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The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is one of the eleven degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines Los Baños.It is the largest college in University of the Philippines System which offers most of the general education subjects required of UPLB students, as well as the highest number of degree programs in the University.
The first undergraduate program in Agribusiness was established at the UP College of Agriculture in Los Baños, Philippines as Bachelor of Science in Agriculture major in Agribusiness in 1966. [1] [2] [3] The program was initially a joint undertaking with the UP College of Business Administration in Diliman, Quezon City until 1975. [1]
Despite this, enrollment in the BS Agriculture program has been in decline, with 51% of UPLB students enrolled in the program in 1980 down to 43% in 1995. CAFS programs also have a substantially low no-show rate, with only 56% and 38% of qualifiers opting to enroll in the BS Agriculture and BS Agricultural Chemistry programs, respectively. [12]
The 1,098 ha (2,710-acre) Los Baños campus houses UPLB's academic facilities, as well as experimental farms for agriculture and biotechnology research. [5] The more prominent buildings in the Los Baños campus, such as the Dioscoro L. Umali Hall, Main Library, and Student Union were designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin. [40]
The main campus of University of the Philippines Los Baños is located in the towns of Los Baños and Bay in the province of Laguna, 64 km (40 mi) southeast of Manila.The complex covers 5,445 ha (13,450 acres) of land encompassing the entire Makiling Forest Reserve (MFR) and surrounding areas.
During the booming years of the Philippine Sugar industry in 1920, The UPCA (now UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Science) offered a degree program in sugar technology aiming to train students in the cane production, sugar chemistry and sugar factory operations. With recent developments after the World War II, the sugar technology program ...
To date, it is the only academic institution in the world [5] offering degree programs in development communication at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree levels. In 1999, the College was named as one of two national centers of excellence in communication by the Philippines' Commission on Higher Education CHED.
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) is a state university located in the towns of Los Baños and Bay in the province of Laguna.It traces its roots to the UP College of Agriculture (UPCA), which was founded in 1909 by the American colonial government to promote agricultural education and research in the Philippines.