Peralta Community College District

Annual Program Update Template 2010-2011

Each discipline will complete this form to update program reviews developed in 2009-2010. These will be reviewed at the college level and then forwarded to the district-wide planning and budgeting process. The information on this form is required for all resource requests – including faculty staffing requests – for the 2011-12 budget year.

I.  Overview

Date Submitted: / 10/09/2010 / Dean: / Maurice Jones
BI Download: / 10/07/2010 / Dept. Chair: / Nathan Strong
Discipline: / ANTHR
Campus: / Alameda
Mission / The primary mission(s) of the respective disciplines within Anthropology are to teach and expand comparative areas and knowledge concerning human adaptation, survival and beliefs. Anthropology is the field of inquiry that studies human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology. It includes cultural anthropology, archaeology, Physical Anthropology Laboratory Techniques, and physical, or biological anthropology.
Population Genetics (Anth048AA), was a recently approved course in 2009 is part of a new interdisciplinary effort. It will not only be an integral element of Merritt College’s Genomics Program but an introductory element of the proposed COA Biosciences Program.

II.  Student Data

A.  Enrollment / Fall 2008 / Fall 2009 / Fall 2010
Census Enrollment (duplicated) / 382.0 / 457.0 / 358.0
Sections (master sections) / 10.0 / 9.0 / 7.0
Total FTES / 38.63 / 46.11 / 37.66
Total FTEF / 2.0 / 1.81 / 1.41
FTES/FTEF / 19.3 / 25.44 / 26.65
B.  Retention
Enrolled / 374.0 / 438.0 / N/A
Retained / 334.0 / 361.0 / N/A
% Retained / 89.0 / 82.0 / N/A
C.  Success
Total Graded / 374.0 / 438.0 / N/A
Success / 244.0 / 264.0 / N/A
% Success / 65.0 / 60.0 / N/A
Withdraw / 40.0 / 77.0 / N/A
% Withdraw / 10.0 / 17.0 / N/A
III.  Faculty Data (ZZ assignments excluded)
Fall 2010
Contract FTEF / 0.85
Hourly FTEF / 0.4
Extra Service FTEF / 0.16
Total FTEF / 1.41
% Contract/Total / 60.14

IV.  Faculty Data Comparables F2010 (ZZ assignments excluded) (Z assignments excluded)

Alameda / Berkeley / Laney / Merritt
Contract FTEF / 0.85 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.8
Hourly FTEF / 0.4 / 2.64 / 1.47 / 0.81
Extra Service FTEF / 0.16 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Total FTEF / 1.41 / 2.64 / 1.47 / 1.61
% Contract/Total / 60.15 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 49.59

V.  Qualitative Assessments

CTE and Vocational: Community and labor market relevance. Present evidence of community need based on Advisory Committee input, industry need data, McIntyre Environmental Scan, McKinsey Economic Report, licensure and job placement rates, etc. / N/A
Transfer and Basic Skills: Describe how your course offerings address transfer, basic skills, and program completion. / All current Anthropology course offerings facilitate transfer and articulation into U.C. Undergraduate Social Science Programs and basic skills completion.

VI.  Strategic Planning Goals

Check all that apply.
Advance Student Access, Success & Equity
Engage our Communities & Partners
Build Programs of Distinction
Create a Culture of Innovation & Collaboration
Develop Resources to Advance & Sustain Mission / Describe how goal applies to your program.
Current and future Anthropology curriculum will be increasingly collaborative and interdisciplinary.
Current and future Anthropology curriculum will be increasingly collaborative and interdisciplinary.
Current and future Anthropology curriculum will be increasingly collaborative and interdisciplinary.

VII.  College Strategic Plan Relevance

Check all that apply
New program under development
Program that is integral to your college’s overall strategy
Program that is essential for transfer
Program that serves a community niche
Programs where student enrollment or success has been demonstrably affected by extraordinary external factors, such as barriers due to housing, employment, childcare etc.
Other

VIII.  Action Plan

Please describe your plan for responding to the above data. Consider curriculum, pedagogy/instructional, scheduling, and marketing strategies. Also, please reference any cross district collaboration with the same discipline at other Peralta colleges.
Include overall plans/goals and specific action steps.
Current efforts are to establish an interdisciplinary and collaborative Bioscience/Forensics curriculum between the current Anthropology, Biology, C.I.S., Chemistry, Psychology, and Health Education Departments at the College of Alameda. It is intended that such a program will eventually provide expanded college transfer opportunities and certificated gateways for students who might seek viable gateway opportunities into university health and bioscience programs or entry-level positions within various biotech industries.
The above referenced efforts have also provided applicable and programmatic means by which the College of Alameda is currently pursuing a collaborative, Peralta District inter-campus effort and community outreach.

IX.  Needs

Please describe and prioritize any faculty, classified, and student assistant needs.
1. One full-time faculty and two part-time faculty.
2. Two student instructional assistants: (student instructional assistant #1: 10 hours per week; and, student instructional assistant #2: 20 hours per week. Total hours for assistants – 30 hours per week)
Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
1.Instructional equipment: Primate/Hominide, anatomical fossil system and display cabinet. ($4,500)
2.Instructional supplies: Ancestral DNA Testing Kits ($10,000 e.g. $5,000 per semester)
Please describe and prioritize any facilities needs.
1.Multi-media, smart classroom
2.Online wall receptacle drops or wireless infrastructure

X.  Course SLOs and Assessment

Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline / Four (4)
Number with SLOs / Four (4)
% SLOs/Active Courses / 100%
Number of courses with SLOs that have been assessed / One (1) course has been scheduled for assessment in Fall 2010 semester.
% Assessed/SLOs / 0, hopefully 25% will be done in Fall 2010 semester.
Describe types of assessment methods you are using
1. Group discussions and presentations
2 Examinations and field trip reports
3. Written project papers
Describe results of your SLO assessment progress
The results are undetermined because SLO assessment is still a work in progress.

XI.  Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Fall 2010
Number of degrees and certificates in your discipline / One Associate Degree and three BioScience/Forensics Certificates Currently under development.
Number with Program Learning Outcomes / One (1)
Number assessed / zero (0)
% Assessed / zero (0)
Describe assessment methods you are using
Data collection/analysis from course SLOS and assessments will be integrated into program learning outcomesand assessment.
Describe results of assessment
work in progress.l

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