An undergraduate degree in political science must constantly keep abreast with changes in the disciplines content theory, and methodology and must also root itself in the constant changes in the national and global political landscape. To this end, while the undergraduate program must conform to the minimum requirements set forth, Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) that offer the program are given the latitude to include courses that are deemed necessary to allow the students a deeper exploration and understanding of the various fields in the discipline and equip them with the competencies necessary to assess and respond to a myriad of political concerns and problems that require policy, program or in general, political action. ARTICLE II

To equip the students with the necessary skills for political and policy analysis and enable them to craft the necessary interventions to bring forth desired political changes.

SEC. 5. Specific Professions/Careers/ Occupation or Trades that the Graduates of this Program May Go Into.-Graduates of the program could go into public and private sector work to engage in teaching, research, social development work, risk analysis, and grantsmanship.

SEC. 6. Program Majors.-Although the undergraduate program covers the discipline of Political Science, HEIs have to offer additional major courses from any or a combination of the fields of the discipline to include international relations, public administration, comparative government, political economy, theory and methodology, Philippine politics and government, and policy analysis.

COMPETENCY STANDARDS

SEC. 7. Students in the discipline must exhibit the following competencies at the end of the undergraduate program:

Understanding of the major concepts in the discipline

a thorough knowledge of political science, its various sub-disciplines major themes, and analytical techniques as well as basic analytical techniques from other relevant disciplines

a well developed ability to conduct their own scholarly inquiries using established quantitative and qualitative methods, guided by a theory-based or conceptual framework written visual and oral presentation skills to produce or present analytical reports

a substantive understanding of the historical and contemporary developments in the national and global setting

SEC. 8. Curriculum description.-The curriculum for the program includes a set of general education courses, a defined set of core courses that the students are required to take, major tracks that comprise subjects in specific fields of the discipline that the student may wish to focus on or be tracked under, and elective courses taken from other social science degree programs.

The general education courses essentially prepare the students to the study of political science, refining their knowledge of the humanities, developing their reading and language proficiency, and providing requisite quantitative competencies.

However, the courses listed under the General Education shall automatically be considered as revised once a new CMO on General Education is issued by CHED, without the need for additional action on the part of the concerned Technical Panel. The Office of Programs and Standards (OPS) will issue an amendment to this CMO

at such time to show the revised curriculum.

15.1 Qualifications. Full time faculty members must have the following qualifications:

Prior teaching experience at the tertiary level that may be waived for those who have a graduate degree

A degree (BA, MA, Ph.D.) in the discipline of political science or its fields

15.2 Percentage of Full-time faculty. There should be a minimum of five (5) full time faculty members, with at least two (2) having a Master's degree in the discipline of political science. The law degree (e.g., LI.B, J.D.) is not equivalent to an advanced degree in the discipline.

15.3 Teaching Load. For full-time faculty, the maximum teaching

load is fifteen (15) units per term excluding summer term.

For part-time faculty members, the maximum teaching load should not exceed nine (9) units per term.

SEC. 16. Library.-Every college/ institution/department offering the BA PS program shall have an adequately equipped library that will provide all the basic textbooks, as well as reference materials for research and other scholarly purposes, as well as resources for current trends. 16.1 Librarians. The following are the minimum staff requirements:

a. A college/institution/department library should have a full-time librarian who is a holder of Master in Library and Information Science degree with a valid PRC license.

b. There should be one full-time librarian for the first 500 students enrolled, and for an enrollment of 1,000, two (2) fulltime librarians shall be required.

c. Library assistant/s must be a holder/s of Bachelor of Library and Information Science degree.

16.2 Library holdings.

The library should subscribe to at least two (2) Philippine professional journals-Philippine Political Science Journal and the Philippine Journal of Public Administration. In addition, the library should subscribe to one national circulation newspaper with daily circulation, and two weekly political magazines (Economist, Times, Newsbreak, Philippine Free Press). As regards the book collection, there should be at least ten (10) titles each for the courses listed in the curriculum housed at the library, half of which should have been published in the last five years.