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Graduate Degree Programs

Course Number and Descriptive Title                                                                          Units

Core Course – 3 units

ADED222 – Social Science Research                                                                  3

Major Courses – 18 units (minimum)

LTNG205 – Related Activities in Language Teaching                                            3

LNTG207 – Introductory Linguistics                                                                         3

LTNG209 – Second Language Teaching for Special Curricular Programs       3

LTNG211 – Teaching Literature                                                                                 3

LTNG212 – Teaching in Advanced Composition                                                    3

LTNG214 – Teaching Reading                                                                                   3

LTNG216 – Teaching Speech Communication                                                       3

LTNG218 – Sociolinguistics                                                                                       3         

LTNG221 – Language Testing                                                                                   3

LTNG223 – English for Specific Purposes                                                               3

LTNG225 – Psycholinguistics                                                                                    3

LTNG227 – Instructional Materials Dev’t. for Special Academic Needs            3

LTNG291 – Special Topics                                                                                       1-3

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

LTNG299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                                   1

LTNG300 – 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.

Course Number and Descriptive Title                                                                           Units

Core Course – 3 units

ADED222 – Social Science Research                                                                  3

Major Courses – 18 units (minimum)

LTNG205 – Related Activities in Language Teaching                                            3

LNTG207 – Introductory Linguistics                                                                         3

LTNG209 – Second Language Teaching for Special Curricular Programs        3

LTNG211 – Teaching Literature                                                                                 3

LTNG212 – Teaching in Advanced Composition                                                    3

LTNG214 – Teaching Reading                                                                                   3

LTNG216 – Teaching Speech Communication                                                       3

LTNG218 – Sociolinguistics                                                                                       3         

LTNG221 – Language Testing                                                                                   3

LTNG223 – English for Specific Purposes                                                               3

LTNG225 – Psycholinguistics                                                                                    3

LTNG227 – Instructional Materials Dev’t. for Special Academic Needs            3

LTNG291 – Special Topics                                                                                       1-3

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

LTNG299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                                   1

LTNG300 – 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.

Course Number and Descriptive Title                                                                                         Units

Required Course – 21 units

LAMP211 – Land Administration and Management                                                          3

LAMP223 – Land Tenure, Law and Policy                                                                            3

LAMP225 –Land Economics and Valuation                                                                         3

LAMP229 –Technologies for Geodata Collection, Analysis & Interpretation                 3

LAMP231 – Land Conflict Management                                                                               3

LAMP234 – Urban and Rural Land Use Planning                                                                3

LAMP298 – Research Methods (for MLAM and MSLAM students only)                        3

Elective Courses – 6 units minimum

LAMP221/DSOC221 – Sociology of Agriculture                                                                 3

LAMP224/DSOC224–Demography                                                                                       3

LAMP227/DSOC227 – Political Economy                                                                            3

LAMP235/DSOC235 –Collective Behavior and Grassroots Organizing                         3

LAMP241/DSOC241– Gender, Work and Food in Rural Societies                                   3

LAMP244/DSOC244– Poverty, Peace and the Peasantry                                                 3

LAMP247/DSOC247– Social Programming Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation      3

LAMP252/DSOC252-Land Resources Management, Access and Benefit Sharing      3

Graduate Seminar

LAMP299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                                      1

Master’s Thesis/Special Problem

LAMP300 –Master’s Thesis                                                                                                  6

LAMP300A – Special Project                                                                                                3

SUMMARY

Courses                                              Number of Units

DLAM              MLAM             MSLAM

Major/Required Courses                      18                    21                     21

Elective                                                    -                     12                      6

Graduate Seminar                                  1                      1                      1

Special Project                                       -                      3                       -

Master’s Thesis                                      -                       -                      6

Total No. of Units Required                19                     37                    34

Minimum no. of semester to

Finish the degree                                    2                      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.

Title and Description of Courses                                                             Units

 

Core Courses – 6 units

AGDE201 – Rural Development Theories and Approaches                                                                           3

AGDE202 – Problems and Issues in Agricultural and Rural Dev’t.                                                              3

 

Major Courses – 24 units (minimum)

Required:

HMEC201 – Family in an Ecosystem                                                                                                                3

Other Options:

HMEC211 – Current Issues in Food and Nutrition                                                                                         3

HMEC212 – Nutrition Education                                                                                                                       3

HMEC213 – National Assessment and Interventiom                                                                                   3

HMEC221 – Advanced Textiles and Clothing                                                                                                 3

HMEC222 – Apparel Design                                                                                                                              3

HMEC231 – Parenting and Child Development                                                                                             3

HMEC232 – Curriculum Development in Early Childhood Education                                                        3

HMEC233 – Gender and Development                                                                                                            3

HMEC241 – Craft Development                                                                                                                        3

HMEC251 – Advanced Resource Management                                                                                            3

HMEC261 – Problems and Issues in Home Economics                                                                              3

HMEC271 – Interior Design                                                                                                                               3

HMEC291 – Special Topics                                                                                                                               1-3

ADED222 – Social Science Research                                                                                                              3

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

HMEC299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                                                                         1

HMEC290 – Special Problem                                                                                                                            2

 

SUMMARY

Core Course                  ___ 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.

Title and Description of Courses                                                                                    Units

Core Courses – 3 units

HMEC201 – Family in an Ecosystem                                                                    3

Major Courses – 18 units (minimum)

Required:

ADED222 – Social Science Research                                                                   3

Other Options:

HMEC211 – Current Issues in Food and Nutrition                                             3

HMEC212 – Nutrition Education                                                                           3

HMEC213 – National Assessment and Intervention                                         3

HMEC221 – Advanced Textiles and Clothing                                                      3

HMEC222 – Apparel Design                                                                                   3

HMEC231 – Parenting and Child Development                                                  3

HMEC232 – Curriculum Development in Early Childhood Education             3

HMEC233 – Gender and Development                                                                 3

HMEC241 – Craft Development                                                                             3

HMEC251 – Advanced Resource Management                                                  3         

HMEC261 – Problems and Issues in Home Economics                                    3

HMEC271 – Interior Design                                                                                     3

HMEC291 – Special Topics                                                                                  1-3

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

HMEC299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                             1

HMEC300 –Master’s thesis                                                                                    6

SUMMARY

Core Course                       ___      3

Major                                  ___      18

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.

Course Number and Descriptive Title                                                                                  Units

Core Course – 6 units  

PPRT206 – Integrated Pest Management                                                                       3

PPRT207 – Plant Resistance to Pests                                                                             3

Major Courses *– 15 units (minimum)

PPRT251 – Ecology of Pests                                                                                             3

PPRT253 – Environmental Plant Protection                                                                   3

PPRT255 – Weed-Insect-Pathogen Interaction                                                            3

PPRT284 – Biological Transmission of Plant Pathogens                                            3

PPRT291 – Special Topics                                                                                               1-3

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

PPRT299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                                     1

PPRT300 – Master’s Thesis                                                                                         6

SUMMARY

Core Courses                  ___        6

Major                                ___        15

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.

Course Number and Descriptive Title                                                                   Units

Core Course – 6 units

PPRT206 – Integrated Pest Management                                                       3

PPRT207 – Plant Resistance to Pests                                                             3

Major Courses * – 15 units (minimum)

PPAT212 – Post Harvest Pathology                                                                 3

PPAT214 – Advanced Plant Virology                                                               3

PPAT215 – Advanced Phytobacteriology                                                       3

PPAT216 – Advanced Mycology                                                                       3

PPAT217 – Plant Pathogenic Fungi                                                                 3

PPAT218 – Advanced Nematology                                                                  3

PPAT219 – Soilborne Pathogens and Mycorrhiza                                        3

PPAT221 – Anatomy of Diseased Plants                                                        3

PPAT226 – Physiological Plant Pathology                                                     3

PPAT231 – Microbial Genetics                                                                         3

PPAT233 – Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions                                     3

PPAT248 – Taxonomy of Nematodes                                                             3

PPAT251 – Epidemiology of Plant Diseases                                                 3

PPAT271 – Advances in Plant Disease Control                                            3

PPAT291 – Special Topics                                                                             1-3

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

PPAT299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                        1

PPAT300 – Master’s Thesis                                                                            6

SUMMARY

Core Courses               ___        6

Major                             ___       15

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.

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 Dev’t.                     3

 

Major Courses – 24 units (minimum)

Required:

DEVC205 – Communication Science                                                                       3

Other Options:

DEVC211 – Communication and Rural Change                                                      3

DEVC212 – Educational Communication Technology                                           3

DEVC213 – Communication and Development                                                       3

DEVC214 – Organizational Communication                                                            3

DEVC218 – Communication and Culture                                                                  3

DEVC224 – Communication Policies and Planning                                                3

DEVC231 – Communication and Development Intervention                                 3

DEVC232 – Evaluation of Communication Materials & Projects                          3

DEVC234 – Educational Communication Systems Mgt.                                        3

DEVC235 – Communication of Scientific and Technical Information                 3

DEVC242 – Knowledge Systems                                                                               3

DEVC251 – Advanced Audiovisual Communication                                              3

DEVC291 – Special Topics                                                                                          1-3

DEVC295 – Statistics for Communication Research                                              3

DEVC298 – Communication Research                                                                      3

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

DEVC299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                                     1

DEVC290 – Special Problem                                                                                         2

 

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.

Course Number and Descriptive Title                                                                               Units

Major Courses – 21 units (minimum)

Required:

        HORT217 – Methods in Crop Science Research                                                       3

Other Options:

HORT209 – Crop Seed Physiology                                                                               3

HORT212 – Advanced Postharvest Physiology of Perishable Crop                       3

HORT214 – Advanced Plantation Crop Production and Mgt.                                  3

HORT216 – Applied Horticultural Crop Physiology                                                   3

HORT221 – Advanced Plant Propagation and Nursery Mgt.                                   3

HORT222 – Advanced Ornamental Horticulture                                                        3

HORT241 – Advanced Vegetable Crop Production and Mgt.                                   3

HORT243 – Advanced Fruit Crop Production and Mgt.                                             3

HORT252 – Postharvest Biochemistry of Horticultural Crops                                 3

HORT273 – Advanced Plant Tissue Culture                                                              1-3

HORT291 – Special Topics                                                                                           1-3

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

HORT299 – Graduate Seminar                                                                                      1

HORT300 – 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 of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.