Statement of the Problem

This study aimed to determine the correlations between the Fourth Year Bachelor
of Science in Accountancy students assessment of their current degree program
curriculum in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and their corresponding academic
performance based on their respective general weighted averages from the first semester
of academic year 2012-2013 to the first semester of academic year 2015-2016.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions:

1. What is the assessment of Fourth Year Bachelor of Science in Accountancy

students on the current curriculum implemented in the College of
Accountancy and Finance?
2. What is the academic performance of Fourth Year Bachelor of Science in
Accountancy students based on their general weighted averages from
academic year 2012-2013 to the first semester of academic year 2015-2016?
3. Is there a significant relationship between the Fourth Year Bachelor of Science
in Accountancy students assessment of the existing degree program
curriculum and their academic performance?

Objective of the Study

This correlational study between the college program curriculum difficulty level
assessment and academic performance of Fourth Year Bachelor of Science in
Accountancy students aimed to:
1. Ascertain the assessment of Fourth Year Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
students on the current curriculum implemented in the College of Accountancy
and Finance at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila;
2. Identify the academic performance of Fourth Year Bachelor of Science in
Accountancy students through their general weighted averages from academic
year 2012-2013 to the first semester of academic year 2015-2016, and;
3. Determine significant relationship between the Fourth Year Bachelor of Science
in Accountancy students assessment of the existing degree program curriculum
and their academic performance.

Hypothesis

H0: =0 (The correlation between the Fourth Year Bachelor of Science in

Accountancy students assessment of the existing degree program curriculum in
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and their academic performance is zero.)

where = correlation in the population.

Significance of the Study

This study was conducted primarily in order to identify the correlations between
the assessment of current degree program curriculum in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng

Maynila by Fourth Year Bachelor of Science in Accountancy students and their academic
performance from academic year 2012-2013 to the first semester of academic year 20152016. These quantitative associations between the two aforementioned variables: 1.
student assessment of course load difficulty, and; 2. academic performance as measured
by general weighted average; can provide certain points of consideration that can be
valuable in outlining course loads and curriculum modifications which can benefit the
following groups in different ways:
1. Students Through the identified association between their assessment on
subject difficulty and their academic performance, they can establish ways in
order to get better grades for them to achieve their maximum potential;
2. Institutional officers and governing bodies The determined correlations
provide statistical data as to how students react on the existing college
program curriculum. These can be used in timely curriculum amendments as
mandated by higher regulatory boards; this way, they can hone proficient
students in acing the Certified Public Accountants board examination that
will increase their scholastic standing.
3. Future researchers This correlational study may be used as baseline or
reference for further studies regarding degree program assessments, academic
performance, or both variables.

Scope and Limitations

This study aimed to determine the correlations between the Fourth Year Bachelor
of Science in Accountancy students assessment of their current degree program
curriculum in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and their corresponding academic
performance from academic year 2012-2013 to the first semester of academic year 20152016. With its quantitative nature, it focused on the level of association between students
assessment of course load difficulty and their respective general weighted averages as a
measure of their academic performance. Hence, qualitative considerations like their ways
of coping with the existing curriculum, effects of course loads on students over-all wellbeing, and similar concerns regarding causal relationships are outside the bounds of this
study.

The respondents were Fourth Year Bachelor of Science in Accountancy students;

thus the course loads covered in this study ranged from the subjects they took in the first
semester of their freshman year in academic year 2012-2013 until the courses they are
enrolled in during the present academic year: 2015-2016.

However, since the second semester of the current academic year is not yet
closed, the correlation between their course load difficulty assessment and their academic
performance during this semester is not assimilated in this study.

Lastly, defined curricula of other colleges and universities are not incorporated in
the course of this research that was conducted in the second semester of academic year
2015-2016 in a span of four months.