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:
10/16/2010
Dean:
Tom Branca
BI Download:
10/07/2010
Dept. Chair:
Guy Forkner & Anita M. Black
Discipline:
ECON
Campus:
Merritt
Mission
The major in Economics is designed to prepare students for transfer to four-year
institutions; to enter the business world with knowledge of economic trends and
conditions; or to provide training for such positions as market analyst, sales
analyst, or stockbroker.
Student Data
A. Enrollment
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Census Enrollment (duplicated)
57.0
99.0
27.0
Sections (master sections)
2.0
2.0
1.0
Total FTES
6.09
10.57
2.88
Total FTEF
0.4
0.4
0.2
FTES/FTEF
15.23
26.43
14.4
Enrolled
58.0
92.0
N/A
Retained
45.0
74.0
% Retained
77.0
80.0
N/A
N/A
58.0
32.0
55.0
13.0
22.0
92.0
61.0
66.0
18.0
19.0
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
0.8
1.0
0.0
1.8
44.44
0.0
1.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
1.2
0.2
0.0
1.4
85.71
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.
There is always a need for people with
economic knowledge to perform as market or
sales analyst, or stockbroker, in urban areas.
City of Oakland and suburbs are major financial
and business centers in Bay Area. Banks,
corporations, and major businesses with
headquarters and branches in this area as well
as small businesses need people with basic
knowledge of economics
Transfer and Basic Skills: Describe how your
course offerings address transfer, basic skills, and
program completion.
The Economics Department offers two
articulated transfer courses.
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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
Unfortunately there is no coordination between
Peralta Colleges, while all four colleges are
offering same economic courses. There should
be regular meeting between the instructors to
exchange the views regarding instruction,
pedagogy, textbooks and how to attract more
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
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 following actions should be taken for Economic Discipline of Merritt College:
 1-Hire at least one full time instructor.
 2-Offer more sections, at least two Macroeconomic and two Microeconomic in each semester. One
morning and one evening class for each. We don't have enough students now because one or two
sections are offered.
 3-Marketing is necessary and we should inform the community of the potentials available at Merritt
College to study economics.
4- Unfortunately there is no coordination between Peralta Colleges, while all four colleges are offering
same economic courses. There should be regular meeting between the instructors to exchange the
views regarding instruction, pedagogy, textbooks and how to attract more students.
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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 Economics Program.
Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
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.
Renovate 2nd level P restooms (female & male) with toliets that flush properly and ventilation that works so it does not
smell!
X.
Course SLOs and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline
2
Number with SLOs
2
% SLOs/Active Courses
100%
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
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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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