Annual Program Review Update
*Be sure to include information from all three campuses.
Program/Discipline: Sociology_
Date: September 24, 2007 ___
Trends and Relevant Data
1. Has there been any change in the status of your program or area? (Have you shifted
departments? Have new degrees or certificates been created by your program? Have
you added or deleted courses? Have activities in other programs impacted your area
or program? For example, a new nursing program could cause greater demand for
life-science courses.) If not, skip to #2.
Note: curricular changes should be addressed under 12-14. No
major changes have occurred within the Department. Carol
Mathews has been creating a human services certificate program. It
has not been implemented yet. Existing sociology, psychology etc.
curriculum would be used; only one new course would be created.
Presently all social work curriculum is subsumed under the
sociology rubric. We expect the human services curriculum would
increase enrollment for sociology and psychology. Last academic
year we added an Introduction to Women’s Studies course. We
anticipate deleting the Women Contemporary Society course.
2. Have there been any significant changes in enrollment, retention, success rates, or
student demographics that impact your discipline? If so, please include data sheets
(Excel or Word format) showing these changes. Longitudinal data is scarce.
For the district as a whole, comparing academic year 2005/06 with
2006/07, there were in 2006/07 four (4) fewer sections and a drop
in census enrollment from1173 to 970. Student success is
approximately the same.
3. Occupational programs must review the update of their labor-market data, some of it
provided by Institutional Research, to illustrate that their program:
a. Meets a documented labor market demand,
b. Does not represent duplication of other training programs (in the region), and
c. Is of demonstrated effectiveness as measured by the employment and
completion success of its students. Not applicable
Not Applicable
Other Resources
4. Do you have needs (professional development, library resources, and so forth) not
previously required by the discipline or not previously addressed in budget or
equipment considerations? Please describe. For travel and attendance at
professional conferences we have used District travel funds and our
personal resources. Library resources, including data bases, books
and audiovisual materials have been funded primarily through the
LRC. The Sexual Health Literacy Project which was funded by the
Ford Foundation provided monies for the purchase of texts, books,
charts and audiovisual materials related to sexuality and gender
studies for the Eureka campus.
5. Does your discipline need additional support from Student Services beyond that
previously provided? We could use more funding for library resources
especially electronic data base of sociology journals. Adequate crisis
counseling and referral services have in the past been a problem.
Presently a part time therapist has been employed whom we
anticipate will address some personal counseling and referral needs
of students we have in our classes, as well as psychology classes.
They come to us in response to topics brought up in class.
Human Resource Needs
6. Complete the Faculty Employment Grids below (please list full- and part-time faculty
numbers in separate rows):
Faculty Load Distribution in the Program
Discipline
Name
sociology
Total
Teaching
Load for
fall 2006
term
sociology 78
% of Total
Teaching
Load by
Full-Time
Faculty
% of Total
Teaching
Load Taught
by Part-Time
Faculty
Changes
from fall
2005
Explanations
and Additional
Information
(e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment,
etc.)
40.0%
60%
FT36.2%,
PT63.8
At the
Eureka
campus a
new fulltime
faculty
beginning Fall
05 taught
60% his first
semester in
soc. and
taught one
NAS course
for 80% of a
fulltime load.
For the next
three terms
he taught
80% Soc and
20% NAS.
The plan was
he was going
to teach more
NAS courses
in succeeding
semesters.
He resigned
end of 07.
Presently with
only one
fulltime
faculty the
percentage of
Soc courses
taught by P.T.
faculty is
even higher
than 60%
district wide
Faculty Load Distribution in the Program
Discipline
Name
sociology
Total
Teaching
Load for
spring 2007
term
67.5 TLU
% of Total
Teaching
Load by FullTime Faculty
% of Total
Teaching Load
Taught by PartTime Faculty
Changes from
spring 2006
Explanations and
Additional
Information (e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment, etc.)
Curiel resigned
May 2007,
Durham will
resign May 2008
Do you need more full-time faculty? Yes, during most of the College’s
history we have had two full-time faculty in Sociology on the
Eureka campus. Sometimes we have had two and a half full time
faculty One faculty member taught sexuality ,family and Intro
soc; another sociologist focused on race and ethnic relations,
Native American Studies courses, Intro. and social problems;
The course configuration for the other half time position focuses
on the two social work courses, the Death and Dying course and
coordinating ADCT. We will need more associate faculty
sociologists in the district next academic year. Steven Durham is
the only remaining full-time sociologists on the Eureka campus
and will retire May 2008. Carol Mathews is the only other
masters’ prepared sociologists. Over the years she has taught
many sociology courses including the two social work courses;
however her primary assignment has been in counseling. The
challenge of the Eureka campus behavioral and social science
department faculty is to determine the configuration of sociology
position(s) they will seek for the process of institutional
prioritization in 2008/09 and beyond. The Del Norte campus
anticipates seeking a FT combination sociology/psychology- a
position which has been successful in the past. At this time there
are no FT faculty assigned to teach the Mendocino campus;
without fulltime faculty and without qualified adjuncts available,
the MC campus is not able to offer sociology courses this
academic year. Concerns regarding an adequate pool of high
quality candidates for combination positions have been a
quandary for both outlying campuses. If yes, explain why and be sure
to include data sheets justifying the need. Note fulltime/part time data..
7. Complete the Staff Employment Grid below (please list full- and part-time staff
numbers in separate rows: No staff dedicated to this discipline. We
very much appreciate having help available in the ALSS Division
office
8. I f necessary, to clarify your needs, please comment on current available staff and
distribution of FTE’s for contract and full time faculty. Describe strengths and
weaknesses of faculty/staff as appropriate to program's current status or future
development. We have no full time minority faculty in sociology and
only one in the social and behavioral sciences. At most, depending
on how inclusive the definition is, we have one or no minority
associate faculty in sociology on the Eureka campus. Experienced
Associate faculty has taught sociology courses for many years at CR
Eureka campus. Since the last full time instructor left spring 07 we
have backfilled with five new, relatively inexperienced associate
faculty. The senior associate faculty is likely to retire from teaching
in the next several years.
Staff Employed in the Program
Assignment: Full-time (classified) PartGains Losses over Prior
time
over Year (give reason:
Presently
staff (give number)
there is one Two full time
staff
Prior retirement,
full time
sociologists on the
(give
Year reassignment,
number)
health, etc.) At the
instructor in Eureka campus for
2006/07 one FT
sociology in academic years
Five
sociologists resigned
the District
2005/06and2006/07. partOne FT faculty on
and took a FT
time
position at
Eureka campus
faculty
Mendocino College.
for2007/08
on the
Eureka
The last full time
campus
instructional
sociologists on the
Eureka campus is
retiring May 2008.
B.Hammil was a
fulltime
sociology/psychology
teacher at the Del
Norte campus. She
retired Spring 2005
Do you need more full-time staff? Part-time staff? If yes, explain why and be sure
to include data sheets justifying the need. Yes, more full-time teachers –
the last full time Race and Ethnic relations/NAS teacher resigned
last academic year. There is strong student demand. As
Humboldt County continues its demographic transition to a
larger Hispanic population more Hispanic students, as well as
other minority students, will be attending CR. There is a present
need to develop an introductory Latino studies course.
. If necessary, to clarify your needs, please comment on current available
Facilities
9. Comment on facilities the program uses, their current adequacy, and any immediate
needs. Have your discipline’s facilities needs changed? If so, how? Please provide
a data-based justification for any request that requires new or additional facilities
construction, renovation, remodeling or repairs. Inevitably the room sociology
is primarily taught in will be removed as the Eureka campus is torn
down and rebuilt. No formal consultation and little informal
consultation on sociology much less the behavioral and social
science facilities needs has occurred. Almost all communication has
been top down on new facility needs.
Equipment
10. Have your discipline’s equipment needs changed? If so, how? Is equipment in need
of repair outside of your current budget? Please provide a data-based justification for
any request that requires a new or additional budget allotment.
. On the Eureka campus have and use smart class room technology.
We would prefer the addition of clicker technology to elicit
anonymous, confidential responses to our classroom queries.
Equipment repair is not within our Department. Measure Q money
is what we hope will provide for our technology needs in the distant
future. My hope is that in several years after the Eureka campus is
rebuilt and a sociology room is available whatever money is left of
measure Q money will be available for the sociology area and the
behavioral and social science area in general.
Learning Outcomes Assessment Update
11. How has your area or program been engaged in student learning outcomes
assessment?
a.
Summarize your results. Two soc. courses were updated and
approved last year. All the other courses have been submitted
for curriculum committee review or already approved by CC .
b.
What did your program learn from these results that enabled you to
improve teaching and learning in the discipline? It clarified our
shared expectations of and specificity of course content. The process
connects Eureka campus faculty with outer campus faculty. With more
time the consequences would be even better. In the future we expect
student learning to reflect student learning outcomes. We will also
rewrite SLOs to fit our experience in trying to achieve SLOs and match
SLOs with GE learning outcomes.
c.
How have part-time faculty been made aware of the need to assess SLOs?
Via email I have forwarded draft SLOs for particular courses to the
Associate and full-time faculty who have primary responsibility for
teaching those courses. They have added, deleted and revised the
SLOs in collaboration with the other faculty.
Curriculum Update
(Reminder: Send updated course outlines to the Curriculum Committee.)
12. Identify curricular revisions, program innovations, and new initiatives undertaken in
the last year. All sociology courses have recently been revised or have
been inactivated. A human services curriculum certificate has been
proposed by Carol Mathews. Once implemented this certificate
program should increase enrollment in courses that have courses in
the certificate.
13. Identify curricular revisions, program innovations, and new initiatives planned for the
next year. Adjusting SLOs with GE SLOs would be appropriate;
however full time faculty will likely not be available to coordinate
such an effort next academic year. Spring term 2008 we may
introduce an introductory queer studies course. We could find/pay a
content expert who could design an Intro level Latino studies
course. Other than possible refinement and implementation of the
Human Services Certificate by Carol Mathews, there will be no fulltime instructional leadership to initiate innovation and change.
14. Complete the grid below
Course
Year Course
Year Next
Outline Last
Update
Updated
Expected
Soc1 Intro
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Soc10 Family
Soc 3 Sexuality Fall 2007
Fall 2007
Soc 2-Problems
Fall 2007
Soc 5
Introduction to
race and ethnic
relations
Course
discontinued
Soc 6 Women in
Contemporary
Society
Fall 07
Soc 9
Introduction to
Fall 07
Women’s
Studies
Fall 07
Soc33 Death
and Dying
Fall 07
Soc 34- Intro to
Social Work
Soc 38 Field
Experience
Goals and Plans
15. If you have recently undergone a comprehensive review attach you Quality
Improvement Plan if applicable.
NA
16. If you do not have a QIP, what goals and plans does your area have for the
coming year?
1) Employ a new full time sociology faculty member at the
Eureka campus
2) Operationalize course student learning outcomes in sociology
3) Implement and institutionalize most of the activities of the
Sexual Health
Literacy Project.
4) Develop an “Introduction to Queer Studies” course
5) Fully implement Human Services Certificate Program
6) Research and provide extra reassigned time for ADCT studies
program including Soc 34 and Soc 38
Instructional Program Review—Appendix B: Annual Update Forms
Annual Program Review Update –All campuses
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
Resources
1.Eureka- Media budget $1000.00 needed per year. “Cliquer” technology needed for FM 203
- $1200.00
2. Del Norte - A new full time faculty member would need a new computer – $1000.00
3.Mendocino – Measure Q monies have resulted in recent renovations
4.
Low
Moderate
High
List Resources Needed for Academic Year_2008/09
Not
Approved
Very
High
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
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Subcommittee
Degree of
Justification (as
Approval
substantiated by
Status
the program
review)
Approved
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Annual Program Review Update
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
Faculty
1. Eureka-Full-time sociology instructor with emphasis in Human Sexuality, Family
And/or
2. Eureka-Full-time sociologists with emphasis in Race and Ethnic Relations, native
American Studies
And/or
3. Eureka-Full time sociologists with emphasis in Social Work, Addiction Studies
Or combinations above
4. Del Norte-FT Combination sociology/psychology. Position is currently approved but not
filled.
5. Mendocino-FT Combination sociology/psychology; however because of low enrollment the
Mendocino campus is not seeking a full time position at this time. This academic year there
are no sociology courses being taught on the Mendocino campus.
Low
Moderate
High
List Faculty Positions Needed for Academic Year_2008/09__________________
Not
Approved
Very
High
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Subcommittee
Degree of
Justification (as
Approval
substantiated by
Status
the program
review)
Approved
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Annual Program Review Update
All campuses
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
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This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
None referred.
Approval
Status
List Staff Positions Needed for Academic Year 2008/09___________________
Approved
Staff
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Low
Moderate
High
Not
Approved
Very
High
Degree of Justification (as
substantiated by the
program review)
Annual Program Review Update
All campuses
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
Facilities
1. Del Norte and Mendocino Due to major renovations classrooms,
including classroom technology funded by measure Q, are in optimal
condition to offer classes in the social sciences.
2. Eureka – FM 203 houses most sociology classes. It is a smart classroom.
With the destruction of the Forum building a new classroom will need to be
restructured in the new building. No consultation yet with sociology or social
and behavioral science faculty.
3.
4.
Low
Moderate
Approximate
Cost
High
List Facility Needs for Academic Year___________________
(Remodels, Renovations or added new facilities)
Not
Approved
Very
High
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
Approved
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Subcommittee
Approval
Degree of
Status
Justification (as
substantiated by
the program
review)
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