U2 GENERIC SKILLS CLUSTER

graduate success attributes

 

About Course

This course aims to serve the need of the students to understand and apply the attribute of UTM graduate skills. The course guides students in developing basic skills which consist of communication, thinking, scholarship, teamwork & leadership, adaptability, global citizenship and enterprising skills. This course also prepares them to face the real challenging world. In this course, students will be assessed through various class activities such as individual case study and group project.

LEADERSHIP

 

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This course aims to build leadership skills, teamwork and critical thinking skills. These skills are developed through case study activities, scenario study, role-play, jigsaw, peer instruction and group assignments.

CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING

 

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This course aims to develop higher-order thinking skills and to develop curiosity and analytical mind, while to be able to solve problems creatively and innovatively in the new situations. These skills are developed through activities such as scenario study, role-play, debate and group assignments.

THE HUMAN SIDE OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 

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The goal of the course is to prepare students to become familiar with the current Knowledge Management (KM) practices, and the importance of knowledge as a resource in knowledge-based economy. In this course, all students need to acknowledge both the soft and hard perspectives of KM. The course guides students in developing scholarship skills, adaptability skills, thinking skills and communication skills to prepare themselves to real organizational practices. In this course, students will be assessing through article reviews, case study, group debate, case study and project based-learning that require them to utilize the related skills.

Development and Global Issues

 

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This course aims to develop self-adjustment in dealing with contemporary challenges in everyday life. This course addresses psychological approaches to understanding, managing, and changing our physical and emotional well-being. Relationships with others, our environment(s), and ourselves will be explored and examined. Upon completion; students should be able to demonstrate an awareness of the processes of adjustment. The desired outcome is for students to adapt this knowledge to actively take charge of their own lives, creatively adjusting to an ever-changing world.

Guidance and Counselling

 

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This course introduces students to the basics of guidance and counselling to assist people. Students will gain basic knowledge and skills of counselling that enable them to possess the added-value of adaptability through activities in class, case study and group projects. 

Psychology of Adjustment

 

About Course

This course aims to develop self-adjustment in dealing with contemporary challenges in everyday life. This course addresses psychological approaches to understanding, managing, and changing our physical and emotional well-being. Relationships with others, our environment(s), and ourselves will be explored and examined. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an awareness of the processes of adjustment. The desired outcome is for students to adapt this knowledge to actively take charge of their own lives, creatively adjusting to an ever-changing world.

Fundamental of Intellectual PROPERTY

 

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This subject focus on guiding future professionals to understand, aware, appreciate and practices professional work ethics in daily life not only in local context but also involving in global context. Attributes as a global citizen, future professional able to adopt an ethical attitude and approach when they develop, promote and implement professional conduct when anticipating in professional activities. Discussions will cover fundamental questions about ethics (moral), theories of ethics; fundamental ethical values, ethical awareness; principles and ethics function; ethical issues in the profession; the obligation to provide services; obligations toward clients; deep analyses ethical issues in various fields such as science, management; medical; engineering, law, education and business.

Law for Entrepreneurs

 

About Course

This course aims to provide students with a general overview of what entrepreneurs should know pertaining to the business legal environment in Malaysia. The main objectives are to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to start their business ventures and address the arising challenges and liabilities.  This course will also enhance students’ thinking skills and adaptability skills which will help them to function effectively in their professional career.

Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development

 

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This course introduces the concepts and principles of entrepreneurship and the process of starting a business venture. A three-stage approach is used to achieve the course learning outcome: (a) understanding the individual characteristics of an entrepreneur, (b) analysing business opportunities and forming an entrepreneurial venture, and (c) developing a business model for the new venture idea. During the first stage, students will be exposed to the concepts and principles of entrepreneurship and individual characteristics and the required skills to successfully manage business ventures. Then, they will be introduced to techniques and tools to analyse and assess business ideas and the procedures to set up business ventures in Malaysia. Finally, they will be guided through every stages of business model development using their business ideas as case study. In addition to guided T&L, students will also be exposed to real life entrepreneurial activities through entrepreneurship carnivals containing talks by successful entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial workshops and entrepreneurial activities.

Social Entrepreneurship

 

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The course gives a thorough understanding of the field of social entrepreneurship, by a mixture of lectures concerning the entrepreneurial principles which allows students to manage a venture to achieve a social change. This course also encourage students to engage with real social entrepreneurs through assignments and practical work .From this course the student will gain a broad theoretical and practical knowledge about social entrepreneurship. The emphasis will be the fulfilling the needs and obligations of social responsibility for building a sustainable society. They will know how social entrepreneurs work, what kind of challenges they face, and how these challenges can be met.

Engineering Communication

 

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The aim of this course is to develop students competency in communication related to engineers workplace. For that purpose we expose the basic skills in communication of taking students through the basic process in communication. The content of this course include a communication skills related to technical field such as interpersonal skills for engineers, writing skills, instructional skills, supervisory communication for engineers negotiation and consultation skills.

Human Communication

 

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The aim of this course is to develop student’s communication competency practice inhuman and work life. For that purpose, we expose the basic skills in communication of taking students through the basic process in communication theoretically and practically. The content of this course include a communication skills related to human life and work life such as interpersonal skills, group communication, public communication and intercultural communication.

Professional Ethics

 

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This course focuses on producing professionals who can understand, recognize, appreciate and practice work ethic in their daily work life. Not only ethical values are practised in everyday life in the local context but also the global context. Ownership of attributes as an ethical global citizen enables these future professionals to adjust their ethical behaviours and approaches as they develop, promote and implement professional behaviour while engaging in their professional activities. Discussions include core questions about ethics, ethical theories; fundamental ethical values; ethical awareness; functions and principles of ethics; ethical issues in the profession; obligation to provide services; obligations to clients; in-depth analysis of the ethical problems in various fields such as ethics in science, management, medicine, engineering, law, education and business. 

Professional Ethics, Safety and Health (Ningen Ryoku)

 

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This course provides knowledge on fundamental principles of ethics, safety, and health, their application to the engineering profession and sustainable development at local and international level. It covers the skills and knowledge in promoting and maintaining health and safety in the workplace. The importance of acquiring professional ethics, safety and health will be explored through project based activities, seminar, etc

Global Citizen

 

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This course introduces students to important questions about what it means to be a global citizen. As we develop global literacy, students will explore how their actions contribute to significant global situations. This awareness will be designed to show the role that individuals, institutions, non-governmental and governmental organizations can play in improving the quality of society, the country and the environment. This course encourages students to think critically about the most effective methods of addressing today’s major problems. This course focuses on raising students’ awareness of becoming more responsible members of society.

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