GOALS:

Graduates of the College of Arts & Sciences should exemplify the ideals of liberal arts, social and natural sciences, be broadly educated across disciplines and are well -trained in their field of specializations. They should have:

1. proficiency in reading, writing and speaking skills;
2. competence in quantitative, language and analytic skills;
3. broadly based experiences in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences; and their own major areas of study.

By graduation, students in the College of Arts and Sciences should have developed:

1. Learning styles in the process of acquiring valuable knowledge and skills for personal and social growth.
2. Social awareness and responsiveness to the demands of contemporary issues through application of different perspectives in humanities and social sciences.
3. Specific skills for employment qualifications and interest in serving the natural and social environment.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To recruit and retain highly qualified and productive faculty who demonstrate scholarship, personal involvement, compassion in teaching students, and service to the college and the broader community.
2. To recruit students with demonstrated potentials for roles of leadership and service, and to retain these students for the full baccalaureate education by nurturing their growth through effective teaching, faculty advisement, and utilization of the college support systems;
3. To provide a sound and –up-to-date curriculum that emphasizes the interrelationships of the various academic disciplines through application of their shared knowledge and skills to ensure dynamic presentation of the curriculum through periodic review and evaluation;
4. To provide an integrated core of instruction in general education that ensures at least minimal proficiency of basic concepts in the arts, the humanities and the natural, social and behavioral sciences; Proficiency of basic concepts in the arts, the humanities and the natural, social and behavioral sciences;
5. To provide state-of-the-art facilities that promotes a learning environment that encourages and accommodates continuing faculty and student involvement in learning; and
6. To instill in students the desire to be life-long learners and contributors to the improvement of the human experience.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY

 Have an in-depth knowledge of the basic principles governing biological science and extend understanding to a critical assessment of current views and theories in the field;

1. Perform basic biological and chemical techniques in a laboratory or fieldwork setting;
2. Undertake research in various areas of biology;
3. Demonstrate strong sense of ethical values such as respect to human life, preservation and species, environmental protection and the like; and
4. Think critically, solve problems and appreciate the limitations and implications of science in everyday life.

 BACHELOR OF ARTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE

1. Equip the students with professional competence within a field of specialization so that he/she becomes productive member of his/her community and the nation as a whole;
2. Instill a sense of citizenship by making the student aware of the thrust in the development of filipino society and his potential contribution to his/her development through the practice of his/her profession;
3. Instill in the student a desire for precise thinking as well as correct and appropriate means of expression; and
4. Provide career opportunities in this field, keeping space with the demand of global competitiveness.

 BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HISTORY

1. Develop among students/graduates the needed competencies in research and verbal and written discourse;
2. Prepare the students/ graduates to pursue higher level of studies and specialization on the related discipline;
3. Prepare the students/graduates to pursue the intended career paths needed in the local/global market;
4. Prepare the students/graduates to be globally competitive to serve the country’s development and progress; and
5. Produce a valuable human resource, an asset capable of undertaking the national issues and values, and person committed to serve.

BACHELOR OF ARTS MAJOR IN MATHEMATICS

1. Curriculum that represents the breadth of mathematics from classical to contemporary, from theoretical to applied;
2. Mathematical and critical thinking skills, greater appreciation and understanding of the importance of mathematics in the modern world;
3. Advanced studies in mathematics, applied mathematics or related fields;
4. Plans to teach elementary mathematics course at the tertiary level;
5. Jobs or research works that require analytical-thinking skills;
6. Specific professions/careers/occupations or trades that bs mathematics graduates may go into.

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SOCIOLOGY       

1. Enhance the professional competence of the Sociology students at the theoretical and applied aspect of the discipline;
2. Augment the graduate career opportunities by providing an academic preparation that is not relevant but versatile enough so as to enhance the capabilities of its graduates;
3. Prepare students who plan to teach Sociology or pursue a graduate degree in Sociology and the likes;
4. Provide a foundation of learning that will further improve their capabilities in pursuing other disciplines as Law or Social Work; and
5. Provide the opportunity of learning that is beyond theoretical aspect of the discipline.