1. REFORMS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
CMO NO.59 s.1996 –
specification of 63
units common to all
baccalaureate degree
holders
CMO NO.4 s.1997 –
creation of GEC A and
GEC B
CMO No. 20 s.2013 –
the new GEC in
response to K=12
Program
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2. REFORMS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
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3. REFORMS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
BACKGROUND
WHAT IS IT?
GENERAL EDUC.
ELECTIVES
MANDATED
SUBJECT
REVISED CORE COURSES
TRANSITORY
PROVISIONS
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4. REFORMS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
Provisions of the Constitution
Republic Act 7722
CMO 2 S. 2011
K to 12
College Readiness
Standards
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5. REFORMS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
General Education
Curriculum
Common to all undergraduate
Different ways of knowing
Broad and wide range
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6. REFORMS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
General Education
Outcomes
Intellectual Competencies
Personal and Civic Competencies
Practical Responsibilities
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7. I. 24 Units of Core Courses
II. 9 Units of Elective
Courses
Understanding the Self/Pagunawa sa Sarili
Environmental Science
Readings in Philippines
History/Mga Babasahin
hinggil sa Kasaysayan ng
Pilipinas
People and the Earth’s
Ecosystems
The Contemporary
World/Ang Kasalukuyang
Daidig
Human Reproduction
Mathematics in the Modern
World/Matematika sa
Makabagong Daidig
Living in the IT Era
Purposive
Communication/Malayuning
Komunikasyon
III. 3 Units of the Life and
Works of Rizal (as
Manddated by Law)
Religions, Religious
Experiences and Spirituality
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8. I. 24 Units of Core Courses
II. 9 Units of Elective
Courses
III. 3 Units of the Life and
Works of Rizal (as
Manddated by Law)
Art
Philippine Indigenous
Appreciation/Pagpapahalaga Communities
sa Sining
Science, Technology and
Gender and Society
Society/Agham, Teknolohiya,
at Lipunan
Ethics/Etika
The Entrepreneurial Mind
Great Books
Philippine Popular Culture
Indigenous Creative Crafts
Reading Visual Art
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9. REFORMS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
Transitory Provisions
Orient and Train
Design
Develop
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10. REFORMS IN GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
CMO NO. 59
S. 1996
63 UNITS
CMO NO. 4 S. 1997 CMO NO. 20 S.
2013
GEC A ------> 63 UNITS
36 UNITS
GEC B ------> 51 UNITS
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