ANNUAL REPORT
College of Performing & Visual Arts - SCH Trends 2001 to 2009 3750 3500 3250 3000 2750 2500 2250 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 0 Fall 01 Spring 02 Fall 02 * Spring 03 Fall 03 Spring 04 Fall 04 Spring 05 Fall 05 Spring 06 Fall 06 Spring 07 Fall 07 Spring 08 Fall 08 Spring 09
Art & Design
Music
Theatre & Dance
Arts Admin
*Fall 2002 Fine Arts GE credit requirement dropped from 6 to 3 credits and SCH dropped as well. Lowest SCH point was the 2003-04 academic year.
Graph 2 – SCH by Semester The data above depicts SCH for the last eight academic years per semester. Student Credit Hours are calculated by course credit hours multiplied by enrollment in courses offered in each department. Typically, fall enrollments are higher and therefore the saw tooth appearance of the graph lines. The general trend in CPVA since 2004-05 has been increases in SCH in each semester. This trend is all the more positive when taking into account many of courses in CPVA are one or two credits and that meet for many more contact hours than regular classes. CPVA (and all arts program state-wide) is at a disadvantage given the method used by USHE to calculate SCH. For example, a studio class in art, dance, music or theatre may meet for 4 to 6 hours per week, yet a 3-credit course still only generates 3 SCH per student. A traditional face-to-face academic class could offer two 3-credit classes in the same 6 hours and generate twice as many SCH as a studio class in the arts. SCH tracking also shortchanges an accurate depiction of faculty workload. CPVA faculty typically log 18 or more contact hours with students per week, while non-arts faculty log 12 to 13 hours per week. th
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