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COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES Alumni Affairs unit

SuMMARY L!§T of EMPLOYED GAS GRADUATES

No.

Progrm

School Year #OfGraduutee Actual * ofGraduatesEmployed

% # of GraduatesNotEmployed

%

1. BS Psychology SY 2018-2019 31 14 17

Subptota' 31 14 45% 17 55%

2. BS Tourism Mgmt. SY 2019-2020 51 17 34

Sub-total 51 17 33% 34 e7,/e

3. AB Political Science SY 2014-2015 22 8 14

Sub.tota'I ^`153 74 48% 79 52%

Grand Tthal 235 105 45% 130 55%

Fkyure 1. Distribution of GAS alumni employed as to programs

` BS psychology i. BS Tourism Management <' BA Political science

Figure 1. Out of 235 graduates of the College of Arts & Sclences in various years across the programs, there are 105 alumni who are employed in various sectors from the academe.

BPO, local governments to the uniformed.

The College of Arts and Sciences is one of the core colleges of the lfugao State Universfty - Lamut campus. It is composed of three (3) individual Departments - the

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Department Of Psychology, Department of Tourism Management, and the Department of PoliticalScience.OvertheyearssincethefoundationOftheCollegeasaseparatecollegial entity, it has since then embarked on a series of comprehensive ourriculum transformations jn consonance to the CHED-mandated curricular revision requiring academic programs to conform to expectations Of CHED's qualifications framework, as well as the national acoreditation requirements. Such changes included introduction of new faculties and the introduction Of general education courses. However, the curriculum transformation process has been undertaken in the absence of any tracer study of the graduates at aH since 2011, hence this tracer study conducted in partnership and coordination with the lfugao State University Alumni Affairs Office.

The tracer study then primarily aimed to determine the employment.aspects and assesstheextentofthecontributoryfactorsofthedifferentdegreeprogramsoftheCollege that helped the graduates to be developed, as well as the extent of the course on the overall college life experience and the extent of life satisfaction of the graduates from 2013 to as recent as 2020.

As such, based on the results of the tracer study, out of 235 accounted graduates of the College of Arts & Sciences in various years across the programs, there are 105 alumni who are employed in various sectors from the academe, BPO, local governments to the uniformed government service, accounting for 45 % of the graduates.

For the Department of Psychology, the newest unit of the College, there have been 31 graduates thus far from 2018 onwards. Of the number of recent graduates, 14 former Psychology students are currently employed which makes the Department's employability rate at 45%. On the other hand, there are 17 graduates who are unemployed, accounting for 55% of the total number of graduates of the Department.

For the Department of Tourism Management, there were 51 students who were surveyed from the period of 2018-2020. Of this number,17 former Tourism Management students are now employed accounting for 33% of the total number of graduates, while there are 67% or 34 individuals who are still unemployed as of the moment. Given the wide employment to unemployment ratio, this is attributed to the relative volatility of the nature of tourism service industry, especially in the middle of the pandemic, with most tourism-related industries shut down for the moment. This is then attributed to the low employment rate of the Department.

For the Political Science department, there are 153 students who took part in the tracer study survey. Of this number, about 48% of the total number Of graduates from the School Year 2014-2015 to as recent as 2018-2019 are currently employed. On the other hand,

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there are 79 individuals or former students who are still unemployed accounting for 52% Of the total number of graduate-respondents. For the breakdown of every school year since 2014, eight (8) graduates out of the 22 fomer students surveyed are currently employed while there are still 14 individuals who are unemployed. For the following academic year (SY 2015-2016), the numbers are significantly in favor with those employed with 15 individuals while there are 12 unemployed individuals. For SY 2016-2017, there are 18 actual graduates employed while there are 21 unemployed graduates. For the School Year 2018-2019, the numbers are even with 12 students employed and 12 students unemployed.

This study is beneficial to the university administrators, faculty members, students, curriculum revision technical working group and stakeholders. Based on the gathered data, the university administrators can formulate and implement policies that can help.improve the course offerings. The faculty members can integrate the necessary and most appropriate teaching-learning conditions, experiences and requirements that can facilitate the development of more skilled. more educated and more sought-after graduates of these

programs. The students can also gain insights on what opportunities and threats await them, hence, become more eager to lean and develop more strategic approaches to employability. career development (Thijssen,Van Der Heijden, & Rocco, 2008; Rothwell &

Arnold, 2007).

CAS Alumni Affairs Coordinator

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