[FUN_Mail] Need a little bit of data...

[Jan Thornton via FUN_Mail]

Jeffs, et al.:
   Thanks for the info!
In order to compare apples to apples one good way to display the numbers 
is graduating seniors (rather than declared majors as that may include 
sophomores, juniors, and/or seniors but can vary from one part of the 
academic year to another) and to also include the number of seniors (or 
undergrads) at the college so one can get a percent of graduating 
seniors.  I remember that someone did this in the past for a number of 
colleges (but don't remember who...so if you are out there, fess up and 
correct me if I am remembering incorrectly) and they came up with a 
conclusion that generally about 3-4% of seniors sign on for a 
neuroscience major.  Oberlin's neuroscience major has been around a long 
time (more than 35 years) and currently is at about 6%....but may be 
growing again. So be ready to be inundated with majors!
Jan Thornton, Oberlin College

On 10/12/2014 10:14 AM, Jeffrey French via FUN_Mail wrote:
> Ok, here’s an easier solution to the stripped attachments - make your own
> graphs!
>
>
>   
>   
>    Year     Declared majors
>   
>   
>    2009        10
>   
>   
>    2010        63
>   
>   
>    2011       122
>   
>   
>    2012       161
>   
>   
>    2013       194
>   
>   
>    2014       217
>
>
>
> Jeffrey A. French, PhD
> Varner Professor of Psychology and Biology
> Director, Neuroscience Program
> University of Nebraska at Omaha
> 6001 Dodge St.
> Omaha NE 68182
>
> 傅杰夫
>
> www.unomaha.edu/crc
> www.unomaha.edu/endolab
>
>
>
>
> On 10/11/14, 10:31 AM, "fun mail" <fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:
>
>> I¹ve attached a figure with declared majors showing growth in the five
>> years since our disciplinary program was established. Hope this
>> information is helpful.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> Jeffrey A. French, PhD
>> Varner Professor of Psychology and Biology
>> Director, Neuroscience Program
>> University of Nebraska at Omaha
>> 6001 Dodge St.
>> Omaha NE 68182
>>
>> Jfrench at unomaha.edu
>> 402-554-2558
>>
>> www.unomaha.edu/crc
>> www.unomaha.edu/endolab
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/11/14, 8:39 AM, "fun mail" <fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> If you have a quick moment, could you please help me out. We are working
>>> on a proposal for a Neuroscience Major at SVSU and the question of rate
>>> of growth came up. For those that have established majors could you
>>> provide an estimate of how many declared majors you had your 1, 2, 3, 4,
>>> 5+, and current years. I would just like to get a ballpark rate of growth
>>> so we can add that to our planning documents/estimate for new
>>> costs/lines, etc.
>>>
>>> I will create a summary and share that with the list for all to use as
>>> well!
>>>
>>> You can just reply to the list or to me directly at jsmith12 at svsu.edu
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> Jeffrey S. Smith, Ph.D.
>>> President, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
>>> The Malcolm and Lois Field Endowed Chair in Health Sciences
>>> Department of Health Sciences
>>> Crystal M. Lange College of Health & Human Services
>>> Saginaw Valley State University
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>>> University Center, MI 48710
>>>
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