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:
II.
Dean:
Inger Stark
Dept. Chair:
Stephen Corlett
BI Download:
10/07/2010
Discipline:
ASTR
Campus:
Laney
Mission
The astronomy department offers just one course, Astronomy 10, a general
education survey course. The course is offered in two formats, a traditional
classroom format, and an online format where students meet together with their
instructor and classmates only occasionally.
Student Data
A. Enrollment
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Census Enrollment (duplicated)
70.0
82.0
48.0
Sections (master sections)
2.0
2.0
1.0
Total FTES
7.21
8.49
4.8
Total FTEF
0.4
0.4
0.2
FTES/FTEF
18.03
21.23
24.0
Enrolled
67.0
80.0
N/A
Retained
34.0
38.0
% Retained
50.0
47.0
N/A
N/A
67.0
21.0
31.0
33.0
49.0
80.0
26.0
32.0
42.0
52.0
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
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
IV. Faculty Data Comparables F2010 (ZZ assignments excluded) (Z assignments excluded)
Contract FTEF
Hourly FTEF
Extra Service FTEF
Total FTEF
% Contract/Total
V.
Alameda
Berkeley
Laney
Merritt
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
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
N/A
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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
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.
 The traditional format astronomy courses tend to have roughly 60% retention. Even though the
course is taught with just a minimum of math, many students find that they either do not have
adequate science background for the course, or do not have the time necessary to put into the
course. Instructors try to assist and support students with the course material. Instructors find ways
to explain the concepts of the course.

The online sections have retention rates of roughly 25%. Many of these students never show up for the
orientation or any of the course meetings. Currently, the online version
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IX. Needs
Please describe and prioritize any faculty, classified, and student assistant needs.
Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
Please describe and prioritize any facilities needs.
X.
Course SLOs and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline
Number with SLOs
% SLOs/Active Courses
Number of courses with SLOs that have been assessed
% Assessed/SLOs
Describe types of assessment methods you are using
Describe results of your SLO assessment progress
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XI. Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of degrees and certificates in your discipline
Number with Program Learning Outcomes
Number assessed
% Assessed
Describe assessment methods you are using
Describe results of assessment
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