2018-19 Unit Plan
Sociology
Mission Statement
The mission of the Sociology Discipline at Butte College is to apply scientific and critical thinking to the study of the dynamics of the social systems we create and their influence on humanity and the environment.
Program Description
FA2016 Program Review data (1 semester, does not include summer or winter)
20 sections, 663 students, 66.3 FTES
The Sociology program fosters knowledge and critical analysis about how the societies humans create affect ourselves and the natural world. Students examine the social, political and economic institutions that humans build as well as the larger ecosystem in which we live. Courses examine topics that include the dynamics of power and inequality; gender ethnicity and resources; the growing influence of technology and mass media and need for environmental sustainability. Sociology is devoted to inspiring students to understand, appreciate and care for the world in which they live through creative, engaged citizenship. Sociology courses meet the Social and Behavioral Sciences AA as well as GE transfer requirements. Students can also obtain an AA-T in Sociology. Sociology also established the interdisciplinary Certificate of Sustainability Studies. There have been 40 students complete the certificate since it was first offered in 2007.
Student Learning/Administrative Unit Outcomes
Sociology discusses and incorporates outcome feedback every semester through department meetings, discussion and assessent. Outcomes currently underway include:
- Increase the Sustainabilty Studies Certificate to 18 units
- Develop a Sustainanabilty Studies Major
- Analyze and update curriculum offerings
- Coordinate with CSUC Sociology to integrate student transfer pathways
- Devlop a plan to track Sociology and Sustainability majors
- Integrate current events/issues into all courses
Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (OSLED Departments)
FA2016 Program Review data (1 semester, does not include summer or winter)
66.3 FTES
20 sections, 663 students
- 89% fill rate
- 94.4% retention
- 78.2% success
40 students completed the Sustainabilty Studies Certificate since 2012
Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (All Other Departments)
Strategic Direction
The Sociology curriculum supports Strategic Directions 1.3, Completion and and f, Strategic scheduling. The Sustainability Studies program supports 1.i, using advisory committes to develop the interdisciplinary Sustainabilty Studies program and AA pathway.
Sustainabilty Studies is also the primary resource for meeting Butte Strategic Direction #5a, 1-7, "providing educatinal opporutnties in the area of sustainability, developing sustainability focused courses, certificates and transfer degrees and career-oriented educational outcomes."
Program Review
Based upon the recommendation of the Program Review 2011
Completed
- Developed AA-T Major - Completed in 2012
- Reviewed and Updated curriculum - Completed
- Developed Sociology 10 Crime and Society and Sociology 20 Sociology of Inequality per AA-T guidelines – Soc20 is completed and is on the schedule, Soc10 is underway
- Recommended expansion of the Sustainability Certificate of Completion to become a Certificate of Achievement - Completed in 2012
STILL TO BE ADDRESSED
1. Hire a second Full Time faculty member to support program strength and student success. Urgently needed and requested annually since the retirement of Glenn Hoffman in 2012 but not yet funded
2. Recommended the creation of a Sustainability Studies degree program with multiple academic pathways to meet a variety of career pathways to be aligned with the trend in academia toward sustainability education - underway and scheduled for launch in SP 2012
Department Goals
- Increase enrollments and FTES in Sociology 4% in 2018/19 and support student completion of Soc AA-T’s
- Increase number of students completing the Certificate of Sustainability by 15%
- Establish and launch a Butte Sustainability AA Degree by 2020
- Develop career/transfer pathways materials for students in both Sociology and Sustainability
- Hire one full-time faculty essential to sustaining the strength of the program and support program growth.
Future Development Strategies
Strategy 1 - Increase enrollments and FTES in Sociology 4% and support student AA-T completion
- Develop and add two new ONLINE courses, Soc2 & Soc4 by FA18
- Establish the Sustainabilty Studies AA degree
Initiatives
- Modeling Sustainability
- Enhancing a Culture of Completion and Academic Achievement
- Supporting Student, Faculty and Staff Success
- Using Data-Informed Processes for Continuous Improvement
- Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
- Enhancing a Culture of Inclusiveness
Supporting Rationale
Supports campus wide growth initiative
Supporting Rationale Alignment
Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations: Yes
Supports Changes from Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: Yes
Strategy 2 - Increase number of students completing the Certificate of Sustainability by 15%
- Develop ONLINE pathway for students to achieve the Certificate of Sustainability, widening access and opportunity for this state of the art program.
- Develop marketing materials and outreach to Butte-Glenn counties at high schools, College Connection, counseling, student orientation sessions and Sustainability events at CSUC and local schools
Initiatives
- Modeling Sustainability
- Enhancing a Culture of Completion and Academic Achievement
- Supporting Student, Faculty and Staff Success
- Using Data-Informed Processes for Continuous Improvement
- Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
- Enhancing a Culture of Inclusiveness
Supporting Rationale
Maximizes resources to support student learning and supports completion
Supporting Rationale Alignment
Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations: Yes
Supports Changes from Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: Yes
Strategy 3 - Establish and launch a Butte Sustainability AA Degree by 2020
- Butte College was awarded funding in 2016 from Strategic Energy Initiatives (SEI) to support sustainability education across campus for faculty and students and facilitate dialogues between ourselves and representatives from Chico State with the goal of developing a transferable AA in Sustainability at Butte College.
- The grant, which ends the end of this academic year, included funding for a paid, full-time professional intern at the Sustainability Resource Center who works full time to manage 10 Butte College student interns who each reach out and educate and at least 40 high schools students. Our partnership with them will end the end of SP18, goal is to request transition funds to help the program become established and self-sufficient.
- An interdisciplinary campus committee invested in the program meets regularly in support.
- Butte College has signed two agreements, including the United States University Presidents College Climate Agreement that articulate our college’s commitment to stand up a Sustainability degree program.
Initiatives
- Modeling Sustainability
- Enhancing a Culture of Completion and Academic Achievement
- Supporting Student, Faculty and Staff Success
- Using Data-Informed Processes for Continuous Improvement
- Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
- Enhancing a Culture of Inclusiveness
Supporting Rationale
- Develops an AA degree with the same title and mission of the Butte College Strategic Directive #5, Modeling Sustainaiblty by standing up the curriculum for a Sustainabilty Studies AA Degree with courses and career pathways for both transfer career focused students.
- The Sustainability Studies major will attract brand new students to Butte College. It includes clear career pathways with quick vocational outcomes (permafarming; solar panels) as well as transfer education in a field that students can both believe in and know there will be jobs.
- We have invested in the structural sustainability with our buildings, and the Sustainability Resource Center. The third and final way we need to reflect commitment is through providing students with an AA curriculum that leads directly to career opportunities in this exploding new industry.
- The Butte Certificate in Sustainability Studies was developed by Mimi Riley in 2007 and has been awarded to over 100 students. In 2010 Mimi Riley started working interdisciplinary teams of faculty from both Butte and CSUC to develop a Sustainabilty Studies AA Degree at Butte College. Curriculum spans both Career and Transfer with courses from Ethics to Agriculture.
- Follows through on two signed commmitments by Butte College, including the United States University Presidents College Climate Agreement, that articulate our college’s commitment to stand up a Sustainability degree program.
- Investment in the leadership needed to stand up the Sustainabilty Studies AA will address the curriculum dimension of Directive #5 and greatly increase education and career opportunities for students both within the new major and across Butte's curriculum.
Supporting Rationale Alignment
Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations: Yes
Supports Changes from Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: Yes
Strategy 4 - Develop career/transfer pathways materials for students in both Sociology and Sustainability
Develop promotional materials for students that clearly identify the future of career paths in the fields of sociology and sustainabilty.
Initiatives
- Modeling Sustainability
- Enhancing a Culture of Completion and Academic Achievement
- Supporting Student, Faculty and Staff Success
- Using Data-Informed Processes for Continuous Improvement
- Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
- Enhancing a Culture of Inclusiveness
Supporting Rationale
Supports the college stategic direction to support completion and provide students with clear and easy to navigate inforamtion about transfer and career opportunities
Supporting Rationale Alignment
Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations: Yes
Supports Changes from Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: Yes
Strategy 5 - Hire one full-time faculty essential to sustaining the strength of the program and support program growth.
Sociology serves 63.6 student FETS each semester with just 1 full-time faculty
Associate faculty members, invaluable in the classroom, are not in a position to lend support to administrative duties expected of the successful continuity and strength of the program. A full time faculty replacement hire is essential to achieve the growth goals outlined.
Initiatives
- Modeling Sustainability
- Enhancing a Culture of Completion and Academic Achievement
- Supporting Student, Faculty and Staff Success
- Using Data-Informed Processes for Continuous Improvement
- Maximizing Resources to Support Student Learning
- Enhancing a Culture of Inclusiveness
Supporting Rationale
Since the retirement of Glenn Hoffman in May 2011, Sociology has been in need of a replacement hire to co-manage the discipline. The problem of finding Associate Faculty lies largely on the fact that CSU, Chico doesn’t offer a Masters Degree in Sociology, so finding associate hires is extremely difficult. Professor Riley has been carrying the weight of administrative duties solely while also standing up Sustainability Studies, which is one of the college's Strategic Direcitons.
Supporting Rationale Alignment
Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations: Yes
Supports Changes from Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: Yes
Requested Non-Financial Resources
Current Financial Resources
Augmentation Requests
| Original Priority |
Program, Unit, Area |
Resource Type |
Account Number |
Object Code |
One Time Augment |
Ongoing Augment |
| Description |
Supporting Rationale |
Potential Alternative Funding Sources |
Prioritization Criteria |
| 1 |
Sociology |
Personnel |
|
51110 |
$0.00 |
$109,877.00 |
| Full time faculty Hire |
Sociology has needed a replacement hire since the retirement of Glenn Hoffman in 2012. Sociology serves 63.6 student FTES each semester with just 1 full-time faculty who is also standing up the Sustainability Studies AA degree. A full time faculty replacement hire is essential to maintain the program and achieve the enrollment growth goals outlined. |
|
- Continuing to make progress toward 75% full-time faculty
- Recruiting, hiring and retaining a diverse workforce
- Practicing strategic enrollment management that integrates financial planning with student need and achievement
- Using data, research and collaborative efforts to develop and maintain appropriate
program and pathway based course offerings, locations and modalities
- Meeting standards and working to achieve goals for course success, retention, degree achievement, certificate completion, transfer, and credentialing
- Implementing the 2018-2019 Strategic Direction Priorities
- Meeting Standards and Goals for Student Achievement
- Addressing Program Review Recommendations
- Implementing improvements identified during Outcomes Assessment
|
| 2 |
Sociology |
Personnel |
|
51240 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Establish a Sustainability Studies Coordinator position with 40% reassigned time |
Request Butte to commit to campus wide Sustainability Studies curriculum and Degree development by funding a Sustainability Coordinator in the Instruction side with 40% reassigned time in year 1 to stand up the AA degree, develop promotional materials and oversee the student intern and promotions/outreach program, all of which will attract brand new student enrollments to Butte College provide a degree completion opportunity that meets Directive #5 that includes clear career pathways with vocational outcomes (permafarming; solar panels) as well as transfer education in a field that students can both believe in and know there will be jobs. Butte has invested in the structural sustainability with our buildings, and the Sustainability Resource Center. The third and final way we need to reflect commitment is through providing students with an AA curriculum that leads directly to career opportunities in this new industry with exponential projected job growth. The Butte Certificate in Sustainability Studies was developed by Mimi Riley in 2007 and has been awarded to over 100 students. In 2010 Mimi Riley started working interdisciplinary teams of faculty from both Butte and CSUC to develop a Sustainability Studies AA Degree at Butte College. The degree curriculum spans both Career and Transfer, with courses from Agriculture to Ethics. It follows through on two signed commitments by Butte college, including the United States University Presidents College Climate Agreement, that articulate our college’s commitment to stand up a Sustainability degree program. Investment in the leadership needed to stand up the Sustainability Studies AA will greatly increase education and career opportunities for students both within the new major and across Butte's curriculum while addressing the curriculum dimension of Directive #5. |
|
- Implementing the 2018-2019 Strategic Direction Priorities
- Meeting Standards and Goals for Student Achievement
- Addressing Program Review Recommendations
- Implementing improvements identified during Outcomes Assessment
- Implementing a Guided Pathways Model that makes career and transfer pathways clear, easy to navigate, tailored to meet labor market needs, and promotes success after transfer
- Aligning the instructional schedule with Guided Pathways
- Collaborating effectively with K-12 administrators, faculty, and counselors to set
appropriate student expectations, align curriculum and pathways, and provide
opportunities for high school students to earn college credits while in high school
- Continuing to implement Learning Outcomes (Course, Program, General Education,
Administrative and Student Services) to include disaggregating data by student
characteristics
- Meeting standards and working to achieve goals for course success, retention, degree achievement, certificate completion, transfer, and credentialing
- Using data, research and collaborative efforts to develop and maintain appropriate
program and pathway based course offerings, locations and modalities
- Offering a schedule that reflects and coordinates initiatives such as Guided Pathways,
providing high school students the opportunity to earn college credits while still in high
school, and providing programming for working adults
- Providing comparable support services for online students and students attending at off-campus centers
- Providing effective electronically mediated communication (e.g. website, social media,
marketing materials, messaging, and wifi access) that support student success and
completion
- Practicing strategic enrollment management that integrates financial planning with student need and achievement
|
| 3 |
Sociology |
Operating Expenses |
|
51240 |
$6,000.00 |
$0.00 |
| Sustainability Promotional Materials, Student Interns and Student Conference |
Butte College was awarded funding in 2016 from Strategic Energy Initiatives (SEI) to support sustainability education across campus for faculty and students and facilitate dialogues between ourselves and representatives from Chico State with the goal of developing a transferable AA in Sustainability at Butte College. The funds a paid, full-time professional intern at the Sustainability Resource Center who works full time to manage 10 Butte College student interns who each reach out and educate and at least 40 high schools students. This accomplishes both goals to outreach to potential new students while providing students with field internships. Our partnership with them will end the end of SP18. $4000 of requested funds is for transition funds to help the program become established and self-sufficient, continuing the resource for students. We will be asking SEI to match Butte's commitment for one year to the same end. Remaining funds are for transfer/career promotion materials for Sociology and Sustainability; to produce a Career Day and for materials for an "easy outreach booth" to take to high schools and campus events. Materials: banners, handouts, department and career branding swag
|
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- Collaborating effectively with K-12 administrators, faculty, and counselors to set
appropriate student expectations, align curriculum and pathways, and provide
opportunities for high school students to earn college credits while in high school
- Aligning the instructional schedule with Guided Pathways
- Meeting standards and working to achieve goals for course success, retention, degree achievement, certificate completion, transfer, and credentialing
- Continuing to implement Learning Outcomes (Course, Program, General Education,
Administrative and Student Services) to include disaggregating data by student
characteristics
- Implementing a Guided Pathways Model that makes career and transfer pathways clear, easy to navigate, tailored to meet labor market needs, and promotes success after transfer
- Addressing Program Review Recommendations
- Meeting Standards and Goals for Student Achievement
- Implementing the 2018-2019 Strategic Direction Priorities
- Implementing improvements identified during Outcomes Assessment
|
| 4 |
Sociology |
Personnel |
|
|
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Increase SBS Chair reassigned time by 20% |
Sociology is one of four disciplines in Social and Behavioral Sciences, which serves over 2000 students and generates +225 FTES each semester. SBS has lost 2 full time faculty positions to retirement that were not replaced in the last 5 years (Sociology, Philosophy), a third is retiring SP18 (Psychology) and a fourth SP20 (Philosophy). Low full time faculty ratios which increase the workload of the Chair. SBS is entering an outreach program to support the college goals of increasing enrollments. The program is also growing with new structures like AA-T Majors and Online major Pathways. Sustaining current standards of excellence already require Chair commitment beyond the allocated time. |
|
- Implementing the 2018-2019 Strategic Direction Priorities
- Meeting Standards and Goals for Student Achievement
- Addressing Program Review Recommendations
- Implementing improvements identified during Outcomes Assessment
- Implementing a Guided Pathways Model that makes career and transfer pathways clear, easy to navigate, tailored to meet labor market needs, and promotes success after transfer
- Aligning the instructional schedule with Guided Pathways
- Collaborating effectively with K-12 administrators, faculty, and counselors to set
appropriate student expectations, align curriculum and pathways, and provide
opportunities for high school students to earn college credits while in high school
- Meeting standards and working to achieve goals for course success, retention, degree achievement, certificate completion, transfer, and credentialing
- Using data, research and collaborative efforts to develop and maintain appropriate
program and pathway based course offerings, locations and modalities
- Offering a schedule that reflects and coordinates initiatives such as Guided Pathways,
providing high school students the opportunity to earn college credits while still in high
school, and providing programming for working adults
- Providing comparable support services for online students and students attending at off-campus centers
- Recruiting, hiring and retaining a diverse workforce
|