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PART I: QUALITATIVE
INFORMATION
(No revisions were made to this section by the department in 2004.)
- Assessment
- Active
student learning opportunities:
- Strategies
to improve P-16 teaching and learning: The Department of
Biological Sciences is part of the MSNS program that is designed
to allow practicing teachers to come back to campus in the
summers to complete a Masters degree in field in three summers.
This program is extremely popular and allows many junior
high and secondary science teachers to become certified in
more than one area (chemistry, biology, physics, earth sciences)
and/or allows teachers to get more training in their chosen
field. Currently there are approximately 40 students enrolled
in this interdisciplinary program.
- Collaborative
activities with business/industry: The Department of Biological
Sciences has had a formalized internship agreement with the
City of Charleston (water treatment facility) and the Illinois
Natural History Survey (Lake Shelbyville Laboratory) for
the past decade. Students from our program work in these
facilities essentially every summer and often during the
school year. We have also had an agreement with the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources who pick several students
(usually Graduate Students) annually to intern for a 12-month
period.
- Pass
rates on any professional/ occupational licensure exams:NA
- Faculty
Achievements: Faculty in the Department of Biological
Sciences have been incredibly active in the area of publications,
acquisition of extramural and intramural grants, receiving
awards and holding offices in scientific societies. Since
the formation of the Department in 1999, it is in these
areas and the mentoring of students where the department
has made the greatest strides. During 2001-date, the Biologists
have published over 60 full length peer-reviewed publications,
presented over 120 posters, podium presentations and abstracts
and 13 faculty have received extramural funding totaling
over $1,000,000! In addition, faculty have/held offices
is regional, national and international societies and many
faculty routinely review manuscripts and grant proposals
for a wide variety of scientific journals and funding agencies
(e.g., NSF, NIH, USDA, etc.)
- Student
Achievements
PART II: QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION
BIO Data Spreadsheet (Excel)
- Enrollment:
Undergraduate: 476; Graduate: 37
- Degrees:
Undergraduate: 63; Graduate: 22.46
- Student Major Statistics
- Full-time
students: Undergraduate: 443; Graduate: 34
- Part-time
students: Undergraduate: 33; Graduate: 3
- Diversity:
Undergraduate: 48; Graduate: 1
- ACT:
Undergraduate: 22.65
- GPA:
Undergraduate: 2.84; Graduate: 3.3
- Faculty Statistics
- Total
faculty headcount: 32
- Total
FTE faculty: 32.00
- Full-time
faculty: 31
- Part-time faculty: 1
- #
faculty on leave: 2
- Total
tenured/tenure track faculty: 22
- Faculty break down by rank:
- Professor:
6
- Associate: 12
- Assistant: 4
- Instructor: 10
- #
w/Terminal degrees: 22
- Total
annually-contracted faculty: 9
- # w/Terminal degrees: 1
- Non-negotiated
part-time faculty:
1
- Gender:
22 males, 10 females
- Diversity:
2
- Credit
Hour Production Total: 16,807
- Discipline
cost per credit hour by level: $274.42
- Direct
Cost Per Credit Hour Total: $138.37
- Freshman-Sophomore
Retention Rate: 82%
- Average
Actual Hours to Degree: 140
- Required Hours to Degree: 120
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