MA (Management) – School of Distance Education

OVERVIEW

The postgraduate degrees of Management offer students to be experts in vast areas such as management, finance, marketing, operations and entrepreneurship. The programmes provide an excellent atmosphere for students to conduct independent and original research, where excellent supervision and guidance are provided by academic staffs who are accomplished specialists in their respective scientific disciplines.

Research Thrust Areas:

Management

• Human Resource Management
• Health & Safety Management
• Training & Development
• Organisational Behaviour
• Leadership
• Employee Work Values/Performance
• Ethic Management
• Learning Organisation
• Contemporary Management Issues
• Quality of Management
• Operational Management
• Business Law
• Finance
• Investment
• Performance Measurement
• Corporate Governance
• International Business
• Behavioural Finance
• Accounting
• Virtual Organisation/Society
• Micro Finance
• Technology and Innovation Management
• Marketing
• International Marketing
• Political Marketing
• Service Marketing
• Consumer Behaviour

Expertise available in the following School:
School of Distance Education http://www.pppjj.usm.my

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should possess the following:

A. Bachelor's degree in related area

1. CGPA of at least 2.75 / 4.00; or

2. CGPA between 2.50 - 2.74 with the following additional conditions: or

a) Research experience for at least one year; or
b) Work experience in related field for at least one year; or
c) At least one (1) academic publication in the relevant field; or
d) Grade B for major / elective courses; or
e) Grade B+ for final year project

3. CGPA between 2.00 - 2.49 (Bachelor's Degree with Honours) with the following additional conditions: or

a) Research experience for at least five (5) years; or
b) Work experience in related field for at least five (5) years; AND
c) At least one (1) academic publication in the relevant field; or
d) Grade B for major / elective courses; or
e) Grade B+ for final year project

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

The minimum score for each programme can be vary from the below list, candidates are required to check for each programme requirements.

• A minimum score of 40 for TOEFL (Internet-based); or
• A minimum of Band 7.5 for TOEFL Essentials (Online); or
• A minimum of Band 5 for IELTS; or
• A minimum score of 47 for PTE; or
• A minimum score of 154 for Cambridge English (CAE/CPE); or
• A minimum score of 154 for Linguaskill Online; or
• A minimum of Band 3.5 for MUET

Exemption is given to candidate if:

• English is the candidate’s mother tongue or National Language; or
• Candidate graduated from an Institution of Higher Learning in which the medium of instruction at Bachelor and/or Master degree level is English (statement of proof required)

DURATION

• Full-time : Min 2 semesters / Max 6 semesters
• Part-time: Min 4 semesters / Max 12 semesters

FEES

** Fees are subject to change