Short Term (1998-2000):

Facilities requested/required

·     The following parameters are drawn from the 1995 program review that cites an ideal facility already in place at Mt. San Jacinto College.  Two buildings fit the following description.

The building consists of a large room (930 square feet) which can easily accommodate 65+ people and which is bordered by four smaller rooms (225 square feet each) which open into it.  The large room is used for the opening mini-lecture and closing discussion with the instructor.  The smaller rooms are used for the video-taped deliver of speeches by four groups of 12 to 15 students and their peer facilitators. 

This facility enables all video equipment and materials to be stored at that site.

Several possibilities exist for creating appropriate facilities.  The old science building could provide the shell for the facility with interior walls built to accommodate the design and needs of this facility.  Other possibilities would be to build a new building similar to the one at Mt. San Jacinto,  to incorporate a similar structure into the Performing arts complex, or to convert the overhang on the existing music building into small group rooms and use Music 1 as the large lecture room.  The science building conversion would be the most efficient.

This model could serve sign language and theater courses as well.

·     If a facility were built in conjunction with a black box theater (see Theater Arts cluster) some equipment could be shared.

·     Office space for all full-time speech communication faculty that allows frequent contact.

Long Term (2001-2005+):

Facilities requested/required

·     None identified.