COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

University of the Philippines Manila

Padre Faura St.,Ermita Manila

THE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES

(Effective Academic Year 2011-2012)
Each UP student is expected to take 45 units of General Education Subject distributed equally
across three (3) clusters:
CLUSTER
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences and Philosophy
Math, Science and Technology

UNITS
15
15
15

As approved by the Members of the UP Manila University Council on July 7, 2011, the following
GE Subjects will be PRESCRIBED in all undergraduate degree programs of UP Manila.

PRESCRIBED GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES

COURSE NUMBER
COMM I/KOM I
COMM II/KOM II
HISTORY I
SOC SCI I
MATH I *
NAT SCI I *

COURSE TITLE
ARTS AND HUMANITIES (AH) CLUSTER
COMMUNICATION SKILLS I/KASANAYAN SA KOMUNIKASYON I
COMMUNICATION SKILLS II/KASANAYAN SA KOMUNIKASYON II
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PHILOSOPHY (SSP) CLUSTER
PHILIPPINE HISTORY
FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MST) CLUSTER
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS & APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS
FOUNDATIONS OF NATURAL SCIENCE I

PREREQUISITE

COMM I/KOM I

*Degree programs with approved substitutions are exempted from taking these courses.

OTHER CHOICES OF GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES

COURSE NUMBER
COMM III (ENG/FIL)
HUM I
HUMDADES I
HUM II
HUM ST 20
HUM ST 25
SPEECH 11

COURSE TITLE
ARTS AND HUMANITIES (AH) CLUSTER
SPEECH COMMUNICATION (ENGLISH/FILIPINO)
LITERATURE, MAN & SOCIETY
PANITIKAN, TAO AT LIPUNAN
ART, MAN & SOCIETY
MITO AT ALAMAT
IMAGES ON THE SELF IN WORLD LITERATURE
VOICES OF LITERATURE

PREREQUISITE
COMM II/KOM II
COMM II
KOM II
COMM II/KOM II

ARCHAEOLOGY 2
HISTORY II
HISTORY 3
HISTORY 4
HISTORY 5
PHILO I
PHILO 10
PSYCH 10
SOC SCI II
HPED 20
MBB I
NAT SCI II
NAT SCI 3
NAT SCI 4
NAT SCI 5
NAT SCI 8
NAT SCI 50
STS

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PHILOSOPHY (SSP) CLUSTER

ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE: THE PAST IS NOT A FOREIGN LAND
ASIA & THE WORLD
MGA RELIHIYON SA ASYA
ANG KABABAIHAN SA KASAYSAYAN NG PILIPINAS
KASAYSAYANG PANGKALUSUGAN SA PILIPINAS
PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS
APPROACHES TO PHILOSOPHY
JOURNEY INTO THE SELF
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC & POLITICAL THOUGHT
LEARNING FOR TEACHING (Offered by NTTC-HP)
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MST) CLUSTER
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND YOU
FOUNDATIONS OF NATURAL SCIENCE II
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (ENVIRONMENTAL
CHEMISTRY)
THE EARTH: OUR HABITAT (ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY)
BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ETHNOBOTANY: PEOPLE AND PLANTS
MOLECULES TO MAN
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

AT LEAST 2nd Year.

AT LEAST 2nd Year.

ALL GE COURSES &

JUNIOR STANDING

HEALTHY MIX OF GE COURSES

Arts and Humanities

1.
2.

Math, Science & Technology

1.
2.

Social Sciences & Philosophy

1.
2.

There must be a mix of Communication and Humanities

subjects: note that Comm II & III and Hum I & II still require
prerequisites.
It is strongly suggested that a student should take one subject
from each of the following pools to complete the required 15
units.
Pool 1 - COM III
Pool 2 - HUM 1 OR SPEECH 11, but NOT both
- HUMDADES I OR HUM ST 20, but NOT both
- HUM ST 25
Pool 3
- HUM II
Students with 6/9-unit exemption (BS students) should take
other GE courses different from their approved substitutions.
Students without the 6/ 9-unit exemption should take MST
courses different from the prescribed subjects.
Students must take at least 3 units of Philosophy.
Students may take either History 2 or History 3 but NOT
both.