Loyola Schools
| Mga Paaralang Loyola ng Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila |
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| Established | 2000 |
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| President | Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, S.J., Ph.D. |
| Vice-president | Ma. Luz C. Vilches, Ph.D. |
| Location | Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Website | http://ls.ateneo.edu |
The Loyola Schools are the higher education unit of the Ateneo de Manila University, that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the arts and sciences and operates under the Vice President of the university. It is located at the university's Loyola Heights campus in Katipunan, Quezon City.
Dean: Benilda S. Santos
Dean: Luis F. Dumlao
Dean: Evangeline Bautista, Ph.D.
Dean: Fernando Aldaba, Ph.D.
The Ateneo Loyola Schools confer the following degrees: forty-eight Bachelor of Arts (AB), Bachelor of Science (BS), and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degrees at the undergraduate level; forty-four Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MS) degrees and twelve Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees at the graduate level. Concentrations vary and are offered as different degree programs. Besides these major fields of concentration, students can choose a minor from a wide range of fields. broadening their interest and career options.
In the four or five year bachelor program, aside from their major and minor fields of concentration, all undergraduate students must take the core curriculum of English and Filipino language and literature, foreign language (Spanish, Russian, German, Portuguese, French, Italian, Latin, Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese are currently offered), mathematics, natural sciences, sociology and psychology, political science, and history, along with philosophy and theology as the centerpiece.
The Ateneo de Manila's teaching methods are geared toward student-centered learning. Faculty are prepared for their role by the Loyola Schools' Teacher Formation Institute. Teaching materials and methods foster student participation, individual and group projects, mentoring, and other activities that vie with coursework for importance. Professors offer students individual help in their area of interest. All faculty are evaluated by students each semester, and there are annual faculty activity reports and faculty peer evaluations.
Facilities are developed to support this approach: in 2004 the Matteo Ricci Study Hall was completed and in 2006 the Manuel V. Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership housing student organizations and services.
Centers of Excellence (COEs) and Centers of Development (CODs) are programs identified by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as exhibiting the highest standards of instruction, research, and extension. Such programs are expected to provide leadership and networking arrangements to ensure the accelerated development of all the schools. The COEs/CODs are given funding assistance for student scholarships, faculty development, library and laboratory upgrading, research and extension services, instructional materials development, and networking among existing COEs and CODs. As of December 2007, the programs included:
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