Mastering the concept of philology, types of philology, objects of philology, objectives of philological research, the relationship between philology and other sciences, the benefits of philology for other sciences, history of philology, types of manuscripts, types of texts, traditions of copying manuscripts, techniques for determining the age of manuscripts, transliteration and transcription, methods of criticism texts, ancient philological research methods, modern/oral philological research methods, ancient philological research procedures, modern/oral philological research procedures through face-to-face activities, training, structured assignments, independent study to produce papers, oral philological recordings, and transliteration/transcription for presented in class discussions and exhibitions/departments of the department‘s work Mastering the basic concepts of philology or text science which include definitions, objects of philological research, aims and benefits and uses of philological research, the history of the development of philology in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the archipelago, relations philology with other sciences, philological research methods, and philological research steps. Understanding the basic concepts of philology is used as a provision in carrying out research on Indonesian manuscripts, as an alternative to literary research with classical manuscripts as objects.