Undergraduate Program

NIGS aims to produce graduates who should be able to:

• Demonstrate mastery of core knowledge and skills expected of a professional geologist;
• Apply basic scientific and technical knowledge in the performance of tasks and problem solving;
• Demonstrate the skills of independent learning, critical thinking, and interpretative analysis with respect to geological problems;
• Communicate geoscience information effectively and professionally using written and spoken words in the form of reports, oral presentation, visual representation of data, and technical posters;
• Demonstrate competency in numerical and computer literacy in delivering current and relevant knowledge of the discipline;
• Integrate an up to date and comprehensive range of knowledge and methods to make informed decisions on issues of national and global geologic/environmental significance; and
• Recognize the importance of ethics in the practice of the profession.

A UP education seeks to produce graduates imbued with an abiding sense of responsibility to their people and nation, the skills and mindsets to improve human life, and a commitment to the freedom and welfare of all.

Aside from mastery of knowledge in their specific disciplines, UP graduates must possess breadth of mind, strength of character, and generosity of spirit, fostered by a firm grounding in both the arts and sciences, and such specialist courses as their programs may require.

They must be prepared to inclusively engage with society and the world at large, mindful of their people’s needs and capabilities, and keen to the challenges and opportunities of national development in this century of rapid global change.

UP aims to achieve this through its General Education program, one that develops mind, body and spirit, which familiarize all its students with their culture and history and fosters a sense of shared citizenship, while equipping them with critical thinking, discernment and technical skills they will need to excel in their chosen professions.

UP Statement of the Philosophy of Education and Graduate Attributes
UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Approved by the Board of Regents on 28 November 2019

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The BS Geology Program of the University of the Philippines, the first in the country, was approved and instituted in 1954. Several revisions have been made since, with the most recent revisions occurring in 2002 and 2012, in response to the 2001 Revitalized General Education Program (RGEP) and 2010 Hybrid General Education Program of UP, and in 2018 which is in response to (1) the institution of the K-12 basic education program, (2) the institution of required and elective geology courses, (3) the revised UP GE framework of 2017, (4) changes in the service courses offered by other units from the College of Science, and (5) the revisions in the goals of the BS Geology program.

The institution of new courses in the revised curriculum is in response to feedback from alumni regarding strengthening of geological skills through (1) merging/integration of existing required courses, and (2) offering of specialized topics in the form of electives. Major revisions in the curriculum include the integration of courses for more effective learning experience for the students, institution of new courses to strengthen geological skills, and the resequencing of courses in response to the academic calendar change.

The current structure of the 4-year BS Geology Program is aligned and consistent with CHED Memorandum Order No. 35, Series of 2008 on Policies and Standards for Bachelor of Science in Geology (BS Geology) Program. The program is also aligned with the Vision of UP as “A leading regional and global university in an environment that sustains 21st Century learning, knowledge creation, and public service for society and humanity”, and the primary mission of NIGS “to provide a quality educational experience that prepares graduates to enter careers in geology and related fields”.