The A.B. in Development Studies was instituted in 1980 as an urgent response to the need to develop practitioners and scholars in development work to confront urgent socio-economic problems in the Philippines. Development Studies enables the students to cull from the experiences of other nations, particularly in the Third World, so that they can develop the ability to formulate and implement developmental programs which are nationalist, scientific, and people-oriented. Both external and internal factors of development are taken into consideration.
The program includes the following areas: development theory, comparative studies, Philippine national development, research methodology, and administrative techniques.
