What are AFAs?

Academic Field Activities (AFAs), which may be local or international, are authorized academic and similar experiential learning class activities that fulfill any/all of the approved competencies and learning outcomes of the enrolled course/subject (graduate courses and laboratory school classes included) of students from UP Diliman and its constituent units.

Types of AFAs

1. On-campus AFAs  –  field activities conducted outside the regularly assigned classrooms but within the premises of the UP Diliman Campus or its constituent unit. Examples include field surveys of engineering students at the academic oval, Vargas Museum tour, and bird-watching in UP Arboretum.

2. Off-campus AFAs  –  field activities undertaken outside the premises of UP Diliman, or outside the premises of its constituent unit. Examples include plant industry visits, field trips, community immersion, and field school.

3. Special Face-to-Face AFAs  –  field activities with time-sensitive invitations to attend or participate in events or programs outside the University. Examples of time-sensitive invitations include a short notice cultural performance-viewing invitation to the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and an invitation from an embassy three days before a diplomatic event.

4. NSTP AFAs  –  any on or off-campus field activity performed as part of a student’s NSTP curriculum. Examples include conducting community surveys, community immersions, teaching literacy to grade school students, and volunteer work at an animal shelter.

5. Local Internships, Practicum, and On-the-Job Training  –  AFAs that involve the long-term deployment of student intern/s to a host training establishment (HTE) as coordinated by the student’s respective academic unit. This long-term deployment may either be on-campus or off-campus.

6. International AFAs  –   authorized academic and similar experiential learning class activities undertaken outside of the Philippines compliant with the approved competencies and learning outcomes of the course/subject.

Administrative Procedures

Flowchart and Checklist of Requirements for MOU & MOA Processing  –   MOA & MOU Processing (Student Internship Program in the Philippines)

Forms and Guidelines for AFAs – On-Campus AFAs, Off-Campus AFAs, Special Face-to-Face AFAs, NSTP AFAs, Internship/OJT/Practicum