(attach budget request form) / Capital Improvement with PECO funds (attach budget request form)
Division: / Instructional / Unit Director: / Rowe/Farrell/Fisch / Budget Account No.: / 117220 / Total Amount Requested (Only for Capital Improvement Plan or Annual Plans needing new/additional money): / $379.70
Unit Purpose Statement: / The Social Sciences Unit provides students a diverse selection of quality courses in the social sciences. These courses are designed to help students develop a broader understanding of themselves and the world, while cultivating their ability to think critically and engage in scholarly inquiry.
Unit Goal:
Link to College Goals: / 1) To facilitate communication between the psychology instructor and students enrolled in distance learning courses. (Rowe/Psychology)
2) Facilitate a quality educational environment that stresses student learning
Goals 1, 2, 4
Unit Objective/Project Description
(assign priority - #1 = highest) / Link to Plan / Expected Outcome / Assessment Criteria & Evaluation Methods / Assessment Results
(use of actual data to describe annual performance) / Use of Results
1) Students enrolled in CLP 2000 and DEP 2002 will be assigned e-mail addresses. (Rowe/Psychology) / 6, 11 / The instructor will electronically communicate course information (e.g. syllabi, exam information, grades, etc.) to students enrolled in CLP 2000 and DEP 2002 as an alternative to communicating via snail mail. / The actual use of e-mail by the instructor to communicate course information to students enrolled in psychology distance learning courses.
Expand the curriculum and course offerings of the history unit / 7, 8 / To offer in Fall 2006:
- Latin American History
- Oral and Community History
- Women’s History
- African American History
- Holocaust
Enhance the curriculum and learning experiences of the History students / 7, 8 / (1) Order videos (total: 379.70):
The Road to Freedom, Voices of Civil Rights, Ultimate Ancient Civilizations, Hitler’s Holocaust, Textiles: Birth of an American Industry, McCarthy reconsidered / Videos purchased
Unit Objective / Link to Plan / Student Learning and Program Outcomes / Assessment Criteria & Evaluation Methods / Assessment Results (use of actual data to describe annual performance) / Use of Results
To provide quality education / 2 /
PSYCHOLOGY
PSB 2000- Students will succeed in describing the brain-mind problem in science and philosophy.DEP 2004- Students will succeed in describing the nature-nurture issue in developmental psychology.
/ Question on the PSB 2000 Final Exam.Question on the DEP 2004 Final Exam.
HISTORY
1. Students will learn the major events and figures of political history but will also examine the social and cultural history of the society they are studying.2. Students will learn to critically assess history and demonstrate their understanding of its impact
past and present / oral demonstrations written papers examinations
class discussions
ANTHROPOLOGY
As measured by specific exam questions:
1. Students will consistently differentiate between facts and opinions.
2. Students will synthesize original arguments on anthropological topics.
3. Students will apply anthropological course materials as bases for informed opinion in the construction of reasonable arguments. / Specific Essay Questions
EDUCATION
1. Students will consistently differentiate between facts and opinions.
2. Students will synthesize original academic arguments or lesson plans.
3. Students will apply course materials as bases for informed opinion in the construction of reasonable arguments, or in lesson plans addressing educational problems. / Specific Essay Questions
PROGRAM OUTCOMES:
To provide quality education / 2 / Student withdrawal rates in Cultural Anthropology will be less than 10%Student withdrawal rates in Introduction to Education will be less than 10% / Withdrawal rates from Banner