Peralta Community College District
Annual Program Update Template 2010-2011
Each discipline will complete this form to update program reviews developed in 2009-2010. These will
be reviewed at the college level and then forwarded to the district-wide planning and budgeting
process. The information on this form is required for all resource requests – including faculty staffing
requests – for the 2011-12 budget year.
I.
II.
Overview
Date Submitted:
10/20/10
Dean:
BI Download:
10/07/2010
Dept. Chair:
Discipline:
ART
Campus:
Berkeley
Mission
The official mission of the art program at BCC is to provide courses leading to the
following: an associate of arts degree in fine arts and a certificate of completion in
figure drawing; careers in art or transfer to a university, including basic courses for
the BCC Multimedia Program; the general requirements for the A.A. and A.S.
degrees or transfer; and lifelong learning
Jennifer Braman and Laura
Ruberto
Student Data
A. Enrollment
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Census Enrollment (duplicated)
797.0
1,026.0
945.0
Sections (master sections)
26.0
26.0
25.0
Total FTES
104.0
133.93
126.01
Total FTEF
6.05
6.09
5.59
FTES/FTEF
17.18
22.0
22.53
Enrolled
766.0
946.0
N/A
Retained
604.0
772.0
% Retained
78.0
81.0
N/A
N/A
766.0
516.0
67.0
162.0
21.0
946.0
603.0
63.0
174.0
18.0
B. Retention
C. Success
Total Graded
Success
% Success
Withdraw
% Withdraw
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N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
III.
Faculty Data (ZZ assignments excluded)
Fall 2010
Contract FTEF
Hourly FTEF
Extra Service FTEF
Total FTEF
% Contract/Total
1.67
3.93
0.0
5.59
29.8
IV. Faculty Data Comparables F2010 (ZZ assignments excluded) (Z assignments excluded)
Contract FTEF
Hourly FTEF
Extra Service FTEF
Total FTEF
% Contract/Total
Alameda
Berkeley
Laney
Merritt
0.0
1.25
0.0
1.25
0.0
1.67
3.93
0.0
5.6
29.79
2.55
3.85
0.44
6.84
37.25
1.55
1.82
0.03
3.39
45.66
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V.
Qualitative Assessments
CTE and Vocational: Community and labor market
relevance. Present evidence of community need
based on Advisory Committee input, industry need
data, McIntyre Environmental Scan, McKinsey
Economic Report, licensure and job placement rates,
etc.
Recent studies by ABAG and the Oakland
Chamber of Commerce suggest that Art and
Design will be in the top three areas of growth
in the next five years in the Bay Area. The Bay
Area is known for its concentration of artists
and creative people. The Art Department at
BCC (as part of the Department of Arts and
Cultural Studies) provides a unique center for
professional artists to have community and
learn new skills, as well as for non-artists to
experiment and develop their creativity.
Signature classes unique to the District include
Painting the Narrative: Figure Painting in
Context, Critique and the Creative Process,
Introduction to Conceptual Art, and traditional
Photography, Introduction to Islamic Art and
Architecture, and History of Women in Art
History. Local exhibitions of student work as
well as community involvement in art projects
such as the mural class provide unique
opportunities for students and contribute to the
Bay Area art scene at large.
Transfer and Basic Skills: Describe how your
course offerings address transfer, basic skills, and
program completion.
All of the Art History classes are transferable
classes and part of the IGETC for UC and
UCS. Studio courses also offer transfer units in
art for numerous art schools in the nation. Both
art history and studio classes offer a range of
training of the following institutional goals:
critical thinking, communication, information
competency, self- and global awareness.
Courses also lead to an AA in Arts.
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VI. Strategic Planning Goals
Check all that apply.
Describe how goal applies to your program.
Advance Student Access, Success & Equity
Engage our Communities & Partners
Build Programs of Distinction
Create a Culture of Innovation & Collaboration
Develop Resources to Advance & Sustain Mission
Access and Success: The Art program has a
retention rate of 81%, higher than the college
average, and the withdrawal rate has gone
down in recent years. Assessment of courses,
developing courses and certificates that reflect
contemporary trends and global culture, i.e.
murals and public art; engagement with the
resources in the Teaching and Learning Center
program-wide, new ideas in scheduling, and
excellence and diversity among faculty provide
art students with a strong foundation for
access, success, and equity. Other stategies
include tracking art majors and students
seeking certificates and hosting events such as
Art program days, gallery receptions and
artist’s talks that strengthen a sense of a
student community. Creating a learning
environment that is adequate to accommodate
high enrollment and student needs also
includes employing a Studio Assistant
(classified staff or student worker) who
maintains high safety standards and
organization of studios (existing room 514 and
in the near future, the two studios located on
the fourth floor) for 10 hours per week. Hiring
one other fulltime instructor in art who can
contribute to the dynamic quality, diversity, and
growing needs of the program and students is
also critical.
Community: Mural Design and Creation class
and projects forge relationships with
community; courses will be aspect of New
Genres/ Public Arts program.
Distinction: The Art program rates high in
productivity and success and was presented as
a Program of Distinction at BCC in 2008.
Signature classes include Figure Painting in
Context, Mural Design and Creation, Critique
and Creative Process, Islamic Art and
Architecture, Conceptual Art, and History of the
Women in Art History. Creating a learning
environment that is adequate to accommodate
high enrollment and department growth with
new studios on fourth floor will also increase
our success and capacity for a distinguished
foundation in the arts.
Innovation: Both in the classroom and in the
local community the art program at BCC is
integrating new technology and mulitcultural
methods in pedagogy; seeking to create
courses and programs that are new and
necessary such as in Art Education, Arts
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Administration, and contemporary art trends.
Maintain Resources: The Mural Design and
Creation classes are working with Earth Island
Institute for managing of funds and future
fundraising; development of fee-based
curriculum; investment in new facilities
promises continued growth at low cost.
VII. College Strategic Plan Relevance
Check all that apply
New program under development
Program that is integral to your college’s overall strategy
Program that is essential for transfer
Program that serves a community niche
Programs where student enrollment or success has been demonstrably affected by extraordinary
external factors, such as barriers due to housing, employment, childcare etc.
Other
VIII. Action Plan
Please describe your plan for responding to the above data. Consider curriculum,
pedagogy/instructional, scheduling, and marketing strategies. Also, please reference any cross district
collaboration with the same discipline at other Peralta colleges.
Include overall plans/goals and specific action steps.
 Develop New Genres/ Public Art program in art including new and existing courses.
 Develop an Arts Education certificate including new and existing courses.
 Develop major in Art History to support large student interest in the field; major will rely on several
courses already taught at BCC and throughout district.
 Implement successful fee-based curriculum for lifelong learners of this unique community.
 Find new ways to increase student retention in part through the SLO assessment process.
- Community Niche and Partnerships:
The program has also initiated a Mural Design and Creation course that has already contributed three
highly visible murals to Berkeley City College and the local community, a community noted for its
involvement with the Arts. This ongoing project increases college –community partnerships and visibility
in the local area, and requires ongoing administrative support and funding. This course will be a
cornerstone course in the New Genres/ Public Art program in art.
- Many courses in Art program important for transfer.
- Representatives from the Art program at BCC have attended all discipline-wide art meetings this
semester. From these discussions, each college is specializing in an area within Art; BCC will focus on
contemporary art in studio and art history, Public Art/ New Genres, and Arts Education and
Management.
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IX. Needs
Please describe and prioritize any faculty, classified, and student assistant needs.
- Hire 1 fulltime faculty in art to teach drawing, painting, 3-D and oversee studios work on out-reach and
continued development of new, more culturally current programs in art.
- Hire 1 classified staff to maintain studios.
Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
- Ongoing yearly access to ARTstor, digital image database.
- Yearly supply budget of $2500
- Yearly model budget of $6500
Please describe and prioritize any facilities needs.
- Complete fourth floor studios with appropriate furniture and studio equipment.
- Build wet darkroom on campus, 450 square feet, with appropriate sink, outlets and ventilation on
campus to support photography classes and fee-based curriculum. (Fall 2012 or after)
- Build 3-D sculpture studio to support program direction in Public Art and MMART. (Fall 2012 or after)
X.
Course SLOs and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline
25
Number with SLOs
23
% SLOs/Active Courses
92%
Number of courses with SLOs that have been assessed
First 3 finishing up;
another 6 being
assessed this
semester
% Assessed/SLOs
39% by end of Fall 2010
Describe types of assessment methods you are using
Essay in art history; Essay and Portfolio for studio classes
Describe results of your SLO assessment progress
Preliminary results for Art 1, Art 4, and Art 14 suggest strong correlation between teaching and student
learning; more emphasis should be placed on specific aspects of visual analysis and ciritical thinking in
Art 1.
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XI. Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of degrees and certificates in your discipline
1 AA in Art (Figure
Drawing Certifcate
deactivated as of
November 2010)
Number with Program Learning Outcomes
1 - AA in Art
Number assessed
0
% Assessed
0
Describe assessment methods you are using
Currently focusing on assessment of multisection courses, which comprise the majority of the AA in Art.
Assessment will be based on essay and portfolios.
Describe results of assessment
N/A
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