Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to a study the general sciences course curriculum of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. Seven items, the objective, the aspect of subject matter in the course, the studying instructing conditions and problems, the estimation and the advantages after studying natural science were considered in this case study.Twelve natural science lecturers and 84 students who passed the course in the first semester of 1992 academic year were sampling to answer questionnaires. And 77.40% of the questionnaires were returned. And 56 students who had been studying natural science in the second semester of 1992 academic year had also been sampling. And 100% of the questionnaires were returned. The instruments in this study was Likert-type questionnaire with 0.81 confident level. The data were analysed by SPSS/PC+ program and presented in the terms of percentage, mean, and standard deviation.The results revealed :1. There were many experience lectures who have lectured for years. Some of them produced research works or publication papers.2. The important objectives of natural science were to be useful for life, it made students think wisely and made them understand various points of social science problems.3. The aspect of subject matter in natural science should be general, widely usable in daily life and related to the environment and society.4. For the general condition in class, it was found that both the lecturers and students were rready to lecture or study natural science.5. The problems found were that many lecturers had difficulty with the sound system. While the using of over head projector in lecturing was a good way in class.6. For the evaluation after studying, it was found that the multiple-choice questions in examination-paper was suitable and related to the points of objective and subject-matter.7. The advantage from studying natural science was that it made students wise in general topics and it was usable in daily life.8. Most topics in natural science were useful.