Building New Baccalaureate
Programs
Dr. Amy Brown
Asst. Professor of Elementary Education
Kay Burniston
Assoc. VP for Baccalaureate Programs
ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE
SPC is the oldest 2-year college in Florida:
80 years
Comprehensive Community College
mission
Fall enrollment: 26,165
Annual enrollment: 61,930
BACKGROUND
Unique needs of Pinellas County:
– Employer needs identified for IT managers,
teachers, BSN trained nurses
– Pinellas 67 of 67 counties in Baccalaureate
access
– Geographic uniqueness: a peninsula with
heavy traffic volume
– Need for AS graduates to have a smooth AS
to BAS transfer option
STATE AND FEDERAL
RESPONSE
CCS strategic plan on Baccalaureate access
solutions: branches; partnerships; distance
learning; community colleges directly (Florida
47th, Pinellas 67th among counties)
Two hundred AS programs statewide and only
five AS to Bachelor’s articulation agreements
AS success lowered Bachelor access if no AS to
BAS route
STATE AND FEDERAL
RESPONSE
Legislature chose to also support a few
niche Bachelor’s directly in high need
areas: IT (22,000), Nursing (critical),
Teacher Education (162,000 shortage in
ten years)
SPC CHALLENGE
How to implement Bachelor’s and be true
to historical Community College Mission of
workforce, 2+2, remedial and University
Partnership missions
How to expand the open-door and keep
instruction as a top priority as niche
bachelor degrees are added
How to serve our “community” with 4-year
bachelor’s in high demand areas
KEY TO IMPLEMENTATION
Becoming 4-year across the College e.g.
Institutional Effectiveness, faculty criteria,
student services, library services
SPC’s challenge: become one College, one
faculty, one Curriculum and Instruction
Committee, etc.
Planning funds provided to develop a full upper
division at SPC by the legislature; upper division
to focus on teacher education, BSN nursing and
AS to BAS articulation programs
DEGREE STANDARDS
SUS academic policies for quality
Time to degree: 120 hours
Common pre-requisites
Specialized accreditation
Ability of graduates to transfer into state/private
graduate programs
FINANCE FORMULA
State University per student-research plus upper
division SPC fees
Fees less than SUS, more than fees in our 2year programs. Special fees less than USF
Began at 20% less than SUS, and will widen
each year (37% in total fees in Fall 2006)
CCS approach now at 85% of SUS upper
division direct cost
$3,872 per FTE
THREE AREAS OF INITIAL
EMPHASIS
Technology Management
BSN Nursing
Teacher Education
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Elementary Education
Exceptional Education
Secondary Mathematics
Secondary Science
New Program Analysis
Needs Assessment
– Outline or describe the need
– Student interest (survey), Employer interest
(survey or other)
– Job projections (local; statewide) Positions
available for graduates, salary
– Current and projected labor marker analysis
(number of current and needed professionals
in field)
Program Description
– How does this fit into SPC’s mission
– Why is this program distinctive
– Quality measures that will be used to assess
success of program
– Identify tentative program goals/outcomes
– Proposed curriculum
Cost of Program
– Faculty
– Equipment
– Facilities/On-Line possibilities
– Other expenses
Proposed Campus Location
Projected Enrollment
– 1st year – headcount (unduplicated); FTE
Subsequent years
Other private/public institutions offering
program: Local; Statewide
Differentiation between currently offered
programs and SPC’s proposed program
Potential Partners (UPC proposals)
Narrative Rational (SPC direct offering)
New Bacc. Programs added to
Existing Colleges…
College of Education
– Middle Grades Mathematics (5-9)
– Middle Grades Science (5-9)
– Educational Studies
– E.P.I. programs now in 6 areas: Elementary,
ESE, Secondary Math, Secondary Science,
Middle School Math, Middle School Science
– Future Additional Majors?: Foreign Language,
Secondary English, Secondary Social
Science, majors within Ed. Studies
Utilizing resources for new
Education Programs…
Undergraduate programs:
– Core Courses
– Sharing between secondary/middle school programs
– Educational Studies courses within COE and other Bacc.
Colleges
– Then assess “new” courses to be developed and approved
through C & I
E.P.I. programs:
– Approx. 27-credits
– Took existing course syllabi to create “Topics” within courses with
reduced credit hours
– Similar structures/forms for Practicum experiences and eportfolios for completion requirements (Livetext)
New Bacc. Programs added to
Existing Colleges, cont…
College of Dental Hygiene
– Health and Human Services
College of Technology Management
– Managerial and Organizational Leadership
Once a program is approved…
What are the other costs, processes, or issues?
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Curriculum development
Admission/Graduation Requirements
Advising
New recruitment/Marketing Campaigns
Program added to state/internal reporting system
Communication with student commons
Outcome measures
Other Accreditation
Shared Resources
Faculty
Courses
Baccalaureate Specialists/Advisor
Existing Dean
Advanced Legal Environment of Business
Legal Aspects of Managing Technology
Organizational Communication
Supply Chain Management
Applied Project Management
Financial Management
Working Capital Management
Global Information Systems
Electronic Commerce Systems & Strategies
Applied Organizational Behavior
Leadership & Management Practices
Managerial Risk Analysis and Decision Making
Operations Management
International Business
Principles of Entreprenuership
Seminars in Business and Management
Cooperative Work Experience
Managing Cultural Diversity
International Procurement and Outsourcing
Process Improvement Methodologies
Quality Management (Six Sigma)
Managing Global Human Resources
Strategic Management and Policy
Corporate Social Responsibility
Special Topics in Management
Marketing for Managers
International Sales and Marketing
Sales, Negotiating and Customer Relationship Mgmt
Marketing Research
Real Estate Finance
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C= Core Course (required)
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Banking
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Course Utilization Across Majors
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New Programs
Biotechnology Management
Sustainability/Green
Foreign Language Education
Social Science Education
English Education
Thank you
Q&A
Discussion