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:
10/14/10
Dean:
Linda Sanford
BI Download:
10/07/2010
Dept. Chair:
Mark Rauzon
Discipline:
GEOG
Campus:
Laney
Mission
The mission of geography is to promote a better understanding of the human
relationship to the Earth.
Student Data
A. Enrollment
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Census Enrollment (duplicated)
349.0
467.0
365.0
Sections (master sections)
11.0
9.0
8.0
Total FTES
36.17
48.46
36.83
Total FTEF
2.08
1.92
1.52
FTES/FTEF
17.39
25.24
24.23
Enrolled
341.0
441.0
N/A
Retained
300.0
372.0
% Retained
87.0
84.0
N/A
N/A
341.0
250.0
73.0
41.0
12.0
441.0
274.0
62.0
69.0
15.0
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
0.95
0.56
0.01
1.52
62.5
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
0.56
0.11
1.52
55.92
0.0
0.92
0.0
0.92
0.0
0.95
0.56
0.01
1.52
62.5
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.6
66.66
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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.
Transfer and Basic Skills: Describe how your
course offerings address transfer, basic skills, and
program completion.
Geography is the academic/intellectual
underpinnings of the Green Job programs -Why
'Going Green' is necessary. Physical
Geography teaches basis of climate change
and sustainability that future practioners of
Green Technology need to learn to succeed.
Geography is a science-based course offered
in the Humanities Division and taken to fulfill a
requirement in the AA degree program. Many
non-science majors who have a fear of science
take this course, and go on to transfer to a 4year school. Many ESL students are also
enrolled in class and Geography allows them to
pass a science course in a language not native
to them.
Our goal is to increase enrollment by having a
stable department offering several key courses,
and late-starting classes. In addition, interdisciplinary courses between Earth Sciences
and Geography are planned to offer two global
climate change courses. Since climate change
is affecting our everyday lives, this will be an
important offering to help people understand
the complexity of the topic.
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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
Operating several pedegogical approaches;
lectures, writing, multiple-choice tests, projects,
extra credit engagement, allows all students
access to material and potential success.
Promoting sustainability and community-service
learning opportunites build's better Oakland
communties.
FTES enrollment shows our success in creating
a culture that attracts and retains students.
To aid retention and enhance success, the
Geosystems textbook has been scanned into
the Kurzweil reading computer system, which
provides the book presented as speech on a
computer, and taping lectures which are
digitized and posted online, in addition to website support.
See above, i.e. particularly these lectures are
available for future geography students.and the
Study Guide written by Dean Sanford has also
been scanned to help focus students.
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
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VIII. Action Plan
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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 Geography Department has developed a thriving program and continues to do more with less. All of
the courses are articulated, meeting general education requirements for both the AA degree and
transfer to four-year higher learning institutions. The geography courses also meet the undergraduate
requirements for a Bachelor’s degree in Geography. Geography 1, Geography 1L, Geography 2, and
Geology 10 have California Articulation (CAN) numbers.
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Geography is an interdiscplinary science course designed for those who have limited science
background. Geography covers all sciences, and is like a survey course for those continuing on to
transfer. Health care and Green Jobs are academic disciplines that can benefit from such a survey
course as they fill in the needs of their degrees.
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Geography fills a community niche in providing environmental literacy. In an era of changing climates
and resource limitations, an geographic understanding helps provide context for understanding change
and reacting to it. Cultural Geography explores current geo-political topics. Geology stresses earthquake
awareness.
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Geography Lab is redesigned to study the Laney campus channel to Lake Merritt to provide water
quality measures to the City of Oakland for Measure DD, that will change the tidal flow signicantly.
Oakland High School is also is taking pre-restoration data in Lake Merritt, and we will share data with
them.
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Geography and Earth Sciences are among the few courses at Laney that address the Vision of the
College:
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“Laney College is a dynamic, diverse environment where all are encouraged to be responsible
community members, leaders and world citizens.”
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Geography is a reflection of the greater Bay Area community, and students are challenged by economic
and social forces. Our course is offered with a computerized text for the reading enhancement, and
taped lectures and online notes.
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IX. Needs
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Please describe and prioritize any faculty, classified, and student assistant needs.
With one full time, and one adjunct, the ability to grow beyond our existing size is impossible. Additional
faculty will allow more students to be taught and prepared for future jobs.
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• PT faculty is needed to develop and teach a Geographic Information System certificate.
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Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
Continued need for computers, GIS software and and lab equipment for water testing.
Please describe and prioritize any facilities needs.
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A computer lab is necessary for full development of a Geographic Information System; 12 laptop
computers, hard drives and printers are required.Secure premises were computers, printers and data
storage can occur are needed.
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PT faculty is needed to develop and teach this certificate.
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Wireless internet access would facilitate classroom presentations.
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Student assistance is also needed for a full functioning department. Student tutors would help in
retention efforts
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X.
Course SLOs and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline
3
Number with SLOs
3
% SLOs/Active Courses
100
Number of courses with SLOs that have been assessed
2
% Assessed/SLOs
33
Describe types of assessment methods you are using
Geog 1 is using essays to determine SLO competences and critical thinking.
Geog 2 is using multiple choice and short answers.
Describe results of your SLO assessment progress
XI. Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of degrees and certificates in your discipline
0
Number with Program Learning Outcomes
2
Number assessed
0
% Assessed
0
Describe assessment methods you are using
Teaching effectiveness is assessed using data meausrements FTES and retention rates.
Describe results of assessment
FTES and retention rates are high.
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