5 60 562

Source: Instruction and Research File


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

  Physics College Total University Total
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022
Course Level Type     49 49 46 858 4,642
Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered #
  # Enrolled 4,433 4,326 3,676 61,216 207,593
  Avg Section Enrollment 90.5 88.3 79.9 71.3 44.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 40 41 42 634 3,548
% 81.6 83.7 91.3 73.9 76.4
Lab Sections Offered # 156 140 141 687 862
  # Enrolled 2,372 2,370 1,906 13,658 16,988
  Avg Section Enrollment 15.2 16.9 13.5 19.9 19.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 156 140 141 257 351
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 37.4 40.7
Discussion Sections Offered #       27 178
  # Enrolled       678 4,681
  Avg Section Enrollment       25.1 26.3
Sections Faculty-Taught #       23 122
%       85.2 68.5
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 8 3 2 333 1,483
  # Enrolled 28 10 6 1,726 9,309
  Avg Section Enrollment 3.5 3.3 3.0 5.2 6.3
Sections Faculty-Taught # 8 3 2 281 1,082
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 84.4 73.0
Graduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered # 27 25 18 179 1,772
  # Enrolled 113 115 102 1,745 26,107
  Avg Section Enrollment 4.2 4.6 5.7 9.7 14.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 21 22 16 170 1,398
% 77.8 88.0 88.9 95.0 78.9
Lab Sections Offered #       8 71
  # Enrolled       40 500
  Avg Section Enrollment       5.0 7.0
Sections Faculty-Taught #       7 36
%       87.5 50.7
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 43 39 42 767 2,056
  # Enrolled 94 87 88 1,086 7,569
  Avg Section Enrollment 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.4 3.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 43 39 42 722 1,965
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 94.1 95.6

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
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Professional         261
Bachelors 56 49 36 7,480 27,954
Masters/Specialist 2 1 2 323 4,970
Doctoral 33 32 35 310 1,154
Unclassified       3 2,364
Total 91 82 73 8,116 36,703

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
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Professional American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         1
Male         2
Total         3
Asian or Pacific Islander Female         31
Male         36
Total         67
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         12
Male         6
Total         18
Hispanic Female         19
Male         9
Total         28
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         67
Male         60
Total         127
Not Reported Female         11
Male         7
Total         18
Total Female         141
Male         120
Total         261
Undergraduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       24 69
Male       5 60
Total       29 129
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 1 1   328 894
Male 2 2 2 140 683
Total 3 3 2 468 1,577
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 4 4 1 1,456 4,087
Male 4 5 3 512 2,371
Total 8 9 4 1,968 6,458
Hispanic Female 4 2 3 1,638 4,760
Male 11 7 8 615 3,279
Total 15 9 11 2,253 8,039
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 6 7 4 1,735 5,885
Male 22 19 15 737 4,707
Total 28 26 19 2,472 10,592
Non-Resident Alien Female       151 461
Male 2 2 0 67 443
Total 2 2 0 218 904
Not Reported Female       53 141
Male   0   19 114
Total   0   72 255
Total Female 15 14 8 5,385 16,297
Male 41 35 28 2,095 11,657
Total 56 49 36 7,480 27,954
Graduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       2 11
Male       1 8
Total       3 19
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       14 181
Male       14 132
Total       28 313
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       29 904
Male     1 28 344
Total     1 57 1,248
Hispanic Female 2 2 4 56 842
Male 1 1 1 42 514
Total 3 3 5 98 1,356
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female   1 1 178 1,498
Male 8 7 7 150 1,035
Total 8 8 8 328 2,533
Non-Resident Alien Female 9 9 8 51 335
Male 15 13 15 67 316
Total 24 22 23 118 651
Not Reported Female         2
Male       1 2
Total       1 4
Total Female 11 12 13 330 3,773
Male 24 21 24 303 2,351
Total 35 33 37 633 6,124
Unclassified American Indian/Alaskan Native Female         5
Male         0
Total         5
Asian or Pacific Islander Female         168
Male         97
Total         265
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         274
Male         135
Total         409
Hispanic Female         331
Male       1 223
Total       1 554
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female         514
Male       2 429
Total       2 943
Non-Resident Alien Female         76
Male         67
Total         143
Not Reported Female         25
Male         20
Total         45
Total Female         1,393
Male       3 971
Total       3 2,364

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
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Undergraduate Total   594.5 587.3 494.6 6,606.0 21,263.8
             
Graduate Total   22.0 21.5 20.1 310.2 2,554.5
Grad I   7.6 6.0 6.2 163.1 2,001.8
Grad II   14.4 15.4 13.9 147.1 552.7
             
Classroom   15.2 14.5 13.0 249.5 2,392.1
Thesis-Dissertation   6.8 7.0 7.1 60.7 162.4
             
Grand Total   616.6 608.7 514.7 6,916.2 23,818.3

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
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Course Level FTE produced by students who are: 3.6 3.9 3.8 266.9 985.8
Lower Division Undergraduate Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 274.1 294.3 263.6 1,603.2 3,107.0
Majors outside the college 296.8 274.9 217.8 2,276.0 5,553.6
Total 574.4 573.1 485.2 4,146.1 9,646.3
Upper Division Undergraduate FTE produced by students who are: 15.3 9.2 7.4 1,600.9 6,565.1
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 2.3 1.4 0.5 557.9 3,328.8
Majors outside the college 2.5 3.6 1.5 301.1 1,723.6
Total 20.1 14.2 9.4 2,459.9 11,617.5
Graduate FTE produced by students who are: 21.0 19.0 19.8 258.7 2,093.0
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college   1.3   32.8 319.1
Majors outside the college 1.0 1.2 0.3 18.8 142.3
Total 22.0 21.5 20.1 310.2 2,554.5
Total FTE produced by students who are: 39.9 32.2 31.0 2,126.5 9,643.9
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 276.3 296.9 264.1 2,193.8 6,755.0
Majors outside the college 300.3 279.6 219.5 2,595.9 7,419.4
Total 616.6 608.7 514.7 6,916.2 23,818.3

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


C 3 Degrees Awarded
Physics (Program CIP: 400801)

  Physics College Total University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
  Degrees awarded with a:         268.0
Associates Single major
All         268.0
Bachelors Degrees awarded with a: 9.0 8.0 8.0 1,488.0 5,990.0
Single major
Double or triple major   1.0   7.5 58.0
All 9.0 9.0 8.0 1,495.5 6,048.0
Masters Degrees awarded with a: 1.0 1.0 4.0 132.0 1,696.0
Single major
All 1.0 1.0 4.0 132.0 1,696.0
Specialist Degrees awarded with a:         26.0
Single major
All         26.0
Doctorate Degrees awarded with a: 3.0 1.0 4.0 31.0 135.0
Single major
All 3.0 1.0 4.0 31.0 135.0
First Professional Degrees awarded with a:         64.0
Single major
All         64.0
Total Degrees awarded with a: 13.0 10.0 16.0 1,651.0 8,179.0
Single major
Double or triple major   1.0   7.5 58.0
All 13.0 11.0 16.0 1,658.5 8,237.0

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
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Undergraduate   130.2 130.3 105.8 123.2 61.6
Graduate   4.8 4.8 4.3 5.8 7.4
Total   135.0 135.0 110.1 128.9 69.0

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
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Associates 0 0 0 0 0.8
Bachelors 2.0 2.0 1.7 27.9 17.5
Masters 0.2 0.2 0.9 2.5 4.9
Specialist 0 0 0 0 0.1
Doctorate 0.7 0.2 0.9 0.6 0.4
First Professional 0 0 0 0 0.2
Total 2.8 2.4 3.4 30.9 23.9

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 2021 Spring 2022 Summer 2021 Spring 2022 Summer 2021 Spring 2022
Undergraduate # Sections   10 28 219 535 823 1,946
Mean Rating   2.0 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.6
Graduate # Sections     1 6 29 271 465
Mean Rating     2.6 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.5
Total # Sections   10 29 225 564 1,094 2,411
Mean Rating   2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.6

Source: Student Perception of Teaching Results, Summer 2021 and Spring 2021


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
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022
Departmental Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   3.1 3.0 4.1 36.0 159.0
FTE   4.1 4.0 5.4 48.0 212.0
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years       0.1 0.2 5.8
FTE       0.1 0.3 7.7
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years   0.5 0.9 0.4 2.0 15.9
FTE   0.6 1.2 0.5 2.6 21.2
Other -- Person-Years         0.7 1.2
FTE         0.9 1.6
Total Person-Years   3.6 3.8 4.5 38.9 181.8
FTE   4.7 5.1 6.0 51.9 242.5
Sponsored Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   0.4 0.6 1.1 7.9 38.4
FTE   0.5 0.8 1.5 10.6 51.1
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years           6.1
FTE           8.1
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years   0.3 1.5   2.7 25.2
FTE   0.4 2.0   3.6 33.5
Other -- Person-Years         0.1 1.4
FTE         0.2 1.9
Total Person-Years   0.6 2.1 1.1 10.8 71.0
FTE   0.9 2.8 1.5 14.4 94.7

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
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) # 0 0 0 12 74
2. Other peer-reviewed publications # 0 0 38 291 1,093
3. All other publications # 0 0 2 22 343
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences # 0 0 41 291 1,169
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions # 0 0 0 6 233
6. Grant Proposals Submitted # 4 14 9 115 436

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
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
Physics

  Physics College Total University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
2. Other peer-review publications per faculty member   0.0 0.0 3.2 2.3 1.6
3. All other publications per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.5
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences per faculty member   0.0 0.0 3.4 2.3 1.7
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
6. Grant proposals submitted per faculty member   0.4 1.3 0.8 0.9 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
Physics

  Physics College Total University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees #     18 293 2,120
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees #     11 126 1,014
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications #     12 83 596

Source: College Dean's Offices
 
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
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees per faculty member       1.5 2.3 3.1
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees per faculty member       0.9 1.0 1.5
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications per faculty member       1.0 0.7 0.9

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

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