AB IN LITERATURE
AB IN LITERATURE
Faculty of Arts and Letters
AB IN LITERATURE
Faculty of Arts and Letters
PROGRAM RECOGNITIONS
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The program acquaints the students with various literary exemplars created in the specific historical junctures and in particular spatial locations; the creative process that occasions imaginative and intellectual labor, the literary trends and movements which impress upon the writer’s consciousness and work; the critical approaches and theoretical apparati which interrogatives the nature and purview of literature, as well as the functions and locations of different agencies of production, dissemination and consumption of miscellaneous texts in the wide web of Literary Cultural Studies.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Translators (Scripts/Documents)
Editor
Scriptwriter
Copywriter
Lecturer
Textbook Writer
PROGRAM CURRICULUM
Please click here to view the Program Curriculum (2021) https://www.ust.edu.ph/bachelor-of-arts-in-literature/
FIRST YEAR (2 TERMS)
| Abbreviation | Description | Lec. Hrs. | Lab. Hrs. | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| GE ELEC I | Elective I | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 3191 | Introduction to Literature and Literary Studies | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| NSTP 1 | NSTP 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| PE 1 | PATH-PE 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| PURPCOM | Purposive Communication | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| READ_PH | Readings in Philippine History | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| SPN 1 | Spanish 1 – Basic | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| THY 1 | Christian Vision of the Human Person | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 20 | 0 | 23 |
Second Term
| Abbreviation | Description | Lec. Hrs. | Lab. Hrs. | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| ART_APP | Art Appreciation | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| GE ELEC II | Elective II | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 3192 | Introduction to Literary Theory | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| MATH_MW | Mathematics in the Modern World | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| NSTP 2 | NSTP 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| PE 2 | PATH-PE 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| SPN 2 | Spanish 2 – Intermediate | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| THY 2 | Christian Vision of Marriage and Family | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| UND_SELF | Understanding the Self | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 23 | 0 | 26 |
SECOND YEAR (2 TERMS)
| Abbreviation | Description | Lec. Hrs. | Lab. Hrs. | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| CONTEM_W | The Contemporary World | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| FIL 1 | Filipino 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 3193 | Philippine Literature: The Region and The Nation | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 3194 | Introduction to Cultural Theory | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIWORIZ | Life and Works of Rizal | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| PE 3 | Physical Education 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| SCITECHS | Science, Technology, and Society | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| THY 3 | Christian Vision of the Church in Society | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 23 | 0 | 23 |
Second Term
| Abbreviation | Description | Lec. Hrs. | Lab. Hrs. | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| AB 301 | Entrepreneurial Mind | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| ETHICS | ETHICS |
3 | 0 | 3 | |
| GE ELEC III | Elective III | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| GE ELEC IV | Elective IV | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 3195 | Introduction to Postcolonial tradition | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| PE 4 | PATH-PE 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| THY 4 | Living the Christian Vision in the Contemporary World | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 23 | 0 | 23 |
THIRD YEAR (2 TERMS)
| Abbreviation | Description | Lec. Hrs. | Lab. Hrs. | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| CWL 301 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31910 | Literary Research | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31911 | Introduction to Literature and the Professions | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 3196 | Introduction to Translation | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 3197 | Philippine Literary Theory and Criticism | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 3198 | Literatures of Africa and Middle East | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 3199 | Literatures of Asia 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 21 | 0 | 21 |
Second Term
| Abbreviation | Description | Lec. Hrs. | Lab. Hrs. | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| ELE 1 | Professional Elective 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| ELE 2 | Professional Elective 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31912 | Literatures of Asia 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31913 | Literatures of Americas | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31914 | Literatures of Europe | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31915 | Literature and the Sciences | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31916 | Thesis Writing 1 – Thesis Proposal | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| TOTAL | 20 | 0 | 20 |
FOURTH YEAR (2 TERMS)
| Abbreviation | Description | Lec. Hrs. | Lab. Hrs. | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| CWL 302 | Literary Translation | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| ELE 3 | Professional Elective 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31917 | The Teaching of Literature and Composition | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31918 | Literature and the Mind | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31920 | Practicum | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| LIT 31921 | Thesis Writing 2 – Thesis Colloquium | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| TOTAL | 20 | 0 | 20 |
Second Term
| Abbreviation | Description | Lec. Hrs. | Lab. Hrs. | Units | Pre-Requisites |
| LIT 31922 | Literature and the Environment | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31923 | Narrative Tools and Techniques in the Discipline | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31924 | Literature and Religion | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31925 | Creative Non-Fiction | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31926 | Special Topics / Workshops | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| LIT 31927 | Thesis Writing 3 – Thesis Defense | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| TOTAL | 17 | 0 | 17 |
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