Graduate School

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After 3-5 years, graduates of the Doctor of Philosophy in Business Management are expected to:

1. Demonstrate exemplary leadership capabilities by effectively managing cross-functional teams within complex business environments and implementing strategic initiatives that drive organizational growth.
2. Contribute significantly to the discipline of business management through research presentations, scholarly publications, and/or spearheading innovative projects that promote continuous improvement in business management processes.
3. Assume mentorship roles, offering support and guidance to emerging professionals in business management, while cultivating a culture of continuous learning and innovation within their respective organizations.
4. Champion ethical practices and social responsibility, ensuring that their organizations achieve both economic success and a positive influence on society.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

A graduate of the Doctor Philosophy in Business Management should be able to:

1. Demonstrate highly advanced, systematic knowledge and skills in highly specialized and/or complex areas of business management through interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary fields of learning.
2. Utilize complex research, creative work, and/or professional practice and/or the advancement of learning in business management, with full independence in individual work and/or in teams within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary settings.
3. Apply more complex setting that demands leadership in business research and creative work with strategic value added.
4. Apply a significant level of expertise-based autonomy and accountability to professional leadership for innovation, research, and/or development management in highly specialized, interdisciplinary, or multidisciplinary business-related fields.

INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. Generate new knowledge and innovative technology responsive to local and global needs.

Results-Oriented. Exemplifies advanced research skills and active engagement in extension services for sustainable community development.

Professional Ethics. Adheres strictly to the highest ethics and policy standards both in their professional and personal behavior.

Lifelong Learning. Engages in a self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for active citizenship and self-sustainability.

Communication. Develops and expresses ideas through effective written, oral and visual communication for various academic and professional contexts.

Environmental Stewardship. Utilizes and manages all God-given resources through environmental-friendly initiatives in partnership with sustainable community linkages.

Global Industry Competitiveness. Demonstrates excellent skills to compete in a global job market and lead the development industries.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

PO1: Advance nursing knowledge through the generation, synthesis, and critique of theoretical, empirical, and philosophical perspectives from nursing and related disciplines to advance nursing science and practice.

PO2: Demonstrate scholarly leadership in designing and conducting original, interdisciplinary research that contributes to the development of nursing science, nursing knowledge, education, practice, and policy that addresses complex health challenges.

PO3: Critically evaluate philosophical and scientific foundations that guide professional nursing inquiry and practice.

PO4: Contribute to the evolution of nursing epistemology through reflective, ethical, and interprofessional scholarship.

PO5: Exhibit transformative thinking and value-based leadership that influence the development of nursing as a discipline in a dynamic global context

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO1: Critically examine the major philosophical traditions and their relevance to nursing science.

CO2: Evaluate epistemological and ontological underpinnings of nursing theories and research paradigms.

CO3: Articulate a personal and professional philosophy of nursing grounded in theoretical and philosophical reflection.

CO4: Synthesize multiple philosophical perspectives to inform the advancement of nursing knowledge and practice.

CO5: Debate and justify philosophical positions in nursing from ethical, cultural, and interdisciplinary viewpoints.

The Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Education is designed to cultivate scholars who possess advanced research skills and a deep understanding of educational innovations to spearhead transformative advancements in engineering education. Through outcomes-based education, students will develop expertise in conducting empirical studies in engineering education towards designing effective instructional strategies, and assessing learning outcomes in engineering education context. The curriculum emphasizes the development of leadership qualities, preparing graduates to assume influential roles in the academia, and engineering industry practice. Graduates will engage in partnerships across various fields of discipline to address complex challenges and drive innovation in the field of engineering. Furthermore, the program instills a commitment to ethical practices and inclusivity, ensuring that graduates advocate for equitable access and participation in engineering education for all learners. The program equips graduates to navigate the dynamic landscape of engineering education and enact positive change on a global landscape.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEO)

Three to five years after finishing the program, the Ph.D. in Engineering Education graduates shall become, and /or practice any of the following:

1. Professor / Academician – Graduates shall have advanced in their academic profession as Associate Professor or full pledge Professor with high-level expertise in teaching, research and extension. They are expected to find solutions to complex engineering education problems leading to innovations in teaching methodologies and strategies, content development, performance assessment, research and publication of research outputs.
2. Leadership and Professionalism. Graduates shall have assumed high level leadership roles in the academe, in public or private sector, either as instructional head, research and innovations manager, practicing professionalism through social and ethical responsibility.
3. Lifelong Learning. Graduates shall have engaged in lifelong learning through further studies, research, certifications, promotions, and other continuing personal and professional advancement activities.

Specific Profession, Career, Occupations of Graduates

The graduates of the program may choose from any of the professions or occupations listed: University of College Professor, Researcher, Consultant, Administrator or Dean of an Engineering Institution, or an Entrepreneur by putting up an engineering school/ firm.

INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES (IPOs)

Students of the Ph.D. in Engineering Education program should achieve from 75%- 100% in each of the POs upon graduation, as follows:

1. Instructional Competence. Demonstrate mastery of the advanced knowledge and skills required for functioning effectively as a professional in engineering education, and an ability to integrate and apply various technologies in improving engineering education delivery.
2. Creativity and Innovation. Experiment with new approaches, challenge existing knowledge, design novel solutions to solve problems; and proactive in addressing potential needs and new trends in the discipline.
3. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills Identify, define, and deal with complex problems pertinent to the professional practice of engineering education, through logical, analytical and critical thinking.
4. Systems and Futures Thinking.– Looks for signs of change that can likely happen and shape the range of possible futures in the practice of the profession, and applies the systems approach in dealing with unpredictable changes in the future due to VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.
5. Competence in Written and Oral Communication. Communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) with a wide range of audiences, across a range of professional and personal contexts, both in English and Pilipino.
6. Lifelong Learning. Identify own learning needs for professional or personal growth; demonstrate an eagerness to take up opportunities for learning new things as well as the ability to learn effectively on their own.
7. Visionary Leadership, teamwork, and Strong Interpersonal Relationships. Function effectively both as a visionary leader and as a team member; motivate and lead a team to work towards a goal; work collaboratively with other team members; as well as connect and interact socially and effectively with diverse culture.
8. Global Outlook. Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of global issues and willingness to work, interact effectively and show sensitivity to cultural diversity.
9. Professionalism and Ethical Behavior – Social and national responsibility. demonstrate an awareness of their social and national responsibility; acts professionally and engage in activities that contribute to the betterment of the society; behave ethically and responsibly in social, professional and work environments, and hold accountable to their actions and administrative decisions.
10. Engaging In Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Research and Innovation- Can work effectively and efficiently with people from other disciplines to complete a given task.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The graduates of Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN) are intended to:

1. Perform with exemplar competence relevant to client care tasks across life span utilizing the nursing process. This includes having the ability to utilize nursing process in the care of mothers, newborns, children, adolescents, adults and older persons, communities, population groups, and persons with special needs.
2. Practice professionally, serving as middle managers and or running a whole/large segment of the institution with the direction of developing top management skills. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of and apply leadership and management concepts, skills, and decision making towards improvement of the nursing service/academe as a whole.
3. Apply highly developed scientific know how and skills in research across wide facets of nursing. This includes engaging in nursing and health-related research and implementing research outputs for the enhancement of client care services, disaster resiliency, and/or nursing education

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

A graduate of the Doctor Philosophy in Business Management should be able to:

1. Apply guidelines and principles of evidence based practice in the middle management of health care systems.
2. Practice nursing management skills in accordance with existing laws, legal, ethical, and moral principles.
3. Communicate effectively in speaking, writing, and presenting using culturally appropriate language.
4. Work effectively in collaboration with inter-intra-and multi-disciplinary, multicultural teams in the middle management of health care delivery system.
5. Engage in life-long learning with a passion to keep current with national and global development in general and nursing and health development in particular.
6. Execute the requisites for a successful management and leadership in a College of Nursing/Health Facility.
7. Evaluate, develop, design, and innovate systems and effect change through research.
8. Demonstrate responsible citizenship and pride of being a Filipino and abide by the rules of safeguarding a healthy environment.
9. Display nursing core values in nursing management and leadership in nursing practice and/or nursing education.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The graduates of Master of Arts in Nursing major in Disaster Resilience (MAN major in DR) are should be able to:

1. Further develop a sensitive awareness of the professional nurses to the health needs of the individual, family and community in a global sense.
2. Augment the acquired nursing skills, knowledge and attitude for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and elimination of sufferings through the use of nursing process.
3. Produce leadership skills and organizational qualities of those committed to serve in the different fields of nursing.
4. Improve the research capabilities of a professional nurse in his field of interest, thus, contributing to the development of measures/solutions that may help solve prevailing health problems that directly affects the growth of the municipality, province, the region, and the country as a whole through relevant research and extension programs.
5. Promote a morally and socially upright graduates in order to uphold the standards of nursing practice, here and abroad.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

1. Apply knowledge of pedagogic and androgenic strategies and communication skills both oral and written.
2. Develop decision-making skills, leadership, and managerial competence.
3. Abide and apply with guidelines and principles of evidence-based practice in the delivery of health care in times of disaster.
4. Comply with existing laws, legal, ethical, and moral principles.
5. Effectively communicate through culturally-appropriate language.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The graduates of Master of Engineering (ME) aims for:

1. Engage as specialists for the development in their respective technical fields.
2. Demonstrate enhanced knowledge and skills that meet the requirements of the different technological fields and the demands of the global economy.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

A graduate of the Doctor Philosophy in Business Management should be able to:

1. Demonstrate high-level expertise in the theoretical aspects of engineering;
2. Apply advanced theories into practical applications;
3. Conduct scientific experiments using state-of-the-art equipment;
4. Engage in research to provide solution to engineering problems;
5. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing;
6. Contribute new knowledge in support of sustainable development for the local community and industry;
7. Enable and facilitate the transfer of technology, from research to implementation.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After 3-5 years, graduates of the Master in Business Management are expected to:

1. Demonstrate a high degree of professional expertise through the application of advanced business management theories and methodologies within managerial or leadership roles in both the private and public sectors.
2. Contribute to strategic endeavors that augment organizational effectiveness, sustainability, innovation, and ethical business conduct, in alignment with both local and international standards.
3. Engage in continuous professional advancement, including involvement in advanced training programs, scholarly research initiatives, or additional graduate-level education, among others.
4. Participate in collaborative and interdisciplinary teams, exhibiting adeptness in communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills within diverse professional contexts.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

 A graduate of the Master in Business Management should be able to:

1. Conduct self-directed research employing strategic thinking and creative methodologies to address social and economic issues.
2. Exhibit advanced knowledge in business management by formulating and implementing data-informed strategies that are sustainable, socially responsible, and ethically sound, and that effectively respond to both local and global needs.
3. Engage in lifelong learning with a highly substantial degree of independence that involves individual work or teams of interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary experts.
4. Integrate advanced knowledge of business management in the conduct of research, professional practice, or creative works, contributing to the advancement of the discipline.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The graduates of Master in Hospitality Management should be able to:

1. To acquire professional competence required for the managerial level of tourism and hospitality industries and academe in both local and international work environment.
2. To practice managerial and leadership positions in local and international industries and
   academe.
3. To become socially responsible entrepreneurs in managing the business contributing to
   research and community development while considering the profitability of the
   enterprise.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

1. Model the values of professionalism, communication and leadership skills needed for managerial positions in hospitality industry and or advancement toward terminal degree.
2. Practice diversity and ethical considerations relevant to the hospitality industry.
3. Correspond the principles of critical thinking and decision-making when evaluating complex issues within the hospitality management area.
4.  Exhibit technical expertise in championing the future forerunner of hospitality industry.
5. Apply the process involved in hospitality management research.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The graduates of Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN) are intended to:

1. Perform with exemplar competence relevant to client care tasks across life span utilizing the nursing process. This includes having the ability to utilize nursing process in the care of mothers, newborns, children, adolescents, adults and older persons, communities, population groups, and persons with special needs.
2. Practice professionally, serving as middle managers and or running a whole/large segment of the institution with the direction of developing top management skills. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of and apply leadership and management concepts, skills, and decision making towards improvement of the nursing service/academe as a whole.
3.  Apply highly developed scientific know how and skills in research across wide facets of nursing. This includes engaging in nursing and health-related research and implementing research outputs for the enhancement of client care services, disaster resiliency, and/or nursing education.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

1.  Apply guidelines and principles of evidence based practice in the middle management of
   health care systems.
2. Practice nursing management skills in accordance with existing laws, legal, ethical, and moral principles.
3. Communicate effectively in speaking, writing, and presenting using culturally appropriate language.
4.  Work effectively in collaboration with inter- intra- and multi-disciplinary, multicultural teams in the middle management of health care delivery system.
5. Engage in life-long learning with a passion to keep current with national and global development in general and nursing and health development in particular.
6. Execute the requisites for a successful management and leadership in a College of Nursing/Health Facility.
7. Evaluate, develop, design, and innovate systems and effect change through research.
8. Demonstrate responsible citizenship and pride of being a Filipino and abide by the rules of safeguarding a healthy environment.
9. Display nursing core values in nursing management and leadership in nursing practice and/or nursing education.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The graduates of Master in Information Technology should be able to:

1. Apply current and advanced technical concepts and practices in identifying, assessing, and implementing IT solutions in a given organization to satisfy its design and performance requirements
2. Demonstrate a deep understanding of at least one IT knowledge area in business, education, telecommunications, environmental, and engineering industries.
3. Integrate IT industry-recognized standards and best practices with leadership skills necessary to assume roles within an organization or in entrepreneurship.
4.  Establish comprehensive communication skills appropriate to the IT discipline through team projects and research.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

1. Apply in-depth understanding and integration of complex network and internetworking technology ideas to real-world issues.
2. Investigate and integrate alternative networking technologies strategies, concepts, and methods from an organizational perspective.
3. Model and simulate various types of networks to establish operating requirements, discover vulnerabilities, and identify areas for improvement.
4. Design, develop, evaluate, deploy, and troubleshoot complex internetworked systems.
5. Evaluate core network technologies and effectively employ them to support fundamental organizational functions.
6. Utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills to solve difficult internetworking problems.
7. Collaborate and communicate in a professional setting using written, digital, and oral forms of communication.
8. Exhibit expert professional judgment when working on collaborative projects with team members.
9. Conduct professional tasks ethically and with due regard for intellectual property consequences.
10. Conduct independent research in the field of internetworking.