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GE Courses Reply Slip No. 3 Reply Slip No. 3 UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS REVITALIZED GE COURSES FOR FIRST SEMESTER, 2006-2007 NAME: _________________________________ Degree/Course: ____________________________ Student No.: ______________________________ College: _________________________________ Please choose and rank the courses in each domain according to priority (with 1 as the first priority, 2 as second and so on), the GE courses you want to take for the First Semester, 2006-2007. Submit this form to the Office of the University Registrar, Window No. 2, not later than Monday, April 17, 2006. Art and Humanities (AH) Domain __________ ENG1 (AH). COLLEGE ENGLISH The English Language-structure, style and use in various contexts. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ ENG2 (AH). COLLEGE WRITING IN ENGLISH* Critical reading and style in writing expository papers. 3 hours a week (class); 3 units. __________ SPCM (AH). SPEECH COMMUNICATION Theories and principles of speaking and listening and their effective and ethical applications in various situations. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ HUM1 (AH). LITERATURE, MAN AND SOCIETY Literary discourse as an imaginative expression of human experience and social values 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ HUM2 (AH). ART, MAN AND SOCIETY A study of the visual arts and music as products of the creative imagination in dynamic interaction with society 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. *should be included as a choice in the Arts and Humanities domain for students in the following curricula: CA – BS Agriculture CEAT – BS Agricultural Eng”g., Chemical Eng’g. CAS - AB Philosophy, BS Agricultural Chemistry, BS Applied Mathematics BS Civil Eng’g., BS Industrial Eng’g. BS Applied Physics, BS Biology, BS Computer Science, BS Mathematics BS Electrical Engineering BS Statistics CHE - BS Human Ecology, BS Nutrition CEM - BS Economics CFNR – BS Forestry Social Sciences and Philosophy (SSP) Domain __________ PHLO1 (SSP). PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS Application of the basic concepts, skills, principles and knowledge drawn from the philosophy of language,symbolic logic, epistemology, philosophy of science and ethics. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units __________ SOSC1 (SSP). FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES A survey of the basic concepts, principles, theories and methods of the behavioral sciences (Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, including Linguistics, Demography and Geography) and the dynamics of social change 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ SOSC2 (SSP). SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL THOUGHT A survey of the social, economic and political thinkers from the classical to contemporary times.

3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ HIST1 (SSP). PHILIPPINE HISTORY The political, economics, social and cultural development of the Philippines. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ HIST2 (SSP). ASIA AND THE WORLD A study of Asian cultural heritage in relation to world civilization. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ PSY1 (SSP). EXPLORING THE SELF: THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND ACTIONS Understanding the self through psychological concepts, theories, principles, and processes relevant to everyday life. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ ECON10 (SSP). ECONOMICS IN SOCIAL ISSUES Social issues from the market and non-market perspectives. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ POSC1 (SSP). REIMAGINING PHILIPPINE POLITICS Actors, patterns, values and dynamics in Philippine Politics. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units Mathematics, Science and Technology (MST) Domain __________ IT1 (MST). INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LITERACY Concepts and applications of information technology. 5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units. __________ MATH1 (MST). QUANTITATIVE REASONING Logical, quantitative, and postulational thinking. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3units __________ MATH2 (MST). PROBLEM SOLVING Approaches, techniques and strategies of problem solving using distance mathematics. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units __________ NASC1 (MST). THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE Fundamental concepts, principles and theories of physics and chemistry. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ NASC2 (MST). THE LIVING PLANET Concepts, principles and theories of the earth and life sciences. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ NASC3 (MST). PHYSICS IN EVERYDAY LIFE Physics concepts, laws and principles behind natural phenomena and their applications to technology. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ NASC4 (MST). THE WORLD OF LIFE Biological concepts and their application to common life phenomena. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ NASC5 (MST). ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY Concepts in ecology and environmental biology and their applications in Philippine setting. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ NASC6 (MST). FOOD AND NUTRITION FOR A HEALTHY LIFE The interrelationship of food, nutrition and health. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ NASC7 (MST). ANIMALS IN HUMAN SOCIETY The role of animals in society and their relationship with man. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ NASC8 (MST). PRACTICAL BOTANY Plants and their uses. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ NASC9 (MST). LIVING WITH MICROBES Microorganisms and their effects on humans, society and the environment. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. __________ NASC10 (MST). FORESTS AS SOURCE OF LIFE

The roles and importance of forests in sustaining life, environment and society. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units. WHAT IS THE REVITALIZED GE PROGRAM (RGEP)? Dr. Francisco Nemenzo, Jr. who became UP president in 1999, committed his administration to “develop the student’s breadth and dept of wisdom…thus [it is] imperative to restore the liberal arts as the foundation of the undergraduate curriculum hence, the revitalization of the GE program.” According to him “[General Education should] not promote a particular line of thought. It is supposed to acquaint the students with the diversity of knowledge and expose them to various ways of appreciating reality so they may think for themselves and form intelligent positions.” After consultation with various sectors of the University, the Revitalized General Education Program (RGEP), was approved by the UP Board of Regents in 2001. Unlike the previous GE programs, the RGEP follows a semi-structured approach (choice against prescription) with common goals and learner-customized content. In other words, the students are given the option of choosing their GE courses. The principle is, if the University is to inspire the students to learn, then they are likely to perform better in courses which they choose rather than in course that they have no interest in but are required to take. With the RGEP, a student selects the general education courses he wants within the three domains of knowledge: Arts and Humanities (AH) Social Sciences and Philosophy (SSP) Mathematics, Science and Technology (MST) A student must take 15 units in each domain subject to the rules in equivalencies and depending on the requirements of his degree program.