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Department of Communication

Department of Communication

Overview

Degree Programs

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Overview

The Department of Communication and Media Studies, housed in the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters, was established at the turn of the new millennium, tasked to administer both the Communication and Journalism programs. The Department is the biggest in the Faculty of Arts and Letters in terms of student population. While it has benefitted tremendously from the liberal arts tradition of the Faculty, the Department is envisioned to become a separate institute in the future, leveraging on its strengths to be able to expand its curricular offerings and become a premier school of communication and journalism in the region.

The journalism program of UST is Southeast Asia’s first communication or journalism-oriented degree program (first offered in 1929). The initial degree was Bachelor of Literature major in Journalism. When the old Faculty of Philosophy and Letters subsumed the BA programs of the College of Liberal Arts (which became the College of Science) and became the Faculty of Arts and Letters in 1964, the degree became Bachelor of Arts major in Journalism. In 1967, UST began to offer the Communication Arts (now B.A. in Communication) degree program. The program produced its first graduates in 1971.

A testament to industry recognition of the Department is its dominance of the annual Philippine Student Quill Awards, where it has won the “School of the Year” award for UST for seven consecutive years, from 2014 to 2021.

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Vision & Mission

Recognitions

Updates

Vision & Mission

Department Vision

Guided by the Thomasian ideals of competence, commitment and compassion, the Department of Literature envisions to sustain its status as a leading center of higher learning in literary and cultural studies, as well as creative writing by producing graduates who are adept in literary scholarship, creative writing, and literary pedagogy.

Department Mission

The Department envisions to uphold excellence in literary instruction, research and publication, and community and extension services by encouraging among students critical thinking, enabling them to engage in literary scholarship and production, and empowering them to become catalyst of social transformation.

Recognitions

ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance Certification

(Bachelor of Arts in Communication | Bachelor of Arts in Journalism)

Center of Development in Communication

Center of Development in Journalism

Updates

Administrators and Faculty Members

Administrators and Faculty Members

Prof. Joyce L. Arriola, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Literature

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication

Asst. Prof. Faye M. Abugan, MA

Master of Arts in Communication

Inst. Archibald F. David, MM

Master in Management

Inst. Rachel Queenie B. Dizon-Rodulfo, MSPR

Master of Strategic Public Relations

Inst. Jean Paolo R. Hernandez, MFA

Master of Fine Arts, major in Motion Pictures and Television

Asst. Prof. Beyan Atta Mohamed Hagos, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication

Inst. Jose Justin P. Mojica, MA

Master of Arts in Creative Writing

Asst. Prof. Ronnie D. Pangan, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy in Commerce

Inst. Danilo D. Pascual, MS

Master of Science in Advertising

Asst. Prof. Anna Cielo T. Perez, MA

Master of Arts in Communication

Inst. Tito R. Quiling, Jr., MA

Master of Arts in Media Studies, major in Film

Asst. Prof. Jose Arsenio J. Salandanan, MS

Master of Science in Advertising