13.3 Environmental Education Measures
13.3.1 LOCAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES ON CLIMATE
The university provides local education programs on climate change, global warming, disaster risks reduction and management in its academic programs. For instance, the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (BSES), Bachelor of Science in Forestry and Master of Science in Environmental Science offers courses related to environmental issues and climate change.
| PROGRAMS | COURSES |
|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts in History | Environmental Anthropology with GIS |
| Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science | Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Climate Action Planning (Lecture) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Climate Action Planning (Laboratory) |
| Bachelor of Science in Forestry | Tropical Forestry and Climate Change |
| Master of Science in Environmental Science | Environmental Risk Assessment & Management |
Additionally, climate change and global warming are among the topics in Environmental Science (MST 21), an undergraduate course for majority of academic programs in the university, such as the following:
1. Bachelor of ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
2. Bachelor of LIBRARY INFORMATION SCIENCE
3. Bachelor of TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION
4. Bachelor of PHYSICAL EDUCATION
5. Bachelor of EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
6. Bachelor of Science in MATH
7. Bachelor of SECONDARY EDUCATION
8. Bachelor of Science in STATISTICS
9. Bachelor of Arts in FILIPINO LANGUAGE
10. Bachelor of Science in NUTRITION DIETETICS
11. Bachelor of Science in TOURISM MANAGEMENT
12. Doctor of VETERINARY MEDICINE
13. Bachelor of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
14. Bachelor of Science in AGRIBUSINESS
15. Bachelor of Science INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
16. Bachelor of Science FOOD TECHNOLOGY
17. Bachelor of Science in CHEMISTRY
18. Bachelor of Science in BIOLOGY
Another undergraduate course that includes climate change risks, impacts, mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning is National Service Training Program (NSTP). This course is in compliance with Republic Act No. 9163, an act mandating the offering of NSTP in all higher education institutions for all their baccalaureate degrees to promote civic consciousness among youth.
COURSE SYLLABUS
Information on climate change, global warming, disaster risks reduction and management is also being disseminated to the general public in co-curricular activities like Environmental science Week wherein climate and risk reduction and management experts are being invited in the said events.
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BARK TO BASIC: ENHANCING CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITIES
SDG 13 CLIMATE ACTION
13.2 LOW CARBON ENERGY USE
13.2.1
LOW CARBON ENERGY TRACKING
13.2.2
AMOUNT OF LOW CARBON ENERGY USED ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY
13.3 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION MEASURES
13.3.1
LOCAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES ON CLIMATE
13.3.2
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
13.3.3
CO-OPERATIVE PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTERS
13.3.4
INFORM AND SUPPORT GOVERNMENT
13.3.5
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COLLABORATE WITH NGO
13.4 COMMITMENT TO CARBON NEUTRAL UNIVERSITY
13.4.1
COMMITMENT TO CARBON NEUTRAL UNIVERSITY
13.4.2
ACHIEVE BY DATE
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