1. Geoscience at Chemeketa Community College
• Department:
• Geology is in Physical Sciences Department
• Faculty:
• Geology has 4 tenured and currently 5 adjunct faculty (though adjunct number ranges between 4 and
12).
• Adjuncts mainly teach GEO 140 series and not GS classes
• Students:
• Almost all students are seeking distribution/gen-ed requirements
• Most student working toward and AAOT (Oregon Transfer degree)
• Students who want to major in geoscience transfer to Western Oregon University (Earth Science Degree)
and Oregon State University (varying geoscience degrees)
• Courses:
• All courses are 4-credit science courses with a lab. GEO courses tend to be more rigorous than GS
courses
• Geology has many different courses offered at least once a year at all campuses. GS classes are more
rare, depends on the campus and center, mainly GS 106 is offered.

2. Participation (enrollment) for Fall and Winter 2017/2018
Students Asian
African
American Native American Hispanic White
Other/
Mixed Women
Total Students 10797 2% 1% 1% 25% 42% 25% 56%
Geoscience
2017/2018
564 1% 1% 3% 25% 52% 16% 60%
Yamhill 2017/2018 115 1% 0% 6% 18% 60% 14% 60% 2
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Asian African
American
Native
American
Hispanic White Other/Mixed Women
Chemeketa Community College Vs. Geoscience Program Demographics
Chemeketa Community College Geoscience Yamhill

3. Success rates by course over 2017/2018
Course (2017/2018)
Total Number of
Geo Students
College-wide
“C” or Higher
Number of Geo
Students at
Yamhill
“C” or Higher
GEO 142 Vol., Plates, Mount. 156 92% 22 95%
GEO 143 Rocks and Min. 150 91% 25 88%
*GEO 144 Rivers, Desert, Glaciers 78 70% 24 79%
GS 106 Earth Science 160 81% 24 96%
GS 108 Oceanography 20 90% 20 90%
TOTAL 564 86% 115 90%
*Only evening class on
the list for YVC, contains
1 D, 3 F’s and a Audit.

4. Success rates (C or better) by course & demographics
at Yamhill Valley Campus
Asian/
Pac. Isl
African
American
Native
American Hispanic White All Students
GEO 142 Vol., Plates,
Mount.
100% 100% 92% 95%
GEO 143 Rocks and Min. 75% 91% 88%
GEO 144 Rivers, Desert,
Glaciers
100% 100% 87% 60% 79%
GS 106 Earth Science 100% 100% 50% 100% 96%
GS 108 Oceanography 50% 100% 91% 90%
OVERALL 100% 88% 82% 87% 90%
More than 20
students
10 -20 Students
Fewer than 10
students (Omitted)
Shading indicates
115 students total
% of students in each category who received a C or better
More than 10
students
5 - 10 Students
Fewer than 5
students

5. Success rates (C or better) by course delivery 2017/2018
Online Only Hybrid Face to Face All Students
GEO 142 Vol., Plates,
Mount.
82% 89% 95% 95%
GEO 143 Rocks and Min. 86% 90% 92% 88%
GEO 144 Rivers, Desert,
Glaciers
47% 77% 79%
GS 106 Earth Science 76% 76% 93% 96%
GS 108 Oceanography 90% 90%
OVERALL 73% 84% 93% 90%
564 students total
% of students in each category who received a C or better

6. Returning Students per geoscience course at YVC 2017/2018
Number of
Students in class Repeat Students Percent Returning Student
GEO 142 Vol., Plates,
Mount.
22 12 54%
GEO 143 Rocks and Min. 23 11 48%
GEO 144 Rivers, Desert,
Glaciers
24 8 33%
GS 106 Earth Science 24 13 54%
GS 108 Oceanography 20 11 55%
OVERALL 113 55 49%

7. What I learned and what I will do / plan to do
• There is a clear connection between failure rate and delivery method. Between face-to-face and hybrid, pass rates
drop 10% overall, and between hybrid and online delivery, pass rate drop another 10% overall.
• I will work with all of my colleagues to make sure the delivery of content is easily accessible and course
requirements are thoroughly presented to students.
• I will work with my colleagues to tailor online curriculum to be more engaging for students
• I will work with colleagues and administration to find solutions to deal with students who disengage in these
classes midway through the term
• At YVC there is a clear under representation of certain minority groups in the geosciences, specifically Asian and
African American students
• I will attempt more outreach to underrepresented students by meeting with student groups on campus to
generate interest in classes
• I will reach out to advisers on campus to share specifics about the content of my classes to generate interest
• I will formulate activities and strategies that better address student needs within these underrepresented groups
• Repeat students are very common in my classes; however, many of these students are at risk of failure in my class
each term due to low test scores and lack of participation on research projects outside class.
• I will look into ways of increasing student success on tests, like test wrappers and setting aside more time prior to
tests for formal review sessions
• I will look for better ways of supporting students outside of class to increase participation on class projects