Calendar 2002–03

266 Part 5• Department Profiles andProgrammes of Studies The University first introduced programmes at the postgraduate level with the establishment of the School of Education in 1965. In the following y ear, the Graduate School was formally set up to offer postgraduate programmes leading to the award of master’sdegrees. In 1980, the University advanced into the realm of doctoraleducation. TheUniversity currently offers 184 postgraduatedegree programmesleading to six research degrees and 15 taught degrees.The six research degrees are Doctor of Music (DMus), Docto r of Education (EdD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Fine Arts(MFA), Master of Music (MMus), and Master of Philosophy (MPhil). The 15 taught degrees are Master of Accountancy (MAcc), Master of Architecture (MArch), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Chinese Medicine (MChiMed), Master of Clinical Pharmacy (MClinPharm), Master of Divinity (MDiv), Master of Education (MEd), Master of Midwif ery (MMid), Master of Nursing (MNur s), Master of Pro fessio nal Accountancy (MPAcc), Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Science (MSc), Master of Social Science (MSSc), and Master of Social Work (MSW). In ad dition there are 10 diploma prog rammes: Advanced Postgraduate Dip loma in Ed ucatio n (APGDE) , Postgr adu ate Dip loma in App lied Geo informatics (PgDipGeo), Postg radu ate Diploma in Education (PGDE), Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary) (PGDE), Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (DPEPB), Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (PgDipPsy) , Postgraduate Dip loma in Social Work (DPSWK), Po stgrad uate Diploma in Midwifery (PgDipMid), Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (PgDip PMZ) and Postg raduate Diploma in Women’s Studies (DPWMS). For doctoral programmes, afull-time student with a research master’s degree normally spends aminimum of 36 months and a maximum of 84 months while a full-time student without a research master’s degree normally spends a minimum of 48 months and a maximum of 84 months; a part-time student with a research master’s degree normally spends aminimum of 48 months and a maximum of 96 months while a part-time student without a research master’s degree normally spends a minimum of 64 months and a maximum of 96 months. The normative period of study for master’s programmes normally ranges from one to two years P ostgraduate Studies