DSA Course Offerings for Second Semester, SY 2015-2016 (Tentative)
September 29, 2015
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
| CATALOGUE NUMBER | COURSE DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| SA 21 |
Introduction to Sociology and Anthropology 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 100 |
Basic Statistics for the Social Sciences Dr. Ricardo G. Abad & Mr. Justin See This course is an introduction to statistics as a research tool for assessing social phenomena, focusing on selected univariate and bivariate measures, both descriptive and inferential. The approach is non-mathematical, emphasizing the application of appropriate statistical procedures to specific problems. |
| SA 101 |
Survey of Social Theories Dr. Liza L. Lim This course is a study of theories of societies developed in the disciplines of anthropology and sociology in the 19th and 20th centuries, with a discussion of the theorists within their historical milieu, as well as their contribution to the social sciences. |
| SA 104 |
Qualitative Methods for the Social Sciences Dr. Jose Jowel P. Canuday This course is an analysis of anthropological and sociological works, focusing on the claims and conclusions presented, the research methods used, and the different theoretical approaches employed. The skills needed for qualitative data collection are developed by designing and implementing research projects. |
| SA 105 |
Practicum I Dr. Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu & Dr. Emma Porio Students undertake research for practical training in this application course. Focus is on the social survey, a research approach widely used in the social sciences. Students go through the survey process from conceptualization to report writing, and finally, to the presentation of findings. |
| SA 107 |
Contemporary Sociological and Anthropological Thought Dr. Jose Jowel P. Canuday This course studies the condition of alienation in modern society as viewed by major sociologists. Focus is on three main concerns: whether modern economic arrangements foster alienation, how society may move away from alienation, and the role sociologists assume in planning for a dealienated society. |
| SA 110 |
Social Change and Social Conflict Dr. Anna Marie Karaos This course is a study of social change through development toward equality and participation, which have been called two forms of man's dignity and freedom. |
| SA 117 |
Introduction to Archaeology Dr. William Earl Reynolds/Dr. Evelyn J. Caballero This course introduces archeology as intimately related to environmental issues. Paleobotany, geomorphology, zoo-archeology, and other allied scientific disciplines provide information that allows for anthropological interpretation of man's adaptation to his environment. The course also looks at the Philippines in terms of environmental archaeology. |
| SA 126 |
Social Inequality (Juniors & Seniors only) Dr. Elizabeth Uy Eviota 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 128 |
Cities and Society Dr. Emma Porio This course analyzes the constitution and reconstitution of socio-political and economic spaces and urban life through an examination of concepts and theories that inform urban studies and their application to empirical issues. Field work assignments are given for better understanding of discussions done in class. |
| SA 130 |
Religion, Culture and Society Fr. Albert Alejo, S.J. 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 136 |
Urban Community Development: Engaged/Public Anthropology(Juniors & Seniors only) Dr. Mary Racelis This course is an analysis of Western and Asian urban problems, the slum as a social and cultural system, the process of urban community development, methods and techniques of planned social change, and community leadership. |
| 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 141 |
Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia Dr. Fernando N. Zialcita This course introduces the diverse environments, peoples, and cultures of Southeast Asia, bringing various cultural strands together to trace relationships and similarities across political boundaries. The course explores fundamental issues affecting the lives of the people of both riverine and maritime Southeast Asia. |
| SA 147 |
Crime and Delinquency Dr. Liza L. Lim This is a lecture/field exposure course on criminology, the sociological study of “rule-breaking.” Criminality is examined from two sociological angles, as a form of deviant behavior, and as an issue of social justice. The course combines critiquing of existing theoretical materials in criminology with practical applications. |
| SA 148 |
Feminist Theory: Feminism, Capitalism, and War (Juniors & Seniors only) Dr. Elizabeth Uy Eviota
This is a survey course on the major theoretical perspectives of
feminism; the interconnections between specific recommendations for change and their theoretical presuppositions; and how feminist knowledge is produced. The course also discusses contemporary challenges facing the feminist movement, especially, neoliberal capitalism and imperialist wars.
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| SA 181 |
Education and Social and Cultural Reproduction: Perspectives and Critiques Dr. Enrique Niño Leviste
This course introduces students to the main concepts and theories comprising the field of sociology of education. It employs different sociological perspectives in examining in a nuanced manner the relationship among education, power, knowledge, and the state while mainly offering a conceptual analysis and criticism of social reproduction in education prevalent in both local and global contexts. It also endeavors to encourage and enable students to advance new directions for theoretical and empirical research in the context of Southeast Asia.
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| SA 199.1 |
Special topics in Sociology and Anthropology: Culture and the Senses Dr. Fernando N. Zialcita This course introduces the varied aspects of cultural heritage. Two alternative ways are explored in the course: 1) look for and appreciate the grammar of major human artifacts; and 2) identify the hallmarks of the Filipino sensibility as manifested by vernacular terms and particular artifacts. |
| SA 199.16 |
Special topics in Sociology and Anthropology: The Anthropology of Performance Ms. Monica Fides Amada W. Santos This course is a study on performance as a tool of analysis. Theories on performance and performativity are discussed to present approaches on rituals, representation, display, and practice. Three interconnected themes are considered: the anthropological dimension, the social and cultural dimensions, and performance and identity. |
| SA 199.19 |
Special topics in Sociology and Anthropology : Material Culture (Physical/Biological Anthropology) Dr. Evelyn J. Caballero
The introductory course to Physical or Biological Anthropology will explore the evolutionary development of human beings as well as the nature of contemporary human variation. Major topics include the concept of evolution; the similarities and differences between humans and primate species; fossil hominids; the origins of modern humans; the influence of biological, ecological, and sociocultural factors on variation in human populations; and the frontiers in Biological Anthropology (ex., biomedical anthropology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology).
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GRADUATE COURSES
| CATALOGUE NUMBER | COURSE DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| SA 206 |
Research Techniques Dr. Jose Jowel P. Canuday/Dr. Ricardo G. Abad This is a course on the logic of empirical research in sociology and anthropology. It examines the suitable approaches to a variety of typical research problems; their advantages and limitations; and their translation into specific plans for investigation. |
| SOC 261/ANTHRO 281 |
History of Sociological and Anthropological Theory Dr. Jose Jowel P. Canuday This is a course on the evolution of major theories of society beginning in the nineteenth century to the contemporary period. Radical changes are discussed for a new understanding and theorization of society and culture. |
| SOC 295/ANTHRO 259 |
Social Change and Social Conflict Dr. Anna Marie Karaos This is a course on social change along particular dimensions, i.e. development toward equality and participation, which have been called two forms of man's dignity and freedom. The course also discusses the different dimensions of social change and processes involved in it. |
| Anthro 225 |
Introduction to Archaeology Dr. William Earl Reynolds/Dr. Evelyn J. Caballero This is a course on archaeology covering the physical nature of archaeology; the interpretation of archaeological data; and the political aspect of archaeology. |
| SOC 275/ ANTHRO 275 |
Origins of Inequality Dr. Elizabeth Uy Eviota This course discusses inequality as a matter of patterned structures of unequal groups and not as something that is randomly distributed between individuals. The course looks at inequalities between groups with regard to wealth, social status, gender, race/ethnicity, age; as well as inequalities between nation-states. |
| SOC 278/ANTHRO 253 |
Urban Society/City Dwellers Dr. Emma Porio This course analyzes the constitution and reconstitution of socio-political and economic spaces and urban life through an examination of concepts and theories that inform urban studies and their application to empirical issues. Field work assignments are given for better understanding of discussions done in class. |
| SOC 283/ANTHRO 258 |
Religion and Society Fr. Albert Alejo, SJ This is a course on “syncretism” and “acculturation” as universal and “normal” phenomena. It examines the influence of culture upon religion and vice versa, as well as the process that takes place when religions encounter each other. |
| SA 230 |
Strategies for Community-based Development: Engaged/Public Anthropology Dr. Mary Racelis This course is an analysis of Western and Asian urban problems, the slum as a social and cultural system, the process of urban community development, methods and techniques of planned social change, and community leadership. |
| ANTHRO 242 |
Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia Dr. Fernando N. Zialcita This is a course on the peoples and cultures of mainland and island Southeast Asia. It examines old as well as new ethnographies, and considers what some peoples were once, before they became as they are today. |
| SOC 291/ ANTHRO 273 |
Crime and Delinquency Dr. Liza L. Lim This course examines crime and delinquency from two sociological angles: as a form of “rule breaking” or deviant behavior; and as a social justice issue. Different theories of crime and delinquency, primarily Western in origin, are discussed and critiqued by applying them to the Philippine case. |
| SA 240.41 |
Special Topics in Sociology and Anthropology: Feminist Theory: Feminism, Capitalism, and War Dr. Elizabeth Uy Eviota
This is a survey course on the major theoretical perspectives of
feminism; the interconnections between specific recommendations for change and their theoretical presuppositions; and how feminist knowledge is produced. The course also discusses contemporary challenges facing the feminist movement, especially, neoliberal capitalism and imperialist wars.
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| SA 240.33 |
Special Topics in Sociology and Anthropology: Culture and the Senses Dr. Fernando N. Zialcita This course introduces the varied aspects of cultural heritage. Two alternative ways are explored in the course: 1) look for and appreciate the grammar of major human artifacts; and 2) identify the hallmarks of the Filipino sensibility as manifested by vernacular terms and particular artifacts. |
| SA 240.43 |
Special Topics in Sociology and Anthropology: The Anthropology of Performance Ms. Monica Fides Amada W. Santos This course examines the place of performance in everyday and special events; and the way in which people act to communicate ideas, negotiate positions, and express identities particularly in Southeast Asia. Performance and identity as well as the anthropological, social, and cultural dimension of performance are discussed. |
| Anthro 229 |
Readings in Physical Anthropology Dr. Evelyn J. Caballero
The introductory course to Physical or Biological Anthropology will explore the evolutionary development of human beings as well as the nature of contemporary human variation. Major topics include the concept of evolution; the similarities and differences between humans and primate species; fossil hominids; the origins of modern humans; the influence of biological, ecological, and sociocultural factors on variation in human populations; and the frontiers in Biological Anthropology (ex., biomedical anthropology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology).
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| SA 302 |
Seminar on Advanced Research Methods Dr. Jose Jowel Canuday /Dr. Ricardo G. Abad This course is a critical examination of statistical and other mathematical models in the social sciences as well as their applications in social research. |
| SOC 301 |
Seminar on Sociological Analysis Dr. Jose Jowel P. Canuday This course is an analysis of a wide range of sociological studies to assess how sociologists deal with important theoretical issues using various methods, sources of data, and philosophical assumptions. |
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