Postgraduate Diplomas - University of the South Pacific



Postgraduate Diplomas

Admission Requirements:

To be admitted to a Postgraduate Diploma a person shall:

  1. 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
  2. have obtained a tertiary qualification deemed by the Senate or its delegate to be equivalent to clause a);
  3. have obtained a professional qualification deemed by the Senate or its delegate to be equivalent to clause a);
  4. have in exceptional cases, have demonstrated experience or achievement the Senate or its delegate deems sufficient, or
  5. 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 themeselves. In summary, the standard admission and programme requirements for postgraduate diplomas are:

Programme Requirements:

The Postgraduate Diploam is the normal entry qualification for the degree of Master.

 

  1. The University may award the Postgraduate Diploma in areas of study offered by the University.
  2. Each Postgraduate Diploma shall have a recognised and consistent structure in which the core and the optional courses are clearly defined.
  3. The maximum period of candidature for the Postgraduate Diploma shall be two years of full-time study of four years of part-time study.
  4. Students shall not be allowed, during their candidature for the Postgraduate Diploma, to suspend their studies for more than six months.
  5. 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.
  6. Each programme of study of the Postgraduate Diploma shall consist of a minimum of hours courses at 400-level.
  7. A student admitted into the Postgraduate Diploma shall not be allowed to enrol concurrently in the master's degree programme.

 

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 counselling from the Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Affairs) regarding the courses they are required to pass to complete the requirements for their programme.

Programme

School

Postgraduate Diploma in

Accounting

School of Accounting and Finance

Professional Accounting

School of Accounting and Finance

Agriculture

School of Agriculture & Food Technology

Applied Mathematics

School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences

Banking & Finance

School of Accounting and Finance

Biodiversity & Conservation

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Biotechnology

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Biology (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Business Administration

Graduate School of Business

Chemistry

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Climate Change

Pacific Centre for Environment & Sustainable Development (PACE-SD)

Communications (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences

Communications & Security Science (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences

Computing  & Information Systems

School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences

Computing Science

School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences

Computer Network Systems (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences

Development Studies

School of Government, Development & International Affairs

Diplomacy and International Affairs

School of Government, Development & International Affairs

Earth Science (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Economics

School of Economics

Education

School of Education

Education (Curriculum & Instruction)

School of Education & Centre for Flexible & Distance Learning

Education (Leadership)

School of Education

Education (Tertiary Teaching)

School of Education

Electrical & Electronic Engineering

School of Engineering & Physics

Electronics & Communications

School of Engineering & Physics

Enterprise Information Systems

School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences

Environmental Biology

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Environmental Chemistry

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Environmental Geoscience

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Environmental Physics

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Environmental Studies

School of Geography, Earth Science and Environment

Food Chemistry (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Food Science & Nutrition (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Geography

School of GeographyEarth Science and Environment

Governance

School of Government, Development & International Affairs

History

School of Social Sciences

Information Systems

School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences

Law

School of Law

Linguistics (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Language, Arts & Media

Literature

School of Language, Arts & Media

Management & Public Administration

School of Management & Public Administration

Marine Affairs

School of Marine Studies

Marine Science

School of Marine Studies

Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

School of Engineering & Physics

Natural Products

School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Official Statistics (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Economics

Operations Research and Mathematics

Pacific Media Studies (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Language, Arts & Media

Pacific Studies

Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture & Pacific Studies

Politics (NOT OFFERED IN 2011)

School of Social Sciences

Population Studies & Demography

School of Economics

Psychology

School of Social Sciences

Pure Mathematics

School of Computing, Info. & Mathematical Sciences

Real Estate

School of Land Management and Development

Renewable Energy

School of Engineering & Physics

Social Policy & Administration

School of Social Sciences

Sociology

School of Social Sciences

Tourism Studies

School of Tourism and Hospitality Management






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