The UST Department of Filipino is a university-wide unit under the office of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs that oversees and ensures the standardization and implementation of courses in Basic Education (General Education).

 

History

Founded in 1938 by Jose Villa Panganiban, creator of the English-Tagalog dictionary and founder of the Varsitarian, the Department of Tagalog has evolved into the Department of Filipino. From 1971 until 1978, the department enjoyed the support of the first Filipino rector, Fr. Leonardo Legazpi, O.P. It gained prominence with the prolific of respected Filipino-Thomasian writers like Genoveva Edroza- Matute, Rolando Tinio, and Rogelio Sicat. But, when the former Department of Education, Culture and Sports, decided to decrease the units in Spanish in 1979, the university officials decided to merge all language courses at the University under a department called the Department of Languages​​.

 

Owing to the vision of the Chairperson of the Department of Languages, Prof. Marilu R. Madrunio, Ph.D., Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Clarita DL. Carillo, Ph.D., and UST Rector Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, OP, the creation of a separate Filipino Department was approved. It was not an easy transition, as the department had to hurdle the standards set by the university– among them the selection of a chairperson and faculty with doctorate degrees in different specializations, and capability for research.

 

Mission

The UST Department of Filipino seeks to become major center of excellence in teaching Filipino cognizant of its role in conducting research activities dedicated to the enrichment of the Filipino language.

In keeping with our mission, our goals are to:

 

• Provide a strong non-graduate and continuing graduate programs that will yield modern Filipino professor with Thomasian values

• Provide opportunities and resources for faculty and students to engage in research in Filipino on specialized topics in various fields

• Publish translations of indigenous texts into Filipino

• Actively participate in planning and evaluation of significant language policy that will lead to more effective use of the Filipino language

• Organize various workshops, seminars and national conferences that will enrich knowledge and expertise of teachers and professors in teaching Filipino language

• Share innovative teaching strategies and knowledge of the Filipino language through free seminars to teachers in public schools as contribution to the community development

 

Vision

The UST Department of Filipino envisions itself as the leading institution that promotes the mastery of Filipino language, dedicated to teaching, research, translation and language planning.

 

Administrator

Assoc. Prof. Roberto D. Ampil, Ph.D.

Chair

 

Services Offered

• Oversees the programming and implementation of the course offerings of the Department common to the collegial units in consonance with the mission/vision of the University and the CHED mandate on the general education curriculum

•  Reviews and updates the course offerings with regards to course content, subject sequence, prerequisite courses, instructional materials and reference textbooks

• Serves as liason among Deans for needed faculty

• Organizes In-house training and continuing education programs for the faculty

• Develops and directs programs for the faculty to improve their professional qualifications, to do research and extension services and to write publication

• Recommends the procurement of library materials, recent textbooks, references and publications for the discipline

• Establishes academic and professional linkages for the department

• Prepares the budget for the department

• Participates in the recruitment, screening, retention, removal, evaluation and development of faculty members in the specific discipline of the department

• Performs such other related activities as may be assigned by the vice rector for academic affairs

 

Contact Information

Office of Academic Affairs-General Education

Room 109, UST Main Building

Tel. Nos.: (63-2) 406-1611 loc. 8342

Telefax: (63-2) 749-9779

Mobile nos.: 09285025787/09209266332

E-Mail: ampil_2003@yahoo.com

 

URL Address: http://sludeptofilipino-com.webs.com/

 

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