Curriculum Review Planning Report - Laney College
Name of the Discipline:
COUN (Counseling)
Date of the Report:
11-1-2013
List Faculty Involved in Developing this Report: COUN Discipline Subcommittee
Camille Andrews , Laura Bollentino, Ann McMurdo, Irina Rivkin, Raymond Sutton, and Cynthia Taing
Please complete this evaluation before your presentation date with the curriculum committee. We ask that you
use the checklist on the reverse side to let us know where you are in your curriculum updating and your
departmental methods for analyzing and evaluating the contents of course and degree/certificate offerings. Let
us know what methods you use to maintain the integrity of academic standards and achieve consistency within
the instructional program?
You can use the excel spreadsheet on the Curriculum Committee website called Curriculum Update to fill out
this part of the checklist. You can paste the information into this form.
COURSES
1) List courses in the catalog and the date of the most recent course outline updates:
Course Number
Course Name
Date of Most Recent
Update
In development,
Course Number
Course Name
Semester
Year
COUN 201 Orientation
COUN
24
College Success
Spring
2012
to College: Student
COUN
30
Personal Growth and Development
Spring
2012
Success and Support
COUN
57
Career and Life Planning
Spring
2012
Program
COUN
200A
Orientation to College
Spring
2012
Created to fulfill the
COUN
200B
Orientation to College
Spring
2012
Student Success
COUN
202
Orientation to American Culture and
Spring
2012
Initiative (SB 1456),
College
mandatory for new
COUN
207
Career Exploration
Spring
2012
students – 3SP
COUN
207A
Career Exploration
Spring
2012
(Student Success and
COUN
207B
Career Exploration
Spring
2012
Support Program).
COUN
207C
Career Exploration
Spring
2012
COUN
221
Preparing for College/University
Spring
2012
Transfer
COUN
224
College Preparedness
Spring
2012
COUN
230
Strategies for Personal Development
Spring
2012
COUN
260
Career Preparation for Project Bridge
Spring
2012
DEGREES & CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
2) List degree and certificate programs offered: N/A
Name
Degree
Certificate
Date of Most Recent Update
CURRICULUM REVIEW (COURSE VERIFICATION CHECKLIST)
Completed
Yes
Completed
1
X
2
X
3
X
COUN 202 &
221 are in
discussion.
COUN 260 will
be
deactivated.
5
X
6
X
7
X
Course Verification Checklist
Please use CurricuNet to review all courses taught in your department
and any certificates/degrees offered.
COURSE USE
Has the course been offered in the last two years? If not, consider
deactivating the course. Was the course reviewed by your CTE
advisory committee if CTE?
DESCRIPTION/CATALOG INFORMATION
Does the course description accurately describe the course?
COURSE ALIGNMENT
Does the course content align with course objectives? Do the course
objectives align with the overarching student learning outcomes?
On 11/14/13
College wide
COUN
Discipline Mtg
Dialogue for
Course
Improvement;
Per Ann
McMurdo,
SLOs will be
entered by
midDecember,
2013.
4
8
No
To be
accomplished by
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Does the course/program have up-to-date student learning outcomes
and assessment methods. Have your results of assessment changed
the way you teach the course? Does your COR reflect that change?
LECTURE/LAB CONTENT, METHODS
Are course content and teaching methods listed in the COR current,
appropriate and effective?
To what extent are writing skills and critical thinking reinforced?
TEXTBOOK CURRENCY
Is the textbook current? (Transfer institutions require textbooks with
a publication date that is within the 5 years)
COLLEGE LEVEL MATERIALS
For degree-applicable courses, are the reading materials college level?
Need to
coordinate
w/COUN
discipline
district wide
(COUN 24, 30
& 57) adding
REQUISITES
Have you completed the Content Review part of the outline? Have you
reviewed and revalidated the prerequisites, co-requisites,
recommended preparations? (Must be done at least every 6 years)
ESL 52A, as
Recommended
Prep. Goal is to
accomplish by
2013-15
catalog
supplement
deadline,
February 2014.
9
DISTANCE EDUCATION
Is there an online option for your courses? If so, is the distance
education addendum current and accurate?
X
Once COUN
260 is
deactivated,
answer will be
no.
10
STAND ALONE COURSES
Are any of your courses not degree applicable?
11
X
TRANSFER COURSES
Do transfer level courses meet CSU/UC standards?
(Contact Articulation Officer Laura Bollentino
(lbollentino@peralta.edu) if you have questions)
12
AA Social
Science:
COUN 30
& 230
CSU-GE
Breadth
Reqs. Area
E: COUN
24, 30, &
57
DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Are the courses appropriate?
Are the units required appropriate?
Are the descriptions of degrees/certificates current?
13
Needs
Improvement:
Plan is to
Require Syllabi
from ALL
Instructors
each semester
for COUN
discipline
subcommittee
review. Needs
to be
coordinated
w/ Dean.
SYLLABI
Do your syllabi align with the course outline? Did you attach a
syllabus for future reference?