2021-2022 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
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022
Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Total Headcount   14 13 14 193 681
Total Person-Years   12.2 10.3 11.6 150.0 569.5
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   7.9 6.4 4.7 73.3 239.4
Total FTE   16.2 13.7 15.5 199.9 759.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   10.6 8.6 6.3 97.8 319.3
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Total Headcount   1 1 1 25 213
Total Person-Years   0.7 0.8 0.9 20.0 170.6
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.7 0.8 0.8 17.6 105.9
Total FTE   1.0 1.0 1.2 26.7 227.5
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.0 1.0 1.1 23.4 141.1
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan Scholar/ Scientist/ Engineer, Research Assoc, Assoc In, Asst In, Postdoc Assoc Total Headcount   2 2 2 39 170
Total Person-Years   1.8 1.8 1.7 32.6 149.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.8 1.8 1.6 30.7 82.7
Total FTE   2.4 2.4 2.3 43.4 199.1
FTE Devoted to Instruction   2.4 2.4 2.2 40.9 110.3
Adjuncts -- Total Headcount   8 8 9 138 562
Total Person-Years   1.3 1.2 2.4 24.9 96.1
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   1.3 1.2 2.4 24.7 92.0
Total FTE   1.7 1.6 3.2 33.1 128.1
FTE Devoted to Instruction   1.7 1.6 3.2 32.9 122.6
Graduate Assistants -- Total Headcount   16 17 15 278 1,176
Total Person-Years   4.6 4.3 4.6 91.5 396.3
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   4.1 4.1 4.3 73.3 231.8
Total FTE   6.1 5.8 6.1 122.0 528.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   5.5 5.4 5.7 97.8 309.0
Other -- Total Headcount   2 1 2 36 270
Total Person-Years   0.0 0.3 0.3 2.3 58.7
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   0.0 0.3 0.3 1.7 14.4
Total FTE   0.1 0.5 0.4 3.1 78.3
FTE Devoted to Instruction   0.1 0.5 0.4 2.2 19.1
Total Total Headcount   43 42 43 709 3,072
Total Person-Years   20.6 18.8 21.5 321.2 1,440.5
Person-Years Devoted To Instruction   16.0 14.6 14.1 221.2 766.1
Total FTE   27.5 25.0 28.7 428.3 1,920.6
FTE Devoted to Instruction   21.3 19.4 18.8 295.0 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
Political Science

Instructional Faculty (Tenured, tenure-earning, & non-tenure-earning) Political Science College Total
University Total
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022
American Indian/Alaskan Native Male       1 1
Total       1 1
Asian or Pacific Islander Female       1 39
Male 1 1 1 7 100
Total 1 1 1 8 139
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       10 51
Male       6 25
Total       16 76
Hispanic Female       19 49
Male       10 37
Total       29 86
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 4 4 4 92 303
Male 12 11 12 100 371
Total 16 15 16 192 674
Total Female 4 4 4 122 442
Male 13 12 13 124 534
Total 17 16 17 246 976

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
Political Science

Adjuncts Political Science 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 14
Total       4 26
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       4 64
Male       4 33
Total       8 97
Hispanic Female 2 2 2 11 43
Male     1 13 36
Total 2 2 3 24 79
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 1 1 1 55 197
Male 5 5 5 47 161
Total 6 6 6 102 358
Total Female 3 3 3 73 318
Male 5 5 6 65 244
Total 8 8 9 138 562

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
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2021-2022
2021-2022
Course Level Type     140 131 132 1,778 4,642
Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered #
  # Enrolled 5,830 6,650 6,742 59,839 207,593
  Avg Section Enrollment 41.6 50.8 51.1 33.7 44.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 108 102 90 1,371 3,548
% 77.1 77.9 68.2 77.1 76.4
Lab Sections Offered #       32 862
  # Enrolled       592 16,988
  Avg Section Enrollment       18.5 19.7
Sections Faculty-Taught #       21 351
%       65.6 40.7
Discussion Sections Offered #       118 178
  # Enrolled       3,221 4,681
  Avg Section Enrollment       27.3 26.3
Sections Faculty-Taught #       70 122
%       59.3 68.5
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 39 38 49 537 1,483
  # Enrolled 834 625 760 4,213 9,309
  Avg Section Enrollment 21.4 16.4 15.5 7.8 6.3
Sections Faculty-Taught # 29 17 19 299 1,082
% 74.4 44.7 38.8 55.7 73.0
Graduate Lecture/Seminar Sections Offered # 10 12 12 220 1,772
  # Enrolled 113 163 134 1,797 26,107
  Avg Section Enrollment 11.3 13.6 11.2 8.2 14.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 10 12 12 212 1,398
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.4 78.9
Lab Sections Offered #         71
  # Enrolled         500
  Avg Section Enrollment         7.0
Sections Faculty-Taught #         36
%         50.7
Other Course Types Sections Offered # 4 5 12 404 2,056
  # Enrolled 6 9 16 758 7,569
  Avg Section Enrollment 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.9 3.7
Sections Faculty-Taught # 4 5 12 391 1,965
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.8 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)
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science College Total
University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Professional         261
Bachelors 588 572 545 4,771 27,954
Masters/Specialist 26 38 41 411 4,970
Doctoral       98 1,154
Unclassified       1 2,364
Total 614 610 586 5,281 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
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science 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 3 2 3 8 69
Male 2 3 2 11 60
Total 5 5 5 19 129
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 23 21 15 121 894
Male 7 7 7 66 683
Total 30 28 22 187 1,577
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 73 76 64 590 4,087
Male 56 56 56 463 2,371
Total 129 132 120 1,053 6,458
Hispanic Female 109 112 101 842 4,760
Male 65 61 54 592 3,279
Total 174 173 155 1,434 8,039
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 113 114 122 1,095 5,885
Male 119 106 107 835 4,707
Total 232 220 229 1,930 10,592
Non-Resident Alien Female 11 8 7 69 461
Male 3 2 1 47 443
Total 14 10 8 116 904
Not Reported Female 2 2 4 15 141
Male 2 2 2 17 114
Total 4 4 6 32 255
Total Female 334 335 316 2,740 16,297
Male 254 237 229 2,031 11,657
Total 588 572 545 4,771 27,954
Graduate American Indian/Alaskan Native Female       1 11
Male       1 8
Total       2 19
Asian or Pacific Islander Female 1 2 1 11 181
Male 2 2 1 5 132
Total 3 4 2 16 313
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 3 3 6 46 904
Male 2 1 1 21 344
Total 5 4 7 67 1,248
Hispanic Female 5 5 2 66 842
Male 3 2 4 41 514
Total 8 7 6 107 1,356
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female 6 9 8 127 1,498
Male 3 10 13 111 1,035
Total 9 19 21 238 2,533
Non-Resident Alien Female   1 3 55 335
Male 1 3 2 23 316
Total 1 4 5 78 651
Not Reported Female       1 2
Male         2
Total       1 4
Total Female 15 20 20 307 3,773
Male 11 18 21 202 2,351
Total 26 38 41 509 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         223
Total         554
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) Female       1 514
Male         429
Total       1 943
Non-Resident Alien Female         76
Male         67
Total         143
Not Reported Female         25
Male         20
Total         45
Total Female       1 1,393
Male         971
Total       1 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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Undergraduate Total   634.2 697.3 719.0 6,214.4 21,263.8
             
Graduate Total   14.9 21.6 18.5 314.0 2,554.5
Grad I   14.1 20.6 18.2 277.8 2,001.8
Grad II   0.8 1.0 0.3 36.2 552.7
             
Classroom   14.9 21.6 18.5 291.5 2,392.1
Thesis-Dissertation         22.5 162.4
             
Grand Total   649.0 719.0 737.4 6,528.4 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
Political Science

  Courses offered by:
Political Science College Total
University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Course Level FTE produced by students who are: 19.1 20.6 22.1 358.6 985.8
Lower Division Undergraduate Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 30.2 45.3 48.2 595.6 3,107.0
Majors outside the college 226.2 289.6 308.5 2,851.8 5,553.6
Total 275.5 355.5 378.8 3,806.0 9,646.3
Upper Division Undergraduate FTE produced by students who are: 216.5 208.2 188.5 1,421.6 6,565.1
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 67.4 61.3 66.0 395.7 3,328.8
Majors outside the college 74.9 72.4 85.7 591.1 1,723.6
Total 358.7 341.8 340.2 2,408.3 11,617.5
Graduate FTE produced by students who are: 13.3 19.8 17.7 289.0 2,093.0
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 1.0 1.1 0.4 16.0 319.1
Majors outside the college 0.6 0.8 0.4 9.1 142.3
Total 14.9 21.6 18.5 314.0 2,554.5
Total FTE produced by students who are: 248.8 248.5 228.3 2,069.2 9,643.9
Majors within the department
Majors outside the department, but within the college 98.6 107.7 114.5 1,007.2 6,755.0
Majors outside the college 301.7 362.7 394.6 3,452.0 7,419.4
Total 649.0 719.0 737.4 6,528.4 23,818.3

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
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: 136.0 148.0 117.0 1,086.0 5,990.0
Single major
Double or triple major 8.0 6.0 5.5 18.0 58.0
All 144.0 154.0 122.5 1,104.0 6,048.0
Masters Degrees awarded with a: 10.0 9.0 19.0 127.0 1,696.0
Single major
All 10.0 9.0 19.0 127.0 1,696.0
Specialist Degrees awarded with a:         26.0
Single major
All         26.0
Doctorate Degrees awarded with a:       9.0 135.0
Single major
All       9.0 135.0
First Professional Degrees awarded with a:         64.0
Single major
All         64.0
Total Degrees awarded with a: 146.0 157.0 136.0 1,222.0 8,179.0
Single major
Double or triple major 8.0 6.0 5.5 18.0 58.0
All 154.0 163.0 141.5 1,240.0 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)
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Undergraduate   73.1 96.9 129.9 68.3 61.6
Graduate   1.7 3.0 3.3 3.5 7.4
Total   74.8 99.9 133.2 71.8 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
Political Science (Program CIP: 451001)

  Political Science College Total
University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
Associates 0 0 0 0 0.8
Bachelors 16.6 21.4 22.1 12.1 17.5
Masters 1.2 1.3 3.4 1.4 4.9
Specialist 0 0 0 0 0.1
Doctorate 0 0 0 0.1 0.4
First Professional 0 0 0 0 0.2
Total 17.8 22.6 25.6 13.6 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)
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 2021 Spring 2022 Summer 2021 Spring 2022 Summer 2021 Spring 2022
Undergraduate # Sections   22 48 267 600 823 1,946
Mean Rating   1.7 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.6
Graduate # Sections     4 10 56 271 465
Mean Rating     1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5
Total # Sections   22 52 277 656 1,094 2,411
Mean Rating   1.7 1.4 1.5 1.5 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
Political Science

  Political Science 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   2.3 2.3 0.7 41.9 159.0
FTE   3.0 3.1 0.9 55.9 212.0
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years         0.1 5.8
FTE         0.1 7.7
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years           15.9
FTE           21.2
Other -- Person-Years         0.1 1.2
FTE         0.1 1.6
Total Person-Years   2.3 2.3 0.7 42.2 181.8
FTE   3.0 3.1 0.9 56.2 242.5
Sponsored Research Tenured & tenure-earning faculty Professor, Assoc Professor, Asst Professor Person-Years   0.3 0.1 2.9 3.7 38.4
FTE   0.5 0.2 3.8 5.0 51.1
Non-tenure-earning faculty Instructors, Lecturers, Visiting Faculty Person-Years       0.1 0.1 6.1
FTE       0.1 0.1 8.1
Other personnel paid on faculty pay plan -- Person-Years         0.6 25.2
FTE         0.7 33.5
Other -- Person-Years         0.0 1.4
FTE         0.0 1.9
Total Person-Years   0.3 0.1 3.0 4.4 71.0
FTE   0.5 0.2 4.0 5.9 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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) # 2 2 2 28 74
2. Other peer-reviewed publications # 11 12 6 100 1,093
3. All other publications # 59 65 46 102 343
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences # 8 15 31 240 1,169
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions # 0 0 0 185 233
6. Grant Proposals Submitted # 3 2 0 35 436

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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
1. Books (including monographs & compositions) per faculty member   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
2. Other peer-review publications per faculty member   0.8 0.9 0.4 0.5 1.6
3. All other publications per faculty member   4.2 5.0 3.3 0.5 0.5
4. Presentations at professional meetings or conferences per faculty member   0.6 1.2 2.2 1.2 1.7
5. Productions/Performances/Exhibitions per faculty member   0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.3
6. Grant proposals submitted per faculty member   0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 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
Political Science

  Political Science College Total
University Total
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2021-2022 2021-2022
1. Faculty memberships on department, college or university committees # 28 30 31 535 2,120
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees #   1 0 196 1,014
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications # 10 12 14 86 596

Source: College Dean's Offices
 
Beginning with the 2018-2019 year the Departmental Dashboard Indicators Include Calendar Year Activity



C 1-3 Efficiency Data
Political Science

  Political Science 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   2.0 2.3 2.2 2.8 3.1
2. Faculty memberships on community or professional committees per faculty member     0.1 0.0 1.0 1.5
3. Faculty serving as editors or referees for professional publications per faculty member   0.7 0.9 1.0 0.4 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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