UT Austin - Statistical Handbook 2001 - 2002

Total semester credit hour production increased from last fall by 1.8%, with increases at both the undergraduate and graduate levels (Table SCH 1). Proportionally, this increase is larger than the increase in enrollment.

Undergraduate semester credit hour production (measured by percent change) increased or remained stable for all colleges and schools, except Architecture. At the graduate level, semester credit hour production increased or remained stable for all colleges and schools, except Architecture, Communication, Library and Information Science, and Social Work (Table SCH 1).

Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences continue to produce the largest proportion of undergraduate semester credit hours at 36.0% and 27.2%, respectively (Figure SCH 2). At the graduate level, Law (17.95%) and Business (17.8%) are the largest producers of hours.

Total student full-time equivalents (FTEs) also increased from last fall by 1.8%. All colleges and schools except Architecture, Library and Information Sciences, and Social Work experienced stable or increased FTEs compared to the previous fall (Table SCH 3).

University-wide, average undergraduate student courseloads increased slightly over last year (from 12.73 to 12.80). The highest undergraduate average courseloads are found in Pharmacy (14.82), Engineering (13.37), and Business Administration (13.27). At the graduate level, the courseloads are highest for Law students (14.51), Pharm. D. students (14.33), and master's students in Business Administration (12.79) (Table SCH 4).

Data for the last three fall semesters indicate a slight increase in the total percentage of undergraduate semester credit hours taught to majors. Nursing, Engineering, and Pharmacy feature the highest percentages of semester credit hours taught to majors, while Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, and Eduation have the lowest percentages (Table SCH 5).

16 January 2002
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