De Anza College
Instructional Planning and Budget Team
Spring, 2012
Question Set: Creative Arts
General Questions for all Instructional Departments:

Of the low-enrolled sections, what would be the impact if they are offered less often
or eliminated? Please be specific (for example, eliminate the 7:30 am sections of
Basket Weaving-101).

Currently, De Anza offers some basic skills courses 3 or 4 levels below college level.
What would be the impact on your department if this were changed to only 1 or 2
levels?

Will the development of AAT AST degrees impact courses that are not required for
the transfer pattern.

Should we continue to offer the breadth of courses that satisfy the same transfer
requirements?
General questions for each Creative Arts Department:
Music, Art, Graphic Arts, Photography, Sculpture, Ceramics, Film TV/Animation
 What would a minimal core curriculum that serves the majority of your
particular student population look like?
 Describe the interdependence of courses in your area. For example, are there
photography courses that provide a fundamental background for students in
Film/TV program etc.?
 What types of scheduling changes have you or will you incorporate to
accommodate students in the courses that require seat counts under 20?
 Please identify courses that are very similar to those offered at Foothill. Do they
represent a duplication of effort? Do each College’s sets of courses achieve a
productivity level at 525(?) or more?
 What courses will remain productive (still be sustainable) once the repeatability
rules are enforced in 2013?
 What % of students use courses in your programs for supplementing job skills?
Music

If four-year institutions are requiring one-to-one instruction for a transfer A.A.
how do you plan to manage this requirement?
Euphrat Gallery
 You serve a large number of community groups who utilize or visit the Euphrat,
how do you plan to sustain operations that support those activities?
Film/TV

San Jose State University has a strong film/TV program, how many of our
students transfer into their program?