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 |