Towards the Preparation of the Sorsogon State College General Education Curriculum

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) issued CMO No. 20, s. 2013 prescribing the new general education curriculum (GEC) for higher education institutions. Hence, this study aimed to prepare the Sorsogon State College (SSC) new GEC framework. The mixed-methods of research which involve the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods in a single study were used. Data gathering was conducted through survey and document analysis purposively selected and the results were examined through content analysis. The paper concluded that there is no uniform GEC for the undergraduate courses offered by SSC. The total number of units of the curriculum ranges from 44 to 85 units that require two to five years to be completed. Likewise, the codes, titles, descriptions, and placement of subjects in the curriculum vary for all of the courses. With the expanded secondary education students will have to complete 136 units in senior high school and a minimum of 36 units in first year college for a total of at least 172 units before they can pursue a certain profession. Hence, the proposed one academic year 45-unit general education curriculum framework that is anchored on the development of personal, intellectual and civic outcomes for the formation of a just and humane society was developed for SSC.

Keywords: curriculum development, general education, liberal education, senior high school