Aesthetics in the Academy: Data

About the Department
		Number	Valid Percent
2. State or Province:	Northeast South Midwest West Canada	37 35 33 26 19	25 23 22 17 13
3. Which best describes your institution?	two year four year public four year private	1 81 68	1 54 45
4. What is the undergraduate enrollment (i.e. FTE)?	<2000 2000-5000 5000-10,000 >10,000	30 38 28 54	20 25 19 36
5. Does your institution offer a philosophy major?	yes no	145 5	97 3
a. If YES, enrollment in the philosophy major is:	<10 10-30 30-60 >60	1 14 56 75	0 10 38 51
6. Does your institution offer graduate philosophy degrees?	yes no	70 80	47 53
a. If YES, check all graduate degrees offered:	M.A. Ph.D.	14 56	20 80
b. If YES, graduate enrollment is:	<10 10-20 20-30 >30	1 14 16 37	1 21 24 54
7. Which best describes your department's emphasis? (Check all that have substantial representation.)	Analytic Continental History of Philosophy Other	116 44 101 3	44 17 38 1
8. How many full-time philosophy faculty are in your department?	Median Mean	8 7.8
9. How many full-time faculty in your department do research primarily in aesthetics?	0 1 2	106 38 6	71 25 4
10. How many full-time faculty in your department do some research in aesthetics?	0 1 2 3 4+	39 46 39 18 8	26 31 26 12 5
11. How many full-time faculty in your department teach courses in aesthetics?	0 1 2 3 4+	28 60 42 13 6	19 40 28 9 4
12. How many graduate students or part-time faculty in your department teach aesthetics?	0 1 2 3 4+	125 18 2 2 3	83 12 1 1 2
13. Indicate which departments outside philosophy offer courses in aesthetics:	Literature Music Art Studio/Art History Film Studies Architecture Social Sciences Education Other	44 23 54 28 8 9 4 6	25 13 31 16 5 5 2 3
14. Did your department lose a member with an AOS or AOC in aesthetics since 1988?	yes no	41 109	27 73
a. If YES, what happened to the position?	Filled by aesthetics AOS Filled by aesthetics AOC Filled by non-aesthetician Not filled	2 8 16 15	5 20 39 37
15. Does your department plan to hire an aesthetician in the foreseeable future?	yes no	18 132	12 88
a. If YES, with what level of expertise?	AOS AOC	3 15	17 83
Undergraduate Courses
16. In your department, is aesthetics covered in Introduction to Philosophy?	Always Often Sometimes Never	0 6 88 55	0 4 59 37
17. Is aesthetics broached in non-aesthetics courses? (E.g. the Critique of Judgement in a course on Kant.)	Always Often Sometimes Never	0 15 119 15	0 10 80 10
18. Does your department offer lower division courses in aesthetics?	yes no	68 81	46 54
a. If YES, how many courses are offered (i.e. with distinct titles)?	1 2 3+	47 17 4	69 25 6
b. If YES, what is the total number of all sections offered annually?	every year every two years occasionally	11 14 43	16 21 63
c. If YES, what is the total annual enrollment in all sections?	Median Mean	25 27
19. Does your department offer upper division courses in aesthetics?	yes no	129 21	86 14
a. If YES, how many courses are offered (i.e. with distinct titles)?	1 2 3 4+	76 37 11 4	59 29 9 3
b. If YES, what is the total number of all sections offered annually?	every year every two years occasionally	48 46 35	37 36 27
c. If YES, what is the total annual enrollment in all sections?	Median Mean	16 21
20. What aesthetics courses does your department offer?	General Aesthetics History of Aesthetics Feminist Aesthetics Philosophy of Literature Philosophy of Film Philosophy of Visual Art Music Aesthetics Environmental Aesthetics Other	109 20 8 50 18 10 5 4 7	47 9 3 22 8 4 2 2 3
21. Is aesthetics required for your philosophy major?	yes no	2 143	1 99
22. Is a course in aesthetics required for other majors?	yes no	21 117	15 85
a. If YES, check applicable majors:	Literature Music Art Studio/Art History Architecture Art Education Other	2 2 16 2 2 1	8 8 64 8 8 4
23. Which best describes demand for aesthetics courses?	Increasing Steady Decreasing	19 110 14	13 77 10
24. Does your department offer enough aesthetics courses to meet demand?	yes no	113 30	79 21
a. If NO, does your department plan to offer additional aesthetics courses?	yes no	21 9	70 30
Graduate Courses
25. Does your department offer graduate courses in aesthetics?	yes no	48 99	33 67
a. If YES, how many courses are offered (i.e. with distinct titles)?	1 2 3+	28 12 5	62 27 11
b. If YES, how frequently?	every year every two years occasionally	12 15 21	25 31 43
26. Which aesthetics graduate courses are offered?	General Aesthetics History of Aesthetics Feminist Aesthetics Philosophy of Literature Philosophy of Film Other	31 21 5 8 5 9	39 27 6 10 6 11
27. Which best describes demand for graduate aesthetics courses?	Increasing Steady Decreasing	10 33 3	22 72 7
28. How many graduate students are developing an AOC in aesthetics?	0 1 2 3 4 5+	8 8 5 6 3 6	22 22 14 17 8 17
29. How many MA students are writing dissertations in aesthetics?	0 1 2	33 9 2	75 20 5
30. How many Ph.D. students are writing dissertations in aesthetics?	0 1 2 3+	20 16 4 9	41 33 8 18