GS 500 – St. Thomas and Critical Thinking
Principles of and skill on critical thinking according to St. Thomas Aquinas in the areas of mental cognition, simple apprehension, judgment and reasoning and of common fallacies towards the acquisition of the a rt of argumentation. 

GS 501 – Research Methodology
General strategies of Research including design, basic statistical techniques, writing, evaluation and ethics. Submission of an approved proposal is required. 

Communication Theory
Advanced survey of communication theories to complement those taken up in the undergraduate level. The goal is to apply these theories to research and various aspects of the communication profession. The course also focuses on both early and contemporary theories of communication; from positivist to interpretive theories, from the effects tradition to the cultural turn. 

Quantitative Methods in Communication Research
Discusses quantitative research methods that have applications in communication and media studies. It acquaints graduate students with the basic steps of the survey, experimental and quantitative content analysis methods and affords them the experience of hands-on application in an actual research project. 

Qualitative Methods in Communication Research
Survey of qualitative research methods that have applications in communication and media studies. The course involves a workshop on constructing qualitative data through an actual research project. 

Critical Writing in Communication and Media Studies
Discussion and workshop on critical writing assignments in communication and media studies. Such assignments include classroom papers and research reports that involve critical theory and scholarship. 

Reporting and Writing Research in Communication and Media Studies
Workshop on presenting and interpreting research data in communication and media studies. The course includes discussions of writing skills for publication.

Communication Media Laws and Ethics
In-depth study of ethical and legal concepts, principles, issues and problems in relation to mass media. The course will cover legal, regulatory and ethical framework, and develop an appreciation of freedom, rights and privileges pertinent to media practice. 

Communication Policy, Planning and Management
This is an in-depth study of the policies concerning the management of mass media. The course also includes an investigation into the aspects of planning and management involved in policy implementation. 

Seminar on Philippine Media
Overview of the Philippine mass media landscape and its main industries: print, broadcast, and digital. Contemporary issues confronting these industries will be surveyed and analyzed. In particular, students will be introduced to the workings of the news media and the practice of journalism in the Philippines. 

Political Economy of Communication and Mass Media
A seminar on the political economy of communication and mass media as a theoretical framework and as praxis. At the end of the course, students will be able to explain the interdependency of political and ideology issues of power in media structures both locally as well as globally; trace the effects of production and consumption and their effects on media content; and, discuss the effects of political economy of mass media and communication in history, society, and the individual. 

Communication for Development
Review and application of a dynamic branch of communication that emanated from the Philippines – development communication. From the changing discourses about development conditions, especially in the context of the Philippines, the course hopes to challenge students how to communicate in this kind of context to produce communication materials and products that address some identified development needs. 

Advanced Topics for Journalism
Workshop on advanced topics in journalism such as business and economic journalism and of new trends in gathering news
such as computer-assisted reporting. 

Seminar in Organizational Communication
Analysis of the structure and foundations of communication processes in organizations. Concepts and principles needed for effective management of organizational communication processes are given emphasis. Focus is likewise given on communication competency as an essential element of organizational change and effectiveness addressed at the individual, group, and organization-wide levels. 

Special Topics
In-depth discussion of specific areas or issues concerning communication theory, research and practice in the Philippine setting. 

Contemporary Perspectives in Communication
In-depth discussion of contemporary perspectives or trends concerning communication and media studies and professional practice. Focus is trained on the developments in the field in relation to the globalizing world.