State of Nebraska
REVIEW OF EXISTING PROGRAMS, 1996-97
for the Coordinating Commission for Post Secondary Education

Department of Art and Art History

Degree/
Credential Awarded		 Year
1996-97		 Year
1995-96		 Year
1994-95		 Year
1993-94		 Year
1992-93		 5 Year
Average		 UNK
Recommen-
dation		 CCPE
Action
BA 0 1 1 2 1 1.0 Cont. Cont.
BAE 7 12 11 7 7 8.8 Cont. Cont.
BFA 29 25 28 17 18 23.4 Cont. Cont.
UG Totals 36 38 40 26 26 33.2    
MAE 0 0 3 1 8 2.4 Cont. Cont.
Totals 36 38 43 27 34 35.6    
Student Credit Hours 6,757.0 6,712.0 7,496.0 7,781.0 8,027.0 7,354.6    
Faculty FTE 16.05 16.25 16.55 15.85 15.00 15.94    
SCH per Faculty FTE 420.9 413.0 452.9 490.9 535.1 462.38    

Department of Economics

Degree/
Credential Awarded		 Year
1996-97		 Year
1995-96		 Year
1994-95		 Year
1993-94		 Year
1992-93		 5 Year
Average		 UNK
Recommen-
dation		 CCPE
Action
B.S. Agbus 13 21 5 14 10 12.6 Cont.
Student Credit Hours 5,271 5,159 5,760 6,407 6,739 5,867    
Faculty 4 FTE 8.45 8.6 8.90 9.10 9.95 9.0    
SCH per Faculty FTE 623.79 599.88 647.19 704.07 677.29 625    

Department of English

Degree/
Credential Awarded		 Year
1996-97		 Year
1995-96		 Year
1994-95		 Year
1993-94		 Year
1992-93		 5 Year
Average		 UNK
Recommen-
dation		 CCPE
Action
BA 8 10 9 6 7 8.0 Cont. Cont.
BAE 12 27 25 27 24 23.0 Cont. Cont.
UG Totals 20 37 34 33 31 31.0    
MAE 1 8 4 7 7 5.4 Cont. Cont.
Totals 21 45 38 40 38 36.4    
Student Credit Hours 13,205 13,235 14,626 15,956 16,149 14,634    
Faculty FTE 22.5 21.35 23.8 23.8 23.1 22.9    
SCH per Faculty FTE 586.89 619.91 614.54 670.42 699.01 638.15    

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

Degree/
Credential Awarded		 Year
1996-97		 Year
1995-96		 Year
1994-95		 Year
1993-94		 Year
1992-93		 5 Year
Average		 UNK
Recommen-
dation		 CCPE
Action
BS-FCSC 13 15 25 12 10 15.0 Cont. Cont.
BS-Dietetics 1 2 3 4 0 2.0 Cont. Approved with Follow-up Report
BSE 2 5 0 2 8 3.4 Cont. Cont.
Total 16 22 28 18 18 20.4    
Student Credit Hours 4275 3926 3845 3795 3270 3822    
Faculty FTE 8.30 9.60 9.11 9.57 8.66 9.05    
SCH per Faculty FTE 515 409 422 397 378 424    

Department of Modern Languages

Degree/
Credential Awarded		 Year
1996-97		 Year
1995-96		 Year
1994-95		 Year
1993-94		 Year
1992-93		 5 Year
Average		 UNK
Recommen-
dation		 CCPE
Action
BA in French 3 1 3 2 6 3.01 Cont Cont
BAE in French 3 0 1 0 1 1.0 Cont Cont
UG Totals in French 6 1 4 2 7 4.0    
MAE in French 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 Cont Cont
Totals in French 6 1 4 3 7 4.2    
BA in German 1 1 3 2 2 1.8 Cont Approved with Follow-up Report
BAE in German 0 1 1 0 0 0.4 Cont Approved with Follow-up Report
UG Totals in German 1 2 4 2 2 2.2    
MAE in German 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 Cont Approved with Follow-up Report
Totals in German 1 2 4 2 3 2.4    
BA in Spanish 9 7 6 5 4 6.2 Cont Cont
BAE in Spanish 2 3 3 7 5 4.0 Cont Cont
UG Totals in Spanish 11 10 9 12 9 10.2    
MAE in Spanish 1 1 1 0 0 0.6 Cont Cont
Totals in Spanish 12 11 10 12 9 10.8    
BAE in ESL* 8 4 2 3 2 3.8 Cont Cont
BA in Dept. 13 9 12 9 12 11.0    
BA in Dept. 13 8 7 10 8 9.2    
UG in Dept. 26 17 19 19 20 20.2    
MAE in Dept. 1 1 1 1 1 1.0    
Totals in Dept. 27 18 20 20 21 21.2    
Student Credit Hours 3976 3667 4229 3641 3705 3843.6    
Faculty FTE 8.91 9.27 8.35 7.57 7.02 8.2    
SCH per Faculty FTE 446.2 395.6 506.5 481.0 438.0 468.7    

* Comments on ESL: Originally administered by the Department of Modern Languages, the English as a Second Language Teaching Subject Endorsement is now shared by the Department of Professional Teacher Education and the Department of Modern Languages.

Department of Music and Dance

Degree/
Credential Awarded		 Year
1996-97		 Year
1995-96		 Year
1994-95		 Year
1993-94		 Year
1992-93		 5 Year
Average		 UNK
Recommen-
dation		 CCPE
Action
BA 2 1 0 0 0 0.6 Cont. Cont.
BAE 12 8 12 14 12 11.6 Cont. Cont.
BFA 3 3 2 0 0 1.6 Cont. Continue: Interim Report
BS 5 3 8 9 5 6.0 Cont. Cont.
UG Totals 17 23 23 15 22 19.8    
MAE 2 3 1 3 2 2.2 Cont. Cont.
Totals 19 26 23 18 24 22.0    
Student Credit Hours 4,904 4,952 5,386 5,343 5,330 5,183    
Faculty FTE 15.36 13.83 13.40 13.88 14.02 14.10    
SCH per Faculty FTE 319 358 402 385 380 369    

Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts

Degree/
Credential Awarded		 Year
1996-97		 Year
1995-96		 Year
1994-95		 Year
1993-94		 Year
1992-93		 5 Year
Average		 UNK
Recommen-
dation		 CCPE
Action
BS in Sp. Comm. 23 28 14 17 21 20.6 Cont. Cont.
BA in Sp. Comm. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cont. Cont.
BAE in Sp. Comm. 9 2 2 5 3 4.2 Cont. Cont.
UG Total 32 30 16 22 24 24.8    
MAEd in Sp. Comm. 0 3 7 14 5 5.8 Cont. with
in-depth
review
via MA
proposal		 In-depth Review
Total in Sp.Comm. 32 33 23 36 29 30.6    
BA in Theatre 1 1 0 0 0 .4 Cont. In-depth Review
BFA in Theatre 0 5 4 2 3 2.8 Cont. In-depth Review
BAE in Theatre 0 2 0 0 0 .4 Cont. In-depth Review
Total in Theatre 1 8 4 2 3 3.6    
UG Total in Speech/Theatre Dept. 33 38 20 24 27 28.4    
Grad. Total in Speech/Theatre Dept. 0 3 7 14 5 5.8    
Total in Speech/Theatre Dept. 33 41 27 38 32 34.2    
Student Credit Hours 6618 6247 7276 7276 7272 6937.8    
Faculty FTE 13.85 18.87 15.03 15.14 14.71 14.5    
SCH per Faculty FTE 478 450 484 481 494 477.40