Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) in Rural Development
This doctoral program is multi-disciplinary in its approach in the study of rural development. Its two major areas are aimed at developing prospective rural development managers, implementers, educators, and researchers who would ably lead in planning, implementing, and evaluating rural development programs in the local, regional, and national levels.
Course Requirements
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| Core Courses | 12 | ||
| Cognate Courses | 9 | ||
| Elective Courses | 6 | ||
| Dissertation | 12 | ||
| Basic Computer Applications | 3 | ||
| Major Courses | 21 | ||
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TOTAL
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63
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Program Structure
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UNITS
Core Courses
RD 801
STATISTICS II (ADVANCED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS)
3
RD 802
ADVANCED SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
3
RD 803
PHILOSOPHY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
3
RD 804
THEORIES OF ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
3
Required Major Subjects (Major: Theories and Methods)
RD 712
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION TEACHING METHODS AND APPROACHES
3
RD 805
ADVANCED THEORIES AND STRATEGIES OF CHANGE
3
RD 806
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
3
RD 807
ADVANCED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
3
RD 808
RURAL URBAN DYNAMICS
3
RD 898
SPECIAL PROBLEM
1
RD 899
SEMINAR
3
Dissertation
RD 900
DISSERTATION
12
Required Major Subjects (Major in Organization and Management)
RD 809
ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
3
RD 815
ADMINISTRATION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
3
RD 816
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
3
Other Major Subjects
RD 705
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
3
RD 711
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
3
RD 810
POPULATION THEORIES AND STRATEGIES
3
RD 811
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
3
RD 812
PSYCHOLOGY OF MODERNIZATION
3
RD 813
DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS
3
RD 814
TECHNOLOGY DISSEMINATION AND UTILIZATION
3
RD 817
POWER/SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
3
RD 818
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
3
RD 819
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
3
RD 820
POLITICO-ECONOMIC MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT
3
RD 821
COMPARATIVE BUREAUCRACIES
3
RD 822
HUMAN ECOLOGY
3
RD 823
COMPARATIVE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
3
RD 824
FARMING SYSTEMS
3
RD 825
COMPARATIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
3
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Course Description
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RD 705
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
Concept, principles, practices and strategies of sustainable agriculture related to rural development.
Unit: 3
RD 711
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
Gender perspectives, approaches, and tools as applied in the study and formulation of gender-responsive rural development programs and projects.
Unit: 3
RD 712
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION TEACHING METHODS AND APPROACHES
Teaching principles, methods, techniques, instructional and curriculum management; media technology, planning and producing media materials in rural development
Unit: 3
RD 801
STATISTICS II (ADVANCED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS)
Application of non-parametric statistical tests for two independent samples, multiple regression analysis, co-variance analysis; application of some multivariate techniques like discriminant analysis in social, behavioral and education researches.
Pre-requisite : RD 701 (Statistics I) or its equivalent and significant background in Math
Unit: 3
RD 802
ADVANCED SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
Research methods and techniques for socials services with emphasis on research designs, construction of research tools, and report preparation.
Pre-requisite : RD 702 (Methods of Research)
Unit: 3
RD 803
PHILOSOPHY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Ethics and value theory of teaching and learning; examination of classical and contemporary philosophies vis a vis education; systematic study of educational aims, content, methods and values, and its manifestation in development education; enhancement of educational leadership and management for promoting cultural consciousness, moral integrity, and knowledge through research; other scholarly activities to uplift and improve human life.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 804
THEORIES OF ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
Understanding administrative problems through the study of organization and management theories.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 805
ADVANCED THEORIES AND STRATEGIES OF CHANGE
Theories and models relating to changes in individual and group behavior as influenced by cultural factors; development of theoretical perspective and its application in planning rural development programs
Pre-requisite : RD 704 (Theories and Strategies of Change)
Unit: 3
RD 806
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
Theories, models and strategies of planned rural transformation
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 807
ADVANCED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Theoretical approaches and empirical findings on the social deterrents of behavior with emphasis on problems of current professional interest in social psychology.
Pre-requisite : Social Psychology or Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 808
RURAL URBAN DYNAMICS
Theories and methods of research applied in studying rural community problems.
Pre-requisite : RD 805 (Advanced Theories and Strategies of Change)
Unit: 3
RD 809
ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Social, cultural political and economic determinants of development in the context of developing and developed countries.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 810
POPULATION THEORIES AND STRATEGIES
Analysis of different population theories and their relationship to other socio-economic variables like education, urbanization, migration and fertility with specific application in rural development problems.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 811
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Comparative analysis of the economic, political, kinship, and religious structure of representative societies from the major culture areas of the world.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 812
PSYCHOLOGY OF MODERNIZATION
Psychological factors affecting modernization; changes in perspective, motivation, attitudes, values, and lifestyle as a function of modernization.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 813
DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS
Demographic data sources, evaluation and use; analysis of population composition in relation to rural development; methods of measuring trends and differentials of mortality, marriage and migration; procedures of determining population composition relative to rural development; levels and procedures for population change and distribution.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 814
TECHNOLOGY DISSEMINATION AND UTILIZATION
Appropriateness of the technology to the existing physical and socio-cultural condition of the farmer-clientele in Third World countries; generation, verification, dissemination, and adoption of technology adaptable to small farmers.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 815
ADMINISTRATION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Classical and contemporary organization and management theories in formal and non-formal rural development programs/projects in developing and developed countries; tools and techniques of planning, implementation, and evaluation of RD programs/projects
Pre-requisite : RD 804 (Theories of Organization and Management) / Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 816
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Human resource development concerns with emphasis on the involvement of less economically active groups such as the young, the women, the physically handicapped, and those at the rehabilitation centers.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 817
POWER/SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
Nature and consequences of differential distribution of rewards and prestige in society; theories of social stratification; method of measuring stratification
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 818
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Nature structure and patterns of rural institutions and their roles in nation building; features of community/rural development programs in the developing countries and their interrelationships with the local government units.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 819
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Policies geared to economic development; public program in agriculture.
Pre-requisite : Intermediate Macro-economics or Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 820
POLITICO-ECONOMIC MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT
Overview and analyses of the dominant politico-economic models of development at the macro and micro levels particularly among developing countries.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 821
COMPARATIVE BUREAUCRACIES
Comparative study and analysis of the structure and dynamics of bureaucracies as they relate to rural development.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 822
HUMAN ECOLOGY
Views in ecology of population the perspective of development of science and technology and their impact on humans.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 823
COMPARATIVE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Similarities and differences of social institutions; problems of keeping institutional objectives attuned to the fulfillment of the needs of rural development; change of society from isolated units of the social interchange to the independent and inter-related world-centered units of today; recent trends toward universities and the one-world concept.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 824
FARMING SYSTEMS
Unit: 3
RD 825
COMPARATIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Philosophy, principles and problems of community development in the Philippines and other developing countries; analysis of the characteristics of community development in selected countries; identifying effective and efficient elements that may have universal application.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 898
SPECIAL PROBLEM
Comprehensive readings, discussion and evaluation of important problems and issues in specific subject areas in rural development.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 1
RD 899
SEMINAR
Dissertation seminar; theory, methodology and current trends in rural development including their application in the identified area of dissertation study.
Pre-requisite : Consent of Instructor
Unit: 3
RD 900
DISSERTATION
Original and independent study of a priority problem and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
Unit: 12
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