Pinoy Hotelier

BSHRM General Education Core

This is part of CMO No. 30, s. 2006.

Article VI
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS

Section 18. Course Specification

The following course specifications are the prescribed course description for the major subjects that will ensure achieving the competencies required by the tourism industry and the hospitality sectors.

Section 18.1 General Education Core

A. Communication Arts 1

Course description: This course covers the development of communicative competence in English with emphasis on effective reading and writing and listening skills. It is designed to develop language learning strategies, effective communication techniques, and academic study skills. Lessons and activities involve development of oral and written communication skills in different social contexts, reading skills enhancement, and effective use of reference and resources.

Credits: 3 units
Pre-requisite: None
No. of Hours: (3 hours per week) 54 hours

B. Communication Arts 2

Course description: This course is a continuation of English 1 and covers the development of advanced language skills in critical thinking and problem solving skills. It also provides training on goal setting, self-assessment and monitoring skills, time management strategies, and communicative competence for general and academic purposes. Lessons and activities include writing routine and special business letters and reports as well as oral and verbal communicative skills.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : Communication Arts 1
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

C. Filipino 1 - Sining Ng Pakikipagtalastasan

Course description: Pag-aaralan ang Filipino bilang isang wikang dinamiko na gagamitin sa komunikasyong pasalita at pasulat. Lilinangin ang apat na makrong kasanayan sa pakikinig, pagsasalita, pagbasa, at pagsulat sa pamamagitan ng iba’t ibang texto at kontexto.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

D. Filipino 2 - Pagbasa/Pagsulat Sa Iba’t Ibang Disiplina

Course description: Ang kursong ito ay magbibigay focus sa pagbasa at pagsulat bilang kasangkapan sa pagkatuto. Ituturo sa kursong ito ang mga estratehiya sa pagbasa ng iba’t ibang genre ng mga textong nakasulat. Lilinangin din ang mga kasanayan sa pag-unawa lalo na ang kritikal na pag-unawa, gayundin ang kasanayan sa pagsulat ng iba’t ibang sulating akademik. Magiging batayang paksa ang ukol sa humanidades at agham panlipunan, at agham teknolohiya.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : Filipino 1
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

E. Literature 1

Course description: This course presents a survey of the World and Philippine Literature in English, from its beginning to the present with an emphasis on the different types of genres. The literature of the different regions of the World and the Philippines, whether in native or foreign languages.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

F. Humanities

Course description: This course aims to give the students an appreciation of the various forms of arts such as visual arts, music, performing arts, cinema, theater, architecture and literature; and the principles underlying these arts forms.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

G. Logic

Course description: This course presents the formal and informal types of human knowing, classical theories of knowledge, correspondence and coherence-pragmatic and intuitive.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

H. Business Math

Course description: This course provides students with a solid knowledge of math with emphasis on the understanding of concepts and development of manipulation skills.

It covers a review of basic arithmetic operations, sets, real number system, special products and graphs, determinants, progressions, theory of equations as applied to business problems.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

I. Business Statistics

Course description: In this course, the students learn the basic concepts of statistics and how to use statistical methods with emphasis basically on descriptive statistics. It also deals with the fundamentals of probability, probability distributions, and the use of statistical inference such as interval estimation and testing hypothesis through shi-square and analysis of variance. Regression and correlation analysis and forecasting methods are also taken up as statistical tools in problems related to business and economics. The students also learn how to use statistical presentations as an aid to reporting information and to use computers to generate statistical presentations of data.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : Business Math
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

J. Environmental Science

Course description: The course provides an integrated coverage of the basic concepts and principles of Ecology and the major human implications of these concepts. This involves a holistic approach in dealing with man's relationship in his environment. Included are topics on the nature of ecosystems, relations of individuals and populations, the major communities and man's impact on environment.

This course also discusses a familiarization and orientation on the basic environmental management system, principles of environmental assessments and monitoring systems, and the Impact of Human on Environment.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

K. Principles of Safety, Hygiene and Sanitation

Course description: This course is designed to introduce the students to the value of safety, sanitation and hygiene principles and sound practices. It provides an orientation on the various categories of hazard such as garbage disposal procedures, pest management and accident prevention in the establishment and factors involved in food safety, to prevent outbreak of food- borne illnesses and intoxication. Using the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) as guidelines, the students are oriented towards the proper handling of food from preparation, production to service.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

L. Basic Computer

Course description: This course is an introductory step to the world of computers that aims to develop understanding and skills on the importance of information technology. It also discusses the moral aspects associated with the use of computers.

It also equips students with sufficient knowledge in computer software application used on a day-to-day basis in the workplace such as word processing, worksheets, presentation and databases, which is very useful for future careers.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

M. Philippine History with Government and Constitution

Course description: This course aims to give the students an understanding of the flow of ideas and events in history and to include Philippine Constitution and its evolution. It also covers the political, economic, social and cultural development of the Philippines from its beginning to the modern period.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

N. Basic Economics

Course description: In this course, students learn the various economic questions, economic methods, and the market as well as basic economic concepts such as elasticity, price regulation and consumer choice. General topics include basic market analysis, consumer behavior, theory of the firm, market structures, general equilibrium, production and the firms’ economic policies, market structures-monopolistic competition and oligopoly, and welfare economics.

It also covers a study of national economic issues and measures of performance. The focus is on national income accounting and determination. Students are introduced to problems pertaining to unemployment and inflation, expenditure decisions, aggregate demand management, unemployment, trade balances, income distribution, fiscal and monetary policies and the global environment (international trade, globalization of markets, foreign exchange controls, trade restrictions, regional and international trade agreements, etc).

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

O. General Psychology

Course description: This course presents a broad coverage of the conceptual and empirical foundations of psychology in its main fields. The discussion of the theories, concepts, and empirical findings focuses on complex human behavior; how and why we think, feel, and behave the way we do; how we act and interact with others; and why and how we become the unique individuals that we are.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

P. Cultural Anthropology

Course description: This course is an introduction to the field of sociology and anthropology. It assumes that social and cultural forces external to individuals shape behavior. It aims to identify, understand and explain what these specific forces are and how they shape behavior with cultural communities. This course will introduce to this discipline examining the history, the work of its early and contemporary contributors, essential concepts, research methods, theory and application with the end of equipping the students with the tools to understand and analyze the issues that affect Philippine society and the rest of the world.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours

Q. Life and Works of Rizal

Course description: In this course, students learn the significance of the life and writings of Jose Rizal on the life of the Filipino people. It aims to provide the students with an in-depth appreciation of Rizal’s relevance to the emergence of Filipino nationhood.

Credits : 3 units
Pre-requisite : None
No. of Hours : (3 hours per week) 54 hours