Chaffey College Program Review Report

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1 Program Review Title: Program Code: Review Type: Type: Chaffey College Program Review Report Psychology PSYCHOLOGY Instructional SLO's Overview of Chaffey College Program: Describe the program mission as it relates to the college mission: The purpose of the psychology department's program is to provide students with both core introductory courses and specialty courses in psychology and social science. We provide a wide range of classes to our students. We teach psychology to the entire range of Chaffey College students and bring multicultural and diversity perspectives into every course. We also continuously update our classes to better serve all learning styles of the Chaffey student population as well as to bring students the most current information in the field of psychology. The vast majority of our courses serve general education/transfer needs and most of our psychology courses address career selection and workplace issues as well as practical application of work related skills. Students in psychology courses include the following: -Students completing general education requirements for transfer and/or an associate of arts degree. -Students preparing for the psychology major as well as many other majors on campus. -Students entering the nursing, dental & other Health Science programs at Chaffey. -Students completing departmental core requirements for various programs on this campus. -Students who are seeking life enrichment through the study of psychology. Responses to Prior Year PSR Prior Year's Recommendations and recommendation Commendations Service to the entire campus, Use of technology/internet for teaching, Concern for diversity of students' learning styles, Making major effort to remain professionally current Recommendations NONE Program Changes NONE State how program/service addressed these recommendations No recommendations made. New Activities and Outcomes 1. Psychology AA and transfer Program (includes Social Science 10 and 17) 1. Identify 3-5 learning outcome for each program in this discipline(add one at a

2 time): 1. Demonstrate familiarity with major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology. 2. Understand and apply basic research methods in psychology, including research design, data analysis, and interpretation. 3. Respect and use critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry, and the scientific approach. 4. Understand and apply psychological principles to personal, social, and organizational issues. 5. Weigh evidence, tolerate ambiguity, act ethically, and reflect other values underpinning psychology as a science. 6. Demonstrate information competence and the ability to use computers and other technology for many purposes. 7. Communicate effectively in both oral and written formats. 8. Recognize, understand, and respect the complexity of sociocultural and international diversity. 9. Develop insight into one s own and others behavior and mental processes and apply effective strategies for self-management and self-improvement. 10. Emerge from the major with realistic ideas about how to use psychological knowledge, skills, and values in various occupations and in graduate or professional school. Provide an assessment statement for one outcome for each program articulating the following (means of assessment, population to be assessed, point of assessment, and criteria for assessment): The psychology Dept. will be meeting with The Institutional Research Office during Fall 07 and Spring 08 to devise an appropriate assessment tool for at least one of our SLOs in Introductory Psych (Psych 1). What were the results of the assessment for the outcome. If no data has yet been collected, please describe the plans for assessment: N/A Describe the response to the assessment results for the learning outcome (noting whether or not the assessment satisfactorily confirmed the outcome or indicating what instructional modifications will to be made for improvement) If no data is yet available, then this section does not apply: N/A Requests Faculty Request Category: Title: Psychology Instructor Priority: 1 FTE: 1 Previous Recommended: YES - Number of times: 6 Employee Status: New Overload: YES Remarks We continue to expand our course offerings, but find it increasingly difficult to maintain an adequate adjunct pool, especially for day time offerings. All of our classes continue to have extensive wait lists. This is our 7th request, and we were unable to indicate that above.

3 According to program review data provided by Insitutional Research for Spring 07, over 50% of course offerings are taught by part-time and overload FTEFs Instructional Software Category: Item Desc: SPSS Annual Renewal of Perpetual License agreement Price: Quantity: 1 Total Cost: 1500 Recommended For Yes Purchase: Purchased: Yes Remarks This item must be updated annually to accomplish the SLO 2: Understand and apply basic research methods in psychology, including research design, data analysis, and interpretation. This software is used extensively in Soc Sci 10: Statistics and Psych 80: Research Methods. It is currently on 5 stations in the ATl 102 lab & one in the 105 classroom. We are requesting that this Software money be supplied to annual budget of Institutional Technology (overseen by Michael Fink). IT entered into a perpetual license agreement for this software but we need to insure that our software is annually maintained thus our request Capital Equipment Category: Item Desc: Speakers and a cordless (lapel) microphone unit for ATL-105. Price: Quantity: 1 Installation: 0 Total: $1855 Previous Recommended: NO Remarks This unit is needed to improve the sound quality in our large lecture room, ALT-105. The units are free standing and do not require installation Capital Equipment Category: Item Desc: Dell faculty laptop with following features: 1 gigabyte memory (minimum); capability to burn and play DVDs; Microsoft Office Suite software installed Price: 2000 Quantity: 2 Installation: Total: $4000 Previous Recommended: YES - Number of times: 1 Remarks One faculty laptop was recommended last year and was not received to replace a 6 year old laptop for

4 Angela Sadowski. A second request is new and for a faculty member, Maria Fitzpatrick who has a 4 year old desk top computer and now needs a laptop computer as a replacement General Supplies Category: Item Desc: Augmentation to purchase 8-10 new videos/dvds for classroom use. Price: 450 Quantity: 10 Total Cost: 4500 Approve For Purchase: No Purchased: No Remarks We continue to ask for an augmentation to our supply budget to purchase visual materials for classroom use. Our current supply budget is less than $800 so we are unable to purchase more than one of these each year. The cost of these videos/dvd ranges from to each. All of these videos/dvds are close captioned which adds to the cost. We beleive these materials allow us to better serve diverse learning styles in our classrooms. Previous Activities and Outcomes 1. Activity: 1a. We will increase our online offerings in regard to more sections as well as more online course delivery. 1b. We hope to infuse more materials for visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners across our regular curriculum (in all courses). Outcome: 1a. We anticipate offering Psych 45, Psychoactive Drugs: The Chemistry of Consciousness, online during We also hope to submit Psych 65, Social Psychology, for approval for online delivery during b. We anticipate with the infusion of multiple modality materials the retention rate in all of our classes will continue to increase. Partially 1a: A new COR for Psychology 45 online was submitted and approved for distance education offering for the Fall, Actual delivery of this course was constrained by administrative limits on the number of online sections. We did not move forward on putting Social Psychology 65 because we were aware that similar constraints would exist regarding online sections. 1b. We continue to accommodate multi-modal learning styles in our courses. 2. Activity: 2. Visually demonstrate various research designs, data analysis and interpretations during classtime. Outcome: 2. Improved comprehension of research methodology and data anaylsis. We continue to expand presentation of research components in our courses using graphics in Powerpoints and other delivery modes such as the document camera. 3. Activity: 3. We cover critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry, and the scientific approach across our curriculum with various specific assignments both in and outside of class.

5 Outcome: 3. Through the course coverage of these important topics students improve in their capacities to engage in critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry, and the scientific approach. 4. Activity: 4. Show DVD/video presentations of current psychological issues in our inperson courses as well as through streaming video for online delivery. Many new DVDs have come on the market in the last year. Outcome: 4. Increase understanding and critical thinking concerning general psychological principles through the use of various teaching/learning modalities. We have now catalogued and begun using an impressive video library available to both full time and adjunct faculty. We continue to make an annual request in our program reviews that the speaker system in ATL-105 be upgraded to improve the quality of the presentation to maximize student benefit. 5. Activity: 5. We cover the processes of weighing evidence, tolerating ambiguity, acting ethically, and reflect other values underpinning psychology as a science across our curriculum with various specific assignments both in and outside of class. Outcome: 5. Through the course coverage of these important topics students improve in their capacities to weigh evidence, tolerate ambiguity, act ethically, and reflect other values underpinning psychology as a science. We continue to evaluate and adjust our course materials and assessment tools to better meet this outcome. 6. Activity: 6. The Psychology Department continues to infuse technology and various learner centered strategies into teaching of our in-person courses. We will continue to infuse the use of SPSS more fully into the Soc Sci 10 (Statistics for the Social Science) as well as in Psych 80 (Research Methods). Outcome: 6. To more fully prepare our students for upper division course work esepcially in the social sciences. All of the following are relevant to this outcome: 1) The hybrid Psychology 1 is being developed as a future offering; 2) the Psychology 80 COR has been updated to reflect greater empahsis on SPSS; 3)Each year, we continue to update the SPSS software for student use; 4) We continue to attend technology trainings; 5) One of our full time faculty is an active member of the Distance Education Committee 7. Activity: 7. Infuse APA style writing to a greater degree into our transfer curriculum. Outcome: 7. Prepare our students for upper division course work that will require the routine use of APA style. 8. Activity: 8.a.We participate in professional development off campus by attending and presenting at local, national and international conferences, professional presentations to community groups, membership in local & national professional organizations, and serve as book reviewers in order to stay current in sociocultural and international perspectives in the social sciences. 8b. Our faculty members serve as the trainers for Prevention of

6 Sexual Harassment and Discrimination. Outcome: 8.a. Students will have a greater sensitivity to issues of diversity, international relations and sociocultural topics. 8.b. Continued demonstration of the importance of this prevention program to our students and colleagues. One of our full-time faculty presented at the World Congress of Sexology and at the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. She and other faculty member also attended the American Psychological Association. Other full time faculty members have reviewed psychology textbooks and supplements for new editions. 9. Activity: 9.The psychology department continues to offer a wide variety of courses at every module available. We have now moved to early mornings (6:30am) and increased our online course offerings with great success. We continue to offer late start classes to capture later FTES. Outcome: 9. Increase contact opportunities among students and faculty as well as enhance the practice of self-management and self-improvement. We continue to increase our offerings on the Chino and Fontana campuses, Montclair High School, and CIW (Chino Institute for Women). Our 6:30 a.m. Psychology 1 course is very popular and well attended. 10. Activity: 10.The Psychology Dept. is active in counseling students for transfer. We continuously connect transfer students with psych faculty as well as former Chaffey students at other 4 year institutions. These schools have included CSUSB, CSUF, CalPoly Pomona, all of the undergaduate Claremont University schools, UCLA, UCBerkeley and USC. Outcome: 10.It is our hope that our efforts will continue to enhance our department's transfer numbers. We hope to work with the Institutional Research Office to ascertain data regarding our transfer rates. Partially To the best of our knowledge, we are doing very well with this, however, current data are not available. Awards Data Psychology (A365) Term Degrees Certificates 2003/SP /FA /SP /SU /FA /SP /SP 1 0 Comments: We have been counseling our students for some time to transfer to 4 year schools rather than take an extra semester to complete the AA in psychology degree. Social Science (A395) Term Degrees Certificates 2002/FA /SU 1 0

7 2003/FA /SP /SU /FA /SP /SU /FA /SP /SU /FA /SP /SU /SP 3 0 Comments: Social Sci 10 (Statistics for the Social Sciences) has bee taught exclusively by FT psychology faculty for over 8 years. Social Sci 17 (Human Sexuality) comprises 3/4 of the load of one FT psychology faculty member, Linda Devillers. Budget If any unexpended funds in last years budget, please briefly explain why these funds were not spent. No Were any additional funds requested (VTEA, other grants, etc.)? If so, please list source of additional funds and amount received. No

8 Data for FTEF Data for FTEF for PSYCH TERM PCTPTandOverloadFTEFs PCTFullTimeFTEFs PT and Over Time Full Time Total 2002/FA /FA /SP /FA /SP /FA /SP /FA /SP /SP Data for FTEF for SCSCI TERM PCTPTandOverloadFTEFs PCTFullTimeFTEFs PT and Over Time Full Time Total 2002/FA /FA /SP /FA /SP /FA /SP /FA /SP /SP Retention Data

9 Section Data by Course By Meet Time Section Totals For PSYCH Term Morning Afternoon Evening Weekend Arranged Internet Total 2002/FA /FA /SP /FA /SP /FA /SP /FA /SP /SP Section Totals For SCSCI Term Morning Afternoon Evening Weekend Arranged Internet Total 2002/FA /FA /SP /FA /SP /FA /SP /FA /SP

10 2007/SP