The VSU System
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College of Agriculture and Food Science
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College of Forestry and Environmental Science |
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College of Management and Economics
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College of Nursing |
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College of Veterinary Medicine
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College of Fisheries (VSU-Tolosa Campus) |
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College of Industrial Technology and Engineering (VSU-Isabel Campus) |
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College of Environmental and Agricultural Technology (VSU-Alangalang Campus) |
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College of Education and Agricultural Technology (VSU-Villaba Campus) |
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Institute of Human Kinetics |
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Institute of Tropical Ecology and Environmental Management |
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Institute for Strategic Research and Development Studies |
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Graduate School and |
Admission Requirements (Open University)
Applicants seeking admission for graduate study must be a holder of a baccalaureate degree with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.00 or equivalent. However, applicants with a GPA lower than the prescribed rating may be admitted on a probationary status.
Applicants are also required to submit the following requirements:
- Accomplished application forms (GS Form No. 1);
- Candid Appraisal from at least two (2) persons, former professors and a supervisor (GS Form No. 2);
- A non-refundable application fee of P100.00 or $10.00 in postal money order remitted to Visayas State University;
- Certificate of English Proficiency or an acceptable score in TOEFL for for foreign applicants;
- Seven (7) copies of Personal History Statement (PHS) and notarized affidavit of support authenticated by the Philippine Mission Abroad (PMA) for foreign applicants.
PHS forms can be secured from the University Registrar or the PMA.
School Fees
| A. Application for admission fee | PHP100.00 |
B. Tuition fee
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C. Miscellaneous
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C. Other fees
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Non-registration-related fees
| Graduation fee | PHP300.00 |
| Diploma fee | PHP300.00 |
| Alumni legacy fund | PHP350.00 |
| Fee for change of program/degree | PHP25.00 |
*For new students only
Open University
The Open University (OU) at VSU aims to provide quality distance-study programs in agriculture and allied fields through distance learning to government employees and other individuals engaged in agriculture and rural development activities.
Learning Resources
The OPEN UNIVERSITY (OU) offers Master of Agricultural Development (M.Ag.Dev), a non-thesis masters' degree program with the following fields of specialization:
Major
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural Extension
- Agronomy
- Animal Production
- Language Teaching
Minor
- Agricultural Economics
- Development Communication
- Food Science and Technology
- Plant Protection
Interested parties may opt to take either of the following schemes: SCHEME A (Annual) and SCHEME B (Semestral)
Open University Curricular Offerings
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| AGDE 201 |
RURAL DEVELOPMENT THEORIES AND APPROACHES
Concepts, theories and approaches in rural development and their application in developing countries
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| AGDE 202 |
PROBLEMS AND ISSUES IN AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Social economic, technological, and bio-physical problem and issues in agricultural and rural development with emphasis on Philippine setting
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| Agronomy | |
| AGRO 141 |
CROPPING SYSTEMS
Principles of Multiple and Monoculture Cropping and their application
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| AGRO 212 |
FIELD CROP PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
Recent Advances in the Production and Management of Field Crops
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| AGRO 213 |
MANURING OF FIELD CROPS
Kind and sources of fertilizers and methods of application in relation to growth habits and other plant characteristics
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| AGRO 214 |
PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CROP PRODUCTION
Physiological processes associated with crop production, plant population and distribution effects, energy transport, storage and regrowth
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| AGRO 215 |
APPLIED FIELD CROP PHYSIOLOGY
Management and Evaluation of Environmental Factors Influencing Crop Growth and Development
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| AGRO 241 |
ADVANCED CROPPING SYSTEMS
Recent Advances and Trends in Cropping Systems and Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Relations
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| AGRO 243 |
ADVANCED FORAGE AND PASTURE MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION
Improvement, management and utilization of forage and pasture crops including seed production
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| AGRO 244 |
ADVANCED CEREAL PRODUCTION
Physiology, nutrition, varietal improvement, and storage of cereals; recent advances and trends in production
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| FSYS 121 |
FUNDAMENTALS OF FARMING SYSTEMS
Basic concepts in integrated small farm production systems; factors affecting the productivity of small farms; farming systems research and extension
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| SOIL 123 |
SOIL FERTILITY AND FERTILIZER
Properties of the solid components of soil; soil sampling and analysis lime and fertilizer requirements; fertilizer analysis, storage, handling and application
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| SOIL 211 |
ADVANCED SOIL FERTILITY
Properties of soils affecting nutrient availability, fate of fertilizers; reclaiming salt-affected soils; yield potentials
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| AGBT 117 |
FIELD PLOT TECHNIQUES AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
Statistical procedures and techniques in research
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| Agricultural Education |
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| AGED 145 |
PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF TEACHING AGRICULTURE
Concepts and Strategies in Teaching Agriculture; Class Management and Procedure
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| AGED 212 |
CURRICULUM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Curriculum planning and strategies; analysis of school environment in relation to agricultural education curricula
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| AGED 214 |
COLLEGE TEACHING
Selection and organization of subject matter for specific courses; development of teaching techniques; evaluation of learning outcomes
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| AGED 232 |
SOCIAL CHANGE AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Analysis of the theories of social change and their application to social innovations for educational development
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| AGED 241 |
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE
Concepts, principles and strategies of non-formal education in agriculture
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| AGED 242 |
ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION
Concepts, theories, practices and legal basis of administration and supervision under relevance of educational institutions, leadership and educational management
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| AGED 243 |
PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
Effective Personnel Administration in Relation to Quality of Education: Interpretation and Analysis of Civil Service Rules and Regulations
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| PROFED 121 |
PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION
Basic philosophical, psychological, and sociological principle underlying the educative process
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| PROFED 122 |
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Teaching-learning behavior as applied to school setting, specifically the study of how students learn and how to teach them optimize their acquisition of learning
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| PROFED 134 |
TEST, MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION
Principles and concepts in educational tests, measurement and evaluation, statistics used in interpreting test
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| ADED 211 |
ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Psychological theories and principles underlying the learning process
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| AGEX 132 |
PRINCIPLES, METHODS AND STRATEGIES IN EXTENSION
Application of selected concepts, principles, methods and strategies in education that are commonly used in non-formal setting most especially concerning the disadvantaged rural population
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| AGEX 136 |
RURAL LEADERSHIP AND GROUP DYNAMICS
Theories and trends in rural leadership and application of group dynamics in solving rural problems
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| AGEX 215 |
RURAL SOCIAL SYSTEM
Rural Organizations: Their structures, functions and effectiveness in meeting the needs of the rural people
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| AGEX 217 |
TEACHING FARMERS CLASSES IN AGRICULTURE
Organizing and promoting farmer classes; course planning; instructional procedures; follow-up and evaluation
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| AGEX 218 |
EXTENSION STRATEGIES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Extension Strategies for Rural Development Applicable on Developing Countries
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| AGEX 233 |
COMMUNICATION IN EXTENSION
Application of Concepts and Principles of Communication in Extension education
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| AGEX 234 |
PARA-PROFESSIONALS IN ADULT EDUCATION
Concepts, principles, methods and procedures useful to adult education teachers in working with paraprofessionals
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| AGEX 244 |
EVALUATION IN ADULT EDUCATION
Concepts and problems in adult education and community development, construction and use of evaluation device
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| AGEX 246 |
LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION
Leadership behavior and group processes in formal organizations; socio-psychological approaches to effective organizations
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| Other Courses |
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| ADED 222* |
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
Selection of research problems, designing, conducting and reporting of social science research
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| STAT 221 |
SOCIAL SCIENCE STATISTICS
Statistical Tests and their application to social science research
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| Animal Production |
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| ANHT 120* |
APPLIED ANIMAL HEALTH
Prevention and control of common animal pests
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| ANSC 133 |
DAIRY PRODUCTION
Feeding care and management of dairy animals, hygienic production of milk
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| ANSC 141 |
FEEDS AND FEEDING
Composition and use of feeds; formulation of rations, feeding practices and strategies; and feedmill operation
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| ANSC 210* |
POULTRY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
Systems of poultry production, problems and management practices; factors affecting cost and return
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| ANSC 212 |
ADVANCED SWINE PRODUCTION
Recent trends and advances in the systems of swine production; management practices; feasibility studies and problems
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| ANSC 220* |
SWINE PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
Systems of Swine Production; Problems and Management Practices; Factors Affecting Costs and Returns
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| ANSC 221 |
ADVANCED POULTRY PRODUCTION
Recent trends in poultry production; management practices and problems; feasibility studies
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| ANSC 230* |
RUMINANT PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
Principles and practices of beef, carabeef, chevon, and mutton production; marketing; and waste utilization
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| ANSC 242 |
NON-RUMINANT NUTRITION
Physiology of monogastric digestion and absorption; metabolism of nutrients and their effects in animal production
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| ANSC 243 |
RUMINANT NUTRITION
Physiology of Ruminant Digestion and Absorption:Metabolism of Nutrients and thier effects on Animal; Performance
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| ANSC 251 |
ADVANCED ANIMAL BREEDING
Current and potential breeding systems; development of selection indexes
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| ANSC 252 |
REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL OF FARM ANIMAL
Physiology and functional inter-relationship of parts of the reproductive systems, causes and techniques of improving reproductive efficiency in farm animals
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| Language Teaching |
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| LTNG 205 |
RELATED ACTIVITIES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
Conducting grammar and oral speech review, supervision elocution contests, directing plays, and advising school paper
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| LTNG 207 |
INTRODUCTORY LINGUISTICS
Acquire basic ideas of language and linguistics as well as distinguish the relationship between them
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| LTNG 209 |
SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING FOR SPECIAL CURRICULAR PROGRAMS
Acquisition of a second language in the Philippines equates with acquiring a learning tool to explore knowledge in school
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| LTNG 212 |
TECHNIQUES IN ADVANCED COMPOSITION
Writing and guiding the writing of essays and library term papers
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| LTNG 218 |
TECHNIQUES IN ADVANCED COMPOSITION
Writing and guiding the writing of essays and library term papers
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| LTNG 218 |
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
The study of language and society
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| LTNG 225 |
PHSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Theories and principles of language acquisition and learning from integrated perspective of the linguist and psychologist
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| AGEC 112 |
COOPERATIVES
Different types of cooperatives, concepts, principles and practices, problems and developments in the Philippines
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| AGEC 114 |
MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Principles of marketing agricultural products; description of types and functions of marketing organization and market channels for agricultural products
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| AGEC 231 |
PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDIES
Project identification; selection and preparation of market; technical, financial and management studies
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| AGEC 244 |
ECONOMICS OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
Application of economic theories to marketing of agricultural inputs and products: systems analysis of agricultural markets
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| Development Communication |
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| DEVC 141 |
SCRIPT WRITING AND PROGRAM PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY RADIO
Script writing and program planning for community radio
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| DEVC 213 |
COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Interpersonal and mass communication systems in developing societies, their nature, functions and interrelationships with other factors relevant to development
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| Food Science and Technology |
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| FTEC 163 |
SENSORY EVALUATION OF FOODS
Methods in sensory evaluation; consumer testing and acceptance patterns
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| FTEC 234 |
FOOD-BORNE INFECTION AND INTOXICATION
Common infection and intoxication of food origin, their signs, symptoms and control
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| FTEC 251 |
ADVANCED MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING
Recent concepts related to physical, chemical and microbial changes occurring in meat and poultry products during processing
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| PPAT 111* |
GENERAL PLANT PATHOLOGY
Cause and nature of plant diseases, pathogenicity and spread, disease control
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| PPRT 206* |
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
Integrated approaches in pest management; recent trends and issues in the development of pest control strategies
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| PPRT 284* |
BIOLOGICAL TRANSMISSION OF PLANT PATHOGENS
Fundamental Processes involved in biological transmission of plant pathogens by insects and other organisms
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* Lecture only: 1 unit laboratory must be taken on-campus
# Offered to bothAg.Ed and Ag. Ext. students
Admission Requirements (Graduate School)
Applicants seeking admission for graduate study at VSU must be a holder of a baccalaureate degree with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.00 and 1.75 or equivalent for applicants in the master's and doctoral programs, respectively. However, applicants with a GPA lower than the prescribed rating may be admitted on a probationary status. Applicants are also required to submit the following requirements:
- Accomplished application forms (FM-OGS 01);
- Candid Appraisal from at least two (2) persons, former professors and a supervisor (FM-OGS 02);
- Transcript of Records from the last school attended (Further Studies Indicated Purpose)
- A non-refundable application fee of P100.00 or $10.00 may be deposited through bank transfer to the Visayas State University Land Bank of the Philippines Account (Acct. Name; VSU FUND 164 Acct. No. 3572 1000 13);
- Certificate of English Proficiency or an acceptable score in TOEFL for international graduate student applicants;
- Seven (7) copies of Personal History Statement (PHS) and notarized affidavit of support authenticated by the Philippine Mission Abroad (PMA) for international graduate student applicants. PHS forms can be secured by the University Registrar or the PMA.
- NSO Birth Certificate
For International Graduate Students, kindly have all of your original documents Apostille in the Philippine Embassy nearest to your home country.
Kindly send all of your complete and original requirements to our office with the address at the Office of the Dean of Graduate School, Visayas State University, Baybay City, Leyte, 6521.
Application with incomplete documents shall not be entertained, so please comply with all the necessary documents before submission.
NOTE: All SIGNATURES in all forms should be accomplished using a BLUE ball pen.
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Distribution
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Master of
Agricultural
Development
(M.Ag.Dev.)
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Master of
Education
(M.Ed)
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Master of
Science
(M.S.)
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Doctor of
Philosophy
(Ph.D.)
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| Major Field | 25 | 18 | 21 | 21-35 |
| Minor Field | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| Core courses | 6 | 15 | - | - |
| Thesis/Dissertation | - | - | 6 | 12 |
| Special Problem | 2 | - | - | - |
| Graduate Seminar | 1 | - | 1 | 1-2 |
| Foreign Language/Special Skills | - | - | - | (b) |
| Total (minimum) Course Work | 42 | 42 | 37 | 46-61 |
Tuition and other fees