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Table of Contents

Table of Contents..............................................................................................1

1.0 Dean's Welcome Message..........................................................................3

2.0 The History of FICT......................................................................................4

3.0 Faculty Organization Structure....................................................................5

4.0 Management and Staff of the Faculty.........................................................6

4.1 Department of Computer and Communication Technology...................6

4.2 Department of Computer Science...........................................................7

4.3 Department of Information Systems.......................................................8

4.4 Faculty General Office.............................................................................9

5.0 External Examiners and Industry Advisors................................................10

5.1 External Examiner.................................................................................10

5.2 Industrial Advisory Panel.......................................................................11

6.0 Maps of Faculty.........................................................................................12

6.1 Ground Floor Map Layout.....................................................................12

6.2 First Floor Map Layout..........................................................................13

6.3 Room and Descriptions.........................................................................13

7.0 General Information..................................................................................15

7.1 Academic Calendar, deadlines of academic processes..........................15

7.1.1 Academic Calendar 2015................................................................15

7.1.2 Deadlines of Academic Processes......................................................16

7.2 Our Offered Programme.......................................................................17

7.2.1 Bachelor Of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering 17

7.2.2 Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems 19

7.2.3 Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Communications and Networking 21

7.2.4 Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Computer Engineering23

7.2.5 Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons)............................................25

7.2.6 Recognition of programme by MQA and professional bodies........27

7.3 Understanding Course Structure...........................................................28

7.4 Info about Faculty and Elective Subjects...............................................31

7.5 Info about University Subjects..............................................................41

7.6 Info about Final Year Project/Industrial Training..................................43

7.6.1 General Information Regarding Final Year Project.........................43

7.6.2 Industrial Training Guidelines.........................................................50

7.7 Info about WBLE, Lecture Plan, Attendance/Barring, Lecturer contact hours, Exams/Coursework, Credit Transfer 55

7.7.1 Web Based Learning Environment (Wble).....................................55

7.7.2 Bar List............................................................................................55

7.7.3 Course Transfer..............................................................................56

7.7.4 MQA/Technical unit Exemption/ Credit Transfer...........................57

7.8 Info about Academic Advisory System, student survey.........................58

7.8.1 Online Academic Advisory System.................................................58

7.8.2 UTAR Student’s Online Survey.......................................................58

7.8.3 Online Unit Verification Exercise....................................................59

8.0 Code of Ethics/ Plagiarism / Dress Code (labs, classroom, etc.)................60

9.0 Centre for Information Systems and Software Technologies (CISST)........61

10.0 Faculty Related Clubs..............................................................................62

11.0 Collaborations with Professional Bodies/ Industry/Universities.............65

11.1 Collaboration activities with universities of other countries...............65

11.2 Agreement/contract signed between UTAR and external parties.......68

11.3 FICT Formal Collaborative Partners from Higher Institutions..............69

12.0 Other (Faculty achievements, special projects, etc.)...............................72

12.1 Student Achievement Award (2013 )..................................................72

12.2 Student Achievement Award (2014)...................................................74

13.0 Important Contacts & Weblinks..............................................................77

1.0 Dean's Welcome Message

Welcome to the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FICT) at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR).

Information and Communication Technology, or better known as ICT, has become part of our life. From computers, phones, smart devices, to the directories of shopping malls; from work, study, entertainment, to social networking, ICT is just everywhere servicing every one of us every day. The ICT systems, applications and services are designed, created and supported by specialists who are entitled Computer Scientists, System Designers, Software Developers, Network Analysts, Computer Engineers, etc. They are real creators enabling the physical and digital worlds to be connected for the ultimate benefit of human being as a whole.

Being one of the pioneer faculties at UTAR, FICT was established in August 2012. Since then we have strived to provide our students with high quality education in order to equip them with advanced skills and knowledge to practice as innovative ICT professionals. We adopt student-centered learning approaches, highlight hands-on experience, and encourage life-long learning. In addition, we are also committed to research and development for discovering new knowledge and developing creative solutions, with one of the aims being to build the nation's strength.

Currently the Faculty offers five undergraduate degree programmes, namely:

Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons)

Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems

Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering


Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Communications and Networking

Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Computer Engineering

In addition, we also offer the following research-based postgraduate programmes

Master of Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science)

While browsing through our website, should you have any inquiry or like to learn more about the Faculty, we are very happy to provide you with further information to address your questions and interests.

Associate Prof. Dr. Liew Soung Yue (Dean)The Faculty of Information and Communication TechnologyUniversiti Tunku Abdul RahmanEmail: [email protected]: +605-4688888 ext 2239Fax: +605-4661672

2.0 The History of FICT

Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FICT) was established in May 2002 and was one of the pioneer faculties of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. FICT started with Three (3) honors degree programmes namely Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons), Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems and Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering in May 2002.

In 10th June of the same year, the Faculty had its first cohort intake of 60 students that comprises of 24 students for Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) degree programme, 18 students for Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering degree programme and 18 students for Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems degree programme. It is part of the study requirements for the students to do their internship during their course of study at FICT. Therefore, FICT sent out the first batch of interns in the year 2003 consisting of 290 students pursuing Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering degree programme and 295 students pursuing Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems degree programme.

In January 2005, FICT added another programme Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Computer Engineering to its existing programmes. Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Computer Engineering had an enrollment of 11 students for its first batch of students. A year later, in Jan 2006, FICT introduced the programme Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Communications and Networking with an intake of 6 students.

During 2008, the faculty's undergraduate programmes undergo a shifting process to the new Perak campus in Kampar, Perak, where it was placed under the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology (FSET). The first batch of students at FSET was made up of 21 students for Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) degree programme, 15 students for Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering degree programme, 16 students for or Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems degree programme, 10 students for Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Computer Engineering programme and 1 student for Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Communications and Networking degree programme.

On August 2009, when FSET was dissolved into 3 different faculties, the new FICT was set up in the Perak campus to take charge of the ICT programmes. In the same year, the first batch of students from FICT at the Perak campus in Kampar (consisting of 21 students from Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems degree programmeand 18 students from Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering degree programme) was sent for their internship. The FICT in Petaling Jaya remained to operate until the end of 2010 after the graduation of the last batch of FICT undergraduates that were based in the Petaling Jaya campus and all operations of FICT were thereafter fully shifted to the Perak campus.

3.0 Faculty Organization Structure

DEAN

Dr Liew Soung [email protected]

DEPUTY DEANAcademic Development and Undergraduate Programmes

Dr Cheng Wai [email protected]

R&D and Postgraduate Programmes

Prof. Dr Leung Kar Hang [email protected]

Student Development and Industrial Training

Dr Choo Peng Yin

[email protected] HEAD OF DEPARTMENT HEAD OF PROGRAMME

Dept of Computer and Communication Technology

Mr Goh Hock [email protected]

Dept of Computer Science

Dr Ooi Boon [email protected]

Dept of Information System

Dr. Rehan Akbar

[email protected]

Postgraduate Degree Programmes

Dr Khor Siak [email protected]

4.0 Management and Staff of the Faculty

4.1 Department of Computer and Communication Technology

No. Name Designation Ext Email1. Dr Liew Soung Yue Dean Ext. 2239 [email protected]

2. Dr Choo Peng Yin Deputy Dean Ext. 1029 [email protected]. Dr Goh Hock Guan Head of Department Ext. 2248 [email protected]. Dr Gan Ming Lee Assistant Professor Ext. 4652 [email protected]. Dr Lau Phooi Yee Assistant Professor Ext. 4550 [email protected]. Dr Robithoh Annur Assistant Professor Ext. 4495 [email protected]. Dr Suliman Mohamed Ahmed Gaber Assistant Professor Ext. 4648 [email protected]. Dr Saiful Azad Assistant Professor N/A N/A9. Mr Mok Kai Ming Senior Lecturer Ext. 4432 [email protected]. Mr Lee Heng Yew Lecturer Ext. 4538 [email protected]. Mr Lee Wai Kong Lecturer Ext. 4539 [email protected]. Mr Leong Chun Farn Lecturer Ext. 4445 [email protected]. Mr Ooi Chek Yee Lecturer Ext. 4420 [email protected]. Mr Ooi Joo On Lecturer Ext. 4651 [email protected]. Ms Wong See Wan Lecturer Ext. 4115 [email protected]. Mr Teoh Shen Khang Lecturer Ext. 4471 [email protected]. Mr Leong Yee Fee Assistant Laboratory Manager Ext. 1018 [email protected]. Mr Lim Khong Guan Assistant Laboratory Manager Ext. 2541 [email protected]. Encik Mohammad Firdaus Bin Zulkiflee Assistant Laboratory Manager Ext. 2294 [email protected]. Ms Renuga a/p Balakrishnan Laboratory Assistant I Ext. 2286 [email protected]

4.2 Department of Computer Science

No. Name Designation Ext Email1. Prof. Dr Leung Kar Hang Deputy Dean Ext. 1028 [email protected]. Dr Cheng Wai Khuen Deputy Dean Ext. 2245 [email protected]. Dr Ooi Boon Yaik Head of Department Ext. 2502 [email protected]. Prof Dr Zen Chen Professor Ext. 4539 [email protected]. Dr Tan Hung Khoon Assistant Professor Ext. 4437 [email protected]. Dr Kheng Cheng Wai Assistant Professor Ext. 4537 [email protected]. Dr Ng Yen Kaow Assistant Professor Ext. 4540 [email protected]. Dr Ng Hui Fuang Assistant Professor Ext. 4543 [email protected]. Dr Tse Siu Hong Savio Assistant Professor N/A N/A10. Mr Ku Chin Soon Lecturer Ext. 4657 [email protected]. Ms Lai Siew Cheng Lecturer Ext. 4442 [email protected]. Ms Manoranjitham a/p Muniandy Lecturer Ext. 4469 [email protected]. Mr Phan Koo Yuen Lecturer Ext. 4534 [email protected]. Ms Saw Seow Hui Lecturer Ext. 4402 [email protected]. Mr Sohail Safdar Lecturer Ext. 4655 [email protected]. Mr Tan Teik Boon Lecturer Ext. 4465 [email protected]. Mr Tou Jing Yi Lecturer Ext. 4491 [email protected]. Mr Wong Chee Siang Lecturer Ext. 4533 [email protected]. Mr Tan Boon Ghee Assistant Laboratory Manager Ext. 1006 [email protected]. Mr Tong Han Chern Tutor Ext. 4498 [email protected]

4.3 Department of Information Systems

No. Name Designation Ext Email1. Dr Rehan Akbar Head of Department Ext. 2249 [email protected]. Dr Khor Siak Wang Head of Programme Ext. 2285 [email protected]. Dr Doris Wong Hooi Ten Assistant Professor Ext. 4656 [email protected]. Dr Mobashar Rehman Assistant Professor Ext. 4532 [email protected]. Mr Tey Chee Chieh Assistant Professor Ext. 4431 [email protected]. Mr Sun Teik Heng @ San Teik Heng Assistant Professor Ext. 4446 [email protected]. Mr Su Lee Seng Specialist II Ext. 4436 [email protected]. Mr Anbuselvan a/l Sangodiah Lecturer Ext. 4548 [email protected]. Mr Aamir Amin Lecturer Ext. 4541 [email protected]. Ms Chan Lee Kwun Lecturer Ext. 4413 [email protected]. Mr Chee Chin Hoong Lecturer Ext. 4470 [email protected]. Ms Chuah Min Hooi Lecturer Ext. 4417 [email protected]. Mr Lee Chen Kang Lecturer Ext. 4531 [email protected]. Mr Lim Ean Heng Lecturer Ext. 4547 [email protected]. Ms Wong Pei Voon Lecturer Ext. 4546 [email protected]. Mr Soong Hoong Cheng Lecturer Ext. 4545 [email protected]. Ms Yap Seok Gee Lecturer Ext. 4439 [email protected]. Mr Yong Tien Fui Lecturer Ext. 4468 [email protected]. Mr Yeoh Guan Gim Lecturer Ext. 4467 [email protected]

4.4 Faculty General Office

No. Name Designation Ext Email1. Ms Tam Wai Yeng Assistant Manager Ext. 2503 [email protected]. Mr Eric Chew Cheng Hoong Assistant Manager Ext. 2265 [email protected]. Ms Wan Mun Pik Assistant Manager Ext. 2266 [email protected]. Encik Abdul Rahman Bin Rashid Administrative Assistant II Ext. 2503 [email protected]. Cik Azlinda Binti Abdullah Senior Officer Assistant I Ext. 2266 [email protected]

5.0 External Examiners and Industry Advisors

5.1 External Examiner


Prof. Shervin Shirmohammadi

University of Ottawa, Canada

Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems

Prof. Matthew Warren

Deakin University, Australia


Prof. Chua Tat-Seng

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Communications & Networking

Prof. Ivan Andonovic

University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Computer Engineering

Prof. Ramachandra Achar

Carleton University, Ottawa

5.2 Industrial Advisory Panel

Mr. Jonathan Searcy

Senior Vice President, R&D Systems E-Genting

Mr. Tan Eng Hoo

Senior Manager, Talent Development, MDeC

Dr. Kwong Kae Hsiang

Senior Consultant, Recogine Technology, EV Dynamic

Dr. Ong Sze Wei

Senior Microprocessor Design ManagerIntel Microelectronics (M) Sdn Bhd.

Mr. Lee Boon Kok

Managing DirectorKEDA Limited.

6.0 Maps of Faculty

6.1 Ground Floor Map Layout

6.2 First Floor Map Layout

6.3 Room and DescriptionsRoom

Number DescriptionNG-024 Mr Ku Chin SoonNG-025 Ms Chan Lee KwunNG-026 Mr Su Lee SengNG-027 Dr Choo Peng YinNG-028 Dr Liew Soung YueNG-029 VacantNG-030 VacantNG-031 Mr Gan Chee TakNG-032 Vacant

NG-033 Ms ManoranjithamNG-034 Mr Teoh Shen KhangNG-035 Dr Goh Hock GuanNG-036 Dr Cheng Wai KhuenNG-037 Mr Phan Koo YuenNG-038 Dr Lau Phooi YeeNG-039 VacantNG-040 Ms Lai Siew ChengNG-041 Mr Ooi Chek YeeNG-042 Mr Leong Chun FarnNG-043 Mr Anbuselvan

NG-044 Mr Lim Ean HengNG-045 Mr Wong Chee SiangNG-046 Dr Ooi Boon Yaik

NG-047Dr Mobashar Rehman

NG-048 Ms Wong Pei VoonNG-049 Dr Gan Ming LeeNG-050 Ms Wong See WanNG-051 Mr Tong Han ChernNF-002 Ms Chuah Min HooiNF-003 Mr Sohail SafdarNF-004 Prof Dr Leung Kar

Hang

NF-005Mr Soong Hoong Cheng

NF-006 Mr Mok Kai MingNF-007 Ms Yap Seok GeeNF-008 Dr Tan Hung KhoonNF-009 Mr Sun Teik HengNF-010 Prof Dr Zen ChenNF-011 FICT Store RoomNF-012 FICT Store RoomNF-013 FICT Store RoomNF-014 Photostate Machine

NF-015Dr Doris Wong Hooi Ten

NF-016 Dr Ng Hui FuangNF-017 Mr Tou Jing YiNF-018 Dr Ng Yen KaowNF-019 Mr Chee Chin HoongNF-020 Mr Lee Wai KongNF-021 Dr Kheng Cheng Wai

NF-022Faculty General Office

NF-022A

Deputy Dean (Academic Development and Undergraduate Programmes)

NF-022B

Deputy Dean (R&D and Postgraduate Programmes)

NF-022C Dean Office

NF-022D

Deputy Dean (Student Development and Industrial Training)

NF-023 Meeting RoomNF-024 ReservedNF-025 Reserved

NF-026

Head of Department (Computer and Communication Technology)

NF-027Head of Department (Information

Systems)

NF-028Head of Department (Computer Science)

NF-029 Mr Ooi Joo On

NF-030 Mr Aamir AminNF-031 Mr Lee Chen KangNF-032 Mr Yong Tien FuiNF-033 Dr Rehan Akbar

NF-034 Mr Lee Heng YewNF-035 Mr Tey Chee ChiehNF-036 Ms Saw Seow HuiNF-037 Mr Tan Teik Boon

NF-038 Dr Khor Siak WangNF-039 Head of Programme

7.0 General Information

7.1 Academic Calendar, deadlines of academic processes

7.1.1 Academic Calendar 2015

7.1.2 Deadlines of Academic Processes

FICT reserves the right to make changes to the events stated in the Action List** Subject to change

1 Faculty Administration MatterOnline Verification of Student Particulars (new students) Week 1 - Week 4Release of Exemption Status (Technical/LAN Units) Week 6 - Week 7Unit Verification Exercise Week 5 - Week 6Student Survey Week 11 - Week

152 Student Bill

Generation of student bills Week 2Payment of student bills Week 3 - Week 4

3 RegistrationAdd/Drop Week Week 1 - Week 2Repeat Registration Week 1 - Week 2Application for course transfer (new students) Week 1 - Week 2Application for exemption/internal credit transfer (Technical/LAN unit)

Week 1 - Week 2

4 Timetable PlanningNotice to inform students on the timetable and pre-registration for next trimester

**Week 13

Pre-registration Week (to pre-register the unit(s) to be taken in next trimester)

Week 13 - Week 15

5 Bar ListAttendance to be key in web2 21/8/2015Bar list to be released to students **24/8/2015Interview/Appeal on bar list by students to HOD/HOP Week 12Deadline for appeal on bar list by students 28/8/2015Final bar list (after interview/appeal) to be announced to students

4/9/2015

6 Deferment / Withdrawal of unit(s) - No refundFinal date to apply for leave of absence 3/7/2015Final date to apply for leave of absence (No Refund) 14/8/2015Withdrawal of Unit (No Refund) Week 3 - Week 12Final date for withdrawal of unit (No Refund) 28/8/2015

7.2 Our Offered Programme

7.2.1 Bachelor Of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering

MQA Approval: (R/340/6/0103)03/17(A7932)

Duration: 3 years

Intakes: January, May & October

Course Fees: RM37,100 (Malaysia), RM50,900 (International)

Medium of Instruction:

English

Campus: Perak

Faculty: Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FICT)

Overview

The programme allows the students to specialize in one of the following areas namely, Web Technologies, Computer Systems, Information Systems, Multimedia Authoring and Data Management. The programme aims to provide its graduates with the skills and knowledge to take on appropriate professional positions in the field of Information Technology and to develop Information Systems to support commercial activities. The programme also enables the students to reach at leadership positions in the industry and research pursuance for graduate studies in the field. Graduates of this programme will be equipped with good technical skills and knowledge to

systematically engineer (i.e. plan, analyze, design and develop) information systems using appropriate methodologies and techniques.

Highlights

1. Students are introduced to the current technologies used and the best practices of the industry at the early stage and which they will apply in the form of assignments and final year projects. These technologies include Oracle, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net and other tools, IBM Cognos for Business Intelligence, C#, Java and Android based software and web-based solutions. Main emphasis is given to the hands-on practical sessions so that students will be able to apply their knowledge to produce real-life and workable information systems and solutions. In addition, the graduates will be exposed to the knowledge on the management, standardization and maintenance of information systems in organizations.

2. 90% of graduates are able to find jobs, start up their businesses, or pursue postgraduate studies within six months after their final examinations; quality and performance of our students are well received by the employers.

3. Actively working with international collaborators under the International Collaborative Partner (ICP) programme.

4. The programme is designed with benchmarks of the industry demand, curriculum recommended by Association for Computing

Machinery (ACM), and similar programmes of other renowned local/overseas universities. The programme is reviewed every year with feedback from an External Examiner from an overseas university, and local industry experts whereby Industry Advisory Panel (IAP) is engaged to act as advisory board to provide industry requirements and feedback to the programme. Therefore, students are trained to be technically competent in planning, analysing, designing and developing information systems using appropriate methodologies and techniques apart from being exposed with knowledge on the management and maintenance of information systems in organizations.

5. Good collaboration with renowned software vendors like Microsoft (MSDNAA), Oracle (OAI) and IBM (IBM Academic Initiative), SAP, CISCO, Huawei, Intel and MIMOS and has invested significantly on providing excellent teaching and laboratory facilities such as Microsoft Software Engineering Laboratory, Enterprise Systems and Database Laboratory, Huawei Networking Laboratory, CISCO Network Academy Laboratory amd Intel Microprocessor Design Laboratory in order to meet the industrial standards.

Entry Requirements

STPM with minimum 2 Principal Passes including Mathematics OR

A-Levels with minimum 2 Passes including Mathematics OR

South Australian Matriculation (SAM) with a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) 70 and Grade B in 2 relevant subjects including 1 Mathematics subject OR

Canadian Pre-University (CPU) with an average of 70% in 6 relevant subjects including 1 Mathematics subject OR

Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) with Grade B in 5 relevant subjects including 1 Mathematics subject OR

Foundation in Arts, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) OR

Foundation in Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) OR

Foundation from other Institutions of Higher Learning OR

Matriculation Certificate, Ministry of Education OR

Diploma, Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman (KTAR) OR

Diploma from other Institutions of Higher Learning OR

Other equivalent qualifications AND

A credit in SPM Mathematics or equivalent

Career Prospects

System Developer

System Analyst

System Administrator

7.2.2 Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems

MQA Approval: (R/340/6/0102)03/17(A7931)

Duration: 3 years




English

Campus: Perak


Overview

The programme allows student to specialize in one of the following options areas namely, Business Information Systems and Business Intelligence, Multimedia Technology, Information System Management, Data Warehousing and Data Mining. The programme aims to equip students with good knowledge and skills to transform business requirements or needs into information systems or solutions. Students are exposed with formal methods and techniques of business process modeling and requirements in order to develop a system that can match the needs of an organization. As such, students are trained and prepared with good knowledge and skills in the application part of using latest software and tools especially for the usage of Business Intelligence, Information Architecture and Management, Data Warehouse Modeling and Implementation, and Data Mining.

Highlight

1. There is a strong emphasis in producing work ready ICT graduates through its practical and applied orientation as well as its industrial training and ICT industry projects. Besides, students are introduced to the current technologies used and the best practices of the industry at the early stage which they apply in the form of assignments and final year projects. These technologies include IBM Cognos for business intelligence, Oracle for database, and data warehouse modeling and implementation, Microsoft Visual Studio (Microsoft Net Technologies) and Java.

2. 90% of graduates are able to find jobs, start up their business, or pursue postgraduate studies within six months after their final examinations; quality and performance of our students are well-received by the employers.

3. Actively working with international collaborators under the International Collaborative Partner (ICP) programme.

4. The programme is designed with benchmarks to of the industry demand, curriculum recommended by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and similar programmes of other renowned local/overseas universities. The programme is reviewed every year with the feedback form an External Examiner from an overseas university, and local industry experts whereby Industry Advisory Panel (IAP) is engaged to act as an advisory board to provide industry requirements and feedback to the programme. Therefore, students

are trained to become technically competent in design, development and implementation of Business Information Systems as well as to possess knowledge and skills to become both computer-savvy business people and business savvy technical people for lifelong learning, research and career.

5. Good collaboration with renowned software vendors like Microsoft (MSDNAA), Oracle (OAI), and IBM (IBM Academic Initiative), SAP, CISCO, Huawei Networking Laboratory, CISCO Network Academy Laboratory, and Intel Microprocessor Design Laboratory in order to meet the industrial standards.

Entry Requirements

STPM with minimum 2 Principal Passes including Mathematics OR


South Australian Matriculation (SAM) with a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) 70 and Grade B in 2 relevant subjects including 1 Mathematics subject OR Canadian Pre-University (CPU) with an average of 70% in 6 relevant subjects including 1 Mathematics subject OR

Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) with Grade B in 5 relevant subjects including 1 Mathematics subjectOR

Foundation in Arts, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) OR








Career Prospect

Business System Consultant

Business System Administrator

Multimedia Applications Developer

IT Support Personnel

7.2.3 Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Communications and Networking

MQA Approval: KPT/JPS(KR11635)11/15(A6629)

Duration: 3 years



Medium of Instruction: English

Campus: Perak


Overview

The programme aims to achieve a balance between theoretical approaches and practical implementations in communications and networking with the objective to support the communication needs of industries and commercial activities.

This programme prepares graduates to:

be technically competent in design, development and implementation of communications and network systems;

have strong analytical and critical thinking skills to solve problems by applying knowledge, principles and skills in communications and networking;

possess solid Internet background and computing knowledge for analysing, modeling, and evaluating networking solutions;

Understand the needs of industries and commercial activities for communications and networking, and develop network systems to support these needs.

Highlights

1. Students are introduced to the current technologies used and the best practices of the industry at the early stage and will apply them in the form of assignments, mini projects and final year projects. These technologies include CISCO and Huawei solutions.

2. 90% of graduates secured jobs within 6 months from their last final examinations, testifying our students are well-received by the employers.

3. Strong industry collaboration with Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Sun Microsystems, CISCO, Huawei, Intel and MIMOS.

4. The academic staff involve in teaching Communications and Networking subjects are 50% PhD and 50% Master holders with strong research and teaching background. Currently, more than 50% of the academic staff are either certified by CISCO or Huawei.

5. The faculty has invested significantly in providing excellent teaching and laboratory facilities such Microsoft Software Engineering Laboratory, Enterprise Systems and Database Laboratory, Huawei Networking Laboratory, CISCO Network Academy Laboratory and Intel Microprocessor Design Laboratory in order to meet the industrial standards.

Entry Requirements

STPM with minimum 2 Principal Passes including Mathematics / Physics OR

A-Levels with minimum 2 Passes including Mathematics / Physics OR

South Australian Matriculation (SAM) with a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) 70 and Grade B in 2 relevant subject including Mathematics / Physics OR

Canadian Pre-University (CPU) with an average of 70% in 6 relevant subjects including Mathematics / Physics OR

Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) with Grade B in 5 relevant subjects including Mathematics / PhysicsOR

Foundation in Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman OR







Career Prospect

Network Designer

IT Security Specialist

Network Administrator

Network Security Architect

Network Engineer

7.2.4 Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Computer Engineering

MQA Approval: KPT/JPS(KR10192)05/14(A10192)

Duration: 3 years



Medium of Instruction: English

Campus: Perak


Overview

The programme prepares graduates to be competent in the discipline of Electronic Systems Engineering with Computing, particularly driving the information and communication technology (ICT). It emphasis design skills and knowledge that integrates both hardware and software into a system

with application in Digital Signal and Image Processing (as in camera and video), Intelligent System and Networking.

The programme is to produce graduates with skills in using sophisticated software design tolls for designing electronic circuits and systems. To break away from the theory-based traditional learning style, we tend to emphasis more on practical design work, to put theory into practice.

Highlights

1. Students are introduced to the current technologies used and the best practices of the industry at the early stage and will apply them in the form of assignments, mini projects and final year projects. These technologies include MATLab, Xilinx ISE Foundation and FPGA, ModelSim, MultiSim, Synopsys Suite and ASIC design, Texas Instruments DSP boards, etc.

2. 90% graduates secured jobs in their first trimester, testifying our students are well-received by the employers.

3. Strong industry collaboration with Microsoft, Oracle. IBM, Sun Microsystems, CISCO, Huawei, Intel and MIMOS.

4. The faculty has invested significantly in providing excellent teaching and laboratory facilities such Microsoft Software Engineering Laboratory, Enterprise Systems and Database Laboratory, Huawei

Networking Laboratory, CISCO Network Academy Laboratory and Intel Microprocessor Design Laboratory in order to meet the industrial standards.

Entry Requirements

STPM with minimum 2 Principal Passes including Mathematics / Physics OR

A-Levels with minimum 2 Passes including Mathematics / Physics OR

South Australian Matriculation (SAM) with a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) 70 and Grade B in 2 relevant subject including Mathematics / Physics OR

Canadian Pre-University (CPU) with an average of 70% in 6 relevant subjects including Mathematics / Physics OR

Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) with Grade B in 5 relevant subjects including Mathematics / Physics OR

Foundation in Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman OR







Career Prospects

Computer Engineer

Embedded Control Engineer

IC Design Engineer

System/Programme Development Engineer

Product Engineer

Firmware Engineer

Digital Circuit & Analogue Design Engineer

System Design Engineer

IT Support Engineer

Maintenance & Project Engineer

7.2.5 Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons)

MQA Approval: (R/481/6/0128)03/17(A7930)

Duration: 3 years




English

Campus: Perak


Overview

The programme aims to prepare graduates who are technically competent in design, development and implementation of computing systems. Students will be equipped with suitable mathematical background and solid computing knowledge for analyzing, modeling, and evaluating computing solutions. Students will be trained to possess strong analytical and critical thinking to solve problems by applying knowledge, principles and skills in Computer Science.

In addition to that, the programme is designed to prepare graduates to possess skills for lifelong learning, research and career development in the area of ICT which includes skills such as communication, team, leadership and interpersonal skills and awareness of the social, ethical and legal

responsibilities. Last but not least, students will be provided with entrepreneurial skill and exposed to real world challenges to broaden their horizons and career prospects.

The programme offers 3 areas of specialization in Computer Science for students:

(A) Artificial Intelligence Option(B) Software Engineering Option(C) Mobile Application Development Option

The Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) is accredited (Ref No: A7930) by the Malaysian Qualitifications Agency (MQA) and recognized by Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) of Malaysia since since 6 August 2010.

Highlights

1. Statistics show that more than 90% of our graduates are able to find jobs, start up their businesses, or pursue postgraduate studies six months after their final trimester.

2. The programme is accredited by MQA and approved by MOE. It is carefully designed based on curriculum recommendation by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and at the same time to meet the demand of ICT industry. It is frequently benchmarked against similar programmes of other renowned local/overseas universities.

3. The programme is reviewed every year by qualified external examiner and industry advisory panel. The external examiner ensures our academic quality is on par with world standard and while the industry advisory panel ensures our contents are relevant to the industry.

4. The faculty has good collaborations with renowned software vendors like Microsoft (MSDNAA), Oracle (OAI) and IBM. Therefore, students will have easy access to the latest technologies.

5. The faculty continuously recruits passionate lecturers with PhD degree or Master's degree with rich academic and industrial experiences who are actively involved in the R&D projects and consultancy works in the relevant fields. Academic staffs are frequently sent for training to keep abreast with latest ICT developments.

6. Our students are given sufficient of practical sessions to ensure that they have the skills required by the industry. In their final year, students will have to undergo trainings such as mini project and final year project. In addition to that, the course includes a 3-5 months of industrial training to expose students to real working environment.

7. The faculty has invested significantly on teaching facilities and computer laboratories. Namely, Microsoft Software Engineering Laboratory, Enterprise Systems and Database Laboratory, Huawei Networking Laboratory and CISCO Network Academy Laboratory and Final Year Project Laboratory which are equipped with the state-of-the-art machines and devices.

Entry Requirements

STPM with minimum 2 Principal Passes inclusing Mathematics OR


South Australian Matriculation (SAM) with a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) 70 and Grade B in 2 relevant subjects including Mathematics OR

Canadian Pre-University (CPU) with an average of 70% in 6 relevant subjects including Mathematics OR

Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) with Grade B in 5 relevant subjects including Mathematics OR








Career Prospects

Software Engineer

Programmer

System Engineer

Web Application Developer

System Administrator

7.2.6 Recognition of programme by MQA and professional bodies

Accreditation/Recognition Details Validity Period

Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Status awarded UTAR Perak Campus for the following programmes:

Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) (A7930)

Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information Systems (A7931)

Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Information Systems Engineering (A7932)

Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Computer Engineering (A4841)

Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Communication and Networking (A6629)

Effective 11 January 2010

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators

(ICSA) awarded UTAR to be:

1. Eligible exemptions for MAICSA Professional Diploma in Corporate Administration (PDCA)

2. To complete Professional Part 1 and 2

For the following programme:


7.3 Understanding Course Structure

All of FICT's programmes are approved by Ministry of Education (MOE) before it is being conducted. All of FICT's programmes are also granted Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) Provisional Accreditation when it is conducted. Having Provisional Accreditation means that the programme has met the minimum MQA requirements to start conducting the programme.

FICT is running an average of 120-124 credits hour degree programmes. Students are given a minimum of three years or up to a maximum of five years, in order to obtain all credit hours as offered by each degree programme. UTAR is having three intakes of students per year. In other words, we are having three trimesters per year. January and May trimesters are categorized as long trimesters with 20 weeks of study (including exam weeks), and October trimester is categorized as short trimester with only 13 weeks of study.

FICT has designed specific course structure for each intake of students. The course structures for all FICT’s programmes are revised into Flexible Structure. It is to give students the flexibility to make their own study plan. Students can arrange the subjects they are most interested to take first, as

long as the subjects are offered. This also allows students to study at their own pace.

We adopt four different types of teaching approaches throughout the three years of study. We are lecturing students in lecture hall for most of the subjects in order to deliver course material illustrated with examples and applications. Students can join tutorial class to discuss and solve tutorial-based unit’s problems. Lecturer and tutor will guide students through exercises based on course material. We also conduct practical labs for those practical-based units. Lecture and tutor will guide students through hands-on extended exercises and applications of course material. Besides, MOE had requested all degree programmes to integrate at least one trimester of industrial training into the course structure. During the industrial training, students are placed under supervised industrial attachment with exposure to real-life working environment.

For every course structures, we can categorize the subject into compulsory unit, core unit, elective unit and industrial training unit. Each unit will contribute different credit hours for the students once they passed the subjects. Students are required to accumulate enough credit hours as shown

in their respective course structure and obtained a minimum of CGPA above 2.0000 in order to be graduated. Students are requested to pass all those subjects under compulsory, core and industrial training modules. For the elective module, students have the choice to select the subjects in the pool of subjects as long as the subject is offered for that particular trimester.

Another module need to be highlighted here is the Final Year Project (FYP) to be taken for every student in order to be graduated. For a better preparation during the FYP which constitutes of two consecutive subjects, “Project I” and “Project II”, all FICT’s programmes had integrated two subjects to prepare the students for the above reason, namely “Inventive Problems Solving and Proposal Writing” and “Mini Project”. Students will be exposed to an innovative and creative problems solving technique, TRIZ, in the subject “Inventive Problems Solving and Proposal Writing”. Besides, students can apply his/her ICT skill and knowledge in developing some small-scale projects in the subject “Mini Project” as well. We hope students can obtain enough knowledge and experiences before proceed to their FYP.

Outcome-Based Education

MOE emphasizes a lot on the Outcome-Based Learning, and MQA has come out with the 8 learning outcome domains, namely

1. Knowledge

2. Practical skills

3. Social skills and responsibilities

4. Ethics, professionalism and humanities

5. Communication, leadership and team skills

6. Scientific methods, critical thinking and problem solving skills

7. Lifelong learning and information management

8. Entrepreneurship and managerial skills

All FICT programmes approved by MOE must be developed based on the above 8 learning outcome domains. The achievement of Malaysian Tertiary Education in terms of the above learning-outcome domains will be measured by the public.

Methods of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) are student-centered learning methods that focus on empirically measuring student performance (the "outcome"). OBE implementations often incorporate a host of many progressive pedagogical models and ideas, such as reform mathematics, block scheduling, project-based learning and whole language reading, OBE in itself does not specify or require any particular style of teaching or learning. Instead, it requires the students to demonstrate what they have learned the required skills and content. However, in practice, OBE generally promotes curricula and assessment based on constructivist methods and discourages traditional education approaches based on direct instruction of facts and standard methods.

Each independent education agency specifies its own outcomes and its own methods of measuring student achievement according to those outcomes. In early 2013, UTAR had implemented an e-OBE system in monitoring and measuring the student achievement for the above 8 learning outcome domains. The results of these measurements can be used for different purposes. UTAR e-OBE System aims to measure programme and student programme outcome attainment, to be used as a tool to monitor student academic progress, and provide students self-assessment in their effort to achieve programme outcome.

7.4 Info about Faculty and Elective Subjects

The faculty and elective subjects are based on the five programmes offered by FICT, namely Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Computer Engineering (CT), Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) Communication and Networking (CN), Bachelor of Computer Science (CS), Bachelor of Information System (Hons) Information Systems Engineering (IA), Bachelor of Information System (Hons) Business Information System (IB). Bear in mind that the module list are subjected to change from time to time.

BACHELOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEM (HONS) INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Unit Code Core Modules / Common Core Pre-requisiteUCCM1363 Discrete Mathematics -

UCCD1143 Probability and Statistics for Computing -

UCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices -

UCCD1133 Introduction to Computer Organisation and Architecture -

UCCD1013 Analysis and Design of Information Systems -

UCCD1203 Database Development and Applications -

UCCD1024 Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving

UCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices

UCCN1004 Data Communications and Networking -

UCCN1213 Fundamentals of Computer and Information Security -

UCCD2223 Web Site Design and Development UCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices

UCCD2003 Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design

UCCD1013 Analysis and Design of Information

Systems

UCCD2203 Database SystemsUCCD1203 Database Development and Applications

UCCD2044 Object-Oriented Programming Practices UCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices

UCCN2243 Internetworking Principles and PracticesUCCN1004 Data Communications and Networking

UCCD2213 Software Engineering Principles -

UCCD2103 Operating Systems -

UCCD3223 Mobile Applications Development

UCCD2044 Object-Oriented Programming Practices; orUCCC2014 Object-Oriented Concepts and Programming

UCCD2596 Industrial Training

Earned at least 54 credit hours (any subjects) and have obtained GPA & CGPA of 2.00 or above during the placement trimester (one trimester before internship trimester)

UCCD2513 Mini Project Earned at least 54 credit hours (any subjects)

UCCD2502 Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal writing

Earned at least 54 credit hours (any subjects)

UCCD3033 Technopreneurship -

UCCD3583 Project I

UCCD2502 Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing, Earned at least 75 credit hours (any

subjects)UCCD3596 Project II UCCD3583 Project I

Unit Code Core Elective (Choose 3 units) Pre-requisite UCCA3053 Knowledge Management -

UCCD3063 Innovation and Creative Management -

UCCD3003 Electronic Commerce -

UCCD2043 Information Technology Project Management -

UCCA2103 Management Information Systems -

UCCD1113 Introduction to Multimedia -

UCCD2063 Artificial Intelligence Techniques UCCD1024 Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving

UCCM1153 Introduction to Calculus and Applications -

UCCD2013 Human Computer Interaction -

UCCD3253 Entreprise Systems -

UCCD3073 Parallel Programming UCCD1024 Data Structure And Algorithmic Problem Solving

Unit Code Concentration/ Specialisation Level 1 (Choose 1 Unit) Pre-requisite

UCCD3243 Server-Side Web Applications Development

UCCD2223 Web Site Design And Development

UCCD3233 Data Warehouse Modelling and Implementation

UCCD1203 Database Development and Applications

UCCD3113 Distributed Computer Systems UCCD2103 Operating Systems

Unit CodeConcentration/ Specialisation Level 2 (Choose 1 Unit)

Pre-requisite

UCCA3224 Web Applications and Technologies

UCCD2223 Web Site Design And Development, UCCD2044 Object Oriented Programming Practices

UCCA3234 Database Administration UCCD2203 Database Systems

UCCD3044 Graphics Programming for Mobile Platform


Unit Code Liberal Arts Elective (Choose 3 units) Pre-requisite

UALE1083 Basic Professional Writing -

UAMG1043 Interpersonal Communication -

UBMM1013 Management Principle -

UBMM2013 Operations Management --

UBMH1013 Organisational and Human Resource -

UBMM2023 Organisational Behaviour -

UBTM1013 Principles Of Marketing -

BACHELOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEM (HONS) BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEM

Unit Code Core Modules / Common Core Pre-requisite

UCCD1013 Analysis and Design of Information Systems -

UBAF1043 Business Accounting

UCCD1203 Database Development and Applications -

UCCB1104 Introduction to Business Programming -

UCCN1004 Data Communications and Networking -

UCCD2203 Database Systems UCCD1203 Database Development and Applications

UCCD3003 Electronic Commerce -

UCCB1013 Fundamentals of Business Systems -

UCCM1363 Discrete Mathematics -UCCD1113 Introduction to Multimedia -

UCCN1213 Fundamental of Computer and Information Security -

UCCD2596 Industrial Training

Earned at least 54 credit hours (any subjects) and have obtained GPA & CGPA of 2.00 or above during the placement trimester (one trimester before internship trimester)

UCCD2502Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing


UCCD3063 Innovation and Creative Management -

UCCD2513 Mini Project Earned at least 54 credit hours (any subjects)


UCCD1013 Analysis and Design of Information Systems

UCCD2044 Object-Oriented Programming Practices


UCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices -

UCCD3583 Project I

UCCD2502 Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing, Earned at least 75 credit hours (any subjects)

UCCD3596 Project II UCCD3583 Project I

UCCD1143 Probability and Statistics for Computing

UCCD3033 Technopreneurship -

UCCD2043 Information Technology Project Management -



UCCA3053 Knowledge Management -

Unit Code Concentration/ Specialisation Level 1 (Choose 1 Unit) Pre-requisite

UCCB2133 Multimedia Design and Management

UCCD1113 Introduction to Multimedia

UCCB2113 Business Information Management -

UCCD3233 Data Warehouse Modelling and Implementation


Unit Code

Concentration/ Specialisation Level 2 (Choose 1 Unit) Pre-requisite

UCCB3104

Business Intelligence Information Systems


UCCB3134 Multimedia Authoring Tools UCCD1113 Introduction to

MultimediaUCCB3224 Data Mining Techniques UCCD1203 Database

Development and Application

Unit Code Core Elective (Choose 3 Units) Pre-requisiteUCCD3253 Enterprise System -UCCD2013 Human Computer Interaction -UCCB3113 Information Technology Control and Audit -UCCM1153 Introduction to Calculus and Applications -


UCCD2044 Object-Oriented Programming Practices; orUCCC2014 Object-Oriented Concepts and Programming

UCCB1223 Rapid Application DevelopmentUCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices




Unit Code Liberal Arts Elective (Choose 2 Units) Pre-requisiteUBMH1013 Organization And Human Resource -UBMM1013 Management Principles -UBMM2013 Operations Management -UBMM2023 Organisational Behaviour -UAMG1043 Interpersonal Communication -UALE1083 Basic Professional Writing -UBTM1013 Principles Of Marketing -

BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HONS) COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING

Unit Code Core Modules / Common Core Pre-requisiteUCCD1043 Probability and Statistics for

Computing-

UCCM1363 Discrete Mathematics -UCCN1213 Fundamentals of Computer and

Information Security-

UCCN1004 Data Communications and Networking

-


-



UCCD1013 Analysis and Design of Information System

-

UCCD1133 Introduction to Computer Organisation and Architecture

-


-

Unit Code Concentration/ Specialisation in CN

Pre-requisite

UCCN2243 Internetworking Principles and Practices

UCCN1004 Data Communications and Networking

UCCN2013 Network Switching and Routing UCCN2243 Internetworking Principles and Practices

UCCD2103 Operating Systems -UCCD2044 Object-Oriented Programming

PracticesUCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices

UCCN2023 Fundamentals of Wireless Communications

-

UCCN2233 Computer System and Network Security

UCCN1213 Fundamentals of Computer and Information Security

UCCD2502 Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing


UCCN2513 Mini Project Earned at least 54 credit hours (any subjects)

UCCN3583 Project I UCCD2502 Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing, Earned at least 75 credit hours (any subjects)

UCCN3596 Project II UCCN3583 Project IUCCN2506 Industrial Training Earned at least 54 credit hours

(any subjects) and have obtained GPA & CGPA of 2.0000 or above during the placement trimester (one trimester before internship trimester)

Unit Code ICT Electives (must earn at least 9 credits)

Pre-requisite

UCCN3004 Server Management and Administration

UCCN3014 Multimedia Networking and Real-Time Transmission


UCCN3024 Wireless and Mobile Networking UCCN2023 Fundamentals fo Wireless Communications

UCCN3034 Network Programming UCCD1024 Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving

UCCN3044 Network and Switch Simulation UCCD1024 Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving, UCCN1004 Data Communications and Networking

UCCN3054 Wireless Security UCCN1213 Fundamentals of Computer and Information Security, UCCN2023 Fundamentals of Wireless Communications

UCCN3064 Embedded Network Devices UCCD2044 Object-Oriented Programming Practices

UCCD3044 Parallel Programming UCCD1024 Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving



UCCD3064 Software Testing UCCD2213 Software Engineering Principles

Unit Code CN Electives (must earn at least 15 credits)

Pre-requisite



UCCC2063 Algorithm Analysis UCCD1024 Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving

UCCD2063 Artificial Intelligence Techiques UCCD1024 Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving

UCCD2043 Information Technology Project Management

-

UCCD2203 Database Systems UCCD1203 Database Development and Applications

UCCD3223 Mobile Applications Development UCCD2044 Object-Oriented Programming Practices



UCCD3243 Server-Side Web Application Development


UCCD3113 Distributed Computer Systems UCCD2103 Operating SystemsUCCN2043 Digital Communications UCCN1004 Data

Communications and Networking

UCCN2213 Teletraffic Engineering UCCM2233 Statistics

UCCN2033 Transport Networks and Protocols UCCN2243 Internetworking Principles and Practices

UCCN2053 Optical Switching and Networking UCCN1004 Data Communications and Networking

UCCN2103 Fundamentals of System Programming


UCCD3073 Parallel Programming UCCD1024 Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving


Unit Code Liberal Arts Electives(must earn at least 3 credits)

Pre-requisite

UALL1053 Critical Reading and Thinking

UALE1083 Basic Professional Writing UAMG1043 Interpersonal Communication

BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HONS) COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Unit Code Core Modules / Common Core Pre-requisiteUCCM1353 Basic Algebra -UCCM1163 Fundamentals of Calculus -

UCCD1043 Probability and Statistics for Computing

-


-




-


Programming Concepts and Practices

UCCD2103 Operating Systems -UCCN1004 Data Communications and

Networking-



UCCE3114 Graphical Processing Unit Computing

Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving

Unit Code Concentration/ Specialisation in CT

Pre-requisite

UCCE1014 Circuit Theory -UCCE1023 Digital Fundamentals -UCCE1034 Electronic Devices and Circuits Circuit TheoryUCCE1044 Digital Circuits and Systems Digital FundamentalsUCCE1054 Basic Microprocessor and

InterfacingDigital Fundamentals

UCCE2013 Signals and Systems Fundamentals of CalculusUCCE2023 Digital Systems Design Digital FundamentalsUCCE1063 Integrated Circuit Fundamentals Circuit TheoryUCCE3014 Computer Organisation and Digital Systems Design

ArchitectureUCCE3034 Embedded Systems Design Basic Microprocessor and

InterfacingUCCE2513 Mini Project Earned at least 54 credit

hours (any subjects)UCCE3503 Project I UCCD2502 Introduction to

Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing, Earned at least 75 credit hours (any subjects)

UCCE3506 Project II Project I

Unit Code Electives(must earn at least 9 credits)

Pre-requisite

UCCE2103 Digital Signal Processing Signals and SystemsUCCE2113 Analogue Circuit Design Electronic Devices and

CircuitsUCCE3013 Integrated Circuit Design Integrated Circuit

FundamentalsUCCE3083 Embedded Architecture and

ComputingOperating Systems

UCCE3073 Computer Vision and Image Processing

Signals and Systems

UCCE3103 ASIC Design Digital Systems DesignIntegrated Circuit Fundamentals


Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving


Data Communications and Networking

UCCC2063 Algorithm Analysis Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving

UCCD2063 Artificial Intelligence Techniques Data Structure and Algorithmic Problem Solving


-


Analysis and Design of Information System

UCCD3033 Technopreneurship

Unit Code Industrial Training Pre-requisiteUCCE2506 Industrial Training Earned at least 54 credit

hours (any subjects) and have obtained GPA & CGPA of 2.00 or above during the placement trimester (one trimester before internship trimester)

Unit Code Liberal Arts Electives(must earn at least 3 credits)

Pre-requisite

UALL1053 Critical Reading and Thinking -UALE1083 Basic Professional Writing -UAMG1043 Interpersonal Communication -

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (HONS)

Unit Code Core Pre-requisiteUCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices -UCCN1004 Data Communications and Networking -

UCCD1133 Introduction To Computer Organisation And Architecture -



UCCD1013 Analysis And Design Of Information Systems -

UCCD1203 Database Development And Applications -

UCCN1213 Fundamentals of Computer and Information Security -

UCCD2003 Object-Oriented Systems Analysis Design

UCCD1013 Analysis And Design of Information Systems

UCCD2103 Operating Systems -

UCCN2243 Internetworking Principles and PracticesUCCN1004 Data Communications And Networking

UCCD2063

Artificial Intelligence TechniquesUCCD1024 Data Structure And Algorithmic Problem Solving

UCCD2203 Database SystemsUCCD1203 Database Development And Applications

UCCD2223 Web Site Design and Development UCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices

UCCD2044 Object-Oriented Programming Practices UCCD1004 Programming Concepts and Practices

UCCC2063 Algorithms AnalysisUCCD1024 Data Structure And Algorithmic Problem Solving


UCCC2513 Mini Project Earned at least 54 credit hours (any subjects)



UCCC2596 Industrial Training Earned at least 54 credit

hours (any subjects) and have obtained GPA & CGPA of 2.00 or above during the placement trimester (one trimester before internship trimester)

UCCC3583 Project I

Earned at least 75 credit hours (any subjects)UCCD2502 Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing

UCCC3596 Project II UCCC3583 Project IUCCM1363 Discrete Mathematics -UCCM1353 Basic Algebra -UCCM1153 Introduction to Calculus and Applications -UCCD1123 Probability and Statistics for Computing -

Concentration/ Specialisation Level 1 (Choose 1) Pre-requisite

UCCC3073 Data Science UCCD2063 Artificial Intelligence Techniques

UCCD3223 Mobile Applications Development UCCD2044 Object-Oriented Programming Practices

UCCD2073 Requirements EngineeringUCCD2003 Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design

Concentration/ Specialisation Level 2 (Choose 1) Pre-requisite

UCCC3074 Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

UCCD2063 Artificial Intelligence Techniques



UCCD3064 Software Testing UCCD2213 Software Engineering Principles

Core Elective (Choose 3) Pre-requisite

UCCN2233 Computer System and Network Security

UCCN1213 Fundamentals of Computer and Information Security

UCCD1113 Introduction to Multimedia UCCD2013 Human Computer Interaction UCCD3033 Technopreneurship

UCCM2153 Numerical MethodsUCCM2203 Advanced Calculus and ApplicationsUCCM1353 Basic Algebra

UCCM2203 Advanced Calculus and Applications UCCM1153 Introduction to Calculus and Applications

UDPS1043 Introduction to Operations Research




UCCD1024 Data Structure And Algorithmic Problem Solving

UCCD3073 Parallel ProgrammingUCCD1024 Data Structure And Algorithmic Problem Solving

UCCD3113 Distributed Computer Systems UCCD2103 Operating Systems

Liberal Arts Elective (Choose 1) Pre-requisite

UAMG1043 Interpersonal Communication UALE1083 Basic Professional Writing UALL1053 Critical Reading and Thinking

7.5 Info about University Subjects

University subjects are offered to all students in UTAR irrespective to faculty. The university subjects are compulsory for all courses offered in FICT, UTAR. The list of subjects are subjected to the student status (e.g. International Student, Malaysian Student who has credit in Bahasa Malaysia in SPM and Malaysian Student who did not)

For international student:

Subject Code Subject NameUCCD3053 Information Technology Professional EthicsUALxxxx3 Foreign Language*MPU3143 Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 2

MPU3173 Malaysian StudiesMPU32143 English for Information TechnologyMPU33013 Malaysian EconomyMPU34xx2 Co-Curriculum**UBMM1011 Sun Zi’s Art of War and Business Strategies

For Local student who has credit in Bahasa Malaysia in SPM:

UCCD3053 Information Technology Professional EthicsUALxxxx3 Foreign Language*MPU3123 Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun AsiaMPU3113 Hubungan Etnik (for local students)MPU32143 English for Information TechnologyMPU33013 Malaysian EconomyMPU34xx2 Co-Curriculum**

UBMM1011 Sun Zi’s Art of War and Business Strategies

For Local student who has no credit in Bahasa Malaysia in SPM:

UCCD3053 Information Technology Professional EthicsMPU32013 Bahasa Kebangsaan (A)MPU3123 Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Asia (for local

students)MPU3113 Hubungan Etnik (for local students)MPU32143 English for Information TechnologyMPU33013 Malaysian EconomyMPU34xx2 Co-Curriculum**UBMM1011 Sun Zi’s Art of War and Business Strategies

You can choose the Foreign Language and Co-Curriculum subjects in the following table:

Foreign LanguageUALxxxx3 (xxxx depends on subject code)Introduction to German LanguageIntroduction to FrenchIntroduction to JapaneseIntroduction to Tamil LanguageIntroduction to Thai LanguageCommunicative Tamil for Health SciencesIntroduction to Korea

Co-Curriculum MPU34xx2 (xx depends on subject code)Social Entreprneurship ProjectArt and Cultural Performance ProjectCommunity ProjectLanguage, Culture and Social Study AbroadTeam Work and Collaboration ProjectStudy Soft Skills and/or Life Skills abroad

7.6 Info about Final Year Project/Industrial Training

7.6.1 General Information Regarding Final Year Project

Every student undertaking the degree is required to complete a project under the supervision of a FICT academic staff or an external supervisor from the industry. In the case whereby an external supervisor is appointed, an FICT staff shall be appointed as a co-supervisor for the student. The project should provide students with the opportunity to bring together the academic knowledge and skills acquired from the range of modules already studied.

In general, the whole project can be divided into three parts, namely Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing, Project I and Project II, which are to be completed by the students in the third trimester of Year 2 and first and second trimesters in Year 3.

Students are required to propose/select topic and supervisor within the first 6 weeks of Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing and shall continue with the same topic in Project I and Project II. Changing topic during the study is allowed but are not encouraged and subjected with strong reason(s).

Students are required to submit their report to Turnitin (www.turnitin.com) for plagiarism checking. An account is created for student who takes Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing.

Information regarding the FYP topic and research area for each lecturer, schedule as well as guide book can be found in:

http://www.utar.edu.my/fict-pk/index.jsp?fcatid=211&fcontentid=2876 .

http://www.utar.edu.my/fict-pk/index.jsp?fcatid=211&fcontentid=2876%20%20

Table 1 Planned Schedule for Final Year Project 1 (who had taken IIPSPW)

Activity Time/Deadline Action Required By

Project 1 (student who had taken IIPSPW)

Meeting to discuss the process of the Final Year Project

Weekly

Student:

Weekly discussion with supervisor.

Students to submit a weekly log to report the progress of the project work.

Supervisors to verify and sign on the weekly log and keep them for the record.

Weekly log

Submit TWO (2) Project Proposals (to Supervisor)

Week 8

Student:

Students to submit a Project Proposal Report.

Students to ensure that report has been checked by Turnitin.

Supervisor:

Supervisors to evaluate the report according to the Project Proposal Marking Scheme.

Create an account for students in Turnitin.

Moderator:

Moderator reads and gives feedback of the submitted report.

Preliminary work starts

Meeting to discuss the process of the Final Year Project

Weekly log

Week 8 - 13

Student:

Start preliminary work to strengthen the oral presentation of the proposal at week 13/14.

Weekly discussion with supervisor. Students to submit a weekly log to report the progress of the project work.

Supervisor:


Oral presentation / Prototype Demonstration

Week 13, 14

Student:

Student presents his/her Project Proposal.

Supervisor:

Supervisors to make the necessary arrangement with their students and moderators to evaluate the oral presentation according to the Report Proposal Marking Scheme.

Moderator:

Moderator has to attend and assess the oral presentation.

Submission of FYP result

Week 15

Supervisor and Moderator:

Submit the evaluated result separately to FGO personnel in charge.

FGO:

FGO to collect the results.

Note: Students who fail to submit their full report will be graded ‘F’

Table 2 Planned Schedule for Final Year Project 2


Project 2

Meeting with supervisor

Weekly

Student:

Students to submit a weekly log to report the progress of the student’s project work.

Supervisor:


Weekly log

Submit draft reports to the supervisor

Week 6 to week 10 Supervisor:

Supervisors to advice and make correction to the draft and returns it back to the student. Create an account for students in Turnitin.

Student:

Students to revise the draft based on the advice (major/minor corrections).

Students to ensure that report has

been checked by Turnitin

Submit TWO (2) corrected comb-bound full report copies to the supervisor. (Marked by Supervisor only)

Week 12

Supervisor:

Supervisor to pass a comb-bound copy to their moderator for review. Supervisor to mark the report according to the Full Report Marking Scheme. Supervisors to make minor corrections on the report, if any.

Oral/poster Presentation and Product Demonstration. (Assessed by Supervisor and Moderator)

Week 13, 14 Supervisor and Moderator:

Supervisor to liaise with their respective moderator to arrange the venue, time, tools, equipment, marking sheet etc. for the viva. Supervisor and moderator to assess and evaluate the student's project work.

The Supervisor to pass the comb-bound report to the student for final minor correction.

(Comment: this is returned to the student for making correction)

All marks must remain confidential and not to be

disclosed.

Student:

Student to do the final minor correction on the report. Students to submit the final report to the Supervisor.

Submission of FYP marks

Week 15

Supervisor and moderator:

Submit the evaluation result to FGO separately.

Any disagreement (more than 10%) on the marks allocation can be brought forth to the FYPC for further discussion.

FGO:

FGO to collect the results.

Submit TWO (2) set of softcopies in CD to the FGO. (include the poster in the softcopies)

Week 15 Student:

Student to submit TWO(2) sets of softcopy to the FGO. The softcopies should contain the following (if any):

The complete executable program

The source codes

The full report in Microsoft Word

FGO:

To collect and keep the softcopies.


Table 3 Planned Schedule for Inventive Problem Solving and Proposal Writing, IIPSPW


IIPSPW

Meeting to discuss the process of the Project, TRIZ

Beginning from Week 1

Student:

Attend scheduled lecture classes

Lecturers present their topics

Week 3/4Supervisors:

Present topics and area of interest to students.

Student:

Select a topic of interest and look for the relevant lecturers for further discussion about the project

Students to sign two copies of the Final Year Project Registration form to undertake the proposed project title under the supervision of the chosen supervisor. Both forms must also be signed by the supervisor.

Students to submit the completed Final Year Project Registration

Students approach and identify

supervisors

Week 4 to Week 6

forms to the supervisor (1 copy) and FGO (1 copy).Students perform

the literature search, fact findings, and discussion with their supervisors about the project scopes, objectives and planning

Week 4 to Week 13

Student:

Students to meet with their supervisor on a regular/weekly basis to update their progress.

FYP committee assigns supervisors (for students who have not found supervisors yet)

Week 7

FGO:

Consolidate all Project Registration forms.

FYP Committee:

Assign supervisor to students who have no projects.

Submission of TWO(2) preliminary proposal report

Week 12

Student:

Students to submit a Preliminary Proposal report to the UCCD 2502 subject lecturer and the supervisor.

Oral proposal presentation

Week 14 Supervisor:

Supervisor to arrange for the oral

presentation time and venue with their respective students.

Supervisor to evaluate their students oral presentation using the marking scheme provided

Supervisors:

submission of presentation marks

Week 15

Supervisor:

Supervisor to submit the oral presentation marks to the FGO


7.6.2 Industrial Training Guidelines

The student would are planning to go for industrial training needs to pre-register for 1 semester earlier, read the following information on industrial training and pre-registration process:

1. Students, who intend to go for industrial training in Jan 2014 semester, please start the pre-registration process in week 2 of the previous semester (i.e. 1 semester before the actual industrial training).

2. Please note that you need to FULFILL the WHOLE 19 weeks of industrial training in Jan 2014 semester, in the date indicated above.

3. Please refer to the pre-registration process below.

The whole industrial training process takes 2 semesters:

1 semester for pre-registration and looking for jobs. 1 semester for the actual industrial training.

Students who are under probation during the pre-registration semester are NOT allowed to go for industrial training. For example, a student intends to go for industrial training in Oct 2011 semester. He is required to pre-register and look for internship job in May 2011 semester. However, in May 2011

semester, this student is under probation due to poor academic results (GPA < 2.0) in Jan 2011 semester. Hence, this student is NOT eligible to go for industrial training in Oct 2011.

Download resources:

Please refer to www.utar.edu.my/fict/ and visit the industrial training page for forms and appendix.

Pre Registration Process

1. Things you need to know before registrationa. You have to start the pre-register process one semester

before the actual industrial training semester.

b. For example, if you plan to go for your industrial training during Oct 2011 semester, you need to start the pre-registration process in May 2011 semester.

c. The whole pre-registration process will take one semester, and there are four stages in the process:

Submission of FICT Pre-registration Form Looking for internship job placement Interview & acceptance of job placement Preparation to go out

2. Submission of FICT Pre-registration form (You must submit this form)Form: FICT Industrial Training Pre-registration

a. Eligibility of industrial training:

Accumulated 54 credits including transferred credits from other institution.

Accumulated 45 credits excluding current semester. Advisable to go for industrial training AFTER year 2 trimester 2. Not under probation status during the pre-registration semester. CGPA >= 2.0

b. Download and fill in the pre-registration form.

c. Submit the FICT pre-registration form to front counter of FICT general office (you may not need to find a job or got a letter of offer at this stage)

before week 15 of long semester (Jan and May semester) before week 8 of short semester (Oct semester) You MUST fill in and submit this form if you intend to for

industrial training. Faculty officers will pre-register the students into the computer

system based on this form. d. In this stage:

DO NOT submit your pre-registration form in last minutes or after your final exam. FICT reserves the right to deny your industrial training if you perform the above act.

DO NOT go for industrial training "quietly" without pre-registration. This is your part-time job, not industrial training.

All students MUST fulfill the whole duration of the industrial training dates posted by FICT. About 19 weeks in long semesters, 3 full months in short semester

Any student tries to deviate from the posted dates, OR "create" their own date (less than 19 weeks or 3 months), without seeking approval from the faculty will result in failure.

DO NOT compare the posted period of industrial training and procedure with other faculties.

FICT reserves the rights to deny students from going to Industrial Training if the particular students do not fulfill the conditions to go for industrial training.

3. Looking for Internship job placement

Form: Request for Supporting Letter for Industrial Training

(Company may require you to prove that you are a UTAR student looking for internship placement. Submit this form to FICT office to obtain this supporting letter, 2-3 business days to process).

(Some company may request this supporting letter after your first day of internship, to be filed as a legal document in human resource dept. Submit the same form to FICT office.)

Sample of the supporting letter without FICT letterhead

a. Valid job placements:

Any IT technical job, e.g: Programming, Database, Linux, Web page, Server, PC technical support, Networking, etc.

No sales & marketing job, e.g: direct selling, selling handphone, selling PC, etc.

If students are found that they are doing non-IT related job, this may lead to a failure in industrial training.

b. There are two ways to look for job.

Self placement (look for placement yourself)

UTAR placement (UTAR assigned)

c. FICT highly encourage the students to learn to look for job placement themselves

Jobstreet

Industrial Training Portal

WBLE (Industrial Training, Job Posting Link)

d. Send email and resume (sample) to potential employer.

Indicate clearly your industrial training period (start date & end date) to your company when you apply for the placement.

e. Interview & acceptance of job placement.

Be professional during the interview.

Please accept the offer that you have promised to the company. DON'T promise one company and go to another company. This is a serious ethical issue.

Advisable to accept the first job offer. If you have more than one internship offer at the same time, please accept one and inform other companies politely about your decline.

Some companies may require you to prove that you are a UTAR student before interview or after interview. Kindly submit the follow form (Request for Supporting Letter for Industrial Training) to the FICT FGO and you will obtain a supporting (or verification) letter (sample). Submit or show this letter to the companies who request it.

4. Preparation to go out

Submit 4 undertaking letters + photocopy of offer letter.

PLEASE read your offer letter carefully, regarding your working hours and job scope!

Before you go out to industrial training, you are required to submit the following 6 documents (photocopy of offer letter + 4 undertaking letters + 1 checklist):a. Letter of offer (accepted and signed by you) from company

(photocopied, you keep the original) b. Letter of Undertaking For UTAR By Student (download this, print

and put your signature on the letter)

c. Letter of Undertaking For UTAR by Parents or Guardian (download this, print and have the signature of your parents/guardian)

d. Letter of Indemnity for Company by Student (download this, print and put your signature on the letter)

e. Letter of Indemnity For Company by Parents or Guardian (download this, print and have the signature of your parents/guardian)

f. Checklist (download this, print and sign)

If you do not submit any one of the above documents, FICT WILL NOT process and register your industrial training unit!

Please read your offer letter carefully. If there is any dispute with the company, the offer letter will be treated as”legal evidence".

5. Rules for Placement (Taken from Industrial Training Manual section 5.2.1)

For students who are under probation and still want to go for industrial training:

This is a SPECIAL grace procedure based on special circumstances, NOT an obligatory procedure for FICT. If you are under probation and you still want to go for industrial training, special approval may be given, especially to those who are in your last semester, please do the following:

a. Submit the industrial training pre-registration, clearly indicates that you are a student under probation.

b. Together with the pre-registration form, submit an official letter of request to industrial training with justifiable reasons and your signature, to Dean to FICT, cc to Deputy Dean of Industrial Training.

c. FICT will process your request in a case by case basis, and approve/disapprove your request based on the decision of the industrial training committee. Industrial training committee reserves the FULL right to approve/disapprove your request.

d. Industrial training committee will inform student on the approval/disapproval of this special request after the semester results have been released.

For those who are under probation:

a. You have to look for internship placement yourself. FICT WILL NOT help you to look for internship placement.

b. FICT WILL NOT issues any supporting letter to you.

7.7 Info about WBLE, Lecture Plan, Attendance/Barring, Lecturer contact hours, Exams/Coursework, Credit Transfer

7.7.1 Web Based Learning Environment (Wble)

3 weeks before the new trimester start, the SODEMC will send out the email with template to all the academic staffs and FGO for compiling.

SODEMC will start to create the Wble course creation / retain for the unit 2 weeks before the new trimester start.

All lectures are required to upload their teaching contents / materials one week before the new trimester started.

If you need further clarification please contact Wble as below:

Klang Valley Campuses ([email protected])

Perak Campus ([email protected])

7.7.2 Bar List

Student shall be barred from taking the Main Examination if:

The student has less than 80% class attendance for a unit in a trimester without acceptable reasons or without obtaining the prior approval of the Academic Staff concerned.

Any student who is barred from taking the Main Examination for a unit in a trimester shall be given zero marks for the unit concerned.

Non-attendance is allowed if prior permission has been granted by the Academic Staff tasked with conducting the lecture, tutorial or laboratory session concerned.

mailto:[email protected]

In cases where prior permission could not be sought from the Academic Staff concerned for reasons such as sickness or the occurrence of an emergency, students are required to submit the medical certificate/supporting document to Faculty General Office (FGO) in 3 working days.

Late submission of Medical certification will not be considered. Each Academic Staff shall be responsible for taking attendance for the lectures, tutorials and practical classes, which are his to conduct.

7.7.3 Course Transfer

Students who wish to transfer from one programme to another will be charged a transfer fee of RM100.00 for each transfer.

7.7.3.1 For New student

1. Firstly have paid the full fees and registered as a student of the University in the course stated in the letter of offer; and

2. Meet the minimum entry requirements of the course which you wish to transfer to.

The Course Transfer form is obtainable from the Department of Admissions and Credit Evaluation or the Faculty General Office.

The closing date for submission of such applications is normally at the end of the second week post commencement of the trimester for new students.

Successful applicants who wish to accept the course transfer are required to pay the course transfer fee (compulsory) and difference in tuition fees (where applicable).

7.7.3.2 Existing students

Students are required to apply for a course transfer by submitting the Course Transfer by Existing Students form, certified true copy of your entry qualification and all Notification of Results of all your examination sittings at UTAR. Applications are considered on a case-to-case basis.

7.7.4 MQA/Technical unit Exemption/ Credit Transfer

The application for MQA/Technical unit Exemption/ Credit Transfer is to be made together with the application for admission to the University. Certified true copy of the following documents must be submitted together with the Application Form:

1. Certificate of Awards;

2. Official academic transcripts

3. Course structure and syllabi;

4. Official letter from private college/ Institution of Higher Learning on the Standard Minimum/ Accreditation from the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), formerly known as National Accreditation Board (LAN); and

5. All relevant information and materials related to your previous studies from SPM/SPMV onwards.

7.8 Info about Academic Advisory System, student survey

7.8.1 Online Academic Advisory System

Students are required to meet with their assigned academic advisors at least once a Trimester.

Academic advisors provide information/ advice on academic programmes, degree requirements, career options, course selection, secondary fields of study and extracurricular activities.

However, students under industrial training are exempted to meet their academic advisors.

Students who do not meet their Academic Advisor are not allowed to register any unit for next trimester.

7.8.2 UTAR Student’s Online Survey

The students are required to complete the online Student Survey at UTAR Intranet before the end of the trimester. Their comments will be kept strictly confidential. The students’ feedback is useful to the lecturers in future trimesters and will help to improve the academic programmes.

7.8.3 Online Unit Verification Exercise

Students are required to perform online unit verification exercise every trimester to check and verify the unit(s) registered within the stipulated deadline. Students are required to click on the “VERIFY” button after checking the unit(s) registered and if there is no discrepancy in the unit(s) registered.

In the case that there is/are discrepancies in the unit(s) registered on the system, students are required to enter the discrepancies in the text-box provided and click on the “PENDING” button. Faculty General Office will check on the discrepancies after the verification exercise.

It is the responsibility of the students to verify the unit(s) registered on the system. If there is no action from the students after the stipulated deadline, the Faculty will assume that the unit(s) registered is CORRECT.

8.0 Code of Ethics/ Plagiarism / Dress Code (labs, classroom, etc.)

9.0 Centre for Information Systems and Software Technologies (CISST)

Centre for Information Systems and Software Technologies (CISST) is a research centre focusing in specific areas of information systems, data communication, software design and algorithms. The centre aims to provide a focal point of contact for management, cooperation and coordination among UTAR staffs and external parties that seek R&D collaboration and consultancy in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The vision of this centre is to become a national and regional centre of excellence in the research area of information systems and software technologies, which includes the following key areas of research:

Internet of Things• Environmental Monitoring

o System deploymento Energy-efficient data collectiono Routing protocols and algorithms

• Smart Home/Village/Cityo System deploymento Mesh routing

Computer Vision • Human action recognition• Visual category recognition• Multimedia content analysis• Image and video feature representation• Image and video search

Software Engineering & Knowledge Management• Software Processes• Information Systems• Software Solutions and Applications• Human, Social and Organizational Factors in Software Engineering• Knowledge Management

The centre organizes technical public seminars regularly throughout the year where researchers from the centre and other universities, or experts from the industry share their knowledge on their research area or technical domain. Students will be able to learn the latest technology and R&D areas by attending these seminars. The centre also organizes the postgraduate colloquium twice a year where the postgraduate students in the faculty present their latest research work in their respective field of interest.

Students may be recruited to work on research or development projects embarked by CISST researchers. Such projects may be offered as final year projects for undergraduate students under the UTAR Undergraduate Research Scheme (UTAR URS), or as post-graduate level research projects leading up to master or doctoral degree in Computer Science. Depending on the funding nature and status of a particular project, students may be awarded financial assistance if they are engaged under the student assistantship, project research assistantship and research scholarship scheme.

10.0 Faculty Related Clubs

Objectives of Societies & Clubs of UTAR in General

1) Encourages students to participate in extracurricular activities

2) In line with UTAR's vision which emphasizess "To be a global university of education with transformative societal impact".

Promoting awareness in and appreciation of a broad range of interest and activities

Developing leadership skills

Developing team work

Developing discipline and responsibility

Providing a platform for students with common interests to network and to enhance their ability and talents

UTAR societies and clubs organize a wide range of extra-curricular programs and activities throughout the year

3) Student societies and clubs are classified into:

Course-based group

General Interest group

Performing & creative group

Recreation, sports & games group

Voluntary group

Self defence group

FICT Students can participate in any of the following clubs:

Course-Based Groups

Accounting Society

Banking and Finance Society

Biological Science Society

Built Environment Society

Business Administration Society

Chemistry Society

Chinese Studies Society

Computer Society

Engineering Society

English Language Society

Entrepreneurship Society

Financial Economic Society

Logistics and International Shipping Society

Marketing Society

Mass Communication Society

Psychology Society

General Interest Groups

Asian Cultural Society

Buddhist Society

Calligraphy Society

Career Development Club

Catholic Students Society

Chinese Language Society

Christian Fellowship Society

Crime Prevention Society

Indian Cultural and Language Society

International Friendship Society

Japanese Culture Club

Maths Fun Society

Nature and Pet Lovers Society

One Malaysia Society

Yoga Society

Young Entrepreneurs Society

Performing and Creative Groups

Recreational, Games and Sports

Arts and Crafts Society

Chinese Orchestra Unit

Dance Club

Drama and Public Speaking Society

Film Club

Music Club

Photography Society

Board Games Club

Sports Club

Traveler's Den

Self Defense Groups

Voluntary Groups

Karatedo Club

Taekwondo Club

Tang Soo Do Club

Wushu Club

FICT students are encouraged to join the only course-based society of FICT: Computer Society. The following figure shows the logo of Computer Society.

Aims and Objectives of Computer Society.

To promote and advance the interest in computer sciences, computing, computer communications and all other computer related disciplines.

To encourage and develop a high standard of proficiency in the field of computing and skills to satisfy the demands and expectations of the relevant industries.

To keep abreast with the trends and development, and application of computer related technologies.

To provide a platform and an interaction channel with like minded professionals and experts, and to promote the computer science and information systems degree programmes.

Activities and Events of Computer Society include:

11.0 Collaborations with Professional Bodies/ Industry/Universities

11.1 Collaboration activities with universities of other countries

No Title Brief Information Destination Recent Activities Date Photos1 Moving outline

based human action recognition(Co-supervision of MSc work title)

-Prof Leung Kar Hang-

Prof.Timothy K. Shihfrom National Central University, Taiwan is an ICP (Oct 2013 to Sep 2015) with Prof. Leung from FICT. We applied together for UTARRF 2013/C2 and co-supervise one MSc student now.

To collaboration on research activity

ICP (Oct 2013 to

Sep 2015)

NIL

2 A Weighted Graph-Cut Approach for 3D Mesh Segmentation

-Ms Saw Siew Hui-

I am the principle researcher while Professor Ewe Hong Tat (Vice President of UTAR) and Professor Lee Byung Gook (DSU that has signed MOU agreement with UTAR) are the co-researchers in the funded UTARRF 2014 Cycle 1 project.

This is also part of my PhD studies that has been registered under UTAR, FICT.

Recently, I have applied two weeks research leaves (during trimester break) in order to have discussion as well as

Busan, South Korea

22nd

September 2014

until4th

October 2014

brain-storming sessions with his students and himself for this collaborative research project.

3 MoU with University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

-Dr Liew Soung Yue-

Academic exchange, student exchange, joint research, etc

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

External Examiner:Prof. Andonovic accepted the re-appointment of UTAR as the external examiner of Communications and Networking. He also visited FICT on 2nd-4th September 2014.

Joint Bidding for Research Fund:FICT of UTAR together with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering of the University of Strathclyde submitted a proposal to bid for Newton-Ungku Omar fund on 20th November 2014.

4 MoU with Hainan University, China

-Dr Liew Soung Yue-


Hainan University, China

Conference:Prof. Shen Chong in Hainan University is one of the paper reviewers for IET International Conference on Frontiers of Communications, Networks (ICFCNA 2014,

which was held on 3rd-5th November 2014.

5 MoU with Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand

- Dr. Goh Hock Guan -


Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand

5 persons from UTAR went to ISCEIT 2013 conference (http://eng.sut.ac.th/tce/isceit2013/).The 2013 International Seminar on Communication, Electronics and Information Technology (ISCEIT2013) May 7-10, 20131. Prof. Ewe Hong Tat2. Dr. Lim Eng Hock3. Dr. Chew Kuew Wai4. Dr. Liew Soung Yue5. Mr. Goh Hock Guan

27 Jan 2009 - current

NIL

MoU With Hanyang University

Projects in research, academic development and student exchange

Korea Joint Research:April 14: 5th IEEE Image Processing, Image Analysis and Real-Time Imaging (IPIARTI) Symposium 2014Paper: De-blocking Filter in H.264AVC A Video Forensics Case

20-May-13-19-

May-16

Author: Jing Yi Tou, Phooi Yee Lau, Hsueh-Ming Hang and Sungkwon Park.

Study tour:Jan 14: DCInterNet sent flyer and information about 2014 UTAR Malaysian Cultural Immersion Programme to Hanyang University International Office.

11.2 Agreement/contract signed between UTAR and external parties

No Name of agreement Party signedDuration from-to Actual date

signed RemarkFrom To

1

Memorandum of Agreement (Malaysian Software Testing Board(MSTB)

UTAR and MSTD 30-Jul-14 29-Jul-15 30-Jul-14 New

2 MSC Innovation VoucherUTAR and Web Bytes Sdn. Bhd 1/9/2013 31/12/2013 24/07/2013 -

3 MSC Innovation VoucherUTAR and Exabytes Network Sdn. Bhd 8/12/2013 31/03/2014 22/11/2013 -

4

Microsoft Azure Offer for Academic Institution: - Microsoft Azure Platform 12-month Educator Pass - 30 Student Passes for 150-day

UTAR and Microsoft Azure

7/7/2014 7/7/2015

1/7/2014 New150day

5

Microsoft Azure Offer for Academic Institution: - Microsoft Azure Platform 12-month Educator Pass - 40 Student Passes for 150-day

UTAR and Microsoft Azure

13-Aug-14 12-Aug-15 7-Aug-14 New

150day

6Memorandum of Understanding (HILTI Asia IT Services Sdn Bhd)

UTAR and HILTI Asia IT Srvices Sdn Bhd 12-Apr-13 11-Apr-16 12-Apr-13 -

7Memorandum of Understanding (Cybersecurity Malaysia)

UTAR and Cybersecurity 14-2-2011 13-2-2014 - -

8

Mutual Non Disclosure Agreement (for Research Collaboration on Software-Defined Networking)

UTAR and MIMOS

22-Sep-14 21-Sep-16 23-Oct-14 New

9

Memorandum of Agreement (for Custody of Research & Development Equipment)

UTAR and MIMOS

22-Sep-14 21-Sep-16 23-Oct-14 New

11.3 FICT Formal Collaborative Partners from Higher InstitutionsNo Countr

yPartner/UTAR MoU Coordinator

Signed date

Expiry date

Areas of Collaboration

Champion Latest Updates (highlighted)/Last Updates

1 China Hainan University

8-April-13 7-April-16 Projects in research, academic

development and student exchange

Dr. Liew Soung Yue

Joint Research:Sep 13 – Feb 14: On-going discussion between FICT and Hainan University for jointly organizing IET International Conference on Frontiers of Communications, Networks (ICFCNA 2014).

Feb – Sep 14: The IEF International Conference on Frontiers of Communications, Networks will be held will in Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa from 3 November to 5 November 2014.

Prof. Shen Chong in Hainan University is one of the paper reviewers.

Study tour:Jan 14: DCInterNet sent flyer and information about 2014 UTAR Malaysian Cultural Immersion Programme to Hainan University’s International Office.

2 Korea Dongseo University

8-Nov-108-Nov-13

7-Nov-16 Projects in research, academic


Dr Liew Soung Yue

Student Exchange ProgrammeMay-Sep 14: UTAR has selected THREE students to participate in Dongseo exchange programme. The duration of exchange programme is 3 months and will start from September to December 2014.

Research Jan-March 14: On-going collaborations with DSU Prof. Lee Byung Gook, whom is now co-supervising UTAR PhD Student (Ms Saw SeowHui). March 14: Collaborate in an Internal UTAR RF Grant Application – with Ms Saw SeowHui, Prof. Lee Byung Gook and Prof. Ewe Hong Tat (submitted on March 2014)

Study tour:Jan 14: DCInterNet sent flyer and information about 2014 UTAR Malaysian Cultural Immersion Programme to Mr. Dan Chung.

3 Korea Hanyang University

5-Mar-1020-May-13

19-May-16 Projects in research, academic


Dr Lau Phooi Yee

Joint Research:April 14: 5th IEEE Image Processing, Image Analysis and Real-Time Imaging (IPIARTI) Symposium 2014Paper: De-blocking Filter in H.264AVC A Video Forensics CaseAuthor: Jing Yi Tou, Phooi Yee Lau, Hsueh-Ming Hang and Sungkwon Park.

Study tour:Jan 14: DCInterNet sent flyer and information about 2014 UTAR Malaysian Cultural Immersion Programme to Hanyang University International Office.

4 Thailand Suranaree University of Technology

27-Jan-0926-Jan-13

27-Jan-15 Research, academic

development and student

Dr Goh Hock Guan

Joint Research:May 14: Continue to identify new research area for collaboration.

exchange Study Tour:Jan 14: DCInterNet sent flyer and information about 2014 UTAR Malaysian Cultural Immersion Programme to SUT International Office.

5 UK The University of Strathclyde

25-Mar-10 24-Mar-15 Joint projects in research, academic


Dr Liew Soung Yue

Student Exchange Programme:One FES student interested to participate in student exchange programme in Strathcylde. DCInterNet is liaising with International Office in Strathcylde.

Jan 14: Strathcylde will not host UTAR students for exchange programme due to our Three-semester-a-year system, unless both parties worked-out the exchange mechanism.

External Examiner:Prof. Andonovic accepted the re-appointment of UTAR as the external examiner of Communications and Networking. FICT is planning to invite him to visit the Faculty in the middle of 2014.

Study Tour:Jan 14: DCInterNet sent flyer and information about 2014 UTAR Malaysian Cultural Immersion Programme to Mdm. Allison.

12.0 Other (Faculty achievements, special projects, etc.)

12.1 Student Achievement Award (2013 )

No Name of Award Award by (Name(s) of the organisation)

Award The award ceremony was held on

Names of students

Programme of Study

Title of paper if a paper is presented to win the award

1

Final Year Project Competition

CEEDTec Sdn Bhd

Cash (RM300), Certificate of Participation

17th April 2013

Lee Jia Hui IA Object Finder for the Visually Impaired


17th April 2013

Tung Phien Phin

CS Computer Assisted Music Practice for Guitar (CAMPGuitar)


17th April 2013

Cheah Win Khai

IB 3D DSLR Learning Platform


17th April 2013

Ang Jenn Ning

CS QR-MAP: BYOD Indoor Map Directory Service

2

Hilti Excellent ICT Project Award 2013

Hilti Asia IT Sdn Bhd

First Prize (RM 2500) 18th April 2013

Sze To Tze Hang

IB Green Parking: E-Ticketing Parking System Using Mobile Application

Consolation (RM 500) 18th April 2013

Chua Keng Leong

IA Mobile Orphanage Donation Management System

Choy Chin Tat


Lee Jia Hui IA Object Finder for the Visually Impaired


Tan Ching Soon

CS Hand Tracking Guidance for the Visually Impaired


Tan Jia Ming

IA Mobile Price Sharing & Comparison System

3

Hilti Student Excellent Award 2013


Microsoft Surface Pro 18th April 2013

Wong Siaw Ling

CS -

Scholarship Awarded (RM500)

18th April 2013

Calvin Boey Mun Lek

CT -


18th April 2013

Goh Wen Bin

CN -


18th April 2013

Ng Chor Sheng

CN -

4 Jobstreet Award 2013 Jobstreet Sdn.Bhd

Cash (RM500) - Chin Wei Kit

IB -

5 Final Year Project Competition

CEEDTec Sdn Bhd


28th August 2013

Chai Ching Loong

IA Bus Tracking System


28th August 2013

Chong Ka Ying

IA iCalendar for Android Phone


28th August 2013

Lui Yongjian

CT Low Cost PC Based Data Logging System


28th August 2013

Ong Kok Tong

CS Remote Control Car with Web Camera

6 Hilti Excellent ICT Project Award 2013


First Prize (RM 2500) 29th August 2013

Chong Ka Ying

IA iCalendar for Android Phone

7 Hilti Student Excellent Award 2013


Microsoft Tablet 29th August 2013

Calvin Boey Mun Lek

CS -


29th August

Ting Lay Then

IA -

2013Scholarship Awarded (RM500)

29th August 2013

Moon Jia Min

CT -

12.2 Student Achievement Award (2014)No Name of Award Award by

(Name(s) of the organisation)

Award The award ceremony was held on

Names of students

Programme of Study

Title of paper if a paper is presented to win the award

FICT FYP Competition Arrangement

Champion 16-Apr-14 Goh Wen Bin

CN Student -

Hilti Corporation Hilti Excellent ICT Project Award January 2014

Winner 17-Apr-14 Goh Wen Bin

CN Student -

Microsoft Microsoft Imagine Cup 2014

Champion 25-Apr-14 Benson Law, Lim Chong Shen, Lim Sin Hong

IB/CS Student

-

Cisco Cisco Networking Academy NeTRiders Competitions

2nd Runner Up 10-May-14 Chin Chee Yang, Koh Peng How

CS Student -

CyberSecurity Young Entrepreneur Knowledge Hunt

Second Prize 22-Jun-14 Ng Soo Kean, Khoo Jon Jun, Wahithatul

CS/IA/IB Student

-

Bashariah, Alvin Cham Yingjhia, Desmond Wong Kah Hoe

Station One Leisure Café

Station One Micro Movie Competition

Champion 20-May-14 Foong Wai lap

IA Student -

FICT Hilti-UTAR Innovation Challenge 2014

Winner 28-Aug-14 Wong Zhen Hoa

CN Student -

FICT Hilti-UTAR Innovation Challenge 2014(Student Nomination)

Winner 28-Aug-14 Lim Chong Shen

CS Student -


First prize 27-Aug-14 Lee Cheng Qi, Lam Yan Zheng

IA Student -


Second prize 27-Aug-14 Wong Zhen Hoa

CN Student -


Third prize 27-Aug-14 Kong Zan Wai, Wong Ying Hung

CT Student -

Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)-International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)

Champion 27 September 2014 - 28 September 2014

Brenda Lee Mun Yee, Lee Guan Chuan

CS/IA Student

-

IET Malaysia IET International

Best paper award 03 November

Sia Yeong Kang

Master Student

-

Conference on Frontiers of Communications, Networks and Applications (ICFCNA 2014)

2014 -05 November 2014

MDeC Malaysia APICTA, Malaysia 2014

Merit Award 30-Oct-14 Goh Wen Bin

CN Student -

MDeC Malaysia APICTA, Jakarta 2014

Merit Award 27 November 2014 - 30 November 2014

Goh Wen Bin

CN Student -

SAP Malaysia SAP Lumira University Challenge

Champion 10 September 2014-16 December 2014

Lawrence Lee Chun Pei, Tan Teck Yin

IA/IB Student -

13.0 Important Contacts & Weblinks

For enquiries, please contact:

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

No.9 Jalan Bersatu 13/4,

46200, Petaling Jaya,

Selangor

P.O.Box 11384

50744 Kuala Lumpur

Petaling Jaya Campus

Tel: 603 7958 2628 Fax: 603 7956 1923

Perak Campus

Tel: 605 468 8888 Fax: 605 466 1313

Weblinks

FICT Website: http://www.utar.edu.my/fict

Student Webmail: https://mail2.utar.edu.my

UTAR Portal (Student): https://portal.utar.edu.my

UTAR WBLE: https://wble-pk.utar.edu.my

UTAR Library OPAC: http://library.utar.edu.my

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