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GEOGRAPHYHISTORYLITERATUREMANAGEMENTDISTANCE EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TESL/ TESOLCIVILIZATION STUDIESLANGUAGE
ECONOMICSPOLITICAL SCIENCEANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY
Master : A Bachelor’s degree in a related field (minimum CGPA 2.75 or second class honours) from a recognized institution.
PhD : A Master’s degree in a related field (minimum CGPA 3.00) from a recognized institution.
The School of Distance Education at Universiti Sains Malaysia is a multi‐disciplinary school offering postgraduate studies in the Sciences, Social Sciences, Management and Arts. We have over 80 academic staff with PhD qualifications from prestigious universities in various fields of expertise. Our academic staff hold competitive research grants and are keen to have local and international students join us in our research. We have students from Europe, Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East as well as Malaysia who are pursuing their Master’s and PhD degrees.
INTRODUCTION
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
DURATION OF CANDIDATURE
MA & PhD
*In cases where the candidates do not meet the minimum CGPA requirements, research experience or journal publications may be used to support applications.
Applications are open throughout the year for postgraduate studies by research.
Full �me Minimum 12 months (2 semesters)Maximum 36 months (6 semesters)
Minimum 24 months (4 semesters)Maximum 60 months (10 semesters)
Programmes Master PhD
Part �me Minimum 24 months (4 semesters)Maximum 72 months (12 semesters)
Minimum 36 months (6 semesters)Maximum 90 months (15 semesters)
FEES / SEMESTER
Arts RM 2900.00 US$1088
Programmes Malaysian Students International Students
Science RM 3350.00 US$1250
BIOLOGYCHEMISTRYPHYSICSMATHEMATICSENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCEOCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH
Note: Other fees may apply. Fees are subject to change.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Hj. Mohamad Planning and Management of Distance Education, [email protected] Quality Assurance of DE Programs
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faridah Ibrahim Modular Approach Teaching and Learning, Instructional Design and [email protected]
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazirah Ahmad Azli [email protected]
Support System (Self‐Learning Material), InstructionalDesign, ICT, e‐Learning (e‐Laboratory) and Lifelong Learning
Prof. Dr. Saw Kim Guan Physics in Distance Education, Interaction in Virtual [email protected] Learning Environment, Graduate Employability
Prof. Dr. Hanafi Atan Open and Distance Education, Instructional Technology, [email protected] e‐Learning
Distance Education, Professional Development Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairiah Salwa Hj. Mokhtar [email protected]
Technology and Pedagogy in Distance Learning, Distance Education, Online Learning
Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj. [email protected]
Adult & Distance Education Assoc. Prof. Dr. George Teoh Boon Sai [email protected]
Mobile Learning, Educational Technology,Education Management, Distance Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Issham Ismail [email protected]
Lifelong Learning in National Development Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Fadzil Farid [email protected]
Distance Education Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noraida Abd. Ghani [email protected]
Distance Education Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noresah Hj. Mohd. Shariff [email protected]
Distance EducationAssoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraini Zakaria [email protected]
Dr. A. Nagaletchimee a/p Annamalai Online Community, Online Writing, ICT Tools [email protected]
Dr. Nailul Murad Mohd. Nor Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Distance [email protected]
AreasEDUCATION
Prof. Dr. Psychometrics, Measurement, Research MethodologyAbdul Rahman [email protected]
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraini Zakaria Science Education zuraini @usm.my
Dr. A. Nagaletchimee a/p Annamalai Technology TESOL,[email protected]
Dr. Shaik Abdullah Hassan Mydin Religious Educa�on, Internaliza�on of Islamic Educa�[email protected]
Dr. Puvaneswary a/p Murugaiah Teacher Professional [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj. Lateh [email protected]
Geographical and Environmental Education, Geography Education (Teaching Methods/Pedagogy)
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency,Physics Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faridah Ibrahimfaridah Education, @usm.my
Sustainability in Distance Education
e‐LearningDr. Radziah Adam [email protected]
Dr. Siti Haslina Md [email protected]
Education Psychology (Emotional Intelligence) Assoc. Prof. Dr. George Teoh Boon Sai [email protected]
Biology Education, Environmental Education,ICT in Biology Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazirah Ahmad Azli [email protected]
Distance Education, e‐Learning, e‐Mentoring Dr. Norziani Dahalan@Omar [email protected]
On‐Line Learning, Distance LearningDr. Puvaneswary a/p Murugaiah [email protected]
AreasLITERATURE
Areas
Dr. Siti Masayu Rosliah Abdul Rashid [email protected]
HISTORY & CIVILIZATION STUDIES
Dr. Roslan Chin [email protected]
Dr. Ahmad Dzulfahmi [email protected]
Dr. Chow Sheat [email protected]
Post‐Colonial Literature, Trauma and Autobiographical Wri�ngs, Feminism, Asian/Diasporic Women's Wri�ngs
3D Geographic Informa�on System (3D GIS),Rainfall‐Runoff Modelling, Cartography
Dr. Izham Mohamad [email protected]
Urban and Regional Studies, Community Development,Women's Empowerment and Poverty Studies
Population Geography, Demography Urban Geography Dr. Nik Norliati Fitri Md Nor [email protected]
Place Marketing, Rural Transformation, Urban and Regional Planning, Tourism Studies, Poverty Studies
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatimah Hassan [email protected]
Geomorphology, Hydrology, Climate Change, Land Degrada�on
Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj. Lateh [email protected]
Geo‐Spatial Modelling, Land Use, Transportation, Travel Patterns and Behaviour, Geographic Information System (GIS)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noresah Mohd Shariff [email protected]
Feminist Criticism, Comparative Literature Dr. Membunga @ Siti Meriam Yaacob [email protected]
Literary Criticism, Malay Literature Education, Malay Language Teaching, Special Remedial Education
History and Politics in Modern Western Asia, History of Intellectual and Political Movement, Malaysian History
Malaysian History, History of Intellectual and Thought Dr. Azmah Abd. Manaf [email protected]
History of Southeast Asia, History of China, History of Vietnam
Dr. Ku Boon [email protected]
Muslim History, Islamic Civilisation, Muslim SocietyDr. Shaik Abdullah Hassan [email protected]
Areas
Dr. Norizan [email protected]
ANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY
Ethnographic Studies, Social Anthropology,Marriage, Kinship, Development and Change, Migration
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatan Hamamah [email protected]
Dr. Khauthar [email protected]
Ethnicity, Socio‐History Studies, Socio‐Poli�cal Studies,Post‐Colonial Studies, Youth Development
Medical Anthropology, Social Anthropology,Ethnographic Studies, Urban Sociology, Culture and Heritage, Tourism, Anthropology Ethnoastronomy
Comparative Citizenship, International Migration,Diaspora Studies
Dr. Low Choo [email protected]
Dr. Mohamad Muzammil Mohamad Noor [email protected]
Islamic Thought in Nusantara, Political History in Malaysia and Indonesia, Comparative History
Malaysian History, Philippines History
American Diplomatic History, History of ModernSoutheast Asia
Dr. Sah Hadiyatan [email protected]
Dr. Siti Nor Awang [email protected]
Family, School and Community Partnership,Ethnicity, Minority Studies, Social Inequality
Dr. Suresh Kumar N [email protected]
Gender Studies, Sexuality, Body Image, Identity, Cultural Studies, Cultural Mapping
Dr. Chua Hang [email protected]
Identity, Relation, Alienation, Service Industry and Beauty
Dr. Bok Guat [email protected]
Ethnographic Studies, Migration, Gender Studies, Social Anthropology
Dr. Zurina Mohd [email protected]
Social Cultural Anthropology, Cultural StudiesEthnoarchaeology
Soijah Likin, [email protected]
Dr. Fazelina Sahul Hamid [email protected]
Money and Banking, Applied Econometrics,International Finance, Behavioral Economics, Macroeconomics
Public Economics and Finance, Macroeconomics Issues,International Finance, Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, Tourism Economics, Socio‐Economics Studies
Dr. Ku ‘Azam Tuan Lonik [email protected]
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yen Siew Hwa [email protected]
Macroeconomics, Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Socio‐Economic Studies, Applied Economics
Dr. Nailul Murad Mohd. Nor Agricultural Economics, Islamic Economics, [email protected] Microeconomics
Dr. Radziah Adam International Economics (Technology Transfer via FDI),[email protected] Applied Econometrics, Industrial Economics
Dr. Norhanishah Mohd Yunus Labour Economics, Development Economics, [email protected] International Trade & FDI Spillovers
Applied Economics, Resource and Energy Economics, Air Transport Management
Dr. See Kok Fong [email protected]
AreasPOLITICAL SCIENCE
Areas
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Abd. Hamid [email protected]
Political Islam in Southeast Asia, Political Economy ofMalaysia, Islamic Political Thought, Civilizational and Interfaith Studies
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairiah Salwa Hj. Mokhtar [email protected]
Public Administration, Public Policy, e‐Government, New Public Management, Political Marketing, Women and Politics, Qualitative Research
Dr. Faridah [email protected]
Malaysian and International Relations, Malaysian Foreign Policy, Comparative Study of Foreign Policy, Personality and Political Thought
International Relations, Human Rights, Traditional and Non‐Traditional Security Studies
Assoc. Prof. Norraihan Zakaria Dr. [email protected]
Comparative Politics, Southeast Asian Politics, Politics of Ethnic Minorities
Dr. Low Yong [email protected]
Dr. Saiyid Radzuwan Syed [email protected]
Japanese Poli�cal Party, Japanese Culture and Language
Dr. Wan Asna Wan Mohd. [email protected]
Political Development, Malaysian Politics,Women and Politics, Policy Studies
AreasPHYSICS
Transparent Conducting Oxides, ZnO‐based Sensors, CVD Diamond
AreasBIOLOGY
Microwaves and Medical Physics Dr. Nor Zakiah [email protected]
Radiation Physics Prof. Dr. Hanafi Atan [email protected]
Computational Solid State PhysicsProf. Dr. Shukri Sulaiman [email protected]
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency,Material Science
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faridah [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Saw Kim Guan [email protected]
Solid State PhysicsDr. Chuah Lee [email protected]
Medical Instrumentation (Imaging Techniques), Medical Physics
Dr. Nurul Sabihah [email protected]
Eco‐Informatics/Modelling, Ecology, Microbiology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anita Talib [email protected]
Genetics, Molecular Biology, Entomology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Fadzil Farid Wajidi [email protected]
Botany, Coastal Vegetation, Ecology, Environmental Physiology
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazirah Ahmad [email protected]
Plant Physiology, EthnobotanyAssoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraini [email protected]
Zoology, Conservation Genetics, Bats in MalaysiaDr. Lim Lee Sim [email protected]
Ethnozoology, Wild Life Animal Nutrition,Wild Life Tourism
Dr. Norsuhana Abd [email protected]
Recombinant Antibody, Molecular BiologyDr. Mohammed Tasyriq Che Omar [email protected]
AreasCHEMISTRY
AreasMATHEMATICS
Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Modelling, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lok Yian Yian [email protected]
Neural Networks, Data Mining, Numerical MethodsDr. Mohd. Asyraf Mansor [email protected]
Natural Product Chemistry, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noraida Abd. Ghani [email protected]
Facility Location Modelling, Stochastic Modelling,Risk Assessment, Operations Research, Forecasting, Applied Statistics
Dr. Nurul Syafiqah [email protected]
Organic Synthesis: Nitrogen Heterocycles,Natural Product Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry, Material Science, Bio‐composites and Rubber Chemistry
Dr. Gunasunderi a/p Raju [email protected]
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Ibrahimmi‐[email protected]
Synthesis and Characterization of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds, Computational Studies on Structural and Electronic Properties of Materials
Prof. Datuk Dr. Omar [email protected]
Organometallic Chemistry, X‐Ray Crystallography, Homogeneous Catalysis
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Hj. [email protected]
Atomic Spectroscopy, Hyphenated Techniques (ICP‐OES, ICP‐MS, GC‐MS), Chromatography
Dr. Sumiyyah Sabar [email protected]
Environmental Chemistry, Wastewater Treatment, Biopolymer, Separation
Dr. Tan Wen Nee [email protected]
Polymer, Electrochemistry, NanomaterialAnis Tasnim Md Yusof, [email protected]
Robust Computational Statistics, Statistics inBioinformatics
Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman [email protected]
Dr. Hazrul Abdul [email protected]
Applied Statistics, Time Series
Dr. Siti Ainor Mohd [email protected]
Numerical Analysis, Computational Mathematics,Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Norizan Baba [email protected]
Individual Well‐Being, Work‐Related Behaviours
AreasMANAGEMENT
Sustainable Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Corporate Social Responsibility
Organizational Behaviour (Organizational Commitment, Spirituality, Leadership Style and Positive Work Values),Human Resource Management
Dr. Nasina Mat [email protected]
Relationship Quality, Consumer Loyalty, Service Quality, After Sales Services
Finance, Investment, Performance Measurement,GLC, International Business, Corporate Governance, Behavioral Finance, Accounting
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Issham Ismail [email protected]
Management Accounting, Quality Management,SME Business Management
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulnaidi [email protected]
Dr. Che Supian Mohamad Nor [email protected]
Microcredit/Microfinance, Poverty Studies, Psychological Contract
Firm Ownership, Cost of EquityDr. Foong Swee Sim [email protected]
Dr. Meor Azli [email protected]
Marketing Communication, Consumer Behaviour, Social Marketing, Political Marketing
Innovation & Technology ManagementDr. Mohd Faiz [email protected]
Dr. Muhammad Hasmi Hassan [email protected]
Leadership, Individual Performance, Strategic Management
Dr. Norziani Dahalan@[email protected]
Organizational Behaviour, Learning Organization,Entrepreneurship, Rural Entrepreneur
Corporate Finance, Bond Market, Islamic Finance Dr. Rafisah Mat Radzi [email protected]
Dr. Siti Haslina Md [email protected]
Dr. Wan Afezah Wan Abdul Rahman [email protected]
Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Dr. Zainil Hanim Saidin [email protected]
Women Studies in Economics and Finance Dr. Zarina Md Nor [email protected]
AreasLANGUAGE
Assoc. Prof. Dr. George Teoh Boon Sai [email protected]
TESL, Educational Psychology, Teaching English in Distance Education
TESOL, ICT Dr. A. Nagaletchimee a/p Annamalai [email protected]
AreasENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Landslides, Disaster Management (Natural Disastersuch as flood, etc.), Soil Erosion, Environmental Studies.
Prof. Dr. Habibah Hj. Lateh [email protected]
Environmental Policy Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairiah Salwa Hj. Mokhtar [email protected]
English (TESOL)Dr. Puvaneswary a/p Murugaiah [email protected]
Prof. Datuk Dr. Omar [email protected]
Environmental Chemistry, Heavy Metal Pollution, Water Chemistry
Eco‐Informatics/Modelling, Ecology, Environmental Biology
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anita Talib [email protected]
Plant Salt and Water Stress, Coastal Ecosystems, Environmental Physiology
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazirah Ahmad Azli [email protected]
Geo‐spatial Modelling Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noresah Mohd Shariff [email protected]
Floral Heritage and DiversityAssoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraini Zakaria [email protected]
Air PollutionDr. Hazrul Abdul Hamid [email protected]
Environmental SciencesDr. Izham Mohamad Yusoff [email protected]
Wastewater Treatment, Environmental ChemistryDr. Sumiyyah Sabar [email protected]
AreasOCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH (OSH)
Laboratory and Chemical Safety, Occupational Safety and Health Management, Fire Safety
Prof. Datuk Dr. Omar [email protected]
Occupational Safety SurveysProf. Dr. Abdul Rahman [email protected]
Dr. Gunasunderi a/p Raju [email protected]
Dr. Mohamad Muzammil Mohamad [email protected]
Chemical SafetyDr. Tan Wen Nee [email protected]
Chemical Safety and Laboratory Safety, Occupa�onal Safety and Health (Risk and Management)
Workplace Safety for Disabled People
For further information and enquiries, please contact:
Go to Institute of Postgraduate Studies website
www.ips.usm.my (online applications)
HOW TO APPLY:
DeanInstitute of Postgraduate StudiesUniversiti Sains Malaysia11800 USM, PenangMalaysia
Deputy Dean (Research, Innovation andIndustry‐Community Engagement)School of Distance EducationUniversiti Sains Malaysia11800 USM, PenangMalaysia
Tel: 604‐653 6344 Fax: 604‐657 6000 E‐mail: [email protected] Website: www.pppjj.usm.my
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