DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The minimum requirements are:
Plan A |
Plan B |
|
| Subjects in the major field | 15 |
21 |
| Applied mathematics | 6 |
6 |
| Thesis | 6 |
0 |
| Electives | 3 |
9 |
| Total | 30 |
36 |
The Electives are to be chosen with the approval of the Program Adviser from graduate courses in such fields as Engineering, Mathematics, Geology, Natural Sciences, Forestry, Agriculture, Planning and Public Administration.
A student must obtain the master's degree within a period of five (5) years after the first enrollment or in accordance with the University rules and regulations for residence on graduate programs.
To qualify for the MS degree under Plan A, a student must maintain a cumulative weighted average grade of 2.0 or better at the end of each academic year, successfully defend a Master's thesis and submit at least six (6) bound and certified copies of the approved Master's thesis.
To qualify for the MS degree under Plan B, a student must maintain a cumulative
weighted average of 2.0 or better at the end of each academic year, complete
a three (3) unit special project and pass a comprehensive examination after
completion of the academic work.
TRANSFER OF CREDITS TO THE PROGRAM
A maximum of nine (9) units of graduate courses taken in other accredited institutions may be accepted for credit upon recommendation of the U.P. Remote Sensing and GIS Committee and Chairman of the Department of Geodetic Engineering and approved by the Dean of the College of Engineering provided that these courses were taken within 5 years prior to admission to MS (Remote Sensing), they have been validated by the U.P. Remote Sensing and GIS Advisory Committee through appropriate means and have not been credited for a degree previously obtained by the student.
Upon recommendation of the U.P. Remote Sensing and GIS Advisory Committee and the Chairman of the Department of Geodetic Engineering and approved by the Dean, courses taken by the student under another program of the University of the Philippines may be transferred for credit to the course requirements for MS (Remote Sensing) provided that these courses were taken within five (5) years prior to the student's admission or transfer to MS (Remote Sensing) and these courses have not been credited for a degree previously obtained by the student.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The technologies involved in this program are primarily dependent on the physical, mathematical and statistical sciences. However, their applications also depend on the various biological, geographic and environmental sciences. This Master's degree program has therefore been developed with a careful balance between fundamental principles, data analysis and application areas but with sufficient electives and project materials to cater to students with widely varying disciplinary backgrounds and to allow for the greatest amount of multi- disciplinary exchange of information.
At least thirteen (13) departments, colleges and institutes within the University of the Philippines System will contribute to this program through the offering of multi-disciplinary subjects and through thesis/project supervision. These units include the Departments of Geodetic Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Sciences, Energy/Environmental Engineering, Geography, Meteorology/Oceanography and Computer Sciences, the National Institute of Geological Sciences, the National Hydraulics Research Center, the Marine Science Institute, Institute of Biology, the School of Urban and Regional Planning and the Colleges of Forestry, Agriculture and Architecture and the Statistical Center.
GRADE REQUIREMENTS
A weighted average of 2.00 or better for all graduate courses passed and accepted at the end of each academic year shall be required of a student. A student who fails to satisfy this grade requirement at the end of the academic year shall be disqualified from the MS program unless the U.P. Remote Sensing and GIS Advisory Committee and the Chairman of the Department of Geodetic Engineering jointly decide otherwise based on reasonable grounds and, upon recommendation of the student's Program Adviser, to place the student on probation for a period of one(1)to two (2) semesters. Failure to obtain the minimum weighted average within the period shall automatically disqualify the student from the MS programs.
The thesis should be on a subject which needs either original investigation or such restudy as may result in a modification or broadening of that which has been previously known.
A thesis adviser, chosen in consultation with the student, shall be designated
by the U.P. Remote Sensing and GIS Advisory Committee and the Chairman of
the Department of Geodetic Engineering for every graduate student following
Plan A. The student, in consultation with his thesis adviser, shall prepare
a thesis proposal which shall indicate the thesis title, definition of the
problem to be investigated, review of the literature, research design and
methodology. The proposal shall be submitted for approval by the thesis
committee (membership of three) headed by the thesis adviser.