College of Arts and Sciences

About CAS
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is the main gateway to the University. CAS’s three-year Liberal Arts program gives students a solid foundation in the humanities. It enables students to determine their strengths and interests by equipping them with enhanced learning skills. After completion of the undergraduate program, students move on to their field of specialization.

Education in the College of Arts and Sciences has the following features:
  • A liberal education curriculum that integrates learning skills with knowledge of the basic principles of major disciplines.
  • A tutorial system with one-on-one sessions between mentor and student to help bring general theory down to a personal level and integrate intellectual skills and knowledge with values.
  • A co-curricular program with activities that foster professionalism and a spirit of solidarity with those in greatest need in society, and contribute to the integration of skills, knowledge, and values with action.

Liberal Arts Program

The Liberal Arts Curriculum is comprised by different programs:

The Language Program develops precision in language. It nurtures students toward logical thinking, clear writing, and effective speaking.

The Arts Program consists of the study of visual arts and music. The Program establishes the foundation for a refined and critical appreciation of beauty.

The Mathematics, Science, and Economics Program links a number of disciplines that are bound by common elements in their subject matter—the study of quantity, intellectual precision and rigor, and problem solving.

The Filipino Program nurtures the student’s communication skills in Filipino. The use of selected works from Philippine Literature hones the student's skills in literary criticism and analysis.

The English Program is a venue for students to exchange ideas on the human condition and express these ideas in English. Through the study of characters, situations, and themes presented in prose, poetry, and drama, the program nurtures an understanding of the confluence of unity and diversity in the world and the student's place in it.

The Civilization Program is divided into three areas: Christian civilization, Asian civilizations, and Philippine history and culture. The Program gives the student a richer perspective of his and other people's identity and roots.

The Philosophical Anthropology Program is a general program about man that focuses on the different dimensions of a person. It provides comprehensive answers to questions on human nature and identity.

The Theology Program provides the curriculum with the highest object of the human mind—God. This perspective enables students see all earthly realities at a higher plane of truth.

The Asia-Pacific Studies Program is divided into modules classified under "civilization blocks": Latin America, Anglo-America, Japan and Korea, China, Southeast Asia, and Australasia. The different modules are approached as area studies, with history involved in each module.