8/2/2017

Graduate Studies
Student General
Assembly
Saturday, July 29, 2017, 1:00 AM
Conrado Benitez Hall, PWU

PWU Graduate Studies

@pwu.grad.studies

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New/Update GS Program Offerings

Policies and Guidelines in the Graduate
Studies (WCE)
Product Presentation: ProQuest
Integration of Moodlerooms/Blackboard
Collaborate into the GS curricula

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Total Number of Graduate Program Offerings

MASTERAL DOCTORAL

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GS Program Offerings
(Effective AY 2017 2018)

1. Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling

2. Master of Arts in Psychology (with Specialization in Family Life)
3. Master of Arts in Education (major in Special Education)
4. major in Elementary Education
5. major in Secondary Education
6. major in English Language
7. Master of Business Administration in Social Entrepreneurship and
Management
8. Master of Business Administration (major in Industrial Security
Management)

GS Program Offerings
(Effective AY 2017 2018)
School of Arts and Sciences

Master of Arts in Communication Arts

Master of Science in Environmental Management
Master of Arts in Guidance And Counseling
Master of Arts major in Psychology
with specialization in Clinical Psychology
with specialization in Family Life
with specialization in Industrial Psychology
Master of Science in Information Technology
Master of Arts in Foreign Service

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Master of Science in Social Work

with specialization in Social Work Education and Practice
with specialization in Social Administration
Master of Arts in Social Development
with specialization in Policy Research and Practice
Doctor of Philosophy in Social Development
Master of Arts in Education
major in Early Childhood Education
major in Elementary Education
major in Secondary Education
major in Educational Management
with specialization in Special Education
with specialization in English Language
Doctor of Philosophy in Education major in Educational
Management

GS Program Offerings
(Effective AY 2017 2018)
College of Business Management
Master in Public Administration
Master in Business Administration
in Social Entrepreneurship and Management
Master in Business Administration
major in Industrial Security Management
Doctor in Business Administration
Master of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management
Master of Science in Culinary Arts
Doctor in Hospitality Management
Master of Science in Tourism Management
Master of Science in Food Science
Master in Food Safety Management

GS Program Offerings
(Effective AY 2017 2018)
College of Allied Health and Sciences
Master of Arts in Nursing
with clinical specialization in Medical Surgical
with clinical specialization in Maternal and Child Nursing
with clinical specialization in Community Health Nursing
with clinical specialization in Mental and Psychiatric Nursing
with specialization in Administration and Management
Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition
Master of Science in Medical Technology
Master of Science in Health Systems Management
Master of Science in Pharmacy
with specialization in Management and Administration
with specialization in Clinical Pharmacy and Research

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GS Program Offerings
(Effective AY 2017 2018)
School of Music
Master of Music
major in Music Performance
major in Piano Pedagogy
Master of Music major in Music Education
with emphasis in Music Performance
with emphasis in Kodaly Approach
with emphasis in Choral Conducting
Master of Arts major in Ethnomusicology
Master of Arts in Music Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Music major in Ethnomusicology
Doctor of Philosophy in Music major in Music Performance

GS Program Offerings
(Effective AY 2017 2018)
School of Fine Arts and Design

Master in Fine Arts and Design

General Info

Classes officially started on July 22, 2017. All GS

students are required to attend your classes on time, as
per PWU policy.
The GS students attendance will be monitored by the
professors throughout the trimester.

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Reminders
Policies and Guidelines
in the Graduate Studies
(eff. AY 2017 2018)

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Proposed Written Comprehensive

Examinations (WCE) Master Programs

1. Submission of annotated bibliographies [15 each] in three (3)

areas of specialization or a total of 45. This is submitted in
advance. (50%)
2. A written comprehensive examination consisting of five (5)
integrative questions. (50%)
2.1 The examination will be based on an article in the students field
of specialization.
2.2 The article will be given a day before the examination date.
2.3 The examination is for two (2) hours.

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Proposed Written Comprehensive

Examinations (WCE) Doctoral Programs

1. Submission of annotated bibliographies [30 each in three (3)

areas of specialization or a total of 90. This is submitted in
advance. (40%)
2. Submission of a course syllabus on any subject course in the
doctoral program. Also submitted in advance. (30%)
3. A written comprehensive examination consisting of five (5)
integrative questions in three areas. (30%)

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The exams questions must be prepared by a WCE

Committee that can be formed by the Dean of the
respective school; and it must be turned over to the
Director of Graduate Studies at least 10 days before the
examination's date. Professors who taught the courses
will be given the priority in the selection of the WCE
Committee members.

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Schedule of the WCE

The Written Comprehensive Examination (WCE) shall be given
twice a year. The PWU Graduate Studies shall schedule the WCE at
the end of the 1st (i.e. October) and the 3rd (i.e. July) trimesters of
every academic year.
The WCE will be scheduled on weekends. The PWU Graduate
Studies shall administer the test from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
All GS students will have to take the exam on the specified dates
and time regardless of their degrees/programs and their fields of
specialization.

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Policies and Guidelines

(eff. AY 2016 - 2017)

1. Advisers may advise only (5) students at

any given time and only in their areas of
expertise.
2. Deans/program chairs may not be panel
chairs/members.
3. There will be only 2 defenses proposal
and final.

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4. Defenses should not be scheduled when any of

the panel chair/members has classes.
5. Light snacks may be provided by the student.
Catered/lavish meals are not allowed.
6. Any exceptions to the above must have prior
approval by SVPAA.

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Thesis/Dissertation Oral Defense

7. The duration of the Thesis Oral Defense should not last

more than one and a half hour (1 ); the duration of the
Dissertation Oral Defense not more than two (2) hours;
and, Thesis/Dissertation Oral Proposal Defense, not
more than one (1) hour.
8. Members of the Oral Defense Tribunal:
Thesis: 1 Chairman
2 members
Dissertation: 1 Chairman
3 Members

Before enrolling in Thesis/Dissertation Writing, the

student must have complied with the following
requirements:

Must have submitted all the documentary & academic requirements.

Must have passed all the academic subjects (no grade less than 2.0
in the masters program and 1.75 in the doctoral program).
Must have passed the written comprehensive examinations.

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The Residency Program and

GS Thesis/Dissertation Writing

Effective AY 2017 2018, Graduate Students enrolled in

the GS Thesis Writing/Dissertation Writing (6 units/12
units) are given (1) trimesters to complete and
successfully defend their theses/dissertations.
Failure to do so will subject the student to a residency
program.
Students who are under the residency program need to
enroll for residency every term.

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If the student fails to defend his/her paper within the

trimester in which he/she has enrolled the
Thesis/Dissertation, he/she must re-enroll the
GSTHESIS/DISSERTATION WRITING (0 units), every
trimester, until the successful completion of the
thesis/Dissertation.

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Doctoral Students (graduates of non-thesis

track masteral programs)
(eff. AY 2017 2018)

Doctoral students who are graduates of non-thesis track

masteral programs and currently enrolled in their thesis
writing (6 Units) under the bridging program are required to
submit a research paper (i.e. thesis) and pass the Final Oral
Defense only.
Thus, there is no need for a pre-oral defense.
Your enrollment is good for 1 trimester (eff. AY 2017- 2018).

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Plagiarism

Plagiarism is not allowed in any academic environment.

The work you submit must be your own original writing. If
you submit another persons work or copy work from a
source, you will receive no credit for that assignment.

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Product Presentation:
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Sales & Marketing Excutive
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DR. MENCHITA F. DUMLAO

Director, Research
Philippine Womens University

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