Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies is a Bachelor program taught at University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

The Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies at the University of Santo Tomas is an interdisciplinary program that supports basic research on traditional and contemporary issues of Asia. It connects Social Sciences topics such as politics, economics, and sociology with Humanities areas such as history, philosophy, and literature. The curriculum orients students to historical, philosophical, cultural, sociological, economic, and political theories used as lenses for understanding developments and realities in the past and present.

Students take a structured program across multiple terms, including introductory courses in Asian Studies, the Social Sciences and Humanities, and readings in Philippine history. The curriculum includes courses such as Asian Civilization, The Great Works, Life and Works of Rizal, Modern Southeast Asia, International Relations in East Asia, Eastern Philosophies 1, Asian Geography and Ethnography, Research Methods, and professional electives. Students also take National Service Training Program and Physical Activities Toward Health and Fitness courses.

Modules

• Entrepreneurial Mind
• Introduction to Asian Studies
• The Contemporary World
• Elective I
• Mathematics in the Modern World
• National Service Training Program 1
• Physical Activities Toward Health and Fitness 2: Exercise-based Fitness Activities
• Purposive Communication
• Spanish 1 – Basic
• Christian Vision of the Human Person
• Introduction to the Social Sciences and Humanities
• Elective II

The minimum requirements for admission in Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies at University of Santo Tomas for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by University of Santo Tomas.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of Santo Tomas as pre-requiste for admission in Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.ust.edu.ph/academics/programs/bachelor-of-arts-in-asian-studies

• Academe and research
• Government offices, including diplomacy, finance and trade, social welfare, and immigration
• Corporate field, as analysts and executive officers
• Non-government organizations, including development studies, human rights, and urban planning

2 fully funded scholarships are listed for Philippines. See Philippines scholarships.