ACADEMIC
PROGRAM
The Academic Program, which is the program that is largely responsible in addressing the needs of the university's No.1 clientele which are the students, has appropriately defined concerns properly addressed to during the academic year. These concerns, which have something to do with the demands of contemporary society and with sensitiveness to current development trends, are: strong in science and technology, proactive to future needs and development, relevant to the region's agro-industrial needs, impacts on the empowerment of the rural people it serves, and contributing to sustainable development and global competitiveness.
These concerns of the Academic Program converge through
the intensification of the thrusts in the following programs: instruction,
faculty development, research, publication, production and extension. All
of them are deemed contributory to a large degree in actualizing the vision
of the university as a "model comprehensive institution of higher learning
dedicated to service and excellence".
COLLEGES
The College of Agriculture was formally established
on June 18, 1964 with the conversion of the others while Central Luzon Agricultural
College to what is now the Central Luzon State University. Basically it served
as the foundation upon which the latter was organized.
As the first Agricultural college in the country accredited by the Philippines
Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities, it continues
to work over the wide range of areas vital to the developing agricultural
industry.
The College also supports other Colleges of the University
in their curricular offerings, particularly the College of Veterinary Science
and Medicine in its offering; the College of Education; the College of Engineering
and the College of Home Science and Industry.
The
College of Business Administration and Accountancy (Accountancy was added
recently) enjoys the distinction of being the youngest service unit of the
University.
It was officially established on May 19,
1983 pursuant to the provisions of BP Blg. 230. the birth of the College took
stock from an all important decision of the CLSU to expand from decades of
purely agriculture related orientation to a comprehensive university. The
decision was the direct response to a popular clamor brought about the rapid
changes and dynamic complexities in the socioeconomic and political environment
in and out of the University.
As a consequence of its establishment,
the College of Business Administration and Accountancy was enhance the capability
of CLSU to answer the demands of its constituents for quality and yet affordable
education in the business field.
The
College of Education is one of the first organized as part of the core colleges
when Central Luzon Agricultural College became Central Luzon State University
in 1964. It started with two four-year courses:BSAEd and BSAExEd.
It had become the producer of competent
workers in the field of teaching and extension work.
In 1984, the college extended its scope
by opening two new four-year courses, namely:BEEd and BSEd.
The college is committed to train professional
teachers who will cater to the manpower needs of the elementary, secondary,
and tertiary levels of education in the Philippines, as well as the extension
services of the government both in agriculture, education, and dissemination
of technologies to the rural people.
The College of Engineering started as a Department of Agricultural
Engineering, offering a secondary Farm Mechanics course then Central Luzon Agricultural
School.
In June 1955, five years after the school was elevated
into Central Luzon Agricultural College; the Department was expanded to include the
offering of a 4-year curriculum program which has later revised into a 5-year BSAEn degree
program.
When CLAC was converted into what is now the CLSU
through R.A. No. 6067 in 1964, the Department of Agricultural Engineering bloomed into the
College of Engineering.
The College of
Inland Fisheries was established in 1976 to fill the need for trained manpower
vital to the development of the country's inland fishing sector. It offered
a work oriented curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Inland Fisheries which was considered the only one of its kind in the country
then.
In 1987, the college was renamed College
of Fisheries and since then, it was been offering the Bachelor of Science
in Fisheries curriculum. The program provides the students a well rounded
training with major in inland fisheries and minor in marine fisheries.
With a little over a decade of existence
the College was able to set two unprecedented records in the history of CLSU
of being the first College to have two Ten Outstanding Young Man, awardees
as faculty members and the first two Summa Cum Laude graduates of the University.
The College of Home Science and Industry started in 1954 as the Home Economics Department then Central Luzon Agricultural College. In 1964, it became the College of Home Economics. The name was changed to the College of Home Science and Industry in 1979.
The College of Arts and Sciences, primarily serves CLSU's center for student development both in the breeder sciences and in the humanities. Since 1964, when it was created by the virtue of the Republic Act No. 4064, a law which was converted Central Luzon Agricultural College to Central Luzon State University, the college evolved from mere service unit to a degree-granting college.
The
College of Veterinary Science and Medicine in CLSU was established through
the Republic Act No. 067 enacted to law by the Congress of the Republic of
the Philippines in 1964 and which was effected through the Board of Regents
Resolution No. 17-78 s. 1978.
The only college in the country offering
a 2-in-1 degree program: The BS Animal Husbandry is awarded after completion
of the first four years, and the degree Doctor of Veterinary Science and Medicine
after completion of the full six year.