We congratulate you for making it to the University of the Philippines.
As Iskolars ng Bayan and moreso as Development Studies majors, you
are expected to become active and enlightened agents of social change.
In your stay in the University, we will arm you with various
competencies (social analysis, community development,
management, and social research) in order to make you
effective, responsive, and pro-people development scholars
and practitioners in the future.
Your subjects in RGEP, Development Studies, Economics,
Political Science, Social Research and Philippine National Development
electives will equip you with necessary and appropriate theories,
skills and values that will enable you to critically understand
and analyze social problems and thereby empower you
to contribute to genuine, comprehensive and long-lasting change in
the society's unjust social, political, and economic structures.
Your core subjects along with the 18 units of combined
Philippine National Development electives and Social Science
cognates will allow you to subspecialize in
Economic Development (take Econ cognates, DS 125, DS 140),
Political Development (take Pol Sci cognates, DS 126, DS 124) or
Human Resource Development (take Psych cognates, DS 128, DS 123).
The Development Studies Program roster of faculty are as follows:
1. Prof. Roland Simbulan, MPA
Masters in Public Administration
with specialization in Development Administration
New York University
Program Head, Development Studies
former UP faculty Regent (2006)
Thesis adviser
Research interest: US-Phil foreign and military relations
2. Dr. Edberto Villegas
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration
Masters in Philosophy
UP Diliman
Academic and Practicum Coordinator
Thesis adviser
Chair, Ibon Foundation
Research interest: financial system, labor
3. Prof. Chester Antonio Arcilla, MDE
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (on-going)
Masters in Development Economics
UP Diliman
Research interest: social movements, poverty
4. Prof. Mariam Soraya Tuvera, MS. Econ
Masters in French, UP Diliman (on-going)
Masters of Science in Economic History
London School of Economics
Research interest: economic history, translation
5. Dr. Leothiny Clavel
Doctor of Philosophy in Philippine Studies
with specializaton in Philippine Bureaucracy
Masters in Anthropology
UP Diliman
Reseach interest: public information, journalism
6. Prof. Silver Sevilla
BA Political Science, UP Iloilo
MA units in Economics, UP Diliman
Research interest: banking and finance, insurance
7. Atty. Karol Sarah Baguilat
Bachelor of Laws, University of Sto. Tomas
BA Development Studies, UP Manila
Public Attorney II, Public Attorney's Office (PAO)
Research interest: labor law, human rights
8. Atty. Zorayda Mia Wacnang
Bachelor of Laws, Ateneo de Manila University
BA Development Studies, UP Manila
Research interest: election law, labor law
9. Prof. John Ponsaran, MPM
Masters in Public Management, UPOU
with specialization in local and regional administration
BA Development Studies, UP Manila
Development Studies Society (DEVSOC) adviser
NSTP CWTS I and II faculty
Research interest: indigenous people, medical tourism
The following are among our regular activities:
1. UGNAYAN (annual teambuilding workshop)
2. LALAWIGAN: Mula sa Masa, Tungo sa Masa (annual practicum conference)
3. ARTeratibo (annual cultural festival)
4. KAPE AT TEORYA (semestral special lecture on current issues)
5. Bookay-Bookay (book sale)
6. PRAXIS (exhibit on the people's life and struggle)
7. THE ALTERNATIVE (journal of the Development Studies Society)
8. PRACTICUM fieldwork using participatory research method)
and other forms of alternative class learning experience (ACLE)
Our society is grossly mired in poverty and underdevelopment due to
the unholy alliance between foreign dominance and local elite control.
As such, development research and practice should be biased
in favor of the marginalized, disenfranchised, and underrepresented
sectors of the society who comprise 70% of the Filipino population.
They are the farmers, fisherfolks, indigenous people and laborers.
We seek to learn from their experience and, in return,
aim to offer our knowledge and expertise to contribute in their
empowerment and the improvement of their condition.
We enjoin you to be active students, witnesses
and participants of history and social change.
Expose. Oppose. Propose.
Muli, mainit na pagbati at pagpupugay sa inyong lahat!
Link:
http://jk22b.blogspot.com/2008/04/development-studies-program.html
