prothro-yeager college of humanities and social sciences fy 2014 budget hearings dr. samuel e....

Prothro-Yeager

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

FY 2014 Budget Hearings

Dr. Samuel E. Watson III, Dean

March 23, 2013

Departments

Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Six Academic Departments- History (HIST), Political Science (POLS), Psychology (PSYC), Sociology

(SOCL), English (ENGL), Foreign Languages (FORL)

One degree completion program—Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS)

Dean’s Office

Department of History (HIST)

Programs offered

(students declared in 2013 Spring Semester):

Master of Arts: History (15)

Bachelor of Arts: History (66)

Minor: History (14)

Additional courses:

Four courses in Geography (GEOG)

Department of History (Faculty and Staff)

Faculty Lines: 7

Years of hire: 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1983, 2000, 2012

Staff: 1 Secretary II

Total Faculty Salaries: $492,230

Total Administrative Salaries: $27,736

Fringe Benefits: $140,093

Longevity Pay: $3,120

TOTAL: $663,179

Department of History

Core Sections and Total Credit Hours

2013 Spring Semester

Core course sections of 1133 and 1233: 12 (1 Honors with 10 enrolled, 1 On-line with 35 enrolled)

Average enrollment in general, live sections: 65

201320 201220

SCH Graduate: HIST 90 HIST 117

SCH Undergraduate :HIST 2,847 HIST 2,934

GEOG 189 GEOG 192


Course Fees and Operations

Student Wages: $1,700

M&O: $5,387

HIST Course Fees TOTAL: $7,087

Travel: $2,565

Utilities $1,300

HIST Operations TOTAL: $3,865


Budget Information and Requests

HIST is presently conducting a replacement search for a faculty member separating before the start of the 2013-14 academic year. The new hire will be an assistant professor, tenure-track with a budgeted salary of $49,000.

Department of Political Science (POLS)

Includes International Studies (INTS)

Programs offered


Master of Arts: Political Science (10)

Bachelor of Arts: Political Science (44), International Studies (18)

Minors: Political Science (11), International Studies (6)

Department of Political Science (Faculty and Staff)

Faculty Lines: 6 (1 serves as a dean: 1 serves as a director)

Years of hire: 1976, 1992, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2011






TOTAL: $468,464

Department of Political Science



Core course sections of 1333 and 1433: 13 (1 Honors with 17 enrolled; 1 On-line with 30 enrolled)

Average enrollment in general, live sections: 58

201320 201220

SCH Graduate: POLS 54 POLS 51

SCH Undergraduate: POLS 2,516 POLS 2,561



Student wages: $2,400

M&O: $4,703

POLS Course Fees TOTAL: $7,103

Travel: $2,565

Utilities: $807

POLS Operations TOTAL: $3,372



The POLS Department Chairperson notes the following:

Since FY 2004, POLS has had a 30% reduction in its budget when adjusted for inflation, a 16% reduction in faculty, a 29% reduction in hours worked by student assistants because of increases in the minimum wage, and a 25% reduction in majors. Additionally, core sections taught by adjunct faculty have been eliminated except in special circumstances.

Department of Psychology (PSYC)

Programs offered


Master of Arts: Psychology (14)

Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Science: Psychology (71)

Minor: Psychology (61)

Pre-Psychology Advisees: (106)

Department of Psychology (Faculty and Staff)

Faculty lines: 5

Years of hire: 1977, 1991, 1999, 2004, 2005

Staff: ½ time Secretary II, ½ time Clinic Director


Fringe benefits: $93,338

TOTAL: $388,320

Department of Psychology



Core course sections of 1103: 7 (1 On-line with 24 enrolled)

Average enrollment in live sections: 39

201320 201220

SCH Graduate: PSYC 127 PSYC 139

SCH Undergraduate: PSYC 2,158 PSYC 2,371




Non-Student Wages: $6,000

Fringe benefits: $858

M&O: $4,433

PSYC Course Fees Total: $13, 291

Non-Student Wages: $31,920


Travel: $3,825

Utilities: $1,040

PSYC Operations TOTAL: $39,307



PSYC has an offer pending to a sixth faculty member to start in the fall of 2013. The new hire will be an assistant professor, tenure-track and make $53,000.

PSYC would like to make the Clinic Director position permanent and full-time.

The PSYC Department Chairperson notes the following:

Since FY 1999, PSYC has had a 14% reduction in its budget when adjusted for inflation, a 20% increase in faculty and a 12% increase in the number of majors.

Department of Sociology (SOCL)

Programs offered


Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Science: Sociology (60)

Minor: Sociology (40)

Department of Sociology (Faculty and Staff)

Faculty Lines: 4 (1 serves as a vice president, 1 serves as a director)

Years of Hire: 1973, 1976, 1978, 1999

Staff: ½ time Secretary II





TOTAL: $257,006

Department of Sociology



Core course sections of 1133: 5 (1 On-line with 19 enrolled)

Average enrollment in live sections: 45

201320 201220

SCH Undergraduate: SOCL 1,174 SOCL 1,560



M&O: $3,488

SOCL Course Fees TOTAL: $3,488

Travel: $2,286

Utilities: $420

SOCL Operations TOTAL: $2,706



SOCL conducted a search for a new faculty member in 2012-13 which did

not result in a hire. Permission to search again in 2013-14 is strongly

requested. The line is a replacement for a faculty member who departed at

the end of 2011-12, and the budgeted salary is $49,224.

SOCL has received a $5,400 scholarship donation from Mr. Jerry Warren.

Mr. Warren is a retired engineer who audited a SOCL course and was very

impressed with the department. He believes that the social sciences are

incredibly important for students, even though he never had a social science

course when he was in college.

The SOCL Department Chairperson notes the following:

In FY 2003, the SOCL M&O budget was $5,000. Today, ten years later, the SOCL M&O budget has decreased to $3,488.

Department of Foreign Languages (FORL)

Programs offered


Bachelor of Arts: Spanish (19)

Minors: French (9), Spanish (16)

Additional courses: Four basic courses in German

Department of Foreign Languages (Faculty and Staff)

Faculty Lines: 6

Years of Hire: 1989, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2012

Staff: 1 Secretary I




Longevity Pay: $480

TOTAL: $497,737

Department of Foreign Languages

Core Sections and Total Hours


Core course sections of SPAN 1134 and 1234: 10; Average enrollment: 23

Core course sections of FREN 1134 and 1234: 2; Average enrollment: 15

201320 201220

SCH Undergraduate: SPAN 1,240 SPAN 1,692

FREN 212 FREN 239

GERM 0 GERM 88



Student wages: $6,600

M&O: $5,542

FORL Course Fees TOTAL: $12,142

Travel: $2,074

Utilities: $900

FORL Operations TOTAL: $2,974



FORL has an offer pending to a new faculty member who will teach German. The new hire will be an assistant professor, tenure-track. It is a replacement line for a faculty member who retired in 2012 and the budgeted salary is $49,000.

There is a search in progress for a new chairperson in FORL.

Department proficiency exams are given at the beginning of every semester and generate a $35 per test income to the department.

FORL needs to replace broken equipment in the analog language lab so that it is functional until such time when a digital lab can be funded.

Department of English (ENGL)

Includes Humanities (HUMN) and Philosophy (PHIL)

Programs offered


Master of Arts: English (27)

Bachelor of Arts: English (66), Humanities (12)

Minors: English (10), Humanities (4), Philosophy (13)

Department of English(Faculty and Staff)

Faculty Lines: 15

Years of Hire: 1966, 1968, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002 (2), 2008, 2009, 2010 (2), 2011 (2), 2012


Total Faculty Salaries: $866, 130

Total Administrative Salaries: $19, 848

Fringe Benefits: $241, 667

Longevity Pay: $400

TOTAL: $1,128,045

Department of English



Core and required course sections of 1003, 1013, 1113, 1123, and 2113: 39 (3 sections of 2113 offered on-line)

Live sections capped at 22; On-line sections of 2113 capped at 15

201320 201220

SCH Graduate: ENGL 129 ENGL 138

SCH Undergraduate: ENGL 3,318 ENGL 3,564

HUMN 288 HUMN 252

PHIL 369 PHIL 339




M&O: $11,453

ENGL Course Fees TOTAL: $14, 953

Fringe benefits: $647

Travel: $3,150

Utilities: $2,360

ENGL Operations TOTAL: $6,157



ENGL is presently searching for three instructor positions (one permanent; two one-year appointments) to start in the fall of 2013.

ENGL has received permission to search for three assistant professor, tenure-track lines in 2013-14.

The ENGL Department chairperson notes and has requested the following:

A salary review examining pay equity for the English Secretary II. The chairperson notes the size and complexity of the department when compared to others.

12 new computers to replace old, malfunctioning, and slow ones. Estimated cost: $11,760

An increase in the departmental travel budget to $6000. There are six newly hired junior faculty members in the department who will need to attend conferences to achieve tenure and promotion.

From 2009 until the end of the 2012-13 academic year, ENGL has or expects to lose faculty members totaling $502,890 in salary. Only two additional faculty members have been hired and are continuing in 2013-14 at a salary cost of $98,000. The difference between salary losses and gains is a savings of $404, 890.


MSU Writing Center Requests

The Writing Program Administrator for MSU, who is also a faculty member in ENGL, has requested the following for FY 2014:

Total budget needed to provide sufficient support for student writers: $41,000

1. 3 stipends for third-year graduate students to provide mentoring and on-line tutoring ($8496 x 3): $25,488

2. 5 paid undergraduate lines (8.25/hour x 10 hours/week x 26 weeks/academic year): $10,725

3. 4 paid positions for summer tutors (8.25/hour x 10hours/week x 8 weeks): $2,640

4. Travel money for undergraduate tutors to present research at South Central Writing Association Annual Conference: $2,000


Bea Wood Hall Writing Computer Lab

The faculty member in ENGL responsible for the Writing Computer Lab in Bea Wood Hall has requested the following for FY 2014:

1.13 licenses of Adobe Cs6 design @ $222.18 each= $2,888

2. Educational Apps for iPads: $575.00

PYCHSS Dean’s Office

Staff and Operational Budget

1 Dean

1 Assistant to the Dean



Travel: $1,710

M&O: $3,207

Utilities: $250


TOTAL: $143,072

PYCHSS Dean’s Office

Center for the Study of Reform

M&O: $4,500

TOTAL: $4,500

Budget used to fund speakers, conferences, and presentations at MSU related to the study of reform.

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