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Top 12 In-demand Courses In College Until
2020
By Top List Network -
Sep 24, 2015

The Philippines has been declared as a newly industrialised nation by the World
Bank two years ago. This new status is due to the advancement in the countrys
economic performance and industry development. As such, the education sector is
tasked to sustain this development by prioritizing and enhancing instructions on priority
sectors or industries.

The Commission on Higher Education has updated its list of priority courses that were
identified based on national development plans, manpower demands until 2018 and a
study of the Department of Labor and Employment that determined the in-demand and
hard-to-fill courses, skills, and jobs that match the projected employment requirements
of key industries until 2020.

The new list comprise of various courses in various fields. Find out what these fields
and courses are!

Agriculture

As an agricultural nation, it is important for the country to develop its comparative

advantage which is agriculture. Greater productivity in the sector of agriculture could
have great positive impact on food security, and self-sufficiency of the nation.

There are priority courses for the field of agriculture set by the Commission on Higher
Education. These are the following:
 Agro-forestry
Veterinary Medicine
Agricultural Engineering
Agribusiness/Management
Agricultural Entrepreneurship
Agricultural Technology
Agriculture
Fisheries
BS Food Technology
Agricultural Economics

Engineering
True to our goal to industrialise the nation, our potential to build infrastructure,
manufacture indigenous goods, and harness resources is growing. As a newly
industrialised nation, the Philippines is facing the challenge of engineering and nation
building.

Here are the priority courses for the field of engineering expected to boom until 2020:

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Mining Engineering
Geological Engineering
Sanitary Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Civil Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Bio Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electronics Engineering
Communications Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering
Computer Engineering
 Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Geodetic
Electrical
Meteorological Engineering

Science and Mathematics

While there are brilliant Filipinos who have made headlines in the field of mathematics
and science, the Philippines performance in science and technology, and mathematics
lags behind our Asian neighbours. Science and Mathematics play a great role in national
industrialisation and development.

Here are the priority courses in the field of science and mathematics until 2020:

BS Mathematics
BS Physics
BS Biology
BS Chemistry
BS Marine Biology/Science
BS Applied Physics
BS Geology
BS Earth Science
BS Applied Mathematics
BS Statistics/Applied Statistics
Atmospheric Science
Environmental Science

Information Technology
The information technology (IT) industry in the Philippines continues to grow, as more
and more IT-enabled industries are rising. In fact, there is high demand for but very
low supply of IT professionals in the country and in the world!

Here are the list of priority IT courses until 2020:

 Information Technology and Computing Studies
Multimedia
Animation
Programming
Computer Science
Information System Management
Bachelor in Library Science
Information System Major in System Analysis

Teacher Education
We have witnessed radical changes in the education sector lately with the
implementation of the K+12 Basic Education Curriculum of the Department of
Education. There is a big shortage of teachers, as education groups claim, and we have
to address this. Not only quantity, but also the quality of education we must focus our
efforts in.

Here are the priority programs for Teacher Education major in:

Educational Media/Technology
Bachelor of Physical Education Major in School PE
Physics
Chemistry
Physical Education and Sports Science
Reading
English
Special Education
Human Kinetics
Mathematics
Science
Early Childhood Education
Environmental Planning (for teachers)
MAPEH
Music Education
Art Education
 Health Education