Republic of the Philippines

CENTRAL LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY

Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija

1. CENTRAL LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY

1.1. Vision of the University
1.1.1. CLSU as a world-class National Research University for Science and Technology in Agriculture and allied fields.
1.2. Mission of the University
1.2.1. CLSU shall develop globally competitive, work-ready, socially responsible and empowered human resources who value life-long
learning and shall generate, disseminate and apply knowledge and technologies for poverty alleviation, environmental protection and
sustainable development.
1.3. Quality Policy Statement
1.3.1. Excellent Service to humanity is our commitment.
1.3.2. We are committed to develop globally competent and empowered human resources and to generate knowledge and technologies for
inclusive societal development.
1.3.3. We are dedicated to uphold CLSU’s core values and principles, comply with statutory and regulatory standards and continuously
improve the effectiveness of our quality management systems.
1.3.4. Mahalaga ang inyong tinig upang higit na mapaghusay ang kalidad ng aming paglilingkod.

1.4. Goals of the College of Arts and Social Sciences

1.4.1. Mission
1.4.1.1. The College of Arts and Sciences as a paragon of higher learning and service for the development of the whole man.
1.4.2. Vision
1.4.2.1. The College of Arts and Sciences shall provide quality education in the breeder and social sciences, communication arts and
humanities in response to the nation’s call for moral recovery, gender sensitivity, social transformation, people empowerment,
environmental concern, sustainable development and global competitiveness.

1.5. Goals of the College of Arts and Social Sciences

In line with the mission of the University, the goals of the College of Arts and Sciences are as follows:
1.5.1. To equip students with basic knowledge and skills needed in the pursuit of more advanced and specialized fields of endeavour
1.5.2. To develop civic consciousness in students and train them for active involvement in environmental concern and agro-industrial
development
1.5.3. To mold students into more humane individuals through exposure to the arts and participation in various forms of artistic activities

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 1.6. Objectives of the Department of Veterinary Medicine
1.6.1. To attain a 100% compliance on CHED policies, standards and guidelines and enhance knowledge, skills and values among
students;
1.6.1.2. To maintain the stringent admission policy for incoming veterinary students;
1.6.1.3. To conduct a yearly Licensure Examination Assistance Program (LEAP);
1.6.1.4. To strengthen linkages with at least 75% of CVSM Alumni, and establish new collaborations with private and government
agencies at local, national and international levels, every year;
1.6.1.5. To maximize opportunities for yearly continuing professional growth and development of all faculty members;
1.6.1.6. To enhance team spirit among faculty and staff through semestral teambuilding.

1.7. PROGRAM INFORMATION

1. Name of the Curricular Program DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

2. BOR Approval Republic Act No. 4067
3. Date of Approval 1978

1.8. DVM PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

Program Educational Objectives Mission

1. DVM graduates are globally competent in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of different animal species; √
2. DVM graduates are globally competent to formulate, communicate and implement programs in animal production, food safety, √
public health, animal welfare and environmental protection and preservation;
3. DVM graduates are achievers, team players and leaders in the profession or related fields of practice; √
4. DVM graduates are capable to handle and conduct researches in pharmaceutical, biotechnological and other industrial fields; √
5. DVM graduates are capable of imparting knowledge, conduct trainings and extension services. √

1.9. Student Outcomes and Relationship to Program Educational Objectives

Program Outcomes
By the time of graduation, students of the program has the ability to: 1 2 3 4 5 6
A Identify and diagnose animal diseases and abnormalities;
B Treat and manage diseased animals;
C Formulate plans and implement programs for diagnosis, treatment, prevention, control and eradication of animal
diseases;
D Promote and implement animal welfare programs;
E Plan, implement and monitor cost-effective programs in animal production;
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F Promote veterinary public health and environmental health and biosecurity programs;
G Conduct veterinary related researches;
H Communicate effectively with entrepreneurial and ethical interpersonal skills in the practice of the profession;
I Prepare to pass the licensure examination; and
J The student should be able to qualify to practice the profession locally and internationally.

1.8. INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

1. Name of Instructor/Professor Evert M. Dela Peña, Jr

2. Office Department of Social Sciences
3. Telephone Number 09618003229
4. Email address Evert.delapena@clsu2.edu.ph
5. Consultation Hours

1.9. COURSE INFORMATION

1. Course Code SOCSCI 1110
2. Course Title Ethics
3. Course Description A critical examination and analysis of moral principles and/or standards of right and wrong, good and bad,
moral and immoral as well as moral behaviour, as persons relate or act with one another in a highly globalized
society.
4. Prerequisite NONE
5. Co-prerequisite NONE
6. Credit 3
7. Class Hours 3 HRS/WK
8. Class Schedule

1.10. Course Outcomes and Relationship to Student Outcomes*

Program Outcomes addressed by the Course Outcomes:

After completing this course, the student must be able to a b c d e f g h i J k l m n
1 Generate reasons affirming the value of intellectual integrity and I
academic honesty.
2 Explain the nature of morality I
3 Explain the steps of moral arguments E
4 Understand the nature of moral judgments I
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 5 Identify the three different moral standards I
6 Analyze the possibility and impossibility of moral dilemmas I
7-8 Discuss moral conflicts and the view of Stuart Hampshire on I
conflicts
9 Explain the process of reasoned justification I
10 - 11 Explain the nature of moral disagreements I
12 Discuss the nature of moral incapacity I
13 Explain impartiality and morality I
14 Explain the new sociology of morality I
15 Discuss moral relativism and culture I
16 Explain moral character I
17 Explain the moral psychology of the human person I
18 Explain and analyze the root cause of ecological crisis I
* Level: I – Introductory E – Enabling D – Demonstrative

1.11. Course Content

Wk(s) Course Outcome Topic Hrs. Intended Learning Learning Assessment

Outcome Activities
1-2 Define Ethics  Introduction to Ethics 3 Understand Ethics Online Oral questioning
 Traits of Moral Principles and its core value Lecture Quizzes
Differentiate Skills Check
Ethics and Suggested reading Reading of
morality Ethics: Discovering right and wrong by Modules
Louis P. Pojman and James Fieser
Know the traits of
moral principle
3-4 Classify kinds of 3 Know the strength Online Oral questioning
Ethical  Domains of Ethical Assessment and weakness of Lecture Quizzes
considerations  An overview on Ethical relativism Ethical relativism Skills Check
Suggested reading Reading of
Ethics: Discovering right and wrong by Modules
Louis P. Pojman and James Fieser

5-6 Determining the  An overview of Moral Objectivism 3 Deeper knowledge Online Oral questioning
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 difference between  Aquinas’s Objectivism and absolutism on Aquinas Ethical Lecture Quizzes
Ethical relativism concept Skills Check
and Moral Suggested reading Reading of
standard Ethics: Discovering right and wrong by Modules
Louis P. Pojman and James Fieser

7-8-9  Value and the quest of for the good 3 Know the core or Online Oral questioning
Determining the heart of morality Lecture Quizzes
hedonist concept  Hedonism Skills Check
of morality Reading of
Modules
Determining the  Having a good life
core of moral
living Suggested reading

Ethics: Discovering right and wrong by

Louis P. Pojman and James Fieser

10-11 Identify the  Social Contract theory 3 Determining self- Oral questioning
various interest and its Online Quizzes
contribution of  An overview on Hobbes’s Ethical Theory flaws through the Lecture Skills Check
some thinkers in lens of Hobbes’s
the harmony Suggested reading Ethical concept Reading of
between man and Modules
society Ethics: Discovering right and wrong by
Louis P. Pojman and James Fieser

12 Review/preparatio 3 Be prepared for the Online Oral questioning

n for the midterm  Review midterm Lecture Quizzes
examination examination Skills Check
Suggested reading Reading of
Modules
Ethics: Discovering right and wrong by
Louis P. Pojman and James Fieser

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 MIDTERM EXAMINATION (100pts.)

13 -14 Determining the  Utilitarianism 3 Understanding the Online Oral questioning

difference between concept of Lecture Quizzes
Bentham and  Jeremy Bentham utilitarianism Skills Check
Mill’s Reading of
utilitarianism  Stuart Mill Modules

Understanding Ethics: Discovering right and wrong by Louis P.

utilitarianism as a Pojman and James Fieser
get away from
hedonism
15  An overview on Abortion 3 To identify whether Online Oral questioning
To be or not abortion be Lecture Quizzes
knowledgeable on  Immorality of Abortion legalized. Skills Check
abortion’s dual Reading of
perspective  Defense on Abortion Modules

Suggested reading:

The right thing to do: Basic Readings in Moral

Philosophy by James Rachels and Stuart
Rachels
16 To be  An overview on Death Penalty 3 To make a Online Oral questioning
knowledgeable on standpoint whether Lecture Quizzes
the true nature of  Immorality of Death penalty or not Death Skills Check
death penalty Penalty should be Reading of
 Defense on Death Penalty legalized Modules
To reflect on both
faces of death
penalty Suggested reading:

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 The right thing to do: Basic Readings in Moral
Philosophy by James Rachels and Stuart
Rachels

17 Determining the  An overview on Mercy Killing or Seeing Euthanasia Online Oral questioning
nature of Mercy Euthanasia 3 in bright light Lecture Quizzes
Killing  Immorality of Euthanasia Skills Check
Reading of
Knowing the  Ethical consideration on Euthanasia Modules
ethical
consideration for
Mercy killing Suggested reading:

The right thing to do: Basic Readings in Moral

Philosophy by James Rachels
18 To inspire them to By Group Ethical Research Paper The students Oral questioning
aspire a great 3 should be able to Quizzes
contribution to the make their own Paper Skills Check
society and stand in social
rational issues
engagement to the
society’s ethical
social issues.

FINAL EXAMINATION (100pts.)

1.11. Life-long Learning Opportunities

1.11.1. Students, after the semester, are expected to demonstrate the following competencies:
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 1.11.1.1. Critical reflection and analysis of issues on the human person.
1.11.1.2. Formulation and application of various concepts and theories of the human person.
1.11.1.3. Critical understanding of the human person discourse.

1.12. Contribution of Course to Professional Component

1.13. General Education 100%

Course Blended Class

Outcome
Assessment Tool/s
Quizzes (30%) Paper (30%) Term Examinations (40%)
CO1
CO2
CO3 Quiz # 1 (50pts.)
CO4
CO5 Quiz # 2 (50pts.) Reflection Papers
CO6
CO7 – 8
CO9 Quiz # 3
CO10 – 11
CO12 Quiz # 4 Midterm Exam
CO13
CO14
CO15
CO16 Quiz # 5
CO17
CO18 Quiz # 6 Paper Final Exam

MINIMUM SATISFACTORY REQUIREMENT 50%

1.14.
The final grade is weighted, following the University Grading System, as follows:
Range Grade Remarks
94.45 – 1.00 Excellent
100.00
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 88.90 – 94.44 1.25 *
83.34 – 88.89 1.50 Very Good
77.79 – 83.33 1.75 *
72.23 – 77.78 2.00 Good
66.68 – 72.22 2.25 *
61.12 – 66.67 2.50 Satisfactory
55.57 – 61.11 2.75 *
50.00 – 55.56 3.00 Pass
45.00 – 49.99 4.00 Conditional
Below 45 5.00 Fail

1.15. Classroom Policies

1.15.1. My Responsibilities
1.15.1.1. For the whole duration of the semester, I shall commit myself to do the following:
1.15.1.1.1. Regularly come to class prepared and ready for the day’s lesson.
1.15.1.1.2. Create classroom conditions where you can exercise your curiosity about each lesson.
1.15.1.1.3. Practice inquiry method as frequently as possible to facilitate philosophizing.
1.15.1.1.4. Return papers and exams at least two weeks after they were given.
1.15.1.1.5. Observe gender sensitivity.

1.16.2 Your Duties

1.15.1.2. For the entire duration of the semester, may I suggest that you commit yourself to do the following:
1.15.1.2.1. Read the assigned texts.
1.15.1.2.2. Come to class prepared and ready.
1.15.1.2.3. Listen well and take notes when necessary.
1.15.1.2.4. Do and submit assigned tasks on time.
1.15.1.2.5. Ask and engage in discussions.
1.15.1.2.6. Do extra-readings pertinent to the course.
1.15.1.2.7. Consult whenever there arises difficulties.

1.16. Late Papers

1.16.1. Late submission of papers merits a 10% deduction.

1.17. Plagiarism and similar practices of academic dishonesty

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 1.17.1. Papers with plagiarized contents (without appropriate documentation) shall automatically incur a grade of 5 or a score of 0.
1.17.2. Cheating during examinations or quizzes shall automatically mean 0.

1.18. Others
1.18.1. Cell phones and other similar gadgets must be switched to “vibrate” mode before class commences.
1.18.2. When in class, refrain from private conversations except when “such” is extremely urgent and “unavoidable”.

1.19. REVISION HISTORY

Revision Date of Revision Date of Implementation Highlights of revision
Number
1 July 08, 2018 First Semester 2015 – 2016
2 January 3, 2018 Second Semester 2018-2019 Revised reading list
3 August 10, 2019 First Semester 2019 - 2020 Revised Reading Structure
4 January 06, 2020 Second Semester 2019 - 2020 Revised ILO/LA/Assessment
5 March 19, 2020 Second Semester 2019 - 2020 Revised and simplify the topics per
course outcome

Revised some of the learning

objectives and evaluations

Change the course outcome #18 into

environmental philosophy as the
research field of the instructor

6 August 22, 2021 First Semester 2021 - 2022 Blended Lecture

Revised the learning activities linking

students to some of the topics on
online video lectures

Synthesizing the student assessment

into final paper and examinations

1.20. PREPARATION, REVIEW AND APPROVAL

Name of Faculty Signature

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Prepared by: Evert M. Dela Peña, Jr

Reviewed by: FLOPER GERSHWIN MANUEL

Syllabus Review Committee (SRC)

Approved by: DR. JAY SANTOS

Dean, College of Arts and Social Sciences

DR. MELANIE P. TOLENTINO

Concurred by: Chairperson, Department of Social Sciences

DR. JAY SANTOS

Dean, College of Arts and Social Sciences

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