Fall 2002
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PART I: QUALITATIVE INFORMATION

  1. Assessment
  2. Active student learning opportunities:
    • Student-faculty collaborative research projects for academic credit: 3 undergraduate student, 1 graduate student.
    • Students presenting at conferences: 2 undergraduate, 1 graduate. 1 student in physics practical during summer
  3. Strategies to improve P-16 teaching and learning:
    • Two special courses offered in summer as part of MSNS program for teachers:Classical Mechanics for Natural Science Teachers; Electrodynamics and Thermodynamics for Natural Science Teachers.
    • With support from the COS Dean we hosted the Spring meeting of the Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers at EIU.
    • Assisted with the Upward Bound physics program organized by Kankakee Community College.
    • With Argonne National Laboratories we are developing digital library material for the NSF with Charleston Middle School and Riverside-Brookfield High School.
    • One faculty member is working at Mattoon High School to develop an entire physics lab program for high school students.
  4. Collaborative activities with business/industry
    • one faculty member works with Meadowlark Optics in Boulder Colorado and conducts student based research on optical materials at EIU.
    • 2 undergraduate students work at Argonne National Laboratories on Digital Library development.
  5. Pass rates on any professional/ occupational licensure exams: NA
  6. Faculty Achievements
  7. Student Achievements:
    • One student in an a commercial lab in the Saint Louis area.
    • Andrew James received 3rd place in the American Association of Physics Teachers undergraduate research awards for his work on Superstring Effective Potentials with Dr. Andrew.
    • Joshua Ravenscraft received Distinguished Graduate Student Award for MS thesis in Atmospheric Radiation Measurement.
    • Kasey Wagonr received the Leflar Scholarship
    • James Nutter received the Waddell Scholarship
    • Adrew James received the Kinderman Scholarship
    • Daniel Brown received the Sparks Scholarship
PART II: QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION
PHY Data Spreadsheet (Excel)
  1. Enrollment: Undergraduate: 16
  2. Degrees: Undergraduate: 3
  3. Student Major Statistics
    • Full-time students: 16
    • Part-time students: 0
    • Diversity: 1
    • ACT: 24.5
    • GPA: 2.78
  4. Faculty Statistics
    • Total faculty headcount: 10
    • Total FTE faculty: NA
    • Full-time faculty:
      • 7
    • Part-time faculty:
      • 2
    • # faculty on leave:
      • 1
    • Total tenured/tenure track faculty: 9
    • Faculty break down by rank:
      1. Professor:
        2. 6
      2. Associate:
        3. 3
      3. Assistant:
        4. 0
      4. Instructor:
        5. 0
    • # w/Terminal degrees: 9
    • Total annually-contracted faculty: 2
      1. # w/Terminal degrees: 2
    • Non-negotiated part-time faculty: 3
    • Gender: 10 males
    • Diversity: 1 nonwhite
  5. Credit Hour Production Total: 2,928
  6. Discipline cost per credit hour by level: $371.06
  7. Direct Cost Per Credit Hour Total: $226.53
  8. Freshman-Sophomore Retention Rate: 0%
  9. Average Actual Hours to Degree: 154
  10. Required Hours to Degree: 120