METEOROLOGY

SCI ED 224

GERLIE E. TICBE

2021

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MINDANAO

Kabacan, Cotabato
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 MODULE 1
Course Introduction

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this topic/chapter, you must be able to:
1. Clarify course outcomes, requirements, grading system, and classroom
policies.
2. Relate course outcomes and requirements to USM VGMO.

This is the course introduction. In this section, you will be given an overview
of what your subject/course is, what the coverage of the course is, what you are
going to achieve in this course, how are you going to do it, how you will be
evaluated and more.
This will also give you a review of the USM mandates, goals, mission vision
and objectives.
This module is the first module that you will be doing in 1 week or 3 hours. It
is scheduled on the first week of actual learning.

1. USM Vision, Mission, Core Values. Objectives, Mandates

Vision
Quality and relevant education for its clientele to be globally competitive, culture-
sensitive and morally responsive human resources for sustainable development.

Mission
Help accelerate socio-economic development, promote harmony among diverse
communities and improve quality of life through instruction, research, extension
and resource generation in Southern Philippines.

Core Values
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Goodness
Responsiveness
Excellence
Assertion of RIGHT and
Truth

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 Objectives
1. To provide programs of instruction and professional trainings primarily in the
fields of science and technology, especially in agriculture and industrial fields.

2. To promote advanced studies, research, and extension services and progressive

leadership in all fields of agriculture, including agribusiness, foods and nutrition,
fishery, forestry, animal and veterinary sciences, engineering, industrial education,
and other courses needed in the socio-economic development of Mindanao.

3. To develop courses at the graduate level responsive to the manpower needs of

development-oriented agencies in the region.

4. To provide non-formal education and undertake various extension programs in

food production, nutrition, trades and industries, engineering, health and sports
development, and to offer scholarships and/or part time job opportunities to the
socio-economically deprived but deserving students.

Mandated Functions
Instruction
Instruction is offered for tertiary and advanced education levels which offer a variety
of courses and fields of specialization.

Research
Research activities are mostly carried out by its research arms: the University of
Southern Mindanao Agricultural Research Center (USMARC), a national research
center for corn, sorghum and fruit crops; the Philippine Industrial Crop Research
Institute (PICRI), a national research institute for rubber, fiber crops, coffee, spices,
cacao, and other industrial crops. Attached to PICRI is the Philippine Rubber Testing
Center (PRTC), a testing center for dried natural rubber. USM also hosts two
organized bodies which do research and development activities: the Cotabato
Agricultural and Resources Research and Development Consortium (CARRDEC), a

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research consortium of various agencies in Central Mindanao and the Philippine
Carabao Center (PCC), a member of the national PCC network.

Extension
Extension takes the form of training on various subject areas for different groups
mostly of farmers, technical assistance to various sectors, social laboratory projects,
demonstration farms, consultancy services and public education through personal
contacts and the mass media: radio, print, and media.

Resource Generation
The University’s resource generation program generates a sizeable income to
augment the operating fund of the University and to serve as laboratory for
horticulture, animal science, agronomy, and agribusiness majors.

Summary

This module introduces you to the course/subject and at the same time
reviews you on the salient information about our university.

Summative Assessment 1

Please answer the following guide questions:

1. How can you say that you have internalized the objectives, mission, vision
and goals of USM?
2. What are the core values of USM? Select one of which and give an
example on how you have applied it during your stay as student here in USM.

References

[1] USM Code

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