Meycauayan National High School

Camalig, Meycauayan City, Bulacan

Course Agreement
Academic – HUMSS Specialized Subject
Second Semester, SY 2018 – 2019

Subject Title: “Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship” (CSC)

Subject Description:
This course focuses on the application of ideas and methods of the social sciences to
understand, investigate, and examine challenges of contemporary community life. It
focuses on community-action initiatives such as community engagement, solidarity, and
citizenship as guided by the core values of human rights, social justice, empowerment
and advocacy, gender equality, and participatory development. It aims at enhancing
students’ sense of shared identity and willingness to contribute to the pursuit of the
common good of the community. It enables students to integrate applied social sciences
into community-action initiatives.

Topics:
1. Concepts and Perspectives of Community (Importance, Definitions, Elements,
Typologies)
2. Community Action (Purposes and Initiatives)
3. Core Values and Principles of Community-action Initiatives
4. Methodologies and approaches of community actions and involvements across
disciplines
5. Community-action initiatives: Field practicum

Course requirements and grading system:

I. Written Works (WW) – 25%
II. Performance Task (PT) – 45%
III. Quarterly Assessment (QA) – 30%

 Assignment/ Seatwork
 Quizzes and Quarterly Exams
 Project/Portfolio/Journal
 Group work/ Report
 Field work/Observation
 Class Participation (Everyday and Graded)
 Notebook

Student’s Signature:__________________________________
Parent’s Signature: _________________________________
Subject Teacher’s Signature: _________________________