SIGNIFICANCE OF BINDTECH AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY COURSES: FACULTY-BASED DECISION-MAKING FOR BAT CURRICULUM REVISION

Author: Zaldy A. Fernandez

ABSTRACT

The study focused on the assessment of the level of significance of the automotive courses offered under the Bachelor of Industrial Technology (BIndTech) program major in Automotive Technology as perceived by the faculty members of the Bachelor in Automotive Technology (BAT) Department of the Mariano Marcos State University- College of Industrial Technology, Laoag Campus. The results served as basis of the administrators of the BAT Department in decision-making regarding the issue of aligning the BAT program to the BIndTech program major in Automotive Technology. Descriptive method of research was utilized in the course of this investigation using survey questionnaire as the primary data- gathering tools. Results showed that only four out of the sixteen automotive courses in the BIndTech program were recognized by the BAT Faculty as very significant. It implies that the department’s faculty members opposed the BAT to BIndTech totally alignment activity and preferred courses enhancement.

Keywords: administrator, decision-making, program revision, program alignment.

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