Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology
is a program which studies the plants and animals of the sea, nature of the ocean,ocean productivity, and love of nature. It aims to discover and explore the possibilities of other food and medicinal sources, and investigate other coastal marine resources.
Program’s Learning Outcomes
The graduates of the BS Marine Biology program should be able to:
1. Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge and understanding in the core areas of marine biology;
2. Search, gather, evaluate, and utilize information as it relates to natural science;
3. Communicate the inter-relatedness of the ocean processes to overall human quality of life;
4. Demonstrate knowledge on how sustainably manage marine resource;
5. Apply knowledge and skills learned in response to national issues and global concerns.
Retention Policies
Students in the College of Science are expected to abide by the following retention policies:
1. The student should not have an accumulated a total of five (5) failures in all subjects taken in the first two (2) years in college, provided that the following shall be implemented:
1.1 A student who fails in two (2) subjects or 25% of his/her enrolled subjects for the semester shall be given a warning.
1.2 A student who accumulates three (3) or 50% of his/her enrolled subjects for the semester shall be placed on probation on the semester immediately following and be considered for conditional enrollment; and
1.3 A student who accumulates five (5) failures or 75% of his/her enrolled subjects, s/he is considered extremely delinquent and be dropped from the college.
2. Third year and Fourth year students shall be subject to the following conditions every semester:
2.1 A student who fails in two (2) subjects shall be given a warning
2.2 A student who fails in three (3) subjects shall be placed on probation and considered for conditional enrollment; and
2.3 A student who fails in in four (4) or more subjects, thus, disqualified from enrolling in the college.
