The Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Arts (Filipino

Filipino language

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: Kolehiyo ng Sining) is a constituent college

Collegiate university

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 of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines commonly known as PUP is a public research university in the Philippines. It was founded on October 19, 1904 as the Manila Business School, offering commerce-related courses...

 (PUP) in Manila

Manila

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, Philippines

Philippines

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. The School is the liberal arts college

Liberal arts college

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 of the University

University

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, offering Bachelor degrees in seven (7) concentrations in the social sciences

Social sciences

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 and the humanities

Humanities

The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....

, such as industrial and organizational psychology, clinical psychology

Clinical psychology

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, sociology

Sociology

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, philosophy

Philosophy

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, history

History

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, library science

Library science

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, and theater arts. Some of the colleges of the PUP (Communication

P.U.P. College of Communication

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, Languages and Linguistics, Science) trace their roots on what is now the College of Arts.

History

In 1968, the Philippine Congress passed Republic Act No. 6089 creating the Faculty of Arts of the Philippine College of Commerce (the predecessor of PUP) which was empowered to offer baccalaureate courses in political science

Political science

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, sociology, literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

, languages

Linguistics

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 and the humanities

Humanities

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.

When the PUP reopened in 1973 after its closure because of Martial Law

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, the FA was integrated with the Department of General Studies and Business Teacher Education (now the College of Education which was tasked to offer the curriculum Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in psychology.

In June 1976, the DGSBTE was renamed as Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) with a degree program in development communication

Development communication

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. The Faculty consisted of departments in languages, social and behavioral sciences, mathematics

Mathematics

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, marketing

Marketing

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 and advertising

Advertising

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, and physical and natural sciences.

In 1978, additional programs like industrial psychology, print technology, and library arts were offered by FAS. When the curricular offerings of PCC were ladderized under Dr. Mateo in preparation for its conversion into a polytechnic university

Institute of technology

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, bachelor of arts

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in development communication (DevCom) became two degree programs: in broadcast communication and journalism

Journalism

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.

On 1978 during the year-end commencement exercises, President Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...

 signed Presidential Decree No. 1341, granting a university status to PCC.

In 1979, the FAS was reorganized into two institutes - Institute of Arts and Institute of Sciences.

In 1986, Corazon Aquino

Corazon Aquino

Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

 appointed Dr. Nemesio Prudente

Nemesio Prudente

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as the university president. Dr. Prudente initiated a universitywide reorganization renaming FAS as College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). He restored the former setup of the University in which each college was concerned with the offering of its programs; the task of teaching general education subjects was handled by particular service departments.