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Graduate Degree Programs


CORE COURSES

COURSE NO. COURSE TITLE UNITS
AGDV201 Rural Development Theories and Approaches 3
AGDV202 Problems and Issues in Agricultural Rural Development 3
AGDV203 Extension Strategies for Rural Development 3
AGDV204

Planning, Administration and Implementation of Extension Programs

3
AGDV205 Crop Production and Management 3
AGDV206 Advanced Poultry and Livestock Production 3
AGDV207 Essentials of Project Feasibility Studies 3
AGDV208 Research Methods and Analysis 3


ELECTIVE COURSES

AGDV209 Communication in Extension Education 3
AGDV210 Physiological Aspects of Crop Production 3
AGDV211 Sociolinguistics and Agricultural Development 3
AGDV212 Comparative Animal Nutrition 3
AGDV213 Advanced Animal Breeding and Genetics 3
AGDV214 Soil Fertility and Management 3
AGDV215 Literature and Ecology 3



AGDV299 Graduate Seminar 1
AGDV290 Capstone 3

 


COURSE SUMMARY

Core Courses 24 units
Elective Courses 6 units
Graduate Seminar 1 unit
Capstone 3 units
   
TOTAL 34 units




 

Course number and Description Title

Units

Core Course – 6 units

AGDE201 – Rural Development Theories and Approaches 3
AGDE202 – Problems and Issues in Agricultural and Rural Development 3

Major Courses – 24 units (minimum)

ENTO213 – Acarology 3
ENTO215 – Aquatic Entomology 3
ENTO216 – Stored Products Entomology 3
ENTO217 – Insect Pathology 3
ENTO221 – Insect Morphology 3
ENTO228 – Advanced Insect Physiology 3
ENTO229 – Insect Behavior 3
ENTO241 – Immature Insects 3
ENTO242 – Taxonomy of Parasitoids and Predators 3
ENTO252 – Insect Ecology 3
ENTO262 – Insecticide Toxicology 3
ENTO291 – Special Topics 1-3

Minor/Cognate Courses – 9 units (courses from another field of specialization)

ENTO299 – Graduate Seminar 1
ENTO290 – Special Problem

 

 SUMMARY 
 Major  24
 Minor/Cognate  9
 Graduate Seminar 1
 Special Problem  2
   
 Total No. of Units Required  42
    

 

Note:

  1. Not more than 6 units of 100 level courses may be credited for the degree program
  2. Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
  3. After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) and prepare their Plan of Course Work (PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
Title and Description of Courses Units
Core Course – 6 units
AGDE201 – Rural Development Theories and Approaches 3
AGDE202 – Problems and Issues in Agricultural and Rural Development 3
Major Courses – 24 units (minimum)
ECON213* – Price and Allocation Theory 3
ECON214* – National Income and employment 3
AGEC210 – Resource Utilization and Farm Business 3
AGEC221 – Advanced Farm Management 3
AGEC222 – Agricultural Production Economics 3
AGEC231 – Project Feasibility Studies 3
AGEC235 – Agricultural Resource Economics 3
AGEC241 – Agricultural Prices 3
AGEC244 – Economics of Agricultural Marketing 3
AGEC291 - Special Topics 1-3
*Required Course
Minor/Cognate Courses – 9 units (minimum)
AGEC299 – Graduate Seminar 1
AGEC290 –Special Problem 2

 

SUMMARY
Core Courses   6
Major   24
Minor/Cognate   9
Graduate Seminar   1
Special Problem   2
     
Total No. of Units Required   42

 

Note:

  1. Not more than 6 units of 100 level courses may be credited for the degree program
  2. Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
  3. After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) and prepare their Plan of Course Work (PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.

Course Number and Descriptive Title                                                                          Units

Major Courses – 21 units (minimum)

BOTN205 – Photophysiology                                                                                 3

BOTN211 – Bryology                                                                                               3

BOTN213 – Advanced Plant Physiology                                                              3

BOTN215 – Pteridology                                                                                          3  

BOTN217 – Stress Physiology of Plants                                                              3

BOTN219 – Wetland Ecology                                                                                 3

BOTN241 – Advanced Plant Systematics                                                           3

BOTN243 – Advanced Phycology                                                                         3

BOTN206 – Developmental Plant Anatomy                                                        3

BOTN212 – Ecology of Aquatic Fungi                                                                  3

BOTN214 – Systematics of Grasses and Legumes                                           3

BOTN216 – Plant-Water Relations                                                                        3

BOTN222 – Plant Communities and Ecosystems                                              3

BOTN242 – Advances in Plant Ecology                                                                3

BOTN292 – Cell Ultrastructure                                                                               3

BOTN294 – Methods in Plant Systematics                                                          3

 

Minor/Cognate Courses – 9 units (courses from another field of specialization)

BOTN299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                               1

BOTN300 – Master’s Thesis                                                                                   6

SUMMARY

Major                                         ___ 21

Minor/Cognate                        ___ 9

Graduate Seminar                   ___ 1

Master’s Thesis                       ___ 6

Total No. of Units Required:        37

Note:

a) Not more than 6 units of 100 level courses may be credited for the degree program

b) Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.

c) After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) and prepare their Plan of Course Work (PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.

Application for Admission Fee P 100.00
Tuition (per unit) & Lab. Fee  
  • Regular Offering
 
    MS/MAgDev
P 200.00/unit
    PhD
P 250.00/unit
  • Weekend classes w/ min. of 8 students
 
    MS/MM/MEd/MSLAM/MLAM/DLAM
P 350.00/unit
   
    Laboratory Fee
P 400.00/lab.
  • Extramural
P 300.00/unit
Miscellaneous  
    Deposit
P 150.00
    Library Fee
P 120.00/sem
    Publication
P 100.00/sem
    Medical/Dental Fee
P 100.00/sem
    Registration/Matriculation Fee
P 100.00/sem
    VSU ID*
P 100.00
    Educational Development Fee (For weekday class)
P 150.00

(For weekend class)

P 1,000.00
    Facilities Improvement Fee
P 100.00
    Cultural Fee
P 50.00
    Entrance Fee*
P 100.00
Other Fees  
  • Residence Fee
P 350.00
  • Thesis/Dissertation/Special Problem Completion**
P 350.00
  • Examination Fee (Comprehensive)
 
    Ph.D.
P 20,000.00
    M.S. (with thesis)
P 15,000.00
    MEd, MMGT, M.Ag.Dev (without thesis)
P 10,000.00
  • Non Registration Related Fees
 
    Graduation Fee
P 350.00
    Diploma Fee
P 300.00
    Fee for change of program/degree
P 25.00
  • Kanlaon Dormitory
P 1750.00/sem

*for new students only
**after having of dissertation work for Ph.D. students 

 

 Fees for Non-Scholar Foriegn Students 

Tuition and Miscellaneious Fee

Double the fees paid by Filipino graduate Students

Admission Fee

USD$20

Educational Development Fee

USD$500/sem for non-residents
USD$250/sem for resident foreign students