Department of Agricultural Sciences

The Department of Agricultural Sciences offers the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Program.  It is composed of four major fields of specialization, namely: Agricultural Extension, Agronomy, Animal Science, and Horticulture. The program is also offered at the CAFSD satellite campus in Dingras, Ilocos Norte. To date, the department has 23 young, proactive, and competent full time faculty members with various fields of specialization.

Faculty Profile

Engr. Hazel James P.Agngarayngay
Agricultural Engineering

Ms. Joanna P. Crosby
Agronomy, Crop Physiology

Prof. Peter James C. Icalia
Breeding and Genetics

Prof. Geovannie Stanley S. Malab
Embryology & Tissue Culture

Prof. Glisten Faith S. Pascua
Crop Protection/Post Harvest

Mr. Raymond E. Rahon
Agronomy

Ms. Joan R. Rarogal
Animal Science

Mr. Raymund Julius G. Rosales
Crop Science

Prof. Sean R. Vidad
Animal Nutrition

Prof. Keivin G. Cadavona
Animal Science

Dr. Melvin A. Bagot
Biomedical Sciences/Anatomy

Ms. Marcylyn B. Manuel
Horticulture/Entomology

Ms. Luzell S. Pungtilan
Agricultural Extension

Dr. Janet Villamor
Soil Science, Land Use

Ms. Mitch Gyldelle Cacatian
Soil Science

Mr. Eugine D. Ramos
Crop Protection/Entomology/Plant Pathology

Mr. Reynold P. Guiang
Agricultural Extension

Ms. Frances Charlyn G. Batara
Horticulture

Ms. Hazel Achuela
Animal Science

Dingras Campus
Prof. Robert T. Barangan
PE and Sports

Dr. Jocelyn A. Bernabe
Crop Physiology

Prof. Lee Zhemyr C. Grande
Mathematics Education

Prof. Leo Inocencio
Crop Science/Agronomy

BS in Agriculture (BSA)

Students enrolled in BSA have to complete 185 units and may major in one of the following fields: agricultural extension, agronomy, animal science, crop protection, horticulture, and soil science. Graduates of BSA are usually employed as farm supervisors and/or managers of big commercial farms, sales representatives and/or extension and development workers of chemical and farm supply companies, faculty members of agricultural institutions, researchers, and extensionists in government and private agricultural agencies, and active practitioners in production, and or research staff and planners in big industries and government agencies.

Awards and Recognition

• Commission on Higher Education (CHED) -Center of Development (COD) in Agriculture Education
• Commission on Higher Education (CHED)- National Agriculture Fisheries Education System (NAFES - National University for Agriculture
• Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines, Inc (AACCUP) Level IV 
• Commission on Higher Education (CHED)-RQUAT Compliant

Program Outcomes

The BSA program is committed to produce professional agriculturists who can:

1. apply the scientific method in the conduct of research activities;
2. understand and apply the concepts of agricultural productivity and sustainability in the context of national, regional, and global development;
3. engage in agricultural production and postproduction/postharvest handling activities;
4. promote sound agricultural technologies to various clients and in the manpower development in agriculture; and
5. employ relevant tools in information technology in solving agriculture-related problems.

Curriculum

https://cafsd.mmsu.edu.ph/pdf/2/MMSU__BS_AGRICULTURE_CURRICULUM_WITH_DIFFERENT_MAJORS.pdf/view