Instructional Activity at UC Santa Cruz

Describing and Reporting Faculty Instructional Activity July 2003 report of the Task Force on Faculty Instructional Activities. [More] A System for Reporting Faculty Instructional Effort August 2005 report of the Task Force for the Implementation of Workload Reporting Policy. [More]

Single metrics such as the number of courses, credit hours, or class size do not adequately convey the faculty’s changing role as students move from introductory classes to more independent scholarly activity as they approach graduation.

UC is exploring ways to report faculty instructional activity in the broader perspective of educational outcomes, such as degrees awarded, graduation rates, and average time to degree—accordingly the multiple measures of instructional activity provided on this site should be considered in combination, not individually, in order to provide a more complete picture of faculty effort.

Student Credit Hours (SCH)

Quarterly student credit hour reports for lower division, upper division, and all undergraduate students are produced based upon course enrollments at the third-week census date.

Ladder Faculty Courses, Loads & Enrollments

The course audits are an annual summary of courses taught by ladder rank (tenure track) faculty.

All Instruction

Each year a summary of instructional workload indicators are provided for planning purposes.

Minimum Number of Courses Required by Major

The minimum number of courses required for graduation in each major is summarized for two or three year periods:

• 2001-02 through 2003-04 [HTML, PDF]
• 1997-98 through 1999-00 [HTML, PDF]
• 1996-97 through 1998-99 [PDF]
• 1995-96 through 1997-98 [GIF, PDF]
• 1994-95 through 1996-97 [HTML]
• 1992-93 through 1993-94 [GIF]