Social Sciences FullTime Hiring Justification Motivation Shared purpose
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Social Sciences Full-Time Hiring Justification
Motivation • • Shared purpose, shared values Schedule construction – context & steps Enrollment strategies Collaboration & commitment – One strategy, Social Sciences FT position (. 60) w/CWA coordinator (. 40) – However, can absorb FT position on its own
Disciplines 1. Anthropology 2. Communication Studies 3. Economics 4. Geography 5. History 6. 7. 8. 9. Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology
CWA Courses & Degrees DEGREES COURSES 1. Psychology (AA-T) COMM 110 2. Economics (AA) ECON 100 3. Interdisciplinary Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences (AA) ECON 102 4. Interdisciplinary Studies: Arts and Humanities (AA) HIST 101 5. HIST 201 6. PLSC 310 7. PSYC 100 8. PSYC 205 9. SOCI 205
Social Sciences Data • Enrollment has increased more than 1, 600 since 2008 -2009 • 2013 -3014 enrollment at 5, 863 – Online enrollment at 1, 645 (28%) – does not include hybrid option • Success and retention rates slightly below or above college goal • 2014 highest enrolled semester at 2, 610
Highest Enrolled Courses in Spring 2014 • • ANTH 125 = 105 COMM 110 = 150 COMM 130 = 156 ECON 100 = 125 ECON 102 = 116 HIST 201 = 191 HIST 202 = 121 PLSC 210 = 156 • PLSC 310 = 83 • PSYC 100 = 218 • SOCI 100= 135 • 8 of 11 courses are taught by single person departments
Social Sciences Load DEPARTMENT LOAD (SEPT 2014) Load (FEB 2015) Communication studies 511 523 Political Science 553 535 Sociology 519 493 Psychology 543 607 (*two FT faculty members)
Full-Time/Part-Time Ratios DISCIPLINES FULL-TIME FACULTY PART-TIME FACULTY Communication Studies 1 4 Political Science 1 4 Sociology 1 1
Support the Social Sciences/ College for Working Adults Position because. . . 1. Shared Purpose 2. Shared Values 3. Enrollment