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Revised 03 April 2013 Issued by the Office of the Undergraduate Programs Director

APPROVED NON-BA ELECTIVES (Applies to ALL 2nd Year BSBA students starting AY 2012-2013;

including those with Student No. beginning 2011 AND irregular students

with Student No. beginning 2010 classified as 2nd Year standing as of AY 2012-2013)

Courses in this list may be taken to satisfy the required three (3) non-BA electives without need for

prior approval. The elective may be taken in any of the following disciplines, although students are

encouraged to specialize in a particular discipline in order to achieve depth.

A course not in the list, numbered 100 or above offered in another College, may be accepted as a non-

BA elective if approved by the adviser. To request for approval, students must submit, prior to

registration, the “Non-BA Elective Approval Form” together with a copy of the course syllabus

certified by the professor and unit/department offering the course.

A. Discipline: ECONOMICS

School of Economics

Course Title , Description & Units Prereq

Econ 121 Money & Banking. Nature & role of money; banks & other

financial intermediaries; central banking

& banking regulations; open economy issues; efficient-

markets theory; development finance. 3 u.

Econ 101,

102/COI

Econ 161 Industrial Organization. Analysis of firms & markets;

pricing, product, & investment decisions in

theory & in practice; policies on competition & on

protection; business & its environment. 3 u.

Econ 101,

102/COI

Econ 181 Labor Economics. Determinants of wage levels & wage

structure; employment; nonwage aspects

of employment; aspects of human capital theory. 3 u.

Econ 101,

102/COI

Econ 190.1 International Trade, Payments, & Development Policy.

Basic concepts & issues in foreign trade

& external payments affecting developing countries; analysis

of policies & their effects. 3 u.

Econ 101,

102/COI

Econ 190.2 Monetary, Fiscal & Development Policy. Basic concepts &

issues in money, credit, taxation, &

public spending in the context of development; analysis of

policies & their effects. 3 u.

Econ 101,

102/COI

Econ 191 Development Economics. Theories & problems of economic

development; survey of the development

experience in low- & high-income countries. 3 u.

Econ 101,

102/COI

Econ 198 Special Topics in Economics. 3 u. Econ 101,

102/COI

B. Discipline: FINANCE / STATISTICS

Department of Mathematics

College of Science


Math 150.1 Mathematical Statistics I. Combinatorial probability;

probability distributions; joint & conditional

distributions; random variables; distributions of functions of

random variables; mathematical expectation;

moment-generating functions; sampling distributions. 3 u.

Math 65,

101/equiv.

Math 160 Mathematics of Life Insurance. An introduction to the

mathematics of life insurance; the mortality

table; net level reserves; modified reserves; surrender values;

gross premiums. 3 u.

COI

Math 162 Theory of Interest. Simple interest; compound interest;

continuous interest; annuities; amortization

schedules & sinking funds; bonds & other securities; special

topics. 3 u.

COI

Math 164 Life Contingencies. Mathematical theory of life

contingencies involving single life functions; mortality; life

annuities and insurances; reserves; the expense factor;

population theory. 3 u.

Math 150.1 &

162 or

equivalent

Math 197 Special Topics in Actuarial Science. Math 164 or

equivalent

School of Statistics


Stat 117 Mathematics for Statistics. Principles of logic; methods of

proof; fields, sigma fields & sequences

of sets; the real number system; summation of series;

combinatorial analysis. 3 u.

Math 17

Stat 143 Survey Operations. Research process; techniques of data

collection; principles of questionnaire

design; data coding & encoding; data quality control;

presentation of research findings. 3 u.

SS,

Technical

Writing course,

Oral

Communication

skills course

C. Discipline: OPERATIONS

Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

College of Engineering


IE 136 Manufacturing System. Primary activities of a

manufacturing firm. Manufacturing practices. 3 u.

4th year

standing

IE 137 Quality Systems in Manufacturing. Concepts of quality.

World-class quality programs & standards.

Performance measurement & competitive priorities.

Benchmarking. 3 u.

Coreq: IE 136

IE 138 Manufacturing Management. Organizational & financial

aspects of manufacturing. Manufacturing

management principles. 3 u.

4th year

standing

IE 150 Systems Evaluation. Criteria for evaluation of systems.

Technological, economic & human factors. 3 u.

Acctg 1 &

Econ 100.1

IE 197 Special Topics -- Technopreneurship. 3 u.

D. Discipline: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT / CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

Department of Psychology

College of Social Sciences and Philosophy


Psych 101 General Psychology. The empirical & conceptual

foundations of psychology in its main fields.

Primarily for students who desire an intensive preparation for

the more advanced courses in

psychology. 3 u.

Psych 108 Sikolohiyang Pilipino. Kabuluhan at gamit ng Sikolohiyang

Pilipino bilang isang agham na may

perspektibo at oryentasyong maka-Pilipino; mga batayan at

pilosopiya ng mga katutubong pamamaraan

ng pananaliksik. (Significance & application of Filipino

Psychology as a science with a Filipino perspective &

orientation; bases & philosophy of indigenous research

methods.) 3 u.

Psych

101 / JS

Psych 148 Cognitive Psychology. 3 u. Psych

101

Psych 180 Social Psychology. Investigation of group behavior,

emotions, motivation and personality dynamics in social

learning and perception in small groups and in cultural

contexts. 3 u.

Senior

standing

Psych 195 Special Topics -- Introduction to

Industrial/Organizational Psychology. 3 u.

Psych

101

Department of Sociology



Socio 101 General Sociology. Theoretical concerns of the fields of

sociology & the various techniques in the study of social

realities. 3 u.

Socio 114 The Philippine Social System. Analysis of the social

structure of Philippine society. 3 u.

Socio 160 Society & Population. Description & analysis of population

aggregates; world population growth; population problems,

& theories; the interrelation of population & social structure.

3 u.

E. Discipline: ETHICS / LAW / PUBLIC ADMNISTRATION

Department of Philosophy



Philo 171 Ethics. Problems and theories of moral values. 3 u.

Department of Sociology



Socio 173 Business Ethics. 3 u.

Socio 175 Philosophy of Law. Theories about the nature of law and

legal reasoning, as well as issues on the relationship between

law, morality and society. 3 u.

National College of Public Administration and Governance


PA 131 Public Fiscal Administration. The organization and

procedure of efficient fiscal management including tax

administration, expenditure control, auditing, purchasing and

debt administration. 3 u.

PA 11

PA 132 Public Accounting and Budgeting. Budgeting and

accounting for the government service. 3 u.

PA 131

PA 161 Ethics and Accountability in the Public Service. Ethical

questions and behavior in the public service and the issue of

administrative accountability. 3 u.

F. Discipline: FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Any international language course other than English (Spanish, French, German, Koreyano,

Hapon, etc.), regardless if numbered below 100. A maximum of three (3) language courses may

be credited, provided all of them are in the same language.

Legend: COI – Consent of instructor SYS – Second Year standing

JS – Junior standing SS – Senior standing

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