YR 47 Issue 1 2011
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Artlets offers English, History programs
By TRINA MAE R. MENDIOLA
THE TOTAL student population of the Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets) increased by four percent, but the number of its freshmen enTHE FACULTY of Arts and Letters (Artlets) welcomed the academic year by offering two new courses to its freshmen enrollees.
The Bachelor of Arts in English Language Studies and Bachelor of Arts in History are finally launched by the Faculty after they were first offered in the University’s entrance exam last August.
According to Artlets assistant dean Nancy Tabirara, the new programs are meant to serve as “stepping stones” for students who would want to pursue further studies in the future. She added that the implementation prepares the Faculty for the upcoming “vertical articulation” of the undergraduate studies and the Graduate
The Bachelor of Arts in English Language Studies and Bachelor of Arts in History are finally launched by the Faculty after they were first offered in the University’s entrance exam last August.
According to Artlets assistant dean Nancy Tabirara, the new programs are meant to serve as “stepping stones” for students who would want to pursue further studies in the future. She added that the implementation prepares the Faculty for the upcoming “vertical articulation” of the undergraduate studies and the Graduate
School. “It’s logical to offer such programs in the Faculty because they are also offered as post-graduate degrees in the Graduate School,” Tabirara said.
As the Faculty continues its Englishspeaking campaign, the English Language Studies program attempts to train more students on how to speak the Universal Language eloquently.
Department of Languages head Marilu Madrunio said that one of the main reasons for offering this course is to provide students an opportunity to strengthen their command of the language and its application in the workplace.“
The English program is heavy in content,” Madrunio said, adding that subjects under the new course will “establish relevance to present-day issues in linguistics and language education such as multilingualism and multilingual education.”
According to Madrunio, the University will be the first to offer the revised language program that the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) plans to endorse to other colleges and universities in the near future. “
My colleagues in the Ched Technical Committee for English Language from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippine Normal University, Ateneo de Manila University, and De La Salle University all have contributed enormously to the conceptualization of this program,” she said.
Meanwhile, Department of History chair Augusto De Viana said that, “[The History program] prepares the students for many disciplines. It is a course that would help students know the past, and at the same time, know the future.”
De Viana noted that since UST is the oldest University in the country, it houses historical materials that could greatly help History majors in studying past events.
“Our History majors have a lot more than anyone because of the wide array of historical artifacts [present in the University],” de Viana said. “We even have the oldest library in the country.” He added that the University’s archives are carefully preserved unlike that of other universities.
Moreover, the establishment of a university-wide History Society is also being proposed by de Viana.
As the Faculty continues its Englishspeaking campaign, the English Language Studies program attempts to train more students on how to speak the Universal Language eloquently.
Department of Languages head Marilu Madrunio said that one of the main reasons for offering this course is to provide students an opportunity to strengthen their command of the language and its application in the workplace.“
The English program is heavy in content,” Madrunio said, adding that subjects under the new course will “establish relevance to present-day issues in linguistics and language education such as multilingualism and multilingual education.”
According to Madrunio, the University will be the first to offer the revised language program that the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) plans to endorse to other colleges and universities in the near future. “
My colleagues in the Ched Technical Committee for English Language from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippine Normal University, Ateneo de Manila University, and De La Salle University all have contributed enormously to the conceptualization of this program,” she said.
Meanwhile, Department of History chair Augusto De Viana said that, “[The History program] prepares the students for many disciplines. It is a course that would help students know the past, and at the same time, know the future.”
De Viana noted that since UST is the oldest University in the country, it houses historical materials that could greatly help History majors in studying past events.
“Our History majors have a lot more than anyone because of the wide array of historical artifacts [present in the University],” de Viana said. “We even have the oldest library in the country.” He added that the University’s archives are carefully preserved unlike that of other universities.
Moreover, the establishment of a university-wide History Society is also being proposed by de Viana.
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