Vision
A leading exemplar of academic professionals committed to promoting a nationalist, democratic, scientific, and health-oriented education in the social sciences.
Mission
- To provide the highest standards of academic instruction and innovative teaching methods in the field of the social sciences;
- To produce outstanding social scientists who will serve as paragons in advancing the interest of the Filipino people while upholding the values of freedom, social justice, and international humanitarianism;
- To conduct inter-disciplinary collaboration and relevant studies in the social sciences which address various concerns and problems of the Philippine society and the globalized world.
Programs Offered
- Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (Area Studies)
- The program is a multi- and trans-disciplinary program that studies specific geographical and cultural areas, in particular the Philippines and Asia, utilizing the different social science disciplines of history, politics, economics, geography, anthropology, and sociology. The program prepares the students for careers in teaching, research, policy studies, advocacy works, and employment in NGOs, government and private offices, and in the civil society sector.
- It is also very good preparation for law school and graduate studies in any field of the social sciences. With its extensive social science preparation and basic knowledge of a non-English foreign language, the degree also serves as excellent preparation for a career in the diplomatic service or in a multi-cultural work environment.
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
- The program is multidisciplinary and covers the traditional study of politics, emerging issues on health social sciences, Islamic and other religious movements, peace and conflict resolution, human rights, gender studies, sustainable development and the organizing, ethics to people’s diplomacy, from the static approach to the civil society approach. The program offers opportunities in law, teaching, research, advocacy, and foreign service and international affairs.
- Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies
- The program is a multi-disciplinal social science program, combining economics, political science, and cultural studies. The graduates of Development Studies easily find careers in the undertaking and supervision of socio-economics projects both in the local and international sciences, in government institutions, in the foreign service, non-government organization, and in the academe.
- The course also offers opportunities in business, particularly in the fields of economic and financial analysis and managerial work. It could also serve as a preparatory course for taking up law studies.
Faculty
Doroteo C Abaya Jr, MA
Senior Lecturer 1
Southeast Asia Politics, Political Theory
Emmanuel Jeric A Albela, PhD
Associate Professor 1
Philippine History, Nationalism, Rizal Studies, European History
Julian V Advincula Jr, MA
Assistant Professor 5
Political Science, Military Politics, US Government and Politics
Michael Franz T Ang, MA
Senior Lecturer 1
Philippine and Asian History
Chester Antonino C Arcilla, PhD
Associate Professor 6
Housing, Urban Political Economy, Subaltern Studies
Karol Sarah P Baguilat, LIB
Senior Lecturer 1
Labor Law
Clarinda L Berja, MA
Assistant Professor 7
Social Research Methods, Public Policy and Social Development
Celestina P Boncan, PhD
Professorial Lecturer 5
History
Alvin D Campomanes
Lecturer 2
History
Aleli M Caraan
Lecturer 2
Ethics, Speculative Thought
Sharon A Caringal, MMPM
Assistant Professor 7
Philippine and Asian History
Bernardo N. Caslib, Jr., Ph.D., M.A., L.P.T.
Associate Professor 4
Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Education
Fatima A Castillo, MA
Professorial Lecturer 5
Gender and Health Social Science
Arnulfo N Esguerra, MA
Senior Lecturer 1
History, Archeology
Joarlyn M Espiritu, MEMD
Senior Lecturer 1
International Development, Foreign Relations
Beatrice A Fernandez
Instructor 4
Philippine Government and Politics
Nathan Mishael O Go, MA
Assistant Professor 1
Deliberative Democracy, Philippine Politics, Identity in Politics, Populism
Alvin R Harilla, DBA
Senior Lecturer 3
Business & Engineering Management, Statistics for Social Sciences, Production & Operations Management
Reynaldo H Imperial, PhD
Professorial Lecturer 5
Philippine Studies, Anthropology
Mary Dorothy DL Jose, PhD
Associate Professor 3
Women Studies, Philippine Studies
Bernard Leo M Karganilla, MPA
Associate Professor 7
Philippine and Asian History, Public Administration
Jose Mari H Lanuza, MPS
Assistant Professor 4
Election and Political Communication, Disinformation, Politics of Media, Philippine Politics
Ruth Shane E Legaspi, MBA
Assistant Professor 4
Development Studies, Business Administration
Rommel F Linatoc, PhD
Assistant Professor 7
Media and Development Studies, Theology, Community Development
Jaconiah Shelumiel T Manalaysay, MA
Senior Lecturer 1
International Relations, Health Policy, Medical Sociology, Popular Culture
Allan Joseph F Mesina, MEMD
Assistant Professor 7
Environmental Management, Urban & Regional Planning
Arthur M Navarro
Assistant Professor 1
Area Studies, History, Health Research Ethics
Emmanuel M Olores, JD MA
Senior Lecturer 2
Ethics, Classical Logic
Jenny Marie J Ong
Lecturer 2
Ethics
jennymarie.ong@g.msuiit.edu.ph
Jerome A Ong, MA
Assistant Professor 7
Philippine History, Philippine Studies
Antonio Roque W Paderanga, MBA
Professorial Lecturer 1
Business Administration, Financial Management, Introductory Economics
Kevili Venz M Paneda
Lecturer 2
Philippine & Asian History, Economic History, Business Management
Jose Mikhail F Perez, MIS
Assistant Professor 1
International Relations, SEA Studies, & Philippine Politics and Government
John N Ponsaran, DComm
Associate Professor 5
Development Studies, Public Management, Communication for Development
Carl Marc L Ramota, MA
Assistant Professor 7
Global Politics, Social Movements, Public Administration
Wensley M Reyes, EdD
Associate Professor 1
Rizal Studies, Philippine History, Local History
Ma Paula G Sioco, PhD
Associate Professor 7
Philosophy, Ethics, Bioethics, Philosophy of language, Logic
Ma Josephine Therese Emily G Teves, PhD
Assistant Professor 7
International Development Studies, International Project Management, Public Policy
mgteves@up.edu.ph
Manuel H Torres, MBA
Professorial Lecturer 1
General Corporate, Marketing and Operations Management, Research Methods
Gerome M Vedeja, MEcon
Senior Lecturer 1
Economics
Ignatius H Vinzons, MA
Assistant Professor 7
Ethics