Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: Biology/EnvironmentalSciences ProgramReviewAuthors:
Diqui LaPenta, Karen Reiss, Jeff Hogue, Brie Waters, Teresa Sholars, Greg Grantham
AreaAdministrator:
RachelAnderson
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
X
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
Funding/Grantsupport
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Program/CourseOutcomes
CourseRetention
CourseSuccess
SLOassessmentSchedule
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
Other:
NA
CommitteeComments
Enrollmentsareloweroverall,whichisconsistentwithfewersectionsoffered.
N/A
NA
NA
N/A
X
Supplybudgetsharedthroughoutthedivision. Largerprintingbudgetneeded. MSE
hasahighcostofwhiteboardmarkers.Nodistrict‐wideequipmentrepairbudget;no
equipmentrepairbudgetforthesciences.(ThisbudgetreflectsEurekaonly.)
X
X
X
X
X
N/A
Eurekaend‐of‐termfillratesincreased.Allsiteshadsectioncuts.
Veryhighacrosstheboard
OverallsuccessiswithinacceptableDistrictlevels
Needclosingtheloopreports
BSI: Students testingintoEngl1Ahadabetterchanceatsuccessthan thosetestingin
atlowerlevels.75%areunknown(thisdataseemsoddb/cthesearetransfer
classes.) MathplacementlevelscorrelatesimilarlyasEnglishinstudentsuccess.BIO
hasnotedfrequentlyinprogramreviewthatthecorrelationofstudentwiththe
abilitytoread,writeandanalyzeatthecollegeleveliscrucialforsuccessinthe
sciences.
Receivedprofessionaldevelopmentfunds.
StudentServices:wouldlikebettertrackingofstudentcareergoalsanddegreegoals,
especiallybetweentheBiologytoScienceExploration,foradvising.
DSPSdoesagoodjob,buttherearemorestudentswhorequireassistancethan
fundingallows.Onlyonetutorforallbiologystudents.Studentplagiarismseemsto
beanincreasingprobleminthesciences.(Studentservicesareaddressingthecareer
pathissue).Apeertutoringcourseapprovedbycurriculumcouldaidadvanced
studentswhilehelpinglowerlevelstudents.Lackofsupportservicesresourcesis
thatlargestimpactonSLOs.
Curriculum:(itwasnotedtheBIOL120courseswillbeinactivated.Theseare
experimentalcourses.)Numerouscoursesneedtobeinactivatedorupdatedthis
spring/fall.Oneclassnotrevisedsince1988(Env40).Note:BIOL88Aisnotedas
beingupdatedbutsaytobeinactivatedontheprogramreview.
Curriculum:Whatarethe“rules”forexperimentalclassesregardingupdatesandinactivation?Dotheygothroughthe
curriculumprocess?Ifnot,howlongaretheyofferedbeforegoingthroughthecurriculumprocess?
PRCsuggeststhatpossiblytwoofthesecoursescouldbeofferedascommunityedcourses(Biol21and16)andmaybe
PRCRecommendations:
shouldbelookedassessedfromtheprogramlevel.PRCalsorecommendshavinganadvisortalkaboutthiscomponentof
theseclasses.
PRCwillnoteintheexecutivesummaryanapprovedsabbaticalleavetosupportanon‐majorcourse,nowonhold.