Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: MarineScience
ProgramReviewAuthors:
Dave Bazard, Greg Grantham
JeffCummings,GeisceLy
AreaAdministrator:
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
NA
CommitteeComments
Datachartsdon’taccuratelyrepresenttheprogrambecauserequirementsforthe
degreesandcertificatesincludeclassesfromvariousotherdisciplines,butappear
goodoverall.Commentsincludedonanincreaseinenrollment.
X
N/A
X
Notenoughinformationtoelaborateonthelabormarket.
Unknown
N/A
X
GeneralfundingissharedbytheentireCRMCSciences
X
CourseRetention
X
CourseSuccess
X
X
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
Funding/Grantsupport
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Program/CourseOutcomes
SLOassessmentSchedule
MSclassesareacollectionofbiology,oceanology,etc.Thisisoneexceptionto
lookingatadisciplinebyindividualcourses.Thisreviewisoftheprogram.The
programhasstablegrowth.Fillratesfallwithinandaboveacceptablelevels.
Decreaseinnumberofsections,increaseinfillrate.Thecoursesthatsupportthe
programarehealthy.
BIO24,25(MSspecific)offeredeveryotheryear; retentionandsuccesswas
consistent.Ocean10,11,12andCIS1haddropinsuccess;offeredinMendoevery
otheryear?
Nocourse fiveyearplan,noclosingtheloopand nocourse/degree/certificate
assessment
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
Other:
X
N/A
DegreeandCertificate5yearplanscompleted
Problem:IfdegreesareofferedonlyatMendocino,areallclassestakeninMendo,or
areotherrequiredcoursestakenelsewhere,suchasEurekaorothercolleges?There
isaneedtoknowaboutthestudentsactuallyintheprogramversusthedisciplines.
TobetterevaluatetheMendocoursesshouldbeevaluated.Questionis,shouldthis
beevaluatedontheannualleveloronlyasacomprehensiveasotherdegreeand
certificateprograms?Allcoursesarecapturedatthedisciplinelevel.Bio24,25and
40aretheonlycoursesapplicableonlytotheMarineScience.Theseshouldbe
evaluatedseparately.UniqueMScourseshouldhaveanMSdesignation,sameas
Construction.
Basicskills:English150orhighertobesuccessful.Norealcorrelationbetweenmath
skillsandsuccessrates.PerhapsrecommendingEnglish150levelorhigher
preparation.
StudentServices:betteradvisingregardingtheOcean11coursemightaidin
success.
Curriculum:updatesaredueinthe2012and2013academicyear.
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.
AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011