Bachelor ofManagementAcademic Session 2011/2012

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Vision Transforming Higher Education for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Mission USM is a pioneering, transdisciplinary research intensive university that empowers future talent and enables the bottom billions to transform their

socio-economic well-being

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STUDENT’S PARTICULARS

Name

I.C. No.

Address during academic session

Permanent Address

E-mail Address

Tel. No. (Home)

Cellphone No.

School

Programme of Study

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CONTENT PAGE UNIVERSITY MISION AND VISION i STUDENT’S PARTICULARS ii CONTENTS iii ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2011/2012 v SCHOOL OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS vi SCHOOL STAFF LIST viii 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 School of Management 1 1.2 Mission and Vision of the School of Management 2 1.3 Bachelor of Management Programme 2 1.4 Programme Objectives 3 1.5 Learning Outcomes 3 1.6 Areas of Specialisation 4 2.0 ACADEMIC SYSTEM AND GENERAL INFORMATION 8 2.1 Course Registration Activity 8 2.2 Interpretation of Unit/Credit 16 2.3 Examination System 16 2.4 Unit Exemption/Credit Transfer 21 2.5 Academic Integrity 25 2.6 USM Mentor Programme 30 2.7 Student Exchange Program 31 3.0 UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS 32 3.1 Summary of University Requirements 32 3.2 Bahasa Malaysia 32 3.3 English Language 34 3.4 Local Students – Islamic and Asian Civilisations/Ethnic

Relations/Core Entrepreneurship

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3.5 International Students – Malaysian Studies/Option 37 3.6 Third Languange/Co-Curriculum/Skill Course/Options 37 4.0 SCHOOL REQUIREMENT 42

5.0 MINOR PROGRAMMES 48 5.1 Graduation Stucture 48 5.1.1 The Curiculum Structure 49

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5.1.2 The Curiculum Structure (International Student) 50 5.2 Course Code 51 5.3 Major Programmes 53 5.4 School of Social Sciences 56 5.5 School of Science Computers 58 5.6 School of Communication 59 5.7 School of Humanities 60 5.8 School of Languages, Literacies And Translation 61 6.0 THE PROGRAMME STRUCTURE AND GRADUATION

REQUIREMENTS

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7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION 65 8.0 LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 69 GRADUATION PLANNER 85 INDEX 86 STUDENTS’ FEEDBACK 88

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ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2011/2012 (12 SEPTEMBER 2011 - 9 SEPTEMBER 2012) FOR ALL SCHOOLS (EXCEPT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES / DENTAL SCIENCES)

• Registration for New Students = Tuesday, 6 September 2011 • Orientation Week / Minggu Haluan Diri Siswa = Tuesday - Sunday, 6 - 11 September 2011

WEEK SEMESTER ACTIVITY DATE REMARKS 1

SEMESTER I Teaching & Learning Period

Monday, 12/09/11 - Friday, 16/09/11

Malaysia Day Friday, 16/9/11

Deepavali

Wednesday, 26/10/11

2 Monday, 19/09/11 - Friday, 23/09/11 3 Monday, 26/09/11 - Friday, 30/09/11 4 Monday, 03/10/11 - Friday, 07/10/11 5 Monday, 10/10/11 - Friday, 14/10/11 6 Monday, 17/10/11 - Friday, 21/10/11 7 Monday, 24/10/11 - Friday, 28/10/11 8 Monday, 31/10/11 - Friday, 04/11/11

9 MID-SEMESTER BREAK Saturday, 05/11/11 - Sunday, 13/11/11 Hari Raya Haji Sunday-Monday, 6-7/11/11

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SEMESTER I

Teaching & Learning Period

Monday, 14/11/11 - Friday, 18/11/11

Maal Hijrah Sunday, 27/11/11

11 Monday, 21/11/11 - Friday, 25/11/11 12 Monday, 28/11/11 - Friday, 02/12/11 13 Monday, 05/12/11 - Friday, 09/12/11 14 Monday, 12/12/11 - Friday, 16/12/11 15 Monday, 19/12/11 - Friday, 23/12/11

16 Revision Week Saturday, 24/12/11 - Monday, 02/01/12 Christmas - Sunday, 25/12/11 New Year - Sunday, 1/1/12

17 Examinations

Tuesday, 03/01/12 - Friday, 06/01/12 - 18 Monday, 09/01/12 - Friday, 13/01/12

19 Monday, 16/01/12 - Friday, 20/01/12

20 - 23 INTER-SEMESTER BREAK Saturday, 21/01/12 - Sunday, 19/02/12Chinese New Year

Monday – Tuesday, 23-24/1/12Maulidur Rasul - Sunday, 5/2/12

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SEMESTER II Teaching & Learning Period

Monday, 20/02/12 - Friday, 24/02/12

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25 Monday, 27/02/12 - Friday, 02/03/12 26 Monday, 05/03/12 - Friday, 09/03/12 27 Monday, 12/03/12 - Friday, 16/12/12 28 Monday, 19/03/12 - Friday, 23/03/12 29 Monday, 26/03/12 - Friday, 30/03/12 30 Monday, 02/04/12 - Friday, 06/04/12 31 MID-SEMESTER BREAK Saturday, 07/04/12 - Sunday, 15/04/12 32

SEMESTER II

Teaching & Learning Period

Monday, 16/04/12 - Friday, 20/04/12

Labour Day Tuesday, 1/5/12

33 Monday, 23/04/12 - Friday, 27/04/12 34 Monday, 30/04/12 - Friday, 04/05/12 35 Monday, 07/05/12 - Friday, 11/05/12 36 Monday, 14/05/12 - Friday, 18/05/12 37 Monday, 21/05/12 - Friday, 25/05/12 38 Monday, 28/05/12 - Friday, 01/06/12 39 Revision Week Saturday, 02/06/12 - Sunday, 10/06/12 - 40

Examinations Monday, 11/06/12 - Friday, 15/06/12

- 41 Monday, 18/06/12 - Friday, 22/06/12 42 Monday, 25/06/12 - Friday, 29/06/12

43-52 Long Vacation / Industrial Training / KSCP Saturday, 30/06/12 - Sunday, 09/09/12 National Day

Friday, 31/8/12

COURSE DURING THE LONG VACATION [KSCP]

43 - 45 3 weeks Break Saturday, 30/06/12 - Sunday, 22/07/12 46 - 47 2 weeks Teaching Monday, 23/07/12 - Friday, 03/08/12

48 1 week Examination Monday, 06/08/12 - Friday, 10/08/12 49 - 52 4 weeks Break Saturday,13/08/12 - Sunday, 09/09/12

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SCHOOL OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

DEAN

Professor Dato’ Ishak Ismail

DEPUTY DEANS

Datin Dr. Joriah Muhammad (Academic and Student

Development)

Assoc. Prof. Zamri Ahmad (Postgraduate Studies and

Research)

Assoc. Prof. Azizah Omar (Industry and Community

Network)

SENIOR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR/

ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

Mrs. Balkhis Said (Senior Assistant Registrar)

Ms. Nur Mariyam Musa (Assistant Registrar)

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CHAIRPERSON OF PROGRAMME/COORDINATOR

Assoc. Prof. Mahmod Sabri

Haron (Marketing)

Dr. Amirul Shah Md Shahbudin (Accounting)

Dr. Abdul Hadi Zulkafli (Finance)

Mr. Quah Chun Hoo

(Organizational Behaviour) Dr. Noor Hazlina Ahmad

(International Business) Mr. Soh Keng Lin

(Operation Management)

COORDINATOR

Dr. Hazril Izwar Ibrahim (Leadership Program & Continuous Education)

Dr. Siti Rohaida Mohamed Zainal(Post Graduate Studies)

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SCHOOL STAFF LIST

Please refer to www.management.usm.my for details.

TOP MANAGEMENT DEAN

Professor Dato’ Ishak Ismail 3370/2332 iishak@usm.my

DEPUTY DEAN

Academic and Student Development Datin Dr. Joriah Muhammad 2520/2525 joriah@usm.my Postgraduate Studies and Research Assoc. Prof. Zamri Ahmad 2398/2523 zahmad@usm.my Industry and Community Network Assoc. Prof. Azizah Omar 2398/2889 aziemar@usm.my

CHAIRPERSON/COORDINATOR

Accounting Dr. Amirul Shah Md. Shahbudin 2757 amirulshah@usm.my Finance Dr. Abdul Hadi Zulkafli 3953 hadi_zml@usm.my Marketing Assoc. Prof. Mahmod Sabri Haron 3434 msabri@usm.my Operation Management Mr. Soh Keng Lin 2317 klsoh@usm.my Organisational Behaviour Mr. Quah Chun Hoo 3426 eq@usm.my International Business Dr. Noor Hazlina Ahmad 3355 hazlina@usm.my Leadership Program & Continuous Education

Dr. Hazril Izwar Ibrahim 2891 hazrili@yahoo.com Post Graduate Studies Dr. Siti Rohaida Mohamed Zainal 5155 siti_rohaida@usm.my

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SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Senior Assistant Registrar Mrs. Balkhis Sa’id 3367 balkhis_said@usm.my Assistant Registrar Miss Nur Mariyam Musa 2522 mariyam@usm.my Chief Administrative Assistant (Clerical/Operations) Mr. Md. Noor Din 3985 mnd@usm.my Administrative Assistant (Secretarial) Datin Zaini Zainon 3370 nani@usm.my Mrs. Siti Fatimah Mohd Norddin 2520 sitifatimahn@usm.my Miss Nurhidayah Shahbuddin 2533 nurhidayah@usm.my Administrative Assistant (Clerical/Operations) Mrs. Azziayati Roslan 2398 azziayati@usm.my Mrs. Dasyilahanim Mohd Desa 3363 dasyila@usm.my Mrs. Maziah Adam 2398 maziah_adam@usm.my Mr. Mohd Yusoff Ismail 3363 ucop@usm.my Miss Norhaida Abd Hamid 4979 norhaidaah@usm.my Mrs. Rosnah Mohamad Saleh 2533 rosesaleh@usm.my Mrs. Sufiah Abdul Kadir 3984 sufiah@usm.my Miss Nur Hidayah Yaakop 3984 nuryaakop@usm.my Technician Mr. Muhamad Rizal Mohamed Radi 4186 rizal@usm.my Mrs. Norliza Mohamad Ibarahim 4186 iliza@usm.my Office Assistant Mr. Gopal a/l Kandiah 3363 gopal@usm.my Mr. Khairi Hashim 3363 hkhairi@usm.my

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LIST OF ACADEMIC STAFF 1. ACCOUNTING

Chairman Dr. Amirul Shah Md. Shahbudin 2757 amirulshah@usm.my Lecturer Professor Fauziah Md. Taib 3953 mfauziah@usm.my Dr. Adeline Lau Hooi Ping 2893 adelinelhp@usm.my Dr. Ainuddin Bahari 3379 ainuddin@usm.my Dr. Chee Hong Kok 3354 hkchee@usm.my Dr. Dayana Jalaludin 5151 dayana_kmy@usm.com Dr. Hairul Suhaimi Nahar 5283 hairulsuhaimi@usm.my Dr. Md. Harashid Haron 2900 harashid@usm.my Dr. Phua Lian Kee 2758 phualk@usm.my Mr. Ali Nawari Hassan 5281 alinawari@usm.my Mr. Ang Jili 2527 angjili@usm.my Mr. Lok Char Lee 2756 lokcl@usm.my

2. FINANCE

Chairman Dr. Abdul Hadi Zulkafli 3953 hadi_zml@usm.my Lecturer Assoc. Prof. Zamri Ahmad 2398/2523 zahmad@usm.my Datin Dr. Joriah Muhammad 2520/3880 joriah@usm.my Dr. Eliza Nor 5152 eliza.nor@usm.my Dr. Haslindar Ibrahim 2894 haslindar@usm.my Dr. Hooy Chee Wooi 2897 cwhooy@usm.my Dr. Tajul Ariffin Masron 2896 tams@usm.my **Mr. Ahmad Zainuddin Salleh 2899 zainuddin@usm.my Mr. Zainon Harun 2532 zainon@usm.my

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3. MARKETING

Chairman Assoc. Prof. Mahmod Sabri Haron

3434 msabri@usm.my

Lecturer Professor Dato’ Ishak Ismail 3370/2332 iishak@usm.my Assoc. Prof. Azizah Omar 3952 aziemar@usm.my Dr. Malliga a/p Marimuthu 2753 malliga@usm.my *Dr. Norizan Mat Saad 3354 nazim@usm.my Dr. Siti Hasnah Hassan 5153 siti.hassan@usm.my Mr. Mohd Shafie Ariffin 2526 mshafie@usm.my Mr. Shahidan Shafie 2525 shahidan@usm.my Mr. Mohammad Ikram Ahmed Fadzil

5915 ikram@usm.my

4. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Chairman Mr. Soh Keng Lin 2317 klsoh@usm.my Lecturer Professor Ramayah Thurasamy 3889 ramayah@usm.my Dr. Marini Nurbanum Mohamad 5151 marini_nur@usm.my Dr. Wong Wai Peng 5154 wongwp@usm.my **Mrs. Noorliza Karia 3426 noorliza@usm.my Miss Nor Hasliza Mohd Saad 5920 hasliza@usm.my Mr. Yusof Hamdani Jalalludin 3430 yhamdani@usm.my

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5. ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Chairman Mr. Quah Chun Hoo 3426 eq@usm.my Lecturer Professor Aizzat Hj. Mohd. Nasurdin

aizzat@usm.my

Dr. Azura Abdullah Effendi 3343 azura_e@usm.my Dr. Daisy Kee Mui Hung 2919 daisy@usm.my Dr. Hasliza Abdul Halim 3430 haslizahalim@usm.my Dr. Hazril Izwar Ibrahim 2891 hazrili@yahoo.com Dr. Lilis Surienty Abd. Talib 3368 lilis@usm.my Dr. Mohd Anuar Arshad 2892 arshadalbanjari@usm.my Dr. Noor Hazlina Ahmad 3355 hazlina@usm.my Dr. Siti Rohaida Mohamed Zainal 3368 siti_rohaida@usm.my Mr. Mohd Yusoff Zainun Hamzah

2526 zmyusoff@usm.my

6. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Chairman Dr. Noor Hazlina Ahmad 3355 hazlina@usm.my Lecturer

Dr. Anees Janee Ali @ Hamid 3434 aneesali15@yahoo.com Dr. Khairul Anuar Mohammad Shah

5283 khairulms@usm.my

Dr. Shankar a/l Chelliah 5282 shankar@usm.my Dr. Yusliza Mohd Yusoff 2909 yusliza@usm.my Mrs. Azlina Ahmad 5904 iynna_ahmad@usm.my Mrs. Iman Khalid A. Qader 2525 iman@usm.my

* On secondment to Prince Sultan College, Arab Saudi. ** On Study Leave under USM.

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LIST OF INDUSTRY ADVISORY PANEL 1. Mr. T. T. Yew

Managing Director Motorola Technology Sdn Bhd Plot 2, Bayan Lepas Technoplex Industrial Park, Mukim 12SWD 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang Fax : 04-6439170

2. Mr. Badlisyah Abdul Ghani

Head of Islamic banking ED/CEO of CIMB Islamic Bank Tingkat 36, Menara Bumiputra Commerce 11 Jalan Raja Laut 50350 Kuala Lumpur Fax : 03-26910377

3. Mr. Ng Swee Weng

Partner KPMG 1st Floor, Wisma Penang Garden 42 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah 10050 Pulau Pinang Fax : 04-2271888

4. Y. Bhg. Dato’ Seri Ahmad Farid Ridzuan

Group Chief Executive Media Prima Berhad Sri Pentas No.3 Persiaran Bandar Utama 47800 Petaling Selangor Darul Ehsan Fax : 03-77273014

5. Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Mohamad Nadzmi Salleh

Chairman NADICORP Holdings Sdn. Bhd. Wisma Wahida No. 38, Jalan Chow Kit 50350 Kuala Lumpur Fax : 03-40446835

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 School of Management

The School of Management had a humble beginning which traces its origins to the School of Social Sciences, where it was just a program in the year 1978. But from the beginning of 1st December 1989 it was a separate entity with image of its own, the school began offering undergraduate and post-graduate programs. Also in its bid to be industrial-related the school has also embarked on the Executive Development Program. The Bachelor of Management degree is offered in four areas of specialization namely: Accounting and Finance, Marketing, Operations Management, Organization and Human Resources Management. Initially, the Schools philosophy was to produce competent managers and not professional accountants. But the growing need and popularity of the Accounting Program coupled with the nation’s critical shortage of qualified accountants has made the School to revisit its teaching phillosohy. With much hard work and dedication among its staff a full-fledged Bachelor of Accounting Degree (B.Acc) was introduced in the 1999/2000 academic session. The curriculum for the B.Acc has been designed in collaboration and consultation with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and many other professional accounting bodies. Ever since then, the school has moved further forward with the introduction of the International Business Program.

Realizing to the fact it can’t divorce itself from the society and the industry which is true to the spirit of “We Lead”, in March 2007, the Advanced Management Centre (AMC) was conceptualized. This centre was set as a front-runner to USM’s Graduate School of Management. By July 2007, the Centre took over the management of the Masters of Busines Administration and Doctor of Business Administration program. Effectively AMC took over all taught post-graduate courses of which much of the thesis offered are that of Applied Research. However all other courses by pure research like the Doctoral of Philosophy is still being managed by the School proper. As an international oriented program, the MBA is conducted in English. In line with the nation’s aspiration of life-long learning, the Bachelor of Management is being offered through distance education in collaboration with USM’s School of Distance Education.

As mentioned earlier, the School through AMC also conducts Executive Development Programs for junior, middle and senior ranking executives from both the public and private sectors. The school has rendered it services to such institutions as Siemens, Unico, PDC, Bank Rakyat, Perbadanan Nasional Berhad, The Urban Development Authority, Pentex Sdn. Bhd., Intel Penang Sdn. Bhd. and Dell Asia Pacific. With more than 6000 of its graduates currently in the workforce, the School has built strategic alliances with both public and private enterprises. This is attained through the participation of its students in compulsory practical training and the involvement of its faculty in research and consultancy work as well as in public service. Due to its expertise in various fields, the School has been chosen by several foreign universities as host for their international programs.

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Undergraduate and graduate teaching and research are enhanced by state-of-the-art computer and library facilities made available to both its staff and students. The School currently has 61 academic staff, 1220 undergraduates, 265 MBA students, 123 research students and 42 DBA students.

1.2 Mission and Vision of the School of Management

To be the leading School of Management in Asia and among the best globally by providing professional and ethical management education.

1.3 Bachelor of Management Programme

The Bachelor of Management degree programme, USM, was introduced in the 1984/1985 academic session, as one of the degree programmes offered by the School of Social Sciences. In December 1989, the management section under the School of Social Sciences became an academic school on its own, i.e. the School of Management. Over the past 15 years the school has enjoyed huge success. It was named the best school in the teaching of management and accounting in the year 2003. It was a results of a survey commissioned by the Ministry of Higher Education to a Consortium of Professors from New Zealand in collaboration with a local auditing company, Atarik & Company. Other measures of achievements are the employability of its graduates by multi-national companies and the big 4 audit firms as well as high reception of practitioners of activities run and manage by the school. Despite that, of the success story the School of Management continues with its improvement efforts by constantly changing and coordinating its curriculum.

Changes in the business environment have given rise to many management issues such as: globalisation; concentration on the manufacturing sector; sophisticated and innovative technology, which include automation and computers; rapid expansion of the capital markets; enhancement of work ethics and other issues deemed important in the future. Being a School that trains management experts, the curriculum of the School of Management provides training to cope with these changes.

Efforts to enrich and update the curriculum are constantly made to ensure that the programme offered is relevant, dynamic and successful in fulfilling the nation s and industry s needs effectively.

A thorough review of the programme was conducted in 2008. As a result the new curriculum was introduced during the 2009/2010 academic sessions.

A new Management programme was initiated to enhance students ability to an experience and compete in a competitive global environment.

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1.4 Programme Objectives

The objectives of the Bachelor of Management degree programme are:

(a) to provide the country with managers having basic skills as well as in cialised fields of management;

(b) to produce managers who are efficient, effective, analytical and possess

excellent communication skills; (c) to instill ethical values and to raise awareness towards social responsibility

in future managers; (d) to produce management graduates equipped with information technology

skills and capable of adapting to continuous changes in technology and; (e) to produce managers who possess global and innovative entrepreneurship

skills.

1.5 Learning Outcomes

Students, who have completed their Bachelor of Management at the School of Management with Honours are expected to:

(i) gain knowledge in the fields of endeavor and areas of study. (ii) develop and sharpen their technical and practical skills and to act ethically. (iii) use their scientific thinking skills in conducting research works and to

obtain basic information and objectives. (iv) have their communication skills to manage, process, analyze and apply

information for decision making. (v) perform the duties in a team and be able to solve the problems associated

with group work such as conflict, motivation and contribution. (vi) exhibit characteristics of leadership with integrity without compromising

the norms and values of Eastern societies. (vii) utilize information technology in implementing the management activities

such as planning, organization, leadership, control, and decision making. (viii) be sensitive and concentrate on the development of knowledge by focusing

on the need to be competitive and to be sustainable. (ix) apply new practices in the field of business management and

entrepreneurship gained through lectures, teaching, and practical training.

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(x) demonstrate the characteristics of leadership and be innovative in creating opportunities through entrepreneurship.

1.6 Areas of Specialisation Students undertaking the Bachelor of Management degree during the 2011/2012 Academic Session may elect to specialise in one of the following five [5] areas of specialisation:

• Finance. • Marketing. • Operations Management. • Organizational Behaviour. • International Business.

Finance Aim and Purpose The aim of the finance programme is to provide students with premium education and a holistic experience to prepare them to face the challenges in pursuit of their future career in the banking, corporate finance and investment management sectors. The society has a high expectation of financial management education in Malaysia, partly due to the rapid expansion in the economic and financial markets both nationally and internationally. It cannot be denied that an enhancement in economic competence and the strengthening of the financial market depends greatly on the expertise and professionalism of the human resources. Therefore, the main objectives of the finance programme include the following: (a) to expose students to decision making processes of a financial controller. (b) to enhance students understanding of investment analyses and processes,

investment instruments and the operations of the financial market. (c) to prepare students to face the changes and challenges in the financial

market in order to be able to contribute towards improving the financial market competence.

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Marketing Aim and Purpose

The field of marketing is based on the statement, the purpose of an organisation is to create customers . Marketing encompasses planning and strategic management of market supply that fulfils the needs of the consumer and at the same time, creating profits for the organisation. As a discipline, it contains some principles that can be used as a guide to identify the target market, understand customer needs, design the market supply concept (both the product and the services) and finally plan the circulation, price and promotion strategies. The objectives of the marketing programme include: (a) to encourage an appreciation of consumer and market orientated

philosophy of organisational management. (b) to inculcate students skills in marketing opportunity analysis which are in line

with changes in this sector, politics and in the development of science and technology in the domestic and global environment.

(c) to highlight suitable marketing concepts and strategies to help steer the

organisation towards excellence. (d) to encourage strategic and ethical practices in marketing management

which facilitate and support societal and national aspirations. Operational Management Aim and Objective The present industrial development has resulted in increased attention in the production and services systems. Competitive global environment demonstrates the importance of quality and productivity, as such, the field of operational management can be perceived to play an important role in shaping the environment of competition. In Malaysia, the manufacturing and services sectors have been targeted as catalysts for economic growth in the country in the next decade. As such, this specialisation is aimed at preparing students to participate in the fields of manufacturing and services. Generally, this specialisation emphasises the concept and up-to-date practice of TQM in identifying the needs of the manufacturing and services industries. The objectives of the operational management programme are: (a) to produce graduates who are capable of managing and handling the

manufacturing and services industries in an effective manner in accordance with the national growth rate in the two industries.

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(b) to expose our students to the theories and techniques in the field of operational Management and to equip them with the confidence and skills required to be excellent managers.

(c) to broaden our students horizons in the latest developments in management

that emphasises quality, which is a factor that determines customer satisfaction, in manufacturing and services.

Organisational Behaviour Aim and Purpose Every organisation needs a manager who can plan, organise and implement a task effectively with the assistance of highly trained and motivated human resources. In consideration and realisation of this fact, the Organisational Behaviour programme offers several courses which combine important elements in organisational and human resource management. The Organisational Behaviour programme is aimed at exposing students to the knowledge of organisational and human resource management. Specifically, the objectives of the Organisational Behaviour programme are: (a) to expose students to the field of organisational and human resource

management in a comprehensive manner. (b) to broaden students horizons of the close relationship between management

theories and practices. (c) to make students aware of a variety of cultures and globalisation development

through exposure to courses that has international characteristics. (d) to show students how knowledge gained in a course can make them highly

employable in the job market.

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International Business Aim and Purpose The offering of major in International Business is inline with current business environment. The purpose of this programme is to produce gradúand with global perspective and poses distinct worldview through teaching learning approach adopted. The graduates will develop positive characteristic and attitude through industrial attachment and study abroad. The student will be exposed to the working of multi-national firms and a local culture. Through this approach, students will be more active and highly confident to explore new world. The placement of students for overseas study scheme and industrial training will create product differentiation to students of Universiti Sains Malaysia. This specialisation begins in Semester II, Year Two. Students are allowed to select their area of specialisation, however, the School of Management reserves the right to make the final decision.

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2.0 ACADEMIC SYSTEM AND GENERAL INFORMATION

2.1 Course Registration Activity

Registration is an important activity during the period of study for each student at the University. It is the first step for the student to sit for the examination at the end of each semester. Sign up for the right courses each semester will help to facilitate the graduation of each student from first semester till the final semester. Course Registration Secretariat for the First Degree and University’s Diploma Student Data Processing & Record Unit Academic Management Division Registry (Level 1, Chancellory Building) Tel. No. : 04-6532925/3169/4195 Fax No. : 04-6574641 Website : registry.usm.my/updr/ UPDR Office is the secretariat / manager / coordinator for student course registration activities of the First Degree and Diploma of the University. Further enquiries about course registration activities for first degree and university diploma can be made at any time to the UPDR office. Course Registration Platform (i) E-Daftar (E-Registration)

E-Daftar is a platform of course registration through website. The registration is through “Campus Online” portal (campusonline.usm.my). Only active students are allowed to register for courses in the E-Daftar.

The period of registration under E-Daftar for Semester I usually from the second week of June until a day before the Semester I start while the period for Semester II usually starts one day after Semester I 'provisional' exam result is released until a day before Semester II starts. The actual period of registration under E-Daftar will be announced by the office of the Data & Record Processing Unit, usually during the Revision Week of every semester and will be displayed on the schools/centers/hostels bulletin board and in USM’s website.

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Under E-Daftar, students can register any of the courses offered except co-curriculum courses. Registration of Co-curriculum course is still under the responsibility and administration of the Center for Co-Curriculum Program at the Main Campus or the Chairperson of the Center for Co-Curriculum at the Engineering Campus or the Student Affairs Department at the Health Campus. Co-Curriculum courses will be included in the students course registration account prior to the E-Daftar activity, if only their pre-registration application successful. In general, E-Daftar still maintains the University course registration rules/general policies. Some important information will be given to the students through Campus Online Portal for them to properly plan before register the courses. Access to E-Daftar System (a) E-Daftar System can be accessed through “Campus Online” portal

(campusonline.usm.my). (b) Students need to register in this portal to become a member. Each

member will be given an ID and password. (c) Students need to use the ID and password to access to their profile page

which includes the E-Daftar menu. (d) Students need to click at the E-Daftar menu to access and to register for

the relevant courses. (e) Students can/advised to print the course registration confirmation slip

upon completion of the registration process or after updating course registration list (add/drop) within the E-Daftar period.

(f) E-Daftar system can be accessed for a period of time. (g) Guidelines to register/access to E-Daftar portal are available at the

Campus Online portal’s main page.

(ii) Online Course Registration (OCR) Activity OCR activities are conducted in the Schools / Centres and are allowed to the academically active and Probation (P1/P2) status students. Students, who face difficulties to register their courses in the E-Daftar, can instead register their courses during the official period of OCR. OCR is usually conducted on the first day of the semester. Each school is responsible for scheduling this activity. Students must refer to the schedule at their respective school notice boards. Official period for OCR activity normally start on the first day of the semester (no penalty charge of RM50.00). After this official period, the course registration activity will be considered as late phase (penalty of RM50.00 will be imposed if no reasonable excuse given). OCR activity will

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be conducted at the schools from the week first until week sixth. After week sixth, all registration/adding/dropping courses activity will be under the responsibility and administration of the Examination Unit (Academic Management Division, Registry).

Frequency of Course Registration in One Academic Session

(i) Normal Study Semester - 2 times (beginning of Semester 1 & Semester 2) (ii) Course During the Long Vacation

- 1 time (about one month after the examination of Semester 2) - Applicable for relevant students only.

General Guidelines Before Students Register for Courses (i) Matters/Information/ Documents Required to be noted/ considered/

referred by students before register for courses:

- refer to school’s website to get updated information for courses offered or course registration activity.

- Planning of courses to be registered according to the semester as stipulated in the Study Program Guide Book.

- List of courses to be registered and number of unit (unit value) for each course.

- Cangred. - Teaching and Learning Timetable for the courses to be registered (to

avoid overlapping in timetable). - Reminders regarding policies/general requirements for University

course registration.

(ii) Total unit maximum/minimum that can be registered every semester as below:

Academic Status Minimum Unit Maximum Unit

Active 9 21 P1 9 12 P2 9 10

- Depends to students’ academic status. - Determination for academic status in a semester is based on the

performance of students previous semester examination result (GPA):- o GPA 2.00 & above = Active Academic Status. o GPA 1.99 & below = Probation Academic Status (P1/P2).

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- Students who meet the minimum period of residence (6 semester for 3 years program or 8 semester for 4 years program) are allowed to register courses less than 9 units. The semester in which the student is on leave is not counted for the residence period.

(iii) Type of course codes during registration:-

T = Core courses Grade and number of E = Elective courses obtains from these courses M = Minor courses

unit are counted for graduation

U = University courses Two (2) other course codes are = Y (audit courses) & Z (pre-requisite courses)

= Grade and number of unit obtains from these courses are not counted for graduation

(iv) Advice and approval of the Academic Advisor.

- Approval from the Academic Advisor is required for the students on Probation status before being allowed to register during the OCR activity.

- Approval from the Academic Advisor is not required for the course registration of the Active Status Students through E-Daftar.

(v) Students not allowed to register and to repeat any course that has taken with a grade 'C' and above.

Information/ Document Given To All Students Through Campus Online Portal (www.campusonline.com.my) (a) Academic Advisor information. (b) Academic information like academic status, GPA value, CGPA value

and year of study. (c) Cangred and Course Registration Form. (d) List of courses offered from all schools/centers. (e) Teaching and Learning Timetable for all schools/centers/units from the

three campuses. (f) List of pre-registered courses which has been added into the students

course registration record (if any). (g) Reminders about the University course registration policies/general

requisites.

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Registration of Language and Co-Curriculum Courses (a) Registration for Language courses through E-Daftar is allowed.

• However, if any problem occurs, registration for language courses can

still be carried out / updated during the official period of OCR activity at the office of the School of Language, Literacies & Translation.

• All approval / registration / dropping / adding of the language courses

are under the responsibility and administration of the School of Language, Literacies & Translation.

• Any problems related to the registration of language courses can be

made to the School of Language, Literacies & Translation as follows:

General Office : 04-6534542 Bahasa Malaysia Language Coordinator : 04-6533974 for Main CampusEnglish Language Coordinator : 04-6533406

students Foreign Language Courses Coordinator : 04-6533396

Engineering Campus students : 04-5995407 Health Campus students : 09-7671252

(b) Registration for Co-Curriculum/Cultural courses through E-Daftar is not

allowed.

• Registration for Co-Curriculum/ Cultural courses are either through pre-registration before the semester begins or during the first/ second week of the semester. Only selected students will be added their data for Co-Curriculum/Cultural courses.

• All approval/ registration/ dropping/ adding of the Co-

Curriculum/Cultural are courses under the responsibility and administration of the Centre for Co-Curriculum Program, Main Campus (04-6535243/45/48)/ Co-Curriculum Program Chairman for Engineering Campus (04-5995091)/ Co-Curriculum Program Coordinator for Health Campus (09-7677547).

(c) Dropping of Language and Co-Curriculum/Cultural courses, if

necessary, must be made within the first week. After the first week, a fine of RM50.00 will be charged. Registration of ‘Audit’ Course (Y code)

Registration for the ‘Audit’ course (Y code) is not allowed in the E-Daftar. It can only be made during the official period of OCR activity in the School or Centre involved. Students who are interested must complete the course registration form which can be printed from the Campus Online Portal or obtained from the School. Approval from the

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lecturers of the course to be audited and the Dean / Deputy Dean (Academic) [signed and stamped] in the course registration form are required.

Registration on ‘Audit’ course (Y code) is not included in counting of the total registered workload (units). Grades obtained from 'Audit' course is not counted in the calculation of CGPA and total units for graduation.

Registration of Pre-Requisite Course (Z code)

Registration of the Pre-requisite courses (Z code) are included in the total registered workload (unit). Grade obtained from the Pre-requisite courses are not counted in the calculation of CGPA and counting units for graduation.

Late Course Registration/Late Course Addition

Late course registration or adding is not allowed after the official period of OCR activity ended without any reasonable excuse. General information on this matter is as follows:

(i) Late courses registration/adding are only allowed in the first and

second week with the approval of the Dean. Students will be fined RM50.00 if the reasons given are not reasonable.

(ii) Adding course in the third week with acceptable reasons must be

endorsed by the Dean/ Deputy Dean of the School prior to submission to the Data Processing Unit and Records Unit for the approval from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International Affairs). Students will be fined RM50.00 if the reasons given are not reasonable.

(iii) Application to add a course after the third week will not be

considered, except for the special cases approved by the University.

Dropping Courses Dropping the course is allowed until the end of the sixth week.

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For this purpose, students must meet the requirements set by the University as follows: - (i) Dropping Course Form must be completed by the student and

signed by the lecturer of the course involved and the Dean/ Deputy Dean of the School of their own and forward it to the general office of the School/ Centre which is responsible of offering the courses involved.

(ii) Students who wish to drop a language course must obtain the

signature and stamp of the Dean of the School of Language, Literacies and Translation as well as the signature and stamp of the Dean of the School of their own.

(iii) Students who wish to drop the Co-Curriculum courses must obtain

the approval of the Centre for Co-Curriculum Program and the signature and stamp of the Dean of the School of their own.

(iv) The option for dropping courses cannot be misused. Lecturers have

the right not to certify the course that the student wish to drop if the student found to be not serious such as failure to attend lectures, tutorials and practical and does not perform the course work. The student will be denied to sit for the examination and will be given grade 'X' and is not allowed to repeat the course during the period of Courses During the Long Vacation (KSCP).

Course Registration Confirmation Slip Course registration confirmation slip that have been printed / obtained after registering the course should be checked carefully to ensure no errors, especially in terms of registered course codes with the code type for each course listed. Any data errors for course registration must be corrected immediately whether during the period of E-Daftar (for active status student only) or during the period of OCR activity at the Schools.

Revising and Updating Data/ Information/ Students Personal and Academic Records Personal and academic information for each student can be checked through the Campus Online portal (campusonline.usm.my). Students are advised to always check all the information displayed on this website. - Any application/ notification for correction/ updating of personal data

such as Name spelling (name must be spelled according to the Identification Card), Identification Card number and Address

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(permanent address and postal address) must be notified to the office of the Data Processing and Records Unit.

- Any application/ notification for correction of academic data such as

information on Major, Minor, MUET result and the course code (in addition to data of examination results) should be reported to the office of the Data Processing and Records Unit.

- Application/ notification for correction of the results data should be

reported to the office of Examination Unit. Academic Advisor Each School will appoint an Academic Advisor for each student. Academic Advisors comprised of academic staff (lecturers). Normally, confirmation of Academic Advisor will be made known to every student during the first semester in the first year of their studies. Academic Advisors advice the students under their responsibility on academic-related matters to students under its responsibility at any time during the study period of the students. Among the important advice for the student from the Academic Advisor is the registration planning for certain courses in each semester during the study period. Before registering the course, students are advised to consult and discuss with their Academic Advisor to determine the courses to be registered in a semester. Final year students are advised to consult their academic advisor before registering via E-Daftar to ensure they fulfill the graduation requirements. The Probation status students (P1/P2) should obtain the approval from the Academic Advisor before they register for courses in a semester through OCR at the School and they are not allowed to register through E-Daftar.

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2.2 Interpretation of Unit/Credit

(a) Unit

Each course is given a value, which is called a UNIT. The unit is determined by the scope of its syllabus and the workload for the students. In general, a unit is defined as follows:

Type of Course Definition of Unit Theory 1 unit is equivalent to 1 contact hour per week for

13 - 14 weeks in one semester Practical/Laboratory 1 unit is equivalent to 1.5 contact hours per week

for 13 - 14 hours in one semester Language Proficiency 1 unit is equivalent to 1.5 contact hours per week

for 13 - 14 weeks in one semester Industrial Training/ Teaching Practice

1 unit is equivalent to 2 weeks of training

(b) Contact

Contact is defined as formal face to face meeting between the academic staff and his/her students and it may take the form of lectures, tutorials, seminar, laboratory and field work.

(c) Accumulated Credit Unit

Units registered and passed are known as credits. To graduate, students must accumulate the total number of credits stipulated for the program concerned.

2.3 Examination System

Examination would be held at the end of every semester. Students have to sit for the examination of courses they have registered. Students are required to settle all fees due and fulfill the standing requirements for lectures/tutorials/practical and other requirements before being allowed to sit for the examination of courses they registered. Course evaluation will be based on two components of coursework and final examinations. Coursework evaluation includes tests, essays, projects, assignments and participation in tutorials.

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Duration of Examination

Evaluated Courses Examination Duration 2 units 1 hour for coursework of more than 40%

2 units 2 hours for coursework of 40% and below

3 units or more 2 hours for coursework of more than 40% 3 units or more 3 hours for coursework of 40% and below

Barring from Examination Students will be barred from sitting the final examination if they did not satisfy course requirements such as absence from lectures and tutorials for at least 70%, and have not completed/fulfilled the required components of coursework. Students also will be barred from sitting the final examination if they have not settled the academic fees. A grade 'X' would be awarded for a course in which a student is barred. Students also not allowed repeating the course for Course During the Long Vacation (KSCP). Grade Point Average System Student evaluation achievement for courses registered will be as follows:

Alphabetic Grade

A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F

Grade Points 4.00 3.67 3.33 3.00 2.67 2.33 2.00 1.67 1.33 1.00 0.67 0

Students awarded with grade 'C-' and below for a particular course would be given a chance to improve their grades by repeating the course during the KSCP (See below) or normal semester. Students awarded with grade 'C' and above for a particular course will not be allowed to repeat the course whether during KSCP or normal semester. The achievements of students in any semester are based on Grade Point Average (GPA) achieved from all the registered courses in a particular semester. GPA is the indicator to determine the academic performance of students in any semester. CGPA is the Cumulative Grade Point Average accumulated by a student from one semester to another during the years of study.

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The formula to compute GPA and CGPA is as follows:

n ∑ U iM i

Grade Point Average = i = 1 n

∑ U i i = 1

where

n = Number of courses taken Ui = Course units for course i Mi = Grade point for course i

Example of calculation for GPA and CGPA:

Course Unit Grade Point (GP)

Grade (G ) Total GP

Semester I: ABC XX1 4 3.00 B 12.00 ABC XX2 4 2.33 C+ 9.32 BCDXX3 3 1.67 C- 5.01 CDEXX4 4 2.00 C 8.00 EFGXX5 3 1.33 D+ 3.99 EFGXX6 2 2.67 B- 5.34 43.66 20 43.66

GPA = 43.66 = 2.18

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Course Unit Grade Point (GP)

Grade (G ) Total GP

Semester II: ABC XX7 3 1.00 D 3.00 ABB XX8 4 2.33 C+ 9.32 BBC XX9 4 2.00 C 8.00 BCB X10 4 2.67 B- 10.68 XYZ XX1 3 3.33 B+ 9.99 18 40.99

GPA = 40.99 = 2.28

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CGPA = Total Accumulated GP 43.66 + 40.99 84.65 Total Accumulated Unit = 20 + 18 = 38 = 2.23 From the above examples, the CGPA is calculated as the total grade point accumulated for all the courses registered divided by the total number of units registered. Courses During the Long Vacation (Kursus Semasa Cuti panjang) (KSCP) KSCP is offered to students who have taken a course earlier and obtained a grade of 'C-', 'D+', 'D', 'D-', 'F' and 'DK' only. Students who have obtained 'X' or 'F*' grade are not allowed to take the course during KSCP. The purpose of KSCP is to: (i) Give an opportunity to students who are facing time constraints for

graduation. (ii) Assist students who need to accumulate a few more credits for graduation. (iii) Assist "probationary" students to enhance their academic status. (iv) Assist students who need to repeat a prerequisite course, which is not

offered in the following semester. However, this opportunity is only given to students who are taking courses that they have attempted before and achieved a grade as stipulated above, provided that the course is being offered. Priority given to final year student. Usually, formal lectures are not held, and teaching is via tutorials.

The duration of KSCP is 3 weeks, i.e. 2 weeks of tutorial and 1 week of examination, all held during the long vacation. The KSCP schedule is available in the University's Academic Calendar.

KSCP Implementation

(a) Students are allowed to register a maximum of 3 courses and the total number of units registered must not exceed 10.

(b) Marks/grades for coursework are taken from the best marks/grades obtained

for a particular course in the normal semester before KSCP. The final overall grade is determined as follows:

Final Grade = The best coursework marks or grade + Marks or grade for KSCP examination

(c) GPA calculation involves the LATEST grade (obtained in KSCP) and also

involves courses taken in the second semester and those repeated in KSCP. If the GPA during KSCP as calculated above is 2.00 or better, the academic status is active even though the academic status for the second semester

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was probation. However, if the GPA for KSCP (as calculated above) is 1.99 or below, the academic status is as for the second semester.

(d) Graduating students (those that have fulfilled the graduation requirements) in

the second semester are not allowed to register for KSCP. Academic Status Active Status: Any student who achieves a GPA of 2.00 and above for any examination in a semester will be recognised as ACTIVE and be allowed to pursue his/her studies for the following semester. Probation Status: A probation status is given to any student who achieves a GPA of 1.99 and below. A student who is under probation status for three consecutive semesters (P1, P2, FO) will not be allowed to pursue his/her studies at the university. On the other hand, if the CGPA is 2.00 and above, the student concerned will be allowed to pursue his studies and will be maintained at P2 status. Without any prejudice to the above regulations, the University Examination Council has the absolute right to terminate any student's studies if his/her academic achievement do not satisfy and fulfill the accumulated minimum credit in line with the number of semesters completed by the student as given in the table below.

Number of Semesters Total Accumulated Minimum

Credit Units Pure Applied Professional

End of 2nd semester 15 15 16 End of 4th semester 35 35 38 End of 6th semester 55 55 60 End of 8th semester 75 75 80

The University Examination Council has the right to terminate any student's studies due to certain reasons (a student who has not registered for the courses, has not attend examination without valid reasons), as well as medical reasons can be disqualified from pursuing his/her studies.

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Examination Result A provisional result (pass/fail) through the Tele-academic line: (600-83-7899), Campus Online Portal and short message service (SMS) usually will be released and announced after the School Examination Council meeting and presumably one month after examination. Full result (grade) through the Tele-academic line: (600-83-7899), Campus Online Portal and short message service (SMS) will be released and announced after the University Examination Council meeting and is usually two weeks after the provisional results are released. The official semester results (SEMGRED) will be issued to students during the second week of the following semester.

2.4 Unit Exemption/Credit Transfer Definition of Unit Exemption Unit exemption is defined as the total number of units given to students who are pursuing their studies in USM that are exempted from the graduation requirements. Students only need to accumulate the remaining units for graduating purpose. Only passes or course grades accumulated or acquired in USM will be included in the calculation of the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) for graduation purpose. Regulations and Implementation of Unit Exemption (a) Diploma holders from recognised Public and Private Institutions of Higher

Learning: (i) Unit exemption can only be given to courses taken at diploma level. (ii) Courses for unit exemption may be combined (in two or more

combinations) in order to obtain exemption of one course at degree level. However if the School would like to approve only one course at the diploma level for unit exemption of one course at degree level, the course at diploma level must be equivalent to the degree course and has the same or more units.

(iii) Courses taken during employment (in service) for diploma holders

cannot be considered for unit exemption. (iv) The minimum achievement at diploma level that can be considered for

unit exemption is at least 'C' grade or 2.0 or equivalent.

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(v) The total number of semesters exempted should not exceed two semesters.

(vi) In order to obtain unit exemption for industrial training, a student must

have work experience continuously for at least two years in the area. If the student has undergone industrial training during the diploma level study, a student must have work experience for at least one year. The students are also required to produce the report on the level and type of work performed. Industrial training unit exemption cannot be considered for semester exemption as the industrial training is carried out during the long vacation in USM.

(vii) Unit exemption for university and option courses can only be given for

courses such as Bahasa Malaysia (LKM400). English Language, Islamic and Asian Civilisations as well as co-curriculum.

(b) IPTS (Private Institution of Higher Learning) USM Supervised/External

Diploma Graduates

(i) Students who are IPTS USM supervised/external diploma graduates are given unit exemption as stipulated by the specific programme of study. Normally, unit exemption in this category is given as a block according to the agreement between USM (through School that offers the programme) with the IPTS.

(c) Students from recognised local or foreign IPTA (Public Institution of Higher

Learning)/IPTS who are studying at the first degree level may apply to study in this university and if successful, can be considered for unit exemptions subject to the following conditions: (i) Courses taken in the previous IPT are equivalent (at least 50% of the

course must be the same) with courses offered in USM. (ii) Students taking courses at advanced diploma level in IPT that is

recognised to be equivalent to the first degree course at USM, may be considered for unit exemption as in (c)(i).

(iii) The total maximum unit exemption allowed should not exceed one third

of the total unit requirement for graduation.

Total Number of Exempted Semesters

Semester exemption is based on the total unit exempted as below:-

Total Unit Exempted Total Semester Exempted <9 -

9-32 1 >32 2

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Application Procedure for Unit Exemption Any student who would like to apply for exemption unit is required to complete the Unit Exemption Form which can be obtained at the counter of Admission and Enrolments Unit or the respective schools. The form must to be approved by the Dean/Deputy Dean of the School prior to the submission to the Admission and Enrolments Unit for consideration. Definition of Credit Transfer Credit transfer is defined as the recognition of a total number of credits obtained by USM students taking courses in other IPTA (Public Institution of Higher Learning) within the period of study at USM, and is combined with credits obtained at USM to fulfil units requirement for his/her programme of study. The transfered examination result or grades obtained in courses taken at other IPTA will be combined in the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) calculation. Category of Students Who Can Be Considered for Credit Transfer USM full-time first degree level students who would like to attend specific first degree level courses at other IPTA. USM full-time diploma level students who would like to attend specific diploma level courses at other IPTA. Conditions (a) Basic and Core Courses

(i) Credit transfer can only be considered for credits obtained from other

courses in other IPTA that are equivalent (at least 50% of the content are the same) with the courses offered by the programme.

(ii) Courses that can be transferred are only courses that have the same

number of units or more. For equivalent courses but with less number of units, credit transfers can be approved by combining a few courses. Credits transferred are the same as the course units as offered in USM. Average grade of the combined course will be taken into account in CGPA calculation.

(b) Elective or Option Courses

(i) Students may attend any appropriate courses in other IPTA subject to

permission from the School as well as the approval of other IPTA.

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(ii) The transferred credits are credits obtained from courses at other IPTA. No course equivalence condition is required.

(c) Minor Courses

(i) For credit transfer of minor courses, the School should adhere to either

conditions (a) or (b), and take into account of the programme requirement.

(d) The total maximum units transferred should not exceed one third of the total

number of units for the programme. (e) Credit exemption from other IPTA can be considered only once for each

IPTA. (f) The examination results obtained by a student taken at other IPTA will be

taken into account for graduation purpose. Grade obtained for each course will be combined with the grades obtained at USM for CGPA calculation.

(g) Students who have applied and approved for credit transfer are not allowed

to cancel the approval after the examination result is obtained. (h) Students are required to register courses at other IPTA with not less than the

total minimum units as well as not exceeding the maximum units as stipulated in their programme of study. However, for specific cases (e.g. students on extended semester and only require a few units for graduation), the Dean may approve such students to register less than the minimum and the semester will not be counted in the residential requirement. In this case, the CGPA calculation will be carried out as in KSCP.

(i) USM students attending courses at other IPTA and if failed in any courses

are allowed to resit the examination if there is such provision in that IPTA. (j) If the method of calculation of examination marks in the other IPTA is not

the same as in USM, a grade conversion method will be carried out according to the existing scales.

(k) USM students who have registered courses at other IPTA and decided to

return to study in USM, must adhere to the existing course registration conditions in USM.

Application Procedure for Attending Courses/Credit Transfer USM students who would like to attend courses/credit transfer at other IPTAs should apply using Unit Exemption Form.

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The application form should be submitted for the Dean's approval for the programme of study within three months before the application is submitted to other IPTA for consideration.

2.5 Academic Integrity

"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless. Knowledge without integrity is dangerous and weak" – Samuel Johnson Being a student of the University Sains Malaysia requires a firm adherence to the basic values, integrity, purpose and meaning of a university education. The most essential values in academia are rooted on the principles of truth seeking in knowledge and honesty with regards to the intellectual property of oneself and of others. Thus, students must bear the responsibility of maintaining these principles in all work done in their academic endeavour. Academic dishonesty violates the fundamental purpose of preserving and maintaining the integrity of university education and will not be tolerated. The following, although not exhaustive, are examples of practices or actions that are considered dishonest acts in academic pursuit. (a) Cheating

Cheating is the unauthorised use of information or other aids in any academic exercise. There are numerous "infamous" ways and methods of cheating including: • Copying from others during a test or an exam. • Using unauthorised materials or devices (calculator, PDA, mobile phone,

pager, etc.) during a test or an exam. • Asking or allowing another student to take a test or an exam for you and

vice-versa. • Sharing answers or programmes for an assignment or project. • Tampering with marked/graded work after it has been returned, then

resubmitting it for remarking/regrading. • Allowing others to do the research, writing, programming, or other types

of assignment. • Submitting identical or similar work in more than one course without

consulting or prior permission from the lecturers involved.

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Below is an excerpt from the University and University College Act 1971, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Discipline of Students, Rule 1999 regarding conduct during examination (Part II, Provision 8):

Conduct during examination 8. No student can-

(a) take any form of books, worksheets, documents, pictures or any other materials, other than those authorised by the examiner, into or out of any examination room, or receive any form of books, worksheets, documents, pictures or any other materials from outsiders when in examination room. Students can receive any form of books, worksheets, documents, pictures or any other materials recommended by the examiner or the Board of Examiners, and authorized by the Vice-Chancellor

(b) write, or have somebody else to write, any information or to draw diagrams which can be related to the examination taken by the student, on any parts of the body, or on the clothing’s worn by the student.

(c) contact with other students during an examination through any form of communication, or

(d) cheat or try to cheat or act in any way that can be interpreted as cheating.

(b) Plagiarism Plagiarism is "academic theft". It violates the intellectual property rights of the author. Simply put, it is the use, in part or whole, of other's words or ideas and claiming it as yours without proper attribution to the original author. It includes: • Copying and pasting information, graphics or media from the Internet into

your work without citing the source. • Paraphrasing or summarising other's written or spoken words that are not

common knowledge, without referencing the source. • Not putting quote marks around parts of the source that you copy exactly. • Using someone else's work or acquiring papers, assignment, project or

research you did not do and turning it in as if you had done the work yourself.

• Giving incorrect information about the source of reference. • Not acknowledging collaborators in an assignment, paper, project or

research.

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Plagiarism is, however, often misunderstood. There are numerous sources in the Internet that describe plagiarism and explain acceptable ways for using borrowed words. Students should explore the relevant materials. Below is an excerpt from the University and University College Act 1971, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Discipline of Students, Rule 1999 regarding prohibition against plagiarism (Part II, Provision 6):

Prohibitions against plagiarism 6. (1) A student shall not plagiarise any idea, writing, data or

invention belonging to another person. (2) For the purpose of this rule, plagiarism includes: (a) the act of taking an idea, writing, data or invention of

another person and claiming that the idea, writing, data or invention is the result of one's own findings or creation; or

(b) an attempt to make out or the act of making out, in such a way, that one is the original source or the creator of an idea, writing, data or invention which has actually been taken from some other source.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of sub rule (2), a student

plagiarises when he/she: (a) publishes, with himself/herself as the author, an

abstract, article, scientific or academic paper, or book which is wholly or partly written by some other person;

(b) incorporates himself/herself or allows himself/herself to be incorporated as a co-author of an abstract, article, scientific or academic paper, or book, when he/she has not at all made any written contribution to the abstract, article, scientific or academic paper, or book;

(c) forces another person to include his/her name in the list of co-researchers for a particular research project or in the list of co-authors for a publication when he/she has not made any contribution which may qualify him/her as a co-researcher or co-author;

(d) extract academic data which are the result of research undertaken by some other person, such as laboratory findings or field work findings or data obtained through library research, whether published or unpublished, and incorporate those data as part of his/her academic research without giving due acknowledgement to the actual source;

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(e) uses research data obtained through collaborative work

with some other person, whether or not that other person is a staff member or a student of the University, as part of another distinct personal academic research of his/her, or for a publication In his/her own name as sole author, without obtaining the consent of his/her co-researchers prior to embarking on his/her personal research or prior to publishing the data;

(f) transcribes the ideas or creations of others kept in whatever form, whether written, printed or available in electronic form, or in slide form, or in whatever form of teaching or research apparatus, or in any other form, and claims whether directly or indirectly that he/she is the creator of that idea or creation;

(g) translates the writing or creation of another person from one language to another whether or not wholly or partly, and subsequently presents the translation in whatever form or manner as his/her own writing or creation; or

(h) extracts ideas from another person's writing or creation and makes certain modifications without due reference to the original source and rearranges them in such a way that it appears as if he/she is the creator of those ideas.

(c) Fabrication

Unauthorised invention, alteration, falsification or misleading use of data, information or citation in any academic work constitutes fabrication. Fabricated information neither represent the student's own effort nor the truth concerning a particular investigation or study thus violates the principle of truth seeking in knowledge. Some examples are:

• Making up or changing of data or result, or using someone else's result, in

an experiment, assignment or research. • Citing sources that are not actually used or referred to. • Intentional listing of incorrect or fictitious references. • Falsifying of academic records or documents to gain academic advantage. • Forging signatures of authorisation in any academic record or other

university document.

(d) Collusion The School does not differentiate between those who commit an act of academic dishonesty with those who knowingly allow or help others in performing those acts. Some examples of collusion include:

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• Paying, bribing or allowing someone to do an assignment, test/exam, project or research for you.

• Doing or assisting others in an assignment, test/exam, project or research for something in return.

• Permitting your work to be submitted as the work of others. • Providing material, information, or sources to others knowing that such

aids could be used in any dishonest act.

(e) Unfair Advantage A student may obtain an unfair advantage over another, which is also a breach of academic integrity, in several ways including: • Gaining access to, stealing, reproducing or circulating of test or exam

material prior to its authorised time. • Depriving others of the use of library material by stealing, defacing,

destroying or hiding it. • Intentionally interfering with other's effort to do their academic work. • Altering or destroying work or computer files/programmes that belong to

others or those that are meant for the whole class.

(f) Consequences of Violating Academic Integrity

Both students and academic staff must assume the responsibility of protecting and upholding the academic integrity of the university. In the event that a student encounters any incident that denotes academic dishonesty, the student is expected to report it to the relevant lecturer. The lecturer is then responsible to substantiate the violation and is encouraged to confront the perpetrator(s) to discuss the facts surrounding the allegation, and report the matter to the Deputy Deans or the Dean of the School. If the lecturer found that the student is guilty, an appropriate punitive grading may be applied, depending on the extent of the violation. Examples of punitive grading are giving lower grade or "F" on the assignment, test, project, or lower grade or "F" for the whole course. If the violation is deemed serious by the lecturer, the matter will be brought to the attention of the University Disciplinary Authority where appropriate action will be taken. If a student is caught in an examination, the University Examination Board will pursue the matter according to the university's procedure. The consequence then may range from a warning, fine not exceeding RM200, exclusion from any specific part or parts of the University for a specified period, suspension from being a student of the University for a specified period, or expulsion from the University (University and University College Act 1971, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Discipline of Students, Rule 1999).

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Below is an excerpt from the University and University College Act 1971, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Discipline of Students, Rule 1999 regarding Disciplinary Punishment (Part II, Provision 48):

Disciplinary punishment 48. A student who commits a disciplinary offense under these Rules

and found guilty of the offense can be punished according to any one or any two or more of the following appropriate actions; (a) warning; (b) fine not more than two hundred ringgit; (c) banned from entering any or certain premises of the

University for a specified period; (d) suspended from being a student of the University for a

specified period; (e) dismissed from the University

2.6 USM Mentor Programme Mentor Programme acts as a support-aid that involves the staff undergoing special training as a consultant and guide to USM community who would like to share their feelings and any psychosocial aspects that could harm their social functions. This programme manages psychosocial issues in a more effective manner and finally could improve the well-being of individuals in order to achieve life of better quality. Objectives (a) As a co-operation and mutual assistance mechanism for dealing with stress,

psychosocial problems and many more in order to reinforce the well-being of the USM community.

(b) To inculcate the spirit of unity and the concept of helping one another by appointing a well-trained mentor as a social agent who promotes caring society for USM

(c) To produce more volunteers to assist those who need help (d) To prevent damages in any psychosocial aspects before they reach a critical

stage. For more information, please visit www.usm.my/mentor

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2.7 Student Exchange Programme (a) Study Abroad Scheme

The student exchange programme is an opportunity for USM students to study one or two semesters abroad at any USM partners institutions. Ideally, students are encouraged to participate in the exchange programme within their third to fifth semester (3 years degree programme) and within third to seventh semester (4 years degree programme). Studies abroad are planned beforehand with the Dean or Deputy Dean of the respective School, and with the International Office. Credits earned at an associate university are transferable as a part of credit accumulation for graduation.

(b) Student Exchange Programme between Local Higher Education Institutions (RPPIPT)

The aim of this programme is to give opportunity to USM students to pursue their studies for a semester or for one academic session at other Universities in Malaysia. Through this programme, the students can transfer their credits for the courses taken at that University. For more information, please visit http://www.usm.my/io

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3.0 UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Summary of University Requirements

Students are required to take 15 - 22 units of the following University/Option courses for University requirements:

University Requirements Unit

1 Bahasa Malaysia 2

2 English Language 4

3 Local Students • Islamic and Asian Civilisations (TITAS) (2 Units) • Ethnic Relations (2 Units) • Core Entrepreneurship* (2 Units) International Students • Malaysian Studies (4 Units) • Option/Bahasa Malaysia/English Language (2 Units)

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4 Third Language/Co-Curriculum /Skill Course/Options Students have to choose one of the followings:

• Third Language Package • Co-Curiculum** (1-6 units) • Skill Course/Options

3 – 10

Total 15 – 22

* Students from Schools which have a similar course as this are exempted from following this course. The units should be replaced by an option course.

** Students from the School of Education are required to choose a uniformed body co-curriculum package. Students from the School of Medical Sciences and School of Dentistry are required to register two (2) units of Co-Curiculum course in year Two. Students from the School of Health Sciences are required to register one (1) unit of Co-Curiculum course.

Details of the University requirements are given in the following sections.

3.2 Bahasa Malaysia

(a) Local Students The requirements are as follows:

• LKM300/2 - Bahasa Malaysia III

This course is for students who do not possess credit grades in the Bahasa Melayu subject at the SPM level. These students are required to take and

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pass with a minimum grade of C in LKM300 as prerequisite (type Z) and then pass with the minimum grade of C LKM400 - Bahasa Malaysia IV.

• LKM400/2 - Bahasa Malaysia IV

All Malaysian students must take and pass LKM400 with a minimum grade of C in order to graduate.

Entry requirements for Bahasa Malaysia are as follows:

No Qualification Grade Level of

Entry Type Units Status

1. SPM/MCE/SC (or equivalent qualification)

Pass LKM300 Z 2 Prerequisite

2. (a) LKM 300 (b) SPM/MCE/SAP (or equivalent qualification)(c) STPM/HSC (or equivalent qualification)

A - C1 - 6

P/S

LKM400

U

2

Compulsory

Graduation requirement

Note: To obtain credit units for Bahasa Malaysia courses, a minimum grade of C is required.

Students may obtain advice from the School of Languages, Literacies and Translation if they

have different Bahasa Malaysia qualification from the above.

(b) International Students • International students pursuing Bachelor’s degrees in Science, Accounting,

Arts (ELLS), Education (TESL) and Housing, Building and Planning. All international students in this category are required to take the following

courses:

Code Type Units LKM100 U 2

• International students (non-Indonesian) pursuing Bachelor’s degrees in

Arts International students in this category are required to take and pass three

Intensive Malay Language courses before they commence their Bachelor’s degree programmes. The Bahasa Malaysia graduation requirement for this category of students is as follows:

Code Type Units

LKM300 U 2 LKM400 Z 2

• International students (Indonesian) pursuing Bachelor’s degree in Arts.

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The Bahasa Malaysia graduation requirement for this category of students is as follows:

Code Type Units

LKM200 U 2 LKM300 U 2 LKM400 Z 2

Note: Students must pass with a minimum grade of C for type U courses and no minimum

grade is required for type Z course (LKM400) for international students.

3.3 English Language

All Bachelor’s degree students must take 4 units of English Language courses in fulfillment of the University requirement for graduation. (a) Entry Requirements for English Language Courses

No English Language Qualification

Grade Level of Entry

Status

1. *MUET LSP401/402/403/404 †Discretion of Dean

Band 6 A - C

LHP 451/452/453/454/455/456/457/458/459

Compulsory/ Option/Type U

(2 Units)

2. *MUET LSP300 †Discretion of Dean

Band 5 A - C

LSP 401/402/403/

404

Compulsory/ Type U

(2 Units)

3. *MUET LMT100 †Discretion of Dean

Band 4 A - C

LSP300 Compulsory/ Type U

(2 Units)

4. *MUET †Discretion of Dean

Band 3/2/1

(Score 0 - 179)

LMT100/ Resit MUET

Pre-requisite/ Type Z

(2 Units)

* MUET: Malaysia University English Test. † Students may obtain advice from the School of Languages, Literacies and Translation if

they have different English Language qualification from the above. Note:

• Students are required to accumulate four (4) units of English for graduation. • In order to obtain units in English Language courses, students have to pass with a

minimum grade of C. • Students with a Score 260 - 300 (Band 6) in MUET must accumulate the 4 units of English from the courses in the post-advanced level (LHP451/452/453/454/455/456/457/ 458/459*). They can also take foreign language courses to replace their English language units but they must first obtain a written consent from the Dean of the School of Languages, Literacies and Translation.

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(Please use the form that can be obtained from the School of Languages, Literacies and Translation.)

[*The number of units for LHP457 is 4 and for LHP451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 458 and 459 is 2.]

• Students with a score of 179 and below in MUET are required to resit MUET to improve their score to Band 4 or take LMT100 and pass with a minimum grade of C.

(b) English Language Courses (Compulsory English Language Units)

The English Language courses offered as University courses are as follows:

No Code/Unit Course Title School (If Applicable) 1. LMT100/2 Preparatory English Students from all Schools

2. LSP300/2 Academic English Students from all Schools

3. LSP401/2 General English School of Education Studies (Arts) School of Fine Arts School of Humanities School of Social Sciences

4. LSP402/2 Scientific and Medical English

School of Biological Sciences School of Physics School of Chemical Sciences School of Mathematical Sciences School of Industrial Technology School of Education Studies (Science) School of Medical Sciences School of Health & Dental Sciences School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

5. LSP403/2 Business and Communication English

School of Management School of Communication

6. LSP404/2 Technical and Engineering English

School of Computer Sciences School of Housing, Building and Planning Schools of Engineering

7. LDN 101/2 English For Nursing I

School of Health Sciences

8. LDN 201/2 English For Nursing II

School of Health Sciences

3.4 Local Students - Islamic and Asian Civilisations/Ethnic Relations/Core Entrepreneurship

(a) Islamic and Asian Civilisations (The course is conducted in Bahasa

Malaysia) The following course is compulsory to pass (with a minimum grade of C):

HTU 223 – Islamic and Asian Civilisation (TITAS) (2 units)

School of Languages, Literacies and Translations

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This course aims to increase students’ knowledge on history, principles, values, main aspect of Malay civilization, Islamic civilization and its culture. With the academic exposure to cultural issues and civilization in Malaysia, it is hoped that students will be more aware of issues that can contribute to the cultivation of the culture of respect and harmony among the plural society of Malaysia.

Among the topics in this course are Interaction among Various Civilization, Islamic Civilization, Malay Civilization, Contemporary Challenges faced by the Islamic and Asian Civilization and Islamic Hadhari Principles.

(b) Ethnic Relations (The course is conducted in Bahasa Malaysia) The following course is compulsory to pass (with a minimum grade of C):

SHE 101 – Ethnic Relations (2 units)

This course is an introduction to ethnic relations in Malaysia. This course is designed with 3 main objectives: (1) to introduce students to the basic concept and the practices of social accord in Malaysia, (2) to reinforce basic understanding of challenges and problems in a multi-ethnic society, and (3) to provide an understanding and awareness in managing the complexity of ethnic relations in Malaysia. At the end of this course, it is hoped that students will be able to identify and apply the skills to issues associated with ethnic relations in Malaysia.

(c) Core Entrepreneurship (The course is conducted in Bahasa Malaysia)

The following course is compulsory to pass (with a minimum grade of C):

WUS 101 – Core Entrepreneurship (2 units)

This course aims to provide basic exposure to students in the field of entrepreneurship and business, with emphasis on the implementation of the learning aspects while experiencing the process of executing business projects in campus. The mode of teaching is through interactive lectures, practical, business plan proposal, execution of entrepreneurial projects and report presentations. Practical experiences through hands-on participation of students in business projects management will generate interest and provide a clearer picture of entrepreneurship world. The main learning outcome is the assimilation of culture and entrepreneurship work ethics in their everyday life. This initiative is made to open the minds and arouse the spirit of entrepreneurship among target groups that possess the potentials to become successful entrepreneurs. By exposing entrepreneurial knowledge to all students, it is hoped that it will accelerate the effort to increase the number of middle class entrepreneurs in the country.

For more information, please refer to the Co-curriculum Program Reference Book.

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3.5 International Students - Malaysian Studies/Option

(a) Malaysian Studies

The following course is compulsory to pass (with a minimum grade of C) for all international students:

SEA205E - Malaysian Studies (4 Units)

This course investigates the structure of the Malaysian system of government and the major trends in contemporary Malaysia. Emphasis will be given both to current issues in Malaysian politics and the historical and economic developments and trends of the country. The discussion begins with a review of the independence process. An analysis of the formation and workings of the major institutions of government – parliament, judiciary, bureaucracy, and the electoral and party systems will follow this. The scope and extent of Malaysian democracy will be considered, especially in light of current changes and developments in Malaysian politics. The second part of the course focuses on specific issues: ethnic relations, national unity and the national ideology; development and political change; federal-state relations; the role of religion in Malaysian politics; politics and business; Malaysia in the modern world system; civil society; law, justice and order; and directions for the future.

(b) Option/Bahasa Malaysia/English Language (2 Units)

International students need to fulfill a further 2 units of option course or additional Bahasa Malaysia/English Language course.

3.6 Third Language/Co-Curriculum/Skill Courses/Options Students have to choose one of the followings (A/B/C):

(A) Third Language Package (6 Units)

Third Language Courses are offered as University courses. They are offered as a package of three (3) levels, 2 units per level. The total number of units per package is 6. Students are requested to complete all levels (3 semesters). The packages offered are as follows:

Commn. Arabic

Commn.Chinese

Commn.Japanese

Commn. German

Commn. Korean

LTA100/2 LTC100/2 LTJ100/2 LTG100/2 LTK100/2 LTA200/2 LTC200/2 LTJ200/2 LTG200/2 LTK200/2 LTA300/2 LTC300/2 LTJ300/2 LTG300/2 LTK300/2

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Commn. French

Commn.Russian

Commn.Spanish

Commn. Tamil

Commn. Thai

LTP100/2 LTR100/2 LTE100/2 LTT100/2 LTS100/2 LTP200/2 LTR200/2 LTE200/2 LTT200/2 LTS200/2 LTP300/2 LTR300/2 LTE300/2 LTT300/2 LTS300/2

(B) Uniformed/Seni Silat Cekak Co-Curriculum Package (4 - 6 Units)

Students who choose to take packaged co-curriculum courses are required to complete all levels of the package. It is compulsory for students from the School of Education to choose a uniformed body co-curriculum package from the list below (excluding Seni Silat Cekak). The co-curriculum packages offered are as follows:

• Armed Uniformed/Seni Silat Cekak Co-Curriculum Package (6 Units) (3

years)

PALAPES Tentera Darat

(Army)

PALAPESTentera Laut

(Navy)

PALAPES Tentera Udara

(Air Force)

SUKSIS (Student Police

Volunteer)

Seni Silat Cekak

WTD102/2 WTL102/2 WTU102/2 WPD101/2 WCC123/2

WTD202/2 WTL202/2 WTU202/2 WPD201/2 WCC223/2

WTD302/2 WTL302/2 WTU302/2 WPD301/2 WCC323/2

• Unarmed Uniformed Co-Curriculum Package (4 Units) (2 Years)

Kelana Siswa (Rover Training)

Bulan Sabit Merah(Red Crescent)

Ambulans St. John (St. John Ambulance)

WLK101/2 WBM101/2 WJA101/2 WLK201/2 WBM201/2 WJA201/2

• Unarmed Uniformed Co-Curriculum Package (2 Units) (1 Year)

SISPA (Siswa Siswi Pertahanan Awam) (Public Defense) (offered in Health Campus only)

WLK101/2 WLK201/2

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(C) Co-Curriculum/Skill Course/Options (1 – 6 Units)

All students are encouraged to follow the co-curriculum courses and are given a maximum total of 6 units for Community Service, Culture, Sports, Innovation & Initiatives and Leadership (Students from the School of Medical Sciences and School of Dentistry are required to register for two (2) units of Co-Curriculum course in Year Two). (Students from the School of Health Sciences must take at least one of the co-curriculum courses while those from the School of Education must take the uniformed co-curriculum package [excluding Seni Silat Cekak]). Students who do not enroll for any co-curriculum courses or who enroll for only a portion of the 3 units need to replace these units with skill/option courses. The co-curriculum, skill and option courses offered are as follows:

(i) Community Service, Culture, Sports, Innovation & Initiatives and

Leadership Co-Curriculum Courses

Packaged (Students are required to complete all levels)

Community Service (2 Years)

Jazz Band(3 Years)

Karate (3 Years)

Taekwondo (3 Years)

WKM101/1 WCC108/1 WSC108/1 WSC115/1 WKM201/1 WCC208/1 WSC208/1 WSC215/1

WCC308/1 WSC308/1 WSC315/1 Non-Packaged (1 Semester)

Culture Sports WCC103/1 - Painting WSC105/1 - Volley Ball WCC105/1 - Gamelan WSC106/1 - Golf WCC107/1 - Guitar WSC110/1 - Archery WCC109/1 - Choir WSC111/1 - Table Tennis WCC110/1 - Handcrafting WSC112/1 - Swimming WCC115/1 - Modern Dance WSC113/1 - Aerobic WCC116/1 - Traditional Dance WSC114/1 - Squash WCC117/1 - Modern Theatre WSC116/1 - Tennis WCC118/1 - Malay Shadow Play WSC119/1 - Badminton

WCC119/1 - Basic Qigong Exercise WSC122/1 - SCUBA Diving

WCC219 - Intermediate Qigong Exercise)

WSC123/1 - Cricket

WCC124/1 - Kompang Berlagu WCC124/1 - Sepak Takraw WCC122/1 - Culinary Art WSC 125/1 - Futsal WCC127/1 - Nasyid Musical Art WSC 126/1 - Netball

Innovation & Initiative Leadership WCC120/1 - Batik Painting WSC 127/1 - Event Management 1

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(ii) HTV201/2 - Teknik Berfikir (Thinking Techniques) (iii) Other option/skill courses as recommended or required by the respective

school (if any) (iv) English Language Courses

The following courses may be taken as university courses to fulfill the compulsory English Language requirements (for Band 5 and Band 6 in MUET) or as skill/option courses:

No Code/Unit Course Title 1. LHP451/2 Effective Reading 2. LHP452/2 Business Writing 3. LHP453/2 Creative Writing 4. LHP454/2 Academic Writing 5. LHP455/2 English Pronunciation Skills 6. LHP456/2 Spoken English 7. LHP457/4 Speech Writing and Public Speaking 8. LHP458/2 English for Translation

(Offered only in Semester II) 9. LHP459/2 English for Interpretation

(Offered only in Semester I)

WCC121/1 - Calligraphic Art WSC 227/1 - Event Management 2

WCC125/1 - Traditional Kite Art WCC128 - Embroidery & Beads

Sequins Art

WCC 130 - Digital SLR Photography Art

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(v) Foreign Language Courses

The foreign language courses offered by the School of Languages, Literacies and Translation can be taken by students as option or compulsory courses to fulfill the number of units required for graduation. Students are not allowed to register for more than one foreign language course per semester. They must complete at least two levels of a foreign language course before they are allowed to register for another foreign language course. However, students are not required to complete all four levels of one particular foreign language course. The foreign language courses offered are as follows:

Arabic Chinese Japanese German Spanish

LAA100/2 LAC100/2 LAJ100/2 LAG100/2 LAE100/2 LAA200/2 LAC200/2 LAJ200/2 LAG200/2 LAE200/2 LAA300/2 LAC300/2 LAJ300/2 LAG300/2 LAE300/2 LAA400/2 LAC400/2 LAJ400/2 LAG400/2 LAE400/2

French Thai Tamil Korean Russian LAP100/2 LAS100/2 LAT100/2 LAK100/2 LAR100/2 LAP200/2 LAS200/2 LAT200/2 LAK200/2 LAP300/2 LAS300/2 LAT300/2 LAK300/2 LAP400/2 LAS400/2

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5.0 MINOR PROGRAMMES

Students from the School of Management, majoring in Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behaviour and Operations Management must minor in a Minor programme offered by another school. The total number of units to be accumulated is 20. The minor programmes that may be taken by these students are as follows: (1) Economics, Political Science, South East Asian Studies, Psychology (School of

Social Sciences). (2) Computer Science, Information Technology (School of Computer Sciences). (3) Communication Studies, Science and Environmental Journalism (School of

Communication), (4) Islamic Studies, English Language, Translation and Interpretation (School of

Humanities). (5) Japanese Language Studies, Chinese Language Studies and Communicative

Arabic (School of Languages, Literacies and Translation).

5.1 (a) Graduation Structure

Students are required to accumulate 136 unit for Bachelor of Management. Students are required to obtain a minimum of 6 semester. The distribution of the units shown in Chart 1 for Finance, Operations Management, Marketing, Organizational Behaviour and International Business major.

(b) Offering Course Structure

Structure course offering for all fields is shown in Chart 1. Students are required to register/pass Core Course, Common Core Courses, Major Courses, Minor/Elective Courses and University Courses.

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5.1.1 The Curriculum Structure

Chart 1: The Bachelor of Management Degree Structure

Courses/Level

100

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Programme Finance Operation Management

Organizational Behaviour Marketing and

International Business Total

Common Core 27 1 9 18 3 67 Major Core - 8 8 4 20 Minor* - 8 8 4 20* Elective - - 4 4 8 University Courses COMPULSORY

Malay Language - - - 2 2 English Language - - 2 2 4 Islamic Civilization and Asian Civilizations (TITAS)

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Ethnic Relations - 2 - - 2 Co-curriculum/Option - 1 1 1 3 Skill Courses/Option - 1 1 - 2 OPTION (choose one): 1. Third Language or 2. English Language

Courses 2 2 2 - 6

(i) LHP 456 – Spoken English and

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(ii) LHP 457 – Speech Writing and Public Speaking

- 4 - - 4

21 Total: 136

* Minor package should be taken according to the offering by the respective schools.

** Minor package for International Business are as follows:

1. Japanese or 2. Mandarin

Student may register any level of course.

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5.1.2 The Curriculum Structure (International Student)

Chart 2: The Bachelor of Management Degree Structure

Courses/Level

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Programme Finance Operation Management

Organizational Behaviour Marketing and

International Business Total

Common Core 3 67 Major Core - 8 8 4 20 Minor* - 8 8 4 20* Elective - - 4 4 8 University Courses COMPULSORY (i) Malay Language –

International Student (non-Indonesian)

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(ii) Indonesian Student - 2 (u) 2 (u) 2 (z) 4 English Language - - 2 2 4 Co-curriculum/Option - 1 1 1 3 Skill Courses/Option - 1 1 - 2 Malaysian Studies - 4 - - 4 OPTION (choose one) 1. Third Language;

or 2 2 2 - 6

2. English Language Courses

(i) LHP 456 – Spoken English and

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(ii) LHP 457 – Speech Writing and Public Speaking

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21 Total: 136

* Minor package should be taken according to the offering by the respective schools.

** Minor package for International Business are as follows:

1. Japanese or 2. Mandarin

Student may register any level of course.

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5.2 COURSE CODE Each course has a course code which is made up of 3 alphabets and 3 numbers.

Its explanation is as follows:- A X Y n n n

A = School of Management

Serial Number

Course Status: 0 = Compulsory 1 = Option: Major/Elective

Course Level: 1 = Level 100 courses 2 = Level 200 courses 3 = Level 300 courses 4 = Level 400 courses

Type of Course: P = Option/Elective W = Compulsory

Course Categories: P = Operations Management F = Finance O = Organisational Behaviour M = Marketing T = Core I = International Business

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Table 1: Area of Courses Offered

COMMON CORE (67 UNIT)

Code/Course Units

Course Title

ATW103/3 Business Law ATW104/4 Introduction to Management ATW107/3 Microeconomics ATW108/3 Macroeconomics ATW111/3 Financial Accounting

ATW112E/2 Business Communication I ATW113E/2 Business Communication II ATW124/3 Introduction to Managerial Psychology ATW125/4 Business Statistics ATW202/3 Business Research Method ATW211/3 Accounting Management ATW223/3 Operations Management ATW241/3 Principles of Marketing ATW251/3 Organizational Behaviour ATW262/4 Principles of Finance ATW306/8 Practical Training

ATW393E/4 Strategic Management ATW394/3 Business Ethics ATW395/3 International Business ATW401/3 Entrepreneurship

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5.3 Major Programmes

MAJOR CORE: CHOOSE 1 FROM THE FOLLOWING 5 MAJOR PROGRAMMES BELOW:

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT [MAJOR COURSES - 20 UNIT]

FINANCE[MAJOR COURSES - 20 UNIT]

Course Code/Unit

Course Title CourseCode/Unit

Course Title

APW301/3 Management Science AFW360/3 Corporate Finance APW302E/3 Management

Information System AFW362/3 Management of Financial

Institutions and Markets

APW373/4 Quality Management AFW364/3 Analysis of Financial Statement

APW379/4 Project Management and Facility Location

AFW365E/3 International Finance

APW380/3 Material Management AFW368/4 Financial Derivative

APW382/3 Global Supply Chain Management

AFW369E/4 Security Investment & Portfolio Management

Elective Course (8 Unit) Elective Course (8 Unit) AOW358/4 Human Resource

Management AFP311/4 Economic Finance

AFP367/4 Islamic Finance AFP312/4 Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital

AFW369E/4 Security Investment & Portfolio Management

AFP313/4 Personal Finance

APP378/4 Technology and Innovation Management

AFP314/4 Public Finance

APP381/4 Service Operation Management

AFP367/4 Islamic Finance

APP396E/4 Electronic Commerce ATU397/4 Management Project ATU397/4 Management Project AFP372E/4 Econometrics in Finance

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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR [Major Courses - 20 Unit]

MARKETING [ Major Courses - 20 Unit]

Course Code/Unit

Course Title Course Code/Unit

Course Title

AOW353/3 Organizational Theory AMW342/4 Services Marketing

AOW355/3 Industrial Relations AMW345/4 Marketing Research

AOW356E/3 International Management AMW346/4 Intergrated Marketing Communication

AOW358/4 Human Resource Management

AMW347E/4 Strategic Marketing

AOW359/4 Organizational Development

AMW354/4 Consumer Behaviour

AOW360/3 Management Psychology

Elective Course - 8 Unit Elective Course - 8 Unit

AFP367/4 Islamic Finance AMP346E/4 International Marketing

AMW345/4 Marketing Research AMW348 /4 Retailing

AOP361/4 Compensation & Benefits Management

AMP350/4 Marketing Management Project

APP378/4 Technology and Innovation Management

AMP351/4 Seminar on Marketing Issue

APP396E/4 Electronic Commerce AMP352/4 Internet Marketing

ATU397/4 Management Project AMP353/4 Brand Marketing

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS [Major Courses 24 Unit]

Course Code/Unit

Course Title

AIW301/3 International Corporate Finance

AIW302/4 Internationalisation of New Venture

AIW303/3 International Trade Law

AIW311/4 Cultural Environment of International Business

AIW351/4 International Human Resource Management

*AMP346E/4 International Marketing

AIW356E/3 International Management

Elective Course 4 Unit

ACE465/3 Social and Environmental Accounting

AIP398/4 International Management Studies

AIP359/4 International Business Strategy

AMP352/4 Internet Marketing

APP381/4 Service Operation Management

APW373/4 Quality Management

* This course is COMPULSORY for student majoring in International Business

but ELECTIVE for other students.

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For each minor programme recommended, the package of courses is as follows:

5.4 School of Social Sciences

5.4.1 Economics

Compulsory [8 units]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

SEW211/4 Microeconomics I

SEW213/4 Macroeconomics I

Optional [12 units] Choose 3 courses

SEU225/4 Development Economics

SEU226/4 Labour Economy

SEU228/4 Malaysian Economy

SEU229/4 Islamic Economy

Note: Students from the School of Management must have registered for ATW107/3 Microeconomics and ATW108/3 Macroeconomics.

5.4.2 Political Science

Compulsory [12 units]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

SKW103/4 Introduction to Political Science

SPW202/4 International Relations

SPW206/4 Philosophy of Politics

Optional [8 units] Choose 2 course

SPU206/4 Malaysian Government and Politics

SPU207E/4 Foundation of Public Policies

SPU303/4 Administration of Development

SPU311/4 Third World Ideologies

SPU312/4 Theory and Practice of Conflict Resolution

SPU313/4 Selection Issues in North-South Relations

SPU314E/4 International and Regional Government Politics

SPU315E/4 Public Sector Administration

SPU316/4 South East Asian Politics SPU317/4 Malaysian Political Economy

SPU318E/4 Democratic Government

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5.4.3 Southeast Asian Studies

Optional [20 unit] Choose 5 courses

Course Code/Units

Course Title

HST241/4 Modern History of Southeast Asia

SEA301/4 Politics and Regionalism in ASEAN

SEA302/4 Economic Transformation in Southeast Asia

SEA303/4 Societies and Culture of the Nusantara

SEA304/4 Southeast Asian Art and Heritage

SEA305/4 Contemporary Malaysia

SEA306/4 Independent Studies

5.4.4 Psychology

Compulsory [4 units]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

STU241/4 Basic Psychology

Optional [16 unit] Choose 4 courses

STU241/4 Health Psychology

STU242/4 Social Psychology

STU243/4 Psychology Development

STU244/4 Abnormal Psychology

STU342/4 Healing Therapy

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5.5 School of Science Computers

5.5.1 Computer Science

Compulsory [10 units]

Course Code/Units

Course Tit le

CPM111/3 Principles of Programming

CPM213/3 Programming Methodology & Data Structures

CMM222/4 Database Organisation & Design

Optional [10 unit ] Choose 4 courses

CMM321/4 System Analysis & Design

CPM313/3 Programming Language Concept & Paradigms

CPM314/3 Software Project Management Process & Evolution

CSM331/3 Data Communication & Networks

5.5.2 Information Technology

Compulsory [10 units]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

CPM111/3 Principles of Programming

CMM221/3 Multimedia Systems

CMM222/4 Database Organisation & Design

Optional [10 units]

CMM321/4 System Analysis & Design

CMM322/3 Information Systems Management Theory & Practice

CMM323/3 Web Engineering & Technology

CMM324/3 E-Business Strategy Architecture & Design

Note: (1) Students from the arts schools are encouraged to take the Information

Technology package. (2) Students who intend to minor in either Computer Science or Information

Technology must commence their minor studies in Year I Semester II.

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5.6 School of Communication

5.6.1 Communication Studies

Foundation [3 units] Choose 1 course

Course Code/Units

Course Title

YKT101/3 Introduction to Human Communication

YKT102/3 Introduction to Mass Communication

YKT103/3 Communication and Society

Common Core Courses (8 units)

YKT111/4 Communication Theories and Research I

YKT112/4 Communication for Social Development

Major Courses (9 units) Choose 3 courses

YFP324/3 Cinematic Studies

YFP321/3 Television Studies

YBP223/3 Advertising

YBP224/3 Public Relations

YWP215/3 Introduction to Journalism

YFP222/3 Script and Screen Play Writing

YBP326/3 Corporate Communination

YBP327/3 Media Management

Note: Students are required to accumulate 20 units in total. The distribution of the units is as follows: Foundation : 3 units Common Core : 8 units Major Core : 9 units

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5.6.2 Science and Environmental Journalism

Core [3 units] - Choose 1 course

Course Code/Units

Course Title

YKT102/3 Introduction to Mass Communication

YKT103/3 Communication and Society

Core [10 units]

YWP221/3 Journalism I (compulsory)

YWP325/3 Scientific Writing and Reporting (compulsory)

YKT112/4 Communication for Social Development

or

YKT214/4 Communication Technology

Optional (3 units)

YWP223/3 Feature Writing

YWP324/3 Media, Science and the Environment

Note: Students are required to accumulate 16 units. The distribution of the units is as follows: Foundation : 3 units Common Core : 4 units Major Core : 9 units

5.7 School of Humanities

5.7.1 Islamic Studies

Minor [20 units]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

HIA101/4 Introduction to Islamic Studies

HIU122/4 Elaboration of the Islamic Creed: Concepts and Realisation HIS213/4 Sources and Principles of Islamic Law

Choose 2 courses [8 units]

HIS224/4 Islamic Family Institution

HIU225/4 Education and Moral Virtues in Islam

HIS315/4 Muamalat: Concept and Application

Note: Students intend to minor in Islamic Studies are required to obtain at least a Grade C in HIA101/4 Introduction to Islamic Studies .

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5.7.2 English Language

Minor [20 units]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

HEA101/4 Introduction to the English Language

HET123/4 A Study of Language

HET224/4 Style in New Literature in English

Choose 2 course s [8 units]

HET321/4 Writing for Professional Purposes

HXE308/4 English for Specific Purposes

HET322/4 Language, Power and Idelogy

5.7.3 Translation and Interpretation

Minor [20 units]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

HBT100/4 Introduction to Theories and Practices of Translation

HBT105/4 Translation Methods

HBT112/3 Malay and English Grammar and Editing Strategies

HBT206/3 Producing and Editing Translations

HBT302/3 Sociolinguistic and Translation

HBT305/4 Interpretation Project

5.8 School of Languages, Literacies and Translation

5.8.1 Japanese Language Studies

Compulsory [20 units]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

LLJ100/4 Elementary Japanese

LLJ200/4 Intermediate Japanese

LLJ300/4 Advanced Japanese I

LLJ400/4 Advanced Japanese II

LLJ401/4 Business Japanese (option course)

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5.8.2 Chinese Language Studies

Compulsory [20 unit]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

LLC100/4 Basic Chinese

LLC200/4 Intermediate Chinese

LLC300/4 Advanced Chinese I

LLC400/4 Advanced Chinese II

LLC401/4 Business Chinese

5.8.3 Communicative Arabic

Compulsory [20 unit]

Course Code/Units

Course Title

LLA100/4 Communicative Arabic I

LLA200/4 Communicative Arabic II

LLA300/4 Communicative Arabic III

LLA400/4 Communicative Arabic IV

LLA401/4 Business Arabic

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6.0 THE PROGRAMME STRUCTURE AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Basic Courses Basic courses are introductory courses or courses that build the foundation in a specific programme of study and as a result form the pre-requisite courses that are compulsory for all students of the programme. These courses are at the 100 and 200 levels that have been determined by the same programme of study or another programme of study that is related. These courses are common to all students of the programme of study. Core Courses There are two types of core courses in the Bachelor of Management programme. The first type is the common core courses and they are compulsory for all students. The second type is the major core courses that are compulsory for students who specialize in a particular field of specialization. Elective Courses Elective courses are those that enhance or support a particular specialization or major in a programme of study. These are courses at the 300 level for specific fields of specialization only. Minor Courses Minor courses are a package of courses in one area of specialization or a package of courses reserved for and offered to students of another programme of study. Students of the School of Management are encouraged to take minor programmes from the following fields: Economics, Psychology, TV and Film Production, Journalism, Computer Science, Translation, English and Islamic Studies. Optional Courses Optional courses are courses chosen by students from among those that are outside their program of study. The main objective of an Optional Course is as a substitute course for students who do not take Cocurriculum courses and Skill/Analysis courses. Audit Courses In principle, the university allows students to register for any courses on an audit basis for the purpose of enhancing the students knowledge in specific fields during the duration of theirs study. However, the units of any such audit courses will not be taken into consideration for graduation purposes.

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The registration procedures for courses on an audit basis are as follows:

[a] Students can register for courses on an audit basis for the purpose of augmenting his/her knowledge in specific fields. Registration for the said course must be done within the course registration week.

[b] Only students of active status are allowed to register for courses on an audit basis. [c] Courses registered for on an audit basis are designated as code Y courses. This

designation will be indicated on the relevant academic transcript. A space at the bottom of the academic transcript will be reserved for listing the courses registered for an audit basis.

[d] Courses registered for on an audit basis will not be taken into consideration in

determining the mínimum and máximum units of courses registered for. [e] Students must fulfill all course requirements. Students who register for courses

on an audit basis, are not obligated to sit for any examinations pertaining to that course. A grade R will be awarded irrespective as to whether the student had or had not sat for the examination.

[f] Commencing with the Academic Calender of 2009/10, registration for the Audit

subjects (designation code Y) shall no longer be allowed through E-Registration for all courses. The registration can only be performed during the official period of on-line registration (in person) at the office, at the respective Schools or Centres.

Course Prerequisites

Student are allowed to register for any course provided they fulfill the prerequisites of the course. There are 3 types of prerequisites. Pass (P) If a Pass in Course A is a prerequisite for Course B, then student must take Course A and obtain the mínimum of a Grade C before he/she is allowed to take Course B. Sequential (S) If Course A is a sequential prerequisite (S) for Course B, then a student must take Course A and sit for the examination before he/she allowed to take Course B. Concurrent (C) If Course A is a concurrent prerequisite for Course B, then a student must take Course A and sit for the examination at the same time as Course B.

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7.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

7.1 External Examiners

External examiners are appointed every year for the two degree programmes the Bachelor of Management and the Bachelor of Accounting. The role of external examiners includes an evaluation of the overall structure and running of the programmes, conducting discussions on related research projects, as well as inspecting the facilities/equipment at the School. The external examiners appointed include Professor Stephen T. Parkinson (University of Ulster), Professor Alan Geare (University of Otago), Professor John R. Grinyer (University of Dundee), Professor Mohd. Ismail bin Sayyed Ahmad (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Professor Barjoyai Bardai (UKM), Professor Zafar Uddin Ahmed (Nanyang Technological University) and Dr. Veerinderjeet Singh (Arthur Andersen & Co.).

7.2 Facilities

The School of Management offers the facilities/equipment required to support its teaching and learning programmes. Availability and provision of laptops, LCD projectors, a variety of software such as Acctrak, Amos, Idea etc., which enhances the presentation of lectures and seminars by the lecturers make this learning and teaching programmes more effective, interesting and impressive. There are three computer laboratories for teaching purposes and an PhD lounge for postgraduate students to use for discussion and revision sessions.

7.3 Career Options

The School of Management offers two degree programmes, i.e., Bachelor of Accounting and Bachelor of Management. In the Bachelor of Management degree programme, students may major in any of the following areas:

Finance Marketing Organizational Behaviour Operations Management International Business

Sensitive to enhancing the career options of its students and taking intoconsideration the views of professional and industrial practitioners, the School of Management has designed a firm curriculum. The success of thesecurriculum is evident and has resulted in increased opportunities for graduates to obtain employment in both the public and private sectors, e.g. as auditors in charted accounting firms.

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In addition, the job opportunities of the graduates of the Bachelor of Management degree programme are equally good. Many of the graduates of this School have built their careers in multinational companies such as Lever Brothers, Procter & Gambel and the Boston Consultant Group. A close analysis will reveal the fact that graduates of the Bachelor of Management degree programme who majored in Finance have an increased opportunity to work in the banking and financial securities industries. The Marketing major also guarantees a good income in the sales and advertising sectors while the Human Resource major graduates may get jobs in the public and private sectors in recruitment, training, public relations and operations. The Operational Management field is a new area that has been introduced taking into consideration the national economic development in the manufacturing and services sectors. This area of specialisation, specifically targets the hotel, transport, insurance, tourism and electronic industries. Graduates of the School of Management are successful in multinational companies such as Dell, Intel, Unico, Motorola and Hitachi. The School is proud to have produced graduates of caliber who are successful in their choosen current careers. One of our graduates is currently a Director of a bank in Cambodia and another a Brand Manager of Nestle. These graduates achievements prove their ability as well as complement the firm and the effective education received from dedicated and knowledgeable lecturers.

7.4 Alumni The graduates produced by the School of Management are highly professional and effective in fulfilling the needs of the country. The USM Management Alumni is proud of its achievements. Realising the need for the sense of belonging and nostalgia among management graduates, the Management Alumni has affiliated with the USM Alumni to:

Establish a close relationship in the Alumni in meetings that can strengthen the spirit of cooperation through activities and programmes.

Know the developments and success of the Management and Accounting Alumni.

Obtain feedback and suggestions from the Alumni on developing the management system and organisation administration.

Establish a close relationship between the Alumni and the School of Management through a smart partnership for the advancement of the school and its undergraduates as well as for research and development activities.

Internationalise the social activities implemented by the Alumni. Establish a Management Alumni that is location-based (Kuala Lumpur and

Sabah & Sarawak) to coordinate activities and programmes.

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The increase in the Management Alumni membership indicates that it has benefited the alumni as well as graduates of the Management and Accounting programmes. The School of Management hopes that all Alumni members are proud of it, for it can serve as a platform for the members to establish closer ties. The position of the Management Alumni at the Main Campus, with its many attractions will be able to inspire the development of the Management Alumni towards greater success. The Management Alumni can act as a catalyst in channelling information and as a platform for the sharing of ideas and visions for the benefit of religion, race and the nation.

7.5 Prizes and Dean’s Awards

The Gold Medal is awarded to the following students:

Anugerah Pelajaran Diraja oleh Majlis Raja-Raja Malaysia - For final year students who excel in all fields.

Hadiah Pingat Emas Tuanku Canselor (The Tuanku Chancellor Gold

Medal Award) - For the best final year student who excels in all fields.

Hadiah Pingat Emas USM (awarded by Persatuan Wanita USM)

The USM Gold Medal Award - For the best final year female student who excels in all fields.

Hadiah Pingat Emas ACCA (The ACCA Gold Medal Award)

- For the best final year student of the Bachelor of Accounting degree programme.

Dean’s List

- The Dean s Certificate is awarded to students who obtain a GPA of 3.5 and above every semester.

Book Prizes (awarded by CPA Australia)

- For the best first year student of the Bachelor of Accounting degree programme.

7.6 The Management Society

The Society is actively organising activities to fulfil the needs of management and accounting students. The objectives of establishing the School Society are as follows:

To demonstrate the ability of the School of Management, USM as a local academic school that is capable of producing Management graduats of high quality and calibre.

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To provide final year students with the opportunity to interact with corporate figures in career counselling and recruitment activities.

To establish close ties among students, members of the Management Society, USM Alumni and the university.

To prepare students with the opportunity to interact with international management students of other universities.

In line with this philosophy, the Committee has planned the following activities:

Interaction Day. Management Night. Management Week. Student Career Expo.

To respond to the countrys call for local universities to produce graduates who are not only experts in their fields of study but also possess other skills, the Management Society provides a platform for students to achieve this goal. Besides getting the opportunity to participate in activities such as career talks, career exhibitions and corporate image demonstrations that will increase their knowledge, members of the Society will also get hands-on experiences on planning, managing and implementing those activities on their own without depending on the university administration.

7.7 The Graduate Studies Programme The School of Management, being fully committed in implementing its graduate studies programmes and focused on of Masters and PhD programmes by research is evident from the impressive increase in the number of candidates and graduates since the introduction of the programmes. Master and Ph.D. Programmes by Research The Master s and Ph.D. by research programmes are offered on a full-time and part-time basis. The research clusters that have been identified by the School are as follows: • Enterprise Governance. • Leadership and Work Value. • Internationalisation. • Technology Management. • Consumer Market-based Research. • Finance Market-based Research. The School has been successful in getting both local and foreign students to register for its research programmes.

For details, please refer www.management.usm.my

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8.0 LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF COURSE

ATW103/3 - BUSINESS LAW This course exposes students to principles of business law as derived fromx case law and statute law. It is hoped that students will have a general understanding of those laws applicable to them in a business relationship, be it as an individual/ partner or in the context of the management and running of a business entity in the Malaysian business environment.

ATW104/4 - INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT The course aims to provide students with the theories, concepts, techniques and practices of modern management which are important in the context of the business world. It emphasizes four essential management functions: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Students are exposed to the most contemporary and up-to-date account of the changing management environment and management practices in real-life situations. ATW107/3 - MICROECONOMICS This course emphasizes on how market operation in order to understand how the economy system is functioning. While forming a coherent view on the economic reality, microeconomics provides techniques that may increase the role in developing public policy and individual decision-making. Other topics that will be discussed are the elasticity of demand and supply, system of economy, theory and cost of production, and advantages and disadvantages of a market structure.

ATW108/3 - MACROECONOMICS This course exposes the students to understand the macroeconomic environment in which businesses, households and governments operate. Consequently, students need to understand macroeconomic theory and be able to apply that theory in interpreting and analyzing macroeconomic information, events and policy

ATW111/3 - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING This course introduces the principles of financial accounting to students which encompasses basic accounting concept and model, accounting cycle, cash and internal control, sales debtors, purchase, creditors and goods cost sold, fixed asset, intangible asset and depreciation, inventory and partnership. ATW112E/2 - BUSINESS COMMUNICATION I This course has been designed to increase students’ awareness about the functions and significance of communication in the business world. This course focuses on the application of communication principles in achieving business objective. Special attention is given to developing listening and conversational skill.

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ATW113E/2 - BUSINESS COMMUNICATION II This course has been designed to increase students’ awareness about the functions and significance of communication in the business world. This course focuses on the application of communication principles in achieving business objective. Special attention is given to the development of writing and conversational skill.

ATW124/3 - INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY This course exposes students to managerial psychology. This course incorporates a study of the theories and research about basic managerial topics in psychology as well as their relationship to the psychological functioning of the individual as a social being. Students will develop an insight into managing themselves as well as working with and managing others, more effectively. Pre-requisite: Introduction to Management

ATW125/4 - BUSINESS STATISTICS This course aims to provide basic statistical method which is required in management studies. The concepts to be discussed in this course includes descriptive statistics, probability, probability distribution, sampling and sampling distribution, estimation, hypothesis testing (one and two populations), analysis of variance, chi square analysis, correlations and regression analysis and multiple regression. In doing analysis the student will also be exposed to the use of SPSS software.

ATW202/3 - BUSINESS RESEARCH METHOD This course is to give exposure to students regarding issues in research, formulation of problems, hypothesis, theories, research evaluation, research design, data measurement and collection, sampling, data analysis and research report writing. ATW211/3 - ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT This course aims to give a lead to students on planning, control and decision making are among several management main functions. The main focus of this course is to provide accounting information production to be used by managers in planning and supervising business operations and to make specific decision when necessary. Important account information is emphasized in this course is goods cost, activity, and budget.

ATW223/3 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT This course contains the theories and applications of operations management. It comprises strategies, tactics and operations of management of the transformation processes and the delivery of goods and services. Therefore, this course considers operations management problems and provides qualitative and quantitative solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

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ATW241/3 - PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING This course is an introduction of marketing course to students. It encompasses theory and marketing philosophy that focuses on elements such as product, price, place and promotion which is the foundation of marketing theory building. In addition students are also be given exposure how environmental factors such as technology development, consumer, marketing and global community can influence the practice of current marketing practices.

ATW251/3 - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge of the complex interplay between people and the organizations in which they work. It prepares them to appreciate how the findings of behavioral sciences can be applied to solve the problems involving human behavior in the workplace. Pre-requisite: ATW104/4: Introduction to Management

ATW262/4 - PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE This course exposes student to the function of finance. It also introduces the basic concepts in finance such as time value of money and; risk and return in order to make financial decisions.

ATW306/8 - PRACTICAL TRAINING Internship training course is compulsory to all third year, semester two students. This training is conducted for a period of six months. Students will be assigned in organisations to gain exposure, real work life experience and practices of management executives that cover various fileds such as marketing, international business, organisational behaviour, finance, operations and accounting. Students are also encouraged to do research collaboration that benefits both parties.

ATW393E/4 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT This course concentrates on the ways of formulating, implementing, and evaluating strategies. Strategic-management concepts and techniques are studied. Students will use the knowledge acquired from previous business courses, coupled with new strategic-management techniques learned, to chart the future direction of different organizations. Pre-requisite: Final Year Students Only. ATW394/3 - BUSINESS ETHICS This course examines how values and principles shape the conduct of business in our societies. Hence, it will focus on what businesses and professionals ought to engage in or not engage in rather than about how to stay out of jail. Nevertheless, legal implications too will be given some consideration. Pre-requisite: Final Year Students Only.

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ATW395/3 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS This course aims to introduce students to the issues of international business and globalization. Among the topics to be covered are international trade and investment, international financial markets, and managing international operations.

ATW401/3 - ENTREPRENEURSHIP This course introduces the concept of entrepreneurship and guide students through the process of creating a successful new venture. This course also provides a clear explanation of the process of entrepreneurship as well as the purpose of entrepreneurship. Pre-requisite: ATW251/3: Organisational Behaviour ATU397/4 - MANAGEMENT PROJECT This course is a basic research course for students who are keen to further develop their research skills. Students are given the opportunity to carry out an academic research the proper way. Knowledge in research method, basic statistics and research skills would be an added value for students taking this course. Pre-requisites: Marketing Research

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FINANCE AFW360/3 - CORPORATE FINANCE This course will give further exposure to the students to the basic concepts of finance like time value of money, valuation, and risk and return. These concepts will be applied in the indepth discussion on capital budgeting, dividend policy and capital structure. The students will learn how financial managers use finance concepts in making investment and financing decisions in order to maximize value. Besides, mergers and acquisitions, and international finance, will also be covered. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance AFW362/3 - MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS This course exposes students to the function of markets and financial institutions. The focus of the course is on the management of financial institutions, rules and regulations, plans and financial analysis. The course starts with topics related to financial markets. It also analyzes the basic issues such as credit, liquidity, capital and bank mergers. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance AFW364/3 - ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS This course emphasizes on how to manage and use the firm financial information and the financial concepts. These concepts are important in analyzing the financial data and making the decision from the economic perspective. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance AFW365E/4 - INTERNATIONAL FINANCE This course exposes students to international finance. Three dimensions distinguish international finance from ‘domestic’ finance. They are i) foreign exchange and political risks, ii) market imperfections, and iii) expanded opportunity sets. Financial managers should learn how to manage foreign exchange and political risk using proper tools and instruments, deal with (and take advantage of) market imperfections, and benefit from the expanded investment and financing opportunities. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance AFW368/4 - FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES This course provides understanding on financial derivatives transaction on concepts, techniques and strategies on futures market and options mainly on hedging, speculating and arbitraging activities. Emphasize on Bursa Malaysia derivatives instruments such as FTSE BM KLCI Index Futures, FCPO, KLIBOR, SSF and OKLI. Pre-requisites: Principles of Finance, Corporate Finance

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AFW369E/4 - SECURITIES INVESTMENT & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT This course is an introductory investment course. Students will be exposed to the available investment alternatives and to the theory and practice of investments and portfolio management. This course covers the primary financial securities – stocks, bonds, and derivatives, and methods for combining these underlying assets into a portfolio. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance AFP311/4 - FINANCIAL ECONOMICS This course introduces the students to the principles of money and its role in the economy. They are also exposed to the equilibrium interest rates determined by the supply and demand of money. The aim of financial policy, the implementation of financial policy by central bank, comparison between the views of Keynes and Monetarist on aggregate demand and the impacts of financial policy on output and inflation are also discussed. Pre-requisite: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics AFP312/4 - ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE AND VENTURE CAPITAL This course emphasizes on financial management of small and medium enterprises. It covers important components involving venture capital financing, financial performance, financial planning and financial strategy. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance AFP313/4 - PERSONAL FINANCE This course emphasizes on personal financial management. It focuses on cash management, trust fund, credit card, property financing, insurance and personal taxation. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance AFP314/4 - PUBLIC FINANCE This course introduces the students to the public finance management through the exposure to government policies in relation to increase in revenues and the impact on the provision of public services. Students are exposed to the impact of taxation, budget analysis, social insurance policy, health insurance and allocation of government income on development and welfare. The impact of policies is not only on urban residents but also on rural communities.

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AFP367/4 - ISLAMIC FINANCE This course explains the transformation of Islamic finance to be the one of the most viable and efficient alternative models of financial intermediation. This course also highlights types of challenges faced such as lack of standard financial products, regulatory disparities among regulators at the national level and the need for harmonized regulation across the globe. This course also exposes the students to several improvement plans so that the students could appreciate the development in contemporary Islamic banking and finance sectors. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance AFP372E/4 - ECONOMETRICS IN FINANCE This course focuses on the background and application of econometric techniques in the area of finance. The course will introduce basic econometric concept and expose students to the the various methods and models commonly found in empirical finance research. Broadly, the class lectures will cover the basic econometric concept, classical linear modeling assumptions, modern time sereis econometric, and modern developments in empirical finance research, especially in asset pricing, testing of market efficiency and anomalies based on Efficienct Market Hypothesis (EMH), and financial volatility modeling. Students will have an opportunity to learn and practise the econometric techniques learned in class through lab demotration. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand, apply, and interpret the results obtained from their analysis.

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MARKETING AMW342/4 - SERVICES MARKETING This course aims to introduce students to the skills of marketing the services particularly by service organizations. Students will be introduced with the marketing concepts and service model, to understand the importance planning processes, marketing strategies and promotional issues which are related to the supply of services. Pre-requisites: Principles of Marketing AMW345/4 - MARKETING RESEARCH This course provides understanding on the research techniques in the marketing functions. It involves design development, data source, data collection methodology, sampling, data analysis, preparation of research report and the importance of research in the decision making process. Pre-requisites: Principles of Marketing AMW346/4 - INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION This course emphasises the role and importance of integrated marketing communication as one of the promotion methods in marketing. Students will be exposed to how advertising is planned and implemented; media planning and selection; its use as a marketing tool in influencing consumer behaviour; copy and artwork preparation; advertising laws and regulations. Pre-requisites: Principles of Marketing AMW347E/4 - STRATEGIC MARKETING This course will introduce to student, understanding of strategic marketing management and its relationship with corporate strategy. Decision making analytical technique, strategic marketing analysis, internal and external situational analysis, strategic marketing models and marketing strategies would be discussed in this course. Pre-requisites: Principles of Marketing, Final Year Students Only AMW348/4 - RETAILING This course concentrates on the marketing issues of retailing. It covers the management of retailing institution (purchasing policy, pricing determination, management information system and sales person management). This course also discusses the influence of consumer behaviour, technological change and change of business structure in retailing. Pre-requisites: Principles of Marketing

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AMW354/4 - CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR This course involves the thoughts that people experience and the actions they perform in consummation processes. It also includes all elements in the environment that influence these thoughts, feelings and actions. These include comments from other consumers, advertisements, price information, packaging, product appearance, and many others. Pre-requisites: Principles of Marketing AMP346E/4 - INTERNATIONAL MARKETING This course aims to introduce students to the theories and activities of marketing management at the international level. Students should understand the effects of environmental factors and the organisations’ culture on the tendency to explore the international market, the method to enter the foreign market and planning necessary strategies. Pre-requisites: Principle of Marketing

AMP350/4 - MARKETING MANAGEMENT PROJECT This course is a basic research course for marketing student who are keen to further develop their research skill in marketing. Students are given the opportunity to carry out the proper way of conducting an academic research. Knowledge in research method, basic statistic and marketing research would be an added value for students taking this course. AMP351/4 - SEMINAR ON MARKETING ISSUE This course intends to expose students to become an informative manager to understand the importance of marketing and the way it functions for both products and services. This course stresses on the latest marketing issues such as consumer behaviour, technological change, social, political and legislation.

Pre-requisites: Principles of Marketing AMP352/4 - INTERNET MARKETING This course exposes students to internet function as one of the promotional tool in marketing field. Student can understand how marketing is handled effectively by using internet. Overall, this course enables students to understand and apply internet-based marketing to decide about problems in marketing management in an integrated manner. Pre-requisites: Principles of Marketing

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AMP353/4 - BRAND MARKETING This course focuses on the role of branding and the importance of integrated branding as a combination method in marketing field. Students will be exposed to brand planning and selection, the link with consumer behaviour, segmentation, and positioning of goods and services. Pre-requisites: Principles of Marketing

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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AOW353/4 - ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY This course exposes students to the concepts of organizational theory and structure. Students will also be taught how to apply these theories and concepts in an organization to ascertain that organizational effectiveness is achieved. Pre-requisite: ATW251/3: Organizational Behaviour AOW355/3 - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS The course aims to provide students with an overall understanding and exposure of Malaysia’s industrial relations laws and practices. Students are also exposed to the processes of industrial relations from the perspectives of management and unions/employees representatives. Pre-requisite: ATW251/3: Organizational Behaviour AOW356E/3 - INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT This course exposes students to the concepts and contemporary issues of international management. Similarities and differences between international and domestic management styles would also be compared. AOW358/4 - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT The course aims to provide students with the concepts, theories, and current techniques of human resource management. Students will also be exposed to the core functions of a human resource manager and how the role of HRM has evolved in the global environment. Pre-requisite: ATW251/3: Organizational Behaviour

AOW359/4 - ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT This course exposes students to the concepts of Organizational Development and the ways to plan and introduce changes to organisations. Pre-requisite: ATW251/3: Organizational Behaviour, AOW353/4: Organisational Theory

AOW360/3 - MANAGEMENT PSYCHOLOGY

This course highlights the theoretical underpinnings of the application of psychological principles in the management of organizations. Students will develop a deeper insight into managing themselves as well as working with and managing others, more effectively. Pre-requisite: ATW251/3: Organizational Behaviour

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AOP361/4 - COMPENSATION & BENEFITS MANAGEMENT This course focuses on the compensation model, compensation strategy, and task analysis technique. Designing a strategic and effective compensation system to attract calibre employees and row to motivate them will also be discussed. Pre-requisite: ATW251/3: Organizational Behaviour, AOW358/4: Human Resource Management

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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT APW301/3 - MANAGEMENT SCIENCE This course aims to provide knowledge and understanding regarding some tools and quantitative models to solve practical problems in management decision- making. Specifically, this course will focus on transportation models, resource allocation model, linear programming (simplex and graphical methods), project management (CPM and PERT), and decision analysis and queuing techniques. APW302E/3 - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM This course exposes students to MIS and organization, data and information, computer technology and the database management system. The contents include the role of MIS in organizations, the concept of data and information such as representation files and tools, computer technology such as CPU and number systems, input and output, data storage, communication and information system design. APW373/4 - QUALITY MANAGEMENT This course contains concepts, theories, knowledge and techniques of quality control, quality assurance, total quality management, quality systems and standards. The impact of quality improvement and its assurance upon enterprise productivity will also be discussed. Appropriate operations management software will be introduced wherever applicable. APW379/4 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND FACILITIES LOCATION This course introduces project management (network analysis), selection of facilities location and use of computer software. It will focus on the planning, implementation, control, and termination projects. Project evaluations, costs, time, quality and leadership will also be discussed. APW380/3 - MATERIAL MANAGEMENT This course gives exposure to the students regarding the theory to an integrated approach for store and warehouse management, procurement, inventory management, value analysis, material requirements planning, JIT system and QS software for MRP. The contents include the theory and integrated approach for materials management, purchasing system, vendor selection procedures, price forecasting, international purchasing and make or buy decision, store and materials requirement planning and JIT system.

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APW382/3 - GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT This course exposes the students to the issues of harnessing global resources to the advantage of the organization and to satisfy all stakeholders. Therefore these resources naturally attract global and local producers. The benefits derived from the successful management of global and local resources in the production of goods and services are the reduction of costs and lead-time, and improvement of flexibility and quality. APP378/4 - TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT This course aims to provide exposure to the concept of technology management and innovation, the importance and impact of technology management and innovation to organizations’ performance. The scope of learning will cover the role of technology in value creation, competition advantage, development of technology, integration of technology management in the organizational planning, life cycle of technology, research and development, and management of technology resources and linkages. APP381/4 - SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT This course consists of knowledge and skills of service operations management for example the service concept, new service development, customers and customer relationships, customers expectations and satisfaction, moments of truth, management of service supply chain, service providers, resource utilization, operations improvement, service quantitative models, service strategies, service culture and complexity of operations.

APP396E/4 - ELECTRONIC COMMERCE This course explains the development of information technology and the Internet (e-commerce specifically) with an emphasis on developing the organisation’s web page, online electronic transaction (application and database development), server and network management.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACE465/3 - SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING This is an introduction course to develop awareness and knowledge on the social and environmental accounting. This knowledge is expected to provide alternative perspective and broaden thinking about conventional accounting. It will help student to understand the potential impact of accounting information on issues of social justice, ethics and the natural environment. This course will also review relevant laws and regulations from the accounting and tax. AIW301/3 - INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE This course covers issues related to international corporate finance and firm international finance operation. The first part involves analyzing all the related issues of international trade policies, euro market and derivative monetary. The second part involves the related issues of international firm operation. This course will focus on the identification, measurement, and the effect of foreign exchange management, political risk implication toward international corporate finance. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance AIW302/4 – INTERNATIONALISATION OF NEW VENTURE This course focuses on the process of globalization that forces firms to operate in a challenging environment. It exposes the students on strategizing the development of the world status firms in the global value chain and practicing the innovative and sustainable management. Pre-requisite: Principles of Finance

AIW303/3 - INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW This course introduces the students to the aspects of international commercial law which has an influence the ability of a firm to do transaction globally. Students will also analyze the agreement which is related to the sales of a product or service. This course will analyze in depth the effect of trade liberation from the perspective of ethics, politics, and economy.

AIW311/4 - CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS This course exposes the students to the environmental culture of international business. Students will be able to understand the importance of basic elements of culture which will shape the decision making process in international business and it will also teach them the process of conducting successful negotiations. This course will also relate the cross cultural communication and negotiation skills.

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AIW351/4 - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT The course focuses on the theory, model and concept development of the international human resource management. It exposes the students to the management and development of the international human resource management, issues on the selection and recruitment, compensation and rewarding system, training and development, performance evaluation and carrier development.

AIW356E - INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT This course exposes students to the concepts and contemporary issues of international management. Similarities and differences between international and domestic management styles would also be compared.

AIP359/4 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY This course focuses on the strategies to develop world class firms that practise innovative management style. This course covers issues on strategies selection that are suitable based on the current situation and emphasizes on the strategies employed by employers who carried out international business and investment. This course also focuses on the global chain concept that practises sustainable and innovative management principle. AIP398/4 - INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES Students will conduct a project that relates to the internationalization issues within a multinational companies. The project applies a case method analysis where students have to observe the issues faced by firms where they conducted their placements. Acting as consultants, the students have to submit a full report containing the issues identified, the analysis, and subsequently offer recommendations on how to unravel/solve the problems. Pre-requisite: Business Statistics

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INDEX

ATW103/3 - Business Law (69) AFW360/3 - Corporate Finance (73)

ATW104/4 - Introduction to Management (69) AFW362/3 - Management of Financial Institutions and Markets (73)

ATW107/3 - Microeconomics (69) AFW364/3 - Analysis of Financial Statements (73)

ATW108/3 - Macroeconomics (69) AFW365E/4 - International Finance (73)

ATW112E/2 - Business Communication I (69) AFW368/4 - Financial Derivatives (73)

ATW113E/2 - Business Communication II (70) AFW 369E/4 - Securities Investment & Portfolio Management (74)

ATW124/3 - Introduction to Managerial Psychology (70)

AFP311/4 - Financial Economics (74)

ATW125/4 - Business Statistics (70) AFP312/4 - Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital (74)

ATW202/3 - Business Research Method (70) AFP313/4 - Personal Finance (74)

ATW211/3 - Accounting Management (70) AFP314/4 - Public Finance (74)

ATW223/3 - Operation Management (70) AFP367/4 - Islamic Finance (75)

ATW241/3 - Principles of Marketing (71) AFP372E/4 - Econometrics in Finance (75)

ATW 251/3 - Organizational Behaviour (71) AMW342/4 - Services Marketing (76)

ATW262/4 - Principles of Finance (71) AMW345/4 - Marketing Research (76)

ATW306/8 - Practical Training (71) AMW346/4 - Intergrated Marketing Communication (76)

ATW393E/4 - Strategic Management (71) AMW347E/4 - Strategic Marketing (76)

ATW394/3 - Business Ethics (71) AMW348/4 - Retailing (76)

ATW395/3 - International Business (72) AMW354/4 - Consumer Behaviour (77)

ATW401/3 - Entrepreneurship (72) AMP346E/4 - International Marketing (77)

ATU397/4 - Management Project (72) AMP350/4 - Marketing Management Project (77)

AMP 352/4 - Internet Marketing (74) AMP351/4 - Seminar on Marketing Issue (77)

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AMP352/4 - Internet Marketing (77) APP381/4 - Service Operations Management (82)

AMP353/4 - Brand Marketing (78) APP396E/4 - Electronic Commerce (82)

AOW353/4 - Organisational Theory (79) ACE465/3 - Social and Environmental Accounting (83)

AOW 355/4 - Industrial Relations (79) AIW301/3 - International Corporate Finance (83)

AOW356E/3 - International Management (79) AIW302/4 - Internationalisation of New Venture (83)

AOW 358/4 - Human Resource Management (79)

AIW303/3 - International Trade Law (83)

AOW359/4 - Organisational Development (79) AIW311/3 - Cultural Environmental of International Business (83)

AOW360/3 - Management Psychology (79) AIW351/4 - International Human Resource Management (84)

AOP361/4 - Compensation & Benefits Management (80)

AIW356E/3 - International Management (84)

APW301/3 - Management Science (81) AIP359/4 - International Business Strategy (84)

APW302E/3 - Management Information System (81)

AIP398/4 - International Management Studies (84)

APW373/4 - Quality Management (81)

APW379/4 - Project Management and Facilities Location (81)

APW380/3 - Material Management (81)

APW382/3 - Global Supply Chain Mangement (82)

APP378/4 - Technology and Innovation Management (82)

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