- UPLB College of Arts and Sciences
Infobox University
name = College of Arts and Sciences atUniversity of the Philippines, Los Baños
established = 1972
type =College
dean = Asuncion Raymundo
city = flagicon|Philippines Los Baños
state = Laguna
country =Philippines
website = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/casThe College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is one of the eleven degree-granting units of the
University of the Philippines, Los Baños . It offers most of the general education subjects required of UPLB students, as well as the highest number of degree programs in the University. ThePhilippines ' Commission on Higher Education has recognized CAS as a Center of Excellence inBiology ,Chemistry ,Information Technology andMathematics , as well as a Center of Development inPhysics andStatistics .Its dean, Asuncion Raymundo, is a National Scientist.
History
The Board of Regents of the
University of the Philippines at its 828th meeting on 21 December 1972 adopted Presidential Decree No. 58 issued on November 20, 1972 establishing the College of Science and Humanities. The Board appointed Edelwina C. Legaspi as the first dean of the new college, and a month later, Dolores A. Ramirez as secretary.The College's first seven departments were
Humanities ,Chemistry ,Mathematics ,Statistics andPhysics ,Botany ,Zoology ,Life Sciences andSocial Sciences .The college was renamed College of Arts and Sciences on October 28, 1977.
On 23 March 1983, CAS reorganized its science and mathematics departments into three institutes: Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics from the former Department of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Statistics and Statistical Laboratory and the Computer Science unit; Institute of Chemistry from the former Department of Chemistry and; Institute of Biological Sciences from the former Botany, Life Sciences and Zoology departments. Together with three similar institutes in
UP Diliman , they were designed to form part of a system of national centers of excellence in basic sciences.The Division of
Computer Science , because of the fast development in the field and rapid growth of student population, became an Institute in January 1996.ThePhysical Education Department was placed under the CAS and started offering a Diploma inPhysical Education . It was eventually renamed Department ofHuman Kinetics .The Division of Statistics was transformed into an Institute in January 1998. This move was aimed to accelerate efforts in supporting quality instruction and high level research and development.
Degree Programs
Bachelor's Degree
* BA Communication Arts
* BASociology
* BSApplied Mathematics
* BSApplied Physics
* BSBiology
"Majors:Cell Biology ,Ecology ,Genetics ,Microbiology ,Systematics ,Wildlife Biology andZoology "
* BSChemistry
* BSComputer Science
* BSMathematics
* BSMathematics andScience Teaching
* BSStatistics Master's Degree
* MS
Zoology
* MSWildlife (Joint program with College of Forestry and Natural Resources)
"Majors: Vertebrate Pests, Physiology, Parasitology, Limnology, Invertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Zoology and Wildlife Biology"
* MSBotany
"Majors: Economic Botany, Morphology/Anatomy, Systematics, Plant Physiology, Pollination Biology, Phycology and Plant Ecology"
* MSGenetics
* MSMicrobiology
* MSStatistics
* MSMathematics
* MASociology
* MSComputer Science
* MSInformation Technology
* MACommunication Arts and Master inCommunication Arts
* MSBiochemistry
* MSAgricultural Chemistry
* MSChemistry PhD (Regular or By Research)
* PhD
Genetics
* PhDBotany
"Majors: Morphology-Anatomy, Systematics, Plant Physiology, Pollination Biology, Phycology and Plant Ecology"
* PhDMicrobiology
* PhDStatistics
* PhDComputer Science
* PhDAgricultural Chemistry
* PhDBiochemistry
* PhDJenny References
* [http://www.uplb.edu.ph/cas/ College of Arts and Sciences website]
*University of the Philippines, Los Baños
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