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Q21. Welcome to COA's new, online portal for completing your Annual Program Update (APU). Your work will be saved at the end ofeach section. If you partially complete a section, that section's responses will not be saved. Prior sections will be saved, shouldyou need to stop and leave the portal for a period of time and then come back to it. If you have any questions about the portal duringthe process, please email Interim Dean Karen Engel at kengel@peralta.edu or call or text her cell phone at (510) 381-5292. Forquestions about your program or the process, please contact your instructional dean or service area or administrative unit vicepresident. Thank you!Q1. Please select the discipline, department or program:PHILQ102. Please select the Program Type:InstructionalInstructionalStudentStudent ServicesServicesAdministrativeAdministrative ServicesServicesQ2. Please provide the name of the person(s) completing this Program Review:Jennifer FowlerQ103. The mission of College of Alameda is to serve the educational needs of its diverse community by providing comprehensive andflexible programs and resources that empower students to achieve their goals.Q3. Please provide the mission statement for your program:Phi losophy i s a di sci pli ne that exami nes fundamental questi ons about everyday li fe and the natural w orld.Phi losophy classes at College of Alameda w i ll prepare students to:1) Demonstrate know ledge of the major questi ons, central methods, i ssues, fi gures, and arguments i n the cores areas of phi losophy and i tshi story.2) Use formal and i nformal logi c to i denti fy, construct, analyze, evaluate, and respond to arguments.3) Deal w i th value questi ons w i th clari ty, fai rness, and open-mi ndedness.4) Make connecti ons w i th phi losophi cal tradi ti ons and everyday li fe, i ncludi ng thei r professi onal, fami ly, and soci al li ves.5) Clearly arti culate i deas and arguments i n w ri ti ng and speech.By studyi ng phi losophy, students w i ll gai n w i sdom, clari ty, and aw areness about a w i de vari ety of phi losophi cal i ssues that ari se w i thi ndi fferent cultural and hi stori cal contexts.Q104. Please specify the date of your program's last Comprehensive Program Review (month and year):October 2016Q105. Cut and paste the program goals and administrative unit outcomes (AUOs) from your program's most recent Program Review orAUO documents into the left-hand column. Then complete the remaining columns of the table below. Program Review Archives, PCCDand COA Strategic Goals can be found on your program's APU home page.

PCCD goal advanced COA goal advancedupon completion (#) upon completion (#)Progress on goal orAUO attainment(specify: the datecompleted, revised,or ongoing)Explanation orComments (describeany revisions orimpediments)AssessmentConti nue SLO assessments and stay current everyyear. Thi s w i ll allow our department to meetaccredi tati on standards.E.15, 7, 8OngoingE.13, 5OngoingE.43, 5OngoingCurriculum (if applicable)Expand the number of courses offered.Instruction (if applicable)Increase faculty access to technology and di gi talteachi ng tools. Thi s w i ll allow our classes to becompeti ti ve w i th other colleges and i ncreasestudent enrollment.Student Services and Student EquityProfessional Development, Institutionaland Professional Engagement, andPartnershipsOther Program Improvement Objectivesor AU OutcomesOther Program Improvement Objectivesor AU OutcomesQ106. Please review and reflect upon the data for your program (see Data Dashboards on the left of the COA Program Review homepage). Then describe any significant changes in the following items and discuss what the changes mean to your program. Focus onthe most recent year and/or the years since your last comprehensive program review.

Q107. Using the Enrollment Data Dashboard, review any changes in the student demographics of your students. Particularlyconsider changing number (or percentage) of student by age, gender, ethnicity, and special populations (foster youth, veterans, lowincome, students with disabilities). Comment on any changes.Our DSPS student populati on has quadrupled si nce Fall 2014, although our low i ncome student populati on has decreased dramati cally si ncethen.Q108. Using the Enrollment Data Dashboard, review and comment about any changes in enrollment by course.The college's low i ncome student populati on has also dropped dramati cally, so i t doesn't seem to be related to our department i n parti cular.Perhaps i t's the usual trend of less students goi ng to college w hen the economy i s doi ng relati vely w ell.Q109. Using the Productivity Data Dashboard, review and comment on any changes in the productivity of your program and courses.Producti vi ty took a steep di ve from Fall 2014 to Spri ng 2017. How ever the college as a w hole took a di ve betw een these tw o terms as w ell. Itseems as i f our numbers are reflecti ng the college's overall producti vi ty trends.Q110. For Student Services units, consider and comment on any changes in the number of student contacts and the success rates ofthe students served.N/AQ111. Using the Course Completion and Retention Data Dashboards, review and comment on any changes in the completion andretention rates of your program's courses.Our course completi on and retenti on numbers have decreased slow ly over the years. Part of thi s i s li kely due to the fact that w e do not have afull ti me faculty member. The consi stency and presence of a full ti me faculty member that i s on campus more than tw o days a w eek could helpi ncrease i nstructor presence and access, thus i mprovi ng course completi on and retenti on rates.Q112. Using the Course Completion and Retention Data Dashboards, review and comment on any changes in the completion andretention rates of your program's Distance Education or Hybrid classes versus face-to-face (or lecture) classes. Use the DE filter.Set it to "NULL" to review only face-to-face classes.There are not si gni fi cant di fferences betw een our course completi on and retenti on rates betw een face-to-face, hybri d, and onli ne classes.Q113. Review and reflect on other program specific data or unplanned events that reflect significant changes in the program.

There are none I can i denti fy.Q114. Using the Equity Data Dashboards, please review the student success data for your program and comment upon it. Doperformance gaps exist in the student success or achievement rates for disproportionately impacted students, including AfricanAmerican, Hispanic/Latino, Filipinos/Pacific Islanders, foster youth, veterans, students with disabilities or other groups not listed here?YesYesNoNoQ115. If differences exist, please detail the differences and describe the activities your program is making to address the differences.How will your program evaluate the effectiveness of these activities?There are no si gni fi cant di fferences.Q116. What curricular, pedagogical or other changes has your department made since the most recent program review?We tri ed offeri ng a class at Ameri can Indi an Model Hi gh School to i ncrease enrollment and expand our course offeri ngs beyond the college.How ever the class w as cancelled by the hi gh school unexpectedly, w hi ch w as a di sappoi ntment to many of our students and the i nstructorteachi ng i t. Our department w i ll now be cauti ous about accepti ng classes as the hi gh school due to the lack of communi cati on that seemed tooccur duri ng thi s experi ence about class cancellati ons.Q117. Were these changes based on assessment of student learning outcomes at the course or program level?YesYesNoNoQ118. Please identify the assessment used.We used fi nal exam questi ons to measure how w ell students learned the objecti ves lai d out i n the Student Learni ng Outcomes.Q120. Attach a summary depicting the program's progress on assessment of course and program level outcomes (SLOs and PLOs).PHIL Status Report.pdf96.2KBapplication/pdfQ121. Please evaluate your program's progress on assessment. What are the plans for futher assessments in the upcoming academic

year? Please include a timeline and/or assessment plan for the future.We are currently on schedule to assess PHIL 1 in the Fall and PHIL 10 in the Spring. Those are currently the only two Philosophy classes we teach.Q124. What does your program do to ensure that meaningful dialogue takes place in both shaping and assessing course and programlevel outcomes? Where can one find the evidence of the dialogue?The department chai r and faculty engage i n meani ngful one-on-one di alogue and group di scussi on duri ng department meeti ngs. Evi dence ofdi alogue can be found on department meeti ng mi nutes.Q123. Describe your plans for improvement projects based upon the assessment results.Si nce w e have exceeded our results, w e w i ll conti nue experi menti ng w i th new teachi ng and learni ng strategi es to see i f w e can ei theri mprove or mai ntai n our current success.Q125. Attach evidence of these assessment results (the assessment report from Taskstream, departmental meeting notes, or theassessment spreadsheet showing these results).PHIL Findings.pdf444.2KBapplication/pdfQ126. Is your program one of the below?CTECTE programprogramCounselingCounseling DepartmentDepartmentLibraryLibrary ServicesServicesStudentStudent ServicesServices oror AdministrativeAdministrative UnitUnitNoneNone ofof thethe AboveAbove

Q146. Please find the Prior-Year Resource Utilization Self-Evaluation Template in your Program Review home page, review yourexpenditures for 2016-17 and complete the form. Upload it here when you are finished.PHIL ficedocument.spreadsheetml.sheetQ140. Human Resources: If you are requesting new or additional positions, in any job classification, please explain how new positionswill contribute to increased student success:AlreadyProgram goalrequested in(cut andConnected torecentpaste fromassessmentprogramprogramresults andreview?review)plans?Contributionto studentsuccessAlignmentwith collegegoal (#)Alignmentwith PCCDgoal (letter)

Request 1:Full-Ti me Phi losophy ProfessorYesWe do nothave adegreeprogram, sowe aretechnicallynot a"program"with PLO's.YesYesCOA ILOs:#1-5DistrictGoal: A-DRequest 2:Other:Q141. Technology and Equipment: Please explain how the new technology or equipment will contribute to increased studentsuccess:AlreadyProgram goalrequested in(cut andConnected torecentpaste fromassessmentprogramprogramresults andreview?review)plans?Contributionto studentsuccessAlignmentwith collegegoal (#)Alignmentwith PCCDgoal (letter)Request 1:None.Request 2:Other:Q142. Facilities: How will this facilities request contribute to student success? Indicate whether and how facilities maintenance andrepair affected your program in the past year with your request.

AlreadyProgram goalrequested in(cut andConnected torecentpaste fromassessmentprogramprogramresults andreview?review)plans?Contributionto studentsuccessAlignmentwith collegegoal (#)Alignmentwith PCCDgoal (letter)Request 1:None.Request 2:Other:Q145. Professional Development or Other Requests: How will the professional development (PD) activity contribute to studentsuccess? What PD opportunities and contributions will your program make to the college in the future?AlreadyProgram goalrequested in(cut andConnected torecentpaste fromassessmentprogramprogramresults andreview?review)plans?Contributionto studentsuccessAlignmentwith collegegoal (#)Alignmentwith PCCDgoal (letter)Request 1:None.Request 2:Other:Q144. Congratulations. You have completed your Annual Program Update for 2017-18. If you have completed each question in eachsection, you may close this tab. Your answers will be saved and submitted. Thank you!

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