2005-2010/11

College of Arts & Sciences Enrollment Overview

CAS Overview

CAS had 74 majors in fall 2011 or 42% of University total.

CAS generated 60% of fall 2010 total credit hours.

CAS had 55% of NMU’s full time faculty in fall 2010 and 58% of its part-time faculty.

CAS accounted for 48% of 1239 bachelors degrees granted in 2010/11 and 51% of 138 masters degrees.

CAS Overview 2010-11 SRA data

83 refereed journal articles*5 Books*3 chapters in books*40 creative works (performances)*7 book reviews*14 external grants

*does not include Art & Design or history department data.

Department Gain/Loss Fall ‘05-’10

Art & DesignBiology CAPSChemistryEconomicsEnglishEEGSHistoryLanguages

+ 907 or + 13%+1402 or +21%- 1005 or -21%+361 0r +10%- 27 0r -1%+612 or +4%+313 or +9% -810 or -15%+699 or +33%

Student Credit Hours 2005-10 (fall)

Department Gain/Loss Fall ‘05-’10

Math & CSMusicNASPhysicsPhilosophyPolitical SciencePsychology

NMU

+43 or + 0.5%-817 or - 26%+215 or +13%-4 or 0%-307 or -19%-1227 or -32%+1265 or +29%

+818 or +.66%

Student Credit Hours 2005-10 (fall)

Positive (rank order) Negative (rank order)

1. Biology (1402)2. Psychology (1265)3. Art & Design (907)4. Languages (699)5. English (612)6. Chemistry (361)7. EEGS (313)8. NAS (215)

Political Science (-1227)

CAPS (-1005)Music (-817)History (-810)

Student Credit Hours Summary

Department Gain/Loss (total in fall ‘11)

Art & DesignBiologyCAPSChemistryEconomicsEnglishEEGSHistoryLanguages

+167 (767)+187 (586)-78 (262)+21 (137)-1 (36)- 63 (331)+77 (297)-58 (156)+3 (100)

Number of Majors 2006-2011

Department Gain/Loss (total in fall ‘11)

Math & CSMusicNAS (minor)PhysicsPre-med/dental/chiro’PhilosophyPolitical SciencePsychology

0 (182)-31 (46)+18 (31)-5 (22)+13 (118)-6 (12)-57 (153)+55 (380)

Number of Majors 2006-2011

Growth rank order Decline rank order

1. Biology (187)2. Art & Design

(167)3. EEGS (77)4. Psychology (55)

1. CAPS (-78)2. English (-63)3. History (-58)

Growth/Decline in Majors

Art & Design ‘06-11

Photography major 92- 140 +53%Digital Cinema 54- 80 +49%Web design* 146- 185 +27%Draw Painting Illustration** 75-92 +23%

*combines studio areas of Graphic Communications and Electronic Imaging.

**combines Illustration and Drawing/Painting . 

Art & Design

Number of full time faculty 2006- 15Number of full time faculty 2010 – 17Faculty* to majors 1:45 (2010 data)3rd semester retention first time full time

freshman fall (fall 2005- fall 2010 data) 73.3%

* Only full time faculty included- fall 2010 data.

Biology- ‘06-’11

Biology major – 83- 161 +94% (24.1)Biology/Ecology – 32- 51 +59% (25.7)Fisheries & Wildlife Management – 0-15 (23.0)Microbiology – 13- 20 +53% (27.0)Biology/Physiology- 100- 99 0% (23.9)Pre-Physical Therapy – 0-33 (22.8)Pre-vet- 26-37 +42% (23.0)Zoology -86- 117 +36% (23.7) * does not include premed majors Only majors with 15 or more students in 2011 included. (figures in parentheses Avg ACT of incoming Freshmen fall 2011)

Biology department

Number of full time faculty fall 2006 13Number of full time faculty fall 2010 17Faculty* to majors ratio 1:34 (NMU 1: 30)3rd semester retention for first time, full time new

freshman (fall 2005- 2010 data) 78.5%

2010 SRA 10 refereed journal articles1 external grant

* Only full time faculty included- fall 2010 data.

EEGS 2006/11

Environmental Conservation/Sustainability – 70- 133 (22.8)

Environmental Science- 71- 97 (22.1)Earth Science- 19-17GIS – 7-17 (21)

EEGS department

Number of full time faculty fall 2010- 7.Faculty to majors ratio 1: 423rd semester retention rate for first time full-

time new freshman fall 2010, 78.5%

2010 SRA 6 referred journal articles1 book chapter1 external grant

Number of Grads ‘06/07-10/11

1. Art & Design 4132. CAPS 3723. English 3504. Biology 3395. Psychology 2886. EEGS 2657. History 2178. Political Science

152

9. Math & CS 13910. Economics 7411. Chemistry 7212. MLL 5413. Music 3814. Philosophy 2415 Physics 20

CAS Outcomes- Total # of Graduates

NMU Average 5.4 (low score is good)

Economics 3.4Political Science 3.4English El’ Education

3.8Media Prod 3.9Biology/Physiology 3.9History 4.6Biology/Ecology 4.7Psychology 4.7Mathematics 4.9

Psychology/Grad 5.0Env. Conservation 5.1Biology/Micro 5.2English 5.3Env. Science 7.9Art & Design 8.3Biology 14.4Music 18.6

CAS Outcomes: ratio of enrollments to earned degrees ‘05-06- ‘09-10 academic years (selected majors)

Department Number 2006-11

BiologyEnglish

36- 3281- 78 (creative

writing 20, English 58)

Graduate Programs # majors

Department Number 2006-11 (programs)

Math & CSPolitical SciencePsychology

8-2 (math education)

56-21 (public admin’)

22-50 (psych grad program restored in 2007, training and development 29 students)

Graduate Programs # majors

Total number of Grad degrees 06/07-10/11

Degrees awarded in 06/07-10/11

1. English 1522. Political Science

743. Psychology 634. Biology 335. Math & CS 11

Biology 8-4English 31- 32Math Ed 3-3Political Science 14-

9Psychology 14-20.

Graduate Programs- Outcomes

English Creative Writing Program

Northern Michigan University. A tiny program in the scenic UP that funds surprisingly well. It oughtn't be as obscure as it is. As with so many -- in fact, far too many -- MFA programs, NMU's website reveals little significant information about the program and thereby does it (and its applicants) no favors. But the sense in the creative writing community is that something good is happening here.

Source: Huffington Post Top 25 Underrated MFA Programs 4/18/ 2011.

Faculty with national reputations

John Smolens author of 5 novels in last 10 years.

Stephen Burn recognized by NY Times Book Review as one of top 5 young book critics in the US.

Matt Frank published fiction and non fiction in The New Republic, The Huffington Post, Field, Epoch, AGNI, The Best Food Writing, The Best Travel Writing, Gastronomica, and others.

5 students admitted to the MFA program out of 70+ applicants last year.