New Course Offerings for the Second Semester at the School of Social Sciences

October 23, 2013
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The School of Social Sciences is pleased to offer three interdisciplinary courses for the 2nd semester SY 2013-2014:
 
 
SocSci 109 - Understanding the Self: The Person, Community, and Nation (a new course)
 
This new multidisciplinary course examines the self as it develops in proximal relationships with family and peers; 
in socializing institutions, such as schools or places of worship; in the macro contexts of community, society, and nation 
and the political, economic, and cultural forces that transform them. 
Students discuss the self-in-context from the perspectives of different social science disciplines, 
namely: Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Political Science. 
 
Catalogue Number: SocSci 109
Course Title: Understanding the Self: The Person, Community, and Nation
Schedule: Second Semester, SY 2013-2014
    Tuesdays-Thursdays, 9:00-10:30 a.m.
          IPC Room 203, Frank Lynch Hall, Social Development Complex
The course may be taken as a free elective by sophomore, junior and senior students.
For online enlistment during Registration, drop down the list of courses under the Social Sciences department heading.
 
 
 SocSci 110 - Introduction to Global Studies 
 
This course provides an overview of global studies, and globalization in particular, from the perspective of different social science disciplines. 
It examines the economic, social, cultural, political, technological, and other transformations 
that have created an increasing awareness of the interrelationships and interconnectedness of oeoples and places around the globe. 
It analyzes individual and institutional responses to globalization.
 
Catalogue Number: SocSci 110
Course Title: Introduction to Global Studies
Schedule: Second Semester, SY 2013-2014
  Tuesdays-Thursdays, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
  Social Sciences Room 282 (Social Sciences Building)
The course may be taken as a free elective by junior and senior students.
For online enlistment during Registration, drop down the list of courses under the Social Sciences department heading.
 
 
Hi 170 - Overview of Philippine History from Primary Sources (a new course)
(under the banner of the Department of History)
 
This new course is a broad survey of Philippine political, social, economic, and cultural history through the use of primary sources. 
Students are exposed to the study of history through the analysis of such primary sources as firsthand accounts 
by actual participants or eyewitnesses, diaries, letters, and newspaper reports 
as well as non-written primary sources such as photographs, art, video, and film. 
Through the careful examination of these sources, students gain experience in the process of historical interpretation and criticism.
 
Catalogue Number: Hi 170
Course Title: Overview of Philippine History from Primary Sources
Schedule: Second Semester, SY 2013-2014
    M-W-F, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
          CTC 106
The course may be taken as a free elective by junior and senior students.
 For online enlistment during Registration, drop down the list of courses under the History department heading.
 
 
For further inquiries, you may email the SoSS Dean's Office (dean.soss@ateneo.edu). For Hi 170, you may email the History Department (history@admu.edu.ph) or give them a call at locals 5240 or 5241.