LIFE SCIENCES
Appendix F3: FTEF Requests
Audience: Administrators, CEMC, PRBC
Purpose: To recommend changes in FTEF allocations for subsequent academic year and guide Deans and
CEMC in the allocation of FTEF to disciplines. For more information, see Article 29 (CEMC) of the Faculty
Contract.
Instructions: In the area below, please list your requested changes in course offerings (and
corresponding request in FTEF) and provide your rationale for these changes. Be sure to analyze
enrollment trends and other relevant data
athttp://www.chabotcollege.edu/ProgramReview/Data2012.cfm.
Life Sciences primarily serves three major student groups:
1. Allied Health/Health Science transfer students ~600 students per year
a. Courses in program needed – BIOL 31, ANAT 1, MICR 1, PHSI 1
b. Courses in other programs needed – CHEM 30A, CHEM 30B, PSY 1, SOCI 1, HLTH 1, NUTR 1, CAS
50, PSY 12
2. Biology AA & transfer students ~220 students per year
a. Courses in program needed – BIOL 2, BIOL 4, BIOL 6
b. Courses in other programs needed – CHEM 31, CHEM 1A, CHEM 1B, CHEM 12A, CHEM 12B, MTH
1, MTH 20, MTH 37, PHYS 2A, PHYS 2B
3. Natural Science GE students ~1750 seats needed per year
a. Courses in program offered – BIOL 10, BIOL 25, BIOL 50, ENSC 10, ENSC 11
b. Courses outside of program offered – ANTH 1, ANTH 1L, ANTH 13
Our current FTEF is severely insufficient to serve the needs of these programs:
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The Allied Health pathway can only accommodate approximately 400 students entering each year, leaving
over 200 students unable to start taking the classes they need, plus hundreds more when Kinesiology and
other majors that require these courses are considered. All total, the program can only accommodate
about 50% of the declared students who need it.
The Biology pathway can only accommodate 72 students per year, leaving approximately 150 students
unable to take the classes they need (this also does not account for the Engineering and Environmental
Studies students who also need these classes). All total, the program can only accommodate about 30%
of the declared students who need it.
Every student who matriculates at Chabot with the educational goal of transfer needs to take a Natural
Science GE course as well as a science lab (which can be either Natural or Physical Science). Every student
who has an educational goal of associates degree needs one science course in either Physical or Natural
Science. Approximately 3000 new students enter Chabot each year (an additional 1000 transfer from
other colleges), 75% of whom need to complete the GE requirements. Subtracting students who will
complete this requirement through their major, approximately 1750 seats are needed in Natural Science
General Education courses each year. Currently, our schedule offers only ~900 *+, thus it can only
accommodate about 50% of the students who need it.
Our courses are all in high demand, and most have been identified as amongst the most severe campus
bottlenecks – demand greatly exceeds capacity; sections all have waitlists early in the enrollment period, always
before new students can enroll; several courses have waitlists that completely fill, thus closing the course to
further enrollment.
Current FTEF in Life Sciences by program:
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Allied Health/Health Science = 21.62
Biology = 3.64
Natural Science GE = 4.24 (4.32 additional in Social Sciences*)
In order to serve the number of students declared in these programs:
COURSE
CURRENT
FTEF
(2012-13)
ADDITIONAL
CURRENT ADDITIONAL
CURRENT
FTEF
SECTIONS
SECTIONS
STUDENT #
NEEDED
NEEDED
SERVED
Allied Health/Health Science Transfer Majors
BIOL 31
8.84
4.32
17
9
408
ANAT 1
7.15
1.1
13
2
312
PHSI 1
4.95
2.2
9
4
216
MICR 1
5.50
1.1
10
2
240
Biology Majors
BIOL 2
1.56
1.56
3
3
72
BIOL 4
2.08
2.6
4
5
96
BIOL 6
2.08
2.6
4
5
96
Natural Sciences General Education offered by Life Sciences Program
BIOL 10
2.08
1.56
8
6
192
BIOL 25
0
1.0
0
5
0
BIOL 50
1.04
2.08
4
8
96
ENSC 10
0.4
0.4
2
2
48
ENSC 11
0.72
1.36
2
2 (double
48
current)
4 (additional
double
sections)
Natural Sciences General Education offered by Anthropology Discipline
ANTH 1*
3.0
15
660
ANTH 1L
1.12
7
168
ANTH 13
0.2
1
44
* ANTH 1 can also be used to meet the Social & Behavior Sciences GE requirement
Total Natural Science GE FTEF in Life Sciences Program = 4.24
Total Natural Science GE FTEF in Anthropology Discipline = 4.32
Total Natural Science GE FTEF = 8.76
Total seats in Natural Science GE courses = 1,256 (1,088 lecture; 504 lab)
Percentage of Natural Science seats in Life Sciences Program = 31%
Percentage of Natural Science seats in Anthropology Discipline = 69%
Comparison with Physical Science GE:
Total Physical Science GE FTEF = 8.98+ (4.46 in Math&Sci, 4.52 in GEOG)
Total seats in Physical Science GE courses = 1,724 (1,484 lecture; 384 lab)
ADDITIONAL
STUDENT #
SERVED
216
48
96
48
72
120
120
144
220
192
48
144
+
GEOG 1 can also be used to meet the Social & Behavior Sciences GE requirement
Conversation topics in these GE numbers:
 the Natural Sciences General Education area has approximately 50% of its seats in a single course – ANTH
1 – and it offers very little breadth or depth in its offerings
 all of the highest WSCH/FTEF courses are offered by Anthropology, while all sections of BIOL 25, which
has an equal productivity level, have been cut in order to preserve laboratory seats
 BIOL 10, BIOL 50, and ENSC 11 lectures actually have higher WSCH/FTEF than ANTH 1, 13 or BIOL 25, as
they have 48 students; their overall productivity is reduced because of their associated laboratories
 The majority of the low WSCH/FTEF GE courses are offered by Life Sciences because we have preserved
our laboratory seats
Further conversations are needed within the GE area to find an FTEF and productivity balance that best serves our
students.
Conversation topics in these majors numbers:
 Our Allied Health program is operating at approximately 50% of student demand
 Our Biology program is operating at approximately 30% of student demand
 Are these numbers on par with ALL other programs on campus? If not, we essentially saying to students
“Sorry, if you want to study the life sciences, go elsewhere.” We need a campus-wide conversation
about our capacity to meet the declared needs of students. This has begun in the Basic Skills and
General Education areas, but not in declared majors.