- University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Arts and Sciences
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College of Arts and Sciences at University of the Philippines Los Baños 
Established 1972 Type State, Non-sectarian Dean Asuncion Raymundo Location Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines Website http://cas.uplb.edu.ph The 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. The Philippines' Commission on Higher Education has recognized CAS as a Center of Excellence in Biology, Chemistry, Information Technology and Mathematics, as well as a Center of Development in Physics and Statistics.
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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 and Physics, Botany, Zoology, Life Sciences and Social 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. The Physical Education Department was placed under the CAS and started offering a Diploma in Physical Education. It was eventually renamed Department of Human 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
- BA Philosophy
- BA Sociology
- BS Applied Mathematics
- BS Applied Physics
- BS Biology
Majors: Cell Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Microbiology, Plant Biology, Systematics, Wildlife Biology and Zoology - BS Chemistry
- BS Computer Science
- BS Mathematics
- BS Mathematics and Science Teaching
- BS Statistics
Master's Degree
- MS Zoology
- MS Wildlife (Joint program with College of Forestry and Natural Resources)
Majors: Vertebrate Pests, Physiology, Parasitology, Limnology, Invertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Zoology and Wildlife Biology - MS Botany
Majors: Economic Botany, Morphology/Anatomy, Systematics, Plant Physiology, Pollination Biology, Phycology and Plant Ecology - MS Genetics
- MS Microbiology
- MS Statistics
- MS Mathematics
- MA Sociology
- MS Computer Science
- MS Information Technology
- MA Communication Arts and Master in Communication Arts
- MS Biochemistry
- MS Agricultural Chemistry
- MS Chemistry
PhD (Regular or By Research)
- PhD Genetics
- PhD Botany
Majors: Morphology-Anatomy, Systematics, Plant Physiology, Pollination Biology, Phycology and Plant Ecology - PhD Microbiology
- PhD Statistics
- PhD Computer Science
- PhD Agricultural Chemistry
- PhD Biochemistry
References
University of the Philippines Los Baños 
Academics Agriculture • Arts and Sciences • Development Communication • Economics and Management • Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology • Environmental Science and Management • Forestry and Natural Resources • Graduate School • Human Ecology • Public Affairs • Rural High School • Veterinary MedicineCampus Boy Scouts of the Philippines Jamboree • Makiling Forest Reserve • Molawin River • National Arts Center • Philippine High School for the ArtsResearch ASEAN Center for Biodiversity • Institute of Plant Breeding • International Rice Research Institute • Limnological Research Station • National Crop Protection Center • National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology • Philippine Carabao Center • Philippine Rice Research Institute • Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in AgricultureLife University of the Philippines 
Units UP Baguio • UP Diliman • UP Los Baños • UP Manila • UP Mindanao • UP Open University • UP Visayas
Autonomous CollegeUP Cebu College
Satellite UnitsExtension Program in Pampanga (Diliman) • Extension Program in Olongapo (Diliman) • School of Health Sciences, Leyte (Manila) • School of Health Sciences, Aurora (Manila) • Tacloban College (Visayas) • School of Health Sciences, Koronadal City (Manila)
Basic Education UnitsIntegrated School (Diliman) • Rural High School (Los Baños) • Iloilo High School (Visayas) • Cebu High School (Cebu College)
Research NationalCrop Protection (NCPC) • Geological Sciences (NIGS) • Health (NIH) • Physics (NIP) • Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) • Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB)
International (Hosted)SEAMEO-INNOTECH • SEAMEO-SEARCA • SEAMEO-TROPMED • IRRI • ACB
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- Educational institutions established in 1972
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