Sociology 01.1     Principles of Sociology with Population, Family Planning, and HIV-AIDS Education (3 units)

Socio-Anthro 1    Sociological and Anthropological Foundations of Society with Population, Family Planning, and HIV-AIDS Education (3 units)

This introductory course in Sociology and Anthropology expounds basic sociological (and anthropological) concepts of group, culture, socialization, stratification, population, and family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention education. Social realities and issues are analyzed using sociological (and anthropological) theories like functionalism, conflict and interactionism. The Philippine socio-cultural setting is focused on, and compared to other representative societies in the globe.

Sociology 2.1       Special Fields of Sociology/The Philippine Social System (3 units)

This modular course of advanced studies in Sociology focuses on Social Institutions from which society derive beliefs and values as well as function and position. It also emphasizes possibilities of research.

Sociology 30.1     Gender and Development Women’s Concerns (3 units)

The course focuses on everyday relations, and changing economic, social and political conditions of men and women that bring to the fore gender disparities and inequalities. It stresses current issues emanating from unequal gender relations and other women concerns in the context of development.

Sociology 97.1     Community Development/Organizing (3 units)

This course introduces general concepts and development of community organizing.  It focuses on the following: CO framework and process, principles, functions and applications. It also gives the knowledge and skills in community organizing as an approach to community development.  

Sociology 6.1       Quantitative Methods in Social Research/Research Methods 1 (3 units)

The course familiarizes students with social research as a scientific process.  Thus, they should be able to conduct research particularly using quantitative methods. The course also covers research designs, measurement problems, sampling and sample selection procedures, and various techniques in data collection. Moreover, the course links theory and practical applications in the real world.

Sociology 36.1     Guided Research/Research Methods II  (3 units)

This course continues Socio 6.1. It familiarizes students with social research as a scientific process. With knowledge and skill, they should conduct a scientific investigation. The course also includes data collection methods and techniques, questionnaire construction, scaling procedure, data processing and analysis.

Sociology 8          Elementary Statistics (3 units)

This course provides an understanding of elementary statistical concepts and principles.  It covers the following:  frequency distribution, descriptive measures for ungrouped and grouped data, data interpretation, probability, counting techniques, random variables, binomial and normal probability distributions, sampling and sampling distribution, estimation and hypothesis testing.

Sociology 37.1    Social Statistics II/Intermediate Statistics (3 units)

The course emphasizes statistical inferences with sampling distribution as the entry point. It enlightens on statistical usage and application. It also focuses on estimation and estimation procedure, hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation, analysis of variance, and familiarization of different multivariate statistical tools. Moreover, it stresses the analysis and interpretation of statistics generated for bivariate and multivariate data analyses.

Sociology 15.1    Sociology of Development (3 units)

The course examines development from a sociological perspective. It enables students to understand human behavior and social relations within the context of development. It also covers theoretical perspectives on development, its historical context, the search for alternative development paths, and options other than development

Sociology 60.1    Sociological Theories II (3 units)

This course provides selective reading and discussion of classical and contemporary sociological theorists: Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Talcott parsons, Robert K. Merton, Ralf Dahrendorf, Charles H. Cooley, George H. Mead, Irving Goffman, George Homans, Peter Blau, Thorsten Veblen, and Alfred Shutz. The students are asked to explore primary and secondary source materials.

Sociology 29       Qualitative Methods in Social Research/Anthropological Research (3 units)

The course deals with different methods in collecting qualitative data, involving people’s thoughts, lives and relationships. It focuses on gathering qualitative information, which provides rich descriptions and well-rounded rationale for explaining underlying behavioral and environmental processes at work in local settings. This information also allows researchers to trace historical events, their causes and consequences, and provides insightful explanations for these.

Sociology 4          Contemporary Social Problems and Issues (3 units)

This course identifies problems in modern society, and explores their complexities, the ways these problems affect our lives, and the sociological theories of Structural-Functionalism, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionism to problems as a framework for understanding possible causes, purposes, and solutions. It also helps students learn to think critically and creatively about social problems, and be motivated to take individual action to improve the world.

Sociology 7.1       Urban Sociology/ Sociology of the City (3 units)

This course covers urbanism as a world phenomenon, emphasizing the significance of historical and ecological factors, the varieties of social organizations of activities, the problems and socially structured strains which are aspects of urban living, social and cultural change, planning and reform.

Sociology 9.1       Rural Sociology/Peasant Society (3 units)

This course deals with descriptions of rural areas, the study of social phenomena and their casual relations in the context of Philippine rural community.

Sociology 10.1     Sociology of the Family/Marriage and the Family (3 units)

This course intensively studies specific aspects of marriage and family. It highlights important contemporary changes in society and the family.  It also explores the choices available to family members, and the constraints limiting those choices.

Sociology 11.1     Industrial Sociology/Sociology of Work & Occupation (3 units)

The course examines work, its meaning and social importance in contemporary society. It covers theoretical frameworks on work as a social system, and work specialties, i.e., occupation and professions. It includes constituent structural components of work as well as the inherent systematic linkages. It also emphasizes the integration of sociological theories of work, and the procedures used in sociological analysis of work.

Sociology 12.1     Social Stratification/ Social Structure (3 units)

The course covers classical and modern explanations of social stratification, based on four basic principles, expounded by theorists of different theoretical paradigms.  It defines the basic concepts, trends and dimensions of stratification. It tackles the following key issues: the consequences of inequality for individuals and groups; the relative importance of economic, political and social forces in creating and sustaining inequality; social class and social mobility; the significance of education, occupation and gender; and the use of social networks and status attainment.  

Sociology 14.1     Introduction to Demographic Methods I
                             Principles of Population Analysis (3 units)

This course introduces basic concepts of demographic analysis. It covers sources of data (available for demographic research), population composition and change measures. It defines measures of mortality, fertility, and migration levels and patterns. It also reviews and critically analyzes population theories.

Sociology 16        History of Social Thought/ Sociological Theories I

The course traces, analyzes, and assesses the history of sociological theories, how ideas and thoughts of thinkers are connected, and how ideas are built upon one another to become one coherent thought in sociology. Specifically, it explores a major theorist, traces, examines, and analyzes the origin of intellectual works.

Sociology 20.1     Research Seminar/Field Practicum in Sociology (3 units)

Under close supervision of a mentor, the course provides practical experience in programs, and projects of institutions and organizations related to sociology.

Sociology 34        Sampling Statistics (3 units)

This course introduces sampling theory and methods, its application and practice. It includes fundamental notions of sampling, criteria for change of good sampling design; advantages, disadvantages, uses, steps in simple random, stratified random, systematic, cluster and PPS sampling.

Sociology 38        Advance Statistics (3 units)

The course covers advanced analysis of variance multiple linear regression factorial and other experimental designs, analysis of covariance, and (probably) special topics of factor analysis or path analysis.

Sociology 44.1     Community & Ecology/ Environmental Sociology (3 units)

The course tackles the development-environment impasse. Environmental sociology is a new sociological inquiry emphasizing the important relationship between society and environment.    

Sociology 48.1     Internal Migration (3 units)

The course familiarizes students with migration as a demographic process. It covers basic concepts and issues. It includes the following: model of migration analysis, migration measurements, migration patterns and trends, determinants and consequences of migration, and migration policies and issues.

Sociology 55        Sociology of Education (3 units)

This course relates concepts and theories of social science, the traditional culture and values of Filipino ethno-linguistic groups to the aims and objectives of the Philippine school system, noting the importance of the school in the Philippines.

Sociology 59        Sociology of Mass Communication (3 units)

The course focuses on specific technologies and media and their broader sociological processes in communicating ideas about class, gender and race.

Sociology 70        Political Sociology (3 units)

This course introduces comparative politics. It focuses on the attempts of countries, the Philippines included, to build modern nation-states and to establish modern political institutions.

Sociology 72        Medical Sociology (3 units)

This course explains why and how social structure influences the distribution of health and illness, and illustrates how the medical care system is organized and responds. It investigates social aspects of health and diseases, social behaviors of health care workers, people using their services, social functions of health organizations and institutions, social patterns of health services, relationships of health care delivery systems to other social systems, and health policies.

Sociology 80        Ethnic Relations (3 units)

This course provides understanding of various social relations between different races or ethnic groups. It examines international and national patterns of racial and ethnic relations, both in the past and the present.

Sociology 81.1     Deviance and Criminology/Crime and Delinquency (3 units)

The course examines the relationship between conformity and deviance. It discusses the mechanisms of social control, and the various theoretical explanations for deviance.

Sociology 86        Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning (3 units)

This course critically reviews various schemes of urban planning and provides insights into the development of urban sites. It investigates actual crafting, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of development plans.

Sociology 99        Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (3 units)

The course provides a general view of core concepts and issues as well as environmental and social consequences of change.  It focuses on culturally sensitive and socially sustainable interventions affecting communities in general, and vulnerable groups in particular.

Sociology 92.1    Data Management and Processing in Social Research (3 units)

The course deals with how data, once collected, are prepared for analysis.

So-An 5               General Anthropology (3 units)

The course introduces the broad discipline of anthropology, the study of man, woman, people and their culture. It familiarizes students with its different sub-disciplines: Physical/Biological, Archaeology, Linguistic, Socio-cultural, and Applied. It also introduces diverse cultures, each having a unique cultural system.

So-An 10             Medical Anthropology (3 units)

The course introduces medical anthropology, the study of human confrontation with disease and illness, and adaptive arrangement (medicines and medical systems) by human groups for dealing with these dangers.

So-An 11             Ecological Anthropology (3 units)

The course introduces culture and how human beings transform their environment (physical), and use it for survival. It delves into the human approach to human ecology, i.e., the rational or purposive manipulation of the social and natural environment.  

So-An 12            Introduction to Archaeology (3 units)

This course teaches the scientific methods in Field Archaeology from the discovery of archaeological sites, excavation of sites, analysis of excavated materials, to the cultural reconstruction of sites based on data collected.

So-An 13            Physical Anthropology (3 units)

The course introduces the major subfield of Anthropology, which studies humans as evolving organisms with a capacity for culture, and the how and why of physically distinct human populations.    

So-An 19            Cultural Anthropology (3 units)

The course on a major sub-field of anthropology emphasizes culture, the core concept of the discipline. It examines cultural institutions of human society and social life of man, i.e., the relationships of individuals to the other groups, using anthropological perspectives and approaches. It also orients students to diverse cultures, showing their similarities, differences or uniqueness.

So-An 24/124    Development Anthropology/Economic Anthropology (3 units)

The course has two concerns: a) contextualizing culture contact and the consequent processes of social and cultural change, and b) understanding the process of translating scientific knowledge in a value-neutral framework into specific action implications.

So-An 28            Socio-cultural Change (3 units)

The course introduces culture, how it changes through time due to internal factors (innovation, discovery, invention), external factors (diffusion, interventions), and their impact on the environment, social structure and system, and the culture of a particular society.  It emphasizes the processes of change and their consequences to society.   It familiarizes the student with different models and perspectives of development.

So-An 30            Anthropology of Religion (3 units)

The course introduces religion from the anthropological perspective. It traces the history of the study of religion, presents the salient features of and key concepts about religion, and outlines and reviews some anthropological theories concerning the origin and functions of religion.

So-An 51.1        Peoples and Cultures of the Philippines (3 units)

The course deals with various ethnic groups inhabiting the different regions of the country, emphasizing culture, which is central in anthropology. It also includes geography, prehistory, demography, socio-economic development as well as current issues and concerns affecting Filipinos.

So-An 74           Anthropology of Women (3 units)

The course introduces the relationship among sex, gender and culture in order to understand gender problems such as differences between men and women in their biological and physiological aspects, cognition and personality and social development. It also delves into theories of sex difference and sexuality including women roles and status from historical and cross-cultural perspectives.

So-An 76          Language and Culture (3 units)

The course introduces language from an anthropological perspective. It intends to give an overview of the main features of the area of language study, its scope and principles of inquiry, its basic concerns and key concepts, and the relationship between language and culture.

So-An 75.1       Field Practicum in Anthropology (3 units)

The course is the practical aspect of the discipline of Anthropology in which those trained in the field use their skills and knowledge to solve practical problems, in addition to research or teaching. It also provides effective action strategies useful in assisting communities.

ENG 014.1: INTRODUCTION to STUDY, THINKING, and LANGUAGE SKILLS IN ENGLISH    

This course provides the venue to learn and use critical grammatical structures and vocabulary in English through communicative activities, college study and thinking techniques.

ENG 16.1: STUDY, THINKING, and LANGUAGE SKILLS IN ENGLISH
Credit Unit: 3 units    

The course enhances study, thinking and communicative skills for academic studies. It prepares students to aptly respond to college-level challenges requiring reading and writing.

ENG 17: EFFECTIVE SPEECH COMMUNICATION
Credit Unit: 3 units    

The course aims to develop self-awareness and self-confidence in using English for oral communication. The components are as follows: 1) a review of vowel and consonant sounds in English, and 2) a study and application of principles and practices of public speaking.

ENG 27: WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINE, and BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE
Credit Unit: 3 units    

The course develops and enhances skills in writing a research paper and different forms of business communication. It also instructs students on the ethical principles related to research and business writing, particularly concerning plagiarism, and respect in business circles. Also, the students learn to engage in the research process meticulously, and follow the principles of business writing perseveringly.

ENG 34.1: THE LITERATURES OF THE WORLD
Credit Unit: 3 units    

The course introduces students to the different literary genres for them to develop appreciation for the literatures of the world.

ENG 34.2: WORLD CIVILIZATIONS AND LITERATURE
Credit Unit: 3 units

This three-unit course, intended for second year nursing students, is designed to introduce them to the development and growth of major civilizations in the world from the antiquity to the modern times through the critical reading of literary texts that emerged out of these civilizations.

ENG 41: HUMANITIES: ART, AESTHETICS and SOCIETY
Credit Unit    : 3 units    

The course aims to develop heightened critical thinking through awareness, appreciation, and preservation of art and culture.

ENG 28: ADVANCED GRAMMAR and COMPOSITION
Credit Unit : 3 units    

The course gives a comprehensive review of English grammar and usage, and is offered to those who need to strengthen their training in college-level composition writing. It thoroughly discusses four modes of written discourse: description, narration, exposition and persuasion, and with these modes, the syntactic and rhetoric lessons necessary for essay writing. It prepares for academic writing activities such as term paper writing and technical study.

ENG 47: SURVEY OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Credit Unit: 3 units    

The course surveys the development of Philippine literature in English. It initiates critical analysis on the works of important Filipino writers in English for each period of development from the earliest to the present time. It further looks into the characteristically Filipino elements in selected literary pieces.

Bachelor Of Arts In English Language

ENG 44: INTRODUCTION to LANGUAGE STUDY
Credit Unit: 3 units

The course introduces the different subfields in linguistics (the scientific study of language) – phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics – and the methods employed in each subfield.

ENG 42: INTRODUCTION to APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course introduces the basic concepts and principles of applied linguistics and their application to language teaching.

ENG 45: ARGUMENTATION
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course presents the principles, methods, and dynamics of argumentation as applied to public speaking, discussion and debate.

ENG 74: STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH
Credit Unit: 3 units

This introduces the structure of English language exemplified contextually through varied texts and registers.

ENG 77: CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course covers the dynamics of cross-cultural communication with focus on English as a global language.

ENG 61: LANGUAGE IN CULTURE
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course engages students to study various concepts and themes on the relation of language and culture with focus on the Filipino’s cultural behavior manifested in the use of language.

ENG 61.1: LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course is the study of language in its social context, with focus on Philippine society.

ENG 61.2: REGISTERS IN ENGLISH
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course describes various registers of the English Language expressed through written texts aimed at specific purposes and audiences.

ENG 33: CREATIVE WRITING
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course enables students to develop and enrich their writing skills with creative imagination to produce short stories, non-creative fiction, poems, and others.

ENG 36.1: COLLEGE ENGLISH TEACHING-TESTING
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course surveys the more recent approaches in language teaching based on prominent theories and practices in college English teaching and testing

ENG 55.1: WRITING FOR PRINT MEDIA
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course introduces students to the conventions in writing various components of print media. It also gives students the opportunity to write various newspaper articles for immediate class critiquing.

ENG 82.1: LANGUAGE RESEARCH
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course exposes students to the application of basic theories, principles, and methods in research writing on language topics.

ENG 90.2: PRACTICUM 1 - PRACTICE TEACHING, BASIC OFFICE COMMUNICATION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Credit Unit: 3 units    

This course for the senior English majors covers two major components.  Practice teaching requires students to perform actual classroom teaching while basic office communication skills development engages students with oral and written communications tasks on the job.

ENG 91.2: PRACTICUM 2 - CREATIVE/JOURNALISTIC/RESEARCH WRITING & PUBLICATIONS, PRACTICE TEACHING ENHANCEMENT
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course further develops senior students on two areas: writing and teaching.  The first component enables them to produce publishable write-ups while the second component enhances their teaching skills.

ENG 97:CALL CENTER ENGLISH
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course introduces the English varieties used in call centers (which require communication protocols).

ENG 98: STAGE PRODUCTION
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course exposes students to the dynamics and mechanics of stage production using an array of genres, such as plays and speeches.

ENG-VER1: CEBUANO LANGUAGE
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course introduces the formal study of the linguistic elements of the Cebuano language.

Bachelor Of Arts in Literature

ENG 81.1: LITERARY THEORY and CRITICISM
Credit Unit: 3 units    

Central to this course is the study of theories and methods of approaching literature from the early to the current time—with emphasis on the 21st century trends of understanding the ways texts make meaning. The course aims to provide students with the critical tools necessary to read literary texts.

ENGLISH 59: LITERARY HISTORY of the PHILIPPINES
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course studies the history of the Philippines as embodied in its literature, from ancient epics such as Darangen, to the latest plays, and to works which have won the Palanca and National Book Awards. The course aims to relate literature to the social and political history of the nation.

ENG 89: THE TRADITION OF POETRY
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course engages students to a critical reading of numerous poems written by poets of different countries, centuries, and genres—such as lyric, epic, narrative, and dramatic. The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to read poems in the context of the tradition of poetry.

ENG 89.1: THE TRADITION OF FICTION
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course engages students in a critical reading of numerous works of fiction by writers from different countries, centuries, and genres—including legend, epic, short story, novel, and screenplay. The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to read stories in the context of the tradition of fiction.

ENG 96: FIFTEENTH to SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WORLD LITERATURE
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course gives students an exposure to prominent world literature specifically written from the 15th to the 17th century, and from different countries, with the general intention of finding common concerns of humanity within this period.

ENG 28.1: ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING
Credit Unit: 3units

This course enables students to write essays using the different modes of exposition such as definition, process, comparison and contrast, classification and division, analogy, illustration and example, cause and effect, and case analysis.

ENG 7.1: LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course gives students the opportunity to survey representative literature written in English across all English-speaking countries.

ENG 55.1: WRITING FOR PRINT MEDIA
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course introduces students to the conventions in writing various components of print media. It also gives students the opportunity to write various newspaper articles for immediate class critiquing.

ENG 82: LITERARY RESEARCH
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course introduces students to the conventional and innovative ways of doing research in the field of literature.  The course aims to enable students write a thesis of about thirty pages on a literary text written from a particular region in the Philippines.

ENG 96.1: EIGHTEENTH to TWENTIETH CENTURY WORLD LITERATURE
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course surveys literature in various genres from prominent representative countries, produced within the 18th to the 20th century.

ENG 64.2: THE TEACHING AND TESTING OF LITERATURE
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course orients students to the approaches, methods and techniques in teaching and testing literature in college. The course gives students the opportunity to demonstrate teaching poems, shorts stories, and other literary genres, and construct assessments that test learners of literature.

ENG 96.2: ECOCRITICAL APPROACH TO PHILIPPINE LITERATURE in ENGLISH  
Credit Unit: 3 units

Using an eco-critical approach, this course maps Philippine literature in English. It looks into the representations of nature and other environmental aspects of literary texts, and examines the relationship between literature and physical environment.

ENG 96.3: POSTMODERN LITERATURE
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course enables the students to be familiar with postmodern literary texts, authors, and styles.     

ENG-VER 1: CEBUANO LANGUAGE
Credit Unit : 3 units

This course introduces students to a formal study of the linguistic elements of the Cebuano language.

ENG-VER 2: MARANAO LANGUAGE
Credit Unit: 3 units

This course is designed for students to formally study the linguistic elements of Maranao language.
ELECTIVES

ENG 59.1: THE LITERATURE OF PROTEST in the PHILIPPINES

The element of protest is the centerpiece in this study of selected literary texts written by Filipinos during the periods of foreign colonization and dictatorial rule in the Philippines.

ENG 96.8: CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

This course exposes students to the principles and best practices in teaching literature, as well as giving them the guidelines in choosing quality literature for children (who are still forming their core values).

ENG 96.4: MINDANAO FOLK LITERATURE

This course exposes students to folk literary texts, written and oral, produced in and about Mindanao.

ENG 96.5: POSTMODERN CRITICISM

The course introduces students to the postmodern theories and approaches in analyzing literary texts produced from the late 20th century to the present.

ENGLISH 7.2: THE LITERATURES OF BRITAIN

This course is a survey of major works across all genres produced by writers from the British Isles, comprising of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.

ENG 96.6: WOMEN’S LITERATURE

This course studies the body of literature produced by women writers exhibiting distinct patterns of style, themes, and concerns.

ENG 96.7: THE LITERATURES of LATIN AMERICA

Set in South America and written by Latin Americans, the literary texts, representative of different literary-historical periods, constitute the works covered by this course.

Psyc 1/23: General Psychology (3 units)
The course introduces psychological concepts, particularly those applicable to the person and his social environment.  It is a ladderized-modular course, starting with the bio-psychological aspect of human behaviour, and ending with a wider socio-cultural understanding. It includes activities geared towards achieving specific competencies as specified in the course objectives.

Psyc 41.1: Psychological Statistics (5 units)
The course exposes students to the significance of statistics in psychological research and assessment. They are trained in how to identify tools useful for a specific problem, and process and interpret quantitative data. The course ends with the students’ research presentation to a panel of experts.  

Psyc 32: Developmental Psychology (3 units)
The course studies human development in the aspects of physical, social, cognitive, emotional, and moral development. It tackles major developmental theories, emphasizing the system perspective and the interactive dimensions of human development, particularly in the Filipino setting.

Psyc 33:  Personality Psychology (3 units)

The course introduces students to major theories of personality, and enable them to understand and explain the key concepts of each theory, and appreciate their applications. More importantly, the course help students appreciate the concepts in action through in-class exercises and projects for promoting greater self-awareness, and personal well-being.  

Psyc 34: Social Psychology (3 units)

This course studies human behavior in its social context to reveal how one's feelings and actions can be influenced by others. It examines processes of human interaction and the social influences of family, membership groups, mass media, and socioeconomic class on individuals and groups. It also explores basic concepts, theoretical and research perspectives on social processes. Moreover, it examines elected forms of social reaction patterns, including socialization, collective behavior, deviant behavior, prejudice, and violence.

Psyc 36: Abnormal Psychology (3 units)

This course helps students appreciate the complexity of thoughts, feelings and behavior through an examination of what can happen when these processes become dysfunctional. It covers historical theories as well as new research and findings. At the end, students should be sensitive to issues pertaining to mental health and psychological dysfunctions, and knowledgeable about mental illness and its impact on individuals and society.

Psyc 42.2 Psychological Assessment II (5 units)

This lecture and laboratory course provides practical knowledge of different assessment tools including standardized tests, observations, interviews and other authentic measures in assessing a person’s intelligence, personality, aptitude and achievement. It covers reliability, validity and items analysis. It also integrates Ethical standards for Psychological Assessment for Philippine Psychologists.

Psyc 44.1: Psychological Assessment II (3 units)

Measurement is essential in Psychology since the discipline quantifies important psychological constructs like intelligence, personality, and emotion among others. Thus, this course introduces important concepts in psychological testing. It provides solid understanding on how psychological constructs are developed touching on different theoretical and methodological approaches. It also explores psychometric principles like validity and reliability, item analysis, and test construction.

Psyc 46: Experimental Psychology (5 units)
This course teaches laboratory research in psychology. It also provides background in hypothesis testing of novel problems regarding human behavior. It deals not only with generating hypotheses but also measuring psychological constructs, recruiting participants randomly for an experiment, and gathering the data for a generated hypothesis. It also enables student’s communication of ideas through experimentation and statistics.  

Psyc 49 Industrial Psychology (3 units)
This course deals with principles and techniques by which psychological theories and methods are applied in the work setting. It involves the application of organized knowledge about human behavior to improve individual and organizational effectiveness in response to changing work environments.

Psyc 50: Psychology of Learning (3 units)
This introduces the branch of psychology that deals with how people and animals learn, and how their behaviors are later changed as a result of learning.

Psyc 51: Educational Psychology (3 units)

The course entails the application of psychology to teaching and learning. It give an overview of the psychological theories and principles of human growth and development, learning and teaching, managing and controlling behavior, and assessment—ideas enhancing the procedure of effective teaching and learning.

Psyc 62 Clinical Psychology (3 units)

This course covers the role of clinical psychology in the mental health profession. It gives an overview of different theoretical counseling and clinical models in understanding abnormal and maladaptive behaviors. It also explores different techniques or tools in assessment and diagnosis. It culminate with a case conceptualization integrating knowledge in assessment, diagnosis, and possible intervention.

Psyc 74: Cognitive Psychology (3 units)

This course introduces psychology as a science of mental processes. Psychology views the mind as an information processing system. Thus, the course explores different mental processes like perception, memory, judgment, thinking, and decision making. It introduces major theoretical perspectives, researches, and findings to understand different mental processes and functions.

Psyc 38: Group Dynamics (3 units)

The course reviews the history of the study of groups in relation to people, and the theoretical perspectives meant to understand the human condition.  The study of group dynamics and skills is necessary to become effective group participants. Thus, the course focuses on cohesion, group formation, influence, productivity, power, leadership, collective behavior, conflict management, and group change.

Psyc 48: Physiological Psychology (3 units)

Despite that behaviors are rarely explained through biological bases, psychology is not only a social science but also a natural science. Thus, the course provides the understanding of biological bases for human behavior.

Psyc 53: Research in Psychology I (3 units)

This introduces the objective science of psychology. An introductory course in thesis writing, the subject gives an overview of research methodologies for gathering scientific information. It emphasizes the necessity of learning and honing skills for applying psychology to real-world settings. It culminates with writing and defending a good thesis proposal.

Psyc 54: Research in Psychology II (3 units)

This course continues Psych 53.  It includes consultations with the thesis supervisor, and the implementation of a study approved by a panel of experts. It culminates with defending an undergraduate thesis, and revising for publication. It also develops appreciation of research through public dissemination of the results of the studies.

Psyc 61: Practicum

This course gives students opportunities to practice and apply theoretical and conceptual knowledge learned in psychology. More importantly, they practice different skills at different agencies in the community.

Psyc 63: Sikolohiyang Pilipino [Filipino Psychology] (3 units)

This introduces students to Psychology from the perspective and experience of the Filipino people. It also tackles different Filipino values that define the Filipino personality. The approaches and methods in Filipino psychology are differentiated from that of western psychology. The course also covers Filipino values like hiya, bahala na and pakikisama.

Psyc 71: Current Issues in Psychology (3 units)

The course tackles current issues and research in a particular area of psychology such as cultural psychology, environmental psychology, forensic psychology, gender issues, peace psychology, political psychology, positive psychology, psycho-spirituality, psychology of labor relations, psychology of leadership, psychology of poverty, etc. It may focus on one or a number of current issues for the term.

ELECTIVES

Psyc 67: Child Psychology

This course studies human growth and development from conception to middle childhood. It deals with physical, social, emotional and cognitive aspects of development in the first four stages of life. It also discusses the major theories for understanding human development to enable a good grasp of the aspects and contexts contributing to child development.

Psyc 81: Psychology Guided Review

This refresher course reinforces and strengthens students' learning in core courses. This evaluates students' theoretical and conceptual knowledge through assessment. Learning is facilitated by looking at strengths and weaknesses, and the latter is compensated by inputs.

BIOLOGY 4.1        General Invertebrate Zoology (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

This study embraces the biological aspects of the invertebrates: embryology, physiology, morphology, ecology, behavior and taxonomic classification. Similarities and differences among different groups of invertebrates are emphasized as well as their phylogenetic relationships.

BIOLOGY 4L        General Invertebrate Zoology (2 units lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

Laboratory activities involve the actual study of the different representatives of the different groups of invertebrates. The students are exposed to different preserved specimens; thus, they observe and study invertebrates in their natural habitat and environment through field trips.

BIOLOGY 6.1       General Ecology and Field Biology (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Math 38; Chem 3

The course introduces the following concepts: ecosystem, biogeochemical cycles, productivity and trophic levels, limiting factors, the species and the niche, species interactions, speciation and natural selection, population and community ecology, and ecological succession. Patterns of distribution, abundance of organisms in the biospheres, and their impact on humans are also discussed.

BIOLOGY 6L        General Ecology and Field Biology (1 unit lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Math 38; Chem 3

The laboratory course reinforces the concepts covered in the lecture course. This involves practicing quantitative skills through the application of ecological models, statistical data analysis, and interpretation of ecological experiments. The laboratory activities also introduce the students to various ecological techniques of data gathering and analyses. An actual application of the different techniques in sampling is done through field trips.  

BIOLOGY 7.1       Marine Ecology (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Math 38; Chem 3

Marine ecology is an integrative science that studies the basic structural and functional relationships among living populations and their physical and chemical environments in marine ecosystems. The course introduces aspects of oceanography, and sea water properties—concepts needed for understanding how marine creatures survive and reproduce. It also discusses the fundamental ecological principles governing the organization and perpetuation of marine life throughout the world including the basic understanding of biological processes in the oceans. The impact of anthropogenic activities on coastal and oceanic systems, and the potential strategies that allow humans to use marine resources in a sustainable manner will also be discussed.

BIOLOGY 7L        Marine Ecology (2 units lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Math 38; Chem 3

The laboratory course trains students how to conduct marine ecological research.  It gives students hands-on experience in the process of science: designing experiments, collecting data, analyzing results in a rigorous statistical framework, and communication through effective writing.  Moreover, students will learn how to analyze patterns of distribution and abundance, which is central to ecology.  The course includes laboratory and field exercises.   Field activities let the students apply different sampling methods and techniques. The course also requires a research proposal.

BIOLOGY 10.1     Parasitology (2 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

Parasitology introduces the principles and concepts of parasitism, morphology, biology, physiology, treatment, control, and ecology of major zooparasites of humans and domestic animals. It would also include the description of representative parasitic species with their respective developmental stages and life cycle.

BIOLOGY 10L       Parasitology (1 unit lab)
Prerequisite: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

This laboratory course provides hands-on exercises on the examination of major parasites in humans and domestic animals (described in the lecture). The students also perform autopsies of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts to collect parasites, and process them to facilitate taxonomic identification.

BIOLOGY 11.1      Animal Histology (3 units lec)
Prerequisites:   Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

Animal histology is a microscopic anatomy focusing on the biology of cells, tissues and organs of animal bodies. This course is a comprehensive survey of the microscopic structure, and the organization of cells and their products, tissues, and organs. The sessions deal with descriptions, theoretical considerations, and explanations of the basic concepts on how structure and function are integrated in molecules, cells, tissues, and organs within organisms. Considerable emphasis is placed on medically important aspects of tissues, and their clinical implications for the human body.

BIOLOGY 11L       Animal Histology (2 units lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

This laboratory course is a comprehensive survey of the microscopic structure and organization of cell types and their products, tissues, and organs. The activities involve direct and detailed examinations of prepared human cells, tissues, and organs using a compound microscope. At the end of the course, students should be able to proficiently describe, identify, and interpret prepared tissue sections, and associate the organization of cells and tissues within organs in relation to the structure of the entire body. It provides an initial background for students proceeding to medical and health sciences that consider the ever-complex internal workings of an animal body.

BIOLOGY 012      Human Physiology (non-lab course for Psychology students) (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Chem 1

This course introduces the basic mechanics of human body functions. It covers topics on most human organ systems, their regulations and interactions, with special attention to mechanisms that establish homeostasis in the body.

BIOLOGY 12.1      General Animal Physiology (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Chem 5; Phys 1.1; Phys 1L        

General Animal Physiology is the study of how the various animal organs and organ systems work together to maintain the body's internal conditions. The course focuses on the physiological principles and processes based mostly on the functions of the human body. A comparative approach is also integrated in the course, thus looking at various animals.

BIOLOGY 12L       General Animal Physiology (1 unit lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Chem 5; Phys 1.1; Phys 1L

The laboratory course deals with the study of the functions of various organs and organ systems comprising an animal organism at a laboratory setting. Laboratory activities enable the students to discover basic functions and processes in the animal body from the cellular to the organ system level.  It also investigates general physiological principles; thus, students identify physiological variations, and understand how the variations impact the performance of the animal body. Students will be able to see connections among physiological principles, and thus integrate and apply these principles.

BIOLOGY 13.1     Phycology (2 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

This course introduces the study of algae including their morphology, taxonomy, physiology, ecology and economic importance. It also includes discussions of different theories concerning the systems, the evolutionary significance, and the technological application of algae.

BIOLOGY 13L       Phycology (2 units lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

The students are trained to recognize the different groups of algae based on their external features. Activities include collection, preservation and examination of microscopic and macroscopic forms of the algae. The students, in field trips, observe algae in their natural habitats.

BIOLOGY 14.1      Marine Planktonology (2 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 4.1; Bio 4L

The course deals with the study of marine plankton: morphology, taxonomy, ecology and distribution—with emphasis on the environmental impacts of these organisms. Collection and quantitative analysis of the plankton are also discussed.

BIOLOGY 14L      Marine Planktonology (2 units lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 4.1; Bio 4L

Laboratory activities include field work for the collection of plankton samples. Students are also taught how to use different plankton samplers and sampling methods. Laboratory exercises are focused on qualitative and quantitative analyses of plankton samples.

BIOLOGY 15.1     Ichthyology (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

This fundamental course focuses on a major aspect of marine biology. It deals with the basic study of fishes including morphological, physiological and taxonomical concepts. Emphasis is placed on concepts of fish stock and its conservation.

BIOLOGY 15L       Ichthyology (2 units lab)
Prerequisite: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

The laboratory course gives students hands-on experiences of concepts, theories, and principles presented by the lecture course. Laboratory activities allow students to study actual fishes, their morphological characteristics and taxonomy. Field work also allow them to study fishes in their natural habitat.

BIOLOGY 16.1     General Biology (3 units lec)

This general course focuses on the basic principles concerning life and living things in general, with emphasis on molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and organism levels, and relates these concepts to the human body. It also enhances students’ basic knowledge and appreciation of how science works—an element of good citizenship in an era when informed evaluations of health issues, environmental problems, and applications of new technology are critical.

BIOLOGY 16L      General Biology (2 units lab)

This laboratory course introduces students to observing the structure and morphology of cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. Activities on investigations of physiological processes such as photosynthesis, cell respiration, and digestion are also performed. This course also trains students to make scientific reports.

BIOLOGY 17.1      Cell and Molecular Biology (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Chem 5

This course focuses on the chemical and molecular basis of life: the ultra-structural organization of cells and their functions, cell physiology, cell cycle, the cytoskeleton, signal transduction, gene and gene expression, and immune response.   Related topics (cancer and methods in cell and molecular biology) are also discussed.

BIOLOGY 17L       Cell and Molecular Biology (1 unit lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Chem 5

The course covers fundamental aspects of cell biology explored through experimentation in modern laboratory settings. The exercises demonstrate the principles of cell and molecular biology, and the biochemistry of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. It also includes the application of laboratory methods and techniques in cell and molecular biology.

BIOLOGY 18.1      Introduction to Coastal Resource Management (2 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 6.1 and Bio 6L (for Bio); Bio 7.1 and Bio 7L (for Marine Bio)

The course presents lectures on the key tenets of CRM. The key tenets are supported by case studies and actual situations on CRM practices in the Philippines and elsewhere. Occasional guest lecturers are invited to talk on a particular topic or actual case study.

BIOLOGY 18L      Introduction to Coastal Resource Management (1 unit lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 6.1 and Bio 6L (for Bio); Bio 7.1 and Bio 7L (for Marine Bio)

Site exposure to existing CRM programs is done to enhance understanding of the concepts and their importance. A small research project is undertaken involving field work to assess the CRM work of different local government units in the near coastal bay area.

BIOLOGY 19.1     Evolution (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: (For Bio) Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 39.1.; Bio 39L; Bio 6.1; Bio 6L; Bio 36.1; Bio 36L (For Marine Bio) Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 7.1; Bio 7L; (Optional) Bio 39.1.; Bio 39L; Bio 36.1; Bio 36L

This course introduces theories, principles, mechanics, and evidences of biological evolution. It includes the nature and history of evolutionary biology which pave the discussions on evolutionary theories, and concepts related to the variation and diversity of organisms. Discussions on the mechanism of evolutionary change and speciation, origin of life and current issues are supplemented by recent articles and findings on evolution.

BIOLOGY 20L      Seminar and Problem I (3 units lab)
Prerequisites: (for graduating students only); Bio 6.1 and Bio 6L-for Bio; Bio 7.1 and Bio 7L-for Marine Bio)

This course is an introduction to and a preparation for research. Students come up with a research topic, an appropriate review of literature, and a research proposal. It requires actual research and a progress report on the findings.

BIOLOGY 020L     Seminar and Problem II (3 units lab)
Prerequisite: Bio 20L

This is a continuation of Biology 20L. The senior presents and defends his research findings in a seminar setting, and is required to pass the final report following a prescribed format.

BIOLOGY 21         Aquaculture (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Ocean 1; Ocean 2.1; Ocean 2L

This introduces the principles of aquaculture. It includes general principles, concepts and guidelines of aquaculture; and specific terms and principles in the culture of mollusks, crustaceans, fishes, algae, and other organisms outside their natural habitat. This covers culture maintenance and operation, feeding and nutrition of cultured organisms, and ecological effects of aquaculture. A short training and hands-on exposure (practicum) supplement the lectures.

BIOLOGY 22.1      Basic Microbiology (3 units lec)Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Chem 5

This course involves the study of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa and viruses, with emphasis on microbial physiology, ecology and genetics. It highlights the many positive effects of microorganisms in human lives, along with the medically important microorganisms that cause disease.

BIOLOGY 22L       Basic Microbiology (1 unit lab)

Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Chem 5

The course involves specimen collection, handling, processing, isolation and identification of microorganisms. It also includes field exposure to where microorganisms thrive which aid students in understanding and appreciating concepts.

BIOLOGY 23.1      Limnology (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 6.1; Bio 6L; Chem 3

Limnology is the study of inland waters which includes lakes, rivers, wetlands and ground water. This course integrates aspects of chemistry, physics, hydrology, biology and the ecology of aquatic organisms to build a holistic grasp of freshwater ecosystems. Problems in aquatic environments such as eutrophication, acidification as well as effects caused by a changing climate are also discussed.

BIOLOGY 23L       Limnology (1 unit lab) 
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 6.1; Bio 6L; Chem 3

The course provides basic training on appropriate limnological field sampling techniques of collecting freshwater organisms and measuring water quality variables. Students are exposed to field trips to strengthen the appreciation of freshwater environments and provide hands-on practice of limnological field sampling techniques. Analyses and interpretation of data acquired from field trips are taught in the laboratory.

BIOLOGY 27         Introduction to Environmental Science (3 unit lec)

The course deals with important and useful concepts in the study of the environment. The students are trained to think critically on environmental issues and problems through analytical and interdisciplinary perspectives.

BIOLOGY 28.1      Developmental Biology (3 unit lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 17.1; Bio 17L

Developmental Biology introduces principles and mechanisms of progressive changes in selected animals and plants, with emphasis on the morphological description of the assembly of cells, formation of organs and organ systems. It includes embryology, metamorphosis, regeneration, and aging, all of which are progressive changes leading to the development and removal of structures in the developing organism. Whenever possible, students are introduced to the molecular studies illuminating the underlying mechanisms of development.

BIOLOGY 28L       Developmental Biology (1 unit lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 17.1; Bio 17L

Developmental Biology studies the progressive changes that create a living organism. Laboratory activities are focused on observing and describing live and sectioned developmental stages of selected representative organisms. It emphasizes a descriptive embryology of the chick.

BIOLOGY 31.1      Fundamentals of Biology I (3 unit lec)

Fundamentals of Biology I introduces the key concepts and unifying themes that work together within the context of chemical, cellular and organismic levels of biological organization. This includes chemical concepts essential to understanding the process of life, the study of cells built upon the theme of correlation between structure and function, and the organismic level that discusses the form and function of vascular plants and higher animals.

BIOLOGY 31L       Fundamentals of Biology I (2 unit lab)

Fundamentals of Biology 1 enables students to perform practical work and exercises with corresponding laboratory reports and quizzes to reinforce and enrich understanding of key concepts introduced and explained in the lecture course. Laboratory activities include studies on microscopy, plant and animal cells, tissues, organs and organ systems, and related biological processes. The course focuses on structure and function of animals and a vertebrate representative, a frog or toad.

BIOLOGY 32.1     Fundamentals of Biology II (3 units lec)
Prerequisite: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Chem 1.1; Chem 1L

This course is a continuation of Biology 31 with concentration on the reproduction, development, genetics, ecology, evolution, and taxonomy of living things.

BIOLOGY 32L       Fundamentals of Biology II (2 units lab)
Prerequisite: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Chem 1.1; Chem 1L

This course provides hands-on exercises and practical activities for theories learned in the lecture course. The students actually perform activities to enhance and develop observation and analytical skills. Laboratory exercises include the cell cycle, development, variations, genetics, ecosystem, evidences of evolution, a survey of representatives of the kingdoms, and a construction of a taxonomic key.

BIOLOGY 33.1      Plant Morpho-Anatomy (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

The course studies the morphology and anatomy of vascular plants necessary for an understanding of plant functions, development, and evolution.

BIOLOGY 33L      Plant Morpho-Anatomy (1 unit lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

The course deals with the study of the gross structure and internal anatomy of the different organs of the plant body.   It includes microscopic examinations of the different layers of tissues that make up organs of different kinds of plants.

BIOLOGY 35         Fundamentals of Marine Biology (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

This course introduces the study of marine biology. It is an overview to aspects and components of the marine environment that deals with basic concepts of marine hydrodynamics, organisms, habitats and ecology, with emphasis on environmental issues concerning the marine ecosystem. Actual observations are done through field exposures.

BIOLOGY 36.1      Systematic (Plant and Animal) (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 33.1; Bio 33L

The course focuses on methods and principles of identification, and classification of organisms   based on their evolutionary relationship. It emphasizes the taxonomy of flowering plants and animals. It also includes a survey of representative organisms of the various taxonomic groups.

BIOLOGY 36L       Systematic (Plant and Animal): (1 unit lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Bio 33.1; Bio 33L

Laboratory activities enable the students to compare and contrast the different morphological characteristics of representative organisms. Students are required to taxonomically identify plant and animal specimens.

BIOLOGY 39.1     Genetics (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Math 38

This course is an introduction to the basic foundations of genetics, which includes Mendelian and non-Mendelian genetics, the physical and molecular basis of heredity, and quantitative and population genetics.

BIOLOGY 39L      Genetics (1 unit lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Math 38

The course complements the lecture and involves activities that allow students to discover the principles behind concepts such as variations in man, chromosomal basis of heredity, Mendelian principles, the central dogma, biotechnology and the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The basic statistical tools needed to study variation and heredity are reviewed and incorporated in the exercises. Exercises also include karyotyping, breeding and pedigree analysis.

BIOLOGY 50.1      General Biology (for Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology): (2 units lec)

This course introduces basic principles and concepts of biology with emphasis on molecular, cellular, tissue, organs and organismic levels of biological organization. It also includes the study of evolution, and ecology of an organism.

BIOLOGY 50L       General Biology (for Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology): (1 unit lab)

The laboratory course gives activities that provide agriculture students with hands-on experience that reinforce learning biological concepts and principles presented in the lecture course. Laboratory activities enable the students to observe biological processes and morphology of cells, tissues, organs and organisms.

BIOLOGY 51.1     General Botany (for Agriculture and Business Management): (2 units lec)

This course emphasizes the fundamental principles of plant form, function and development. It also deals with the conservation, economic and medical importance of plants.

BIOLOGY 51L       General Botany (for Agriculture and Business Management): (1 unit lab)

The laboratory course requires students to make actual examinations of the external and internal anatomy of plant cells, tissues, and organs such as seeds, roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. It also includes experiments on some basic plants functions such as photosynthesis and transpiration.

BIOLOGY 52.1      General Plant Physiology (for Agriculture and BS Bio): (2 units lec)
Prerequisites: For Agriculture students: Bio 51.1; Bio 51L; Chem 51
For BS Biology students: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L, Phys1.1; Phys 1L; Phys 2.1; Phys 2L; Chem 5

The course introduces the basic processes in plants. It covers plant anatomy and histology, transpiration, water absorption and transport, plant nutrition, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, photorespiration, development, hormone regulation, photo pigment regulation, reproduction and responses to environmental stress.

BIOLOGY 52L       General Plant Physiology (for Agriculture and BS Bio): (1 unit lab)       
Prerequisites: For Agriculture students: Bio 51.1; Bio 51L; Chem 51
For BS Biology students: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L, Phys1.1; Phys 1L; Phys 2.1; Phys 2L; Chem 5

This laboratory course engages students to experiments that uncover basic important physiological principles in plant life. These laboratory exercises intend to supplement the theoretical discussions in the lectures. The course includes observation and analysis of plant cells and organelles; and experiments on water and their properties, transport across cell membranes, enzyme activity, photosynthetic pigments, and factors affecting photosynthesis, water absorption and transport in plants, plant movements, and plant composition.

BIOLOGY 53.1     General Zoology (for Agriculture and Business Management): (2 units lec)

The course introduces zoology which includes the study of the unity and diversity of animals, the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and systems. It also deals with the morphology, physiology, reproduction, and heredity of the typical groups of animals.

BIOLOGY 53L     General Zoology (for Agriculture and Business Management): (1 unit lab)

The laboratory course includes exercises enhancing student knowledge. Activities include the observation of the morphology and anatomy of animals from the cellular to the organismic level.

BIOLOGY 55.1      General Biology (for Agriculture): (2 unit lec)

This course tackles general principles of biology in an integrated way with strong emphasis on animal and plant physiology, and the structural, functional, and behavioral adaptations that help plants and animals meet challenges in the environment. It also discusses the dynamics of ecosystems, and elucidates on the interdependence of the vast majority of organisms.

BIOLOGY 55L       General Biology (For Agriculture): (2 unit lab)

A course with laboratory exercises allow students to practice scientific methods by observing and acquiring data, performing actual experiments, using data to explain biological concepts, and writing the results. Exercises also include the examination and dissection of representative plants and a vertebrate animal, such as a toad or frog.

BIOLOGY 58.1      Entomology (2 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

This introduces the strange and wonderful world of insects. It starts with a quick and brief look at their position in the evolutionary history of life, showing how they have survived, distinguished as one of the most successful organisms on earth. It also focuses on the anatomical and physiological aspects of the basic insect body. Modifications of the external and internal body parts are also discussed to show the insects’ adaptations to the challenges of their environment.

BIOLOGY 58L      Entomology (1 unit lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

The laboratory course gives students the opportunity to do a hands-on study of the representative morphology of insects and their internal parts through dissection. Other activities relate to the osmoregulatory functions and development of an insect using mosquito larvae and housefly maggots. Field trips let students gain first-hand experience and knowledge of insects in their natural environment. Students collect insect specimens for anatomical and taxonomic classification studies in the laboratory.

BIOLOGY 59.1      Comparative Anatomy (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

The study focuses on the structure (descriptive morphology) of animals with   backbones,   the   functional significance of the structures, and the variation and function of structures in geologic time. It also covers phylogeny, embryonic development, and adult anatomy of vertebrates which can elucidate on the evolution of the various organ systems. The students discover the basic architectural   plan   in   the   vertebrate   body.

BIOLOGY 59L       Comparative Anatomy (2 units lab)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.1; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L

Laboratory activities deal with the body structure of representative animals with   backbones. The students compare and contrast the architectural   plan of the   vertebrate   body   through   direct examination and observation of actual vertebrate specimens. A cat is dissected as a representative vertebrate. Students are expected to learn the different organs and organ systems of the cat, and relate them to the human body.

NATURAL SCIENCE 1       Earth Science/Physical Science (3 units lec)

This course provides students in the non-science disciplines with a general background in earth science. It is a systematic study of the earth—its structures, principles, processes, history and place in the universe. It also points out the influence of natural phenomena upon man and society; thus, showing the relevance of the course to non-science disciplines.

NATURAL SCIENCE 2      Biological Science or General Biology (3 units)

This course for non-science majors deals with the study of living things in general. Basic principles and concepts of biology with emphasis on molecular, cellular, tissue, organ and organism levels of the organization of life are focused on. It also includes concepts in genetics, evolution, diversity of organisms, and ecology.

NURSING 20 (N20)             Medical Microbiology and Parasitology (for Nursing students) (4 units: 3 lec; 1 lab)

This course assists students in the study of medically important microorganisms and parasites, with focus on microbial physiology and ecology and their relevance to human health.   Awareness of the mode of infection and strategies for control are also emphasized.

OCEAN 1              General Oceanography (3 units lec)
Prerequisites: Bio 31.; Bio 31L; Bio 32.1; Bio 32L; Chem 1.1; Chem 1L; Phys 1.1; Phys 1L

This course deals with basic concepts of oceanographic principles, the interdisciplinary nature of the marine environment, its response to external stimuli, and its influence on Earth.

OCEAN 2.1           Chemical Oceanography (2 units lec)
Prerequisites: Ocean 1; Chem 3

This course deals with the application of the basic principles of   chemistry   to the descriptions of the composition of sea water. It also involves the study of vertical and horizontal variations in chemical properties of the sea.

OCEAN 2L           Chemical Oceanography (2 units lab)
Prerequisites: Ocean 1; Chem 3

This tackles the principles behind the determination of some chemical and physical properties of seawater. The students are guided in the basic steps in the quantitative analysis and determinations of salinity, dissolved oxygen, productivity, pH, and alkalinity, phosphate and nitrate concentrations and the like. Field work includes sampling, fixing and storing methods of seawater samples, methods that ensure accurate quantitative analyses in the laboratory.