registrations status
mode of study
course units
Change in Registration Status
a. Subject to approval by Senate, a postgraduate candidate may transfer
from full-time to part-time or vice versa provided that the candidate
shall have put in a minimum of six months in the previous programme.
On approval of the transfer the effective period of registration shall
be calculated as specified in section 11(b) below.
No
candidate shall be allowed to change his registration status six months
to the completion of the on-going programme.
b. Computation of Effective Period of Registration
i. Master’s Degree Programme
The approved maximum period of duration of three (3) years for full-time
and four (4) years for part-time will be used for conversions, i.e.
4/3 x P for full-time to part-time and 3/4 x P for part-time to full-time
where P = period spent already.
ii. Ph.D Programme
The approved maximum period of duration of five (5) years for full-time
and seven (7) years for part-time will be used for conversion, i.e.
7/5 x P for full time to part-time and 5/7 x P for part-time to full-time
where P = period spent already.
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Modes of Study
1.
Postgraduate Diploma
A study for the postgraduate diploma shall be pursued by course work
to be examined in written papers together with research work to be presented
in a project report. The units assigned to the project report shall
not exceed one third of the total credit units for the programme.
2.
Master’s Degree
A study for the degree of Master’s shall be pursued either by:
comprehensive course work to be examined in written papers together
with original research work to be presented in a thesis/dissertation.
The credit units assigned to the thesis/dissertation shall not exceed
1/3 not be less than ¼ of the total course credit units for the
programme. The minimum work load for a Master’s degree programme
is 32 units including dissertation/thesis.
3. Ph.D Degree
A study for the Ph.D degree shall be pursued by comprehensive research
to be presented in a thesis; no credit units shall be assigned to a
Ph.D programme but a Department may prescribe a number of relevant courses
and/or seminars which the candidate shall pass in order to graduate.
Grades obtained in such courses or seminars shall be for record purposes
only.
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Course Units and Workload
1.
Course Units
a. No postgraduate course shall carry less than two credit units;
b. A project report for postgraduate diploma shall carry 4-6 units only;
c. A Master’s degree thesis/dissertation shall carry 8-12 units.
2.
Minimum Programme Workloads for a student in a semester
a. Postgraduate diploma programme: 12 units including course work and
project.
b. Master’s degree programme: 12 units including thesis/dissertation
c. Ph.D degree programme: By comprehensive research on a particular
topic.
3.
Maximum Programme Workloads for a student in a semester
a. PGD: 16 units
b. Master’s: 16 units
Each
Department shall determine which of the courses on offer are core (compulsory)
or optional (elective).
