UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
Three-year Follow-up Reports
Board of Trustees
February 10, 2011
Proposal:
Two academic departments have completed three-year follow-up reports for three degrees in compliance
with the State Board of Regents R401 policy.
The follow-up reports are for the following degrees:
1) BA ASL and Deaf Studies Education
2) BA Deaf Studies
3) BS Software Engineering
Background:
Each of the three Follow-up Reports include program enrollment and graduation information, including
where possible, specific details about graduate employment. See attached documents for full details.
Recommendation:
The President and the Vice President for Academic Affairs recommend that the Board of Trustees approve
the proposed actions as summarized above and detailed in the attached documents.
Three-Year Follow-Up Report
Utah Valley University
B.A. in ASL & Deaf Studies Education
02/10/2011
Program Description
The Utah Board of Regents approved UVU’s B.A. in ASL & Deaf Studies Education degree on March 9,
2007 and the program officially opened in the Fall of 2007. The program has grown in size and stature
faster than imagined. It is currently the largest Deaf Studies program in the world with over 600 declared
majors. The faculty consists of six full-time contract faculty and eight to eleven adjunct faculty per semester.
The program continues to be a major player on the international Deaf Studies scene as the host of Deaf
Studies Today!—the largest and most significant academic conference in the field. This biennial conference
features live performance art, an international Deaf film festival, professional visual arts shows and
numerous other activities that bring together not only the various disciplines that make up Deaf Studies as
a field, but also nonacademic people who are either Deaf-World members or who have an interest in it.
UVU’s students play a major role in the conference at every level, including presenting their own research
based on their coursework, and they have taken that experience into professional life as graduates of this
program.
Enrollment Description
R401 budgets are based on new courses needed to support this degree. Only the anticipated enrollments,
costs, faculty, and tuition for their specific courses are included in the R401. Enrollment reports, faculty
workload reports, and cost studies are not prepared at the individual course level. As a result, the following
table includes the estimates from the R401 for only the new upper division courses and the actual data for
all courses in the Languages department.
Students
FTE Enrollment*
Cost Per FTE*
Student/Faculty Ratio*
Headcount**
Tuition
Tuition to Program*
Enrollment Data
Year 1 (2007-08)
Year 2 (2008-09)
Est.
Actual
Est.
Actual
15.00
497.00
35.00
524.80
$1,415
$3,225
$6,428
$3,218
17.00
16.27
18.00
16.10
50
26
115
59
Est.
Actual
Est.
Actual
$42,180 $1,491,000 $98,420 $1,673,062
Year 3 (2009-10)
Est.
Actual
44.50
649.90
$5,483
$2,884
18.00
18.36
145
87
Est.
Actual
$125,134 $2,251,254
*Estimates reflect only the additional FTE enrollments, cost per FTE, student/faculty ratio, and tuition to
programs for new upper division courses. Actuals include all Languages FTE enrollments, cost per FTE,
student/faculty ratio, and tuition to program as ASL & Deaf Studies Education is not a separate department.
**Estimates included Headcount in both the ASL & Deaf Studies BA and the ASL & Deaf Studies Education
(DSED) degrees. Actuals reflect only Headcount in ASL & Deaf Studies Education.
Employment Information
To date, five students have received the B.A. in ASL & Deaf Studies Education. As indicated in the table
below, all are currently employed in the field. Four are working in Utah and one in California.
Employment Status of UVU ASL & DS Education Graduates
Term Graduated
Graduate School
Employed in Field
Employed Other
Unknown
Spring 2009
Spring 2010
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
Three-Year Follow-Up Report
Utah Valley University
B.A. in Deaf Studies
02/10/2011
Program Description
The Utah Board of Regents approved UVU’s B.A. in Deaf Studies on March 9, 2007 and the program
officially opened in the Fall of 2007. The program has grown in size and stature faster than imagined. It is
currently the largest Deaf Studies program in the world with over 600 declared majors (seeking this degree
or the BA in ASL & Deaf Studies Education). The faculty consists of six full-time contract faculty and eight
to eleven adjunct faculty per semester.
The program continues to be a major player on the international Deaf Studies scene as the host of Deaf
Studies Today!—the largest and most significant academic conference in the field. This biennial conference
features live performance art, an international Deaf film festival, professional visual arts shows and
numerous other activities that bring together not only the various disciplines that make up Deaf Studies as
a field, but also nonacademic people who are either Deaf-World members or who have an interest in it.
UVU’s students play a major role in the conference at every level, including presenting their own research
based on their coursework, and they have taken that experience into professional life as graduates of this
program.
Enrollment Description
R401 budgets are based on new courses needed to support this degree. Only the anticipated enrollments,
costs, faculty, and tuition for their specific courses are included in the R401. Enrollment reports, faculty
workload reports, and cost studies are not prepared at the individual course level. As a result, the following
table includes the estimates from the R401 for only the new upper division courses and the actual data for
all courses in the Languages department.
Students
FTE Enrollment*
Cost Per FTE*
Student/Faculty Ratio*
Headcount**
Tuition
Tuition to Program*
Enrollment Data
Year 1 (2007)
Year 2 (2008)
Est.
Actual
Est.
Actual
15.00
497.00
35.00
524.80
$1,415
$3,225
$6,428
$3,218
17.00
16.27
18.00
16.10
50
60
115
126
Est.
Actual
Est.
Actual
$42,180 $1,491,000 $98,420 $1,673,062
Year 3 (2009)
Est.
Actual
44.50
649.90
$5,483
$2,884
18.00
18.36
145
125
Est.
Actual
$125,134 $2,251,254
* Estimates reflect only the additional FTE enrollments, cost per FTE, student/faculty ratio, and tuition to
programs for new upper division courses. Actuals include all Languages FTE enrollments, cost per FTE,
student/faculty ratio, and tuition to program as Deaf Studies is not a separate department.
**Estimates included Headcount in both the ASL & Deaf Studies BA and the ASL & Deaf Studies Education
(DSED) degrees. Actuals reflect only Headcount in Deaf Studies.
Employment Information
To date, 31 students have received their B.A. degrees in Deaf Studies (either General or Interpreting
emphases). The table below gives the employment status for these graduates.
Employment Status of UVU ASL & DS Graduates
Term Graduated
Graduate School
Employed in Field
Employed Other
Unknown
Fall 2008
Spring 2009
Summer 2009
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Summer 2010
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
3
1
3
6
3
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
2
0
0
2
1
Three Year Follow-Up Report
Utah Valley University
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
02/10/2011
Program Description
The Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering (SE) at Utah Valley University prepares students
to enter the high technology computer software development field. Upon graduating, they are prepared to
design and implement large software systems to meet the needs of the enterprise. During the course of
their study, the students program and implement complex simulations of their designs, work in teams,
prepare specification and design documents; and become skilled in the use of comprehensive, up-to-date
design tools. They also design and implement a number of complex projects as part of their education.
This program was approved by the Board of Regents on March 3, 2007 and began admitting students
during the Fall 2007 semester.
Enrollment Description
No new courses were required for this degree program. Thus, the R401 included no FTE, expenditure, or
revenue request. Actuals include the Department of Computer/Networking Science in total. Headcount is
limited to only those students declaring a Software Engineering major.
Students
FTE Enrollment
Cost Per FTE
Student/Faculty Ratio
Headcount
Tuition
Tuition to Program
Enrollment Data1
Year 1
Year 2
Est.
Actual
Est.
Actual
N/A
138
N/A
141.70
N/A
$12,092 N/A
$13,296
N/A
10.73
N/A
9.17
N/A
26
N/A
40
Est.
Actual
Est.
Actual
N/A
$414,000 N/A
$451,740
Est.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Est.
N/A
Year 3
Actual
170.20
N/A
10.35
54
Actual
$589,573
Employment Information
Thirteen students have graduated with a BS in Software Engineering, and nine are currently employed in
the software engineering field.
Term Graduated
200840
200920
201040
1
Graduate School
0
0
0
Employed in Field
3
5
1
Employed Other
1
0
3
Enrollment estimates were not included with the original R401 request that was approved in March 2007.