Master of Arts (MA)

MA (ACCOUNTING) •    Goods and Services Tax and Taxation Issues •    Auditing •    Management Accounting and Control •    Financial Reporting •    Accounting Information System •    Management Accounting Practices •    Behavioural Accounting Finance •    Legal Environment of Business & Accounting •    Market Based Accounting Research •    Corporate Governance •    Islamic Accounting •    Public Sector Accounting •    Accounting Education •    Social and Environmental Accounting/Corporate Social Responsibility MA (FINANCE) •    Asset Pricing •    Behavioural Finance •    Corporate Finance •    Derivative Market •    Financial Market and Institutions •    International Finance •    Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management •    Islamic Finance •    Merger and Acquisition •    Applied Mathematic in Finance MA (MANAGEMENT) Organisational Behaviour •     Strategic Management and Organisational Issues •     Workplace Attitudes and Behaviour •     Human Resource Management/Human Capital Development •     Learning Organisations •     Women in Management and Business •     Entrepreneurship and Enterprising Culture •     Ethics and Social Responsibility •     Sustainable Leadership Internationalisation •    Internationalisation of Enterprises •    International Entrepreneurship •    Global Strategies and Competitiveness •    Cross Cultural Management •    Export Markets •    Global Strategic Management •    Strategies and Practices in MNCs •    Expatriation and Repatriation Marketing •    International Marketing •    Strategic Marketing •    Consumer Behaviour •    Advertising and Marketing Communications •    Retailing •    Brand Management •    Service Marketing •    Environmental Marketing •    Wellness Marketing •    Technology Marketing •    Experiential Marketing Operations and Production •    Productivity and Quality •    Technology Management •    Management Sciences •    Managing Information Resources •    Operations Strategies •    Supply Chain Management •    Operations Management •    Logistics Management

Applications for postgraduate studies in USM can be made online through the Institute of Postgraduate Studies website (http://www.ips.usm.my/).

• A minimum score of 35 in Internet-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language); OR
• A minimum score of 5.0 in IELTS (International English Language Testing System); or
• A minimum score of 154 in Cambridge English Advance (CAE); or
• A minimum score of 154 in Cambridge Proficiency Advance (CPE); or
• A minimum score of 36 in Pearson Test of English (PTE); or
• English is the candidate's mother tongue or National Language; or
• The candidate graduated from an Institution of Higher Learning in which the medium of instruction at Bachelor and Master level is English; or
• English courses offered by British Council (The level of qualification and the relevant courses are to be identified by the University Postgraduate Studies Council); or
• English courses from selected Malaysian public/private University or institution (The level of qualification and the relevant courses are to be identified by the University Postgraduate Studies Council).

NOTES

1. Students submits the Proposal defense (PD) submission form and proposal write-up in pdf file to robitah@usm.my
2. The PD date is depending on the slot and examiner availability. Presentation will be held virtually using the Cisco webex (invitation link to webex PD will be sent via email)
3. Student should prepare power-point slides for this 30-minutes presentation, that follows with a question-and-answer session.
4. Presentation will not be conducted if the supervisor is not available.
5. SOM PG staff will email the PD report to student within 3 days.

GENERAL GUIDELINES IN PREPARING THE PROPOSAL

1. The proposal normally consists of the first three chapters of an MA/PhD thesis. These are;
   • Chp. 1: Introduction
     This chapter should include the background of the topic, the problem statement, research questions and research objectives. The significance and potential contributions of the study should also be highlighted.
     
     
   • Chp. 2: Literature Review
     The literature review chapter normally start with the discussion of the underlying theories of the study, followed by a thorough and critical review of past studies done in the topic. Following the review, theoretical framework should be shown. The development of hypotheses is then discussed.
     
     
   • Chp. 3: Methodology
     This chapter will explain the research design. Details on the data and its sources and collection methods, including research/survey instruments, should be elaborated. Variables and their measures also need to be described. Methods and techniques for data analyses should also be explained.
     
     
2. Please include an Abstract (of about 300 words) and the table of content of the proposal.
3. Complete list of References must be included.
4. Please ensure that the write-up contains minimal English errors.

** Fees are subject to change