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DEVS 601 – Statistics

Behavioral Statistics is a course that attempt to equip students with statistical tools especially needed in research. It covers descriptive statistics and inferential statistics used for hypothesis testing. It is designed for graduate students in psychology and in other related fields who need to understand statistical tools used in theses and publications in their respective specializations. This course also prepares the graduate students in the analysis of data required in their research papers and theses.

DEVS 602 – Systems Analysis
It is a study involving analysis of the whole in relation to its parts, and vice-versa, utilizing different thinking skills, namely: critical, creative and reflective; and applying different thinking tools. It is a study of systems components and elements, thinking skills and tools, and applications of systems thinking in education.

DEVS 603 – Comparative Education
A competency-oriented course which focuses on the comparison of educational policies, priorities, thrusts and programs of the Philippines with the counterparts in other developing countries. It will also look into the inter-country comparative educational management models as mirrors and/or benchmarks for a rationalized Philippine educational management practice.

DEVS 603 – Comparative Education
A competency-oriented course which focuses on the comparison of educational policies, priorities, thrusts and programs of the Philippines with the counterparts in other developing countries. It will also look into the inter-country comparative educational management models as mirrors and/or benchmarks for a rationalized Philippine educational management practice.

DEVS 604 – Problems and Issues in Philippine Development
A study of various problems and issues confronting the Philippines in relation to its development thrusts in the following dimensions: socio-cultural, political, economic, vocational-technological and educational.

DEVS 60S – International Development Trends and Practices
A comparative analysis of development trends and practices in the developing and developed to enable students to reflect on the structures, processes and conditions that are at play in the local, national, regional and international levels and socio-historical junctures; for which development practices are contextualized. In this manner, the spatio-temporal context of development is accounted for.

DEVS 701 – Development Planning
The course includes concepts of development, planning, and management. Particular emphasis will be placed on the contexts of national development and its significance to education and economic development. The course will contribute to a better understanding of development theories and provide insight on how to integrate those theories into practice specifically to the economics of education, problems of efficiency of education, and managing educational plans.

DEVS 702 – Values and Value Systems in Development

An analysis of the dynamics of development as reflected in the culture of the individual and society in relation to their roles and activities.

DEVS 703 – Sociology of Development
The course deals with the study that investigates development practices and opportunities in society; analyzes development theories on social concerns in relation to social mobility and community development. It likewise applies social theories and analysis to societies (usually in the Third World) which are undergoing a late transition to capitalist industrialization.

DEVS 704 – Economics of Development
A study of the economic system of development consisting of human, material, physical and fiscal resources; the acquisition, allocation, and efficient utilization of resources for optimum attainment of development aims. It also covers cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit evaluations.

DEVS 705 – Theories and Models of Development and Underdevelopment

This course basically delves into the theories and models of development and underdevelopment. With specific reference to Third World countries and the Philippines, the theories and models are contextualized in both micro- and macro-levels of analysis.

DEVS 707 – Environmental Management

A study of philosophy, principles and techniques for managing sustainable development of the environment through advocacy and education. Field Trips supplement the lecture.

DEVS 708 – Project Feasibility Study

A scientific investigation of the factors or condition affecting the success of a development project.

DEVS 709 – Special Topics on development economics, educational development or socio-cultural-political development

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