CESAR E.A.

VIRATA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1101
(632) 928-4571 ; Email: cba@up.edu.ph
Official Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/upcba.undergrad.official/
Revised 27 July 2015

SUGGESTED NON-BA ELECTIVES

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; efficientmarkets 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 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 100.1,
100.2 or
Econ 101 and
102
Econ 100.1,
100.2 or
Econ 101 and
102

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

B. Discipline: FINANCE / STATISTICS / QUANTITATIVE METHODS

Department of Mathematics
College of Science
Course

Title , Description & Units

Prereq

Math 102

Intermediate Calculus. Integration techniques; multivariate

calculus; sequences and series; introduction to matrices;
applications to economics, business, life and social sciences.
3 u.

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
100/equiv or
Math
53/equiv
Math
65/equiv,
Stat
101/equiv

Math 150.2

Mathematical Statistics II. Limiting distributions;

estimation of parameters; tests of hypotheses; regression and
correlation; analysis of variance; applications. 3 u.

Math 150.1

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

Mathematics of 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/equiv.

Math 197

Special Topics in Actuarial Science.

Math 164 or
equivalent

School of Economics
Course

Title , Description & Units

Prereq

Econ 122

Financial Economics. Assets markets and asset pricing;

decision-making under uncertainty; portfolio selection;
capital asset pricing model; arbitrage; futures and option
markets. 3 u

Econ 121/
COI

Econ 131

Quantitative Economics. Representation of economic

phenomena in terms of elementary mathematical and
statistical models. 4 u.

Econ 101,
102, Math
100, Stat 101/
COI

School of Statistics
Course

Title , Description & Units

Prereq

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/equiv.

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

Stat 192

Special Topics in Business and Economic Statistics.

COI

C. Discipline: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
College of Engineering
Course

Title , Description & Units

Prereq

IE 136

Manufacturing Systems. 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 197

Special Topics -- Technopreneurship. 3 u.

D. Discipline: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT / ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

Department of Psychology
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Course

Title , Description & Units

Prereq

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. Information-processing approach to

studying perception, attention, memory, language,
representation, problem-solving, reasoning, judgment and
decision-making. 3 u.

Psych 101

Psych 180

Social Psychology. Effects of social and cognitive

SS/COI

processes on the way individuals and groups perceive,

influence and relate to others. 3 u.
Psych 195

Special Topics -- Introduction to

Industrial/Organizational Psychology. 3 u.

Psych
101

Department of Sociology
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Course

Title , Description & Units

Socio 101

General Sociology. Theoretical concerns of the fields of

sociology & the various techniques in the study of social
realities. 3 u.

Socio 110

Social Organization. Analysis of the main forms of social

organization in simple and complex societies; principles of
the integration and disintegration of social groups. 3 u.

Socio 114

The Philippine Social System. Analysis of the social

structure of Philippine society. 3 u.

Socio 118

Sociology of the Economy. Analysis of the dynamic

relationships between the economic base and the larger
society. 3 u.

Socio 119

Industrial Sociology. Formal and informal organization in

the industrial setting; analysis of work groups and their
relations to the community and the larger 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.

Prereq

E. Discipline: ETHICS / LAW / PUBLIC ADMNISTRATION

Department of Philosophy
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Course

Title , Description & Units

Philo 171

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

Philo 173

Practical Ethics. Moral issues in practical situations and the

application of ethical theories. 3 u.

Philo 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.

Prereq

Department of Political Science

College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Course

Title , Description & Units

Prereq

Pol. Sc. 160

Society, Politics and Government. Society as the matrix of

politics; political power and leadership; patterns of decision
making; political modernization and development. 3 u.

Pol. Sc. 11 /
COI

Pol. Sc. 192

Ancient and Medieval Political Thought. Political thought

from Plato to the Medieval thinkers. 3 u

SS

Pol. Sc.193

Modern Political Theory. Political thought from

Machiavelli to the contemporary political thinkers. 3 u.

SS

Pol. Sc. 196

Philippine Political Thought. Main currents of Philippine

political thought. 3 u.

SS / COI

National College of Public Administration and Governance

Course

Title , Description & Units

Prereq

PA 108

Philippine Administrative Thought and Institutions.

Theories and ideas underlying the Philippine administrative
system; the general structure of the Philippine bureaucracy;
its principal operating features, including the personnel
system, the financial system, the processes of policy-making,
national-local relations, and major problem areas. 3 u.

PA 11, Pol.
Sc. 11/COI

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.

PA 172

Public Administration and the Economic System.

Consideration of the economic role of government; principal
forms of governmental intervention in the economy; and the
role of public administration in the implementation of
economic policies. 3 u.

PA 11, Econ
11

F. Discipline: FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Department of Linguistics
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Any international language course except English (e.g., Spanish, French, German, Koreyano,
Hapon, etc.) regardless if numbered below 100. (Typically, the course number is 10, 11 or 12.)
A maximum of three (3) language courses may be credited. If the student plans to take more
than one (1) course, all courses must be in the same language in order to be accepted as valid
non-BA electives.
Legend:

COI Consent of instructor

JS Junior standing

SYS Second Year standing

SS Senior standing