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GS 500 – St. Thomas and Critical Thinking
As the philosophical foundation of Research Methodology, it isa study of the principles of skills in critical thinking according to St. Thomas Aquinas in the three areas of mental cognition: simple apprehension, judgement, and reasoning; and of common fallacies toward the acquisition of the art of argumentation.
GS 501 – Literary Research (From Concept to Framework)
Methodical study and application of the historical, descriptive and textual and textual methods of literary investigation for the retrieval, authentication, interpretation and evaluation of literary texts in view of the goals of literary criticism and appreciation. By the way of framework and background, it involves familiarity with literary theory and Philosophy of Literature as bases for content and direction of research agenda.
CW 601 – Poetry Writing Workshop 1 (Fundamentals of Poetry Writing)
CW 602 – Fiction Writing Workshop 1 (Fundamentals of Fiction Writing)
CW 603 – Creative Non-fiction Writing Workshop 1 (Fundamentals of Creative Non-fiction Writing)
CW 604 – Theories for Writers (Theories of Literary Criticism)
CW 605 – Poetics for Writers (Philosophy of Writing)
CW 606 – Children’s/Young Adult Literature Writing Workshop
CW 607 – Travel Writing Workshop
CW 608 – Poetry Writing Workshop 2 (Special Problems in Poetry Writing)
CW 609 – Fiction Writing Workshop 2 (Special Problems in Fiction Writing)
CW 610 – Creative Nonfiction Workshop 2 (Special Problems in Creative Nonfiction Writing)
CW 611 – Playwriting Workshop 1 (Fundamental of Playwriting)
CW 612 – Playwriting Workshop 2 (Special Problem in Playwriting)
CW 613 – Special Topics (Food Writing, Science/FantasyFiction, Performance Poetry/Spoken Word, Crime/ Detective Fiction, Film Scriptwriting, etc.)
LIT 609 – Literary Translation
LIT 904 – Philippine Poetry*
LIT 905 – Philippine Fiction*
LIT 906 – Philippine Creative Nonfiction*
LIT 907 – Philippine Drama*
Anglo-American Literature Latin American Literature Or any other Literature subject
Other Requirements:
Written Comprehension Examinations (WCE) TW I – Thesis Proposal (3 units)
TW II – Research Colloquium (3 units)
TW Ill – Thesis Defense (3 units)
Degree Requirements | Units |
Prerequisite Courses | 6 |
Core Courses | 15 |
Specialization Courses | 9 |
Cognate Courses | 3 |
Written Comprehensive Exams | |
Thesis Writing I | 3 |
Thesis Writing II | 3 |
Thesis Writing III | 3 |
TOTAL | 42 |
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