Republic of the Philippines

Commission on Higher Education

DON HONORIO VENTURA STATE UNIVERSITY
LUBAO CAMPUS

FINAL EXAMINATION IN CONCEPTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Name: _________________________________ Date: _________

Course & Section: ______________
The final assessment will be an oral examination through a 10-min face-to-face conference.

Before exam
Thesis statements will be provided to students. The students must study the thesis statements before the
scheduled exam. The students must be ready to take on any thesis statement that will be randomly selected.
Teacher will decide the schedule of examination based on the availability of the teacher and students within a
certain week period.

During exam
The teacher has full discretion to pick the thesis statement for a student. The student will read first the thesis
statement, and then explain it in 4 minutes. There will be a 3-min Q&A which may include but not limited to
clarifying thesis statement explanation, relating the selected thesis statement with other given thesis
statements, and reflecting the concepts and skills that the student learned about the subject. Students will be
graded based on content (detail and relevance of explanation, strength of stated examples, evidences, and
arguments), delivery and clarity, and ability to answer questions. Having cheat sheets, notes, index cards,
hand-outs, and the like are not allowed.

After the exam

The teacher will give the grade of the student for oral examination. The grade will be from 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5,
3.0, or 5.0. Missed schedule will automatically incur 5.0 for the oral exam of the student. Please inform the
teacher if the student cannot make it to the schedule because of valid reasons so that arrangements can be
made. Note that the oral exam grade is only a component of the student final grade in the subject.

Thesis statements

1. The environment is composed of biotic and abiotic factors that exhibit complex processes and interactions.
In this regard, humans play an important role in the larger scale of life on Earth.

2. Increasing population poses advantages and disadvantages to economic development and environmental
sustainability. Make a stand on which must be aimed by the Philippines: increasing population, decreasing
population, or maintaining stable population.

3. Hunger is a combined problem of production, population, and policy. Hunger is also considered a cause for
environmental challenges on food quality and agriculture.

4. The causes of climate change are both natural and anthropogenic. How should we address the problem on
global climate change?

5. Safe water and sanitation is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. The causes and effects of water
pollution must be understood and addressed in order to achieve sustainable development.
Prepared by:

Mark Kevin P. Zita

Instructor I

Evaluated by:

MARIA CHRISTINA L. MEDINA, LPT, MALED

Academic Chairperson

Noted by:

ROWEL D. WAJE, RCE, MAED

Campus Director