The College of Arts and Sciences of the University of the Philippines Manila is committed to excellence in teaching, research, and extension service with a nationalist, democratic, and emancipatory perspective; and a vision of a just, humane, and progressive Philippine society.

 

The UP Manila College of Arts and Sciences shall constantly strive to provide the highest quality of liberal education geared toward developing well-rounded, intellectually mature and values-oriented individuals through the offering of advanced instruction, training in and conduct of basic and applied research and extension of community service in the fields of the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities.

 

CAS has two locations. The main building, in the Rizal Hall (RH), is along Padre Faura Street, flanked by the Supreme Court buildings. Gusaling Andres Bonifacio (GAB), the annex and houses the biology and biochemistry laboratories, is found inside the RH compound.

 

The Sports Science and Wellness Center (SSWC), the area of the Department of Physical Education (DPE) and where the ROTC Headquarters, the Corps Office and COS Room are located, is located in the Pedro Gil wing of the UP Manila compound, beside the College of Nursing.

 

CAS offers the following undergraduate degrees (The acronym that follows each entry pertain to the department handling that program):

 

At present, the college is headed by Prof. Reynaldo Imperial, a professor of the Department of Social Sciences. He was the previous University Registrar. He is assisted by highly committed and competent set of officials. There is a total number of 107 regular faculty members and 72 lecturers/part-time faculty members from the six academic departments, each headed by an elected chairperson. The administrative staff provides a strong support to all the offices of the college.

 

CAS has the following major staff offices assisting the Office of the Dean:

The departments providing the teaching to the students are the following:

Aside from the above offices, significant units under the CAS are:

 

The College Student Council (CAS-SC) is the primary student organization within the college. It is a political organization that supposedly seeks the empowerment of the student body, as well as enlighten them about the social issues that a UP student is supposed to be knowledgeable and affecting (not affected) about.

 

Apart from CAS-SC, there are two major types of organizations inside the CAS: academic, fraternity and sorority, social-cultural, and political.

 

Academic organizations include program-oriented organizations, like the Organizational Communication Society (Orcomsoc) and Organization of Area Studies Majors (Orgasm).

 

Fraternity and sorority type of organizations are University-based organizations which most members are in CAS. Recognized fraternities in CAS are Alpha Phi Omega (APO), Alpha Sigma (AS), Tau Omega Mu (TOM) and Pi Sigma. The UP Vanguard Fraternity is not a college- or unit- (i.e., University) fraternity but a systemwide, military-oriented fraternity.

 

Social-cultural organizations include clubs which members are mainly members of or are inclined towards minority groups, arts and special interests. Examples are Lakan (organization of students who come from or live in Bulacan), Biorhythm (chorale group of CAS), and Tanghalang Batingaw (a cultural performance group).

 

Politically inclined organization is the type that is prevalent in CAS. These pretend to have ideals or objective reason of existence, but they are actually politically-charged and -seeking organizations and get student members to go with them during rallies. Examples are Gabriela, League of Filipino Students (LFS), Anakbayan, and Katipunan.