Associate of Science in Instructional Design and Technology

The Associate of Science in Instructional Design and Technology (ASIDT)  is a pre-baccalaureate program, which aims to equip students with a broad foundation of knowledge and skills necessary for further study and/or immediate employment. The program is intended to enable the students to enter the world of education work in Instructional Design without compromising their opportunity for further higher studies at the baccalaureate level. The program emphasizes instructional design of learning experiences within organizational contexts. This allows the ASIDT graduate to join the workforce as entry-level instructional design assistants, training associates, members of a performance management team, and other similar occupations. The ASIDT Program can be “ladderized” towards baccalaureate programs such as the two existing programs in the UPOU – Bachelor of Education Studies (BES) and Bachelor of Multimedia Studies (BAMS).

Objectives

The program aims to:

• Exhibit knowledge and skills that are mainly theoretical and/or abstract with significant depth in some areas together with wide-ranging, specialized technical, creative, and conceptual skills
• Perform work activities demonstrating breadth, depth, and complexity in the planning and initiation of alternative approaches to skills and knowledge applications across a broad range of technical and/or management requirements, evaluation, and coordination
• Demonstrate personal and professional ethical responsibility and inclusive citizenship
• Demonstrate effective communication skills
• Integrate different knowledge domains to form multifaceted interpretations of social and living systems.
• Evaluate information in the context of digital or networked problem domains
• Generate creative and appropriate solutions through effective and respectful collaboration with diverse groups

In addition, graduates of the ASIDT  program should be able to:

• Apply knowledge of instructional theories and concepts when providing solutions to authentic and non-authentic instructional design problems
• Analyze the characteristics and appropriateness of use of the existing and emerging technologies in designing instructional environments and materials
• Integrate the contexts for learning and users’ needs in designing learning spaces and instructional materials
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders
• Create text and multimedia instructional materials based on learning experience design

Mode of Instruction

All courses are taught online following the principles of guided independent study and collaborative inquiry.

Admission Requirements

The following applicants can apply to the program:

1. High School or Sr. High School graduates who have never enrolled in college
2. Passers of the DepEd’s Alternative Learning System Accreditation and Equivalency (ALS A&E) Test for secondary level;
3. Passers of UPCAT with a minimum score of 2.800;
4. Transferees (with college units); and
5. Graduates of other undergraduate degrees.

Admission is through UgAT but passers of UPCAT, applicants who meet the transfer requirements, and degree holders may no longer be required to take the UgAT. To be admitted to the program, the applicant must:

1. have submitted the complete documentary requirements for admission before the application deadline;
2. have taken and passed the UgAT, if needed. Details about the exam will be emailed by the Admission section of the Office of the University  Registrar;
3. have completed the UPOU Distance Education (DE) Readiness Module. Link to the DERM will be emailed by the Admission; and have submitted an admission essay

Curriculum

The curriculum of ASIDT program consists of 72 units of academic courses, (8) units of PE and (6) units of NSTP:

• Required GE courses – 21 units
• Elective GE courses- 9 units
• Common courses – 12 units
• Mandated course – 3 units
• Concentration courses – 27 units
• PE courses – (8) units
• NSTP courses – (6) units