EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Instructional Load Summary summarizes measures of student enrollment (workload FTE, majors,
and degrees) and teaching resources (budget and payroll FTE and teaching assistants) over the last five
years for the campus and for each division, department, college, and committee. Highlights of the
1996-97 Instructional Load Summary include:
Three-Quarter Average Enrollment. Undergraduate enrollment (8,829 headcount) was 281
students more than the preceding year. Graduate students increased from 1,004 in 1995-96 to 1,012.
The overall three-quarter-average enrollment of 9,841 students was 145 fewer students than the
campus' peak enrollment of 9,989 in 1992-93.
Undergraduate Majors. The percentage of undergraduate students majoring in the arts has increased
in each of the last ten years. Recent growth has occurred primarily in Art and in Film and Video (a
new major). In 1996-97, the percentage of students who majored in the natural sciences declined
slightly to 13.8% (although the number of majors was the same as in 1995-96). Much of the
fluctuation in natural science majors is due to Biology majors. Biology majors accounted for 12.6% of
all majors in 1987-88. They fell to 6.8% in 1991-92 and now account for 8.2% of all majors. The
percentage of students who majored in the humanities was unchanged from last year at 11% (its lowest
level in ten years). The largest percentage of declared majors was in the social sciences (24.8%). Over
the past ten years, the percentage of students who majored in economics and politics has declined. The
percentage of psychology majors increased from 6.7% to 10.4% over the past five years.
Percent of Undergraduate Majors
50
40
30
20
10
0
1987-88
Arts
1988-89
1989-90
Humanities
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
Natural Sciences
1993-94
1994-95
Social Sciences
1995-96
1996-97
Undeclared
Permanently Budgeted Faculty. The total budgeted faculty FTE has remained unchanged (499.8)
over the last five years. From 1992-93 to 1994-95, the campus permanent budgeted faculty FTE
(filled ladder faculty positions) declined from 413.8 to 366.1, a result of the VERIP program. By
1996-97, the campus was back to 95% (394 FTE) of the 1992-93 levels with the Arts Division at 89%,
Humanities Division at 92%, Natural Sciences Division at 98%, and Social Sciences Division at 96%
of the 1992-93 permanent budgeted faculty FTE levels.
Unweighted Student Workload FTE. Course enrollments peaked in 1992-93 with 9,868
unweighted student workload FTE. In 1996-97, the campus' FTE was 89 FTE lower. The Arts
Division's workload increased to 1,096 FTE, similar to its workload in 1991-92 (1,160 FTE). The
Natural Science Division's workload increased steadily through 1994-95, then dropped slightly over the
past two years (3,163 FTE in 1994-95, 3,054 FTE in 1996-97). After six years of decline, the
Humanities Division's workload FTE increased very slightly from 2,262 FTE in 1995-96 to 2,288 FTE
in 1996-97. In 1996-97, the workload FTE for the Social Science (3,023 FTE) and the Natural
Science Divisions (3,054 FTE) were about the same.
Unweighted Student Workload FTE
3,600
3,000
2,400
1,800
1,200
600
0
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
Arts
1990-91
Humanities
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
Natural Sciences
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
Social Sciences
Undergraduate FTE per Teaching Assistant. The campuswide allocation ratio for teaching
assistants (TA) remained unchanged from the previous year (44.2 students per TA). In 1992-93, the
campus changed its allocations in the arts and humanities to be more in line with comparative
disciplines in other campuses. In 1996-97, the student/TA ratio for the Natural Science Division was
33.3, 43.1 for the Humanities Division, 56.4 for the Arts Division, and 64.5 for the Social Sciences
Division.
Undergraduate FTE per Teaching Assistant
105
90
75
60
45
30
15
0
1987-88
1988-89
Arts
1989-90
1990-91
Humanities
1991-92
1992-93
Natural Sciences
1993-94
1994-95
Social Sciences
1995-96
1996-97
Campus