Housed in the Sociocultural Studies Department, Political Science promotes student success, completion and transfer. 政治学旨在培养理解和欣赏政治和政府重要性的终身学习者, as well as civic engagement.
政治学课程为计划在加州州立大学完成四年制学位的学生提供了一个转学途径. Upon completion of an AA-T degree in Political Science, 学生将具备必要的基础知识以及随后完成学士学位所需的实践技能. 成功完成政治学课程后，学生将能够: 1. Identify major aspects of governmental systems of the United States, for individual states (especially California), and compare governmental systems on a global basis. 2. 将各种政府系统置于发展/历史框架中. Methods of description, analysis, 对于选择政治学作为专业的学生来说，理论也将是重要的因素. 构成AA-T学位的课程也适用于Butte和transfer通识教育. With about 55 sections offered each academic year, 政治学为大量学生提供服务，并满足一系列重要的通识教育和转学要求. 现有专任教师2人，副职教师6人. 2019年春季，64%的政治学课程由副教授授课.
政治学在2012年5月完成了最近的项目审查. 验证小组提出了三条建议，其中一条没有得到充分处理:
- Recommends a full-time faculty hire. *** 从2013年秋季开始，辛西娅·拜诺(Cynthia Bynoe)被聘为该学科的全职讲师. 她目前是唯一一个管理课程或课外工作的全职教师=缺乏能力来发展一个可以轻松发展和扩展的项目, 同时对当地社区和当地政府/政策制定者也有实际应用.
- Develop Political Science as a true program at Butte College, not just as a degree listed in the Catalog.
Strategy 1 - New Faculty Hire
Hire one full-time faculty member.
目前，有74名学生将政治学作为他们的专业. Last Spring the number was 95; in Spring 2017 there were 83 declared majors. Yet, 获得的学位数量仍然很低:2017学年授予3个学位, 9 in 2016, and 4 in 2015.
只有一个活跃的全职教师管理课程和课外工作, POS缺乏开发易于增长和扩展的程序的能力, 同时对我们当地社区和当地政府/政策制定者有更大的实际应用. With another involved full-time instructor, we can better provide the kind of consistency and support for the discipline that is needed: to oversee curriculum matters; to steward the degree program and mentor students therein in support of Guided Pathways; to form and maintain relationships with high school and four-year programs; to spearhead meaningful assessments and implement improvements, especially around civic engagement; and to meet reporting requirements for Student Learning Outcomes, Unit Planning, and Program Review.
Strategy 2 - Expand Civic Engagement Program
政治科学学院想雇佣一名实习生来协助发展公民参与项目的后勤工作. 这可以用联邦工作学习资金或现有的项目资金来完成. The estimated time commitment is 5-8 hours per week.
POS 2占我们课程的75%，并且满足转到csu和UCs的独特GE要求. 扩大学生的公民参与机会将提高课程成果的成就, as well as contribute to greater course retention, success, persistence, and transfer. An important POS 2 course outcome for students is, "analyze how to effectively participate in politics at the national, state, county and/or city levels.“教职员工对奇科州立大学的市政厅会议活动感到兴奋, and how well this supports students in achieving this outcome. 一项有计划的改进是使参加这项活动更加一致, 并尝试在E世博ESBALL校园内举办更多活动，让学生们能够与政策参与者讨论他们的研究. 目前，这需要一个教员独自处理大量的外部时间. One example is that the THM team meets every Friday, 每门CSUC课程都有一名讲师和一名研究生. Butte faculty are alone in their preparations, 并与CSUC的FYE项目沟通，处理巴特学生的所有后勤事宜. The Butte POS program tried this with the Fireside Program, 但我发现，只有一个活跃的正式会员来处理，工作量太大，而且成本效益不高.
政治科学学院想雇佣一名实习生来协助发展公民参与项目的后勤工作. 这可以用联邦工作学习资金或现有的项目资金来完成. The estimated time commitment is 5-8 hours per week.
E世博ESBALL普通基金是政治科学学科的唯一财政支持来源. The annual budget allocation is $1617. 这笔钱应该花在增加项目的公民参与部分, 这是现实世界的应用，也是我们目前唯一接触到的转移机构.
| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
| Description | Supporting Rationale | Potential Alternative Funding Sources | Prioritization Criteria | |||
| 1 | Political Science (POS) | Personnel | $0.00 | $114,000.00 | ||
| Full-time Faculty Hire | 目前，有74名学生将政治学作为他们的专业. Last Spring the number was 95; in Spring 2017 there were 83 declared majors. Yet, 获得的学位数量仍然很低:2017学年授予3个学位, 9 in 2016, and 4 in 2015. 只有一个活跃的全职教师管理课程和课外工作, POS缺乏开发易于增长和扩展的程序的能力, 同时对我们当地社区和当地政府/政策制定者有更大的实际应用. With another full-time instructor, we can better provide the kind of consistency and support for the discipline that is needed: to oversee curriculum matters; to steward the degree program and mentor students therein in support of Guided Pathways; to form and maintain relationships with high school and four year programs; to spearhead meaningful assessments and implement improvements, especially around civic engagement; and to meet reporting requirements for Student Learning Outcomes, Unit Planning, and Program Review. |
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