Department of Sociology and Anthropology

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology trains its students to use sociological and anthropological perspectives in the analysis and interpretation of contemporary issues such as the tension between globalization and national integration, the inequalities in access to power and resources among different groups, and the consequences of these structural forces on cultures and individual lives. In this training aim, the Department believes that a sound assessment of these issues requires

1. a deep understanding of social systems and processes,
2. an ability to apply this understanding to concrete social problems, both of which sharpen the students' critical faculties.

The Department expects its undergraduate and graduate students to use this critical sense in examining social phenomena with scientific rigor, in understanding contending ideologies of social change, in offering alternative narratives on rapid social change, and in making workable recommendations for designing plans and policies that enhance people's welfare.

Mission-Vision

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology, an academic unit of the School of Social Sciences, Loyola Schools, commits itself to the University's goal to contribute to national development by forming women and men who will devote their lives to the service of their fellow individuals and, through academic excellence, mature spirituality and the promotion of justice, serve those who are in need of help, most especially the poor and powerless.

Through its training research and action programs, the Department instills in its students a critical understanding of mutual dependence between structure and human agency in a globalized society, as well as the ability to apply this understanding to transformation of cultural practices, especially those found in Third World societies like the Philippines.

These academic skills, coupled with the value formation acquired through the University's core curriculum, are believed to be prerequisites for interpreting and acting on contemporary social forces such as the dialectic between globalization and national integration, the gross inequalities in access to power and resources among different groups, the relentless degradation of the physical environmental, the growing rationalization of modern life, and the deconstructive ethos of a highly technological post-modern age.

The consequences of these forces on genders, age groups, social classes and ethnic communities, specifically on how these groups and individuals confront and accommodate to these contexts, also occupy an important place in the Department's training, research and action agenda.

Courses/Programs/Services Offered

A.B. Social Science

Anthropology, Communications, Economics, History, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. This multidisciplinary program aims to provide the curious with knowledge of human relationships, communities, and nations, origins and destinies, people and government, language and communication. It equips the student with an awareness of the logic and the methods of research, and the ability to apply these in the analysis and evaluation of one's own tradition and values and those of other cultures. It answers the need of the concerned with an inquiry into problems such as social inequality, environmental degradation, overpopulation, and disease. It prepares the student for a career in such fields as law, politics or government, international affairs, journalism, management, social work, and the like, and also for teaching and graduate work in any of the social science.

Master of Arts, major in Sociology

Provides a firm grounding on the theories and methods of sociology, with an opportunity to specialize in such areas as social change, social problems and social organization

Master of Arts, major in Anthropology

Gives a thorough grounding on the theories and methods of anthropology with an opportunity to specialize in such areas as cultural change and ethnography

Master of Science in Social Development

Is an applied social science program, gives students the practical, analytical, and theoretical tools to engage in social development work upon completion of their studies

PhD in Sociology

Its objective is to provide interested and qualified individuals a program of studies that will enable them to receive the highest academic degrees in general sociology. The training required also reflects the Department's goal of preparing students with the highest levels of skills for analyzing social phenomena with scientific rigor, for assessing ideologies of social reform, for comprehending various perspectives on social change and for searching for designs of programs enhancing people's welfare.

The applicant to the program must have completed the MA in Sociology degree from the Ateneo, or the equivalent degree from another university.

Admissions:

To qualify for admission to a degree program, the applicant must have:

1. a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a college of good standing;
2. a general average of 85%, "B" or 2;
3. a minimum of 18 units or the equivalent in the discipline in which the applicant intends to do graduate work;
4. acceptable scores in the entrance tests administered by Central Guidance at Ateneo de Manila University;
5. an interview with the Department Chairperson.

About the program

Faculty

Fulltime Faculty

Abad, Ricardo G.
Arce, Wilfredo F.
Lim, Liza L.
Porio, Emma E.
Saloma, Czarina A.
Zialcita, Fernando N.

Part-time Faculty

Antolihao, Lou A.
Apolonio, Jerry D.
Caballero, Evelyn J.
Calago, Cindy L.
Carroll, S.J., John J.
De Guzman, Emanuel C.
Diaz, Manuel P.
Estuar, Jose Atanacio L.
Eviota, Elizabeth U.
Illo, Jeanne Frances I.
Karaos, Anna Marie A.
Labrador, Ana Maria Theresa P.
Lopez, Leslie A.
Lucas-Fernan, Maria Luisa B.
Magno, Susan F.
Pertierra, Raul A.
Reynolds, William Earl
Santos, Monica Fides Amada W.

For inquiries, e-mail Dr. Wilfredo F. Arce, Chair, at socio@admu.edu.ph or wfarce@ateneo.edu or call 426-6001 loc. 5270.

About the program