Tomas del Rosario College

(TRC)
Capitol Drive, San Jose, Balanga City
Telefax No: (047) 791-6152; Tele No: (047) 791-6082

SYLLABUS IN HOME ECONOMICS

Second Semester, SY 2013 - 2014
Consultation Time: ________________
Venue: Education Department Office
I. Course Description:
This course focuses on the development of the responsible and worthy home and community membership that will lead the
strengthening of the family and community. The activities shall emphasize the development of the desirable work attitudes relevant
to everyday chores at home, school and community and the production of useful articles.
Activities are designed to provide learners with opportunities and experience to apply the basic knowledge concepts and
principles and relate them to their activities at home in different field at work.
II. General Objectives:
At the end of the course, students are expected to:
1. Promote ones health and that of family members. Through serving simple but nutritious meals.
2. Discuss and explain the food needs of the different groups of people.
3. Save money through proper selection, handling, cooking and serving of food.
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4. Plan menus for breakfast, lunch and supper using the basic three food groups as a guide.
5. Make preserve by salting, sugaring and pickling to prevent waste of food.
6. Explain how values and family goals are related to management.
7. Explain the different value of good management of resources, family income, time and energy.
8. Prepare a sample family budget based on ones family income.
9. Tie up proper home management with improved family finances.
10. Helped augment family income by engaging in food preservation, candle making, T-shirt printing, recycling, handicrafts, fancy
making and backyard gardening.
11. Relate knowledge and skills on the TRCs vision and mission.
III. Course Credit: 3 units
IV. Time Allotment: 54 hours (18 weeks)
V. Course Content:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Present todays
challenges to the
Filipino family.

LEARNING CONTENT
A. Todays Challenges:
1. Malnutrition
2. Moral Degeneration
3. Poverty & related problems
4. High Population Growth
5. Lack of Environmental

TIME

LEARNING

ALLOTMENT

ACTIVITY

Prelim

Reporting Games

LEARNING ASSESSMENT

Week 1 4

Sanitation
6. Breakdown of Peace and
Order
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Recitation and Quiz

7. Health Problems
2. Explain Home
Economics Education:
It scope, goals and role
to meet todays
challenges
3. Explain how values and
family goals are related
to management.

B. home Economics:
1. Definition
2. Scopes
3. Goals
4. Roles

Week 5 & 6

C. Value of Management and

Family

Value,

Resources,

Goals,

Finance

Budgeting.

Individual and

Oral evaluation

Group Activity

Recitation and Quiz

Brainstorming
Midterm

and

Reporting
Individual &

Week 1 & 2

Group Activity

Quiz and Presentation of different

individual & group Activity

4. Explain the different

value of good
management of
resources, family
income, time and
energy.
5. Prepare a sample family

1. Value of Good
Management
2. Values of the Family
3. Goals of the Family

budget based in ones

4. Family Resources

family income.

5. Family Finances

6. Tie up proper home

Week 3

Report
Discussion

Written Evaluation

6. Family Budget

management with
improved family
finances.
7. Define food and its

D. Food and Its Nutrients

Finals

Group Discussion

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Recitation and Quiz

importance as well as

1. Definition:

its nutrients and

a. Food

illnesses due to over or

b. Nutrients

lack of the different

- Energy Giving:

nutrients.

menus for breakfast,

- Body Regulating: Minerals

and Vitamins

lunch and supper.

2. Illness due to over or lack
9. Discuss how table

Role Playing

of different Nutrients.

manners make eating of

the meals easy, graceful

a. Malnutrition:

and pleasant.

- Malnourished

Recitation and Quiz

Quiz and Presentation of different
individual and group activity

Carbohydrates and Fats

- Body Building: Protein

8. Plan meals and make

Week 6

Brainstorming
Reporting
Individual and
Group Activity
Film Viewing
Cooking
T-shirt Printing
Recycling

- Over nourished
10. Give the importance of
preserving foods.
E. Factors to consider when
11. Preserve meat and fish
by salting, sugaring,

planning meals for the

family.

smoking and pickling.

F. Table Manners
12. Help augment family
income by engaging in
food preservation,

G. Importance and
processing of:

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candle making, T-shirt

printing, recycling,
handicrafts, fancy
making and backyard
gardening.
13. Relate knowledge and
skills on the TRCs

1. Preserving Foods
2. Candle Making
3. T-shirt Printing
4.Recylcing
5. Handicrafts
6. Fancy Making
7. Backyard Gardening

vision and mission.

VI. Course Requirement
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A rating of at least 75% in all quizzes, test and preliminary, midterm, and final examination.
Active participation in group discussion and other learning activities.
Assignments, projects, written, and oral reports.

VII. References Books and Reading Materials

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Lectures and Reading Materials in Seminar Workshop: Fish & Meat Processing TESDA & KINATAWAN FOUNDATION, 2007
Technology and Home Economics June B. Principle FNB Educational Inc. 1993
Technology and Home Economics Corazon Garcia FNB Educational Inc. 1993
Industrial Arts Home Economics Entrepreneurship Ramon G. Asuncion Jr., ABIVA Publishing House, Inc., 1997
Home Economics, Practical Arts and Livelihood Education for College, Eden Diaz, Amparo Lardizabal, Rex Bookstore, 1999
Home Economics and Livelihood Education In College Education, Rizalina A. Talao, St. Bernadette Publication, Inc., 1995

VIII. GRADING SYSTEM

Preliminary Grades

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Midterm Grades
Final Term Grades

= 2 (CS) + Long Test

3

Final Rating

= P.G. + M.T.G. + F.T.G.

3

Prepared by:

Recommending approval:

Approved:

MRS. NORMA C. VASQUEZ

MRS. LOURDES L. VALDECAAS

DR. MARINA B. SANTOS

Instructor

Department Chair

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College Dean