SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (SAS)

Treston Senior High School prepares students for higher education, employment, or entrepreneurship. The first year of Senior High School develops the student’s knowledge, skills, and potentials through hands-on learning and innovative teaching strategies. Under the School of Arts and Sciences, the students can either take the Academic Track - General Academic Strand (GAS) for learners who are not yet decided on what course to take in college, or the Academic Track - Humanities and Social Science Strand (HUMSS) for students who are considering taking up journalism, communication arts, liberal arts, education, and other social science-related courses in college. Moreover, the students may take up Arts and Design Track for those who are interested in pursuing careers in the performing and creative field. There are four specializations in GAS during this level: Organization and Management, Applied Economics, Creative Writing, and Principles of Marketing. The HUMSS strand are comprised of four specializations: Creative Writing, Introduction to World Religions and Belief Systems, Creative Non-Fiction, and Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century. For the Arts and Design Track, the specializations are Creative Industries 1: Arts and Design Appreciation and Production, Creative Industries 2: Performing Arts, Physical and Personal Development in the Arts, and Developing Filipino Identity in the Arts.

In the last year of Senior High School, Grade 12 students finish meeting their graduation requirements. The students enrolled in the Academic Track - General Academic Strand (GAS) will obtain five specializations on this level: Philippine Government and Politics, Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century, Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction, Technical Vocational Livelihood, and Work Immersion. While students who are enrolled in the Academic Track - Humanities and Social Science Strand (HUMSS) will also have five specializations: Philippine Government and Politics, Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences, Community Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship, Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences, and Culminating Activity. Under the Arts and Design Track for this level, the specializations are: Integrating the Elements and Principles of Organization in the Arts, Leadership and Management in Different Art Fields, Immersion and Exploration of Different Art Fields 1, Apprenticeship, and a Culminating Activity.

The general education courses introduce students to various domains of knowledge and ways of comprehending social and natural realities. In this program, intellectual competencies, such as critical, analytical and creative thinking, and multiple forms of expression are developed. The course also enhances a student’s civic capacities needed as a member of the community, country, and the world.

The first core and professional courses for the BS Psychology program includes introductory psychology courses to help students understand the profession’s basic concepts, principles, and theories. It helps them deepen their grasp of psychology, both as a discipline and a field of profession.

BS Psychology students learn about the profession’s advanced and more complex concepts, principles, and theories. It presents scientific, industry-based, and practical know-how of psychology in the context of career pursuits and actual practice.