Geography Field School Public Service Catalogue

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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES • TELEFAX 9291288 • TRUNKLINE 9818500 Locals 2531, 2532, 2507 • e-mail: [email protected]

Name of

Extension/Public Service

(The name of the service being offered)

Geography Field School

Objective

(Description of the service being

provided; History of service provision)

The Geography Field School (Geography 192: Field Methods in Geography), is a course-based extension program of the Department of Geography of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy of UP Diliman.

The main objective of the course is for students to apply the theories and skills they learned under the Geography curriculum through the conduct of field research and through engagement with the

community. This also serves as an opportunity for the Department to extend its services to local government units (LGUs), non-government organizations (NGOs), people’s organizations (POs), and other institutions in need of assistance in formulating their resource management and development plans, or in the implementation of programs that foster capacity-building in local communities. The course also fulfills service learning’s goal of enhancing academic learning among students and faculty, while extending assistance to communities in a professional manner. In fact, most of our graduates have used the skills they have learned from this course in their professional work.

Since 1995, the Department has conducted work in over 40 sites across the country, partnering with LGUs, NGOs, POs, and other institutions in the process. Such engagements have yielded substantial documents, reports, informative materials, maps, and other outputs in a variety of media, most of which are vital inputs for local resource management and development planning.

The implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991 provided an opportunity for the Geography Department to contribute in enhancing the capacity of LGUs to adopt with the devolution of governance and

management responsibilities into their mandate by providing technical assistance in gathering, consolidating, and analyzing physical and socio- economic data to generate information that are useful for management planning.

Duration/Date Every Mid-Year Term of each Academic Year Target

Beneficiaries

LGUs (historically, fourth to sixth class municipalities in far-flung areas), NGOs, POs, and other local communities who need assistance in the

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formulation of their development plans Cost of

Participation

As agreed upon between the Department of Geography and the institution seeking partnership

Office in Charge Department of Geography

College of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of the Philippines Diliman Office Profile

Degree granting or non-degree

granting

Purpose of creation Location in the hierarchy

(Background of the office providing the service

i.e. Number of personnel

and Key personnel providing the service)

The Department of Geography is a degree-granting department offering a Bachelor of Science in Geography program and a Master of Science Geography program.

The field school is a course-based program within the BS Geography Curriculum. It is a six-unit course required for all BS Geography students and is conducted every Mid-Year Term. The handling of the course during such period is coordinated with the faculty members available to teach during the Mid-year Term.

Awards/recognition received by the office

(The awards given by or received by the office offering the service, if any)

2016 UP Diliman Parangal Para Sa Programang Pang- Ekstensyon Award for degree-granting units

2017 UP System Gawad Pangulo for Excellence in Public Service Finalist

Official website and Social media accounts

(The link to the official website of the service)

http://geog.upd.edu.ph/

External links for documentation (The external links featuring the service [for the electronic copy, e.g. featuresin newspapers etc.])

http://geog.upd.edu.ph/

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Contact details (The contact details of the head of the unit offering the service: fax, telephone, email, snail mail, map)

Daniel L. Mabazza, D.Eng.

Chair, Department of Geography

College of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of the Philippines Diliman Tel.: (632) 9818500 loc. 2373

Tel./Fax: (632) 9818500 loc. 2222 UP Department of Geography 4/F CSSP Faculty Center Africa Street

University of the Philippines Diliman

Quezon City 1101 Philippines

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