HUMAN 141
INTRODUCTION TO AESTHETICS
3 units
This course is an introduction to elements and principles of the aesthetic experience in the visual arts,
performing arts, and literature. Varieties of aesthetic norms and standards are examined.
HUMAN 142
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO THE ARTS
3 units
This course is an introduction to the relationships that exist among the arts and such disciplines as philosophy, sociology, history, and psychology, as well as the precise ways in which art studies have been enriched by this interaction.
HUMAN 145
GREAT BOOKS I: ANCIENT PERIOD
3 units
This is a course on the Epics (Homer, Virgil), the Scriptures (the Bible, the Koran), the Greek dramas (Sophocles, Aeschylus), the Philosophers (Aristotle, Plato), and other enduring masterpieces of the ancient world. The course discusses and explores the ideas embodied in these texts.
HUMAN 146
GREAT BOOKS II: MIDDLE PERIOD
3 units
This course is a survey of the masterpieces of literature from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 19th
century. Readings include selections from the works of Dante, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Goethe, Augustine
and Machiavelli, among others.
HUMAN 147
GREAT BOOKS III: MODERN PERIOD
3 units
This last course of the Great Books series explores the traditional concerns of modernity (alienation, fragmentation) and debates on race, gender, class, and the existence of the canon of “great books.” Selections from 20th century world literatures include works of Chekhov, Joyce, Garcia-Marquez, and Achebe.
IDS 111.23
CLASSICAL STUDIES
3 units
This is a course on special topics in the world of classical (Greek and Latin) learning. It can be used for courses in Greek or Latin language, or for reading the classic philosophers and writers.
IDS 121.03
MUSIC: MUSIC APPRECIATION I
3 units
This course is an introduction to representative examples of serious music, their creators, and the relationships between music literature and the social, cultural, and historical milieu it flourished in. Course methodology includes lectures, assigned readings, exposure to recorded and live performances, group discussions, and practical application.
IDS 121.04
MUSIC: MUSIC APPRECIATION II
3 units
This course is a sequel to Music Appreciation I that delves deeper into the riches of the golden eras of orchestral writing: the Classical and Romantic Periods. The symphonies and concertos of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky, among others, are studied in depth.
IDS 121.13
MUSIC: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC IN WESTERN SOCIETY
3 units
This course is a survey of music in Western history, from ancient classical cultures to the early modern period. Focus is on developments within a historical context, taking into account the multiple influences of social, cultural, political, and other relevant forces.
IDS 121.14
MUSIC: RUDIMENTS OF MUSIC
3 units
This is a course that orients the music literature track/minor on the written language of music: Notation, Scales, Intervals, Transposition, Chords, Cadences, Non-harmonic Tones, Melodic Organization, Basic Tonal Harmony in Four Voices, and Aural Skills: Rhythmic, Melodic and Functional Dictation, Interval Identification and Sight Singing.
IDS 121.15i
MUSIC: BASIC MUSIC RESEARCH AND CRITICISM
3 units
This is a course in musicology that introduces reliable and recently revised sources of music research for writing program notes. It aims to develop good taste in listening to live and recorded music, an essential ingredient to music criticism.
IDS 121.16
MUSIC: SONATA, SYMPHONY, AND CONCERTO
3 units
This is a course that surveys the development of the sonata-allegro form from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Topics include form analysis and critical listening of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev.
IDS 121.17
MUSIC: FORM ANALYSIS OF 18TH CENTURY WORKS
3 units
This is a course on basic harmonic, form, and motive analysis of small and large works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven that aims for a more critical listening of works of the 18th century, a period that called for more structure and balance in music.
IDS 121.18
MUSIC: PROGRAM MUSIC OF THE 19TH CENTURY
3 units
This is a course that surveys the attempts at the dissolution of classical forms that led to a musical genre that would be the seeds for 20th century film music.
IDS 121.19
MUSIC: WAGNER’S RING: A 21ST CENTURY APPROACH
3 units
This course is a philosophical, sociopolitical, and psychological approach to Wagner's 16-hour opera cycle that is based on Nordic mythology. It establishes the relevance of the work to present times in every scene of every act, revealing allusions to power play, corruption, retribution, and enlightenment.
IDS 121.23
MUSIC: AN INTRODUCTION TO OPERA
3 units
This is a layman's first course on the opera as a genre that aims to heighten appreciation of opera as an art form through a survey of its development in the last 400 years. Lectures and film showings are undertaken.
IDS 121.24
MUSIC: AN INTRODUCTION TO OPERA: LITERATURE, FILM, AND OPERA
3 units
This is an interdisciplinary course designed to interrogate the complementary relationship among literature, opera, and film. The course presents literature as narrative source of opera and also establishes the libretto by itself as a viable work of literature. Finally, the course examines the union of literature and opera as embodied through the medium of film and its various elements: from cinematography to mise en scene, from editing to acting, from sound to ideology.
IDS 121.25
MUSIC: ART SONG AS CONDENSED OPERA
3 units
This is an erudite music lover's course on the fusion of music and poetry of the 19th century, a survey of standard German, French and Russian art songs that exemplify the concept of "Art Song as Language."
IDS 121.26
MUSIC: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL OF THE 20TH CENTURY
3 units
This is a course that maps out how three centuries of opera comique gave birth to a popular genre (music theater) developed in England and the USA.
IDS 121.33
MUSIC: LITURGICAL MUSIC HISTORY AND TRADITIONS
3 units
This course studies the development of sacred music. Topics span from ancient biblical times to
popularization in the 20th and 21st centuries, touching on the Gregorian chant, the notation of church
music, Protestant liturgical music, choral works of the Classical period, and Requiem masses.
IDS 121.34
MUSIC: ASIAN MUSIC
3 units
This course is a survey of the musical output of the old and older world of East and Southeast Asia, its socio-anthropological implications, and its influences in the music of the 20th century.
IDS 121.35
MUSIC: LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC AND CULTURE
3 units
This is a course that provides university students with a general introduction to Latin American music. Focus is on folk and popular styles and their social history and relevance.
IDS 121.43
MUSIC: PHILIPPINE TRADITIONAL SONG FORMS OF THE 20th CENTURY
3 units
This is a course that examines the evolution of the Kundiman, Balitaw, Kumintang, and Danza from 1900 to the present times and establishes the elements that set them apart from the pop culture that developed after World War II.
IDS 122.03
PRACTICAL ARTS: THE CREATIVE PROCESS
3 units
This course discusses the process of creativity. While we look into the various theories of creativity, for the most part, we engage our own creative impulses and see what kind of realization they lead us to, as work with words, music, paint, voice, mime.
IDS 122.04
PRACTICAL ARTS: INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING AND PAINTING I
3 units
This is a hands-on course on basic drawing, painting, composition, and design, using pencil, pen, and oil pastel. A group exhibit is mounted at the end of the semester.
IDS 122.05
PRACTICAL ARTS: INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING AND PAINTING II
3 units
This is a hands-on course on the use of oil or acrylic as painting media. Students are taught the basics of painting through actual practice. Learning is done through actual painting sessions, critiques, and gallery-museum hopping.
IDS 122.06
PRACTICAL ARTS: WRITING AND ILLUSTRATING FOR CHILDREN
3 units
This is a hands-on writing and illustration course on children’s book production. Students undergo workshops on their works, get input from resource people (writers, illustrators, and a psychologist), create samples of published works for children, and conduct story-telling sessions. Students produce a publishable final work.
IDS 122.07
PRACTICAL ARTS: BASIC ILLUSTRATION AS VISUAL NARRATIVE
3 units
This is a course designed to develop the ability of the illustrator to communicate visually, focusing on producing works intended for specific reproductions, such as magazines, comics, newspapers, and books. Students present a portfolio to a panel of professional illustrators and to mount an exhibit of their works at the end of the semester.
IDS 122.08
PRACTICAL ARTS: BASIC GRAPHIC DESIGN
3 units
This course practices on graphic design primarily for print media, including the basics of visual design, layout, and final art, with manual overlays as the starting point for preparing Make-ready. Exercises and projects cover typography, page layout, and design of posters, newsletters, newspapers, and magazines.
IDS 122.09
PRACTICAL ARTS: PRODUCTION DESIGN
3 units
This course is an introduction to the elements of stage design — set, costumes, and lights — and their execution in the context of a particular production or dramatic text.
IDS 123.03
PERFORMING ARTS: INTRODUCTION TO BALLET
3 units
This course is an overview of ballet from the 1400s to the present. The course studies the development of ballet globally, with emphasis on the Philippines, through video and live performances. It also includes a 12-week studio training on ballet technique.
IDS 123.04
PERFORMING ARTS: INTRODUCTION TO MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE FORMS
3 units
This course is a historical overview of Western modern dance and its influence on the Philippine cultural and educational milieu. Focus is on selected modern choreographers and their works. The course includes a 10-week studio training on modern techniques, culminating in a modern dance concert.
IDS 123.05
PERFORMING ARTS: INTRODUCTION TO IMPROVISATION AND CHOREOGRAPHY
3 units
This is a dance studio workshop course focusing on progressive modern or contemporary dance technique. It includes an introduction to the elements of improvisation and fundamental choreographic devices. Professional dance performances (live and video) are viewed. A dance recital featuring students' work-in-progress concludes the workshop.
IDS 123.13
PERFORMING ARTS: HISTORY OF THE THEATER
3 units
This course is an overview of the development of Western theater, its different forms, stages, and dramaturgy. Theater conventions and stage practice are related to representative playwrights from each period.
IDS 123.14
PERFORMING ARTS: THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE: ACTING FOR THE CINEMA
3 units
This is a workshop course on the basic techniques for creating natural, believable performances for television, video and film, including methods of acting and reacting, blocking and business, voice projection, and character focus, as well as approaches to performing in long, medium and close-up shots. Discussions cover the differences between film acting and stage acting, and the ways of handling oneself in auditions, audiovisual presentations, interviews and similar situations.
IDS 124.03
ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING: INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL ARTS
3 units
This is a beginners’ course to increase perception and enjoyment of the visual arts. Focus is on painting; but topics include drawing, graphic arts (line print), and sculpture. Examples are drawn from Western and Asian art, including original works from the Ateneo Art Gallery’s collection.
IDS 124.04
ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING: WESTERN ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING
3 units
This is a course on our rich heritage of architecture and painting. Architecture is studied with reference to the political, religious, economic, and cultural history of the times. The study of European painting introduces the principles of art such as balance, rhythm, space, and form.
IDS 124.05
ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING:
INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AND ART FORMS
3 units
This beginners' course enhances the understanding and appreciation of Asian vernacular architecture and its related art forms, painting, and sculpture. Examples are drawn from a comparison of vernacular styles of Asian architecture, with emphasis on the Filipino style and its evolution vis-à-vis the arts.
IDS 124.06
ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING: JAPANESE ART
3 units
This course is an introduction to the development of Japanese arts and its stylistic evolution, with emphasis on the importance of the interrelationship between the development of art and societal factors, such as climatic/geographic, socioeconomic, political, and religious/spiritual.
IDS 124.07
ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING: CHINESE PAINTING
3 units
This course is an introduction to ink and wash painting. Topics include basic skills in freehand and brush work in Chinese traditional painting of bamboo, plums, orchids, and chrysanthemums. Advanced techniques may be taken up depending on the pace of the class.
IDS 124.08
ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING: PHILIPPINE PAINTING
3 units
This course discusses Philippine painting from the earliest religious works of the Spanish period to the movements of the 20th century. The course enables students to understand Philippine art within the context of cultural history, and discover the evolving Philippine aesthetic in the visual arts.
IDS 131.03
AREA STUDIES: FOOKIENESE I
3 units
This is a course on basic conversational Fookienese, a dialect which is widely spoken among Chinese in the Philippines. The dialect is useful for business relations with the Chinese-Filipinos. The course is taught using English as the primary medium of instruction.
IDS 131.04
AREA STUDIES: FOOKIENESE II
3 units
This course is a continuation of Fookienese I.
IDS 131.13
AREA STUDIES: HISTORY OF CHINA
3 units
This course discusses major milestones and developments in Chinese history from prehistoric times to the present.
IDS 131.15
AREA STUDIES: CHINESE ART AND SOCIETY
3 units
The course surveys the wide range and variety of the arts and forms of symbolic expressions in China and of the Chinese peoples. It examines the various art forms on several levels and from different perspectives.
IDS 131.19
AREA STUDIES: TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
3 units
This course is an introduction to the basic philosophy and principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In the process of learning how the TCM doctor makes a diagnosis and prescribes appropriate treatment, basic skills in acupuncture, herbal medicine, and food therapy are taught.
IDS 131.24
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE I: AREA STUDIES – AFRO-ASIAN-LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
3 units
This course is an examination of some of the major works of modern African Literature — works by Achebe, Ngugi, Soyinka, etc. — in historical context. An effort is made to highlight historical experiences and literary themes which we ourselves have in common with African peoples.
IDS 131.34
AREA STUDIES: GERMAN POPULAR CULTURE
3 units
This course is a general survey of German culture from the 15th to the 21st centuries. Developments are examined through the multiple influences of history, art, literature, music, film, and food.
IDS 131.43
AREA STUDIES: HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
3 units
This course attempts to construct a more environmentally-centered approach to the history of Southeast Asia by exploring the inter-relationship between society, its intellectual and material development and the physical environment.
IDS 131.44
AREA STUDIES: JAPANESE MUSIC
3 units
This course is an introduction to Japanese music, and its historical, aesthetic, theoretical, technical, and social aspects, including an introduction to the basic theory and methodology of ethno-musicology.
IDS 132.03
HUMANS AND CULTURE: POPULAR SCIENCE I
3 units
This course discusses the history of science from antiquity to modern times. Focus is on the major revolutions and figures (Newton, Einstein, et al) that have shaped science into what it is today. Topics include modern technology (computers, genetic engineering) with emphasis on local science.
IDS 132.04
HUMANS AND CULTURE: POPULAR SCIENCE II
3 units
This is a continuation of Popular Science I.
IDS 132.05i
HUMANS AND CULTURE: CULTURAL STUDIES OF TECHNOLOGY (HYPERMEDIA,
THE WORLD WIDE WEB, AND THE CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL THEORY AND TECHNOLOGY)
3 units
This is an introductory course on the cultural studies of technology from a global perspective. This course explores the rhyzomatics of technology in the history of the present and highlights the multi-linear and non-narrative form of the World Wide Web and other hypermedia technologies.
IDS 132.13
HUMANS AND CULTURE: AN INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM
3 units
This course is a study of basic information on Islam such as the Five Pillars, areas of convergence(s) and divergence(s) between Christianity and Islam, the roots of neo-fundamentalism and a Muslim's response and call for Islamic tolerance (Fetullah Gulen).
IDS 132.23
HUMANS AND CULTURE: THE BUSINESS OF FASHION
3 units
This introductory course to the fashion and clothing business presents the basic concepts and principles of fashion and acquaints the student with the segments of the clothing industry, following the processes through which a product goes.
IDS 133.03i
IDEOLOGIES: GENDER RELATIONS
3 units
This course discusses the historically specific forms of relations between women and men in a given society. Topics include gender relations in society, the historical direction of gender relations and the resulting subordination of women, and the connection between gender relations and the economy.
IDS 133.04i
DEOLOGIES: GENDER AND SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES - Perspectives, Problems, and Prospects
3 units
This course discusses Philippine issues and their relation to gender and the examination of the responses of men and women (but particularly of women) to these issues. The course aids students in understanding their place in society and the part gender plays in that place.
IDS 133.05
IDEOLOGIES: GENDER, ART, AND SOCIETY
3 units
This course is a study of the significance of interdisciplinarity as a conceptual tool in analyzing issues and problems. The course equips students with some knowledge of the different methods identified with the various disciplines to prepare them for thesis writing.
IDS 133.13
IDEOLOGIES: GENDER AND SOCIETY II: JAPANESE WOMEN
3 units
This course is an introductory course to gender studies, providing the situation of the Japanese women as a case study. The life cycle, household management, employment problems, and other related issues are studied from the comparative viewpoint.
IDS 133.23
IDEOLOGIES: A HISTORY OF DISCOVERY
3 units
There is another side of human history beyond wars and politics — the history of discovery and development. People have struggled for millennia to improve their understanding of the world around them. This course examines a wide range of such historical heroic efforts, from the dawn of civilization to the present.
IDS 134.03
METHODOLOGIES: CREATIVE THINKING AND PRACTICE
3 units
This course highlights the process of innovating interdisciplinary responses to real-life concerns. It challenges students to work collaboratively on identified issues/problems through this process, using analytical, reflective, and creative thinking skills informed by scholarly approaches in their different fields of discipline. It also trains students to pursue innovative ideas that can be designed for greater applicability and sustainability in specific contexts.
IDS 134.04
METHODOLOGIES: ART IN CONTEXT: PROFESSION AND PRACTICE
3 units
This course examines the various professional practices open to the arts practitioners outside its actual production. Applying basic principles of management theory and practice, students are able to examine the professional skills and knowledge-based tasks that they will need for their internship. These include aspects of curatorship and connoisseurship, genres of art writing, documentation, basic care and maintenance of art, and marketing and promotional strategies (invitations, sponsorship, media releases, etc.) In addition to the completion of assigned written work, students are given the opportunity to apply these skills in a final project which involves mounting an exhibition of works by students enrolled in the introductory painting course.
IDS 134.05
METHODOLOGIES: SEMINAR IN PSYCHOLOGY – PSYCHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP
3 units
This is a course on the psychology of leadership in organizations. The course develops an understanding of contemporary perspectives on the psychology of leadership, the dynamics of effective leadership in the Philippines, and the attitudes, skills, and behaviors that need to be developed for effective leadership.
IDS 134.07
METHODOLOGIES: AN INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES
3 units
This seminar introduces key concepts in the study of cinematic and televisual texts. Readings focus on works that are particularly applicable to Philippine films and television programs. Concepts to be discussed include melodrama, realism, masculinity, liveness, globalization, audience, and spectatorship. Students are required to write a 15-page research paper at the end of the semester.
IDS 135.06
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE IV: IDEOLOGIES – SONGS OF OURSELVES:
WRITING BY FILIPINO WOMEN IN ENGLISH
3 units
The course is conceived as a choral presentation of Philippine women’s voices as they write about themselves and their worlds. Librettos are drawn from texts of fiction, poetry, and drama originally written in English.
IDS 135.23
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE III: MAN AND CULTURE – PSYCHOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION
3 units
This course is an introduction to the psychological principles behind the means and dimensions of human communication. The course includes lectures, guest speakers, and exercises in group dynamics.
IDS 135.27
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE IV: IDEOLOGIES – DREAMWORK AND DREAM ANALYSIS
3 units
This is a course on recording and interpreting dreams, or dream journaling, based on the theories of
Stephen LaBarge and Strephon Kaplan-Williams.
IDS 135.55
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE III: MAN AND CULTURE – ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
3 units
This course begins with an analysis of the educational system and moves into a study of the principles of alternative education by focusing on the works of Illich and Freire. The theoretical understanding is geared towards the development of modules. Students are required to create (and later facilitate in Freshmen
English classes) modules which utilize alternative education methods. These modules deal with such issues as power relations, Filipino values (i.e., colonial mentality), current socio-political and economic issues (capitalism and socialism), environmental concerns, peace-building, sectoral problems (laborers, farmers, small fisher folk, tribal communities) and the feminist movement.
IDS 135.63
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE III: MAN AND CULTURE – PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
3 units
The course focuses on the cause of conflicts and shows the relationship between human rights and peace and development within national and international contexts.
IDS 135.66
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE III: MAN AND CULTURE – HUMAN RIGHTS
3 units
Human rights are still the object of numerous conflicts, debates and general confusion. The course attempts to expose the students to the history, significance, and the challenges posed by the concept of human rights.
IDS 135.68
CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE IV: IDEOLOGIES – RELIGION AND POLITICS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
3 units
This course is a study of the religion and politics of Southeast Asia.
IDS 136.15
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION FOR NATION BUILDING
3 units
The course provides a framework of dialogue within which the ideals and values shared by Christianity and Islam can be applied to nation-building projects.
IDS 136.16
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION AND PEACE AMONG RELIGIONS
3 units
The course provides a framework for conflict transformation and peace-building among religions. This involves students in a process of awakening to an awareness of religion as a resource for peace rather than a source of conflict, and of reflecting on what is at the heart of the social hostilities involving religion that are coming to the fore in global awareness. Acts of religious extremism and violence are not confined to one particular religion, but are found in most major religions of the world.
IDS 141.03
LITERATURE AND WRITING: WRITING SEMINAR: FICTION
3 units
This course consists of lectures and discussions on the reading and writing of fiction and the point of view of fiction writers.
IDS 141.04
LITERATURE AND WRITING: WRITING WORKSHOP: FICTION
3 units
Using the short story as its focus, the course challenges students’ ideas of the short story and shows how capable it is of being shaped to various uses. The short story is also used as a vehicle for exploring voice and tone and material.
IDS 141.05
LITERATURE AND WRITING: WRITING SEMINAR: NON-FICTION
3 units
This is a workshop course expressly designed for young adults who seek self-discovery through the process of personal writing of memories, experiences, and aspirations.
IDS 141.06
LITERATURE AND WRITING: WRITING WORKSHOP: NON-FICTION
3 units
This is a course that involves a limited amount of reading of narrative exercises designed to stimulate direct writing, free writing, conducting workshops and rewriting. Students are also encouraged to tell their own stories in their own way.
IDS 141.07
LITERATURE AND WRITING: WRITING SEMINAR: POETRY
3 units
This course consists of lectures and discussions on the reading and writing of poetry in English and Filipino. Students have the opportunity to write their own poems and reflect on their writing.
IDS 141.08
LITERATURE AND WRITING: WRITING WORKSHOP: POETRY
3 units
This course discusses students’ works, in small and large groups, under the guidance of the teacher who is also a poet. Students write new poems and consult the teacher individually. Each student submits a collection of poems at the end of the semester.
IDS 141.09
LITERATURE AND WRITING: WRITING WORKSHOP: DRAMA
3 units
This course discusses students’ plays for stage and television and/or the cinema. In small and large groups under the guidance of a teacher who also writes plays. Students consult the teacher individually. Each student submits at least one play at the end of the semester.
IDS 141.13
LITERATURE AND WRITING: INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE AND CREATIVE WRITING
3 units
This course is a study and appreciation of selected creative and critical texts, e.g., poetry, fiction, drama, non-fiction, practical criticism, and literary translation.
IDS 141.14
LITERATURE AND WRITING: SUMMER WRITING WORKSHOP
3 units
This is a summer writing seminar and workshop that covers all genes. The course includes workshops with well-published and award-winning writers, and culminates in the submission and public reading of the students’ new works.
IDS 141.23
LITERATURE AND WRITING: TRANSLATION I
3 units
This course discusses students’ literary translations, in small and large groups, under the guidance of a faculty member who is also a translator. Students submit a collection of translations at the end of the semester.
IDS 141.24
LITERATURE AND WRITING: TRANSLATION II
3 units
This course involves lectures and discussion on the practice of translation as well as on a variety of subject matters from the point of view of translators of literature.
IDS 141.25
LITERATURE AND WRITING: PRODUCTION OF TEACHING MATERIALS
3 units
This is a semester's course work in appreciating the poems, stories, novels, essays, and plays of Philippine literature through the audio-visual pleasure of colors, music, the camera, dance, drama, and a medley of many other creative technologies.
IDS 141.26
LITERATURE AND WRITING: THE BOOK
3 units
This course is designed for those with an interest in pursuing publishing, editing, book production and design. It begins with a social history of the book, takes up the terminology of books and book production, and discusses the whole publishing process from manuscript to marketing.
IDS 142.03
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE IN SPANISH
3 units
This course studies Philippine writings in Spanish and its authors during the mid-19th century to the early 20th century. It introduces the cultural milieu of Philippine society during this period through Montero y Vidal's Cuentos Filipinos , Paterno's Ninay , and Gurrea's Cuentos de Juana .
IDS 142.04
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
3 units
This course looks at Philippine Literature written originally in English from the early 1900s to the present. Considerations include post-colonial and post-patriarchal discourses which demand that Philippine Literature in English be studied in a way that is informed, critical, dynamic, nationalistic, and transcultural.
IDS 142.13
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: ASIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
3 units
This is an interdisciplinary course that deals with the historical experiences and literary expressions of Asian groups in the US, notably Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino. Emphasis is on Filipino-American history, and the works of Carlos Bulosan and present-day Filipino-Americans.
IDS 142.14
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
3 units
This course is a study of the history and development of literary and critical texts in Latin America, tracing the social and aesthetic concerns of Latin American countries which shape their literature in relation to others.
IDS 142.15
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: JAPANESE LITERATURE
3 units
This course is a synchronic approach to the study of Japanese literature through the analysis of the patterns of its historical development.
IDS 142.16
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: BRITISH LITERATURE
3 units
This course is a study of the major works of selected authors in British Literature. At the end of the term, students present a seminar paper on British author of their choice, upon consultation with the instructor.
IDS 142.17
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: DRAMATIC REPERTOIRE: AMERICAN DRAMA
3 units
This course is an overview of the transformation of American drama from its beginnings in colonial times to the present, making sense of this historical sense and its diversity in terms of a variety of theoretical perspectives on the theater. Selected plays from the colonial and contemporary periods, with divisions before and after the 1960’s, are read and discussed, with attention to the diversity of theatrical productions by American racial and ethnic minorities, Filipino-Americans included.
IDS 142.24
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: TRANSMEDIAL SHAKESPEARE
3 units
This course provides an overview of some of the modes of existence of Shakespeare as both textual artifact and cultural icon. It surveys a selection of Shakespearean incarnations in literary and theatrical traditions but moves outside the scope of conventional Shakespearean media to include music, the visual arts, popular
culture, advertising, film, and other digital media. While looking at how Shakespeare as text and image has been reimagined and reinvented in various media, the course emphasizes how the transmedial transaction is never purely aesthetic or merely formalistic but is also subject to complex mediations of cultures and histories.
IDS 142.25
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: MEDIEVAL THEMES IN MODERN LITERATURE
3 units
This course analyzes medieval themes (heroes, quests, exile) in modern literature, with emphasis on how Old English and medieval texts are brought into play in such modern narratives as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and T.H. White's The One and Future King among others.
IDS 142.33
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: READING THE ROMANCE
3 units
This course studies the elements of romance and an exploration of the ways it has determined/conditioned other texts, from medieval romances to the romantic novel, in Western and Philippine literature. Texts include Arthurian stories, Ibong Adarna , the Mills and Boon series; films, television, and komiks.
IDS 142.34
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: ROMANTIC LITERATURE
3 units
This course is an intensive study of representative works and authors during the age of Romanticism. Works by Whitman, Dickinson, Melville and Keats are discussed and explored.
IDS 142.43
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: REDEFINING THE NOVEL AS A LITERARY GENRE
3 units
This course consists of: a lecture series on “Theorizing the Novel as a Literary Genre”; a series of workshop sessions to discuss specific “novels,” citing the ways by which these works challenge the conventional definitions of the genre; and a major writing activity for the course in which students are grouped into dyads or triads to prepare a ten-page paper analyzing a new novel and presenting this analysis before the class.
IDS 142.53
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: SURVEY OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
3 units
This course is a survey of the genres in children's literature: folklore, picture books, fantasy, and realistic fiction. Topics include historical and contemporary influences and concerns in the field, including the state of Children's Literature in the Philippines.
IDS 142.54
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: WRITING FOR CHILDREN
3 units
This is a workshop course for students who wish to create picture books and/or write short fiction for young readers and young adults. Exemplary pieces in children’s literature are studied, and issues on writing and audience are discussed.
IDS 142.55
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: SCIENCE FICTION
3 units
This course focuses on its characteristics, its historical development, and its various thematic concerns. This course also problematizes the apparent absence of this genre within Philippine literature by contrasting it with the development of what is now called “future fiction” in the country.
IDS 142.56
LITERATURE AND CULTURE: LITERATURE OF FOOD AND TRAVEL
3 units
Food and travel are of the most common subjects — and metaphors — in all of literature. Through discussion and analysis of assigned readings, students explore the significance of food and travel as emotion, escape, adventure, and discovery. Issues regarding food/travel and gender, food/travel and class, and food/travel and colonialism are also discussed.
IDS 143.03
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY: INTRODUCTION TO AESTHETICS
3 units
This course is an introduction to the elements and principles of the aesthetic experience in the visual arts, performing arts, and literature, as well as an examination of the varieties of aesthetic norms and standards.
IDS 143.04
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO THE ARTS
3 units
This course is an introduction to the relationships that exist among the arts and such disciplines as philosophy, sociology, history, economics, and psychology, among others, as well as the precise ways in which art studies have been enriched by this interaction.
IDS 143.05i
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY: READING FOR LIFE
3 units
This is an interdisciplinary course in literature and philosophy aimed at introducing students to a practice of deepened ethical engagement with literature and, through literature and philosophy, with life. It revolves around the idea that reading literature has a moral relevance and is valuable for living well.
The course will cover philosophical texts about the cognitive and moral value of literature and examples of philosophical commentaries on works of literature. Its central concepts include literature and moral imagination, literature and its relation to the interpretation and construction of conceptual forms, and the moral and ontological horizons of art.
IDS 143.45
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY: THE PROBLEM OF GOD IN EXISTENTIALIST LITERATURE
3 units
This course is a seminar that reads and discusses selected works concerned with the problem of God in 19th and 20th century existentialist writers. In particular, Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Camus are considered.
IDS 143.46
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY: THEOLOGICAL THEMES IN LITERATURE
3 units
This course studies great theological epics in literature which provide a profound insight into what it means to be a Christian and a human being in the contemporary world. Readings include Dante's Inferno, Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained , and Goethe's Faust I and II.
IDS 143.47
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY: GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS
3 units
This course is an in-depth study of the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Class sessions are devoted to a close reading and detailed analysis of his poems, with particular attention paid to understanding the poems, their poetic technique, their imagery, and their themes.
IDS 145
GREAT BOOKS I: ANCIENT PERIOD
3 units
This is a course on the Epics (Homer, Virgil), the Scriptures (the Bible, the Koran), the Greek dramas (Sophocles, Aeschylus), the Philosophers (Aristotle, Plato), and other enduring masterpieces of the ancient world. The course discusses and explores the ideas embodied in these texts.
IDS 146
GREAT BOOKS II: MIDDLE PERIOD
3 units
This course is the second part of the Great Books series provides insights into the human reality through the reading of books that have endured the test of time. Selections include the works of Dante, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Goethe, Augustine, and Machiavelli, among others.
IDS 147
GREAT BOOKS III: MODERN PERIOD
3 units
This last course of the Great Books series explores traditional concerns of modernity (alienation, fragmentation) and debates on race, gender, class, and the existence of the canon of "great books". Selections from 20th century world literatures include works of Chekhov, Joyce, Garcia-Marquez, and Achebe.
IDS 148
GREAT BOOKS IV: PHILIPPINES
3 units
This is a survey course which examines a number of key texts in several genres, written by Filipinos, which have come out in the last two centuries. The general perspective is historical as the course studies the texts against specific socio-political contexts.
IDS 162.03
MEDIA STUDIES: INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR CULTURE
3 units
This course presents different approaches to reading popular texts in contemporary society. It discusses the textual and contextual aspects of the cultural apparatus in an attempt to present a theory of cultural studies and a practical framework for the critique of popular texts.
IDS 162.04
MEDIA STUDIES: FILM AND THE OTHER ARTS
3 units
This course investigates the multi-dimensional relations between film and the other arts (aside from literature), namely, architecture and the visual arts, the performing arts and the media arts.
IDS 162.05
MEDIA STUDIES: FILM AND DESIGN
3 units
This is a course on vintage and contemporary films of outstanding production design. Focus is on design concepts and historical sources; and the identification and study of stylization and abstraction in design.
IDS 162.13i
MEDIA STUDIES: FILIPINO FILM AND SOCIETY
3 units
The course examines the complex relationship between the Filipino feature film and Philippine society — how historical, social, economic, cultural and political forces shape film and how film makes an impact on society. It also looks into the conduct and context of film production and exhibition.
IDS 163.03
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: NON-VIOLENCE
3 units
This course is an interdisciplinary and experiential approach to the study of nonviolence. The course considers actual violence in our present situation, the theoretical frameworks for nonviolence (theological, philosophical); and the historical experiences with nonviolence (India, South Africa, United States).
IDS 163.04
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: TOWARDS AND UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX SOCIAL PROBLEMS
3 units
This course is about lenses, tools, and attitudes: lenses to understand and parse complex problems into manageable parts, tools to analyze, strategize, and solve them, and attitudes towards life that make our odds at solving these problems better. The course aims to impart lenses from different disciplines (the social sciences, engineering, international relations, liberal arts, culture, guided by the lamps of theology, philosophy, and ethics), tools from actual case studies in the Philippines, and attitudes from biographies of people who have attempted to solve complex social problems and experts who have integrated learning from these lenses, tools, and attitudes.
IDS 163.05
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: SEMINAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND LAW
3 units
Prerequisite: Any NatSci course
This course gives an overview of the process of environmental decision-making in the Philippines, focusing on the interplay of the natural and social sciences with law in establishing norms and resolving environmental disputes. Students are introduced to a spectrum of approaches to environmental issues.
IDS 163.06
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: SCIENCE AND RELIGION
3 units
Prerequisites: STS 10, THEO 12, PHILO 11
This course addresses the impact of science and technology on the practice of our faith in the 21st Century. Key topics may include: the Big Bang and God’s Existence, Time, Human Life and Personhood, Environment, and Sustainable Development.
IDS 163.13
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONAL GROWTH
3 units
This is a survey course on psychology and personal growth, focusing on the Self-Help concept and industry. It includes the development of the humanistic school of psychology and the self-help genre, and an introduction to self-help literature and methods, which include literature reviews, methodological criticism, reflection papers, debates and discussion groups. The course culminates in a creative self-help project.
IDS 163.14
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN THE FIELD
3 units
This course is a study of the positive aspects of human experience, from the origins of the humanistic movement in psychology, to topics such as well-being, optimism, happiness, self-determination, resilience and hope. Methodology consists of data-gathering and conducting field experiments that are subject matter for group discussions, personal reflection, and creative projects.
IDS 163.15
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
3 units
This is an introductory course on the essential skills of human resource development and their application in the workplace, focusing on the importance of workplace learning and its contribution to the success of an organization. Topics include learning processes, learning theories, and training and development through the case method. A teamwork approach is used for students’ case presentations and training projects.
IDS 163.16
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE –
UNDERSTANDING FAMILY ISSUES AND FAMILY DYNAMICS IN THE PHILIPPINE CONTEXT
3 units
Prerequisite: SocSc 11
This course aims to give students a deeper understanding and appreciation of the family and current issues affecting it such as marriage, parenting, separation, the elderly, children, poverty, and changing work patterns. Focus is given to families in the Philippine context in general, and the experiences of the students and their own families in particular.
IDS 163.17
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: DYNAMICS OF GRIEF AND LOSS IN A FAMILY CONTEXT
3 units
This course examines the grief processes that take place within families as they experience loss. This course explores a variety of factors that facilitate and/or impede the ability to function after loss. The course also takes a look at grief and loss observed in the various regions and provinces in the Philippines.
IDS 163.23
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: NARRATION AND MEANINGS
3 units
This is a course on re-tellings, stories that echo previous tales but are told by a different author using a different perspective. These new twists on old tales provide a counterpoint to our understanding of the traditional texts and challenge the way we interpret both the old and the new. Materials are taken from across the genres — short story, poetry, novel, and drama — as well as the range of traditional literature and popular fiction to demonstrate the intertextual nature of literature where nothing is ever really original. Throughout the course, students are challenged to take a critical stance toward uncovering how meanings change and expand when perspectives do.
IDS 163.24
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: BIBLE AS LITERATURE
3 units
Taking the Bible as literature, this course explores some of its enduring imagery: Creation, the Ideal State, the ideal ruler (the shepherd/king), etc., as well as associated theologies: holiness, the reign of God, etc. This course also explores some of the more "secular" texts. Readings are situated in their historical contexts
to bring their words and images alive.
IDS 163.25
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: SAINTS – LIKE AND UNLIKE OURSELVES AND SOCIETY
3 units
This course is a study of the lives of saints in different historical periods, with special emphasis on the Middle Ages. The course focuses on how a historical understanding of holiness is shaped by political status, gender roles, and other social factors, and how it can also subvert popular notions of the self and society.
IDS 164.03
SPORTS DEVELOPMENT: INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS BUSINESS
3 units
This introductory course is designed primarily for students who want to combine their passion for sports with business knowledge. It provides students with the opportunity to apply marketing principles to the area of sports business.
IDS 164.04
SPORTS DEVELOPMENT: SPORTS THERAPY
3 units
This is an introductory course for students who may wish to go into the field of coaching and/or athletic training. The course focuses on injury prevention and immediate care for the most common sports injuries. Basic foundations are also provided for more substantive areas of rehabilitation.
IDS 164.05
SPORTS DEVELOPMENT: SPORTS AND THE ATHLETE – INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
3 units
This course is an introduction to sports as a field for interdisciplinary studies and critical reflection. As a multi-stakeholder social practice, sports is contested regarding its nature, functions and parameters. Themes discussed and when relevant, applied to the Philippine situation, are: (1) its biological basis including the roles of genetics, gender and training (2) its social value in terms of social and individual good, (3) its commercialization, (4) a philosophy of embodiment, and (5) a spirituality for athletes. Discussions analyze and integrate differing perspectives; for instance, the athlete’s body as organism, social presence, commodity, self-identity, and incarnation of the spiritual.
IDS 165
DESIGN AND INNOVATION
3 units
This course focuses on the processes of design, innovation, and collaboration, and how these are applied in finding solutions to real-world problems.
IDS 165.03
DESIGN AND INNOVATION: INEQUALITIES AND INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION
3 units
This course introduces concepts in and cases of unequal inputs and outcomes in education systems, and how these problems have been addressed through reforms and innovative solutions. It focuses on (i) factors affecting inequalities, (ii) reform movements in the Philippines and other countries, and (iii) innovative solutions and their limitations. In the course, students learn to explain inequalities, analyze education programs, and design innovative solutions.
IDS 165.04
DESIGN AND INNOVATION: CREATIVE AND SPATIAL GEOHUMANITIES
3 units
This course introduces students to GeoHumanities (the rapidly growing zone of creative interaction between geography and humanities) and explores the collaborative work between arts and humanities scholars and those trained in spatial frameworks. Expressions of contemporary art, literature, and images in
space, place, and landscape are examined, aided by course materials that include j ournal articles, literary works, podcasts, and visuals. In this course, students develop a critical “a-where-ness” (Massey and Thrift, 2002), enabling them to analyze spaces in various platforms, critique literature and visuals using geographic
rhetoric and grammar, and execute creative and innovative projects about everyday life.
IDS 165.05
DESIGN AND INNOVATION: INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE PROJECTS
3 units
The course introduces students into various frameworks and processes of creativity and innovation and taps into their own creative potentials. The students practice these frameworks and processes to allow them to translate their personal interests into productive outputs. They develop creative projects that combine their personal passions and philosophies with real world opportunities.
IDS 165.06
DESIGN AND INNOVATION: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
3 units
This workshop course is an incubator for ideas and projects that are the result of the convergence of disciplines. It surveys landmark innovations in different disciplines. The students converse with one another using common concepts across disciplines for them to see how disciplines are altered by one another, and collaborate on projects and through experiments.
IDS 180.03
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES: INTERPLAY –
PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
3 units
This course is an introduction to the psychological principles behind the means and dimensions of human communication. The course includes lectures, guest speakers, and exercises in group dynamics.
IDS 180.04
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SMALL GROUPS
AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION (AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH)
3 units
Prerequisite: SOCSC 11
The course introduces students to the principles of psychology behind various dimensions of interpersonal communication in small groups using a process-oriented approach.
IDS 180.05
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES: YOUTH LEADERSHIP FOR ENGAGED CITIZENSHIP
3 units
This course provides students an opportunity to discover their leadership capacity through an understanding of the core leadership pillars discussed in Chris Lowney’s Heroic Leadership. The key success elements — Self-Awareness, Ingenuity, Love and Heroism — are appropriated to the personal experiences of the students.
IDS 180.13i
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES:
REPRESENTATION OF OTHERNESS IN FILM AND LITERATURE
3 units
This course studies the ways in which the Other has been depicted in two major cultural types — film and literature — and the factors leading to such representations. A number of illustrative films and literary texts are used to illustrate the issues tackled in the course.
IDS 180.14
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE AND FILM
3 units
This is a seminar course on the ways cinema has interpreted various Philippine literary texts.
IDS 180.15
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES: GENERIC STUDIES: FILIPINO NOVEL
3 units
This course is a study of the history and development of the novel in Filipino.
IDS 180.16
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES: PHILIPPINE MUSIC AND CULTURE
3 units
The course is a general survey of Philippine music from the indigenous tribes to the Western-influenced lowland Christian communities. It also explores the Philippine Music Culture of the 21st century through the OPM.
IDS 180.23
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES:
IMAG(IN)ING HISTORY: INVENTION, INTERPRETATION, AND NARRATION
3 units
This is a seminar course on the representation of history as image(s). Drawing on history, art history, and cultural studies and referring to critical essays on colonialism, nationalism, and modernity to establish a theoretical framework, the course examines how both marginalized and significant episodes in Philippine
history — socio-economic, political, cultural, and racial — have been imagined and/or imaged in the last two centuries.
IDS 180.24
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILIPPINE STUDIES: THE WRITINGS OF HORACIO DE LA COSTA, S.J.
3 units
This course examines the various facets of Fr. Horacio de la Costa, S. J., the first Filipino Jesuit provincial, an eminent Filipino historian, and an outstanding scholar whose voluminous writing, across various disciplines, offers a multi-layered series of readings in culture and history. The course lectures focus their attention on different topics that juxtapose Fr. de la Costa and his writing against twentieth century socio-historical movements, his own vocation as a Jesuit priest, and his influence on generations of scholars.
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Horacio dela Costa Hall
Ateneo de Manila University Loyola Heights campus
Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights
1108 Quezon City
Philippines
Telephone +63 2 8426 6001 local 5340, 5341
is.soh@ateneo.edu