Small programs that offer majors and do not include grant funding to supplement faculty and staff salaries, but depend on tuition revenue, are expensive. For example, a part-time, in-state student taking one political science course generates $1,233 in revenue. Assuming a full-time faculty member earns $50,000 per year in salary, clearly the tuition revenue generated by a small number of part-time students is insufficient to support the program. Even assuming all of the students are full-time (taking 12 credit hours), in-state, the revenue generated from tuition alone is insufficient to support the program. For example, the political science program has averaged 18 declared majors since 2013. For any given semester, 18 students x $3,897 = $70,146 in revenue generated by political science majors. The political science program, however, also contributes to the University’s liberal arts core, as well as supporting Kentucky high school dual credit programs. For example, in the spring 2018 semester there were 21 students who enrolled in POS 101 for the service course. Assuming all students were full-time (12 semester hours), in-state, 21 x $3,897 = $81,837/4 (courses) = $20,459 generated by students who take the POS 101 service course. Sixty-two high school students enrolled in the POS 101 course through the dual credit program in AY 2017–18, generating an additional $9,672 in tuition revenue.
The only annual direct costs for equipment, supplies and resources on a recurring basis for the political science program are copier expenses for individual faculty and any periodicals purchased by the library (most are now available electronically). An estimate of copier costs for the political science program is $1,000 annually. According to the library, the cost of periodicals relating to political science in 2017–18 was $10,550.
(most are now available electronically). An estimate of copier costs for the political science program is $1,000 annually. According to the library, the cost of periodicals relating to political science in 2017–18 was $10,550.
F. If the space, equipment, supplies, and library resources are not adequate, what would it cost to make them adequate?
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As noted elsewhere, the political science program provides one service course in the liberal arts core (POS 101: American Government), and during the spring 2018 semester the program relocated to the School of Public Administration and the newly created Department of Government. Given the historical connection between political science and public administration, faculty can teach across disciplines. Similarly, the program's affiliation with the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences will persist, and faculty will teach courses in that area (e.g., BSS 300: Statistics and 301: Research Methods).
There is no similar program offered at the University. Although political science and public administration
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