Set for PRC Review in Fall 2018 Program (CONS) - Construction Technology AS.1165 Program Catalog Summary: Associate in Science: SC Program: AS.1165 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The curriculum prepares students for entry-level employment in the carpentry trade. Award of specific apprenticeship credit will depend on the employer, local union regulations, aptitude of student as well as curriculum completed. Under normal circumstances, credit for partial fulfillment of apprenticeship requirements can be attained. This degree is approved through the California Community College Chancellor s Office. Upon satisfactory completion of all degree requirements and filing an application for graduation with Admissions and Records, the student s transcript will reflect completion of this degree. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this degree, the student should be able to: 1. Explain and demonstrate the use of appropriate personal protective equipment. 2. Identify other construction hazards on your job site, including hazardous material exposures, environmental elements, welding and cutting hazards, confined spaces, and fires. 3. Perform construction math with and without a calculator including adding, subtraction, multiply and divide whole numbers, fractions, percentages as well as decimals in the field. 4. Identify power tools commonly used in the construction trades. 5. Recognize relate and identify basic construction drawing terms, components, symbols and different classifications of construction drawings. 6. Calculate the quantities of lumber and wood products using industry-standard methods. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: CORE COURSES: CONS 52 Residential Estimating 3 CONS 53 Materials of Construction 3 CONS 54 Survey of the Building Industry 3 CONS 56 Essentials of Construction 3 CONS 84 Analysis of Construction Drawings/Specs 3 CONS 160 Carpentry Practices 5 CONS 161 Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Systems 5 CONS 178 Building Codes and Standards 3 INDE 1 Career Planning for Industrial Technology 1 WELD 70 Beginning Welding 3 ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: Major 32 Additional General Education 21 General Electives 7 Degree Total 60* *Note: Calculation assumes a student will double-count the Multicultural graduation requirement with either a social science or humanities G.E. requirement and that the student will fulfill computer literacy through a test. If students plan well and see a counselor, they may be able to double count the Multicultural and Computer Literacy units. If these graduation requirements are added, the number of units is increased by 6 units. 07/06/2017 Generated by TracDat a product of Nuventive Page 0 of 2
Fall 2016 Prepared By: Michael Sloan What improvements are needed? : Courses within this program have not been offered for a few years. The construction lab in 2500 was converted to a welding lab. Who completed this form?: Michael Sloan Participation in the report: Area Faculty (list in the next box), Advisory Committee (if one exists) Summarize Participation comments: Mark Smith and Rick Osbrink agreed that the program should be discontinued at this time. The Advisory Council has not met. The Shasta Building Exchange is offering basic construction courses to individuals in the area, who are interested. Recommendation for Discontinuance?: Yes Analyze Overall PLO achievement: No recent data since courses have not been offered. What changes could be (or have been) made to improve the program?: There is not a strong demand for skilled construction workers. If the demand returns in the future, the college can consider the resurrection of this program. Resources needed to implement the changes noted above: Since no students are studying in the program no resources are needed. Labor Market Demand: There is minimal demand for construction laborers Duplication of training: None Program effectiveness: The college discontinued offering courses when enrollment fell off. The full-time faculty member was not replaced. Other data indications for program improvement: none Replicating community college programs north of Sacramento?: None in the Far North CSU and UC Transfer impact analysis:: CSU Chico has a construction management program. This program was not aligned with it. Influence on related programs and services: None Specific additional program reflections: None Other factors for consideration: The college auctioned off the last of the equipment last summer. **TO BE COMPLETED BY THE PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE** PRC Action:: PRC recommends the program continue be discontinued Summary Date: 02/15/2017 Summary of findings: In the case of the Construction Technology AS and Certificate, these reasons were taken into consideration for the discontinuance recommendation: The two programs have had no completers, perhaps because there is minimal demand for workers with this degree. Courses for the program have not been offered anytime recently due to lack of interest. The equipment needed for the courses has been auctioned off. The Shasta Building Exchange is offering basic construction courses to individuals in the area that make the degrees redundant. The program was not aligned with CSU Chico s construction program. Summary review date: 02/21/1917 Date summary sent to program faculty and/or counselors: 02/21/2017 Program faculty response: NA Date summary sent to College Council: 02/21/2017 Date reviewed by College Council: 02/21/2017 College Council response or additional action: NA 07/06/2017 Generated by TracDat a product of Nuventive Page 2 of 2
Program Awards Award Type Program Type - TOP6 2012-13 Associate of Science (A.S.) degree Construction Crafts Technology-095200 2 Grand Total Total 2
Course Statistics Academic Year Course Name 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 CONS-53 # of Sections 1 Enrollment 17 FTES 1.7 FTEF 0.2 WSCH 51 Avg Enrl/Section 17 Avg FTES FTEF 8.5 Avg WSCH FTEF 255 CONS-56 # of Sections 1 Enrollment 12 FTES 1.3 FTEF 0 WSCH 33 Avg Enrl/Section 12 Avg FTES FTEF Avg WSCH FTEF INDE-1 # of Sections 2 2 2 2 3 Enrollment 58 61 60 71 75 FTES 1.9 2 2.1 2.4 5.1 FTEF 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.32 WSCH 58 61 63 72 152 Avg Enrl/Section 29 31 30 36 25 Avg FTES FTEF 14.47 15.29 15.74 17.99 15.57 Avg WSCH FTEF 435 457 472 540 468 WELD-70 # of Sections 6 7 8 9 11 Enrollment 151 184 202 203 184 FTES 31 37 40.5 39.8 35.9 FTEF 2 1.99 2.05 1.88 1.74 WSCH 930 1,110 1,214 1,186 973 Avg Enrl/Section 25 26 25 23 17 Avg FTES FTEF 15.5 15.82 16.52 16.26 15.49 Avg WSCH FTEF 465 476 497 489 465 Grand Total # of Sections 9 9 10 11 15 Enrollment 206 219 245 256 253 FTES 34.6 39 42.6 42.2 42.3 FTEF 2.33 2.13 2.18 2.01 2.06 WSCH 1,039 1,171 1,277 1,258 1,158 Avg Enrl/Section 23 24 25 23 17 Avg FTES FTEF 14.49 15.7 16.35 16.65 15.52 Avg WSCH FTEF 435 472 491 500 466
Success and Retention Academic Year Course Name Title 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 CONS-53 Materials of Construction Success 56.25% Materials of Construction Retention 68.75% CONS-56 Essentials of Construction Success 91.67% Essentials of Construction Retention 100.00% INDE-1 Career Plan/Industrial Tech Success 78.57% 83.61% 68.25% 73.61% 61.84% Career Plan/Industrial Tech Retention 92.86% 96.72% 96.83% 91.67% 90.79% WELD-70 Beginning Welding Success 73.20% 78.57% 77.78% 78.43% 79.35% Beginning Welding Retention 88.89% 91.76% 91.01% 89.71% 93.48% Grand Total Total Success 73.33% 79.84% 75.40% 77.17% 75.00% Total Retention 88.44% 93.00% 92.46% 90.22% 93.01%