Republic of the Philippines

CENTRAL BICOL STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE

Sta. Rosa Del Norte, Pasacao, Camarines Sur, 4417
Website: www.cbsua.edu.ph
Email Address: ca.pasacao@cbsua.edu.ph
Trunkline: (054) 513-9519

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY GOALS
Education for Sustainable Human Development
VISION 1. Enable transformative and inclusive learning
An Agricultural Research University of Global Standards experiences
MISSION 2. Generate and utilize new knowledge and technologies
Leading innovations, building resilient and sustainable 3. Engage and empower communities
communities 4. Intensify internationalization and resource generation
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT POLICY initiatives
The Central Bicol State University of Agriculture is committed to 5. Establish one E-Governance system
lead innovations in instructions, research, and resource 6. Enhance management of university resources
generation for client’s satisfaction, uphold its core values and
principles, protect the environment by satisfying all applicable CORE VALUES
standards and legal requirements through the continual
improvement of its integrated management system. ● Quality and Excellence ● Teamwork and Unity
● Professionalism ● Liberalism
Institutional Pride
CORE PRINCIPLES

● Discipline
● Respect
● Care

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 UNIVERSITY GOALS
COLLEGE GOALS
1 2 3 4
1. Provide quality instruction for the general education courses in the undergraduate programs;

2. Stimulate interest in the arts and sciences by offering relevant programs;

3. Respond to the local and global challenges by providing opportunities for faculty and students to engage in
research, extension, and production activities; and
4. Strengthen academic, LGU, NGO, and industrial networks through more efficient and effective extension
and linkage activities.
5. Develop students’ desirable characteristics in curricular and co-curricular activities.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES COLLEGE GOALS

After four years, the graduates of the BSES program shall: 1 2 3 4 5
1. Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge and understanding in the core areas of environmental
science.
2. Disseminate effectively knowledge pertaining to sound environmental protection, conservation, utilization
and management.
3. Demonstrate the ability to contribute to the protection and management of the environment.
4. Analyze local environmental issues and problems in the regional and global context.
5. Apply appropriate knowledge and innovation related to the environment.

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 COURSE SYLLABUS
1. Course Number ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 103
2. Course Name ASTRONOMY
3. Course Description .Covers the entire panorama of universe from the origin and structure of the solar system, its properties, origin and
evolution of stars, galaxies and cosmology. It will also highlight the scientific principles and underlying innovations
done in astronomy and the process used in the discovery. These concepts will reinforce student’s critical and
analytical thinking by using Scientific method, how the universe works and connections among the various fields of
science.
4. Credit Units 3 units

5. Contact Hours 3 hours

6. Prerequisite None

7. Values Integration Inclusion of CBSUA and COE Core Values into the course through the emphasis on the development of
interpersonal and collaborative skills thru team/group work and participation in classroom interaction and exercises.
8. Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students must be able to: STUDENTS OUTCOMES*

1 2 3 4 5

1. Discuss the importance of astronomy

I I I I I

2. Explain the different theories and laws of astronomy

E E E E E

3. Present an aspect of a cosmic vision which originates from the union of the perception of the
past with creative imagination of the present. E E E E E

4. Discuss the present astronomy as unified system of understanding, relating the students to
the basic processes and laws in what seems to be an untouchable universe E E E E E

*Level: I – Introductory, E – Enabling, D – Demonstrative

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9. Course Coverage

Time Intended Learning Topics Teaching and Learning Activities Assessment Task
Allotment Outcomes (ILOs)
Week 1 ● Students can Orientation ● Discussion and sharing of Gender Memorization
Memorize and ● PHILOSOPHY, VISION, fairness/ Games
Observe the MISSION, GOALS
Philosophy, Vision, ● Core Values
Mission, Goals & core ● Overview of the course
values ● Requirements of the course
● Faculty and student
expectations
Week 2-3 After completion of this Chapter I-Astronomy: Its nature and Group interaction Recitation
chapter, students relevance Sharing Quizzes
should be able to: a. Scale of the universe Buzz group Laboratory
● Define b. Motion of the sun and stars Video clip exercises
astronomy c. The stars and constellation
● Describe the d. The magnitude scale of stars
scale and motion e. Milky Way
of the stars and f. The celestial sphere
sun g. Motion of the wandering stars
h. Motion of the moon
● Discuss the
different sizes,
color and stages
of stars

● Identify some
known
constellations in
the sk7

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 Week 4-5 ● Gain insights Chapter II Early Astronomy Group interaction Recitation
about the study of a. Ancient astronomy Sharing Quizzes
early astronomy b. Astronomy of the ancient Greeks Buzz group
● Differentiate the c. Copernican revolution & the birth Video clip
different models of Newtonian physics
-Ptolemaic model of universe
used in studying
Copernican model of universe
astronomy -arguments of the early
astronomers

Week 6 ASSESSMENT 1

Week 7-8 ● Discuss the Chapter III Early astronomers & Group interaction Recitation
different theories of Philosophers Sharing Quizzes
well-known a. Thales of Miletus Buzz group Laboratory
b. Pythagoras Video clip exercises
philosophers during
c. Plato
the early astronomy d. Aristotle
e. Aristarchus
f. Hipparchus
g. Claudius Ptolemaues
Week 9-10 ● Discuss/describ Chapter 4 The solar system Group interaction Recitation
e the revolution and a. Revolution and rotation of the Sharing Quizzes
rotation of the planets Buzz group Laboratory
planets b. Two types of planets Video clip exercises
● Identify the two c. Heliocentric theories on the
types of planets formation of the solar system
d. Modern theory on the formation
● Compare the
of the planets
past and present
e. Formation of the sun
theory of the f. Formation of the solar system
formation of the Characteristics of the solar
solar system
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 ● Discuss the
formation of the sun
and solar system

Week 11 ● Explain the facts Chapter 5 The Earth and the Moon Group interaction Recitation
about the earth a. Data about the earth Sharing Quizzes
● Discuss the b. Plate tectonics Buzz group Laboratory
origin of the c. Earth’s atmosphere Video clip exercises
d. The origin of the moon
formation of the
moon

Week 12 ASSESSMENT 2- MIDTERM EXAMIINATION

Week 13-14 ● Discuss the Chapter 6 planets Lectures/Discussions Recitation

detailed information a. Detailed Data about all the 8 Video Presentation Quizzes
and facts about the planets Laboratory
8 planets and the b. New discovered Planets exercises
new planets
discovered
Week 15 ● Discuss the Chapter 7 asteroids, comets and Group interaction Recitation
asteroids, comets meteoroids Sharing Quizzes
and meteoroids a. Asteroids Buzz group Laboratory
b. Comets Video clip exercises
c. Meteoroids

Week 16 ● Explain the Chapter 8 starlight and spectra Group interaction Recitation
origin of starlight a. The origin of starlight Sharing Quizzes
● Discus the b. The spectrum Buzz group Laboratory
spectrum c. The hydrogen spectrum Video clip exercises
● Describe the d. Spectral classification
spectral classification e. The composition of a celestial
body
● Describe the
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 structure of the sun f. The Doppler effect
and stars
g. The structure of the sun
and stars
h. Helioseismology
Solar activity
Week 17- ● Explain how stars Chapter 10 Stellar evolution Group interaction
was born a. Birth of stars Sharing
● Identify the different b. Properties of stars Buzz group
properties of the c. Variable stars Video clip
stars d. Star clusters
The death of stars

● Discuss the Chapter 11 The milky way

properties of stars a. Properties of milky way galaxies
and its components b. Components
● Describe the c. Rotation of the galaxy
rotation and mass of d. The mass of the galaxy
galaxy The origin of the milky way
● Discuss the origin
Week 18 ASSESSMENT 3- FINAL EXAMINATION
9. Course Evaluation
Quizzes – 20%
Midterm Examination – 40%
Final Examination – 40%

Final Grade = Quizzes + Midterm Examination + Final Examination

10. Course Requirements

Quizzes (Short and Long), Recitation, Activities (Individual and Group), Reflection Paper, Essay, Report, Project, Portfolio, Examination

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11. Resources Needed

Text Book

● An Introduction to Astronomy by Vivencio N. Abastillas, Jr.

● Explore the Solar System by Anita Yasuda

Online Resources
● http://astronomyonline.org/
● Astronomical Almanac Online
● The Astronomy Center
● Astronomy Encyclopedias
● Astronomy Online
● Astronomy Picture of the Day
● Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Includes an abstract service and links to the full text of articles appearing in most

● Chandra X-Ray Observatory

● Consolidated Lunar Atlas
● Deep Sky Database
● Dictionary of Astronomy

Oxford Reference Online

● European Southern Observatory

● International Space Station
● Multiwavelength Milky Way
● NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
● NASA's Planetary Photojournal

Offers user-friendly, continuously-updated access to approximately 2,000 images from various solar system exploration programs.

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 ● The Nine Planets

A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System

● Portal to the Universe

Portal to the Universe aims to become a one-stop-shop for astronomy news. The site features news, blogs, video podcasts, audio
podcasts, images, videos and more.

● Space Daily
● Your Sky

The interactive planetarium of the Web

Course Title: Prepared by: Recommending Approval: Approved by:

Astronomy

Date Effective: JUDITH J. ABAN SHERYL N. SAN ANDRES KRISTINE MAY C. REGASPI, Ph.D.
1st. Semester SY 2022-2023 Subject Teacher Chairperson, BSES Program Dean, College of Education
Date Signed:

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