Program Structure
The ACM Program is composed of a general education curriculum required by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) by virtue of CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 39 series of 2006 as reinforced by DLSU under its 2003 General Education Curriculum. Subjects are taught by faculty from the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science. There is also a set of business and professional courses taught by the faculty of the Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business (RVRCOB) and the School of Economics. This serves as the signature education of business students.
ACM students take basic and integrating business subjects offered by the Management and Organization Department as well as a unique set of major subjects. These unique subjects prepare students for their internship and thesis. The management internship component is taken across three alternate terms during the junior and senior years of an ACM student. Students enrolled in an internship are not allowed to enroll in any other academic course so that they can focus their 40-hour week on practical learning. There are also three subjects with respect to the thesis component.
ACM students take a total of 185 academic units and 10 non-academic units. The subjects and its prerequisites are summarized in a course checklist given to all freshmen. This checklist serves as the curriculum map that is binding between DLSU and each student. There can be no changes in the curriculum mid-stream. Should there be a necessity to make changes in the curriculum and its flow, this is made applicable only to incoming freshmen.
General Education Courses
All DLSU students take general education courses, not only to comply with CHED requirements but also to become a well-rounded Lasallian. Based on publicly disseminated information, the DLSU General Education Curriculum is described as a set of foundational, formative, and integrative courses intended to inculcate in students a critical appreciation of the diverse fields of human knowledge, their principles and science, and their arts and methods of inquiry. The General Education Curriculum provides the foundation for lifelong learning and challenges students to think critically and ethically. The ultimate goal is to produce in students a nationalistic and humanistic outlook and the development of a carefully reasoned adult faith in the Lasallian tradition that promotes human flourishing and inspires dedicated service to God and the Filipino nation, especially by helping the marginalized members of our society.
College Courses
As the premiere business school, the RVR-COB requires its students to take a set of subjects beyond the expectations of the Commission on Higher Education. This provides RVR-COB students an edge when they join the workforce. Students take 9 units of accounting, 12 units of advanced mathematics, 6 units of finance, 9 units of law, 6 units of application, and 6 units of marketing. As part of a basic business education at DLSU, students also take 9 units of economics and three units each of operations management and management science.
Department Courses
The Management and Organization department offers management courses that are taken by other students in the RVR-COB. Thus, many sections are opened each trimester. This allows ACM students to select their schedule and interact with other students. These subjects are Business Organization, Human Behavior in Organization, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance, Strategic Management, and International Business.
ACM Courses
There are very few courses unique and exclusive for ACM students. There are the two subjects in human resource management, Business Communication, and three 3-unit internships. There is also a Management Research class similar to other majors as well as a Thesis component, broken into two – the proposal and final thesis.
Electives
ACM students are to take five 3-unit courses as electives of the program. Students may take any elective offered by other departments within and outside the College, provided they meet the pre-requisites.