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.
Overview
Date Submitted:
10/09/2010
Dean:
Maurice Jones
BI Download:
10/07/2010
Dept. Chair:
Nathan Strong
Discipline:
ANTHR
Campus:
Alameda
Mission
The primary mission(s) of the respective disciplines within Anthropology are to
teach and expand comparative areas and knowledge concerning human
adaptation, survival and beliefs. Anthropology is the field of inquiry that studies
human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology. It includes cultural
anthropology, archaeology, Physical Anthropology Laboratory Techniques, and
physical, or biological anthropology.
Population Genetics (Anth048AA), was a recently approved course in 2009 is part
of a new interdisciplinary effort. It will not only be an integral element of Merritt
College’s Genomics Program but an introductory element of the proposed COA
Biosciences Program.
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II.
Student Data
A. Enrollment
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Census Enrollment (duplicated)
382.0
457.0
358.0
Sections (master sections)
10.0
9.0
7.0
Total FTES
38.63
46.11
37.66
Total FTEF
2.0
1.81
1.41
FTES/FTEF
19.3
25.44
26.65
Enrolled
374.0
438.0
N/A
Retained
334.0
361.0
% Retained
89.0
82.0
N/A
N/A
374.0
244.0
65.0
40.0
10.0
438.0
264.0
60.0
77.0
17.0
B. Retention
C. Success
Total Graded
Success
% Success
Withdraw
% Withdraw
III.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Faculty Data (ZZ assignments excluded)
Fall 2010
Contract FTEF
Hourly FTEF
Extra Service FTEF
Total FTEF
% Contract/Total
0.85
0.4
0.16
1.41
60.14
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
0.85
0.4
0.16
1.41
60.15
0.0
2.64
0.0
2.64
0.0
0.0
1.47
0.0
1.47
0.0
0.8
0.81
0.0
1.61
49.59
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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.
Transfer and Basic Skills: Describe how your
course offerings address transfer, basic skills, and
program completion.
N/A
All current Anthropology course offerings
facilitate transfer and articulation into U.C.
Undergraduate Social Science Programs and
basic skills completion.
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
Current and future Anthropology curriculum will
be increasingly collaborative and
interdisciplinary.
Current and future Anthropology curriculum will
be increasingly collaborative and
interdisciplinary.
Current and future Anthropology curriculum will
be increasingly collaborative and
interdisciplinary.
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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.
Current efforts are to establish an interdisciplinary and collaborative Bioscience/Forensics curriculum
between the current Anthropology, Biology, C.I.S., Chemistry, Psychology, and Health Education
Departments at the College of Alameda. It is intended that such a program will eventually provide
expanded college transfer opportunities and certificated gateways for students who might seek viable
gateway opportunities into university health and bioscience programs or entry-level positions within
various biotech industries.
The above referenced efforts have also provided applicable and programmatic means by which the
College of Alameda is currently pursuing a collaborative, Peralta District inter-campus effort and
community outreach.
IX. Needs
Please describe and prioritize any faculty, classified, and student assistant needs.
1. One full-time faculty and two part-time faculty.
2. Two student instructional assistants: (student instructional assistant #1: 10 hours per week; and,
student instructional assistant #2: 20 hours per week. Total hours for assistants – 30 hours per week)
Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
1.Instructional equipment: Primate/Hominide, anatomical fossil system and display cabinet. ($4,500)
2.Instructional supplies: Ancestral DNA Testing Kits ($10,000 e.g. $5,000 per semester)
Please describe and prioritize any facilities needs.
1.Multi-media, smart classroom
2.Online wall receptacle drops or wireless infrastructure
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X.
Course SLOs and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline
Four (4)
Number with SLOs
Four (4)
% SLOs/Active Courses
100%
Number of courses with SLOs that have been assessed
One (1) course has been
scheduled for
assessment in Fall
2010 semester.
% Assessed/SLOs
0, hopefully 25% will be
done in Fall 2010
semester.
Describe types of assessment methods you are using
1. Group discussions and presentations
2 Examinations and field trip reports
3. Written project papers
Describe results of your SLO assessment progress
The results are undetermined because SLO assessment is still a work in progress.
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XI. Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of degrees and certificates in your discipline
One Associate Degree
and three
BioScience/Forensics
Certificates Currently
under development.
Number with Program Learning Outcomes
One (1)
Number assessed
zero (0)
% Assessed
zero (0)
Describe assessment methods you are using
Data collection/analysis from course SLOS and assessments will be integrated into program learning
outcomesand assessment.
Describe results of assessment
work in progress.l
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