Chabot College Program Review Report 2014 ‐2015 Year 1 of Program Review Cycle ANTHROPOLOGY Submitted on 11/2/2013 Contact: Mireille Giovanola Final Forms, 1/18/13
1 Appendix C: Program Learning Outcomes Considering your feedback, findings, and/or information that has arisen from the course level discussions, please reflect on each of your Program Level Outcomes. Program: ANTHROPOLOGY AA  PLO #1: Analyze human biological and cultural adaptations. In this context, evaluate the
different factors that have affected and are affecting humans biologically and culturally.

PLO #2: Analyze the factors that cause modern human biological and cultural diversity,
and demonstrate an appreciation for, and sensitivity to human biological and cultural
diversity.
What questions or investigations arose as a result of these reflections or discussions? As a group, we have the following concerns:
1. Many students do not read the assigned material for various reasons.
2. Many students do not have the proper reading or writing proficiency that is necessary to
succeed in class.
3. Students have difficulty understanding what science is, have difficulty using critical
thinking skills to solve problems and applying concepts learned in class to everyday life.
Even when they do understand what science is, some students have trouble formulating a
cogent argument to support an idea.
What program‐level strengths have the assessment reflections revealed? We all agree that
1. Our CLOs reflect what we think students should have learned when they complete our
courses.
2. Our assessment methods show the areas where we need to work with students.
3. Students learn much better when a variety of delivery methods are used. We strive to use
different media to present the material in class.
What actions has your discipline determined might be taken to enhance the learning of students completing your program? Actions planned:
1. We need to encourage students to read (even if they do not buy the texts), not just with
words but also with different techniques (reading to the text, reading and discussing text
in pairs, small-group discussions, etc.) One of us (Mireille Giovanola) attended a Reading
Apprenticeship FIG in fall 2011 and spring 2012 and has embedded these techniques in
class.
2. There are unfortunately no pre-requisites for any of the Anthropology classes. As we
review the course outlines, we will include the recommendation that students be eligible
for English 1A to take any Anthropology course. 3. We should include more exercises that help students develop analytical skills. 2