Bachelor of Arts in Economics Curricular Program (Prospectus)

Eastern Visayas State University

Tacloban City

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ECONOMICS

Curricular Program/Prospectus

The following courses (subjects) are required in order to be conferred with a college diploma in economics (a total of 170 units). On the first column is the course number and on the second column is the corresponding descriptive title of the course.

This is based on the Student Evaluation Sheet issued by the Registrar’s Office of Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) and on the Student Registration Form (2^nd Semester, A.Y. 2011-2012) of my brother who is taking up AB Economics. It is his last semester this academic year (hopefully) and he enrolled RES 423 (Thesis) and PRACTICUM (On-the-Job Training), both 6 units.

All courses are equivalent to 3 units each except for ACCTG 116, RES 423, and PRACTICUM which are equivalent to 6 units each course.

  Course Code         Descriptive Title of the Course

ACCTG 116	PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING
CHEM 114	GENERAL CHEMISTRY
ECON 113	PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
ECON 123	MICROECONOMICS
ECON 143	HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
ECON 213	MACROECONOMICS
ECON 223	LABOR ECONOMICS
ECON 313	ECONOMETRICS
ECON 323	REGIONAL ECONOMICS
ECON 333	ECONOMIC MODELS AND POLICIES
ECON 343	INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
ECON 363	MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
ECON 413	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
ECON 423	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CURRENT ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
ECON 433	MARKETING
ECON 443	BUSINESS ETHICS, MORAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
ENG 113	STUDY AND THINKING SKILLS
ENG 123	WRITING IN DISCIPLINE
ENG 223	SPEECH COMMUNICATION
FIL 113	SINING NG PAKIKIPAGTALASTASAN
FIL 123	PAGBASA AT PAGSULAT SA IBA'T IBANG DISIPLINA
FIL 213	RETORIKA
FIN 123	PRINCIPLES OF MONEY, CREDIT AND BANKING
HIST 113	PHILIPPINE HISTORY
HUM 113	LOGIC
HUM 233	INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES
HUM 423	GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT, PEACE EDUCATION AND ART APPRECIATION
IT 313	INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND WORD PROCESSING
IT 323	BASIC PROGRAMMING AND SPREADSHEET
LAW 423	ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS LAW
LIT 213	THE LITERATURE OF THE PHILIPPINES
LIT 223	LITERATURES OF THE WORLD
MATH 113	ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY
MATH 123	ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
MATH 223	APPLIED CALCULUS
MGT 223	ESSENTIALS OF MANAGEMENT
NSTP 1	NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 1
NSTP 2	NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2
PE 112	PHYSICAL FITNESS AND GYMNASTICS
PE 122	FOLK, FOREIGN, AND SOCIAL DANCING
PE 212	INDIVIDUAL, DUAL, AND TEAM SPORTS
PE 222	RECREATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING
PRACTICUM	ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
RES 323	ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
RES 423	THESIS
SCI 113	BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
SCI 123	PHYSICAL AND EARTH SCIENCE
SCI 223	GENERAL ECOLOGY
SOC SCI 213	GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
SOC SCI 243	PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION
SOC SCI 263	RIZAL'S LIFE, WORKS, AND WRITINGS
SOC SCI 283	SOCIETY AND CULTURE
STAT 213	ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
TAX 413	INCOME TAXATION
TAX 423	BUSINESS TAXATION

My Younger Brother and His Pursuit for College Education

Marvin at Robinsons Mall Tacloban

Sending my younger brother to college is not a joke. For three years now, I am the only one who shoulder the expenses - food and transportation allowance every week, monthly rent for his boarding house, every semester's tuition and miscellaneous fees. It is burdensome but I am happy helping Marvin, my younger brother, in attaining his desire to finish college. I don't murmur at all because I know that my parents and siblings don't have the financial resources. The advice and moral support they give to him are enough.

God knows my struggles with my younger brother. He graduated salutatorian in elementary but did not excel when he was in high school. I saw those line of 7 grades in his report cards. It was really disappointing. When he was still in high school, I thought of encouraging him to take UPCAT, the coveted University of the Philippines College Admission Test. If I was able to passed the exam, why can't he, I said. I always told him to make good of all his subjects from first year to fourth year but it turned out that he did not make it. He started to associate himself with his friends who were not studying at all. Even if he didn't tell me that he was smoking cigarettes, my siblings would tell me that Marvin was into that habit. I forbade him to smoke and drink. I have not seen him smoking not even once until now, perhaps he is afraid of me or he just respect me. Either of the two, and of course I prefer the latter. It's fine with me if he ocassionally drinks but my parents would tell me that he would come to the house drunk in the middle of the night and sometimes he's not even sleeping in our home. I couldn't talk to him personally because I am here in Metro Manila. He's a pain in my ass and my parents are sometimes pessimistic that he will changed his attitude. He would often argue with them.

I actually tried bringing him to church together with our youngest brother. I thought that might help. There were times that Marvin would attend church services on Sundays and youth gatherings. But unfortunately, none of his barkadas go to church so the effect was he really didn't make it serious until he did not attend the youth gatherings anymore.

I sent him to college at the age of 17. He wanted to become an engineer but unfortunately he did not pass the qualifying exam. I tried to talk to my friend who was a professor in the university where Marvin took the exam and I was hoping he could get a slot in computer science. No slot was available so he ended up taking Bachelor of Arts in Economics. I told him that he doesn't have any choice now but to pursue economics.

When he entered college, I didn't have any work at all. I was in UP Diliman pursuing my master's degree. Thanks to The David and Lucile Packard Foundation for providing me a scholarship. I was asking God how could I cope up here in Manila with a P5,000-peso monthly stipend from my scholarship grant. I have my own expenses and Marvin was already on his first year. That was 2006. Under the scholarship agreement, I was not allowed to work for one year. God is so gracious because He is really my Jehovah Jireh. Thanks to all my friends who were so generous and kind. May God bless them.

I started working in 2007 as a part-time tutor for Koreans. With P70 pesos per hour of work, I was able to survive. I applied for a teaching position in a computer college in Makati in 2008 and fortunately, my application was accepted. I handled social science subjects. I was happy because not only I was able to send money to Marvin for his expenses but I was able to send money too to my family in the province.

Now Marvin is on his third year and I am hoping that he would be able to show his college diploma to his family by 2011. I am always willing to help him reach his dreams. With all the things that had happened to me, I realize how deep my love to my family is. I am attached to my family. I am ready to do whatever I can to alleviate the poverty we face. I have faith in God, in my family, and in myself and that faith strengthens me every time I face disappointment and discouragement.