BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

MAJOR: MATHEMATICS
School Year 2018-2019
(CMO No. 75, S. 2017)
DESCRIPTION OF CORE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES

Course Title The Child and Adolescent Learners and Learning

Principles
This course focuses on child and adolescent development with emphasis
on current research and theory on biological, linguistic, cognitive, social
Course and emotional dimensions of development. Further, this includes factors
Description that affect the progress of development of the learners and shall include
appropriate pedagogical principles applicable for each developmental
level.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

Course Title Facilitating Learner Centered Teaching

This course explores the fundamental principles, processes and
practices anchored on learner-centeredness and other educational
psychologies as these apply to facilitate various teaching-learning
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delivery modes to enhance learning.
Description
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

Course Title The Teaching Profession

This course deals with the teacher as a person and as a professional
within the context of national and global teachers’ standards and
educational philosophies. It will include professional ethics, core values,
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and awareness of professional rights, privileges and responsibilities as
Description well as the teachers’ roles in the society as a transformative agent of
change.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

Course Title Technology for Teaching and Learning 1

This is an introductory course that explores basic knowledge, skills and
values in the use of technology for teaching and learning. It includes ICT
policies and safety issues, media and technology in various content
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areas, learning theories and principles in the use and design of learning
Description experiences and assessment tasks that utilize appropriate traditional
and innovative technologies with social, ethical and legal responsibility
in the use of technology tools and resources.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

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Course Title Assessment in Learning 1
This course that focuses on the principles, development and utilization
of conventional assessment tools to improve the teaching-learning
process. It emphasizes on the use of assessment of, as, and for, in
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measuring knowledge, comprehension and other thinking skills in the
Description cognitive, psychomotor or affective domains. It allows students to go
through the standards steps in test construction and development and
the application in grading systems.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

Course Title Assessment in Learning 2

This is a course that focuses on the principles, development and
utilization of alternative forms of assessment in measuring authentic
learning. It emphasizes on how to assess process-and product-oriented
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learning outcomes as well as affective learning. Students will experience
Description how to develop rubrics and other assessment tools for performance-
based and product-based assessment.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

Course Title The Teacher and the School Curriculum

This course includes the fundamental concepts and principles in
curriculum and curriculum development as a foundation to engage
prospective teachers as curricularists. The more active role of the
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teacher in planning, implementing and evaluating school-curriculum as
Description well as in managing school curriculum change vis-à-vis various context
of teaching-learning and curricular reforms shall be given emphasis.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

Course Title The Teacher and the Community, School Culture and
Organizational Leadership
This course focuses on society as a context upon which the schools
have been established. Educational philosophies that are related to the
society as a foundation of schools and schooling shall be emphasized.
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Further, principles and theories on school culture, and organizational
Description leadership shall be included to prepare prospective teachers to become
school leaders and managers.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

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Course Title Foundation of Special and Inclusive Education
This course shall deal with philosophies, theories and legal bases of
special needs and inclusive education, typical and atypical development
of children, learning characteristics of students with special educational
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needs (gifted and talented, learners with difficulty seeing, learners with
Description difficulty hearing, learners with difficulty communicating, learners with
difficulty walking/moving, learners with difficulty remembering and
focusing, learners with difficulty with self-care) and strategies in teaching
and managing these learners in the regular class.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

Course Title Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across the

Curriculum
This course introduces the concepts of new literacies in the 21st century
as an evolving social phenomena and shared cultural practices across
learning areas. The 21st century literacies shall include (a) globalization
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and multi-cultural literacy, (b) social literacy, )c) media literacy, (d)
Description financial literacy, (e) cyber literacy/digital literacy, (f) eco-literacy and (g)
arts and creativity literacy. Field based-interdisciplinary explorations and
other teaching strategies shall be used in this course.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite

Course Title Experiential Learning (Field Studies and Teaching

Internship)
This course is a year-long engagement that supports authentic
experiential learning from field study and actual classroom immersion of
the prospective teachers. It begins with field study experiences through
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(a).observation and (b) participation and will progress to (c) teaching
Description assistantship and (d) guided/mentored classroom teaching.
The NCBTS domains shall be used as guideposts in developing the
content, pedagogy and implementation scheme of this course.
Course Credits 12 units (FS 1-3 units, FS 2-3 units, Practice Teaching 6 units)
Contact Hours FS 1 & 2 (6 hrs per week for one semester taken with 2 or 3 academic
subjects)
Practice Teaching- 6 units (Fulltime 30-40 hrs per week) for one
semester
Pre-requisite All required academic subjects for the degree should be taken before
Practice Teaching.

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Course Title Field Study 1-Observations of Teaching-Learning in
Actual School Environment
This is the first experiential course, which will immerse a future teacher
to actual classroom situation and learning environment where direct
observation of teaching learning episodes that focuses on the
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application of educational theories learned in content and pedagogy
Description courses will be made. Observations on learners’ behavior, motivation,
and teacher’s strategies of teaching, classroom management, and
assessment in learning among others shall be given emphasis. A
portfolio shall be the required in the course.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite All professional and major/specialization subjects

Course Title Field Study 2- Participation and Teaching Assistantship

This course is a continuation of Field Study 1. It is school based and
allows a pre-service student to participate and assist in limited actual
teaching-learning activities that relate to assessment of learning,
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preparation of instructional materials, preparation of the bulletin boards,
Description and other routines in the classroom. A portfolio which will contain
sample lesson or learning plans and demonstration teaching of at least
one subject content area will be required. An action research shall be
encouraged to start in this course and conclude during Internship.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours 3 hours/Week
Pre-requisite All professional subjects and major subjects

Course Title Teaching Internship

This course is a one semester full time teaching internship in basic
education schools using a clinical approach under the mentorship of a
Course cooperating teacher. Teaching Internship shall be done both in the in-
Description campus or off campus if possible. No academic courses shall be taken
together with Teaching Internship. A teaching portfolio shall be required
and the completion of the Action Research.
Course Credits 6 units
Contact Hours 40 hours per week full time ( no academic units allowed)
Pre-requisite Field Study 1 & 2

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 DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR COURSES IN MATHEMATICS

COURSE TITLE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

The course represents the humanistic aspects of mathematics which
Course provides the historical context and timeline that led to the present
Description understanding and applications of the different branches of
mathematics.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE COLLEGE & ADVANCED ALGEBRA

The course builds upon the students’ knowledge on properties of the
Course real number system, operations on different types of algebraic
Description expressions, and the solution of various types of equations and
inequalities. The course also covers the prerequisites to trigonometry
and calculus, specifically transcendental and non-transcendental
functions, including the characteristics of their graphs and applications.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE TRIGONOMETRY

The course introduces students to circular and trigonometric functions,
Course trigonometric identities and the polar coordinate system. The students
Description then apply concepts in these topics to applications in problem solving.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite College & Advanced Algebra

COURSE TITLE PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY

The course covers topics on Euclidean Geometry. The topics are
Course discussed using both the deductive and inductive methods to
Description conjecture definitions, corollaries, postulates and theorems on plane
and solid geometry.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite College & Advanced Algebra

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COURSE TITLE LOGIC AND SET THEORY
The course is a study of mathematical logic which covers topics such as
Course propositions, logical operators, rules of replacement, rules of inference,
Description algebra of logic and quantifiers. It also includes a discussion of
elementary theory of sets such as fundamental concepts of sets, set
theorems and set operations.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE ELEMENTARY STATISTICS & PROBABILITY

The course equips the students with the basic statistical tools to
Course understand various phenomena. The topics on mean, variance,
Description sampling and estimation eventually allow the students to be able to
perform hypothesis testing on real-life problems from different fields.
The course includes applications and data analysis with computations
carried out using SPSS.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE
COURSE TITLE CALCULUS I WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY
The course equips the students with knowledge and skills needed to be
Course able to determine limits of functions, to differentiate, and to integrate
Description algebraic, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions in one
variable. It also includes exposure to more challenging problems
covering continuity and areas of regions
Course Credits 4 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite College & Advanced Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry

COURSE TITLE CALCULUS II

The course aims to further develop the students’ understanding of
Course differential and integral calculus. It covers the methods and techniques
Description of integration, indeterminate forms and improper integrals of algebraic
and transcendental functions.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite Calculus with Analytic Geometry

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COURSE TITLE CALCULUS III
The course aims to provide the students with an understanding of the
Course applications of differentiation and integration in sequences, infinite
Description series, power series, as well as of multiple integration for functions in
several variables. Moreover, students will be able to apply these
concepts to problem solving.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite Calculus II

COURSE TITLE MODERN GEOMETRY

The course is an enrichment of the course on Euclidean Geometry. It
Course discusses the properties and applications of other types of geometries
Description such as finite geometry, non-Euclidean geometry, and projective
geometry.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite Plane & Solid Geometry, Logic & Set Theory

COURSE TITLE MATHEMATICS OF INVESTMENT

The course introduces students with a basic understanding of the
Course applications of mathematical concepts and skills in economics,
Description business and accounting. It includes determining the time value of
money using simple and compound interest and discounting, variation
of annuities amortization stocks and bonds and sinking fund.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite Calculus II

COURSE TITLE NUMBER THEORY

The course is a study of the properties of numbers and their proofs. It
Course presents the students with different methods of mathematical proving. It
Description focuses on the discussion of the set of integers that including Unique
Prime Factorization, Divisibility Rules, Euclidean Algorithm, Linear
Congruences and Linear Diophantine Equation.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite

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COURSE TITLE LINEAR ALGEBRA
The course provides a basic understanding of vector spaces, including
Course the study of matrices, their properties and matrix operations. It also
Description covers the application of matrices in systems of linear equations and
linear transformations.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite Logic & Set Theory

COURSE TITLE ADVANCED STATISTICS

The course deals with non-parametric statistics. It covers the topics on
Course test of association such as Spearman Rho, Phi coefficient, Contingency
Description coefficient, biserial and test of differences such as Mann-Whitney U,
Wilcoxon. It includes applications and data analysis with computations
carried out using SPSS.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite Elementary Statistics & Probability

COURSE TITLE PROBLEM SOLVING, MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATION

& MODELING
The course deepens and further enhances the students’ understanding
Course of real-life applications of mathematics through investigating, pattern
Description finding, testing and justifying conjectures, and making generalizations.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite Advanced Algebra, Geometry , Logic & Set Theory

COURSE TITLE PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES IN TEACHING

MATHEMATICS
The course deals with the applications of the principles, the strategies
Course in teaching, and philosophical foundations of teaching mathematics.
Description These are then applied in lesson planning and micro-teaching.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

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COURSE TITLE ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
The course is a study of basic algebraic structures such as groups,
Course rings, integral domains and fields. It provides a basic understanding of
Description relations focusing on isomorphism. It aims to enhance the student’s
skills in constructing mathematical proofs, and develop their symbolic
thinking and appreciation of mathematical structures.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite Logic & Set Theory

Course Title TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING 2

(INSTRUMENTATION & TECHNOLOGY IN MTHEMATICS)
TTL 2 is a 3-unit course which will focus on the application, design,
Course production, utilization, and evaluation of Information and Communication
Description Technology (ICT) materials for teaching and learning in Mathematics
Education Programs. The major requirement for this course is an ICT-
integrated and Project-based Learning Plan aligned to the K-12
curriculum. All the learning activities and course requirements will revolve
around the student-teacher developed Learning Plan.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite TTL 1, Assessment of Learning Courses and Principles of Teaching
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COURSE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN MATHEMATICS

TITLE
The course deals with traditional and authentic assessment methods for
Course evaluating mathematics learning. It covers the purposes of instruction and
Description assessment, the relationship of assessment to content and performance
standards and discussions on the issues and trends in assessment
specifically in mathematics teaching.
Course 3 units
Credits
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite Advanced Statistics

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 INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS COURSE DESCRIPTION

COURSE TITLE ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONALS

This course deals on the macro skills in English that students shall
Course prepare an in-depth understanding of standard English and train them
Description to prepare as better writers and speakers. Skills in reading, writing,
listening and speaking are honed through exposure to authentic
materials as well as activities thus applying the same in the future
especially in the workplace.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE CURRENT TRENDS & ISSUES IN EDUCATION

This course shall trace various issues related to education This shall
Course aid students to be socially and culturally aware which relate to
educational system. It is an inclusive education which is now a global
Description
issue to search for ways to make its development and removing
barriers to learning, thus making education available since effective
teachers have to have a wide array in addressing variety of situations
for better learning and practice skills sufficiently in a dynamic
environment in the teaching profession.
Course Credits 1 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE MATHEMATICS COMPETENCY APPRAISAL

This course assesses mathematical skills learned by the students from
Course the teaching-learning process. It is an avenue for an in-depth self
assessment demonstrating/illustrating their mathematical competencies
Description
in students’ life.

Course Credits 1 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite ALL MATH COURSES (from 1st year – 3rd year)

COURSE TITLE LOCAL HISTORY AND GOVERNANCE

This course shall provide the students the opportunity to become
Course knowledgeable about the history and governance of Municipality of
Pantukan. Moreover, it shall also trace the origin and roots of
Description
Pantukenos’ ancestors and domains. This shall aid students to become
culturally aware and utilize this knowledge to better define their
existence and purpose as an educator.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

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 RESEARCH COURSE DESCRIPTION

COURSE TITLE RESEARCH 1 (METHODS OF RESEARCH)

The course aims to provide the students to establish basic to advance
Course understanding of research through critical exploration of research
Description language, ethics and approaches. It will also introduce the elements of
quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches. Lastly, the
students are expected to critically review literature relevant to
mathematics education.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE RESEARCH 2 (UNDERGRADUATE THESIS/RESEARCH

PAPER/RESEARCH PROJECT)
The course aims to prepare prospective mathematics teachers to
Course undertake an undergraduate research project. It gives teachers the
Description opportunity to conduct researches that addresses problems, issues and
concerns in mathematics teaching and learning. It also showcases their
research skills through the application of the mathematical content and
processes they have learned previously.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite RES 1

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 DESCRIPTION OF GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES

COURSE TITLE PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

Course Writing, speaking and presenting to different audiences and for various
Description purposes.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE READING IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

Course Philippine history viewed from the lens of selected primary sources in
Description different periods, analysis and interpretation.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Course Nature of mathematics, appreciation of its practical, intellectual, and

Description aesthetic dimensions, and application of mathematical tools in daily life.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

Course Nature of identity; factors and forces that affect the development and
Description maintenance of personal identity.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

Interactions between science and technology and social, cultural,
Course political and economic contexts which shape and are shaped by them;
Description specific examples throughout human history of scientific and
technological developments
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

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COURSE TITLE ETHICS
Principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the
Course
person, society and in interaction with the environment and other
Description shared resources.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE ART APPRECIATION

Course
Nature, function and appreciation of the arts in contemporary society.
Description

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

Course Globalization and its impact on individuals, communities and nations,

Description challenges and responses.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE RIZAL’S LIFE & WORK

A study of the life, works and writings of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the national
Course
hero and martyr, as they relate to the socio-political situation of the
Description Philippines during his time and its implication to the present times.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE KOMUIKASYON SA AKADEMIKONG FILIPINO

Ito ay isang metalinggwistik nap ag-aaral sa gamit ng akademikong
Course
Filipino sa iba’t-ibang sitwasyon at larangan sa paraang
Description interdisiplinaryo at interaktibo.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

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COURSE TITLE PANITIKAN
Ang kursong ito ay pag-aaral ng iba’t-ibang anyo ng panitikan/ literature
Course ng Pilipinas at sa buong mundo sa pamamagitan ng pagbasa sa ilang
Description tekstong pampanitikan na hango sa iba’t-ibang rehiyon ng Pilipinas at
sa buong mundo.
Course Credits 3 units
Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Interrelationships among components of the natural world;
Course
environmental problems, their causes, associated risks, preventive
Description measures and alternative solutions.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE GENDER AND SOCIETY

Course Gender as a social construction, its role in and impact on different

Description facets of societal life.

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

COURSE TITLE INDIGENOUS CREATIVE CRAFTS

Course Traditional forms of weaving, woodwork and other crafts, where they
Description are done, how and by whom, and their artistic and social purposes

Course Credits 3 units

Contact Hours
Pre-requisite NONE

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