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:
October 17, 2010
Dean:
Tom Branca
BI Download:
10/07/2010
Dept. Chair:
Anita M. Black & Guy Forkner
Discipline:
BUS
Campus:
Merritt
Mission
The Merritt College Business Department is a comprehensive, multi-cultural, public,
open-access institution with a mission to develop and sustain effective partnerships
with business, governmental, and community agencies to foster economic
development and workforce preparation for its students. The department offers
degree and certificate programs, i.e. Accounting, Administrative Assistant,
Administrative Office Systems & Applications, Business Administration, Business
Information Processing, and General Business.
Student Data
A. Enrollment
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Census Enrollment (duplicated)
378.0
361.0
452.0
Sections (master sections)
14.0
9.0
9.0
Total FTES
41.19
40.42
46.64
Total FTEF
2.81
1.87
1.87
FTES/FTEF
14.67
21.59
24.99
Enrolled
362.0
335.0
N/A
Retained
284.0
237.0
% Retained
78.0
70.0
N/A
N/A
362.0
229.0
63.0
78.0
21.0
335.0
188.0
56.0
98.0
29.0
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
1.2
0.67
0.0
1.87
64.28
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
2.14
2.43
0.07
4.63
46.12
0.71
1.63
0.19
2.52
28.03
3.3
5.51
0.96
9.77
33.78
1.2
0.67
0.0
1.87
64.27
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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.
Based on the McKinsey Economic Report and
2009 Federal Stimulus Workforce target areas,
the Business Department needs to redesign
and strengthen the following degree and
certificate programs.
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Accounting
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Accounting
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Business Administration
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Business Management
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General Business
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Retail Clerk
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Administrative Assistant
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Legal Office Assistant
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Administrative Office Systems &
Applications
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Office Administrator
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Business Information Processing
The Department should identify and apply for
grant opportunities to develop a Health
Information Technology Program. The design
of this program should include other
departments, i.e. CIS, Para-Legal, and Allied
Health Programs. An articulated 2+2+2
curriculum structure should be designed to all
multi entry and exit level including 4-year
transfer connections.
The Business Department must incorporate the
following occupational areas in the degree and
certificate programs. These occupations were
identified in the Preliminary McIntyre
Environmental Scan Report as September 6,
2007.
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Human Resource Management
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Retail salesperson
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Customer service rep
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Office clerk general
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Business Support
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Finance & Insurance
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E- commerce & Internet sales
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Business transfer program to 4-year
institutions
Transfer and Basic Skills: Describe how your
course offerings address transfer, basic skills, and
program completion.
The Business Department offers a number of
articluated transfer courses incorporated into
both degree and certificate programs.
Basic skills are included in all business
courses. Due to lack of enrollment, the
department is unable to offer Business
Mathematics and Business Communications
without being cancelled, including Filing &
Records Management.
Program completion is difficult for most
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students without taking degree and certificate
required courses at other Peralta Colleges
(Alameda, Berkeley, Laney).
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
Classes filled beyond maximum enrollment
levels, diverse with good completion rates.
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.
Complete Program Level mapping and SLOs for all Business Department degree/certificate programs
by the end of spring 2009. Determine which programs need to be reconfigured and/or dissolved during
the mapping process.
Complete the course outline revisions with SLOs & assessment for each course.
Re-activate Human Resource Management courses and establish a less than 18 unit certificate with
additional emphasis under the Business Administration and/or General Business Degree patterns.
Support and partner with key stakeholders for Health Information Technology Program.
Create a hybrid Accounting Tutorial Class with other Peralta Colleges (A, B, L & M)
Create an online QuickBooks course.
Coordinate class schedule with other Peralta Colleges (A, B, L & M)
Revise and/or create additional courses to strengthen Administrative Office Systems & Applications
Degree, Business Information Processing Degree with emphasis on Virtual Administrative and
Information Processing.
Re-work the Business Management Certificate with core classes and 2 options—Entrepreneurship and
Small Business Management.
Re-establish a college keyboarding course as a hybrid for 1 unit. Investigate; determine
equipment/software need to offer a voice recognition keyboarding course.
Hire full time instructor to strengthen Accounting/Economics Program.
Complete Measure A request for classroom new classroom desk in P111, P207
IX. Needs
Please describe and prioritize any faculty, classified, and student assistant needs.
Hire Student Instructional Aid to tutor accounting students.
Hire Student Aid to support faculty with large size classes.
Hire full time instructor to strengthen Accounting/Economics Program.
Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
Classroom desk in P111 (flexible to configure in group and lecture layout)
Please describe and prioritize any facilities needs.
Make classrooms and open areas WiFi capable.
Clear open area of lower level P building and furnish with tables, chairs conducive for students to work
(read, use laptops, iPads, small groups, etc.
Renivate 2nd level P restooms (female & male) with toliets that flush properly and ventilation that works so it
does not smell!
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X.
Course SLOs and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline
33
Number with SLOs
4
% SLOs/Active Courses
12%
Number of courses with SLOs that have been assessed
0
% Assessed/SLOs
0
Describe types of assessment methods you are using
Describe results of your SLO assessment progress
XI. Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of degrees and certificates in your discipline
11
Number with Program Learning Outcomes
5
Number assessed
0
% Assessed
0
Describe assessment methods you are using
Describe results of assessment
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