DSA Course Offerings for First Semester, SY 2015-2016 (Tentative)

CATALOGUE NUMBER

COURSE DESCRIPTION

SA 21

Introduction to Sociology and Anthropology

Please check AISIS for instructors and schedules.

This course introduces the different perspectives of sociology and anthropology with reference to the Philippine context. Focus is on how forces of culture, social structure, and social institutions influence human behavior and how individuals acting as a group reproduce and transform these same social forces. 

SA 102

Sociological Analysis

Dr. Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu

MWF 12:30-1:30 pm, K-301

This course discusses the concepts, approaches, and themes of sociological inquiry; beginning with the philosophical origins of sociology and ending with its ascendancy as a major social science discipline. The course discusses how these approaches view social reality from different yet complementary points of view.

SA 103

Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Dr. Enrique Niño Leviste

MWF 11:30-12:30 nn, K-303

This research methodology course presents the concepts and tools of quantitative social research—particularly the survey—for gathering data. Students learn to design and conduct a survey, analyze the data, interpret the results, and present the conclusions.

SA 109

Theories of Development

Dr. Anna Marie Karaos

W 4:30-7:30 pm, F-113

This course is a survey and analysis of socio-cultural, political, and economic theories of development. Topics include theoretical models such as modernization, dependency, world-system and neo-Marxist/ neo-Weberican versions; neo-functionalist theories; governance/democratization models; and postmodernist critiques.

SA 112

Health, Culture, and Society

Ms. Suzanna Roldan

TTh 9:00-10:30 am (A) and 10:30-12:00 nn (B), B-102

This course explores the cultural, social, and psychological underpinnings of health, sickness, and healing, in various contexts.  Topics include illness representations; personhood and suffering; the dynamics of power; sickness and therapy; and the production, reproduction, and legitimation of authoritative knowledge.

SA 115

Environment, Culture, and Society

Dr. Liza Lim

S 1:00-4:00 pm, B-207

This course discusses basic ecological concepts currently used yet often poorly understood. The course utilizes case studies to clarify feedback relationships between particular societies and their environment, and then proposes practical research strategies for students to use in conducting anthropological fieldwork with an ecological orientation.

SA 118

Sex, Culture, and Society

Dr. Elizabeth Uy Eviota

T 4:30-7:30 pm, CTC 104

This course is a study of sexuality as a socially and culturally constructed behavior, focusing on how it is acquired and reproduced in everyday life; how it is experienced within and among different groups; and how it is connected to social, political, and economic systems.

SA 119

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Dr. Fernando Zialcita

M 6:00-9:00 pm, CTC 106

This course is a study of the concept of “culture” and patterns of behavior. The course presents the practical aspect of learning to understand why people think and act the way they do in order to make sense of both one's self and society.

SA 123

Comparative Study of Culture

Dr. Andrea Soco Roda

TTh 3:00-4:30 pm

This course is an introduction to the concepts and methods of social anthropology through a comparative study of cultures in Europe. The course explores such themes as identity, memory, and heritage as these are constructed and contested in contemporary European societies.

SA 126

Social Inequality

Dr. Elizabeth Uy Eviota

T 12:00-3:00 pm, SOM 104

This course studies inequality as a matter of patterned structures, not as something randomly distributed between individuals. The course looks at inequalities between nations and between groups, and examines the intersections of these inequalities and how controlled and exploited groups respond to social inequality.

SA 130

Religion, Culture, and Society

Fr. Albert Alejo, SJ

S 9:00-12:00 nn, F-115

This course is a study of religion as it exists within a socio-cultural matrix, and conversely, religion's influence on culture. Discussions include religious discourse as coloring contemporary politics, the Philippines characterized as suffering from a split-level Christianity, and the Philippines as being culturally schizophrenic.

SA 135

Contemporary Social Problems: Seminar in Problems of Contemporary Culture Change (Indigenous People Confront a Globalizing World)

Dr. Mary Racelis

Th 4:30-7:30 pm, SECA116

Indigenous people have historically confronted incursions into their lifeworlds by adopting a series of strategies. These include withdrawal to more isolated locations, accommodation to mixed ethnic communities,  acculturation into the majority mainstream, losing the struggle for survival as a people (decimation, genocide) or resistance through active non-violent organization or violent retaliation,. The course will investigate how indigenous peoples worldwide are actively dealing with the modern state in a globalizing world pursuing ways of sustaining their cultural identity, survival and continuing development as a people.  These include self-organizing into associations and IP alliances usually supported by NGOs and faith-based groups, claiming ancestral domain rights affirmed through state legislation, negotiating contracts based on free, prior and informed consent, education, moving into urban enclaves, maintaining control of IP resources through new technology and employment, and pressing the state to create government offices with specific IP mandates. Fieldwork will provide opportunities for students to learn how IP groups in the Philippines are addressing continuing challenges to their wellbeing and survival. 

SA 140

Class and Society (for Casa Bayanihan only)

Dr. Emma Porio and Ms. Jessica Sandra Claudio

This course is a study of the structure of objective economic inequality in capitalist society through the perspective of class, with the view of economic relations as producing distinct economic classes. The approach is compared to other theoretical perspectives on social and economic inequality.

SA 157

Introduction to Cultural Heritage

Dr. Fernando Zialcita

TTh 10:30-12:00 nn, B-308

Cultural heritage is an asset in the Global competition between nations, cities, and heritage. Heritage, whether tangible (e.g., architecture) or intangible (e.g., dance), generates both pride and identity. Heritage also fosters new ideas. It reinvents traditional styles to create unique, up-to-date global fashions. Preserving heritage, however, involves reimagining Modernity and strengthening both State and Community. For instance, Community-Based Tourism makes heritage profitable without commodifying it, while a community-and-State partnership can help brand products and develop unique niches for them in the global market. Activities will be a field trip, organising a heritage event and individual fieldwork.

SA 163

Muslim Societies in Asia

Dr. Jose Jowel Canuday

M 1:30-4:30 pm, SOM 104

This course examines Islam as a living religious tradition of people reacting to their societal environment and to the tensions of the modern world. Topics include the impact of Muslim revivalism, Muslim separatist movements, and similarities and differences of selected Muslim communities in Asia.

SA 176

Sociological Perspectives on Politics in Southeast Asia

Dr. Enrique Niño Leviste

MWF 1:30-2:30 pm, SOM 304

This course introduces students to the main concepts and theories comprising the field of political sociology. It uses different sociological paradigms in analyzing the dynamics of power relations between state and society in Southeast Asia while highlighting the inevitably contentious nature of everyday politics. Among the specific topics that may be selected for in-depth examination are state formation and governance, political processes, violence and the state, civil society, collective identity and action, citizenship, and political transformations which include democratization, fragmentation and globalization.

LING 160

Language and Culture

Ms. Monica Santos

TTh 9:00-10:30 am, Matteo Ricci 1F-A

This course introduces students to the field of linguistic anthropology. It examines the role of language in shaping and mediating human social relations. Students will learn theories about the origins of language, the structure of linguistic systems (spoken, body language, etc.) and how such structures are used in everyday and specialized interactions in different social and cultural contexts. Discourse analysis is introduced later in the course to illustrate how issues of power are inscribed in everyday talk. This course is useful for students who are interested in issues relating to culture and communication.