The Department of Consumer and Hospitality Management prepares students to become successful professionals by integrating experimental and problem-based learning approaches into the program. DCHM continues to produce competent graduates capable of functioning effectively as leaders and service providers in the national and international hospitality and tourism industries.    

Vision, Mision & Goals

Course Offered

Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management 

Research and Extension Agenda

The DCHM faculty acts as study leaders of research and extension projects implemented in partnership with research institutes in VSU such as the Institute of Strategic Research and Development Studies and the Institute of Tropical Ecology and Environmental Management. Among the projects the DCHM is engaged in include:

• Research and mapping of economic potentials and planning infrastructure in Salcedo, Eastern Samar
• Natural Resource Management
• Eco-tourism at VSU

The Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences consists courses including Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology.

Sections

Paraclinical Sciences

• Bacteriology/Epidemiology
• Immunology/Virology
• Parasitology/Pathology
• Public Health

Course Offerings

Paraclinical Courses

- Microbiology

- Virology

- Parasitology

- Pathology

Major Offering: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

The Department has two sections: Agricultural Economics which covers all areas and applications of economics in the field of agriculture and agro-industries, and Economics which focuses mainly on understanding and articulating relevant economic theories and principles.

Vision, Mission, and Goals

Course Offered 
Bachelor of Science in Economics

Research and Extension Agenda

Services Offered

1. Basic data management and software orientation for SPSS and STATA
2. Socio-economic analysis
3. Impact assessment and policy analysis 
4. Economic valuation

The Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences consist of the Basic Veterinary Medicine courses such as Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology and Zootechnics. In terms of courses, the DVBS consists of subjects that are taken up in the third and fourth year DVM students.

Section

• Pharmacology/Physiology
• Gross Developmental Anatomy
• Zootechnics

Course offerings

• Basic Veterinary Medicine Courses
  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Zootechnics

Through the years, the Department of Business and Management (DBM) continues to provide students with relevant expertise in the field of agribusiness and business management to meet and serve the demands of agro-industries in the country. 

DBM carries out VSU’s mandate in agricultural development and thus, focuses most of its research programs on regional commodities such as vegetables, jackfruit, cereals, small ruminants, agroforestry, tropical ecology/environmental resource management and socio-economics. Its research activities are initiated by its faculty members, some of whom are affiliate researchers in different national research centers including the Phillippine Root Crop Research and Training Center (PhilRootcrops), Abaca National Research Center (NARC), and the National Coconut Research Center – Visayas (NCRC-V).

Vision, Mission, and Goals

Course Offered

Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness

Research Agenda

DBM's research activities adhere to VSU’s RDE principle of integration, inter-disciplinary, inter-department/center and interagency partnership/collaboration. Collaborative interagency projects are implemented after a memorandum of understanding is made and terms of reference are agreed.  RDE collaborators and external funding institutions are from international (ACIAR, GTZ/GIZ, etc), national (PCAARRD, DA-BAR, DOST, NRCP, CHED-HEDF, etc), regional (DA 8, DOH, CHED, etc.) and institutional (VSU, and other SUCs) agencies, non-government organizations, and local government units. 

Ecotourism

• VSU Tourism Development Plan
• Product identification, development, and promotion
• Enterprise development plan for the establishment of the VSU Green Mountain Resort

Entrepreneurship

• Developing feasibility studies’ business plans etc. under the SBAU of DBM
• Enhancing entrepreneurship and RDE skills
• Proper record keeping (enterprise budgeting, accounting, auditing, income statement, etc.)

Climate

• Coping mechanism/adaptation strategies for climate change impact among LGUs and households
• Assessment of policy implementation
• Assessment of climate-resilient production systems

 Environment and Natural Resources Management

• Governance and management models
• Land and water use plans
• Economic analysis of ENRM options

 Energy

• Governance and management models
• Economic analysis of power generation, transmission and distribution, and alternative energy sources
• Assessment of policy implementation

 Education

• Economic analysis of K+12 program
• Assessment of facilities utilization and manpower needs
• Assessment of alternative learning systems

 Agriculture, food, and fisheries policy research

• Economic analysis of devleoped technologies
• Impact assessment of VSU technologies
• Assessment of policies related to AFF
• Supply/value chain improvement studies in crop and livestock

Student development

Learn about the career opportunities for BSAB graduates and the Society of Agribusiness Students that can help you get by with your college education at VSU. 

In recognition of the cross-cutting role of social science in agricultural RDE, the Institute of Strategic Research and Development Studies (ISRDS) takes on an orchestrating part in stirring critical thinking across disciplines and commodities by mapping out urgent issues and problems that require timely and appropriate responses. Specifically, it focuses on the complex RDE issues of rural poverty and the impacts of local governance, human capital development, energy and water to achieve sustainable agricultural progress in rural communities. In addition to its primary functions in research and extension, the ISRDS is expanding its mandate since June 2004, to offer degree courses thereby influencing young minds towards positive transformation in agriculture through quality higher education.

Vision, Mission & Goals

Divisions

• Strategic RDE Socio-economics Policy Division with five sections that deal on thematic programs:
  • Local Governance
  • Human Capital Development
  • Water
  • Energy
  • Poverty
• Instruction Division with three sections:
  • Masteral Curricular Program
    • Rural Sociology and Development Anthropology Program
    • Development Policy Studies Program Undergraduate Program Non-degree Program
  • Undergraduate Program
  • Non-degree Program
• Knowledge Dissemination Division

Strategic Research and Development Focus

• Rural Poverty. ISRDS strives to achieve greater understanding of the phenomenon of rural poverty and its implications to national development. The end in view is to enable policymakers, program implementers, academicians, students, and the indigents themselves to contribute to the solution of persistent poverty especially in the rural areas.
• Human Capital Development. ISRDS seeks to critically look at the state of human capital development. We analyze the contributions of both the formal and nonformal education systems in order to determine what needs to be done and to advocate policies that promote human capital development for the agriculture and natural resources sectors.
• Local Governance. ISRDS R&D team aims to generate knowledge around the improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of local governance to effect agricultural and rural development, and people empowerment.