Achievers International College of Culinary Arts and Technology, Inc.

Zamboanga City
Information and Communications Technology PQF Level 5 (Diploma Program)
3 – year Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Leading to Bachelor of Science in Information
Technology

SYLLABUS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

COURSE NAME NAT SCI 111 – ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

COURSE CREDITS 3

COURSE DESCRIPTION The syllabus is meant to offer an opportunity for candidates that may not have prior
knowledge of science, to study a range of environmental issues from a scientific
perspective. Although other dimensions (such as social, cultural, economical and
political aspects) may be considered, the programme primarily seeks to provide
scientific knowledge and understanding enabling the candidate to review environmental
issues more objectively. This would enable them to assess the dimension of the issue
and to consider alternative strategies for its resolution. The programme seeks to provide
basic environmental literacy for candidates who would later pursue a wide variety of
careers but it is also meant to encourage and provide basic knowledge to others who
would opt for careers directly related to the environmental field.

To promote a more holistic framework of environmental issues, the approach adopted

must necessarily be interdisciplinary, involving inputs from various fields related to the
 issues being studied. While ensuring that the programmed provides a global
perspective, candidates should also be familiarized with the local and regional
dimensions of the environmental issues being studied.

CONTACT HOURS 3 hrs. lecture/week

PREREQUISITES None

COURSE OUTCOMES This course intends to:

A. Acquire and apply scientific knowledge about environmental issues so as to

understand the underlying scientific concepts;
B. Develop a deeper understanding of environmental issues by relating scientific
knowledge with other perspectives;
C. Acquire the necessary problem-solving skills that would enable them to examine
and propose alternatives to a variety of environmental problems;
D. Develop pro-environmental values and attitudes that foster environmental
responsibility; and
E. Critically evaluate their attitudes, behavior and values and consequently adopt a
more sustainable lifestyle.

REQUIRED Environmental Science for the AP

TEXTBOOKS/REFERENCES Revised Edition 2nd2015
By: Andrew Friedland and Rick A. Relyea
ASSESSMENT METHODS Basic requirements of Environmental Science that includes:
1. Presentation of the preliminaries.
2. Oral recitation for the specific questions ask during reporting of students
3. Assignments, quizzes and demonstrations
LEARNING PLAN/DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE:

A. PRELIM

WK HRS LEARNING OUTCOME TOPIC STRATETIGES/ ASSESSMENT OF

LEARNING OUTCOMES
ACTIVITIES

LO1:State of matter and Nature and Discussions Regular lectures

their dependence on Organization of Matter Researching and discussions
temperature  Matter Oral Recitation
 Atomic Nature of Quiz
3 9 Matter
 Formation of
Compounds
 Important Chemical
Processes

LO2: Differentiates forms of Energy and Energy Flow Discussion Quizzes

energy; potential, solar,  Forms of Energy Researching Oral Recitation
kinetic and heat.  Energy and Its Major
Transformation Examination
3 9  Electromagnetic
Spectrum
B. MIDTERM

LO3: Relate the study of The Lithosphere Reporting Quizzes

physical environment and  Introducing Earth Mapping of Oral
difference between rock  Earth’s Internal key ideas Questioning
Structure Major
3 9 and minerals.
 Rocks and Examination
Minerals
 Biogenic
Sedimentation
LO4: Relation of ocean The Hydrosphere Reporting Quizzes
stratification to  The Hydrologic Mapping of Oral
temperature variation Cycle key ideas Questioning
 The Oceans – their Major
3 9
composition and Examination
stratification

C. SEMI-FINALS

LO5:Discuss the awareness Factors Governing Reporting Quizzes

that, in nature, population Population Size Group activity Oral
sizes are generally In a state  Natality Questioning
 Mortality Major
6 18 of stable equilibrium
 Immigration Examination
 Emigration
 Recruitment
 Crude Birth and
Death Rates
 D. FINALS

LO6: Differentiate Ecosystems Reporting Quizzes

implications of the term  Definition of Group activity Oral
3 9 Ecosystems Questioning
“ecosystem”
 Transitional
Ecosystems

LO7: Basic overview of Dynamics of the Human Reporting Quizzes

changes throughout human Population Group activity Oral
3 9  Growth Patterns Questioning
history and prehistory
Major
Examination

CRITERIA PRELIM MIDTERM SEMI-FINAL FINAL

ATTENDANCE 10% 10% 10% 10%
QIUZ/ORAL PARTICIPATION 20% 20% 20% 20%
RESEARCH/LABORATORY/MAJOR 40% 40% 40% 40%
OUTPUTS
MAJOR EXAMINATION 30% 30% 30% 30%
TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100%

Prepared by: Approved by: Noted by:

PRINCESS NELLAINE S. YTING

Faculty Member Chairperson School President