Curriculum Review Planning Report - Laney College
Name of the Discipline:
Environment Control Technology
Date of the Report: 11-13-2012
List Faculty Involved in Developing this Report: Nick Kyriakopedi, Adan Rosillo, Chuck Frost, Hadley Hartshorn,
Roger Goetsch, Maya Salabasheva
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?
Also, please use CurricuNet to review all courses taught in your department and any certificates or degrees
offered. Use the excel spreadsheet sent out my the curriculum committee chair (and posted on their website)
for current information concerning dates.
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
ECT 1
ECT 11
ECT 12
ECT 13
ECT 14
ECT 15
ECT 16
ECT 17
ECT 18
ECT 19
ECT 21
ECT 22
ECT 23
ECT 24
ECT 25
ECT 26
ECT 27
ECT 28
Physics for Building Science
Mechanical and Electrical
Devices
Blueprint Reading and
Interpretation for ECT
Fundamentals of Refrigeration
Advanced Refrigeration
Refrigeration Equipment
Troubleshooting
Fundamentals of Heating and Air
Conditioning
Heating and Air Conditioning
Troubleshooting
HVAC Installation Practices
Psychrometrics and Load
Calculations
Introduction to Direct Digital
Controls
Commercial HVAC Systems
HVAC System Design
Commercial HVAC System
Troubleshooting
Introduction to Building
Commissioning
Advanced Building Commissioning
Advanced Direct Digital
Controls
Energy Management and Efficiency
Spring 2010
11-08-12
Fall 2008
11-08-12
11-08-12
Spring 2011
Spring 2009
Spring 2009
Fall 2006
Fall 2008
Spring 2011
Spring 2011
Spring 2009
Spring 2011
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
Fall 2007
Fall 2006
ECT 29
ECT 31
ECT 32
ECT 33
ECT 34
ECT 35
ECT 36
ECT 37
ECT 38
ECT 39
ECT 40
ECT 200
ECT 201
ECT 211
ECT 212
ECT 213
ECT 214
ECT 215
ECT 41
ECT 815
in Building Systems
Data Analysis for Performance
Monitoring
Introduction to DDC Hardware for
Building Automation Systems
Control Systems Design
Spring 2007
Fall 2010
Fall 2010
Control Systems Networking for
Building Automation
Control Routines for Energy
Efficiency
Control Systems Integration
Fall 2010
Energy Issues, Policies, and
Codes
Introduction to PC Hardware and
Software for Building
Technicians
Measurement of Building Energy
Efficiency
Energy Auditing and Computer
Analysis of Building
Efficiency
Introduction to Control System
Networking
Special Projects Laboratory
Fall 2010
Heat Pump Servicing and
Troubleshooting
Mechanical and Electrical Codes
Testing, Adjusting and Balancing
HVAC
Indoor Air Quality and Building
Envelope
Technical Mathematics for ECT
Fall 2010
Preparation for BPI
Certification
Energy Audits for Commercial
Buildings
Building Performance Institute
(BPI) Certification
Fall 2010
Fall 2010
Fall 2010
Fall 2010
Summer 2009
Summer 2009
Fall 2011
Fall 1998
Fall 2007
Spring 2008
Fall 2008
Fall 2008
Fall 2012
Fall 2010
DEGREES & CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
2) List degree and certificate programs offered:
Degree
Certificate
Date of Most Recent Update
Building Automation
Name
A.S
11-13-2012
Commercial HVAC Systems
A.S
Certificate
Achievement
Certificate
Achievement
Certificate
Achievement
Certificate
Achievement
Resident Light Commercial
Energy Sales Auditing
11-13-2012
11-13-2012
11-13-2012
CURRICULUM REVIEW (COURSE VERIFICATION CHECKLIST)
Completed
Yes
Completed
1
Yes
12-1-2012
2
3
Yes
4
Yes
5
Yes
12-3-2013
6
7
No
To be
accomplished by
Yes
1-30-2013
8
9
None
10
No
11
Yes
12
Yes
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.
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?
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Does the course/program have up-to-date student learning outcomes
and assessment methods
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?
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)
DISTANCE EDUCATION
Is there an online option for your courses? If so, is the distance
education addendum current and accurate?
STAND ALONE COURSES
Are any of your courses not degree applicable?
TRANSFER COURSES
Do transfer level courses meet CSU/UC standards?
(Contact Articulation Officer Laura Bollentino
(lbollentino@peralta.edu) if you have questions)
DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Are the courses appropriate?
Are the units required appropriate?
Are the descriptions of degrees/certificates current?