FAD Definitions

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BRIEF DEFINITIONS FOR READING
FACULTY ASSIGNMENT BY DEPARTMENT (FAD)

Top Line of Column Headings (Faculty)

Faculty ID = Social Security Number
Name = Faculty Name
Range Code = Faculty Rank (see explanation of categories below)
TSF = Total Support Fraction (IFF+IAF+OSF=TSF)
IAF = Instructional Administrative Fraction
ADM-LEV = Administrative Level of IAF (12-mo. or AY Dept. Head, etc.)
OSF = Other Support Fraction (reimbursed or non-instructional fund)
IFF = Instructional Faculty Fraction (total "teaching" time)

Second Line of Column Headings (Courses) (Selected Headings)

SUBJ = Course Abbreviation
COUR = Course Number
SUFF = Course Suffix
SEC = Course Section Number
DISC = HEGIS Discipline Code used for national and CSU reporting
L = Level of course (1 = lower; 2 = upper; 3 = graduate)
ENR = Enrollment in class at census
S = Sequence number for course section segments
CS = Course classification number based on mode of instruction (e.g. 02=Lec, 16- SciLab)
A-CCU = Adjusted Course Credit Units (unit value of course)
TBA = To Be Arranged hours (BEG & END show BY ARR)
FACL = Facility or building number
SPACE = Room number
F = Facility Type (1 = lecture; 2 = laboratory; 3 = non-capacity & Supervision
GRP = Group code (2 or more sections with same time, room, & instructor)
TTF = Team Teaching Fraction (proportion of teaching credit for team taught class)
SCU = Student Credit Units (product of enrollment and adjusted course credit hours - see the Course Prefix Report - Dept. in ODIN for Department and College Totals)
FCH = Faculty Contact Hours (hours of class meeting per week or based on supervision enrollment)
D-WTU = Direct WTU from classes & supervision plus assigned time codes of 11, 15, 17 & 18
I-WTU = Indirect WTU (normally assigned time less codes of 11, 15, 17 & 18)
T-WTU = Total WTU (sum of direct and indirect WTU and compared to Instructional Faculty Fraction for appropriate load)

Third Line of Column Headings (non-heading text description of Assigned Time Activity)

SPLIT APPT = Faculty teaching in more than one department. The College and Department code refers to the alternate department in which the faculty member taught.

Department Totals

NUMBER ASSIGNMENTS = Number of faculty members
FTEF (Full Time Equivalent Faculty) = The sum of all instructional faculty fraction for the Department/College. (IAF and OSF are not counted in FTEF, only IFF contributes to FTEF)
CLASS WTU (Class Weighted Teaching Units) = The WTU earned from all class sections taught
SUPERVSN WTU (Supervision Weighted Teaching Units) = The WTU earned from all class sections of supervision (classes with CS# 25 or 36)
DIRECT WTU = The WTU earned from all class sections taught as well as WTU earned from Assign Time codes of 11, 15, 16, 17, and 18
INDIRECT WTU = The sum of all departmental assignments associated with Assign Time Codes other than 11, 15, 16, 17, and 18
TOTAL WTU = The sum of Direct and Indirect WTU
DIRECT WTU/FTEF = Direct WTU divided by FTEF
TOTAL WTU/FTEF = Total WTU divided by FTEF
TOTAL SCU = The sum of all class SCU. This is not an accurate account of the SCU earned for the Department/College. See the "Course Prefix Report - Dept." in ODIN.
TOTAL FTES = Total SCU divided by 15
SCU/FTEF = SCU divided by FTEF
SFR (Student Faculty Ratio) = Total FTES divided by FTEF

Explanation of Range Codes:

FULL TIME = TSF (Total Support Fraction) equal to or greater than 1.000
PART TIME = TSF (Total Support Fraction) less than 1.000
GRAD ASST = Graduate Assistant, Teaching Associate, SSP, Volunteer
OTHER = Non-teaching Librarian, Coach, Counselor and Administrator with IFF
FACULTY RANK
PROFESSOR = Professor, Head Coach, Principal Vocational Instructor, Lecturer "D"
ASSOC PROF = Associate Professor, Coach, Senior Vocational Instructor, Lecturer "C"
ASST PROF = Assistant Professor, Coaching Specialist, Intermediate Vocational Instructor, Lecturer "B"
INSTRUCTOR = Instructor, Coaching Assistant, Junior Vocational Instructor, Lecturer "A"
ASSISTANT = Teaching Assistant, Lecturer "L"
TCHG ASSOC =Teaching Associate
GRAD ASST = Graduate Assistant, SSP, Volunteer
ADMINISTRATOR = Administrator (no Instructional Faculty Fraction)
OTHER = Other (non-teaching Librarian, Coach, Counselor and Administrator with IFF)

Notes:

This is a Chancellor's Office report. The format cannot be altered. The Department Number and Name are CSU assigned and do not always reflect Cal Poly's naming conventions.
Because the FAD focuses on faculty assignments, the report does not accurately reflect Department and College totals (except Number Assignments and FTEF). Course WTU and SCU should be viewed on the Course Prefix Report-Dept in ODIN.

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