EMILIO AGUINALDO COLLEGE PHILOSOPHY, VISION, MISSION, CORE VALUES, QUALITY POLICY,

QUALITY OBJECTIVES AND GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES

Philosophy
Emilio Aguinaldo College is a private, non-sectarian, co-educational institution of learning that fosters equal and fair opportunities of education,
the total development of a student, conscious of his/her national identity and their role in the global community.

Vision
Emilio Aguinaldo College envisions itself as an internationally recognized private non-sectarian academic institution rooted in the Filipino
nationalist tradition that consistently pursues the advancement and welfare of humanity.

Mission
Emilio Aguinaldo College provides a learner-centered, inquiry-based, and socially relevant academic community.

Core Values
VIRTUE
EXCELLENCE
SERVICE

QUALITY POLICY
We, the employees of Emilio Aguinaldo College are committed to:
Provide our students an exceptional educational experience delivered within all statutory and regulatory standards; Provide consistent quality
service to our students, parents, and other stakeholders.
Develop a responsible student through relevant and quality education, able to lead and enhance their life, and contribute to the development of
the country and humanity; and
Continuously improve the educational experience of our students by communicating the needs of our students to the entire organization,
standardizing our institutions’ processes, enhancing our employees’ competence, periodically reviewing, and continually improving the
institutions’ systems, and providing our students an exceptional educational experience.

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 QUALITY OBJECTIVES

The objectives of Emilio Aguinaldo College are to:

1. offer opportunities for quality and relevant education to all qualified students.
2. cultivate the intellectual, spiritual, moral, social, and physical aspects of our students.
3. instill appreciation and pride of their national identity in our students; and
4. prepare graduates of global quality equipped with world class competencies in their field of expertise.

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
Ethical and committed leaders.

MISSION OF THE SCHOOL OF SCHOOL OF ARTS and SCIENCES

To provide a teaching-learning environment that focuses on developing and enhancing students’ competencies in terms of their
knowledge, skills, and attitudes relevant to the needs and demands of both the local and international community.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:

1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the basic principles governing biological science.
2. Extend knowledge and understanding to a critical assessment of current views and theories in selected areas of the
biological sciences.
3. Perform basic biological and chemical techniques in either a laboratory or fieldwork research setting.
4. Have adequate technical writing skills and effective oral communication abilities.
5. Develop critical thinking skills and have strong sense of ethical behavior in dealing with issues and concerns in biological
sciences.

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A. COURSE DETAILS

T 06:00PM-09:00PM
Course Name Biophysics Class Schedule TH 06:00PM-09:00PM
T 03:00PM-05:00PM
SBPH11 LEC & LAB E6-402/ E6-402/E5-101 AVR
Course Number Room Assignment
SBPH11 LEC & LAB
Course Code Consultation Hours
5 units (3 units Lecture and 2 units
Course Credit Laboratory) Medium of Instruction English

Pre-requisite None Faculty-facilitator Jeffrey M. Valdez

Lecture = 54 hours
Hours Required Laboratory = 108 hrs Faculty Signature

B. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is an introductory course in Biophysics intended for Biology students. The course introduces students to competency-based activities
in the following areas: mechanics and applied physics. It covers the topics of mechanics such as vectors, force and motion, gravitation, work,
power and energy, momentum, heat, and electricity.

Relationship of the Program Educational Objectives with the EAC Mission

EAC MISSION
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES Socially
Learner- Inquiry- Relevant Academic
Centered Based Community
1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the basic principles governing biological science.  

2. Extend knowledge and understanding to a critical assessment of current views and theories in selected areas   
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 of the biological sciences.

3. Perform basic biological and chemical techniques in either a laboratory or fieldwork research setting.   

4. Have adequate technical writing skills and effective oral communication abilities.  

5. Develop critical thinking skills and have strong sense of ethical behavior in dealing with issues and concerns in   
biological sciences.

C. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLO)

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 2 3 4 5
1. Articulate the latest developments in their specific field of practice. (PQF Level 6 descriptor)  

2. Effectively communicate orally and in writing using both English and Filipino languages. 

3. Work effectively and independently in multi-disciplinary and multi- cultural teams. (PQF level 6 descriptor) 

4. Demonstrate professional, social, and ethical responsibility, especially in practicing

intellectual property rights and sustainable development. 
5. Preserve and promote “Filipino historical and cultural heritage”. (Based on RA 7722)

6. Develop an in-depth understanding of the basic principles governing the science of life.
 
7. Develop and utilize techniques/procedures relevant to biological research work in laboratory or field settings.

8. Carry out basic mathematical and statistical computations and use of appropriate technologies in the analysis
of biological data. 
9. Extend knowledge and critically assess current views and theories in various areas of the biological
 
sciences.

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Relationship between Course Outcomes and Student Learning Outcomes

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLO)

COURSE OUTCOMES
SLO 1 SLO 2 SLO 3 SLO 4 SLO 5 SLO 6 SLO 7 SLO 8 SLO 9
1. Demonstrate the knowledge of ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
basic topics in physics:
mechanics, heat, electricity.
2. Explain how physics applies to ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
phenomena in the world
around them.
3. Assess the role of science, ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
and in particular, physics, in
helping us to better
understand the complex,
technological society of which
we are a part.
4. Recognize how and when ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
physics methods and
principles can help address
problems in their major and
then apply those methods and
principles to solve problems.

Time Period Teaching – Learning Assessment

Learning Objectives (Week) Content / Topics Tools
Activities
At the end of this session, the student will be able Week 1 Orientation: EAC VMPILO Face-to-face classes
to: and SASTE ILO OBE Course
Requirement Orientation Proper
1. Present and discuss the overview of the
course syllabus, requirements, and grading
systems.
2. Establish policy and classroom rules including

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 attendance, exams and other activities.
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 2 Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. Appreciate the importance of measurement in I. Review: Scientific Notation,
Synchronous Class Quiz/Seatwork
Significant Figure, Rounding-
science. off Numbers
2. State the number of significant figures in a Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for
numerical quantity. Discussion Forum Group Activity
3. Recognize how to convert between general Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
and scientific notation.
4. Explain how to round off a number to a
specified number of significant digits.
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 3 Lecture Discussion
1. Identify what quantity is measured by the given II. Measurement Paper and pen for
Synchronous Class
unit. Quiz/Seatwork
2. Define and explain measurement and quantity. Post-Lecture Quiz
3. Name the seven quantities classified as basic Scoring Rubric for Group
Discussion Forum
or fundamental quantities. Activity
4. identify the units and symbols of the basic and Labster Simulations/Lab
derived quantities. Activity
5. Recognize the metric system as the system of
measurement that is best suited to scientific
purposes.
6. Identify the SI unit used for measuring the
different quantities.
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 4-5 III. Vector Quantities (by Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. Differentiate between scalar and vector Graphical Method) Quiz/Seatwork
IV. Vector Quantities (by Synchronous Class
quantities. Analytical Method)
2. Recognize quantities as either scalar or vector Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for Group
Discussion Forum Activity
quantities.
3. Identify the magnitude and the direction of a
Labster Simulations/Lab
vector.
Activity
4. Decompose vectors into components.
5. Solve problems about vectors.

Week 6 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
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 1. Explain the meaning of all the newly Week 7 V. Linear Motion Quiz/Seatwork
Synchronous Class
defined (emboldened) terms introduced in
this course. Post-Lecture Quiz
Scoring Rubric for Group
2. Discuss the various types of motion. Discussion Forum Activity
3. Distinguish between average and Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
instantaneous values of velocity and
acceleration.
4. Identify and analyze special cases of
rectilinear motion (uniform motion,
uniformly accelerated motion).
5. Solve simple problems involving uniform
motion and uniformly accelerated motion
by using appropriate equations.

At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 8 V. Free-Falling Body Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. To know the meaning of free fall and the Quiz/Seatwork
Synchronous Class
conditions under which it occurs
2. Understand free fall, and how it is impacted Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for
by gravity. Group Activity
Discussion Forum
3. To distinguish free falling object from other
kinds of motion. Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
4. Apply all the equation for motion of an object
in free fall.
5. To solve problems concerning free fall.
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 9 VI. Projectile Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. Define projectile motion. Quiz/Seatwork
Synchronous Class
2. Identify the types of projectile motion.
3. Differentiate the types of projectile motion. Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for
4. Investigate relationship between the Group Activity
Discussion Forum
projection angle, the height and the range of
the projectile. Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
5. Solve problems involving the types of
projectile motion.
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 10 VII. Newton’s Laws of Motion Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. Understand the significance of Newton's law Quiz/Seatwork
Synchronous Class
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 of inertia by identifying and refuting classic
Post-Lecture Quiz
misconceptions concerning the causes of Scoring Rubric for
motion. Discussion Forum Group Activity
2. Relate the presence of balanced or Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
unbalanced forces to the state of motion of an
object.
3. Relate the net force of an object to the
acceleration of the object.
4. Identify the forces acting upon an object if
given a physical description of the situation.
5. Distinguish between the concepts of mass and
weight.
6. Identify the proportional relationship between
acceleration, net force, and mass.
7. Interpret a physics word problem to retrieve
pertinent information and calculate the
acceleration of an object.

At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 11 VIII. Friction Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. Discuss the general characteristics of friction. Quiz/Seatwork
Synchronous Class
2. Describe the various types of friction.
3. Define the terms "static" and "kinetic" in the Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for
context of friction. Group Activity
Discussion Forum
4. Define the coefficient of static friction and use
it to relate the limiting value of the static friction Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
force and the associated normal force.
5. Calculate the magnitude of static and kinetic
friction.
Week 12 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 13 IX. Work, Energy & Power Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. define work and its equation. Quiz/Seatwork
Synchronous Class
2. explain how force, energy and work are
related. Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for
3. define and calculate Potential energy. Group Activity
Discussion Forum
4. define and calculate Kinetic energy.
5. define power and its equation. Labster Simulations/Lab Activity

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 6. calculate electrical power and cost of using
electricity.
7. name and describe different forms of
energy.
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 14 X. Impulse & Momentum Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. recognize that impulse and momentum are Quiz/Seatwork
Synchronous Class
vector quantities.
2. identify the mathematical quantities which Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for
effect the momentum. Group Activity
Discussion Forum
3. calculate momentum from mass and velocity.
4. relate impulses to collisions. Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
5. explain the Law of Conservation of Momentum
6. distinguish between elastic and inelastic
collisions.
7. apply the impulse-momentum theorem to
solve problems.
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 15 XI. Temperature and Thermal Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
Expansion
Synchronous Class Quiz/Seatwork
1. discuss temperature as a quantity and carry
out temperature conversions between Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for
different temperature scales. Group Activity
Discussion Forum
2. determine the coefficient of linear expansion
of solids. Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
3. explore and compare superficial expansion of
solids with linear expansion of solids.
4. compare cubical expansion with linear
expansions of solids, in relation with Its
applications.
5. explain thermal expansion of materials and
perform calculations using thermal expansion
formulae to solve problems.
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 16 XII. Heat Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. define the term specific heat capacity and Quiz/Seatwork
Synchronous Class
explain what it means.
2. explain the difference between heat and Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for
temperature. Group Activity
Discussion Forum
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 Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
3. identify heat as a form of energy and discuss
the various units for measuring heat including the
conversion between these units.
4. explain, discuss, and apply the concepts of
heat capacity, specific heat capacity, latent heat,
and specific latent heat capacities of various
substances.
5. calculate the amount of heat using the heat
equation, latent heat equations and combinations
of both changes in state and temperature of
substances.
At the end of this topic, the student will be able to: Week 17 XIII. Electricity Lecture Discussion Paper and pen for
1. understand the basic properties of electric Quiz/Seatwork
Synchronous Class
charge.
2. identify what causes two objects to attract or Post-Lecture Quiz Scoring Rubric for
repel one another. Group Activity
Discussion Forum
3. have a conceptual understanding of
Coulomb's law and the factors which affect Labster Simulations/Lab Activity
electrical force.
4. define electric field and recognize the
variables which affect the electric field intensity at
a given location.
5. describe the relationship between potential
difference and electrical potential energy.
6. explain how electric current flows in a circuit.
7. describe what happens to the current of a
circuit when either the voltage or resistance is
increased or decreased.
Week 18 FINAL EXAMINATION

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 4. Hecht E. (2018). College physics (Twelfth). McGraw Hill Education.
5. Nussbaum, R. et al. (2016). Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine, 8th ed. USA: Elsevier
6. Rodwell, V.W. et al. (2018). Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry 31st ed. USA: McGraw-Hill Education.

Computation of Grades
PRELIM GRADE MIDTERM GRADE FINAL GRADE
Prelim Exam 60% Midterm Exam 60% Final Exam 60%
Class Standing 40% Class Standing 40% Class Standing 40%
Total 100% Total 100% Total 100%
Laboratory Grade:
60%: Laboratory Class Standing (40% Average Grade in Labster Simulations + 40% Laboratory Quizzes + 20% Attendance) 40%: Laboratory Exam
BREAKDOWN OF CLASS STANDING
Preliminary Midterm Finals
1. Attendance 10% 1. Attendance 10% 1. Attendance 10%
2. Recitation/Board work 20% 2. Recitation/Board work 20% 2. Recitation/Board work 20%
3. Seatwork/Problem Exercises 20% 3. Seatwork/Problem Exercises 20% 3. Seatwork/Problem Exercises 20%
5. Quizzes 30% 5. Quizzes 30% 5. Quizzes 30%
6. Library Output/Group Work 20% 6. Library Output/Group Work 20% 6. Library Output/Group Work 20%
Performance Output Performance Output Performance Output
Total = 100% Total = 100% Total = 100%
FFG Computation
PG (Prelim Grade) + MG (Midterm Grade) + FG (Final Grade)

Prepared By: Recommended By: Noted By: Approved By:

PROF. JEFFREY M. VALDEZ, LPT, MAEd PROF. CONSOLACION L. LUCIANO ERLINDA B. GONZALEZ, R L, M LS DR. ELLEN S.N. SALAC
Faculty-in-Charge Dean Chief Librarian Vice-President for Academic Affairs

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