by Luisa A. Gelisan
Beginning in June 2008, the UP Open University (UPOU) will offer its new baccalaureate program, Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies (BAMS), under the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies.
The program will cover multimedia information and communication technologies; philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of developments in the field and their social implications; emerging trends, protocols procedures, and their implications on practice; hardware operation, software development, and applications use; and production of multimedia knowledge products, such as interactive CDs.