UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS
Ecclesiastical Faculties
Graduate Attributes and Program Intended Learning Outcomes
A graduate of UST Ecclesiastical Faculties is expected to be:
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1. A SERVANT LEADER who shows:
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- Capacity to think of one鈥檚 well-being and flourishing within the context of service and responsibility for others. He develops fervent 鈥榩astoral concern鈥� (cf. Optatam Totius, 19-20) and is aware that leading is primarily serving and is therefore trained to think of one鈥檚 well-being always within the context of responsibility and service for others.
- Ethical Action and Moral Character. He manifests 鈥渢he joy that the Church is impelled by Jesus to bear witness to and to proclaim in her mission, unceasingly and with ever renewed vigor鈥� (Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 1).
- Social Awareness and Global Perspective. He demonstrates 鈥榯hought patterns, standards of judgments, and norms of behavior that are permeated by the Gospel鈥� (cf. Sapientia Christiana, Foreword, I)
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2. AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR AND COLLABORATOR who shows:
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- Capacity to engage with other traditions and cultures for the pursuit of the Truth in the spirit of dialogue. He broadens 鈥榯he scope of his reason鈥� that enables it 鈥榯o understand and guide the powerful new forces troubling the human family, animating them with the perspective of that 鈥榗ivilization of love鈥� whose seed God has planted in every people, in every culture.鈥� He engages in several forms of interactions of different levels of human knowledge, theological and philosophical, social and scientific鈥� (Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 2).
- Manifest wisdom, reflection and thinking that is capable of presenting the Truth of Revelation through inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches. He endeavors to 鈥榬estore the unity of content, perspective and aim of the science being taught, on the basis of the Word of God and its culmination in Christ Jesus, the Word of God made flesh鈥� (Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 4.c).
- Communicate Effectively the Heritage of the Catholic Church. He proclaims the Gospel and the Church doctrines promoting a 鈥榗ulture of encounter鈥� 鈥榖etween all the authentic and vital cultures鈥� (see Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 4.b; see Caritas in Veritate, 4). He maintains 鈥渃ontact with scholars of other disciplines, whether these are believers or not,鈥� in an effort to 鈥榚valuate and interpret the latter鈥檚 affirmations and judge them in the light of the revealed truth鈥� (see Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 4.b; see Gaudium et Spes, 62).
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3. AN ANALYTICAL AND CREATIVE THINKER who shows:
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- Fidelity to Catholic heritage in the use of scientific methods for what Pope Francis would call as 鈥榗reative apologetics.鈥� He takes research undertakings which allow him/her to interact, with responsible freedom and mutual transparency, with scholars from different religious universities and from different scientific fields for the sake of protecting nature, defending the poor, and building networks of respect and fraternity (Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 5).
- Capacity to demonstrate the relevance of the Christian worldview. He demonstrates the consistency of the Christian view of the world, of man and of God, placing in a proper light the relationship between philosophy and theology in the service of Divine Revelation (cf. Veritatis Gaudium, 81, 搂1).
- Capacity to do scientific research that promotes the gradual improvement of the level of philosophical, theological and juridical studies and other related sciences. He does research that seeks to 鈥榗ommunicate more effectively the truth of the Gospel in specific context, without renouncing the truth, the goodness and the light which it can bring whenever perfection is not possible鈥� (Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 5).
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4. A LIFELONG LEARNER who shows:
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- Openness towards specialized studies that engage in deeper dialogue with different scientific fields. He manifests the capacity to implement Newman鈥檚 vision of allowing the faith to become the kernel for scientific research (see Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 4.c).
- Openness towards a 鈥榥etwork of relations鈥� which acknowledges that it is proper for every human being to tend towards others. He becomes sensitive to the cries of the earth鈥檚 poor, and gives concrete expressions to the social dimension of evangelization鈥� (Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 4a).
- Openness to collaborate with experts including those who do not share the Catholic faith. He exhibits in his scientific works a catholicity that is open to the cultivation and promotion of cooperation with academic institutions in different countries and cultures, and with those inspired by different cultural and religious traditions (see Veritatis Gaudium, Foreword, 5).
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