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The College of Maasin: Nisi Dominus Frustra
The College of Maasin: Nisi Dominus Frustra
COURSE SYLLABUS
(Study and Thinking Skills)
BSN
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course aims primarily to develop the student's communicative and thinking
skills for academic study.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
A. COGNITIVE AIMS
1. Comprehend oral and written materials ranging from general interest to
specific discipline with emphasis on inferential and critical reading
2. Organize information efficiently in the forms of outlines, charts, etc. both
for the materials read and materials to be written.
3. Organize information using orderly strategies i.e. chronological, logical,
spatial, etc.
4. Summarize and paraphrase materials read
5. Interpret and construct non-prose texts
6. Write unified and coherent paragraph/essays using different rhetorical
devices
B. AFFECTIVE AIMS
1. Value the skills and knowledge that will be learned in the subject.
2. Appreciate the importance of learning the skills in English.
3. Develop a skill in writing sentences, paragraphs and compositions effectively.
GRADING
Student must at least obtain 60% passing score or better in order to pass the course.
Course work is weighted as follows:
TOTAL 100%
Major Examination
There are four(4) written and/or oral major examinations for the course. Customarily, the
exam will be closed notes. If you are going to miss a major exam, it is your responsibility to alert
your instructor prior to exam schedule. Failure to do so will result in an exam grade of zero.
Quizzes
Approximately, three to five quizzes (be it announced or unannounced) will be given for
each term. A make-up quiz is allowed if and only if one could secure an excuse letter duly
signed by the guidance counselor, parents or physician. Make-up quizzes shall be done not
later than two days after you return from class.
Recitation/Classroom Participation
Projects
All projects that are to be submitted are due on the date scheduled by the instructor. No
late works will be accepted unless given instructor’s prerogative.
Attendance
In accordance with the policies of the school, as stated in the Students Manual, the
students are required and are expected to attend all classes in proper uniform. If the student is
absent or late from his/her class, the student is hereby advised to get an admission slip/re-entry
slip from the assigned Guidance Counselor before he/she will be admitted again. In case of
absence, he/she will receive a grade of zero in the recitation or class work assigned for that
particular day. Three (3) consecutive absences without notifying the instructor would mean a
failing term grade or will automatically be dropped from the course.
COURSE OUTLINE
CLASSROOM POLICIES
1. Attendance is checked regularly. Late comers will not be admitted after 15 minutes.
2. Students wearing incomplete/improper school uniform will not be admitted. Likewise,
proper dress code should be observed during wash day.
3. Electronic devices (cell phones, ipods, etc.) need to be turned off or muted during class.
4. Requirements for the subject should be submitted on time. Late submission of projects is
not acceptable.
5. Students who are cheating or plagiarizing materials in the course will not receive credit
for the assignments, projects or tests which will likely to lead failure in the course.
6. Food and beverages are not permitted in the class.
7. A student who exhibits dishonest, disruptive or disrespectful behavior risk suspension or
expulsion from the institution.
REFERENCES
Baraceros, Esther L. Communication Skills I: Study and Thinking Skills . Manila: Rex
Bookstore, Inc. 2002
Belen, Venus M., et al. Effective Study and thinking Skills. Quezon City: Trinitas
Publishing, Inc. 2003
Mazon, Constancia M. Study and Thinking Skills (Revised Edition). Manila: St.
Augustine Publications, Inc. 2005
Mazon, Constancia M. Study and Thinking Skills. Manila: St. Augustine Publications,
Inc. 1999
Olonan, Zenaida A., et al. Communication Skills in English. National Book Store, Inc.
1982
Vinuya, Remedios V., et al. Study and Thinking Skills in English. Makati City:
Grandwater Publications and Research Corp. 2000
Methodology:
To achieve the objectives of this course, the following techniques and methodologies
shall be used:
Mediated Lectures-Discussions
Group Research and Presentations
Free and Graded Recitations
Role-Playing
Brainstorming
Quizzes
Exercises
Examinations
Grading System:
Midterm: Semi-Final:
Attendance: 15% Attendance: 15%
Recitation: 15% Recitation: 15%
Quizzes: 15% Quizzes: 15%
Research Output: 15% Research Output: 15%
Research Presentation 15% Research Presentation 15%
Attitude: 10% Attitude: 10%
Midterm Exam: 15% Final Exam: 15%
Only an absence of nine (9) cumulative hours or six (6) contact sessions are allowed for
each student. Each absence shall translate to a corresponding .25 deduction from
attendance points, to wit:
• 1 absence = 1.25
• 2 absences = 1.5
• 3 absences = 2.0
• 4 absences = 2.25
• 5 absences = 2.5
• 6 absences = 2.75
• 7 or more absences = 5.0
Cumulative tardiness of ninety (90) minutes shall mean one (1) absence, unless prior
consent from the professor has been sought by the student.
References:
1. Basilio, Sylvia, et al. Study, Thinking and Writing Skills. GMK Publishing House, 2010.
2. Tiempo and Tiempo. College Reading and Writing (latest edition). Rex Book Store.
3. Moore, Brooke N. and Richard Parker. Critical Thinking (7th International Edition).
Boston: MacGraw Hill. 2005.
4. Rosenwasser, David and Jill Stephen. Writing Analytically. Thompson Wadsworth,
2006.
5. Kemper, Dave, et al. Write Source, A Book for Writing, Thinking and Learning.
Massachusetts: Great Source Education Group, 2007.
6. Vandermey, Randall, et al. The College Writer, A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and
Researching (3rd Edition). Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
7. Hinman, Lawrence M. Ethics, A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory (3rd Edition).
University of San Diego: Wadsworth, 2003.
8. Other printed and online sources.