SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Course Offerings | |
| Offer appropriate numbers of courses and course sections. Associated Goals: Departmental Resources |
| Indicator | Graduate Courses Number of graduate courses. |
| Criteria | Number of Graduate Lectures The number of lecture courses for M.S. students in chemistry should not exceed twice the number of students. |
| Finding | Grad courses offered Fall 2006, 6 students, 2 courses (562 & 581). Spring 2007, 6 students, 2 courses (568 & 574). |
| Indicator | Majors Courses Number of lecture sections of majors courses. |
| Criteria | Major Lecture Capacity The number of students on the 12th class day in the various major lecture courses divided by the number of sections of these various lecture rooms should be less than the appropriate target. |
| Criteria | Major Lecture Sections The number of seats available on the 12th class day for the various major classes should not exceed the targeted room capacity for the class. |
| Finding | Major Lecture Sections Fall 2006, 138 70; 139 3; 238 13; 239 2. Spring 2007, 138 38; 139 59; 238 -1; 239 12. |
| Finding | Major Lectures Fall 2006, 138 43.3; 139 41.0; 238 26.8; 239 28.0. Spring 2007, 138 45.5; 139 40.2; 238 30.5; 239 23.3. |
| Indicator | Majors Labs Number of majors lab sections. |
| Criteria | 118 ratio The number of seats available on the 12th class day should not exceed 32 for CHM 118. |
| Finding | 118''s Fall 2006, 108 seats. Spring 2007, 57 seats. |
| Criteria | 119 ratio The number of seats available on the 12th class day should not exceed 24 for CHM 119. |
| Finding | 119''s Fall 2006, 16 seats. Spring 2007, 38 seats. |
| Criteria | 218 & 219 ratios The number of seats available on the 12th class day should not exceed 16 for either CHM 218 or 219. |
| Finding | Organic Labs Fall 2006, 218 31 seats; 219 9 seats. Spring 2007, 218 3 seats; 219 18 seats. |
| Indicator | Non-Majors Courses Number of lecture sections of non-majors courses. |
| Criteria | Non-Major Lecture Capacity The number of students in CHM 135 and 136 on the 12th class day divided by the number of sections of these classes should be between 65 and 80. |
| Finding | Non-Major Lectures Fall 2006, 135 79.7, 136 55.5. Spring 2007, 135 78.4, 136 57.0. |
| Criteria | Non-Major Lecture Sections The number of seats available on the 12th class day for both CHM 135 and CHM 136 should not exceed the room capacity of a single section. |
| Finding | Non-Major Lecture Sections Fall 2006, 135 room for 2, 136 no room. Spring 2007, 135 room for 8, 136 room for 55. |
| Indicator | Non-Majors Labs Number of laboratory sections of non-majors courses. |
| Criteria | 115 ratio The number of seats available on the 12th class day should not exceed 32 for CHM 115. |
| Finding | 115''s Fall 2006, 16 seats. Spring 2007, 34 seats. |
| Criteria | 116 ratio The number of seats available on the 12th class day should not exceed 24 for CHM 116. |
| Finding | 116''s Fall 2006, 20 seats. Spring 2007, 42 seats. |
| Action | Rewrite Criterion XVI Criterion XVI will be rewritten for the next year. |
| Objective | Excellent Faculty 2 | |
| Ensure that faculty engage in appropriate research. Associated Goals: Departmental Resources, Program Excellence |
| Indicator | Dissemination Dissemination of research results. |
| Criteria | Dissemination The number of papers and meeting presentations should exceed the number of tenure track faculty. |
| Finding | Papers&Presentations In calendar year 2006, the tenured and tenure-track faculty published 10 papers and coauthored 23 research publications. |
| Indicator | Researchers Number of researchers working with the faculty. |
| Criteria | Active Researchers The number of undergraduate and graduate student researchers should exceed the number of the tenure-track faculty. |
| Finding | Researcher number The number of graduate and undergraduate student researchers exceeds the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty in each semester. |
| Action | Continue Continue monitoring faculty research participation. |
| Objective | Sufficient Faculty | |
| Make sure that we have sufficient faculty (with appropriate credentials) to cover course offerings. Associated Goals: Departmental Resources, Program Excellence |
| Indicator | FTE Full time equivalent faculty workload. |
| Criteria | FTE value FTE maximum workload of 1.0 for all faculty. |
| Finding | Faculty FTE Workload of chemistry faculty. |
| Action | Request New Faculty The chemistry faculty are overloaded. A new faculty line is requested. |
| Objective | Sufficient Staff | |
| To have sufficient staff to enable smooth and efficient operation of the department. Associated Goals: Departmental Resources |
| Indicator | Number Of Staff Number of secretarial staff plus number of salaried technical staff. |
| Criteria | Staff number One secretarial staff and one salaried technical staff are needed. |
| Finding | Staff count One permanent staff. Temporary staff funded from course fees. |
| Action | Request More Staff Level of staff support is insufficient. Request a stockroom manager. |
| Objective | Excellent Faculty 1 | |
| Ensure that faculty teach well. Associated Goals: Program Excellence |
| Indicator | IDEA Scores IDEA score results. |
| Criteria | IDEA Excellence 75% of instructors will score 4 or above as excellent teachers. |
| Finding | IDEA Score Nearly all of the instructors scored 4 or higher in one of their courses (19/23 = 83%). |
| Criteria | IDEA Ranges 75% of instructors will score in the "similar" or above range as excellent teachers. |
| Finding | IDEA Range Nearly all (20/23 = 87%) of the faculty scored in the "similar" range or higher. |
| Action | Continue Continue monitoring faculty teaching. |
| Objective | Excellent Faculty 2 | |
| Ensure that faculty engage in appropriate research. Associated Goals: Departmental Resources, Program Excellence |
| Indicator | Dissemination Dissemination of research results. |
| Criteria | Dissemination The number of papers and meeting presentations should exceed the number of tenure track faculty. |
| Finding | Papers&Presentations In calendar year 2006, the tenured and tenure-track faculty published 10 papers and coauthored 23 research publications. |
| Indicator | Researchers Number of researchers working with the faculty. |
| Criteria | Active Researchers The number of undergraduate and graduate student researchers should exceed the number of the tenure-track faculty. |
| Finding | Researcher number The number of graduate and undergraduate student researchers exceeds the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty in each semester. |
| Action | Continue Continue monitoring faculty research participation. |
| Objective | Sufficient Faculty | |
| Make sure that we have sufficient faculty (with appropriate credentials) to cover course offerings. Associated Goals: Departmental Resources, Program Excellence |
| Indicator | FTE Full time equivalent faculty workload. |
| Criteria | FTE value FTE maximum workload of 1.0 for all faculty. |
| Finding | Faculty FTE Workload of chemistry faculty. |
| Action | Request New Faculty The chemistry faculty are overloaded. A new faculty line is requested. |