To continue to align state university degree programs with the economic development and workforce needs of the state, the Florida Board of Governors has identified several Areas of Programmatic Strategic Emphasis. These targeted degree areas include:

Click here to see a list of UWF degree programs which have been identified as serving these areas of emphasis.

Student credit hours are calculated by multiplying course enrollment by course credit hours. The numbers included in this table represent the student credit hours generated from courses offered by the department in the Fall and Spring semesters. In CICS, this is determined using the DPT1 and/or DPT2 field listed on the course section (see RCSO).

The weighted student credit hour totals displayed in the table are calculated using the following weighting factors:

Lower Divisionx1.0
Upper Divisionx1.2
Graduatex1.6

For more detail on the numbers displayed in this table, see the Academic Affairs Budget Office website. Student credit hour reports are in the Financial Information section under Student Credit Hours Per Semester.

Please note that the table does not include student credit hours generated from student exchange courses (those with a location code of "IE" or "NE") while the student credit hour reports on the website include these hours. For some departments this will cause a small discrepancy between the two sources. You may click on any row in the student credit hour reports on the website to see a complete breakdown of each course included in the total. The location code for each course is displayed in that breakdown.

Faculty FTE History • Government
Faculty Name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Alfred Cuzan N/A* 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Jenna Emery N/A* 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
Jocelyn Evans N/A* 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
David Ramsey N/A* 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Jacob Shively N/A* 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Michelle Williams N/A* 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Jongseok Woo N/A* 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Department Total N/A* 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0

Tenured Faculty Tenure Earning Faculty Non-Tenure Earning Faculty
 
* Line detail is not available for Fall 2009

Departmental growth capacity represents a department's ability to support more students by offering more courses or raising course enrollment. The growth capacity rank identifies the departments with the greatest need of more faculty lines to support its current student credit hour load. This ranking is determined by dividing the department's weighted fall/spring student credit hours by the number of regular line-item instructional faculty in the department at the start of that academic year. These numbers are displayed in the Student Credit Hours table and the # of FTE Faculty by Tenure Status table, respectively. Departments with lower rank values have less capacity for growth based on this calculation than those with higher rank values.

The complete growth capacity ranking of all academic departments is available for each year displayed in the table. To see the complete ranking, click on the academic year in the heading of the table.

The instructor types used for the Average Class Size table and the Percent of student credit hours taught by instructor type table do not correspond directly to the instructor type listed on the instructor's record on the course offering in CICS (see RIND and/or RCSO). The instructor type listed in CICS is referred to as the reported instructor type and the instructor type used for the tables is referred to as the effective instructor type. The effective instructor type is calculated as follows:

If the reported instructor type is:

The low enrollment courses table displays the number of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level which have enrollment beneath the standard benchmark value for that level. The standard benchmark value is 20 students for undergraduate courses and 15 students for graduate courses. The following rules apply to both the count and the percentage of low enrollment courses:

  Faculty Line Search Request Template -- 2014 - 2015 Faculty Searches Help

Department Name: Government

New Line Request
  1. Describe how this faculty line will advance UWF's legislative and strategic priorities in the applicable categories:
    • Economic Development/Workforce Demand

      Government requests a Visiting Assistant Professor line, renewable for up to three years with possibility of renewal and/or upgrade to tenure-track line for a Ph.D. in a foreign language. Preferred languages for the Ph.D. and for instruction include Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese or Arabic. Primary responsibilities include teaching 6 to 8 credit hours of foreign language per semester in addition to administrative duties associated with coordinating the foreign language program at UWF. This position is designed to grow students able to speak and communicate effectively in other languages in career fields related to international studies such as international business, security and diplomacy, and cultural studies fields.

    • Florida Board of Governors Areas of Strategic Emphasis      

      Languages responds to BOG Areas of Strategic Emphasis: Critical workfoce--education" and "Economic Development-Global Competitiveness." Regional employers across Florida and the Gulf Coast increasingly require language competence, espcially in Spanish (across Florida), French (Louisiana and Mobil with Airbus) and German ThyssenKrupp. Outside of the region, students increasingly will enter a workforce where global citizenship and functionality and other languages and cultures proves vital.

    • Accreditation Requirements

      UWF currently does not have ANY language-Ph.D. faculty involved with primary duties in full-time language instruction. Several language instructors encountered difficulty with SACSCOC accreditation this year, as their redentials came through native language fluency rather than academic degrees. Additionally, many languages are not presently housed in academic units, and across the board assessment of SLOs in language has not been undertaken.

    • Community/Visibility

      The presence of UWF graduates with language skills in local employment, national employment, and international employment changes the profile of UWF graduates as global citizens. Presently many of our International Studies major students intend to pursue careers at international organizations, international non-profit organizations, national government, security and diplomacy. They are limited in these pursuits and less competitive because UWF language programs lack depth in upper level language instruction, typically only sustaining the first and second semester courses. Such limitations apply to business, professional programs, and other areas of study at UWF where the lack of language skills introduces barriers to career development.

  2. Any additional information to further explain the request such as comments on evidence of quality, general education requirements, significant pressure points, Emerald Coast offerings, online courses, etc:

  3. If this request is for a tenure-earning position, explain why a tenure-earning position is needed:

    Pending program outcomes in the initial three year period, this position warrants a tenure track line conversion because it is a first step in building a language program at UWF. A language program at UWF requires tenure-earning faculty in leadership to bring academic expertise together with program development. This position requires a vested interest in long-term sustainabilty of a language program at UWF and continued growth.

  4. a. General Description of Workload Assignment:

    Primary responsibilities include teaching 6 to 8 credit hours of foreign language per semester in addition to administrative duties associated with coordinating the foreign language program at UWF. This is a new position at the university designed to strategically grow the study of foreign languages. In particular, one aim is to develop skills needed by students across a variety of disciplines where the study of languages provides a skill set giving students an advantage in attaining their career aspirations. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and coordination to serve student needs in the interdisciplinary International Studies major program, regional area studies minor programs, and across various major disciplines including but not limited to those within the social sciences, humanities, and business areas. The successful candidate will coordinate closely with the Office of Equity, Diversity and International Affairs on international education and programs including study abroad, language partners, and other programs designed to promote an international focus on campus and in the community.



    b. Explain how the workload/courses are currently being covered by the department:

    Government is not presently the home of foreign languages. CASSH will be transferring World Languages from the English Department to Government effective July 1, 2015. Languages coming over from International Programs and Continuing Education include: Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic.

    World languages currently utilizes 1 full time Spanish instructor and several adjuncts teaching Spanish one course per semester. French utilizes two adjuncts. German has an adjunct for one course per term. Japanese has a full-time instructor. Chinese instructors come through the Confucius Institute. Arabic instructors have been located in Continuing Education.

    The approach to languages has been piecemeal relying heavily upon part-time adjuncts.

    5. Please review the enrollment data for the department shown below. Refer to this data to answer the questions that follow.

    Fall Headcount (# of majors by specialization)
    Specialization 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 +/-
    Undergraduate
    22073A: POLITICAL SCIENCE  46   55   50   63   60  ↑ 30%
    22073C: POLITICL SCI/PRE-LAW  60   58   53   44   54  ↓ 10%
    22103B: INTERNAT STD  118   104   108   130   150  ↑ 27%
    49033L: IH: PHILOSOPHY & POL  4   4   3   1   0  ↓ ∞
    †2207 U: POLI SCI/UG/NON-DEG  0   5   4   2   0 
    =
    †2210: INTRNL STDS/NON-DEG  1   1   1   1   1 
    =
    †2210 U: INTNL STD/UG/NON-DEG  5   2   3   3   2  ↓ 60%
    TOTAL 234 229 222 244 267 ↑ 14%
    Graduate
    22075A: POLITICAL SCIENCE  8   14   16   18   23  ↑ 188%
    22075B: POLITICAL SCI/PUB AD  2   2   0   0   0  ↓ ∞
    22075C: POLITICL SCI/SEC&DIP  4   6   2   2   1  ↓ 75%
    †2207 G: POL SCI/GRAD/NON-DEG  1   2   4   3   1 
    =
    TOTAL 15 24 22 23 25 ↑ 67%
    † indicates non-degree major


    Degrees Awarded (by specialization)
    Specialization 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 +/-
    Undergraduate
    22073A: POLITICAL SCIENCE  12   16   16   10   17  ↑ 42%
    22073C: POLITICL SCI/PRE-LAW  8   12   12   5   8 
    =
    22103B: INTERNAT STD  39   36   35   37   35  ↓ 10%
    49033L: IH: PHILOSOPHY & POL  1   1   1   2   0  ↓ ∞
    TOTAL 60 65 64 54 60
    =
    Graduate
    22075A: POLITICAL SCIENCE  1   2   7   7   6  ↑ 500%
    22075B: POLITICAL SCI/PUB AD  2   1   1   0   0  ↓ ∞
    22075C: POLITICL SCI/SEC&DIP  2   0   2   1   0  ↓ ∞
    TOTAL 5 3 10 8 6 ↑ 20%


  5. Please explain why any undergraduate degree specializations* with fewer then 15 majors have not been deleted:

    Does not apply to this position, as Government does not currently house World Languages.

  6. Please explain why any graduate degree specializations* with fewer then 10 majors have not been deleted:

    Does not apply to this position, as Government does not currently house World Languages.

    * Does not include non-degree specializations (indicated with a † above)

  7. Additional information that will be used to evaluate capacity:

    Student Credit Hours - Fall/Spring
    09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 +/-
    Lower
    1032 1086 1194 1350 1485 ↑ 43.90%
    Upper
    1830 2159 1758 2080 2110 ↑ 15.30%
    Graduate
    126 201 189 241 229 ↑ 81.75%
    Total
    2988 3446 3141 3671 3824 ↑ 27.98%
    Weighted Total
    3430 3998 3606 4232 4383 ↑ 27.81%


    # of FTE Faculty by Tenure Status
      Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013
    Tenure & Tenure Earning 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 6.0
    Non-Tenure Earning 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0


    Departmental Growth Capacity
      2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014
    Weighted SCH/FTE 722 847 731
    Growth Capacity Rank 9 (of 11) 6 (of 11) 8 (of 11)
    Departmental Growth Capacity Ranking: 2011/2012
    Department Weighted
    SCH     		FTE SCH
    FTE     		Rank
    Public Health, Clinical and Health Sciences 9024 4.0 2256 1
    Biology 16733 10.5 1594 1
    Mathematics and Statistics 19067 14.0 1362 1
    Art 9133 7.0 1305 2
    Computer Science 12818 11.0 1166 2
    Anthropology 8127 7.0 1162 2
    Exercise Science and Community Health 17036 15.3 1114 3
    History 8724 8.0 1091 3
    Psychology 16253 15.0 1084 3
    English and World Languages 17307 16.0 1082 4
    Philosophy 6006 6.0 1001 4
    Criminal Justice 6951 7.0 993 4
    Electrical and Computer Engineering 4952 5.0 991 5
    Finance 3858 4.0 965 5
    Legal Studies 2771 3.0 924 5
    Communication Arts 12916 14.0 923 6
    Marketing 6387 7.0 913 6
    Environmental Studies 6273 7.0 897 6
    Management 9366 11.0 852 7
    Physics 3371 4.0 843 7
    Chemistry 6730 8.0 842 7
    Research and Advanced Studies 5818 7.0 832 8
    Economics 3291 4.0 823 8
    Social Work 7981 10.0 799 8
    Accounting 7560 10.0 757 9
    Government 3606 5.0 722 9
    Theatre 3523 5.0 705 9
    Applied Science, Technology and Administration 7485 11.0 681 10
    Teacher Education and Educational Leadership 18823 29.0 650 10
    Music 4414 7.0 631 10
    Nursing 4903 9.0 545 11
    Management Information Systems 1461 3.0 487 11
    Clinical Laboratory Sciences 1350 3.0 450 11
    Departmental Growth Capacity Ranking: 2012/2013
    Department Weighted
    SCH     		FTE SCH
    FTE     		Rank
    Public Health, Clinical and Health Sciences 11819 6.0 1970 1
    Mathematics and Statistics 22668 15.0 1512 1
    Art 9311 7.0 1331 1
    Biology 17727 13.5 1314 2
    Philosophy 6383 5.0 1277 2
    Economics 3502 3.0 1168 2
    Anthropology 8391 8.0 1049 3
    English and World Languages 17654 17.0 1039 3
    Criminal Justice 7000 7.0 1000 3
    Finance 3958 4.0 990 4
    Computer Science 12644 13.0 973 4
    Psychology 15498 16.0 969 4
    Environmental Studies 6673 7.0 954 5
    Exercise Science and Community Health 18081 19.3 937 5
    Communication Arts 12971 14.0 927 5
    History 8177 9.0 909 6
    Physics 3504 4.0 876 6
    Government 4232 5.0 847 6
    Chemistry 7148 9.0 795 7
    Management 9426 12.0 786 7
    Electrical and Computer Engineering 6086 8.0 761 7
    Social Work 7415 10.0 742 8
    Nursing 6563 9.0 730 8
    Music 4716 7.0 674 8
    Legal Studies 2678 4.0 670 9
    Marketing 5813 9.0 646 9
    Research and Advanced Studies 3840 6.0 640 9
    Applied Science, Technology and Administration 7642 12.0 637 10
    Theatre 3080 5.0 616 10
    Accounting 7867 13.0 606 10
    Teacher Education and Educational Leadership 18371 32.0 575 11
    Clinical Laboratory Sciences 1187 3.0 396 11
    Management Information Systems 1171 3.0 391 11
    Departmental Growth Capacity Ranking: 2013/2014
    Department Weighted
    SCH     		FTE SCH
    FTE     		Rank
    Public Health, Clinical and Health Sciences 14612 6.0 2436 1
    Mathematics and Statistics 20268 13.0 1560 1
    Economics 3915 3.0 1305 1
    Legal Studies 2492 2.0 1246 2
    Biology 16742 13.5 1241 2
    Art 7799 7.0 1115 2
    Philosophy 5327 5.0 1066 3
    Computer Science 13429 13.0 1033 3
    Finance 3897 4.0 975 3
    English and World Languages 16479 17.0 970 4
    Psychology 15464 16.0 967 4
    Anthropology 7458 8.0 933 4
    Environmental Studies 6500 7.0 929 5
    Management 10801 12.0 901 5
    Criminal Justice 7146 8.0 894 5
    Exercise Science and Community Health 17666 20.0 884 6
    Communication Arts 12284 14.0 878 6
    History 7630 9.0 848 6
    Physics 3306 4.0 827 7
    Chemistry 7333 9.0 815 7
    Marketing 5653 7.0 808 7
    Electrical and Computer Engineering 6419 8.0 803 8
    Government 4383 6.0 731 8
    Social Work 7703 11.0 701 8
    Accounting 7334 11.0 667 9
    Teacher Education and Educational Leadership 17988 30.0 600 9
    Music 4177 7.0 597 9
    Nursing 6823 11.8 581 10
    Applied Science, Technology and Administration 6941 12.0 579 10
    Clinical Laboratory Sciences 1127 2.0 564 10
    Research and Advanced Studies 3342 6.0 558 11
    Theatre 2711 5.0 543 11
    Management Information Systems 1104 3.0 368 11


    Average Class Size
      Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013
    Reg Adj TA ESC All Reg Adj TA ESC All Reg Adj TA ESC All
    Lower 56.5 44.0 51.0 0.0 52.0 48.0 41.3 0.0 0.0 42.6 0.0 41.2 0.0 0.0 41.2
    Upper 23.5 27.7 0.0 0.0 24.5 22.9 25.3 0.0 0.0 23.9 28.8 31.3 0.0 0.0 29.5
    Graduate 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0


    Percent of student credit hours taught by instructor type
      11/12 12/13 13/14
    Reg Adj TA ESC Reg Adj TA ESC Reg Adj TA ESC
    Lower 52.0% 23.1% 24.9% 0.0% 21.3% 78.7% 0.0% 0.0% 10.1% 89.9% 0.0% 0.0%
    Upper 73.3% 26.7% 0.0% 0.0% 56.7% 43.3% 0.0% 0.0% 67.2% 32.8% 0.0% 0.0%
    Graduate 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
    Total 66.0% 24.4% 9.7% 0.0% 45.1% 54.9% 0.0% 0.0% 45.2% 54.8% 0.0% 0.0%


    # (%) of low enrollment courses
    (undergrad: <20, grad: <15)
      11/12 12/13 13/14
    Undergraduate 4 ( 12.5%) 6 ( 15.8%) 3 ( 8.6%)
    Graduate 3 (100.0%) 4 (100.0%) 4 (100.0%)