I graduated last year from Mechanical Engineering. I don't think there are much changes, except for some minor change in the contents of each subject here and there. Most of them have been through rigorous scrutiny by the BEM. So there is nothing to worry about.

I believe UniMAP is now using the 0.75 GPA system instead of the 0.67 system. This will benefit the students, for sure.

Wow.. looks like it's quite hard.
How computer engineering differ to electronic engineering?
Mind to share...

Thanks for a very informative explanation. Since you are so actively involved in MPP work, I am sure you are more than qualified to address the following issues which will be highlighted below.

Personally, I find that all this MPP thing is just a waste of the university's resources. During my time at UniMAP, I hardly see any of the MPPs at work. Quite a number of my friends were MPPs themselves. I was curious and asked them their actual intentions of becoming a student representative, since they were in their final year and had to deal with their FYP. Guess what? Their responses were not even close to what I had in mind. One of the most popular answers which I got from them was

Such childish answers.

Next up, the MPPs during my time, who are supposed to represent the entire student population of UniMAP, actually spoke rotten English! I mean, how do you expect them to carry the name of UniMAP on the international front with broken English? I am not saying that they have to possess the ability to speak like President Obama, or have the command of the English language to be as good as William Shakespear...just master basic day-to-day standard English would do the job pretty well, I guess.

For one I would disagree with the current electoral system of the MPP. How can such important posts be determined by popularity alone? So many factors are not being considered over here. The ability to communicate well, the work ethics and attitude of that person, and so forth. As I have mentioned previously, if that person is a very popular guy but he is one friggin' lazy bum, does that mean he has the chance to sit on top while others who are more qualified than he is get to be his slaves? This is outrageous, to say the very least!

Is being an all-rounded student a criterion of an MPP member? I clearly remember that the prefects of my secondary school were all good at their studies, and at the same time, actively involved in extra-curricular activities. My head prefect is a four-flatter, and despite the fact that he is good in everything he does, he is a humble, soft-spoken gentleman. He is well-respected back then; even the school principal respected him as a student leader. Sadly, I seldom see these qualities in our MPPs. I think the self-building camps organised by the HEPA did not really work, huh?

Hi nav92,

Actually, quite a lot have changed even before I left UniMAP. First, the major revamp was the final exam questions, where they categorised them from C1 to C6. C1 problems test students on general understanding and fundamentals, and C6's test students on the application of the general understanding of the subject, which usually has an open-ended solution.

Second, the curriculum has changed from a 70-30 hands-on to theory ratio to, probably 80-20. This is the general requirement outlined by EAC and BEM. Well, previously, I had non-conventional machining and CNC, which is purely hands-on. I believe they have replaced that.

Third, will be what bb100 mentioned, the scoring system. It was based on a 0.67 pointer formerly, now they have changed it to 0.75. STPM follows the former system, where A=4.00, A-=3.67, B+=3.33 and so on. What UniMAP practices is like A=4.00, A-=3.75, B+-3.50... Seems like a boon more than a bane to me.

However, the basic structure of the course did not change. Previously, ME at UniMAP was a design-orientated course. And currently it is still a design-oriented course. The only difference is that the current one offers less hands-on experience.

The reason why I thinking about competing is....

I wanted to share my ideas to all others unimap students. I don't wan't them to be static, study all day along without realizing whats happening to their country and also the world now. I want them at least have some concern about other isssues outside the campus as well. As a Mahasiswa, someone that will colors the future later need to know at least some of the issues outside....

Or I can say in Malay. Kita adalah penggerak masa depan, dan bakal memimpin masyarakat. Kalau Mahasiswa statik, hanya tahu mengenai study dan engineering things sahaja, susahlah nanti. Sometimes NKRI pon tak tau, kadar inflasi pon tak tahu. Sedihlah jadi mahasiswa kalau macam itu. Kita kena ambil tahu atleast abit about our country....

Its not a total differ. Its just majoring on certain things. This semester I learn about Operating System. How the operating system operates. What's the protocol need to follow. What's the microproccers doing inside the OS and other stuff as well....

I respect ur opinion bro. But for this year candidates, I've seen their English is much more powderfull than I'm. As for the "Not doing their job" thigy, that one I can't comment more. Sometimes we didn't see what they're doing, But they indeed doing thier job...

About those "Senang Dapat Kerja" thingy. I also thing its a bullshit. It just add a line in ur resume, might affect abit. But if their basic skills also failed, so no job la...

I'm joining this thing to train myself to be an all-rounder dude. And I've seen something inside the uni that NEEDS to change. I oso dun want for the beginning, but if someone didn't start it, who will???

Don't worry bro, I already ask some of my fren, seniors and alumni over this. Even someone popular as Saiful Rahman, a recent grad from mechatronics. He's a friend of mine during school back then....

Hope what you said is true, my friend, especially the part on English. No doubt, the University's official language is BM, but I feel English is equally important. MPPs would not be able to use BM when you guys are on a tour to Oxford or MIT to promote the University, for example.

I do agree with you that our university need changes here and there. But before you do anything serious, please ask yourself: Are all other MPPs behind me? Would they work with me towards a common goal? If your answer to these simple questions is a big NO, then I suggest that you better drop the idea. It's hard to work alone and against an entire group of people.

Anyway, good luck to you, pal! It's heartening to know that there is someone enthusiastic enough to bring changes to the MPP and UniMAP.

My manifesto vid. U guys can leave comment if u wanted to...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4670797247927

hello guys, i'd like to know if there's any postgraduates in the thread? i'd like to know your thoughts and experiences about the masters program in unimap.

Hello there,

Maybe you can start by introducing yourself?

Hi there Thumpy. Former UniMAP student?

This post has been edited by bb100: Sep 19 2012, 01:40 AM

Second intake, anyone?

not really, i had my undergrad somewhere else... my cousin told me the campus area is really tenang since not much ppl around, but i'm curious about the internet coverage. i heard there's wifi on the bus too which is awesome hahaha, but if i use a celcom broadband how's the connection in the area?

Yes, the wifi on bus was recently launched on all of UniMAP's official buses. For mobile broadband, Celcom works the best here( 3G signal everywhere in Perlis). Digi & Maxis not recommended.

What wifi?

This post has been edited by ErgoProxi: Sep 21 2012, 03:20 AM

lol.... official busses..... not those we normally use le.. haha....

Precisely. I rarely come across an official bus.

That is the point.

and it's a pointy one.....

On a more serious note, I think there is no point for them to install Wi-Fi services on their bas kuning. I don't know if they allow it now, but during my time, bas kunings are usually very packed and there were many students standing for the whole journey. You can't possibly meddle with your smartphone or tablets when you are standing on the bus, can you? And for those who were lucky enough to get a seat, they were either sleeping or busy running their mouth with a bunch of friends. No time for web-browsing...

This post has been edited by bb100: Sep 22 2012, 10:10 AM

1st:
bus kuning = no wifi= okey

bus biru with logo(kolej kediaman - kangar - kolej kediaman) = no wifi = disappointing

official bus(not sure which 1) = got wifi = where is it ?


2nd:
exactly y I rarely board bus kuning....