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In
response to the students' and the academe's clamor for advanced
higher learning, the Graduate School was institutionalized through
R.A. No. 5923. In the school year 1971-72 Master of Science majors
in Agricultural Education and in Extension Education were offered
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the succeeding years, other specialized fields were offered. In
1981, the University Council approved the offering of MS in Home
Technology and Agriculture through Resolution No. 64. For MS in
Agriculture, the following fields of specialization were offered:
Botany, Agronomy, Animal Science, Horticulture, Entomology, Soil
Science, and Pathology. In 1983, the MS in Rural Development was
opened and in 1984, the MS in Forestry majors in Silviculture and
in Watershed Management. With the approval of Resolution No. 11 in 1985,
Doctor of Philosophy was offered. Under this degree, the following
major fields were opened: Rural Development, Horticulture, Agricultural
Education, and Agronomy. In 1986, the MS in Teaching Physical
Science and Teaching Physics were opened by virtue of Resolution
No. 25, and Resource System Management by virtue of Resolution
No. 184.
In 1992, the Department of Interior and Local
Government identified BSU as a training center for Benguet administrators.
At the same time, the Civil Service Commission appealed for professionalizing
the Civil Service. Thus, the Graduate School came up with the
ladder type courses in Public Administration in pursuance to Resolution
No. 489. Pursuant to the provisions of the University Charter
of Resolution No. 409, the University offered a doctorate degree
program in Education starting 1991. The fields of specialization
offered were Language Education, Science Education, Technology
and Livelihood Education, and Educational Development.
Based on the list of nomenclature issued by the
DECS and on Board Resolution No. 610, the nomenclature of the
degree programs of the Graduate School was updated in 1994. All
programs of Master of Arts in Teaching were changed to Master
of Arts by virtue of Resolution No. 766. The said decree made
possible the offering of Ph. D major in Science and in Mathematics
in the first semester of S.Y. 1997-98. There was also a change
in the nomenclature of Ph.D. in Education major in Science Education
and in Biology to Ph. D in Science Education major in Biology
by virtue of Resolution No. 835.
In its earlier years, the Graduate School was
considered only a special project; however in 1994, pursuant to
Resolution No. 623, it was made one significant segment of the
University. Upon its institutionalization, regular members of
the faculty were identified.
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| VISION |
| A center
for developing dynamic, committed and empowered professionals. |
| MISSION |
Provide relevant graduate education
in the arts, sciences, education, management, forestry, and agriculture,
including its allied sciences to advance the frontier of knowledge
and to develop the whole man .
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| OBJECTIVES |
1. To promote the scientific approach
in identifying issues on and solving problems regarding
social, economic, political, educational,
environmental, and technical concerns;
2. To instill in the graduate student the ability to do independent
work, critical thinking,
and intellectual and moral discourses;
3. To hone professional leadership in the various fields of specialization;
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4. To enhance the ability to integrate and apply knowledge learned.
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