Correlational Study Between the Performance in General and Professional Courses of the College of Education Graduates

This study is a direct attempt to generate substantial information that would help all other education institutions in the region to streamline educational policies to improve the academic performance of their students. Moreover, this research aims to know the graduates’ performances in their general academic courses in terms of Mathematics of the Modern World, Purposive Communication, and Komunikasyon sa Wika at Kulturang Pilipino; to know also the graduates performances in their professional courses in  Assessment of Student Learning, Teaching Profession, Child Adolescence, Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across the Curriculum, Facilitating Learner-Centered Teaching, and Foundation of Special and Inclusive Education. The academic performances in academic and professional courses were correlated. The findings revealed that Graduate-respondents’ performances General Education subjects were found to be above what were expected which were considered very important because these were all prerequisites before taking the major subjects. This means that performing above expectations in General Education subjects indicates that the graduate respondents have a strong academic foundation in essential areas such as Mathematics, English, and Filipino. This foundation can provide a solid basis for their more specialized studies in their majors. Moreover, the performances of the graduate respondents in Professional Education subjects were also above expectations, which were attributed to their strong foundation in the Basic or General Education subjects. This means that the investment in building a strong foundation through General Education has positively impacted the graduate-respondents' performance in Professional Education, reinforcing the importance of a well-rounded education in preparing students for their future endeavors. Performances of the Graduate-respondents in General Education subjects such as Mathematics of the Modern World and Purposive Communication were significantly linked to their performances in Professional subjects such as Assessment of Student Learning, Child Adolescence, Building and Enhancing, Teaching Profession and Facilitating Learning.