2015 PIE Form - Home | Mt. San Antonio College · Page 2 of 22 Introduction UNIT Physics & Engineering Current Year YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 Contact Person Malcolm Rickard & Martin Mason

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Introduction I. Unit Information II. Institutional Mission III. Unit Mission IV. College Themes and Goals SectionOne Where We Are: A Summary and Analysis of the Current Year 2014-15

I. Summary Context: Unit Goals II. Notable Achievements III. Tracking External/Internal Conditions, Trends, Impacts, Retention & Success, Critical Decisions and Outcomes Assessment IV. Alignment and Progress on Unit and College Goals: Closing the Loop SectionTwo Where We Are Going: Planning for the Next Three Years, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18

I. Planning Context: Unit Goals Assessed and Revised II. Annual Implementation Plan III. Resources Identified in Relation to Planning SectionThree Recommendations for Improving the Planning Process

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Introduction

UNIT Physics & Engineering Current Year YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3

Contact Person Malcolm Rickard & Martin Mason 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

E-mail / Extension [email protected] / 6868 & [email protected] / 5306 Summary✔ Planning✔ Planning✔ Planning✔

Your Unit Program Review will be recorded on this form summarizing the current year and documenting planning for the next three-year cycle. Please remember that all outcomes assessment work should be recorded in TracDat (http://tracdat.mtsac.edu/tracdat) in order for your assessment work to best contribute to institutional reports. Outcomes assessment work may include courses, programs, direct and indirect services, organizational structure, structural elements, and institutional outcomes. Respond to only the outcomes categories or types that apply to your unit.

Institutional Planning Framework

Institutional Mission

The mission of Mt. San Antonio College is to support students in achieving their full educational potential in an

environment of academic excellence.

The college is unified through its demonstrated connection to the mission. Driven by the California Master Plan for Higher Education, revised by the President's Advisory Council, and approved by the Board of Trustees, it informs all planning and assessment.

Unit Mission

Enter your Unit mission statement here if applicable

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College Themes and GoalsCollege themes and goals allow the campus to focus on critical issues. Articulated by the President's Advisory Council and approved by the Board of Trustees, they guide institutional planning and assessment processes.

Theme A: To Advance Academic Excellence and Student Achievement

College Goal #1 The college will prepare students for success through the development and support of exemplary programs and services.

College Goal #2 The college will improve career/vocational training opportunities to help students maintain professional currency and achieve individual goals.

College Goal #3 The college will utilize student learning outcome and placement assessment data to guide planning, curriculum design, pedagogy, and/or decision-making at the department/unit and institutional levels.

Theme B: To Support Student Access and Success

College Goal #4 The college will increase access for students by strengthening recruitment opportunities for full participation in college programs and services.

College Goal #5 Students entering credit programs of study will be ready for college level academic achievement.

College Goal #6 The college will ensure that curricular, articulation, and counseling efforts are aligned to maximize students' successful university transfer.

Theme C: To Secure Human, Technological, and Financial Resources to Enhance Learning and Student Achievement

College Goal #7 The college will secure funding that supports exemplary programs and services.

College Goal #8 The college will utilize technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness and maintain state-of-the-art technology in instructional and support programs.

College Goal #9The college will provide opportunities for increased diversity and equity for all across campus.

College Goal #10 The college will encourage and support participation in professional development to strengthen programs and services.

College Goal #11 The college will provide facilities and infrastructure that support exemplary programs and the health and safety of the campus community.

College Goal #12 The college will utilize existing resources and improve operational processes to maximize efficiency of existing resources and to maintain necessary services and programs.

Theme D: To Foster an Atmosphere of Cooperation and Collaboration

College Goal #13 The college will improve the quality of its partnerships with business and industry, the community, and other educational institutions.

College Goal #14 The college will improve effectiveness and consistency of dialogue between and among departments, committees, teams, and employee groups across the campus.

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SectionOneWhere We Are: A Summary and Analysis of the Current Year 2014-15

I. Summary Context - Unit Goals for: Physics & EngineeringIdentify the goals that guided your Unit's work for the 2014-15 year (from your 2013-14 PIE form) in the following table and connect those goals to the College Themes. Add rows (+) as needed. Delete rows (X).

Unit Goal Name Unit Goal College Theme

Lab Technician Obtain a full time, qualified, professional, permanent Lab Technician to support the Physics, Engineering, Surveying and Physical Science programs. C: Secure Resources

Course Approval Obtain approval and implement new Engineering, Physical Science, Physics and Surveying courses. B: Access and Success

Transfer Degree Complete the Transfer Associates Degree in Engineering, Robotics Certificate program in collaboration with the Electronics Department, and surveying certificate. A: Academic Excellence

Staffing Obtain sufficient teaching and support staff to both support the significant growth in the department (31 new sections) and to allow for additional growth in new high demand programs. C: Secure Resources

Computer Resources Secure adequate computing resources for all classrooms. C: Secure Resources

Laboratory Support Enhance department laboratory support to include detailed inventory, planning, utilization balancing, maintenance, and logistics. Include support of department open lab hours. C: Secure Resources

Transition to Project-Based Transition the Engineering program to a more project-based model in line with current ABET educational objectives. This would build on the current extra-curricular emphasis of the robotics team and student driven, faculty mentored design and development projects.

A: Academic Excellence

Full Time Faculty Secure another full time engineering faculty member to support new courses. Secure additional lab facilities in which to offer new courses. C: Secure Resources

Supply and Repair Budget

Enhance the Engineering Supply budget. Current budget is less then $1000 per year to run a growing laboratory program. Make permanent a larger physics supply and repair budget to allow the program to implement modern labs. Make permanent the temporary enhancements to the supply budget. Need additional course sets of laboratory materials to support increased course offerings.

C: Secure Resources

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Other goals

1) Institutionalize projects into the core program curriculum. There are an increasing number of units of Physics 99 / Engineering 99 being mentored by faculty, and the Departments sees this number increasing with the proposed increased emphasis on projects. We are at a point where this is having a substantial impact on faculty load, and as such it is a union issue to get load equivalent for project courses. 2) Create a level II surveying certificate program that leads to students obtaining their land surveyor license. Include a GIS component in the surveying program. Add a third course in surveying as part of level II of the surveying certificate program 3) Be able to provide sufficient courses to meet student demand. 4) Increase the number of students participating in internal and external research. 5) Monitor and develop a precise picture of student transfer patterns and adjust our program to meet their needs. 6) Secure long term support for providing Supplemental Instructors in the Physics department. 7) Develop an Engineering Chemistry course in collaboration with the chemistry department 8) Discussions with Math Department about how math service courses can better meet the needs of engineering students. o Unit count o Content o Outcomes 9) Working with the biology department to develop and implement Physics support courses for biology majors.

B: Access and Success

II. Notable Achievements for: Physics & EngineeringEnter your Unit's successes for the 2014-15 year in the table below. This provides opportunity for closing the loop on your Unit's activities completed this year. Text boxes will expand as needed. Add rows (+), delete rows (X).

Priority for Manager Summary

Unit Achievements for the 2014-15 Year Connected Unit Goal/College Theme

PriorityObtain approval and implement new Engineering, Physical Science, Physics and Surveying courses.

Unit: Course Approval

B. Access and Success

PriorityObtain some additional adjunct faculty.

Unit: Staffing

C. Secure Resources

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Unit Achievements for the 2014-15 Year Connected Unit Goal/College Theme

PriorityObtained two class sets of computers

Unit: Computer Resources

C. Secure Resources

HighIntroduced robotics course (Engineering 50A) and Engineering programming course (Engineering 7)

Unit: Transition to Project-Based Mo

A. Academic Excellence

PrioritySlight increase in physics budget (no increase in Engineering budget since 1994).

Unit: Supply and Repair Budget

C. Secure Resources

PriorityIncreased number of sections to meet student demand.

Unit: Other goals


HighDrastic increase in number of students participating in internal and external research.

Unit: Other goals


PriorityCollaboration with math department to adjust unit count and content to serve engineering students

Unit: Other goals


PriorityDeveloped physics support courses for biology majors (Phys 6A and 6B)

Unit: Other goals


HighRobotics team competed in four national competitions and won numerous awards

Unit: Transition to Project-Based Mo


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III. External/Internal Conditions, Trends, Impacts, Retention & Success, Critical Decisions and Outcomes Assessment

The following table is intended to track conditions that influence planning over a multi-year period beginning with the 2014-15 year. Please include data. The "Link to Data Sources and Support Options" button will open a Mt. SAC webpage that offers suggestions and links for possible data sources for your Unit. Text boxes will expand. Add (+) rows, delete (X) rows as needed.

Link to Data Sources and Support Options

Year External Conditions, Trends, or ImpactsAdd item Data Sources

2014-15

There is a limited pool of well qualified, available, part time faculty who can meet short term needs or longer term program growth. In addition, we deliberately recruit our faculty from the technical sectors in the great Los Angeles basin. In these tech sectors, the job turnover is high, which translates to a constant turnover in our adjunct pool. Our program has a strong tradition of mentoring our adjunct into full time teaching positions with nearly 10% of our adjunct pool transitioning to full time positions at other institutions on a yearly basis. All of this means that a significant amount of recruitment is a constant part of the department. HR has advertised for adjunct on a continual basis for physics and / or engineering for the last five semesters and we regularly interview new applicants to keep our classes staffed in view of the high turnover rate.

hrjobs.mtsac.edu

2014-15

Insufficient laboratory facilities to meet growth needs throughout the department and throughout the division. The natural science division as a whole is experiencing limits to growth based on the availability of laboratory facilities. The department is introducing the first new engineering courses in 25 year in order to modernize the curriculum and address student needs. Expanding sections into an additional laboratory classroom may require additional equipment. Substantial faculty hours will be required for the transition.

Class schedule

2014-15

The department continues to have concerns about the math preparation of students entering physics courses. Students who take the minimum pre-reqs are struggling with basic trigonometry and algebra. This has a significant impact on the students' affective experience in Physics and the ability of those students to be successful in the courses that require the use of this pre-requisite material.

Shared Department Experience

2014-15Students expect to have 24/7 technological access to faculty, notes, grades, homework and resources. Students are transitioning to using new technologies to record their class experience such as making videos of lectures, taking images of boards and using laptops in class. This impacts their expectations of how we deliver content.


2014-15Students from outside Mt. SAC are under-prepared for the rigor of sophomore physics and engineering courses at Mt. SAC and fail or drop these courses in disproportionate numbers. The increasing number of non-Mt SAC students trying to enroll in sophomore physics and engineering courses is detrimental to course success metrics.


2014-15

The Human Resources department continues to be slow and ineffective in dealing with our department’s Lab Technician and other hiring issues. The refusal of HR to take action has meant that the department has been without adequate permanent full time laboratory support for years. Even though the previous Lab Technician was formally let go in January of 2014, HR’s delays in handling the situation means that after ONE AND A HALF YEARS our department’s lab technician situation is still unresolved. The department has NO CONFIDENCE in the ability of the Human Resources leadership to serve our needs.

Department and chairs meeting minutes

2014-15

Laboratories are dirty and need sweeping and gerneral cleaning on a weekly basis. The trash is not emptied on a regular basis. Restrooms are not serviced regularly or adequately. The custodial staff is responsive whenever action is requested. However, there is insufficient staff to support regular scheduled maintenance that is required to maintain a healthy and safe environment. The restrooms in building 60 are in poor physical condition with some of the structure is deteriorating and remind faculty of the Soviet military barracks.


2014-15The School Dude system is not meeting the needs of the department. The EIWOS system provided a superior method for having items in the department addressed in a timely basis. Requested painting and general room maintenance in the laboratories has not been done. A regular schedule of painting and drywall patching is required to maintain a facility.


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2015-16 Cont'd. The CSU system is changing to the semester system which will require all of our transfer agreements to be re-evaluated. calstate.edu

2014-15 The CSU system is accepting engineering students for transfer with high GPAs who have not completed significant or any courses in the discipline in preference to students with lower GPAs who have completed the pre-engineering curriculum. calstate.edu

Year Internal Conditions, Trends, or ImpactsAdd item Data Sources

2014-15

Need for a full-time, permanent department lab technician: We have had and continue to have an hourly temporary lab technician in the place of what should be a full time permanent lab technician for one and one half years. The need: In order to plan effectively the department needs to again hire a permanent laboratory technician who can not only support the labs but manage the complexities of a large laboratory program, coordinate student workers and handle purchasing, budgeting and logistics. In addition we need to make permanent funding for 30 hours a week of student support. The department is concerned that presently this money is not institutionalized in the budget. Without this support, the department can neither plan effectively nor serve well our 1000+ students.


2014-15 Need to re-instate additional half-time permanent department lab technician to support evening and 2nd building courses. Class Schedule

2015-16 Cont'd. Need an aditional full-time, permanent department lab technician to support the new engineering laboratory courses. Shared Department Experience

2014-15

Need for more lab teaching space: Background: The campus has made significant efforts over the past decade to recruit STEM students, including grant funded projects. The department has also maintained a decade-long plan to increase the enrollment of STEM students to meet critical state and national needs. The department has been successful in this. Presently our critical gateway course (Physics 2AG) has doubled in sections since 2008. Our secondary gateway course (Physics 4A) has two and half times as many sections as it did in 2006. Other entry level courses in the program reflect similar growth numbers. In 1997 when we were in building 7 we had four physics laboratories and one third as many students as today. A substantial master planning effort was undertaken centering on the new laboratory buildings and six physics laboratories and an Engineering laboratory were designed to account for anticipated growth. The growth that we anticipated 18 years ago has arrived, and we are starting new programs that were not anticipated 18 years ago. Presently we have four Physics lab rooms in one building and a Physics lab room and an Engineering computer lab room in another building. One way we have dealt with our burgeoning growth has been to move the Physical Science classes into the lab room in building 11 and bring Physics 1 and the added PHYS 2AG courses into building 60. When PHYS 6A and 6B come online in Fall 2015 that classroom will be full. The need: We have new courses coming up with no place to teach them: ENGR 1C (Engineering critical thinking—integrated/lecture lab course—7 hours per week per section) and ENGR 50A (robotics team project development—6 hours of lab per week per section). Once ENGR 50A is accepted we will submit 50B and 50C courses. All of these courses will need an appropriate and safe place to be taught. Based on three years of transfer survey data, the overwhelming majority of our students are transferring in engineering, thus we need prioritize serving those students. Presently we don’t have a space for any of them without affecting other parts of our program.

Class Schedule + Shared Department Experience

2014-15 Continuing need for replacement classroom computers. As computers age out/become damaged we need 11 computers annually on average. Department Minutes

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2014-15

Engineering supply budget is insufficient. Year Engineering Supply + Engineering Repair 1997 $1251 2011 $936 2012 $936 2013 $936 2014 $936 In addition we have continued to add courses in 2013 which have not been funded with additional permanent supply money. Even more critical is that the engineering supply budget has not changed since 1997 and engineering repair budget was eliminated. We have had to request instructional funds and emergency funds on a yearly basis to repair, calibrate and maintain the engineering laboratory equipment. Over the last two decades physics and engineering labs have shifted to using modern computer based data acquisition systems which, like all other things electronic, have a life cycle and need regular repair and replacement. Last year, purchasing the four replacement toner cartridges for the color printer in the Engineering lab would have just about wiped out the entire Engineering supply budget. Since we started teaching ENGR 44 (electrical engineering) a decade ago there was never any increase in budget to acknowledge the need to purchase materials unique to that course. After several years of incompetent or non-existent lab support, we obtained (starting in January 2014) a highly competent interim lab technician. In addition we were fortunate to have a student worker who had a degree in electrical engineering who could evaluate and repair a substantial part of nearly a decade worth of backlogged broken equipment. This has allowed us to get a better handle on what we actually have and what needs repairing. This year we were granted some one-time lottery and supply funds by the Division that allowed us to begin to start adequately equipping each classroom with its own set of equipment so that we were not moving equipment back and forth between classrooms and between buildings quite so often as in the past. The budget increase to $10,000 would perhaps deal with inflation over the past 17 years, but not with the huge growth in our department offerings. The need: An increase in the annual Engineering Supply/Repair budget by approximately $2000 to acknowledge the ongoing need to maintain and calibrate surveying equipment, and an additional $2000 to support the new robotics and critical thinking lab courses.

Division Budget

2015-16 Cont'd. Additional set of computers will be needed for the engineering critical thinking course (Eng 1C). Course Outline of Record

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2014-15

Need for additional full-time-faculty members: Background: As was noted previously the program has grown extensively, but this growth has been without any additional full time faculty. Our last full-time faculty hire was in Fall 2008. Here is a comparison of the number of sections offered in the department during the 2009-2010 year, and the 2013-1014 academic year: Discipline Number of sections 2009-2010 Number of sections 2013-1014 Increase in sections over four years SURV 4 6 +2 ENGR 14 19 +5 PHYS 64 86 +22 PHSC 13 15 +2 Total 95 126 +31 This is an increase of approximately three full-time equivalent faculty members in a department of 6.3 full-time equivalent faculty. It also means that presently about 50% of our sections are being taught by adjunct faculty. The campus as a whole is required to maintain at 75 / 25 ratio which means that this small department is substantially out of balance with the campus. The number of adjunct candidates that meet minimum qualifications and have reasonable communication skills in physics is small. The department has a goal of hiring only excellent faculty, and the department is ashamed to admit that several of our recent adjunct hires have been people that we would not have hired previously and that they have not all provided an environment of academic excellence that is consistent with the mission of the college for students. The challenge of growth using only adjunct is that they require increasing support from full time faculty but don’t contribute to the foundational growth or maintenance of the department in terms of necessary constant updates to laboratory curriculum and program development. There are four new engineering courses in the curriculum pipeline which have the potential to more than double the number of students in the engineering program. The department has one faculty member dedicated to teach engineering full time and two full time faculty members who teach an engineering course each semester. While we do use adjunct faculty at an increasing rate in engineering (they will teach 50% of the sections in fall), offering new engineering courses requires full time faculty to do course development. This will move full time faculty out of physics exacerbating the staffing challenges.

Trak Dat

2014-15There are increasing non-classroom oriented activities that have been transferred to faculty under the auspices of supplemental hours. Examples include video captioning, SLO’s, GEO’s, a greatly expanded curriculum review process and the banner system of purchasing. This results in removing faculty focus from the core mission of educating students.


2014-15

Department Chair expectations exceed the release time. The Physics and Engineering Department Chair receives 3 LHE of reassigned time for the semester, and a stipend of approximately $600 per month. In total, this is equivalent to the pay for teaching four units of overload, for which the time commitment is expected to be about nine hours per week. The Chair job involves handling budget, interviews and hiring, orientation, evaluations, scheduling, supervision, writing reports, coordination, and planning—all administrative tasks. The job has also come to include tasks that a competent Lab Manager / Tech normally would handle. This past year we have had two people sharing the Chair duties .With two people sharing chair duties, there have still been were many weeks where the faculty (who are both teaching full loads due to the lack of release time) spent more hours on their chair duties then they did on their classes. This is not a job that anyone is excited about doing. The need: Increase Chair compensation to 6 LHE per semester and keep the stipend as it presently is. That would accurately reflect the amount of time it takes for a Physics and Engineering department chair to meet the expectations that the College has for this job.

Shared Department Chair and Former Chair Experience + Appendix B task force report.

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2014-15

Cut in Supplemental Instructors support for our classes. Background: We used to have half a dozen or more Supplemental Instructors in our courses, and they used to be a big part of success in our classes. But despite their demonstrated and well documented efficacy in physics at Mt. SAC, access to these resources has decreased, which has had a deleterious effect on student success. Students that the department has sent to Learning Assistance, with the express purpose of becoming Physics SI’s, have been instead hired to be SI’s for the Math department. The need: Budget for six or more SI’s in our department. Ideally they would be hired and supervised by the department rather than through Learning Assistance.


2014-15Campus committees and faculty senate and campus governance is scheduled is such a way that it is difficult for lab instructors to participate. We are now required to schedule on a block schedule and the Senate has scheduled their meetings to overlap the both the morning and afternoon blocks for laboratory science classes

Class Schedule + campus governance minutes

2014-15 Additional space for robotics team in the vicinity of the department. The team is only able to serve 20% of the students who wish to participate. The team is losing access to auxiliary workspace to the STEM center.

Shared Department Experience + Chair meeting minutes

2014-15 Lack of outdoor engineering space. Shared Department Experience

2014-15 There is a lack of support in the division office for physics and engineering department scheduling. The block schedule does not serve the engineering and physics courses.


Year Retention and Success DataAdd item Data Sources

2014-15 Fall 2014, Spring and Summer of 2015 we are expanding our offerings to fully four 2A sections. This will immediately increase the demand for Physics 4A and Physics 2BG sections. Class Schedule

2014-15 Fall 2014, Spring and Summer 2015 our Physics and Engineering 99 courses has expanded substantially. The increased student engagement increases the need for physics and engineering courses across the board. Trak Dat

2014-15 Having a Physics and Engineering faculty member from the department being involved in the development of the future STEM center. The center will increase retention and success across the division. Chair meeting minutes.

2014-15 Robotics team and formation of Robotics team course: this program has a history of supporting retention across the curriculum Shared Department Experience

2014-15 Continuing support of the SI program, even in with mounting political obstacles. Shared Department Experience, Department minutes

2014-15 physical science courses have had lower success than the department average, up to now there have been no prerequisites for these courses. As of Fall 2015 all physical science courses will have English and Math prerequisites. Argos SHR012-a

2014-15 Across the program in courses other than physical science, student success has been consistently around 78%-80% Argos SHR012-a

Year Critical DecisionsAdd item Data Sources

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2014-15 Submitted proposal to HR for a full time lab technician Department Minutes

2014-15 Submitted proposal to HR for a full time engineering/physics faculty Department Minutes

2014-15Major expansion of program. There has been significant demand for STEM majors and we have seen year on year demand growth. While campus growth targets have been on the order of 3%, physics engineering department growth has been 8-10% over the last 3 years. In addition we have been running classes on average at 104% of capacity.

Trak Dat

2014-15

Authored new engineering and physics courses to address needs of transferring students. The engineering field is dynamic and the program has not added substantial new courses in at least 25 years. In response the department has authored new courses to meet these needs. In physics there was a shift in the University of California system fifteen years ago to require calculus as a pre-requisite for all physics classes in a move that was specifically designed to address life science majors. In our department surveys, we have found that there are almost NO (typically 1-2 per semester) life science majors in our calculus based sequence since it is designed for engineering students and thus more rigorous then the UC equivalent course. Thus we have authored two new physics courses to meet the needs of these students. Finally, the robotics team has grown to be a significant component of our program and a course was authored to support these efforts.

Department Transfer Survey

2014-15

Authored and implemented standardized laboratory curricula for adjunct faculty in the introductory physics courses. As the program has expanded, standardized laboratory curriculum has become increasingly essential in program areas with an increasing adjunct presence. We have now implemented and tested standardized laboratory curriculum in physics 2AG, Physics 4A, Physical Science 7L and Physics 1. We have begun the process in physics 4B and physics 2BG for 2014-15.


2014-15 Expansion of robotics teams. The robotics teams continue to be a major component of the department program and provide an avenue for students to implement physics and engineering course concepts in a practical context.


2014-15 Moved Physical Science to building 11 and all Physics 1 to building 60. Class Schedule

2014-15 Engineering 24 course was drastically modified to address the needs of studentsShared Department Experience, Department Minutes

Year Progress on Outcomes AssessmentAdd item Data Sources

2014-15

In Engineering 1, the students have successfully met the criteria for the SLO to design an educational plan with the correct sequence of courses they will take at Mt SAC to prepare for transfer in their engineering major in Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Fqall 2014, Winter 2015, and Spring 2015. After taking this course, students have clearly mastered this skill. A new SLO will be created and implemented in Fall 2015.

Trak Dat

2014-15In Engineering 18, students have successfully met the criteria for the SLO to select and prepare three orthographic views of the object whose isometric view is given in Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Winter 2015, and Spring 2015. After taking this couse, students have mastered this skill. A new SLO will be created and implemented in Fall 2015.

Trak Dat

2014-15In Engineering 41, students have successfully met the criteria for the SLO to solve a relative motion problem in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, and Fall 2014. After taking this course, students have learned this skill. A new SLO will b e created and implemented in 2015-16/

Trak Dat

2014-15

The Physics 99 and Engineering 99 couses have grown drastically over the last year. New SLOs have been created for these courses to have students write technology papers and give technology papers and the criteria has been met for these SLOs in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. These couses are engaging students, getting them involved in their fielsds, and providing them useful skills.

Trak Dat

2014-15In Physics 1, students have successfully met the criteria for the SLO to determine the focal length of a convex lens in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. With adequate equipment, students possess this skill after taking this course. This material will continue to be taught and this SLO will continue to be evaluated.

Trak Dat

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2014-15

In Physics 2AG, there is a SLO for students to be able to draw a rigid body diagram. In Spring 2007, this SLO was not successfull so the quiz was rewritten for clarity. With the rewritten quiz, the criteria has been met in Fall 2007, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2015, Winter 2015, and Spring 2015. This SLO has shown a strong history of effectiveness in students learning this skill. This SLO has been retired and a new SLO has been written to be implemented in Fall 2015.

Trak Dat

2014-15

In Physics 2AG, there is a SLO for students to be able to experimentally measure the accelleration due to gravity. The criteria for this SLO has been met in Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2015, Winter 2015, and Spring 2015. This SLO has shown that with adequate equipment, the students are mastering this skill. This SLO has been retired and a new SLO has been written to be implemented in Fall 2015.

Trak Dat

2014-15

In Physics 4A, there is a SLO for students to experimentally measure the moment of interia of a rotating object. The critiera for this SLO has been met in Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015. The department has a very limited set of working equipment to test this skill. The department would like to obtain additional rotational dynamics apparati so that this skill can more effectively be tested individually.

Trak Dat

2014-15

In Physics 4A, there is a SLO for students to use calculus to theoretically determine the moment of inertia of a rotating object. The criterial was not met for this SLO in 2007. An additional activity was created to review the necessary calculus skills. This activity has now been included in the standardized lab book for this course. With this, the criteria for this SLO has been met in Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015. The department will continue to use the additional calculus activity as it is helping the students with their skills in this course. As this SLO has a history of success, the SLO has been retired and a new SLO has been written to be implemented in Fall 2015.

Trak Dat

2014-15

In Physical Science 3, there are SLOs for students to be able to explain the mechanisms or global warming and to explain the heat transfer mechanisms for a solar water heater. Despite using differnt methods to present this material, students are not meeting the criteria for these SLOs. New prerequisites for this couse will go into effect in Fall 2015, and these SLOs will be re-evaluated.

Trak Dat

2014-15In Physical Science 7, the students have successfully met the criteria to identify atoms versus molecules, etc. in Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015. This course is being changed over to Physical Science 9 and new SLOs will be written and implemented in 2015-16.

Trak Dat

2014-15In Physical Science 7, the students have successfully met the criteria to use Newton's Laws to calculate acceleration in Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015. This course is being changed over to Physical Science 9 and new SLOs will be written and implemented in 2015-16.

Trak Dat

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IV. Alignment and Progress on Unit and College Goals: Closing the Loop This section serves as a "reporting" function. It shows how your Unit closes the loop and connects planning to budget allocation: How did the prioritized college resources connect to your Unit's outcomes? What progress has your Unit made with the resources provided? Include progress on plans that did not require new resources if applicable. You are also prioritizing your Unit's progress or outcome for inclusion in your manager's summary. The Plan Status drop-down offers a time-frame update on the progress of your plan.

Some information has been pre-loaded into this form by your manager. Add rows (+) as needed. Delete rows (X).


Plan from Previous PIE (2013-14) and Resources Obtained (if any)

Resources Secured (if any)

Progress/Outcomes/Result/Impact (Resource requests should be based on outcomes assessment)

Connected Unit Goal/College Theme

Priority Vernier Physics Kits

Plan Status Select

$ $9,973.41

Instr. Equipment

Source 2

Additional physics 2AG sections were added to serve more students in an additional laboratory classroom. 180 additional students were served using exisiting facilities.

Unit: Laboratory Support

C. Secure Resources

Priority 16 MacBook Pro 13-inch Laptops w/protection plan and 2 mobility carts

Plan Status Select

$ $23,390.34

Instr. Equipment

Source 2

Replacement of 7 year old computers with modern machines means that computer based laboratories can continue.


C. Secure Resources

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SectionTwoWhere We Are Going: Planning for the Next Three Years: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18

I. Planning Context - Unit Goals Assessed and Revised for: Physics & EngineeringThis table contains your goals as noted in Section One for 2014-15. Review your Unit's goals and revise, add new goals or remove goals that are no longer relevant as appropriate for planning for 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18. Add rows (+) as needed. Delete rows (X).

Unit Goal Name Unit Goal College Theme

Lab Technician Obtain a full time, qualified, professional, permanent Lab Technician to support the Physics, Engineering, Surveying and Physical Science programs. C: Secure Resources

Course Approval Obtain approval and implement new Engineering, Physical Science, Physics and Surveying courses. B: Access and Success

Transfer Degree Complete the Transfer Associates Degree in Engineering, Robotics Certificate program in collaboration with the Electronics Department, and surveying certificate. A: Academic Excellence

Staffing Obtain sufficient teaching and support staff to both support the significant growth in the department (31 new sections) and to allow for additional growth in new high demand programs. C: Secure Resources

Computer Resources Secure adequate computing resources for all classrooms. C: Secure Resources

Laboratory Support Enhance department laboratory support to include detailed inventory, planning, utilization balancing, maintenance, and logistics. Include support of department open lab hours. C: Secure Resources

Transition to Project-Based Transition the Engineering program to a more project-based model in line with current ABET educational objectives. This would build on the current extra-curricular emphasis of the robotics team and student driven, faculty mentored design and development projects.

A: Academic Excellence

Full Time Faculty Secure another full time engineering faculty member to support new courses. Secure additional lab facilities in which to offer new courses. C: Secure Resources

Supply and Repair Budget

Enhance the Engineering Supply budget. Current budget is less then $1000 per year to run a growing laboratory program. Make permanent a larger physics supply and repair budget to allow the program to implement modern labs. Make permanent the temporary enhancements to the supply budget. Need additional course sets of laboratory materials to support increased course offerings.

C: Secure Resources

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Other goals

1) Institutionalize projects into the core program curriculum. There are an increasing number of units of Physics 99 / Engineering 99 being mentored by faculty, and the Departments sees this number increasing with the proposed increased emphasis on projects. We are at a point where this is having a substantial impact on faculty load, and as such it is a union issue to get load equivalent for project courses. 2) Create a level II surveying certificate program that leads to students obtaining their land surveyor license. Include a GIS component in the surveying program. Add a third course in surveying as part of level II of the surveying certificate program 3) Be able to provide sufficient courses to meet student demand. 4) Increase the number of students participating in internal and external research. 5) Monitor and develop a precise picture of student transfer patterns and adjust our program to meet their needs. 6) Secure long term support for providing Supplemental Instructors in the Physics department. 7) Develop an Engineering Chemistry course in collaboration with the chemistry department 8) Discussions with Math Department about how math service courses can better meet the needs of engineering students. o Unit count o Content o Outcomes 9) Working with the biology department to develop and implement Physics support courses for biology majors.

B: Access and Success

II. Annual Implementation Plan for: Physics & Engineering This section serves as a "planning" function. This is where you ask for resources and record new action plans, activities, or interventions necessary to achieve success. Use the Expected Outcomes section to describe how the plan and resources requested is supported by your Unit's to outcomes assessment plan. This section will also be used to record revisions to plans as needed across the three years of planning. Add rows (+) as needed. Delete rows (X).Priority for Manager Summary

Plans, Activities, or Interventions Resources Needed (if any)

Expected Outcomes / Criteria for Success (Resource requests should be based on outcomes assessment)


High

Status

New Full Time Faculty

Projected Completion Select

$ $60,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately staff classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity excellence. Full time faculty provide a fertile environment and student relationship that promotes

Person Responsible Martin Mason

Unit: Full Time Faculty

C. Secure Resources

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Priority

Status

Full Time Permanent Lab Technician


$ $35,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity excellence. Full time staff provide a fertile environment and student relationship that promotes


Unit: Lab Technician

C. Secure Resources

Priority

Status

Obtain three 3-D printers


$ $3,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately support engineering design classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity excellence. 3-D printers provide a fertile environment that communication, critical


Unit: Transition to Project-Base

C. Secure Resources

Priority

Status

Increase Dept. Chair reassign time to 6 LHE/ semester


$ $7,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Department chair will be able to complete work required within allotted and compensated time. This will Adequately support department and maintain an environment of academic integrity

Person Responsible Vahe Tatoian

Unit: Course Approval


High

Status

Modify Engineering 1C room


$ $15,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Current classroom needs to be adapted to support workshop style laboratory course. This will adequately support engineering lab classes and



C. Secure Resources

Priority

Status

Purchase equipment for Engineering 1C


$ $25,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Current classroom needs to be supplied to support workshop style laboratory course. This will adequately support engineering lab classes and



C. Secure Resources

Low

Status

Purchase new computers for Engineering graphics room


$ $20,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Current classroom needs to be supplied with updated computers to support engineering computing courses. This will adequately support engineering lab classes and



C. Secure Resources

Priority

Status

Purchase new computers for 60-1506.


$ $20,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Current classroom needs to be supplied with updated computers to support physics computing courses. This will adequately support physics lab classes and maintain an

Person Responsible Malcolm Rickard



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Priority

Status

Clerical assistance


$ $7,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Full time staff provide a fertile environment and student relationships that promote

Person Responsible Matthew Judd

Unit: Staffing

C. Secure Resources

Priority

Status

Reinstate part time Laboratory Assistant


$ $17,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

The growing program is spread over many rooms and multiple buildings. This necessitates additional permanent lab support. This will adequately support classes and maintain an environment


Unit: Staffing

C. Secure Resources

Priority

Status

Acquire permanent funding for student laboratory support


$ $15,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Student lab support is needed to adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Student lab support personnell provide a fertile environment and


Unit: Staffing

C. Secure Resources

Priority

Status

Ongoing budget for robotics team course


$ $5,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

The robotics team competes in many national competitions. The strong performance of this team provides a strong representation of the excellent programs here at Mt. SAC. An ongoing budget is

Person Responsible Daniel Anderson



Priority

Status

Designation of a large room in the vicinity of department to support robotics classes and team (1200 - 2000

f t)Projected Completion Select

$ $40,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Space is needed to adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate facilities provide a fertile environment and student relationships




Priority

Status

Designation of an outside space to support engineering laboratory activities and robotics team.


$ $5,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate facilties provide a fertile environment and student relationships that promote




Priority

Status

Funding for physics 99 and engineering 99 projects


$ $2,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Student research projects provide opportunities for the students to become more capapble in and excited by their field of study. Funding is needed to adequately support student research classes


Unit: Other goals


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Priority

Status

Faculty compensation for teaching research courses.


$ $6,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Full time staff provide a fertile environment and student relationships that promote


Unit: Other goals


Priority

Status

Four new printers (replace those up to 15 years old)


$ $4,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate equipment provide a fertile environment and student relationships that promote



C. Secure Resources

Priority

Status

Implement PS9 course


$ $1,200.00

Source 1

Source 2

Materials are needed to implement this course to adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate equipment provides a fertile

Person Responsible Karen Schnurbusch



Priority

Status

Implement Engineering 7 course


$ $2,300.00

Source 1

Source 2

Materials are needed to implement this course and adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate equipment provides a fertile




Priority

Status

Implement Engineering 1C course


$ $2,100.00

Source 1

Source 2

Materials are needed to implement this course and adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate equipment provides a fertile




Priority

Status

Continuing support of Engineering 50A course


$ $1,700.00

Source 1

Source 2

Continuing materials are needed to maintain this course and adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate equipment provides




Priority

Status

Develop videos and screencasts to support Engineering/physics curriculum.


$ 0.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate curricular resources provide a fertile environment and student relationships that

Person Responsible Phil Wolf



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Priority

Status

Implement new set of SLOs for some physics and engineering courses


$ 0.00

Source 1

Source 2

Update SLOs as part of an ongoing process of program improvement. Criteria for Success: New SLOs are implemented.

Person Responsible All Faculty

Unit: Other goals

D. Cooperation/Collaboration

Priority

Status

Discuss and develop engineering technology track


$ 0.00

Source 1

Source 2

Transfer tracks are a integral part of succesful programs. Faculty will continue to strengthen relationships with local institutions in developing a engineering technology track. Criteria for Success:

Person Responsible Zahir Khan

Unit: Transfer Degree

D. Cooperation/Collaboration

Priority

Ongoing

Continue to mentor adjunct instructors


$ 0.00

Source 1

Source 2

Retain and improve success of adjunct faculty in the department. Criteria for Success: Adjunct faculty are retained and student, faculty, and self evaluations are positive.


Unit: Staffing


Priority

Status

Establish complete classroom sets of lab equipment


$ $50,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

As the program has grown, it is no longer viable to move equipment from room to room. The equipment is needed simultaneouslt in multiple locations. To resolve this, a separate

Person Responsible Full time Lab Technician

Unit: Other goals

C. Secure Resources

Priority

Status

Complete organization of natural science storage and ensure access to natural sciences equipment


$ $2,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate storage provides a fertile environment and student relationships that promote




Priority

Status

Space to support growing student research including maker space facilities


$ $40,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Adequately support classes and maintain an environment of academic integrity and excellence. Adequate facilities provide a fertile environment and student relationships that promote

Person Responsible Daniel Anderson and Martin Mason

Unit: Other goals


Priority

Status

Software for Engineering 7


$ $2,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Purchase of MatLAB and LabVIEW liscenses required for use in Engineering 7 course. Criteria for Success: Purchase of licenses.



C. Secure Resources

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Priority

Status

Purchase equipment to implement Engineering 50A


$ $5,000.00

Source 1

Source 2

Equipment is needed to implement this new laboratory course. The new equipment will allow us to have adequate resources for new laboratory course. Criteria for Success: Purchase of



C. Secure Resources

III. Resources Identified in Relation to Planning This section will serve the budget prioritization function in the Manager's PIE. Your manager will inform you when actual quotes are due.

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SectionThreeRecommendations for Improving the Planning Process

What additional information should the College provide to assist your Unit's planning?

Argos data

What suggestions do you have for improving the planning process for your Unit?

More lines to accommodate goals. Space for justification of needs It would be nice to see some actual outcomes from all this planning. IE when classes are proposed years in advance, there would be resources allocated by the time the classes are approved so that they could actually be implemented.

Enter your name as contributing to and approving of this Unit PIE Plan below. Add rows (+) as needed.

Contributer Contributer

Martin Mason Approve✔ Karen Schnurbusch Approve✔

Phillip Wolf Approve✔ Malcolm Rickard Approve✔

Thank you for completing the Unit PIE form summarizing 2014-15, and initiating your Unit's planning for the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 three-year cycle. Please save this form and forward to your Unit's manager by 06/30/ 2015. Questions regarding this form? Send an email to Don Sciore, Interim Associate Dean of Arts, member IEC, at [email protected]

Documents

2015 PIE Form - Home | Mt. San Antonio College · Page 2 of 22 Introduction UNIT Physics & Engineering Current Year YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 Contact Person Malcolm Rickard & Martin Mason