The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed on this page belong solely to the individuals or groups and do not necessarily reflect the views of the department and Visayas State University. The Department of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences (DLABS) is a service department in the Visayas State University (VSU), Visca, Baybay, Leyte. It offers courses in English, Foreign Language, Speech Communic
ation, Filipino, Humanities, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Philosophy.
1. Vision of the University
A globally competitive university for science, technology, and environmental conservation.
2. Mission of the University
Development of a highly competitive human resource, cutting-edge scientific knowledge and innovative technologies for sustainable communities and environment
3. VSU Quality Policy Statement
The Visayas State University (VSU), a globally competitive university of science and technology and environmental conservation, is created by law to develop highly competitive human resource, cutting-edge scientific knowledge and innovative technologies for sustainable communities and environment. Towards this end, we, at the Visayas State University, commit to:
-Provide highly competent, quality, and world-class manpower in science and technology, especially for agriculture, environmental management and industry who are proficient in communication skills, critical thinking and analytical abilities;
-Generate and disseminate relevant knowledge and technologies that lead to improved productivity, profitability and sustainability in agriculture, environment and industry; and
-Satisfy the needs and applicable requirements of the industry, the community and the government sectors, who are in need of quality graduates and technology ready for commercialization through the establishment, operation, maintenance and continual improvement of a Quality Management System (QMS) which is aligned with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015. It shall be the policy of the university that the quality policies and procedures are communicated to and understood by all faculty, staff, students and other stakeholders and that the system be continually improved for its relevance and effectiveness.
4. Produce highly competent and world-class manpower in science and technology (S&T), especially for agriculture, environmental management and industry who are proficient in communication skills, critical thinking and analytical abilities,
• Innovative RDE System and Competitive S&T Products. Generate and disseminate relevant knowledge and technology that lead to improved productivity, profitability and sustainability in agriculture, environment and industry,
• Adequate and Sustainable Resource Generation Activities. Generate adequate resources to support the University's instruction, research and extension pursuits and physical infrastructure needs in the face of declining government subsidy to state universities and colleges (SUCs),
• Efficient, Effective and Client-Centered Administrative Support Services. Provide timely, accessible, acceptable and customer-friendly administrative support system that promotes partnership and sense of shared stewardship with students, faculty, alumni and other stakeholders.
5. Quality Objectives of the Department
• General Objectives
1. Develop high caliber VSU graduates with strong background in the humanities and social sciences and who can provide effective leadership in scientific investigation.
2. Become a center in the application of new knowledge for cultural and social upliftment.
• Specific Objectives
1. Provide a pragmatic leadership and expertise in language teacher training.
2. Promote productive scholarship through research-oriented projects and enriched curricular activities.
3. Encourage students to be self-reliant and practice independent thinking through extramural studies while still carrying out their jobs and other responsibilities.
2. Provide basic liberal arts and social science courses such as English, Filipino, Humanities, Psychology, Social Science, Speech, Philosophy and Spanish, for all degree and non-degree programs of VSU.
5. Develop student’s communication sills useful in their fields of specialization.
6. Provide students with experiences designed to enhance their fields of specialization.
7. Enliven teaching approaches by accelerating general teacher improvement through in-service trainings and professional exchange program.
8. Strengthen the development of instructional materials.
9. Continuously monitor and evaluate students’ performance to seek venues for improving instructions.
3. Undergraduate Program
10. Prepare students for language and social science activities in agro-technical schools and colleges as well as language learning researches.
11. Expose students to language learning activities, theories and research methodologies in language, language acquisition, and language teaching.
12. Develop a sense of literary awareness, taste, and creativity and to promote appreciation of the performing arts.
13. Provide support to all students in understanding theories other courses through Instructional Materials (IM) that go across curriculum.
4. Research
14. Provide students and teachers a climate that inspires the development of research-oriented minds by leading them through instruction.
15. Conduct researches that are truly responsive to institutional, local, regional or national goals and studies that could strengthen the department’s curricular programs.
5. Extension
16. Prepare, collect and evaluate scripts with environmental and developmental concerns.
17. Provide necessary training to target clientele for the development of the community’s human resources for cultural and social development.
18. Present development plays, dramas with developmental themes that can really respond to the particular community needs.
19. Make all VSU staff available for consultancy and other services needed by target communities.
