Standard II.A.1:
All instructional programs, regardless of location or means of delivery, including distance education and correspondence education, are offered in fields of study consistent with the institution’s mission, are appropriate to higher education, and culminate in student attainment of identified student learning outcomes, and achievement of degrees, certificates, employment, or transfer to other higher education programs. (ER 9 and ER 11)
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- The baccalaureate degree field of study aligns with the institutional mission.
- Student demand for the baccalaureate degree program demonstrates its correlation with the institutional mission.
Evidence
BC-10 Electronics Technology Program Review Data
BC-13 Renegade Scorecard
BC-29 Baccalaureate Degree Program Course Outline of Record
BC-31 CCC Pilot Baccalaureate Degree Program – Occupational LMI (download link)
Standard II.A.3:
The institution identifies and regularly assesses learning outcomes for courses, programs, certificates and degrees using established institutional procedures. The institution has officially approved and current course outlines that include student learning outcomes. In every class section students receive a course syllabus that includes learning outcomes from the institution’s officially approved course outline.
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- Learning outcomes for baccalaureate courses, programs, and degrees are identified and assessed consistent with institutional processes.
Evidence
BC-19 Baccalaureate Degree Assessment Plan
BC-21 Assessment Committee
BC-29 Baccalaureate Degree Program Course Outline of Record
Standard II.A.5:
The institution’s degrees and programs follow practices common to American higher education, including appropriate length, breadth, depth, rigor, course sequencing, time to completion, and synthesis of learning. The institution ensures that minimum degree requirements are 60 semester credits or equivalent at the associate level, and 120 credits or equivalent at the baccalaureate level. (ER 12)
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- A Minimum of 40 semester credits or equivalent of total upper division coursework including the major and general education is required.
- The academic credit awarded for upper division courses within baccalaureate programs is clearly distinguished from that of lower division courses.
- The instructional level and curriculum of the upper division courses in the baccalaureate degree are comparable to those commonly accepted among like degrees in higher education and reflect the higher levels of knowledge and intellectual inquiry expected at the baccalaureate level.
- Student expectations, including learning outcomes, assignments and examinations of the upper division courses demonstrate the rigor commonly accepted among like degrees in higher education.
- The program length and delivery mode of instruction are appropriate for the expected level of rigor.
Evidence
BC-6 Bakersfield College Midterm Report 2015
BC-30 Baccalaureate Degree Program Outline
Standard II.A.6:
The institution schedules courses in a manner that allows students to complete certificate and degree programs within a period of time consistent with established expectations in higher education.1 (ER 9)
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- Baccalaureate courses are scheduled to ensure that students will complete those programs in a reasonable period of time.
Evidence
BC-1 Bakersfield College 2012 Self Evaluation Report
BC-20 Bakersfield College CurricUNET Database for Lower Division Courses
BC-30 Baccalaureate Degree Program Outline
BC-32 Bakersfield College Online Schedule – Banner Web Search
Standard II.A.9:
The institution awards course credit, degrees and certificates based on student attainment of learning outcomes. Units of credit awarded are consistent with institutional policies that reflect generally accepted norms or equivalencies in higher education. If the institution offers courses based on clock hours, it follows Federal standards for clock-to-credit-hour conversions. (ER 10)
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- Baccalaureate Degrees and the course credit in those programs are based on student learning outcomes. These outcomes are consistent with generally accepted norms and equivalencies in higher education, especially in relation to upper division courses.
Evidence
BC-1 Bakersfield College 2012 Self Evaluation Report
BC-6 Bakersfield College Midterm Report 2015
BC-8 Bakersfield College 2016-2017 Catalog
BC-29 Baccalaureate Degree Program Course Outlines of Record
BC-30 Baccalaureate Degree Program Outline
Standard II.A.10:
The institution makes available to its students clearly stated transfer-of-credit policies in order to facilitate the mobility of students without penalty. In accepting transfer credits to fulfill degree requirements, the institution certifies that the expected learning outcomes for transferred courses are comparable to the learning outcomes of its own courses. Where patterns of student enrollment between institutions are identified, the institution develops articulation agreements as appropriate to its mission. (ER 10)
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- Policies for student transfer into the baccalaureate program ensure that all program requirements are fulfilled, including completion of the minimum required semester units, prerequisites, experiential activities, and general education.
Evidence
BC-1 Bakersfield College 2012 Self Evaluation Report
BC-33 Baccalaureate Degree Program Counselor Checklist
Standard II.A.11:
The institution includes in all of its programs, student learning outcomes, appropriate to the program level, in communication competency, information competency, quantitative competency, analytic inquiry skills, ethical reasoning, the ability to engage diverse perspectives, and other program-specific learning outcomes.
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- Student learning outcomes in baccalaureate programs are consistent with generally accepted norms in higher education and reflect the higher levels expected at the baccalaureate level.
Evidence
BC-6 Bakersfield College Midterm Report 2015
BC-29 Baccalaureate Degree Program Course Outlines of Record
Standard II.A.12:
The institution requires of all of its degree programs a component of general education based on a carefully considered philosophy for both associate and baccalaureate degrees that is clearly stated in its catalog. The institution, relying on faculty expertise, determines the appropriateness of each course for inclusion in the general education curriculum, based upon student learning outcomes and competencies appropriate to the degree level. The learning outcomes include a student’s preparation for and acceptance of responsible participation in civil society, skills for lifelong learning and application of learning, and a broad comprehension of the development of knowledge, practice, and interpretive approaches in the arts and humanities, the sciences, mathematics, and social sciences. (ER 12)
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- At least 36 semester units or equivalent of lower and upper division general education is required, including at least 9 semester units or equivalent of upper division general education coursework.
- At least 9 semester units or equivalent of upper division general education coursework is required.
- The general education requirements are integrated and distributed to both lower division and upper division courses.
- The general education requirements are distributed across the major subject areas for general education; the distribution appropriately captures the baccalaureate level student learning outcomes and competencies.
Evidence
BC-6 Bakersfield College Midterm Report 2015
BC-8 Bakersfield College 2016-2017 Catalog
BC-29 Baccalaureate Degree Program Course Outlines of Record
Standard II.A.13:
All degree programs include focused study in at least one area of inquiry or in an established interdisciplinary core. The identification of specialized courses in an area of inquiry or interdisciplinary core is based upon student learning outcomes and competencies, and include mastery, at the appropriate degree level, of key theories and practices within the field of study.
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- The baccalaureate degree programs include a focused study on one area of inquiry or discipline at the baccalaureate level and include key theories and practices appropriate to the baccalaureate degree level.
Evidence
BC-8 Bakersfield College 2016-2017 Catalog
BC-29 Baccalaureate Degree Program Course Outlines of Record
Standard II.A.14:
Graduates completing career-technical certificates and degrees demonstrate technical and professional competencies that meet employment standards and other applicable standards and preparation for external licensure and certification.
Specified Baccalaureate Degree Program Evaluation Criteria:
- The CTE baccalaureate degree ensures students will be able to meet employment standards and licensure or certification as required in the field of study.
Evidence
BC-1 Bakersfield College 2012 Self Evaluation Report
BC-34 Bachelor of Science Industrial Automation Advisory Committee
BC-35 Bakersfield College Industrial Automation Advisory Committee By-Laws - DRAFT
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