2008 Institutional Report
Reporting Institution
Capilano College
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver , BC V7J 3H5
Representative
Dr. Jennifer Getsinger
604-986-1911 local 3560
Email: jgetsing@capcollege.bc.ca
Home office: 604-734-9365; jengets@shaw.ca
Changes
Historical Geology was cancelled in Spring 2007 due to low enrolment.
As of Spring 2008, it has not been reinstated.
In Fall 2008, a new timetable system will reduce the number of contact hours with the students from 4 hours of lecture plus 2 hours of lab to something like 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 or 2 hours of lab (the exact details are not available).
Capilano College has been “named” a University. So far all this means is that there is funding to change the signs, the stationery, the logo, and so on, but not enough to maintain a geology department.
Programs/Courses
Fall 2007: Geology 110, Physical Geology, 1 section, 22 students
Spring 2008: Geology 110, Physical Geology (offered at an awkward time), 8 students, cancelled
Staffing
Geology Coordinator: Tony Cusanelli (Chemistry Department)
Dr. Tony Cusanelli
Professor and Coordinator
Department of Chemistry
Tel: 604.986.1911, local 2436
Email: tcusanel@capcollege.bc.ca
On Leave: Dileep Athaide, approaching retirement
Fewer students in 2007–2008 year.
Geology 110: Fall 2002 (32); Fall 2003 (35); Fall 2004 (37); Fall 2005 (37); Fall 2006 (26); Fall 2007 (22); Spring 2008 (8, Cancelled)
Geology 111: Spring 2003 (18); Spring 2004 (18); Spring 2005 (14); Spring 2006 (16);
Spring 2007 (8, Cancelled)
Facilities
Capilano College has one small windowless rock storage room, and one shared classroom. There is no place for students to study rock samples or maps outside of class. There is no computer for the lab room, and only library access to a computer that might show power point, and no projector.
The rock collection and fossil collection are good and adequate, although they could be stored more conveniently.
Issues/Challenges
Yearly budget includes funding for one bus for one fieldtrip in the fall, and nothing else.
There is no support for Geology to improve. Students cannot study outside class.
Scheduling is constrained by college-wide mutant timetable.
Grades
| A+ = 90 - 100% | B+ = 77 - 79% | C+ = 67 - 69% | D = 50 – 55% |
| A = 83 - 89% | B = 73 - 76% | C = 62 - 66% | F = 0 - 49% |
| A- = 80 - 82% | B- = 70 - 72% | C- = 56 - 61% |
Textbooks
Required for Geology 110: Physical Geology and the Environment : First or Second Canadian Edition. Plummer, C., McGeary, D., Carlson, D, Eyles, C, and Eyles, N. 2003. McGraw-Hill Ryerson . 574 p. Cost $116.50 + GST = $125.
Recommended : Clague, J., and Turner, R. 2003. Vancouver, City on the Edge: Living with a dynamic geological landscape ,. Tricouni Press, Vancouver. (192 pages) [Estimated cost: $27.95]