College of Agriculture
History
The College of Agriculture has its humble beginnings in 1973 when the incoming third year students in the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education (the only college department of the Northern Luzon State College of Agriculture during that time) were made to choose between BS in Agricultural Education Program and the BS Agriculture Program for their degree. There was a good number of students who preferred to take the BSA program, thus, the offering of the course. In 1975, the college saw its first batch of graduates.
The College was awarded Level II Accreditation status by the Association of Accredited Chartered Colleges, and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) in 1997. In December 1998 up to December 6, 2003, the College was again re-accredited Level II Status by the AACCUP.
From there on, the administration continuously worked for the upgrading of its facilities to improve teaching-learning effectiveness thus, in 2001 the College of Agriculture of CSU Piat was awarded Special Center for Development by the Technical Panel of Agriculture Education (TPAE). It is one of the four schools throughout the country awarded that time.
Since majority of the students in the college belong to the low income-families, the University President, Dr. Roger P. Perez made a presentation to the Board of Regents that Tuition Fee in the College of Agriculture should be Free. In the First Semester of the School Year 2004-2005 Free Tuition Fee in the college started.
In answer to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7722, otherwise known as Higher Education Act of 1994 and with the Executive Order No. 258 entitled ‘To Institutionalize Ladderized Interface Between Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Higher Education (HE), the College has submitted its documents for accreditation in the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for NC I and NC II for its Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Program in June 2007.
On June 27, 2007, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority grated the TVET Program Registration No. 0702021183 – WTR Registration No. 0702022184 – WTR for Animal Production (NC II).
