Academic Discipline Program Review and Self-Study

Academic Unit Name: __________________________________________
Location: ____________________________________________________
Department Chairs: ____________________________________________
Chair of Executive Committee: ___________________________________

I. Academic Discipline (For this section, please insert the GPC 2000-2001 Program of Study Assessment Template)

Describe the role and scope of the academic discipline and provide the official description/purpose/mission.

List discipline goals, provide a brief description on how progress towards these goals is assessed (measured), provide results of assessments, and describe how results have been used to improve department. (SACS 3.1)

Program of Study Goals and Assessment

Year	Goals	Outcomes	Assessments	Results	Use/Documentation

Staffing Summary Collegewide MERGE ALL CAMPUSES (Completion by department chairs)

Status	Number	Average Teaching Load
Full-Time Faculty
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Instructor
Part-Time
Support Staff		N/A

What policies/procedures/formulas are followed when assigned teaching loads (are number of preparations, number of students taught, nature of course, departmental committee assignments, advising, availability of support staff, college committee assignments, research, and service factored)? Summary by department chairs (collegewide)

Semester Credit Hour Production

For the past three years, please list department Semester Credit Hour Production.

Department Semester Credit Hour Production

Year	Fall	Spring	Summer

Describe the scope and the impact of offerings in the department.

For the year (2000-2001), all department chairs should complete the following chart, by campus.

Campus	Course ID	Year	# Sections		Percentage Taught By P/T	Was demand higher than ability to supply?

Has this changed significantly over the past three years? If so, please describe.

II. Academic Programs

A. Need:

1. Specify area, state or national need for graduates. Cite any pertinent studies or data. (Include any Institutional Research and Planning (IRP) data or studies in appendices).

2. Identify interest on the part of local groups, industry, research centers, other educational institutions, or state agencies. Indicate the nature of contact made with these groups and the results of these contacts.

B. Curriculum:

How does the program ensure that the curriculum stays current with practices in the field? How are curriculum changes initiated and processed at the discipline level? (SACS 4.2.3, 4.2.4) (List any general methods such as professional development, college-sponsored workshops, etc.)

Please describe curriculum updates over the past three years.

Curriculum Updates

Course Code	Course Title	Date Reviewed/Updated/Revised	Documentation

C. Instruction.

1. How is instruction evaluated in this program or department? Explain how results of instructional evaluation have been used to improve instruction over the past three years. Department chairs should provide specific anecdotal data. (SACS 4.2.4)

2. Please certify whether all syllabi in the program/department provide written information about the goals and requirements of each course; the nature of the course content; and the methods of evaluation employed to measure the extent to which students are meeting the goals of the course. Indicate also whether the methods of instruction are appropriate to the goals and capabilities of students and that any experimentation with methods to improve instruction are adequately supported and evaluated. Attach copies of current syllabi for all courses in the program of study taught in this discipline as an appendix in alphabetical order. (SACS 4.2.4) This area pertains to full-time faculty only. Submit Spring 2001 syllabi only.

3. Please describe the methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of this program (i.e., use of standardized tests, comprehensive examinations, assessment of the performance of graduates in advanced programs or employment, sampling of the opinions of former students). If this was described earlier, please indicate where. (SACS 3.1, 4.2.4) Use the GPC Program of Study Assessment Plan.

4. By department, please describe how the program/department provides a learning environment in which scholarly and creative achievement is encouraged. (General overview only) If this was described earlier, please indicate where. (SACS 4.2.4)

5. If applicable, please indicate the degree to which clinical and other affiliations with outside agencies for which credit is awarded is under the control and supervision of the program. (SACS 4.2.4)

D. Briefly discuss the academic advising process in this program of study. Are advisors trained and is there an advising handbook for your campus? Requires completion by department chair. (SACS 4.2.5)

E. Course Completion Rate. (SACS 3.1)

The following information refers to program of study courses offered within the department.

Course Code	Course Title	Semester	# Started	# Completed	% Completed

F. Technology instruction. Describe how technology is used for curriculum delivery. Do you plan to increase the use of technology? How effective are the department's efforts? Please specify. Requires completion by department/campus.

G. Certification/Licensure. (SACS 3.1)

Where applicable, please list the number of students attempting to obtain certification or licensure and the number who were successful over the past three years.

H. Resources (SACS 4.1, 4.2.4)

Statements in this area require completion by department chairs, based on their campus' situations. Break out your answers under each question by campus.

1. What additional faculty are needed to improve quality of program or to meet needs of students?

2. What are the special strengths in available library resources as they relate to the current program? What is the departmental library budget? Is this adequate?

3. Are facilities available to meet current needs of program? What additional facilities, if any, are needed in order to improve the quality of the programs being offered?

4. What additional fixed and moveable equipment is needed to improve the quality of the program being offered?

5. What special student support services does the program utilize? Are these adequate?

6. What additional technology resources are needed to improve the instructional program and administrative operations?

I. Program Plans (Completion by the Executive Committee)

1. Based on the data and discussion, which have been presented, please analyze and describe the strengths of this program.

2. Please analyze and describe the weaknesses of this program.

3. What action steps do you have to address weakness? How do you plan to assess progress in these steps?

Improve Activity Chart

(This should be used as justification for funding during the budget process.)

Improvement Activity	Resources Needed	Completion Date and Responsible Individuals	Measures of Performance	Process(es) Involved

4. Describe the progress, which was made in addressing last year's action plans. Show specific examples of how you used assessment results to adjust action steps, goals or improve the program.

5. What do you foresee as the future of this program?

a. Enrollment Trends - ( Note: I sent enrollment trend reports by IRP with this template)

1. Provide information on anticipated changes in program size. Requires completion by department chair/campus.

2. What capacity does the program have to absorb additional enrollment without significant added cost? Please indicate rationale.

b. Immediate and long-range challenges - Requires completion by department chair/campus.

c. Opportunities for development - Requires completion by department chair/campus.

6. If this program is not meeting the strategic goal of academic excellence, what will it take to make it and its graduates excellent?