Essay About Mobile Applications And Students General Weighted Average

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BA 180.1 IT TREND
A Paper on mobile applications and its functions in business
BY Bodo, Brawner, Diaz, Ducanes, Go, Juan, Munar, Santos, Soliman
TEAM BA 180.1
Introduction
The University of the Philippines is the premiere university in the country. Being a UP
student, therefore, is definitely not an easy task. After passing the UPCAT, a typical UP
student will have to pass an average of more than 150 units of subjects; the bulk of
which are major subjects that could really take it out of a student. The remainder units,
on the other hand, composed of General Education or GE subjects under the Revised
General Education Program or RGEP scheme, shouldnt be taken lightly as these could
be a means to pull a students General Weighted Average or GWA up or down. It is,
therefore, important to choose the right GE subjects, in terms of difficulty, load and
requirements, and professors and their teaching style.
The group has already developed the website LOOK UP: Your Ultimate GE Guide to aid
the students in choosing their GE subjects. However, during the enlistment period, each
UP student has to go from one college to another looking for GE classes with available
slots. They may no longer have the chance to go online and visit the LOOK UP website
to get more information about the GE subject and its professors.
The group surveyed 105 random UP students from various year levels and different
colleges such as the School of Economics, College of Business Administration, College
of Science, College of Arts and Letters, etc. (Appendix I) In the survey done by the
group, over 70% of the UP students own smartphones and tablets that can download
and use mobile applications which they can use anytime, anywhere.
Mobile applications
The increase in the demand for smartphones and tablet phones in recent times has
made mobile applications or mobile apps more relevant than ever. Gone are the days
when people could just do with the basic messaging apps installed in their phones.