IDMG Course Guide

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       We are honored to have you onboard IDMG, a flagship of innovation in graduate education.

       Right now, three study modes are open to you: (1) full-time residential; (2) part-time residential; and (3) off-campus.

       If you take up a full load of 12 or more units per semester, then you are on full-time residential mode. If your load is less than this, then you are on part-time mode. Both mean that you attend classes in the UPLB campus, but part-timers can come only during weekends. Weekend classes are held Saturdays, so most part-timers take only two courses every semester ( one in the morning and another in the afternoon).

       Your organization or network can also partner with IDMG an off-campus offering. In this mode, classes are held at the partner’s quarters. Professors therefore travel to your designated venue. Tuition fee for this mode of offering is generally higher, as the cost of travel by the faculty has to be covered by the fee.

  Two graduate degree programs are currently offered at IDMG: the Master of Management Major in Development Management (MM-DM), and the Master in Public Affairs Major in Local Governance and Development (MPAf-LGD).

DEGREE PROGRAMS OFFERED

A. Master of Management Major in Development Management (MM-DM)

       MM-DM, 39-unit program, is for you if you work in a development-oriented organization, program or project and you want to be able to tackle the many issues and challenges constantly facing managers; likewise synchronize the energies of government, private and civil society sectors for quality results.

B. Master in Public Affairs Major in Local Governance and Development (MPAf-LGD)

       MPAf-LGD, a 31-unit program, is for you if you work in or collaborate with a local government unit and you want to be more equipped in planning and executing quality governance and service delivery systems.

       Many international students study Development Management and Local Governance at University of the Philippines Los Baños under Institute of Development Management and Governance. There are two masters degree programs offered. Applications for admission to all graduate programs are being handled by the Graduate School.

Master of Management Major in Development Management (MM-DM)

       The Master of Management major in Development Management is designed to strengthen the capacity of middle-level development managers in the application of social sciences, administrative sciences, and management concepts, principles, approaches and strategies in understanding, analyzing, assessing, and managing development processes in a development context. Students internalize greater commitment to serve the interest of the marginalized people and thus enhance their development.

       The 39-unit program can be completed in one and one-half years (three semesters and one summer) for full-time study or three years for part-time study (with classes held Saturdays).

       Upon completion of the MM-DM program, students should be able to:

• Translate national development policies into programs and projects and operational designs, systems and procedures that are people-oriented, participative, capacity-building oriented, and sustainable;

• Mobilize and efficiently utilize human, physical, financial, technological inputs, and other organizational resources for attaining development goals;

• Establish cooperative, coordinative, and complementary intra-agency, inter-agency or inter-sector horizontal and vertical linkages; and

• Design and manage development interventions.

The program has two (2) flexible scheduling options; weekday and weekend (both 16 weeks)

Master in Public Affairs Major in Local Governance and Development (MPAf-LGD)

       Since 1998, the Institute of Development Management and Governance (IDMG) is offering the MPAf-LGD. This is a degree for experienced local staff and executives who want to deepen academic preparation for their jobs. The 31-unit program can be completed in one year (two semesters and one summer) for full-time study or two years for part-time study (with classes held Saturdays).

After completing the program, the student is expected to be able to:

• explain and apply the basic concepts, principles and strategies of local governance, management and development in dealing with public issues and managing local affairs; and

• undertake and supervise extension, research and development activities in local governance and development.

  2  Two is an all-important number in your study. This is the passing grade to complete either program. All your grades are averaged cumulatively every semester, and you are allowed to proceed with your study if your average is 2.0 or better (a grade better than 2.0 is 1.75, 1.5, 1.25, or 1.0).

       Before the end of your first semester in the program, you form your Guidance Committee from the IDMG resident faculty (one chairperson and two members). Your committee chair becomes your adviser. S/He will supervise your coursework and field study. Take your time to browse the qualifications and interests of the faculty before forming your committee.

       Getting halfway through your courses is an important event in your study. Past midway, you take a written exam to gauge your preparedness for completing the program. This is administered every semester by a three-member panel. The specific milestone for this exam is completion of 60% of courses - this means 24 units for MM-DM and units for MPAf-LGD.

       Completing 90+% of courses means you are ready for graduation. What could keep you from this? None if you prepared well for the field study (DM298 or LGD 298), your last course prior to graduation. Here, you are expected to write and defend a report. Work early on your preferred topic and get your adviser’s help.

       Your program is capped by an oral final examination, which is standard in all non-thesis master degrees in UPLB. Your constituted committee will administer the exam.

       Your resident faculty available for Guidance Committee membership may be reached through their e-mail addresses listed below:

FACILITIES

       The College of Public Affairs maintains a lecture hall and several classrooms for instruction purposes. Rooms are provided with computers, video, slides and overhead projectors from which the presenters can choose depending upon the purpose. Students have access to the UPLB Main Library and the library of the International Rice Research Institute. In addition, the College maintains a reading room stocked with books, periodicals and statistical references in management, governance, sociology, economics and photocopies of important course reading materials.

       Microcomputers installed at the Institute of Development Management and Governance serve the IDMG faculty/staff for instruction and research, and can be used by the students free of charge. All computers are connected with the network, and the WWW (World Wide Web) is accessible through the Internet, allowing sending and receiving e-mails convenient.  Other educational and recreational facilities of the UPLB are accessible to the IDMG students.

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