Tagum Doctor’s College COURSE SYLLABUS

VISION
Tagum Doctor’s College, Inc., a dynamic non-sectarian educational institution shall be one of the leading academic institutions in the city and its neighboring
province.
MISSION
Tagum Doctor’s College is committed to develop professionals who are competent, people-centered, God-fearing, ethically imbued, globally competitive, research-
oriented with respect to the various instructional differences of man-kind and to preservation of heritage.
GOALS
To achieve its Vision and Mission, the Tagum Doctor’s College, Inc. lays down the following goals:
1. Enhance student’s good moral character and personal discipline imbued with an abiding faith in God.
2. Provide basic, relevant, and quality education in attaining a full potential as a person and a professional
3. Promote social awareness, environmental concerns and a deep sense of nationalism.
4. View client as a holistic entity, a dynamic, interacting, irreducible whole.

COURSE INFORMATION
1. Course Code: PH2A
2. Course Title: Life, Works and Writings of Rizal
3. Credit: 3 units
4. Course Description:
This course aims to equip students with the ample knowledge about the works and life of Dr. Jose Rizal. The legacy as a writer, a man of wisdom, an
adventurer, a lover, and most of all a hero who use his wit through his pen to fight for the country’s sake. A study of the life, works and writings of Dr. Jose P.
Rizal teaches the students to relate to the socio-political situation of the Philippines during his time and its implication to our present time. It traces the hero’s
life, ideals, concept of education, good government, and nationalism as embodied in his writings, particularly the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
 GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. To be able to explain Rizal’s life, works, ideas and discuss how these have influenced the formation of Philippine nationhood.
2. To discuss, compare, evaluate, and analyze the achievements of Rizal and other heroes in relation to their importance to the life of the Filipino nation.
3. Learn and understand the life of Dr. Jose P. Rizal from his birth to his martyrdom.
4. Analyze the impact of Rizal’s life in relation to his contribution on the socio-political situation of the Philippines then and the present time.
5. Critically understand Rizal’s heroism and realize the significance of his ideas in the present time.

COURSE COVERAGE

TIME FRAME TOPICS TEACHING AND LEARNING STUDENTS ASSESSMENT

STRATEGIES
Week 1 Rizal- A biographical sketch  Lecture-Demonstration  Oral recitation
 Rizal’s Birth. Calamba: The cradle of a  Question and Answer  Group Quiz
genius.  Research
 Rizal family  Reporting
 The Children of Rizal
 The sisters of Rizal
 Rizal’s house
Week 2  Childhood memories in Calamba  Reporting  Oral recitation and written
 Early Schooling  Brain Storming quiz
 Best pupil at Binan  Question and answer
 Rizal’s mother
 A victim of injustice
 GomBurZa’s Matyrdom
 The parable of the Moth
 Literary talents
 School life in Ateneo and University of  Socialized Group Discussion  Oral Participation
Sto. Tomas  Role Playing  Written quiz
 Rizal’s first day in Ateneo  Poem Interpretation
 My first inspiration
 Rizal’s poem on Education Through
Education our motherland receives
light
 To the Filipino Youth
 Artistic skill in sculpture
 Education under Jesuits
 Rizal Started Medical Studies at Sto.
Tomas
 Rizal’s first love
Rizal Left for Spain
 Secret Departure
 To Singapore
 In Barcelona
 Rizal in Madrid
Week 3 Jose Rizal to Paris to Germany  Story Map Making  Oral Quiz
 Life in Berlin  Question and Answer  Group Written Quiz
 Noli Me Tangere  Small Group Discussion
Touring Europe with Dr. Viola
 Rizal home
 Back to Calamba
 Calamba’s Agrarian problem
 Rizal in Hongkong, in Japan and in
America
 Rizal’s interlude with O-SEI-SAN
 In San Francisco
 Rizal in Japan

Rizal in London, in Paris, in Brussels and

in Madrid
 Rizal in London
 Christmas in London
 Romance with Adelina
 Denied Justice for Rizal’s Family

Week 4 Rizal goes back to Hongkong

 Life in Hongkong
 Planned Colonization in Borneo
 Rizal decided to go back to Manila
Rizal deported to Dapitan
 Life in Dapitan
 Rizal as Physician
 Rizal as an Educator
 Rizal as a Writer
 Josephine Bracken in Dapitan
The Arrest and trial of Rizal
 Rizal and His defender
 Rizal Tried by a court Martial
The execution of a National Hero
 Rizal’s last letter
 Rizal’s execution “ Mi Ultimo Adios”
 Last hour to Matyrdom
 Week 5 Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo  Reporting  Written and Oral Quiz by
Rizal’s immortal Novels  Concept Map Making Pair
 Synopsis of El Filibusterismo and Noli  Oral Questioning
Me Tangere
The ideals of Rizal
 On Nationalism
 On Moral values
 On cooperation
 On Democracy

5. Textbook
Rizal Life, Works and Ideals by Francisco Zulueta
Jose Rizal: The Man and the Hero Chronicles, Legacies and Controversies Second Edition By: Ronnie Espergal Pasigui & Danilo Hipolito Cabalu
6. References:
http://fairkaye.hubpages.com/hub/Jose-Rizal-kangaroo-Trial-Preliminary-Investigation
Excerpts from notes during the International Congress on Rizal, December 4-8, 1961
7. Course Evaluation
The passing grade is 75% of the total scores from the following:
Quizzes- 40%
Periodical Exam- 35%
Class Standing- 25%
TOTAL 100%