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Admission Requirements: | To be admitted to a Postgraduate Diploma a person shall: - have obtained a USP bachelor's degree with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 in the 200- and 300-level courses of the relevant discipline
- have obtained a tertiary qualification deemed by the Senate or its delegate to be equivalent to clause a);
- have obtained a professional qualification deemed by the Senate or its delegate to be equivalent to clause a);
- have in exceptional cases, have demonstrated experience or achievement the Senate or its delegate deems sufficient, or
- have met the mature student admission criteria.
Not withstanding the provisions set out above, Senate or its delegate may require applicants to demonstrate their suitability for admission by carrying out such work and/or sitting for such examinations as it may determine. A 400-level course taken as a qualifying course for the Postgraduate Diploma may become part of a future postgraduate programme.
Some programmes have additional or exceptional admission or programme requirements which have been listed with the programmes themselves. In summary, the standard admission and programme requirements for postgraduate diplomas are: | Programme Requirements: | The Postgraduate Diploma is the normal entry qualification for the degree of Master.
- The University may award the Postgraduate Diploma in areas of study offered by the University.
- Each Postgraduate Diploma shall have a recognised and consistent structure in which the core and the optional courses are clearly defined.
- The maximum period of candidature for the Postgraduate Diploma shall be two years of full-time study of four years of part-time study.
- Students shall not be allowed, during their candidature for the Postgraduate Diploma, to suspend their studies for more than six months.
- A student who has obtained a GPA of at least 3.0 after completing at least two courses for the Postgraduate Diploma may apply for admission to the master;s degree.
- Each programme of study of the Postgraduate Diploma shall consist of a minimum of hours courses at 400-level.
- A student admitted into the Postgraduate Diploma shall not be allowed to enrol concurrently in the master's degree programme.
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In addition to the above general programme regulations some postgraduate diplomas have specific regulations. Transitional Provisions: Students who prior to 2007 had commenced but not yet completed a Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment Postgraduate Diploma should seek academic advise from the Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Affairs) regarding the courses they are required to pass to complete the requirements for their programme. FACULTY OF ARTS, LAW AND EDUCATION | Postgraduate Diploma in Arts(majoring in) | | History | School of Social Sciences | Linguistics | School of Language, Arts & Media | Literature | School of Language, Arts & Media | Pacific Studies | Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture & Pacific Studies | Psychology | School of Social Sciences | Social Policy & Administration | School of Social Sciences | Sociology | School of Social Sciences | Postgraduate Diploma in Education | School of Education | Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Tertiary Teaching) | School of Education | Postgraduate Diploma in Law | School of Law | FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS | Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture | School of Agriculture & Food Technology | Postgraduate Diploma in Arts
(majoring in) | | Tourism Studies | School of Tourism and Hospitality Management | Postgraduate Diploma Business Administration | Graduate School of Business | Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce (majoring in) | | Accounting | School of Accounting and Finance | Professional Accounting | School of Accounting and Finance | Banking & Finance | School of Accounting and Finance | Economics | School of Economics | Management & Public Administration | School of Management & Public Administration | Population Studies & Demography | School of Economics | Real Estate | School of Land Management and Development | Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies | School of Government, Development & International Affairs | Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomacy and International Affairs | School of Government, Development & International Affairs | Postgraduate Diploma in Governance | School of Government, Development & International Affairs | FACULTY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT | Postgraduate Diploma in Arts
(majoring in) | | Environmental Studies | School of Geography, Earth Science and Environment | Geography | School of Geography, Earth Science and Environment | | Marine Affairs | School of Marine Studies | Mathematics | School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences | Postgraduate Diploma in Climate Change | Pacific Centre for Environment & Sustainable Development (PaCE-SD) | Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering | School of Engineering & Physics | Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology (majoring in) |
| Computing Science | School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences | Information Systems | School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences | Postgraduate Diploma in Science (majoring in) |
| Biology | School of Biological & Chemical Sciences | Chemistry | School of Biological & Chemical Sciences | Environmental Geoscience | School of Biological & Chemical Sciences | Marine Science | School of Marine Studies | Mathematics | School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences | Physics | School of Biological & Chemical Sciences |
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