For regular faculty at Manoa, Hilo, and West Oahu, the FTE
paid by instructional accounts is assigned to the department where
the courses are taught; when courses are taught in different
departments, the instructional FTE is prorated by the number of
equivalent semester hours taught in each department.
For graduate assistants who teach at Manoa, the FTE is based on
the number of semester hours taught, where 6 semester hours = .50
FTE. Non-teaching graduate assistants are excluded. For both
regular faculty and graduate assistants who teach, the maximum
analytical FTE faculty allowed is the total percentage of time
assigned to instructional accounts.
For regular faculty at the community colleges, the total FTE for
those assigned to instructional employing agencies is included
where the courses are taught; when courses are taught in different
employing agencies, the FTE is prorated by the number of
equivalent semester hours in each. For division chairpersons,
0.70 FTE is assigned as analytical FTE faculty.
In all other cases (lecturers, non-instructional funded faculty
and others) the analytical FTE is based on equivalent semester
hours taught, where a full-time load is 15 semester hours at the
community colleges and 12 semester hours elsewhere.
Excluded in all cases is the FTE of faculty on paid or unpaid
leave.
Indicates how a pair or group of classes are associated or
connected. One class is designated as the primary class, the other
is designated as the secondary class. A primary class along with
its secondary class or classes are called a set.
For a given primary class, there may be multiple secondary classes
which may have different types of associations with the primary
class. A secondary class in a set may be modular with the primary
class, while another secondary class may be concurrent with the same
primary class.
Rules and assumptions:
A class cannot be both a primary and secondary class.
A secondary class may have only one primary class.
If a set has more than one type of association, reporting
adjustments will be made in the following priority order:
modular, concurrent, crosslisted.
If a set has more than one type of association, one of which
is modular, the modular class must always be the primary
class.
Concurrent. An association is concurrent if
the primary class and the secondary class have the same course
alpha, and are concurrently taught. Both classes are offered
at the same time, in the same location (unless offered via
distance education), and are taught by the same instructor,
but enroll different students. In some instances the
classes are unique, but in other instances such as in distance
education, the classes are the same. Usually only two classes
are concurrently taught as a set, the primary and secondary
class, but there may be more than one secondary class.
Reporting adjustments for each set of concurrent classes:
Class count
Only the primary class is counted.
Course Count
If classes are the same, only the primary class is counted, else each class in the set is counted.
Equivalent sem hrs
Only semester hours for the primary class are counted.
Adjusted sem hrs
Only semester hours for the primary class are counted.
Adjusted regs
Sum of registrations (regs) in each class. Counted with the primary class.
Adjusted SSH
Sum of SSH (student semester hours) in each class. Counted with the primary class.
Classes in a concurrent set may also be reported separately as
appropriate.
Modular. A modular association is the association
between or among a sequence of integrated or affiliated
classes which are less than a semester's duration. For
instance, a modular class can be a piece of a larger, parent
class. Traditionally, it's a 3- or 4-credit class that is
broken into 3 or 4 "segments" of less than a semester's
duration and meeting for less than the usual 2,250 minutes of
instructional class time required for a 3-credit lecture
course or a 1-credit lab course. (See definition of
semester-hour for additional
information.) A modular class may also be part of a set of
classes with closely connected or related topics.
If there is a modular association between or among classes, a
modular class must be designated as the primary class.
Reporting adjustments for each set of modular classes:
Class count
Only the primary class is counted.
Course count
Only the primary class is counted.
Equivalent sem hrs
Sum of semester hours (shr) of each modular class in the set. Counted with the primary class.
Adjusted sem hrs
Sum of semester hours (shr) of each modular class in the set. Counted with the primary class.
Adjusted regs
Registrations (regs) in each class are apportioned according to the class's proportion of its set or parent class, then summed and rounded to a whole number. Counted with the primary class.
Adjusted SSH
SSH in each class are summed and counted with the primary class.
Crosslisted. A cross-listed association indicates the
primary and secondary class are offered (or crosslisted) under
different course alphas. Both listings refer to the same
course, i.e., PLAN 636 crosslisted as ARCH 687 is one class
taught by the same instructor at the same time. Some students
are taking it as PLAN 636, while others are taking it as ARCH
687.
Reporting adjustments for each set of crosslisted classes:
Class count
Only the primary class is counted.
Course count
Only the primary class is counted.
Equivalent sem hrs
Only semester hours for the primary class are counted.
Adjusted sem hrs
Only semester hours for the primary class are counted.
Adjusted regs
Sum of registrations (regs) in each crosslisted class in the set. Counted with the primary class.
Adjusted SSH
Sum of SSH in each crosslisted class in the set. Counted with the primary class.
Classes in a crosslisted set may also be reported separately as appropriate.
Total adjusted registrations (aregs) divided by the total number of
classes. (Registrations in independent study courses are excluded from
this calculation unless otherwise indicated.)
A unit of instruction consisting of recitations, lectures,
laboratory sessions, etc., in a particular subject field, and
identified by a designator consisting of a subject name and number,
e.g., German 102. A course may consist of one or more classes.
A student classified as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior and
admitted (by campus admissions and in some cases also by the
department/program) to a prescribed program of study leading to a
degree, certificate, or diploma. Includes degree or
certificate-seeking students taking credit offerings through
outreach or continuing education.
Classified Graduate
A student who has been accepted by Graduate Division in one of three
categories: regular, probational, or special. Regular graduate
students are fully accepted, while probational graduate students are
admitted conditionally by Graduate Division and to their respective
fields of study as potential candidates to pursue programs leading
to advanced degrees. Special graduate students are admitted to a
course of study not leading to an advanced degree.
Also, a student who is in a first professional (JD, MD) degree
program, the ArchD program, or a post-baccalaureate
certificate/diploma program (PCERT, PCT, PD, PDE).
Unclassified Student
A student who has not been admitted to a specific degree,
certificate or diploma program, but who has been admitted to enroll
in credit courses. Unclassified students at 4-year campuses are
subdivided into unclassified graduate and unclassified undergraduate
students, indicating respectively, students with or without the
baccalaureate. Includes auditors, concurrent registrant, early
admit, other special students and students taking credit courses
through outreach or continuing education offerings.
The number of degrees received upon completion of the required
course of study. Students receiving multiple degrees (even if it is
the same degree and is awarded by the same college or school) are
counted multiple times under this definition.
A degree- or certificate-seeking student classified as a freshman or
sophomore.
Freshman - A student with 0-24 semester hours completed.
Sophomore - A student with 25-54 semester hours completed.
Upper Division Student
A degree- or certificate-seeking student classified as a junior or
senior.
Junior - A student with 55-88 semester hours completed.
Senior - A student with 89 or more semester hours completed.
Unclassified Student
A student (at a 4-year campus, who does not have a baccalaureate
degree) who has not been admitted to a specific degree, certificate
or diploma program, but has been admitted to enroll in credit
courses.
Graduate Student
A student who has been admitted to the Graduate Division, the School
of Law, the MD program of the School of Medicine, or a professional
diploma/certificate program, or who is an unclassified
post-baccalaureate student.
Calculated for departments according to the following formula:
Fixed semester hours offered in the departments' classes, plus the
following equivalencies for variable credit courses.
The total equivalent semester hours per analytical FTE faculty.
Calculated by dividing the total equivalent semester hours by the
analytical FTE faculty.
The sum of FTE undergraduate course enrollments and FTE graduate
course enrollments in all credit courses. Includes course
enrollments in Outreach or Continuing Education courses.
FTE undergraduate course enrollments = Total student semester
hours (SSH), summed across all course enrollments in credit
undergraduate courses, divided by 15.
FTE graduate course enrollments = Total student semester
hours (SSH), summed across all course enrollments in credit
graduate courses, divided by 12.
The sum of all FTE undergraduate and FTE graduate majors enrolled in
credit courses. Includes credits taken in Outreach or Continuing
Education courses.
FTE undergraduate student majors = Total student semester
hours (SSH) taken by undergraduate students in credit courses,
divided by 15.
FTE graduate student majors = Total student semester hours
(SSH) taken by graduate students in credit courses, divided by 12.
Student's status at the time of registration. When a student
applies for admission, the student's registration status during this
semester is "first-time", "transfer" or "returning". If an enrolled
student continues enrollment in the following semester, registration
status would be "continuing". Registration status will remain as
"continuing" for the duration of the student's continued enrollment
in fall and spring semesters, (i.e., until there is a break in
enrollment). Some exceptions to this are as follows:
Non-attendance in summer session is not considered a break in
enrollment.
When a student changes academic level from undergraduate to
graduate, registration status will be re-started and previous
attendance (regardless of whether or not there is a break in
enrollment) will be disregarded in determining registration
status.
When a student changes to concurrent, early admit, auditor from
other majors or from concurrent, early admit or auditor to
other majors, registration status will be re-started.
When a student begins enrollment in the summer, and must also
apply for admission in the fall, registration status will be
re-started in the fall.
First-time
An undergraduate enrolling for the first time, never having
previously enrolled at any other college or university campus
except as an early admit or for summer session.
A non-degree graduate student enrolling for the first time at
the graduate level.
A degree-seeking graduate student enrolling for the first time
in a graduate degree program.
Also used if unable to determine whether the student's
previous work was at the graduate level.
Transfer
An undergraduate enrolling at a campus, having previously
attended another college or university.
An undergraduate re-enrolling after an absence of one or more
fall or spring semesters, having attended another college or
university in the interim.
A graduate student enrolling at the graduate level, having
previously attended another (i.e., non-UH) graduate school.
A graduate student who already received at least one graduate
degree at another (i.e., non-UH) graduate school or
university, and is applying for another graduate degree (i.e.,
PD to Masters, Masters to PhD, PhD to MD, Masters to Masters),
or is applying for unclassified (non-degree) graduate status.
Returning
An undergraduate student returning after an absence of at
least one fall or spring semester without having attended
another college or university (except summers or adult
extension classes) in the interim.
A graduate student returning after an absence of at least one
fall or spring semester, who is applying for a change in field
to another graduate program without having attended another
graduate school or university (except summers or adult
extension classes) in the interim.
A graduate student who already received at least one graduate
degree from the campus, was absent at least one fall or spring
semester, and is applying for unclassified (non-degree)
graduate status, at the same campus.
Continuing
An undergraduate or graduate student continuing to enroll at
the campus after enrollment during the immediately preceding
fall, spring or winter term. Exceptions to this are noted
above.
The credit or semester hour value assigned to the course. The unit
by which course work is measured. Credit value is either fixed or
variable.
Semester hour is based on a 50-minute hour. If "class hour" is
defined here to mean 50-minutes, then in a traditional
lecture-taught class, 1 semester hour of credit represents one
(50-minute) "class hour" of instruction per week over a 15-week
period in a semester. Thus, a lecture class offered for 3 semester
hours of credit meets three "class hours" per week over a 15-week
period, or 45 50-minute sessions (if scheduled to meet three times
a week: MWF, for example), or 30 75-minute sessions (if scheduled
to meet twice a week: TR for example), over a period of 75
instructional days (excluding weekends and holidays).
Generally, for laboratory classes, a lab offered for 1 semester hour
of credit meets three "class hours" per week over a 15-week period
in a semester, or 15 150-minute sessions (if scheduled to meet once
a week), or 30 75-minute sessions (if scheduled to meet twice a
week), over a period of 75 instructional days (excluding weekends
and holidays). Includes equivalent values for cooperative education
classes, where 5 students = 1 semester hour.
(See also: Equivalent Semester Hours.)
The total semester hours per analytical FTE faculty. Calculated by
dividing the total semester hours by the analytical FTE faculty.
May be under- or over-stated because only the fixed credit values
assigned to the courses are included.