BS in Office Administration (Level III Re-accredited Status)


The Bachelor of Science in Office Administration is a four-year degree program using ladderized curriculum.  Its three areas of specialization are:  Corporate Transcription, Legal Transcription, and Medical Transcription from which students choose on his/her start on the third year level.  The program is designed to equip its graduates the professional skills and competencies needed to meet the needs of the workplaces, whether in general business, legal, or the medical offices. 


The contents of the BSOA program are stringently monitored by the management and the Quality Assurance Center-Curriculum Planning and Development section for the continuous improvement and to keep abreast with the changing and developing educational landscapes in the national and international milieus. Improvements in the offering of BSOA program is guided by national and international trends and policies, such as the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) Memorandum Order No. 56, series of 2012 Policy-Standard to Enhance Quality Assurance (QA) in Philippine Higher Education Through an Outcomes-Based QA, so that students are provided with world-class and up-to-date education that they will be needing once they begin their professional lives beyond the University. The need for the continuing development of the curriculum contributes to the vision of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in becoming The National Polytechnic University.


The BSOA program recognizes a ladderized education system, allowing students and workers to progress between technical-vocational and higher education programs, or vice-versa. There is a policy set out guidelines on the transition and enrolment to the vertically aligned baccalaureate degree of the graduates from the ladderized diploma programs of the PUP system.


The following are the certifications for the academic completion of each level: