Any budgetary model must account for the unique aspects and educational requirements of artistic and creative scholarship. COLA units include those with extensive graduate programs. Any budgetary model must account for the important graduate missions of these units, the differing costs associated with such programs, and the benefits of these graduate programs to the research, service and teaching missions of the college. The college has a substantial proportion of core curriculum and service courses in its catalog and so teaches many students with majors in other colleges. The number of credit hours generated is an important indicator of the teaching effort in the college.
Pedagogical factors are critical in budgeting teaching resources.
Some majors in departments in the college are pursuing degrees in other colleges. For example, secondary education mathematics students are students in the College of Education and have majors in the Department of Mathematics working towards a Bachelor of Science in Education. Also, there are significant numbers of double majors in programs in Science and other colleges such as Liberal Arts, Engineering, and Business. A budget model should take into account each major department when students have majors in multiple departments and colleges. Graduate education is an important mission of the college.