OUTCOMES-BASED COURSE SYLLABUS

PROGRAM BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

COURSE CODE PSE 111
COURSE TITLE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES AND DEBATE
COURSE COMPONENT POLITICAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE
PRE-REQUISITE PSE 101 Local Government in the Philippines
CREDIT 3.0 UNITS
TIME ALLOTMENT 3 HOURS PER WEEK
TERM SECOND SEMESTER

I. VISION OF TMC

A model institution with fully developed academic, technical- vocational education and
skill of man power with positive work attitudes anchored in the core values of
leadership and professionalism essential in the creation of self- reliant citizens.

II. MISSION OF TMC

To build well- trained professionals, competent and employable individual that will
meet the demands in the local and international market.

III. INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES

After going through with the course standards and policies of Trinidad Municipal College, the
students shall be able to:

 Acquire knowledge and information, work skills and work ethics essentials for making an
intelligent choice of an occupation;
 Broaden and heighten one’s appreciation for the arts, the sciences and technology for
maximizing one’s potentials for self – fulfilment and for promoting the welfare of others;
 Acquire knowledge of human culture and the natural world of science, social sciences,
mathematics, humanities, arts and other disciplines.
 Equipped with intellectual and practical skills and have civic responsibility and
engagement; ethical reasoning; intercultural knowledge and actions; propensity for
lifelong learning.

IV. PROGRAM GOALS

V. PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Students in the discipline must exhibit the following competencies at the end of the
undergraduate program. Graduates should be able to:

 Compare, contrast and classify the major concept in the discipline

 Recognize and define the distinctiveness of the discipline, its subfields, theories and
methods
  Design and execute research inquiries using appropriate quantitative and qualitative
methods guided by theories or conceptual frameworks.
 Demonstrate written, visual and oral presentation skills to produce and present analytical
reports
 Critique, judge and respond to current issues and problems based on a substantive
understanding of the historical and contemporary developments in the national and
global contexts
 Develop a predisposition towards ethical political involvement and practice in various
forms and on different levels of engagement.

VI. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this course, the students are able to:

1. Determine the different parliamentary terms.

2. Identify the nature of debate and the types of debate.
3. Present and dispose a motion.
4. Conduct a meeting using parliamentary procedure
5. Execute parliamentary courtesies in a meeting.
6. Identify the responsibility of the speakers in a Parliamentary debate.

VII. DESIRED LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the semester, a student completing this course should be able to:

1. Identify the parliamentary courtesies

2. Determine the nature of debate and the types of debate
3. Determine the Formats , Responsibility of the speakers in a Parliamentary debate
4. Identify the different theories for debaters
5. Identify what is a counterplan in a debate
6. Identify the types of counterplans
7. Define argument and analogy in debate

8. Distinguish logical fallacies in arguments

9. Construct a proposition of the case
10. Identify the things to reconsider in conducting a debate tournament and after the debate
tournament

VIII. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course aims to improve the student’s communication and public speaking skills, this
course covers speech research, preparation, outlining, and delivery. This course is especially
appropriate for students who are interested in careers in law, public service, education, the
ministry, or any position requiring leadership and advocacy activities. This course also aims to
teach you formal debating skills, essays, group deliberations and Parliamentary procedures.
IX. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Attendance in all class activities
2. Active participation in class activities/deliberations
3. Shall take and pass quizzes
4. Participation in individual/group activities
5. Submission of term project
6. Shall take and pass major examinations (prelim, midterm, semi-finals and finals)

Attendance 10%
Class Participation 10%
Quizzes 15%
Individual/ Group Activities- 10%
Academic Paper- 15%
Major Examination- 40%
TOTAL: 100%

a. Class attendance
The maximum number allowed absences from class shall be twenty percent (20%) of
the prescribed number of class periods for the given term. Absences, however, due to
sickness and other legitimate reasons will be excused, provided a medical certificate
issued by a government Physicians or designated School Physician is presented to the
instructor concerned. Being excused, the student will be given make- up lesson or
assignment for the missed work. A student who incurs unexcused absences of more
than twenty percent (20%) of the prescribed number of classes or laboratory periods
during the school year or term should be given a failing grade or given no credit for the
course.
b. Class Participation

For the class participation, each student must always come to class prepared for the
assigned readings and discussion on the day. This course heavily draws on the reading
materials. The readings are primary sources of students to fully grasp the basic
understanding of the topic to be discussed in class. Lectures and lecture notes are
secondary only. Students are discouraged to rely on these secondary sources alone
(listening in class and suing lecture notes) to pass the course.
c. Quizzes

At the end of each topic, there will be quiz to test the level of understanding of each
student on the assigned readings. In addition to lectures and lecture notes, mistakes in
the quizzes are also considered as secondary source of knowledge in this course.
Students are therefore encouraged to take note of and learn from their mistakes in the
quiz.
 Individual/ Group activities allows students to have experience in collaborating with
other members in group or in class. Students are grouped according to drawn slots.

e. Academic Paper
The class project will make 15% grade of each student. The criteria/ rubric for grading the
class project are as follows:

a. Punctuality 20% Submitting on time

b. Content 65 % detailed presentation of the topics
c. Neatness 15% how the output is presented
Total 100 %
f. Major Examination
Aside from quizzes and tests, four major examinations are given. These are Preliminary
Examination, Midterm Examination, Semi- Final Examination, and Final Examination.

X. GRADING SYSTEM
In general, the college applies numerical grading system in rating the academic
performance of the students. This numerical grading system has corresponding
indication and percentage equivalent as follows:

Adjectival Rating Numerical Rating Percentage

Excellent 1.0- 1.09 95- 100 %
Very Good 1.10- 1.50 90- 94 %
Good 1.51- 2.50 80- 89%
Passed 2.51- 3.00 75- 79%
Failed 3.01- 5.00 Below 74%

OTHER GRADING OPTIONS ARE THE FOLLOWING:

W – Withdraw
DR – Dropped
NG – No Grade

Grades are computed based on classroom performance that includes:

HIGHEST RATINGS
CRITERIA
PRELIM MID-TERM SEMI-FINAL FINAL
Attendance – 10% 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Class Participation – 10% 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Quizzes – 15% 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Individual/Group Activities-10% 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Term Project – 15% 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Major Written Examinations – 40% 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 In general, the College sets 50% in any test / examinations of the total raw score as the passing
mark.

XI. CLASSROOM REGULATIONS AND POLICIES

1. Student Attendance and Absences

a. Regardless of a disability, all students are responsible for fulfilling the essential
requirements of courses/programs/degrees, including attendance expectations.

b. No one is allowed to attend a class unless officially enrolled on a credit or non-credit basis
with the appropriate fees paid. Students who attend, participate and strive to complete
course requirements without formal enrolment will not receive credit for their work.

c. In compliance with the College regulations governing class attendance, students who stop
attending the class for at least twenty percent (20%) of the required number of class
hours for classroom and laboratory instruction in a semester without justifiable reasons
or who have never attended class will be dropped from the class. (Attendance is defined
as physical attendance, participation or presence in an academically related activity such
as submission of an assignment (e.g., homework, research paper), quiz/ examination, or
participation in group activities.)

d. Severe consequences on students who miss term exams without a "satisfactory

explanation" shall be imposed, namely, a failing grade in the course. To avoid such dire
action, the policy instructs students "unable to take major examinations because of illness
or other reasons over which they have no control" to notify the instructor immediately.
Students should be prepared to document their illness or the extenuating circumstances
that caused them to miss the exam.
e. Students are excused from classes to participate in college-approved events or
competitions. Before missing classes, the participants must present their instructors with
a letter signed by both the College Administrator and the faculty adviser/coach of the
student. These letters confirm the dates and locations of the events. An excused absence
does not excuse students from completing course work missed during their absences.
f. The College physician will provide students with a medical excuse only if the student's
illness warrants such action. If a student is examined by a physician during the time
he/she is ill, the physician will decide at that time if the student is too ill to attend classes.
If an excuse is warranted, the physician will specify this on a medical certificate, which the
student will receive and shown to the instructor upon their entrance to the class.
g. Students who face emergencies, such as a death in the family, serious illness of a family
member, court appearances, hazardous weather that makes attendance impossible or
other situations beyond their control that preclude class attendance should notify their
instructors immediately to be excused from their class.
h. Students without notifications of absence or excuse letters will not be allowed to have
make-up course work such as quiz, but will be allowed to take midterm and/or final
examinations.
i. The standards of student attendance shall be strictly adhered to by faculty members to
prevent the giving of academic credits to students who do not meet the minimum
requirements.
 j. Students who are absent for whatever reason are taken against them, whether they are
excused or not. Thus, absence is recorded as such for record’s purposes.
k. Habitual absenteeism shall be reported by the faculty to the Guidance Counselor who will
then conduct counseling on the concerned student. The Guidance Counselor may call
upon the concerned student and/or his/her parents or guardians for a conference.
l. A student who arrives within the first ten (10) minutes of the class period shall be marked
late; otherwise, he/she will be marked absent even though he is allowed to join the class
for the remainder of the period.
m. If a student is habitually late, the faculty shall refer said student to the Guidance
Counselor for counseling.
n. A student who leaves the class after the roll call and never returns toward the end of the
period shall be considered absent.
o. Time lost due to late enrolment shall be considered time lost by absence.

2. Class Meetings and Dismissal of Classes

a. Faculty members should observe punctuality in conducting their respective classes. The
faculty should be in his class before the said class.
b. Faculty members are required to begin their respective classes promptly.
c. Faculty members should dismiss their classes five (5) minutes before the end of each
period to allow the students to move and transfer to their next class.
d. No one is allowed to disrupt the class by calling on the faculty or any student during class
hours without an official locator slip issued by the Dean/Head of the concerned faculty or
student.
e. Faculty shall stay in the classroom and conduct classes during the entire period.

3. Classroom Discipline

a. Faculty members are persons in authority and shall have the right to discipline students
who commit infractions such as cheating, shouting, and making unnecessary noise, using
vulgar language, impolite and other unacceptable behaviours as provided for in the
Student Manual. No faculty, however, shall inflict corporal punishment on offending
students nor shall he/she make deductions in the students’ scholastic ratings for acts that
are clearly not manifestations of poor scholarship.
b. Faculty members shall discourage disruptive student behaviour and strictly ban
indiscriminate use of cell phones and other electronic devices inside the classroom.
c. Faculty members shall ensure that students are doing meaningful tasks inside the
classroom during their vacant periods.
d. Faculty members shall ensure cleanliness inside the classroom and its vicinity.
Chalkboards shall be cleaned before leaving the classroom. Chairs and tables shall be
arranged. Lights shall be switched off.

4. Use of Electronics Devices in the Classroom

Electronic devices such as cell phones may be used in the class under the direction of the
instructor for instructional purposes or otherwise directed at the discretion of the instructor.
Students who use their devices for non-instructional purposes will be directed to put the
 device away; failure to do so will be considered insubordination and referred to school
administration.

5. Class Participation and Behavior

1. Class participation is a very important part of the learning process in this course.
Students will be evaluated on the quality of their contributions and insights.
2. Any form of cheating will immediately earn you a failing grade.
3. Students are required to adhere to the behavior standards and to refrain from disrupting
classes.
If a student is disruptive, the faculty member may ask the student to stop the disruptive behavior
and warn the student that such disruptive behavior can result in academic or disciplinary action.

XII. LEARNING PLAN

DESIRED CONTENTS/ OUTCOMES- ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCES TIMETABLE

LEARNING TOPICS BASED TEACHING LEARNING
OUTCOMES LEARNING (OBTL) OUTCOMES
WEEKS TERM
(DLO)
Acquainted with >Parliamentary Discussion with Oral recitation, Simple 1 PRELIM
the different Courtesies Oral recitation Quizzes Parliamentary
parliamentary Reporting Procedure:
terms. >Reminders for Preliminary Guidelines for
the Presiding Examination better Business
Know how to Officer Speech Meetings by:
present and Presentation/ Martha Nal
dispose a >Order of Delivery
motion. business Assignment

Aware on what >Agenda

are the
parliamentary >How to present
courtesies. and dispose a
Motion
Identify the
nature of >Classification of
debate and the motions
types of debate
Acquainted with >Guidelines for
the Formats , writing minutes
Responsibility of
the speakers in >Treasurer’s
a Parliamentary report
debate
>Election of
Officers

>Procedure for
committee
nominations

>Parliamentary
Terms
 Chapter XVII: Discussion with The art of 1-2
The nature of oral recitation Argumentation
debate and the and debate by:
types of debates Francisco M.
Africa, A.B LL.B
Pages: 211- 224
(TMC Library)
Chapter 1: Discussion with Art, argument 2-4
Parliamentary Oral recitation and advocacy:
Debate: Formats mastering
and speaker parliamentary
responsibilities debate by: John
Chapter 2: Topics Meany & Kate
and topic Shuster (PDF
interpretation Copy);
pages6-
28(Chapter 1);
29-56 (Chapter 2)

Define Chapter 3: Discussion with Oral recitation, Art, argument 1 MIDTERMS

argument, Argument theory Oral recitation Quizzes and advocacy:
analogy in for debaters Reporting mastering
debate Midterm parliamentary
Chapter 4: Case Examination debate by: John 2
Acquainted with Construction Speech Meany & Kate
different Chapter 5: Presentation/ Shuster (PDF 3
theories for Answering the Delivery Copy);
debaters proposition case Assignment Pages: 57-
Chapter 6: 78(Chapter 3) 4
Understand how Research and
logical fallacies Evidence 79-102
used in (Chapter4)
arguments
103- 116
How to (Chapter 5)
construct a
proposition of 117-126
the case (Chapter 6)

Learn how to Chapter 7: Discussion with Oral recitation, Art, argument 1 SEMIFINALS
answer Opposition Oral recitation Quizzes and advocacy:
disadvantages in Strategy: Reporting mastering
a Disadvantages Semi Final parliamentary
comprehensive Chapter 8: Examination debate by: John 2
and persuasive Opposition Speech Delivery/ Meany & Kate
manner in a Strategy: Presentation Shuster (PDF
proposition Counterplans Assignment Copy);
Chapter 9: Pages: 127- 148 3
Understand Opposition (Chapter 7)
what is a Strategy:
counterplan in a Critiquing 149-182
debate Chapter 10: (Chapter 8) 3-4
Parliamentary
Know the types points 183- 204
of counterplans (Chapter 9)
How to make
strategic uses of 205-240
points of (Chapter 10)
 information
Asses and Chapter 11: Skills Discussion with Oral recitation, Art, argument 1-2 FINALS
explain the Chapter 12: Oral recitation Quizzes and advocacy: 2-4
debating Tournament Reporting mastering
impacts Administration Final Examination parliamentary
Things to and topics Debate debate by: John
reconsider in Selection Assignment Meany & Kate
conducting a Shuster (PDF
debate Copy);
tournament and Pages: 241-278
after the debate (Chapter 11)
tournament
279-300
(Chapter 12)

XIII. REFERENCES
 Nal, M. (2002) Simple Parliamentary Procedure: Guidelines for better Business Meetings
 John Meany & Kate Shuster(2002) Art, argument and advocacy: mastering parliamentary debate
 Francisco M. Africa, A.B LL.B. (0000) The art of Argumentation and debate
 Kayser, M. (2008) Parliamentary Procedure: Being Aware of the key rules,
 Locherie, J. (2003) Meeting Procedures: Parliamentary Law and Rules of Order for the
21st, Century Scarecrow Press, INC.

Prepared by: Recommending Approval Approved by:

YADAH BETHEL E. PURACAN

________________ ___________________ _________________
Faculty Program Chair/ College Administrator
College Department Head