COLEGIO de KIDAPAWAN

Quezon Boulevard, Kidapawan City

CRIMINOLOGY DEPARTMENT

INSTITUTION MISSION:
1. Instill Love of God and People.
2. Produce Competent Graduates on Baccalaureate and Technical Programs.
3. Exercise leadership in the pursuit of peace and integral development for social transformation.
4. Understand and respect diversity of culture while promoting national patriotism.
5. Develop awareness and concern for Mother Earth.
PROGRAM MISSION:
To produce professionally competent and morally upright Graduates who can deliver effective service in Crime Prevention, Crime detection, Investigation
Law Enforcement, Custody and Rehabilitation of Law Offender.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES:
CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION
COURSE/ DEGREE OUTCOMES:
Bachelor of Science in Criminology
TITLE OF SUBJECT:
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
SUBJECT OUTCOMES:
This course involves the fundamentals in Traffic Management and Accident Investigation. The subject gives emphasis on the 3 Es in Traffic Management,
the Traffic Engineering, Traffic Education and Traffic Law Enforcement in addressing Traffic problems caused by the high urbanization of a particular place and
the growth of our economy. This subject also highlighting Traffic Accident Investigation as an integral part involving Traffic Accidents.

COURSE DESIGN:
Desired Learning
Outcomes (DLO)
Students must be
able to:

Learning Content/ Subject

Matter

Identify
Understand
Demonstrate
Describe
Illustrate
Familiarize
Determine

I. Introduction
- History of Traffic Control and
Traffic Management
- Brief History of Motorization
- Land Transportation Timeline
- Development of
Transportation in the
Philippines
Traffic Management
- Management measures
- Traffic
- Traffic restraints
- Solving traffic problems

Identify
Understand
Demonstrate
Describe
Illustrate
Familiarize
Determine

II. Traffic Engineering

- Work areas of Traffic
Engineering
- Objectives of Traffic
Engineering
- Traffic control devices
- Traffic signals
- Symbol signs
- Traffic markings
- Classification of traffic signs
- Standard application of traffic
sign
- Uniformity in design
- Uniformity of location
- Lateral placement and height
of traffic signs
- International traffic signs
- Drivers signals
- Traffic signals
- Pavement markings

Books and Other

References

Fundamentals of Traffic
Management and Accident
Investigation (Valdueza) p. 124

Fundamentals of Traffic
Management and Accident
Investigation (Valdueza) p.
33-61

Teaching
Delivery
1. Lecture/
Discussion
2. Research
Work
3. Illustration

1. Lecture/
Discussion
2. Research
Work
3. Illustration
4. Actual
Observation

Assessment
(achieve Learning)
1. Quiz
2. Recitation
3. Periodical
Examination
4. Group report

1. Quiz
2. Recitation
3. Periodical
Examination
4. Assignments

Resource
Materials
1. Actual
Demonstration
2. Media
Presentation
3. Movie
Clippings
4.White Board
Marker
5.Hand outs

Time
Table

Number
of
Hours

4 weeks

12 hours
Lecture

3 weeks

9 hours
Lecture

1. Actual
Demonstration
2. Media
Presentation
3. Movie
Clippings
4.White Board
Marker
5.Hand outs

Identify
Understand
Demonstrate
Describe
Illustrate
Familiarize
Determine

Classify
Define
Recognize
Understand
Familiarize
Explain
Demonstrate

III. Traffic Education

- Education
- Traffic safety education
- Human factor
- Attitude
- Education, advisory, and
campaign in informing the
public
- Traffic safety education for
children
- Drivers education
- Safety campaign
- Elementary, secondary and
higher education
- Biorhythm
- Legal system for traffic safety
(R.A. 4136)

IV. Traffic Law Enforcement

- Regulatory agencies and its
history
- Traffic laws, rules and
regulation
- Elements in the traffic
enforcement system
- Sources of traffic laws
- Legal background for directing
traffic
- Enforcement, quality and
quantity
- Functions and responsibilities
of traffic law enforcement
(agency and agents authority)
- Traffic control and traffic
violation
- Enforcement actions and
steps in police traffic control
- Officer-violator relationship

Fundamentals of Traffic
Management and Accident
Investigation (Valdueza) p.6987

1. Lecture/
Discussion
2. Research
Work
3. Illustration
4. Actual
Observation

1. Lecture/
Discussion
2. Research
Work
3. Illustration
4. Actual
Observation
Fundamentals of Traffic
Management and Accident
Investigation (Valdueza) p.
97-143

1. Quiz
2. Recitation
3. Periodical
Examination
4. Assignments

1. Quiz
2. Recitation
3. Periodical
Examination
4. Assignments

1. Actual
Demonstration
2. Media
Presentation
3. Movie
Clippings
4.White Board
Marker
5.Hand outs

3 weeks

9 hours
Lecture

3 weeks

9 hours
Lecture

1. Actual
Demonstration
2. Media
Presentation
3. Movie
Clippings
4.White Board
Marker
5.Hand outs

Identify
Understand
Demonstrate
Describe
Illustrate
Familiarize
Determine

Activities involved in the

attainment of the objectives of
traffic law enforcement
Police traffic enforcement
action
Traffic violation and
enforcement methods
Traffic patrol and its types
Pursuit driving and road
checks
Enforcement related to
accidents
Traffic direction and officers
directing traffic

V. Traffic Accident Investigation

-

Traffic accident and its

elements
Causes of traffic accident
Classification of traffic
accident
Accident prevention
Order of events in traffic
accidents
a. Key events
Accidents involving injured
Traffic and crowd
management at the accident
scene
Duty of police officer in time of
traffic accident
Terminologies in traffic
accident investigation
Importance and the reason of
accident investigation
Fires in traffic accidents
Theft prevention in connection
with traffic accident
Other types of motor accident

Fundamentals of Traffic
Management and Accident
Investigation (Valdueza) p.
153-193

1. Lecture/
Discussion
2. Research
Work
3. Illustration
4. Actual
Observation

1. Quiz
2. Recitation
3. Periodical
Examination
4. Assignments

1. Actual
Demonstration
2. Media
Presentation
3. Movie
Clippings
4.White Board
Marker
5.Hand outs

5 weeks

15 hours
Lecture

What to look on the road (at

the scene of accident)
Questioning in getting the
facts as part of investigation
Principles in getting
information
Collection, handling and
preservation of evidence
Hit and run accident
investigation
Traffic officer in court

Prepared by:
Jan Dominic Nava RCrim., CSP
Criminology Instructor