UP opens online classes Sept. 12, UB starts school Aug. 24

August 22, 2020 Metro BLISTT

Classes at the University of the Philippines in Baguio for first semester of school year 2020-2021 starts on September 10 even as the University of Baguio starts their classes tomorrow, August 24.
This is in line with the adjusted general schedule of the UP System which also includes a modified term from the usual 16 weeks to 14 weeks for the first semester of the current school year, Junley Lazaga of the UP Baguio Public Affairs Office said.
The opening of classes and the shortening of the term for the incoming semester is applicable to all undergraduate and graduate classes in the entire UP system except for the UP Open University and programs in UP constituent units which are delivered on a trimester basis, Lazaga added.
The UP-System administration has earlier determined that courses for the semester will be delivered through remote mode, with very few exemptions.
As part of the preparations for the upcoming opening of classes in a new mode of delivery for most of the academic units, UP faculty tap their collective and individual creativity in the course redesign efforts, mindful of the differentiated needs of students and the extraordinary situation brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
As in the other UP campuses, UP Baguio (UPB) currently undertakes curriculum and course redesign activities, which primarily aim to review the degree programs in view of the adjustments in the schedule of the semester and of the remote mode.