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School of Distance Education
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malaysia's Premier Distance Learning Institution
Leading and Innovating Towards a Progressive Future
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is a research-intensive
universities in Malaysia. In 2005 USM had around 35,000 students enrolled
including 28,000 undergraduates. The number of lecturers was about 1,800
USM School of Distance Education was established in 1971 to provide
opportunities for local adults students to undertake undergraduate courses
while in full time employment.
At present four undergraduate programmes are available trough distance
learning : 1) Bachelor of science 2) Bachelor of social science 3) Bachelor
of arts 4) Bachelor of management degrees.
1) Bachelor of Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Physics
2) Bachelor of Arts
- History
- Geography
- Literature
3) Bachelor of Social Science
- Anthropology/Sociology
- Economy
- Political Science
4) Bachelor of Management
Distance Learning from Private Universities
6 Private Universities and 2 Public University are offering long distance
learning programmes in Malaysia
These are the Eight Higher Learning Institutions offering open long distance
learning programmes in 2013:
1) Al-Madinah International University
2) Universiti Tun Abdul Razak
3) Wawasan Open University
4) Malaysia Open University
5) Asia e University
6) International Centre for
Education in Islamic Finance
7) Universiti Putra Malaysia
8) The School of Distance
Education (SDE) Universiti Sains Malaysia
The School of Distance Education (SDE) Universiti Sains Malaysia
Besides the undergraduate programme, the School of Distance Education also
offers 6 postgraduate programmes by research :
1) Master of Arts
2) Master of Science
3) Master of Social Science
4) Master of Science (Environmental Science)
5) Master of Science (Occupational Health and Safety)
6) Doctor of Philosophy
These programmes are offered either full-time and part-time and the candidate
required to undertake a research project under the supervision. The award of the
degree is based on the examination of a thesis submitted at the end of the
research component.
Currently, School of Distance Education SDE has 70 full-time academic staff
members, mostly with doctoral qualifications. Apart from teaching undergraduates
courses, all member of staff are actively engaged in research projects and
capable of providing quality supervision to the postgraduate research students.
MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
The Malaysian Journal of Distance Education (MJDE) is devoted to the
dissemination of information on the research and practices of distance
education. Addressing a broad spectrum of distance education, MJDE hope to
provide a platform for scholars in this era of post-digital learning to present
their thoughts, research and findings for further networking globally.
MJDE was launched in December 1999 with the inaugural issue of Volume 1, Number
1 with an initial contribution from the academic staff members of the School of
Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
The Journal is published bi-annually (June and December) and has grown in
strength with contributions from 18 countries (to date). MJDE is published by
the Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, the publishing house of the Universiti
Sains Malaysia.
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