About the Program

The Institute of Human Kinetics started offering the Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Physical Education, Health and Music (PEHM) in 2002 with thirteen students as the first batch. In 2009, IHK revised its offering in accordance with CHED CMO No. 23 series 2004 into the Bachelor in Secondary Education major in Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health (BSEd-MAPEH). With the k-12 implementation, new needs have arisen in performing arts, and more schools are offering the Special Program for the Arts (SPA). With the Grade 11 and 12 taking up Humanities and Social Studies and those who took Arts and Design track, the Institute of Human Kinetics offered the Bachelor of Culture and Arts Education (BCAEd) pursuant to CMO 82, series 2017.

The Bachelor of Culture and the Arts Education is a field of specialization engaged in clarifying the conceptual foundations of value-laden creative expressions such as visual arts, music, drama, and dance, in defining its relations to other disciplines of thought and action that address the fundamental question of what it means to creatively express the condition of being human in changing life-worlds, in analyzing the conditions and possibilities for crafting and asserting creative expressions of human being in diverse contexts of production, circulation, and consumption of creative expressions.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the this program can be employed as a:

• Teaching profession in K to 12 for Music and Arts
• Teaching profession in the special program for the Arts ( SPA)
• Teaching profession in the Arts and Design Track for Grades 11 and 12
• Teaching profession in the core subjects in Grades 11 and 12 related to Arts
• Culture and Arts Coordinator at all levels of the educational system.
• Positions relating to culture and arts such as tourism offices in the LGUs, museum and arts galleries, and creative industries.

Notable Alumni

The following Viscans who graduated in this program have made a name in their field:

• DR. JO-AAN CERNA-RAPADA - Class of 2002- Education Program Supervisor for MAPEH/Special Program for Sports/ Special Program for Arts of Baybay City Division, Baybay City, Leyte.  Outstanding Education Program Supervisor 2016, Winning Coach of the National Festival of Talents - Bayle sa Kalye 2014, Regional Awardee Best Application Project 2019, Palarong Pambansa (region 8 delegation) chairperson - Special Events Committee, Binaybayon Festival Core Group, and Project ESEC Leader (Enhancing Skills and Enriching the Culture).
• DR. CHARIS B. LIMBO - Class of 2005- Former principal of VSU Integrated High School and the Director of the Institute of Human Kinetics, Visayas State University, Visca, Baybay City, Leyte. Leyte Island Director of Philippine Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (PEKAF) and a certified L1 Sports Science Coach of the Philippine Sports Commission.

• MR. ROGELIO ARABIANA - Class of 2008 – MAPEH Department Head of Baybay National High School, Baybay City, Leyte. ADM (Alternative Delivery Mode) writer, Division Trainer, and Winning Coach for swimming.
• MR. WARREN B. MIRAFLOR - Class of 2003- Teacher III at Baybay National High School, Baybay City, Leyte. Coach of the Region VIII National Games for Soccer.
• MR. JULITO A. CAGAT - Class of 2005- Marketing Manager of Edmark International, Kampala, Uganda, Africa. Program Director of an International Convention in Ghana, Zambia, and Nigeria. Project Head of Leadership and Team Building Camp (LTBC) in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.