Program Discontinuance Report

1. 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

2. 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 • Last year the Academic Senate voted to remove all courses with outdated course outlines from the college catalog.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.

3. 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expedited viability process to address programs that had required courses that can no longer be offered as a result of out of date curriculum.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

4. 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

5. Program Impact 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 2010.

6. Program Impact 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.

7. 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 2009. • 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 2009. • 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.