Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 8 Mar 1972

Sociology Chairman: Prof. Robert Chin Members: D r. A i - li Ch in D r. Ching-yan Ch oi Sister Joan Delaney Mr. Geoffrey H. Guest Dr. William D. Ha c k e tt Mr. Ho Kam-fai Mrs. Te-hing T u ng H o Prof. Shou-sheng Hsueh D r. Ambrose Y. C. K i ng Dr. Pui-leung Lee M r. Tsun Leng Dr. Pedro Ng Dr. S. E. Shively D r. Fai-ming Wo ng Mr. Shau-lam Wo ng Committee on French, German, Japanese and Italian Studies Administrative Chairman: Mr. N. H. Y o u ng Members: Prof. Fa-kao Ch ou D r. A. R. B. E t h e r t on D r. P. H. Herzog Prof. S. S. Hsueh Mr. H i r o a ki K a ni Dr. J ü rgen K l ü n d er Mr. Shinobu Muramatsu Mr. P. Pouradier-Duteil Mrs. Giovanna Serpetti Mr. Seiki Shono Mr. Michel Vie Dr. Adine Wou Committee on Translation Administrative Chairman: D r. Phillip Sun Members: M r. P. M. Chang Prof. Fa-kao Chou Dr. A. R. B. E t h e r t on M r. T . C. L a i Mr. A r t h ur H. Lee Mr. Y i m Lee Mr. Stephen C. Soong D r. S. T. Tsou M r. S. L. Wong Mr. P. C. Yao GRADUATE SCHOOL NEWS Since its i n c e p t i on i n 1966, the Graduate School has expanded to include postgraduate courses in Biology, Business Adm i n i s t r a t i o n , Chemistry, Chinese History, Chinese Language & Literature, Geography, Philosophy and Sociology, all leading to the conferment o f Master's degrees. F o u r new Divisions, Biochemistry, Physics, Theology and Electronics, w i ll be added to the Graduate School in the academic year 1972-73. The first three Divisions w i ll require t wo years o f study including a research thesis, and the Division o f Electronics w i ll require o n ly one year of study w i t h o ut a thesis. A new typ e o f master's degrees is t o be introduced commencing f r om the academic year 1972-73. The degrees of Master o f Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Humanities, Science or Social Science and Master of D i v i n i ty (M.Div.) w i ll be awarded to candidates w h o have completed their studies o f a two-year graduate programme including a research thesis. The existing degrees of M . A ., M.Sc. and M.S.Sc. w i ll be awarded to candidates w h o have completed the one-year graduate programme based on course wo r k. The total enrolment o f students has increased f r om 78 o f 1970-71 to 91 this year. The f o l l ow i ng chart shows the number o f students in the eight Divisions: Division First Year Second Year Total Biology 1 5 6 Business Administration 18 17 35 Chemistry 5 4 9 Chinese History* 1* 7 14* Chinese Language (Language) 3 2 11 & Literature (Literature) 4 2 Geography 1 2 3 Philosophy 2 4 6 Sociology 4 3 7 TOTAL: 45 46 91 *including one auditing student - 9 -