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Degree Requirements/Academics Information (revised as of February 2013)
A. Master!s (M.A./M.S.) Degree
1. The MA/MS Graduate School program includes Two (2) Pre-requisite courses: Research Methodology and St.
Thomas on Critical Thinking.
2. The total number of units required are: Pre-requisites (6 units): Research Methodology and St. Thomas on
Critical Thinking; Core (9 units), Major (15 units), Cognates (3 units) and Thesis Writing I-Thesis Proposal (3
units), Thesis Writing II-Research Colloquium (3 units) and Thesis III-Thesis Oral Defense (3 units). Please
note that some graduate programs require Research Methodology as the only prerequisite subject, in this case the
student will have to take two cognate subjects equivalent to (6 units). Students who did not enroll St. Thomas on
Critical Thinking as one of their prerequisite subjects may enroll it as one of their cognate subjects. All in all an
MA/MS candidate must have earned a total of forty-two (42) units of academic courses. In case that a particular
program has a different distribution of units specially on the core and major subjects, the 42 units requirement for
the master!s program is observed.
3. As a general rule, an MA/MS degree program may be completed within two (2) years of residency, i.e., enrolled
for at least four (4) consecutive semesters. If a student is enrolled only during Summer Terms, a minimum of five
(5) Summer Terms is required. The maximum residency for the masters degree is five (5) years. Students who
overstayed beyond the maximum residency must take reactivation courses. (Please refer to the provisions
regarding reactivation courses pp. 28-30).
4. There are some programs which require that the applicant take some undergraduate (foundation) courses as
preparatory courses if the applicant's Bachelor's degree is different from the MA/MS degree he wishes to pursue.
A student for an MA/MS degree not corresponding to his Bachelor's degree should finish at least eighteen
(18) units of major undergraduate courses in the area of specialization, subject to the approval of the
Discipline Consultant, before proceeding to graduate work.
Those in the MBA and MSC programs whose undergraduate degree is non-Business or Economics, must take
nine (9) additional units as foundation courses.
However, there are Master!s degree programs that require a corresponding identical Bachelor!s degree
program, e.g., Law and Nursing. For example, but not limited to, a Bachelor!s degree in Pol. Sci. cannot
apply immediately for an Ll. M. degree. This is in view of the fact, that the Ll. M. requires both an A.B./B.S.
and Ll.B. degrees prior to the Ll. M. program.
Also, graduates of the professional degrees like, but not limited to, M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., O.D., J.D. or Ll.B.
and alike must first take and obtain the master!s degree program prior to their application to the
Doctorate, meaning the Ph.D. degree program.
5. The MBA, MSC, MS HRM and other management related graduate programs require (1) year work experience
prior to admission into the program.

B. Doctorate (Ph.D.) Degree
1. The doctoral degree program includes: three (3) Philosophy courses: Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas,
Philosophy of Values, and Current Themes in the Philosophy of Man (Philosophy majors should follow
their own curriculum); and six (6) non-credit units of foreign language courses.
2. The total number of units required are: Philosophy courses (9 units), Major subjects (30 units), Cognates (6
units), Dissertation Writing I-Dissertation proposal (6 units), Dissertation Writing II-Research Colloquium
(3 units), Dissertation Writing III-Research Colloquium (3units) and Dissertation Writing IV-Dissertation
Oral Defense (3 units). Foreign Language courses (6) units). A PhD candidate must have earned a total of sixty
(60) academic units and six (6) units of foreign language courses for the PhD program. But, all in all, a PhD
candidate must have earned a total of one hundred and two (102) academic graduate units consisting of sixty
(60) PhD units and forty-two (42) MA/MS units.
3. A candidate may be exempted from the Foreign Language requirement provided he takes the Foreign Language
(of his choice) Proficiency Test. Application for said purpose may be secured at the Dean!s Office.
A candidate may take his foreign language in other Schools/Language Institutes provided the number of
hours (108 hours) are met. A certificate attesting to this condition must be presented for the approval of the
Dean.
4. As a general rule, a PhD degree program may be completed in five (5) years, i.e., enrolled for at least ten (10)
semesters or summer terms. The maximum residency for the PhD program is seven (7) years. The minimum
residency requirement for the PhD degree program is 3 years. If a student is enrolled only during summer terms,
a minimum of (6) summer terms is required, however the maximum residency is twelve (10) summers. Students
who overstayed beyond the maximum residency must take reactivation courses. (Please refer to the provisions
regarding reactivation courses pp.28-30).
5. A Ph.D. applicant, who was graduated with an M.A./M.S. degree from another University, is required to submit
a copy of his thesis upon submission of Application Form at the USTGS Office.
6. If a candidate wishes to pursue a PhD degree other than the MA/MS degree already earned, the candidate will
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6. If a candidate wishes to pursue a PhD degree other than the MA/MS degree already earned, the candidate will
be required to get MA/MS courses corresponding to the PhD degree he wishes to pursue as foundation courses.
For this reason, a student who wishes to pursue a doctoral program should have a minimum of twenty-four (24)
units of his major in the Master's level equivalent to nine (9) units of Core and fifteen (15) units of Major
subjects. Excess units in the Master's program are not automatically credited for the doctoral program. The Dean,
in consultation with the Discipline Consultant, must approve such an arrangement.
7. A candidate for the doctoral degree must have a reading knowledge of at least one non-Filipino language other
than English. A foreign student in the doctoral program is required to have a reading knowledge of a language other
than English besides his native language.
8. Courses taken from another University without previous approval of the Registrar's Office upon the
recommendation of the Dean shall not be formally credited.
9. An applicant who already possesses a Ph.D. degree and wishes to pursue a second Ph.D., the following
requirements must be fulfilled: If the desired second Ph.D. degree program is not related to the previous
master!s and previous Ph.D. degree, the applicant is required to take at least 24 academic units in the master!s
level, equivalent to nine (9) units Core and fifteen (15) units Major over and above the regular requirements
for the Ph.D. degree.
An MA/MS student, whether he has just finished his MA/MS program with the USTGS or not, must formally
apply in the PhD program before formally enrolling.

UST Graduate School Grading System
1.00
1.25
1.50
1.75
2.00
95 and above
92.5 ! 94.9
90 ! 92.4
87.5 !89.9
85 ! 87.4
Below 1.75 Failure for the Doctorate degree
Below 2.00 Failure for the Master!s degree
INC Incomplete
WF Withdrew without permission-Failed
WP Withdrew with permission
C. Number of Units Required
The number of units required for the MA/MS and PhD programs under the 2001 Revised Curriculum is as follows:
Master!s Doctoral
Pre-requisite
Foreign Language
Core Subjects
Major Subjects
Cognate Subjects
Thesis Writing I
Thesis Writing II
Thesis Writing III
Dissertation Writing I
Dissertation Writing II
Dissertation Writing III
Dissertation Writing IV
6/3
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9
15
3/6
3
3
3
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9
(6)
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30
6
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6
3
3
3
TOTAL Units 42 60
Please note that the distribution of units in the major and core subjects may vary depending on the octoral
I. OTHER REQUIREMENTS
A. The Written Comprehensive Examinations (WCE)
1. All students (MA/MS or PhD) are required to take the Written Comprehensive Examinations (WCE) prior to
their enrolment in Thesis Writing II (TWII) and Dissertation Writing II (DWII), respectively. Students enrolled in
the non-thesis track programs are required to take the WCE prior to the STRAMA/Business Plan, HRM STRAT
Plan, Graduate Research Seminar (Final Course Paper). In the event that a student is permitted to take DWI
provided he takes WCE within the semester he is enrolled in DWI, such a student must have first taken and
passed the WCE before he is permitted to undergo the Dissertation Proposal Oral Defense. In the case of an
MA/MS student, the grade of his TWI shall not be released unless the WCE has been successfully passed.
2. To qualify, a student must have earned the following academic course requirements:
MA/MS: 21 Academic Units
3 units of Pre-requisite Subjects
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6 units of Core Subjects
12 units of Major Subjects
21 units

Ph.D.: 30 Academic Units
6 units of Philosophy Subjects
24 units of Major Subjects
30 units

3. The passing grade for WCE is 2.00 for an MA/MS program and 1.75 for a PhD program.
4. A student who fails in three (3) course subjects will have to re-take examinations in all five (5) WCE course
subjects taken. A student who fails in one (1) or two (2) course subject(s) will be required to re-take the examinations
only in these subject(s) failed. However, if the student fails in one (1) or two (2) subjects and still is able to meet the
general passing average for the WCE ! 2.00 for the Master!s and 1.75 for the doctoral levels respectively, - the
student will no longer be required to undergo a re-take. In general, therefore, a student who fails in the WCE is
required to re-take the same failed course subject(s). Now, failure for the second time means termination of the
student!s candidacy for any degree.
5. A student who failed the WCE is allowed a "Re-take". Failure in the "Re-take" means automatic termination
of a candidacy for any degree.
6. A student who has failed one (1) or two (2) course subject(s) in the WCE need to re-apply for these failed
subjects before the re-take. However, a student who has failed three (3) subjects is required to re-apply for all five (5)
WCE course subjects (1 Core subject and 4 Major subjects). Upon the discretion of the Dean based on a written
request of the failing student, the student concerned may be permitted to apply in other subjects other than those
which he has failed.
7. Two types of examinations are given: the Integrated (wherein students are examined on all the subjects in his
program), and the Non-integrated (wherein students choose one (1) Core subject and four (4) Major subjects to be
examined for master!s degree and five (5) Major subjects for doctoral degree.
Education, Political Science, Public Administration programs are integrated. All other programs are non-
integrated.
8. The Office of the Dean announces the application period six weeks before the scheduled examinations.
9. The procedure for WCE application is as follows:
Secure a temporary TOR from the Registrar's Office.
Pay the WCE fee at the Cashier's Office; and,
Bring back the WCE Application Form with the Receipt of Payment to the Graduate School Office.
10. The WCE is conducted three (3) times a year: at the end of the first semester (October); at the end of the second
semester (March), and after the summer term (May).
11. For very rare occasions, and for valid reasons, a student-returnee who has been away for more than five (5) years, besides
the reactivation requirement, may be permitted upon the discretion of the Dean, to "sit-in" in classes whose courses are required
in preparation either for the WCE or for thesis/dissertation writing. No extra fee is required
12. The WCE is valid only up to five (5) years beyond residency for the Master!s program and up to seven
(7) years beyond residency for the Doctoral program.

B. Theses and Dissertations / Graduation Honors

1. A thesis/dissertation is required for all MA/MS and PhD degrees, respectively, except for the MA in Music
which requires a recital, Master in Engineering Program which requires a practicum and other non-thesis track
programs.
2. A dissertation proposal must be orally defended in the presence of the adviser, three (3) evaluators, and the
Graduate School Dean and/or Graduate Research Director. It is encouraged in Dissertation Proposal Oral Defense
that an outsider, expert in the field, be invited.
3. It is only after the dissertation proposal is successfully defended that a student is elevated to the
candidacy for a PhD degree program which shall be contained in a formal letter from the Dean and sent to
the student. In the case of an MA/MS student, it is only after the approval of the thesis proposal by the three (3)
evaluators (besides the adviser) that he is raised formally by the Dean to the candidacy for an MA / MS
degree program.
4. The Honors that will be reflected in the Diploma (either for MA/MS or PhD) is arrived at after getting
the average of 1/3 of the candidate's academic performance; 1/3 of the grades for the thesis/dissertation as
written prior to the oral defense; and finally, 1/3 of the grades for the thesis/dissertation as orally defended.
5. For those who are enrolled in the non-thesis track master!s degree programs, except for the Master of
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5. For those who are enrolled in the non-thesis track master!s degree programs, except for the Master of
Engineering Program, the following scheme apply in the determination of honors:

MASTER IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Grading Factors and Weight
Average Grade in all subjects taken 50%
Written Comprehensive Examination 25%
Final Course Paper: 25%
Written Form of the HRM STRATPLAN (70%)
Presentation in a colloquium (30%)
Total 100%

MBA/EMBA
Grading Factors and Weight
Average Grade in all subjects taken 50%
Written Comprehensive Examination 25%
Final Course Paper: 25%
Written Form of the HRM STRATPLAN (70%)
Presentation in a colloquium (30%)
Total 100%

Other NON-THESIS Track Programs
(except Master of Engineering Program)
Grading Factors and Weight
Academic Performance 50%
Written Comprehensive Examination 25%
Final Course Paper
(Graduate Research Seminar) 25%
Total 100%

Effective April 2007, the following are the Implementing Guidelines for the granting of honors:
a) A candidate for graduation with honors must have completed the program within the residency period
which is five (5) years for a Master!s degree and seven (7) years for a doctorate degree.
b) The candidate for graduation with honors in the Master!s program must not have acquired a grade of
incomplete, or WF or grade below 2.0. Consequently, a candidate for graduation with honors in the
Doctorate program should not have acquired a grade of incomplete, or WF or a grade below 1.75 in any
academic subject.
c) A candidate for graduation with honors must have carried at least (6) academic units per semester of study.
d) A candidate for graduation with honors must have completed in the University at least 80% of the total
number of academic units including thesis/dissertation for graduation.
e) Must not have obtained a grade lower than !Meritus! in the oral defense of the thesis or dissertation.

The Grade Range for Graduation Honors (Effective April 2007)
1.00 ! 1.05 Summa Cum Laude
1.06 ! 1.16 Magna Cum Laude
1.17 ! 1.35 Cum Laude

6. Beginning AY 2000-2001 those enrolled in TWI/DWI and have their thesis/dissertation proposals formally
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6. Beginning AY 2000-2001 those enrolled in TWI/DWI and have their thesis/dissertation proposals formally
approved, will have to be enrolled in Research Colloquium in the immediately succeeding semester.
7. Enrolment in TWI and DWI is covered by the provisions stated in the UST Graduate School Guidelines to
Thesis and Dissertation:
!The candidate who enrolls for the first time in TW 1/DW1 and fails to submit the proposal for evaluation will be
given a grade of !In Progress! at the end of the semester the candidate is enrolled in.
The candidate is allowed to re-enroll in TW1/DW1 in the following semester to complete the requirements of the
research proposal stage and pay the required !modified fees!. Should the candidate still fail to submit the proposal,
he/she will receive a final grade of !Incomplete! in his/her Transcript of Records (TOR).
The candidate who fails to submit the proposal after the second enrollment shall be permitted to enroll the third and
last time and pay the required !full fees!. If still the candidate fails to submit the proposal for the third
enrolment, then he/she will be required to enroll again in Research Methodology. Only after earning credits for
Research Methodology will he/she be allowed to enroll in TW 1/DW1 again. For the fourth enrolment, the
candidate is expected to submit the Thesis/Dissertation proposal.
Doctoral candidates are required to be enrolled in the semester they are scheduled to have the Pre-Oral Defense or
Proposal Defense.
8. Research Colloquium and Oral Defense
After the thesis proposal has been approved or dissertation proposal has been successfully defended, the masterate/
doctorate student must enroll in research colloquium in the immediately following semester. A research colloquium
must be finished in one semester. A masterate student is required to take at least one research colloquium (Thesis
Writing II) while the doctoral student is required to take two research colloquia (Dissertation Writing II and
Dissertation Writing III). Only after the research colloquium has been fulfilled that a student is permitted to enroll
in Thesis Writing III-Thesis Oral Defense for the Master!s program or Dissertation Writing IV-Dissertation Oral
Defense for the Doctorate Program.


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