Academic Program Evaluation
For Redesign Project
Program
Enrollment
(spring
2012)
Max.
Enrollment
Fill
Rate
# of
sections
# of
students
per class
Avg.
max. #
of
students
per class
FTES
FTEF
Productivity
(FTES/FTEF)
# of
Certificates
in 6 years
# of
Degrees
in 6
years
Completion
Rate
Success
Rate
# F.T.
faculty
Communication
Arts
605
2.6%
625
90%
25
25
24.2
61.96
2.2%
5
2.3%
12.39
N/A
1
86.09%
82.25%
2
Recent Enrollment Demand: High __X__ 102%
Projection for Future Demand: Growing _X___
Medium ____
Stable ____
Low ____
Declining ____
(Labor market data required for career-technical programs)
Opportunity Analysis: (successes, new curriculum development, alternative delivery mechanisms, interdisciplinary strategies, etc.)
The Speech Communication Department has many successes in that we have developed 3 new classes all of which fit into the
SB1440 matrix. We have increased the number of Speech 180 courses from 2 to 4, we have offered public debates and we have a
core of classes, which rivals any other community college in the state. We have done all of this with 2 full-time faculties. We can do
greater things when we hire at least one more fulltime faculty –which would replace one of the two we lost 4-5 years ago.
We have secured the “best” debate coach an award-winner --from SDSU—Main Campus to teach SPCH 180 in the Fall 12 and
another honors grad to teach SPCH 150 and other classes in the Fall as well. Both are new adjunct. We are hoping to continue with
the development of the department by offering at least two preps –other than SPCH 100 and 180 –every semester. We hope to see
much interest in the new Communications degree. Also, it would be advantageous to develop a COMMUNICATION CERTIFICATE,
which has been in the planning stages for several months.
A new DEBATE club has sparked the interest of many students and we SPCH faculty are in the process of developing that plan into
reality. Also, an internship is being developed for those who are interested in working in BROADCASTING. All of our sections are
filled, every semester. As a way of diversifying our schedule to accommodate student’s needs, we have even tested Friday and
Saturday class interest, and have found those days and times to be very popular.
Summary of Program “Health” Evaluation: (including consideration of size, scope, productivity, and quality of outcomes)
Considering the size, scope, productivity, and quality of outcomes there are very evident concerns regarding our department:
Unless we have more instructors and we are kept at a cap of 25 max in both SPCH 100 and 180, our program is threatened. It is
impossible to teach what the STATE has mandated in the allotted time to more than the 25 maximum student load. We cannot take
more than the 25 students per SPCH 100 and 180 due to curriculum requirements, as per the course outline and in keeping with the
requirements as determined by SDSU. There is likelihood of conflict with the IVUP Program partnership—as SDSU-IV only requires 25
students.
The number of degrees is extremely low our new transfer program and we are confident we will be producing much more graduates
in the near future.
We feel somewhat hamstrung with the lack of support offered for evening, Friday and Saturday classes and hope that the school will
be more user friendly to the students—especially those who are unable to achieve their goals due to work, children, transportation
or any other type of barriers. All of our sections are filled, every semester, however, we turn away scores of students for many
speech 100 and 180 classes. We need to hire one or two additional FULLTIME instructors, which would replace one of the two we
lost 4-5 years ago.
Speech 100 is one of the “Golden Four” which is required for transfer to the CSU system. Even though we only have two fulltime
instructors, when compared to the English department (which has 16 fulltime instructors) our department seems to be very healthy
and with a growing demand—both disciplines are part of the “Golden Four.” We have very good fill rates, as well as productivity,
completion and success rates.
Program
Enrollment
(spring
2012)
Max.
Enrollment
Fill
Rate
# of
sections
# of
students
per class
Avg.
max. #
of
students
per class
FTES
FTEF
Productivity
(FTES/FTEF)
# of
Certificates
in 6 years
# of
Degrees
in 6
years
Completion
Rate
Success
Rate
# F.T.
faculty
Communication
Arts
605
2.6%
625
90%
25
25
24.2
61.96
2.2%
5
2.3%
12.39
N/A
1
86.09%
82.25%
2
English
774
3.4%
775
92%
31
25
24.97
78.17
2.8%
6.2
2.9%
12.61
N/A
23
70.80%
52.84%
9
Finally, the Speech Communication department needs to have designated—TWO SPEECH classrooms. This is to insure that the
classrooms are configured to support the methodology of practical demonstration of public speaking skills learned in each Speech
prep.
CORE: ENGL250, SPCH100, 110, 120, 180