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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

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 – 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)

PPRT206 – Integrated Pest Management 3
PPRT207 – Plant Resistance to Pests 3
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
100- level courses (2 courses, 3 units each) 6

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

PPRT299 – Graduate Seminar 1
PPRT290 – Special Problem 2

 

 SUMMARY 

 Major - 24
Minor/Cognate - 9
Graduate Seminar - 1
Special Problem - 2

Total No. of Units Required:

 42

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 

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

Major Courses – 24 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
PPAT290 – Special Problem

 

SUMMARY

 Major  24
Graduate Seminar  1
Special Problem  2
Total No. of Units Required:   42

 

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.

Master of Agricultural Development

Language Teaching

Core Courses – 6 units

AGDE 201        Rural Development Theories and Approaches

AGDE 202        Problems and Issues in Agricultural and Rural Development

 

MAJOR COURSES (minimum of 24 units)

LTNG 205        Related Activities in Language Teaching

LTNG 207        Introductory Linguistics

LTNG 209        Second Language Teaching Approaches and Methodologies

LTNG 211        Teaching Literature

LTNG 212        Techniques in Advanced Composition

LTNG 214        Teaching Reading

LTNG 216        Teaching Speech Communication

LTNG 218        Sociolinguistics

LTNG 221        Language Testing

LTNG 223        English for Specific Purposes

LTNG 225        Psycholinguistics

LTNG 227        Instructional Materials Development for Special Academic Needs

LTNG 291        Special Topics

 

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

LTNG 299        Graduate Seminar

LTNG 290        Special Problem

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.

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