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Curriculum Guide: Master of Science in Land Administration and Management New Curriculum

Course Number and Descriptive Title                                                                                         Units

Required Course – 21 units (MLAM) 24 units (MSLAM)

LAMP211 – Land Administration and Management                                                          3

LAMP223 – Land Tenure, Law and Policy                                                                            3

LAMP225 – Land Economics and Valuation                                                                        3

LAMP229 – Geospatial Technologies for Land Resourse Management                         3

LAMP231 – Land Conflict Management                                                                               3

LAMP234 – Urban and Rural Land Use Planning                                                                 3

LAMP252 – Land Resourse Management, Access and Benefit Sharing                         3

Elective Courses – 6 units minimum (MLAM)

LAMP221 – Sociology of Agriculture                                                                                    3

LAMP224 – Demography                                                                                                        3

LAMP227 – Political Economy                                                                                               3

LAMP241 – Gender, Work and Food in Rural Societies                                                      3

LAMP244 – Poverty, Peace and the Peasantry                                                                   3

LAMP247 – Social Programming Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation                         3

LAMP298  Land Resources Management, Access and Benefit Sharing                      3

Graduate Seminar

         LAMP299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                                               3

Master’s Thesis/Special Problem

LAMP300 –Master’s Thesis                                                                                                   6

LAMP300A – Capstone Project                                                                                             3

SUMMARY

Courses                                              Number of Units

            MLAM             MSLAM

Major/Required Courses                               21                    24

Elective                                                               6                       

Graduate Seminar                                             3                       3

Capstone Project                                               3                        -

Master’s Thesis                                                  -                       6

Total No. of Units Required                          33                    33

Minimum no. of semester to

Finish the degree                                             4                       4

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