The BES program consists of 141 units of course work to be taken over 5-6 years following a trimestral schedule. The courses are classified into 45 units of General Education courses, 42 units of core courses, 45 units of major courses and 6 units of electives.
In addition, BES students are required to take (8) units of Physical Education courses and (6) units of National Service Training Program (NSTP) courses.
Note: All courses below are equivalent to 3 units unless otherwise indicated.
GE COURSES (45 units)
Arts and Humanities Domain (15 units = 6 units prescribed courses + 9 units to be chosen from the following)
COMM 1 (Communication Skills 1) -prescribed
COMM 2 (Communication Skills 2)- prescribed
Comm 3 (Speech Communication)
HUM 1 (Literature, Society, and the Individual)
HUM 2 (Art, Man, and Society)
English 157 (English for the Professions)
KOM 1 (Kasanayan sa Komunikasyon 1)
KOM 2 (Kasanayan sa Komunikasyon 2)
HUMA 1 (Panitikan, Tao at Lipunan)
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Social Sciences and Philosophy (15 units = 6 units prescribed courses + 9 units to be chosen from the following)
HIST1/KAS 1 (Philippine History/Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas) – prescribed
HIST 2/KAS 2 (Asia and the World/Ang Asya at ang Mundo) - prescribed
SOC SCI 1 (Foundations in the Behavioral Sciences)
SOC SCI 2 (Foundations in the Behavioral Sciences 2)
PHILO 1 (Philosophical Analysis)
Soc Sci 13 (Gender and Society)
Mathematics, Science and Technology (15 units = 6 units prescribed courses + 9 units to be chosen from the following)
MATH 1 (Fundamental Concepts and Applications of Mathematics) -prescribed
STS (Science, Technology and Society) - prescribed
NATSCI 1 (Foundations of Natural Science 1)
NATSCI 2 (Foundations of Natural Science 2)
MATH 2 (Practical Mathematics)
MS 1 (Oceans and Us)
STS 10 (Exploring Biotechnology)
PI 100 (3 units)
PI 100 (Philippine Institutions 100: Life and Works of Jose Rizal)
CORE COURSES (42 UNITS)
EDS 101 (Philosophy of Education)
EDS 102 (Social Foundations of Education)
EDS 103 (Theories of Learning)
EDS 106 (Culture, Language, and Education)
EDS 107 (Gender and Education)
EDS 108 (Development Education)
EDS 112 (Principles of Instructional Design) -Prerequisites: EDS 103, EDS 106
EDS 113 (Principles and Methods of Assessment) -Prerequisites: EDS 103, EDS 106, EDS 107
EDS 151 (Instructional Media Resources) -Prerequisites: EDS 106, EDS 107, EDS 112
EDS 195 (Introduction to Education Research)
EDS 198 Practicum (6 units) -Prerequisites: All core and major courses
EDUC 101 (Philippine Education System)
EDUC 103 (Principles and Processes in Curriculum Development)
MAJOR COURSES
Specialization: Alternative Education Systems (AES)
EDS 130 (Introduction to Alternative Education Systems) -Prerequisites: EDS 101, EDS 102
EDS 131 (Foundations of Adult Education) -Prerequisite: EDS 103
EDS 132 (Indigenous Peoples’ Education) -Prerequisite: EDS 106
EDS 133 (Madrasah Education) -Prerequisite: EDS 106
EDS 136 (Foundations of Distance Education)
EDS 140 (Citizenship Education and Peace Education) -Prerequisites: EDS 102, EDS 112
EDS 141 (Introduction to Vocational Education)
EDS 142 (Environmental Education) -Prerequisites: EDS 112, EDS 106, EDS 107
EDS 143 (Health Education) -Prerequisites: EDS 112, EDS 106, EDS 107
EDS 111 (Principles of Teaching )
EDS 121 (The Reading Process) -Prerequisites: EDS 103, EDS 106
EDS 122 (Teaching Mathematics) -Prerequisites: EDS 112, EDS 113, EDS 151
EDS 123 (Teaching Science) -Prerequisites: EDS 112, EDS 113, EDS 151
EDS 180 (Special Topics in Education 1: Teaching Multigrade Classes)
SE 103 (Mobilizing People and Organizations)
Specialization: Instructional Design and Technology (IDT)
EDS 150 (Introduction to Instructional Technology) -Prerequisite: EDS 112 and EDS 151
EDS 152 (Teaching with the Web) -Prerequisites: EDS 112, EDS 106, EDS 107
EDS 153 (Design of Educational Multimedia Materials) -Prerequisites: EDS 112, EDS 106, EDS 107, MMS 172, MMS 173, MMS
175, and MMS 176
EDS 154 (Assistive Learning Technologies)
EDS 155 (Game-Based Learning) -Prerequisites: EDS 103, EDS 112
EDS 156 (m-Learning Mobile Learning) -Prerequisites: EDS 103, EDS 112
EDS 157 (Introduction to Teaching Online) -Prerequisites: EDS 103, EDS 112
EDS 158 (Managing Networked Learning) -Prerequisite: EDS 157
EDS 159 (Instructional Project Management) -Prerequisite: EDS 112
COMP ED 2 (Introduction to Web Design and Publishing)
MMS 172 (Audio in Multimedia)
MMS 173 (Photography in Multimedia)
MMS 175 (Videography in Multimedia)
MMS 176 (Animation in Multimedia)
MMS 131 (Introduction to Knowledge Management)
Electives (6 units)
Upper division 3-unit courses in another area of specialization in the BES program
Other existing undergraduate Education courses at UPOU, namely: EDUC 105
(Introduction to Special Education) and EDUC 106 (Basic Guidance)
Upper division 3-unit courses in other UPOU undergraduate programs