College for Working Adults

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Contact Information

College for Working Adults4200 Farm Hill Boulevard

Building 13, Room 106Redwood City, CA 94061

(650) 306-3100Email: canadacwa@smccd.edu

Web: www.canadacollege.edu/cwa

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Jeri EznekierProject DirectorBuilding 13, Room 106(650) 306-3304eznekierj@smccd.edu

Janette LinaresCWA CounselorBuilding 13, Room 106A(650) 306-3455Linaresj@smccd.edu

Jordan PituleyInstructional AideBuilding 13, Room 106(650) 759-1030jpituley@my.smccd.edu

Joel Sanchez CortesInstructional Aide Building 13, Room 106(650) 271-0189joelsanchezcor@my.smccd.edu

Sophia VuRetention SpecialistBuilding 13, Room 106(650) 381-3541vus@smccd.edu

mailto:eznekierj@smccd.edumailto:eznekierj@smccd.edumailto:jpituley@my.smccd.edumailto:joelsanchezcor@my.smccd.edumailto:vus@smccd.edu

CWA Program Overview

Earn Three Associates Degrees

1. AA-T Psychology2. AA-T Sociology3. AA-T Social Work and Human Services4. AA Interdisciplinary Studies:

Social & Behavioral Sciences5. AA Interdisciplinary Studies:

Arts & Humanities 6. AA Economics

*Predetermined curriculum – No guesswork! Graduate in 3 years or less!

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Designated curriculum • Fulfills three degree requirements • Fulfills all General Education Requirements• Fulfills CSU transfer requirements

Consistent class schedule from semester to semester • Guaranteed enrollment in all CWA classes• Thursday evenings and/or two Saturdays per month• Three class types to reduce classroom time

Fully classroom (English 105, Math 190 & 200) Two hours classroom/one hour online component Fully Online

CWA Program Overview

FALL 2019 CWA CLASS SCHEDULE

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Fall 2019 SCHEDULE

CRN Course # Title Instructor Start Date/End Date Day(s) Time Room Online

94436 MATH 190 Path to Statistics Thananjeyan 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 T/Th 6:10 - 9:00 pm 18-205

96432 ENGL 105 Intensive Composition & Reading Malavade 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 T/Th 6:10 - 8:25 pm 5-123

93392 ENGL 100 Reading and Composition Sheofsky 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 6:10 - 7:45 pm 13-117 1 hr/week

96725 LIB 100 Introduction to Information Research Tedone 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

93647 ENGL 110 Composition, Literature, Critical Thinking Mahr 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 6:10 - 7:45 pm 3-104 1 hr/week

96012 PLSC 210 American Politics Parks 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 8:10 - 9:45 pm 13-110 1 hr/week

93381 LIT 441 Survey of Film Nagler 8/19/19 - 12/16/19 M 6:10 - 9:15 pm 3-148

86070 ECON 100 Principles of Macroeconomics Digneo 8/20/19 - 12/10/19 T 6:10 - 9:00 pm 13-116

95374 MATH 200 Elementary Probability & Statistics* Choy 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 T/Th 6:00 - 7:50 pm 17-107

96740 MATH 200 Elementary Probability & Statistics* Toma 8/14/19 - 12/11/19 W 6:00 - 7:50 pm 17-107

93352 COMM 130 Interpersonal Communication Meneses 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 6:10 - 7:45 pm 5-223 1 hr/week

93448 ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics Roscelli 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 6:10 - 9:00 pm 13-116

92727 HIST 201 US History through 1877 Coburn 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 8:10 - 9:45 pm 3-142 1 hr/week

95417 PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy Chang 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 8:10 - 9:45 pm 13-112 1 hr/week

94500 PSYC 205 Social Science Research Methods Alizaga 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 6:10 - 7:45 pm 13-110 1 hr/week

90291 SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology DeHaan, Tracy 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 6:10 - 7:45 pm 13-117 1 hr/week

96447 SOC 105 Social Problems DeHaan, Jason 8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 8:10 - 9:45 pm 1 hr/week

80886 BIO 110 Principles of Biology Young8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 6:00 - 7:00 pm

16-2121.5 hrs/week

8/15/19 - 12/12/19 Th 7:10 - 10:00pm

95631 MUS 240 Music of the Americas Meckler 8/17/19 - 12/14/19 Sat 9:10 am – 12:00 pm 3-142 1 hr/week

90283 PSYC 100 General Psychology Little 8/17/19 - 12/14/19 Sat 9:10 am – 12:00 pm 13-111 1 hr/week

96444 PSYC 300 Social Psychology Shih 8/17/19 - 12/14/19 Sat 9:10 am – 12:00 pm 13-110 1 hr/week

95313 ECON 100 Principles of Macroeconomics Williams 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

95314 ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics Williams 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

95097 FITN 304.1 Walking Fitness I Miladinova 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

95098 FITN 304.2 Walking Fitness II Miladinova 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

94397 DRAM 140 Introduction to Theater Budd 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

92259 PLSC 310 California Government Ware 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

92153 OCEN 100 Oceanography James 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

92593 CRER 137 Life & Career Planning Staff 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

80994 COOP 670 Work Experience Nicholls 8/14/19 - 12/16/19 FULLY ONLINE

Saturday Class Meetings

Aug. 17, Aug. 24, Sep. 7, Sep. 21, Oct. 5,Oct. 19, Nov. 2, Nov. 16, Dec. 7, Dec 14

Support Services Participation in CWA has it’s advantages…• Learning Community

– Start and complete the program with the same group of students. – Build long-term relationships (study partners)

• Progress reporting– Proactive Instructor progress reporting– Proactive check-in with students throughout the semester

• Dedicated tutoring support – Specialized tutor for English and social science courses– Specialized tutor for math and science courses– Specialized tutor for Psychology– Instructional Aides imbedded upon request by students and faculty

• Math Jam (highly recommended)

• Brown Bag Dinner

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Our Designated CWA counselor will…

• Counseling support – Meet with our CWA counselor at once each semester

• Contact our CWA counselor as often as you like (face-to-face meeting or by telephone)

• Evening appointments available Monday through Thursday until 7:00pm

• Call/leave message for our CWA counselor as often as you like (24/48 hour turnaround)

– Counselor assists with all forms preparation and submits to A&R

– Reviews previous transcripts for preliminary transfer credit

– Prepares your comprehensive Education Plan in Degree Works

• Education Plan is reviewed with our CWA counselor every semester

– Prepares and submits your course registration every semester

– Proactively contacts students who might need assistance with tutoring support

– Assists with transfer opportunities and requirements

– Referrals to other college support programs i.e. Promise Program, EOPS, SparkPoint,

Disabilty Resource Center

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Academic renewal Course substitution

Dismissal/reinstatement Graduation petition

Course repeat Prerequisite challenge Petition

CWA Completion & Transfer

Approximately 60% of CWA graduates transfer to a four-year college or university!

Academic Year CWA Graduates Degrees Awarded

2013-2014 11 21

2014-2015 26 50

2015-2016 43 86

2016-2017 40 67

2017-2018 17 21

2018-2019 38 83

Total 175 328

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CWA Student Success Indicators

CWA and College-wide student outcomes.

*One of the 2016-2017 class Valedictorians was a CWA student.

**One of our 2014-2015 graduates now holds a Masters degree in Psychology from SFSU.

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96

151

227

267

313

285

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

CWA Program Growth

Continued growth and demand for the program

CWA Retention & Completion

84.2%

84.2%

71.9%

70.1%

84.0%

84.0%

81.0%

71.0%

0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0%

2016-17

2017-18

2016-17

2017-18

College-wide CWA

Completion College-wide

Completion CWA

Academic YearAcademic Year

Retention CWA

Retention CWA

Retention College-wide

Retention College-wide

Completion College-wide

Completion CWA

Academic Performance by Grade Point Average

12%19%

26%

26%

15%

2%

0 - 1.99 2.0 - 2.49 2.50 - 2.99 3.0 - 3.49 3.50 - 3.99 4.00

CWA Students GPA’s

Percent of Students

10*CWA Student cumulative GPA’s as of Fall 2018 term.

Student Demographic

90% of our students are over 30 years old.

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1%

25%

37%

17% 18%

2%

under 20 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50-59 60+

85.6%

14.4%

Female Male

74% of our students are over 30 years old. 86.5% of our students are female.

2018 Data Used