Quality of BS-Criminology program and Criminologist Licensure Examination (CLE) performance of graduates in University of Mindanao Bansalan College

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the significant relationship between the quality of BS-Criminology program and Criminologist Licensure Examination (CLE) performance of Criminology graduates in UM Bansalan College from 2013-2017. It specifically aimed to determine the level of the quality of BS-Criminology program in terms of opportunity to learn, meaningful content, faculty member/student participation and appropriate instruction using adapted survey questionnaires, and the level of CLE performance of the graduates. Mean, percentage and Spearman who were used as statistical tools. Data revealed that the overall level of the quality of the BS-Criminology program was very high. Its three indicators, meaningful content, faculty member/student participation, and appropriate instruction were very high while opportunity to learn was high. Further, the overall result for the CLE performance of the Criminology graduates (2013-2017) was low. However, results indicated that there was no significant relationship between the quality of the BS-Criminology program and the performance of Criminology graduates in the CLE.