Program Discontinuance Report Marvin Martinez, President Laura Ramirez, Vice President Alex Immerblum, Academic Senate President Jeff Hernandez, Co-Chair Program Review & Viability Committee Ryan Cornner, Co-Chair Program Review & Viability Committee Steve Wardinski, Curriculum Chair

Curriculum Updates  The college views maintaining updated and quality curriculum as one of its most essential duties.  Last year the Academic Senate voted to remove all courses with outdated course outlines from the college catalog.  Departments were made aware of this policy and given until November, 2012 to update all outlines that were out of compliance.

Discontinuance Policy  The college noted a need for an expedited viability process to address programs that had required courses that can no longer be offered as a result of out of date curriculum.  The policy includes  A default recommendation of discontinuance  A robust public notification  A period to update all out-of-compliance course outlines  An investigation of impacted students and recommendation for the sun-setting of programs

Timeline  December 2012  An expedited viability request is made by Academic Senate President to address 12 Associate Degree programs and 15 Certificate of Achievement programs that archived courses needed for program completion.  A viability review committee (VRC) was convened  March 2013  VRC meets to develop a Preliminary Notice of Program Discontinuance Pending Response  Public Notice posted on the college homepage  Curriculum Chair works with departments to update curriculum or develop program modifications  All but 3 programs are amended as needed to maintain program viability  VRC reviews data on impacted students and requests additional data from the Department Chair  May 2013  ELAC Shared Governance Council and Academic Senate approve viability report and recommend discontinuance to the College President

Insurance: Property and Casualty – Degree  An analysis of student enrollment revealed that required courses INSUR 100, INSUR 103, INSUR 104, and INSUR 185 have never been offered at ELAC  INSUR 101 was last offered during the Fall 2009 term and INSUR 102 was last offered in Spring Program Impact Required Course *Total ACCTG ,1531,1321,1071, ,301 BUS ,055 CAOT CO SCI 201 1,5331,5781,4931,3451, ,040 CO SCI 291 1,5651,6101,5621,3681, ,271 INSUR INSUR LAW ,735 Total 5,1905,7025,7135,4886,0742,74830,915

Insurance: Property and Casualty – Certificate  The certificate program requires the same major courses as the degree, but without General Education  The VRC has determined that discontinuance of the Insurance: Property and Casualty AA Degree and Certificate programs will have minimal impact on the College and its stakeholders.  In consultation with the college’s Articulation Officer, the committee learned that the archived courses are not UC:CSU transferable  An analysis of program completers yielded a total of 0.  Faculty, students, and staff will not be affected because a number of required courses were never offered and no curricular/programmatic changes are needed.  There will be no economic impact on the community because the program never had an effect on the community.  No concerns were raised through the public notice process. Program Impact

Microcomputer Programming Specialist  The VRC also determined that discontinuance of the Microcomputer Programming Specialist program will have minimal impact on the College and its stakeholders.  An analysis of program completers revealed that 4 students have completed the program since its initial offering in Summer  A review of the data revealed low enrollment in some of the required courses, (CO SCI 233 and CO SCI 239).  Additionally, CO SCI 239 was last offered in Spring  In consultation with the Department Chair, the Curriculum Chair learned that there are curricular and programmatic redundancies between this program and Computer Science Information Technology – Programming and Computer Science Information Technology –Microcomputers.  No concerns were raised through the public notice process. Program Impact