Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: Physics/Engineering
ProgramReviewAuthors:
Erik Kramer
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
NA
CommitteeComments
Enrollmentsdeclinedslightly,likelyduetothecutsections.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
X
Thereisnoequipmentbudgetforphysics.Thesmallgeneralfundbudgetcovers
smallitems,butnottheequipmentissues.ComplimentstoEricwithbeingcreative
workingwithwhatwehave.
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Program/CourseOutcomes
CourseRetention
X
X
CourseSuccess
X
SLOassessmentSchedule
X
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
X
N/A
Retentioninallclassesfallswithinacceptablelevels.
Thehigherendphysicsclasseshaveahighersuccess.Assessmentshowsthistobe
studentsplanningtogointoscienceormedicalfields.Allfallwithinacceptable
levels.
Onlyonecourseinneedofupdatingandwillbedonethisyear.Engineeringisreally
onlyoneclassortwoclassescross‐listedwithotherprograms(DT,withoutcomes
throughDT).
Other:
BasicSkills
Curriculum
StudentServices
PRC
Thedatasupportstheideathatstudents whohavesuccessfullycompletedhigher
X
levelsofEnglishandmatharemoresuccessfulinphysicscourses.
Physicsuptodate;engineeringcourseswilllikelybeinactivated.Threecoursesare
X
X
crosslistedandownedbyotherprograms.
Good
KudosonworkingwithHSUregardingtheseclasses.PRCrecommendsaddingequipmentbudgetneedtotheneeds
addendum.Weneedtospendtimeandmoneyonphysicsprogram,becauseittouchesmanymorestudentsthanisrealized.