Department of Languages & General Studies
Division of General Studies
On top of providing MQA required courses, the General Studies Division also offers courses related to various aspects of humanities. The division aims to produce graduates who are equipped with knowledge of professional and liberal studies that will serve them in becoming well-rounded intellectuals. All courses offered here are specially intended to emphasise the integration of many aspects of humanities and social sciences, a significant element of human life. The interdisciplinary approach in the courses in this division has proven to be advantageous to students from all backgrounds.
Category U1
• MPU2133 Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi I (For international students)
Category U2
• MPU2213 Bahasa Kebangsaan A (Compulsory for students with no credits in SPM Bahasa Melayu)
• MPU2223 Introduction to Mass Communication
• MPU2233 Critical Thinking Skills
• MPU2243 Drawing Fundamental
• MPU2263 Fundamentals of Management
• MPU2273 Fundamentals of Marketing
• MPU2283 Public Speaking
• MPU2293 Foreign Language — Japanese
Category U3
• MPU2303 Introduction to Political Sciences
• MPU2313 Malay Culture II
• MPU2323 Moral Studies
• MPU2333 Malaysian and Singaporean Literature in English
• MPU2343 Media, Culture and Communication
• MPU2353 Cross Cultural Management
• MPU2363 History of Art and Design
Category U4
• KMPU2432 Integrity and Anti-Corruption
• LMPU2412 Life 20
Remarks
1. Students are required to earn 11 credits for MPU subjects. They should refer to their own faculty programme study plan for subject enrollment.
2. KMPU2432 Integrity and Anti-Corruption is a compulsory subject for all diploma students admitted from 2023B onwards. Students who are admitted before 2023B are required to enroll in LMPU2412 Life 20.
Category U1
• BMPU3143 Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 2 (For international students)
• BMPU3193 Falsafah dan Isu Semasa (For local & international students)
Category U2
• BMPU3213 Bahasa Kebangsaan A (Compulsory for students with no credits in SPM Bahasa Melayu)
• AMPU3223 Aesthetic Studies
• AMPU3233 Basic Photography
• AMPU3243 Chinese Calligraphy
• AMPU3253 Film, Culture abd Literature
• AMPU3263 Kepimpinan
• GMPU3213 Great Books Reading
Category U3
• HMPU3313 Critical Thinking Skills
• HMPU3323 Environmental Change and Sustainable Development
• HMPU3343 Science, Technology and Society
• MMPU3313 Cross Cultural Translation & Interpretation: Between Chinese, English & Malay
• MMPU3323 Introduction to Southeast Asia
• MMPU3333 Malaysia’s Multi-ethnic and Cultural Society
• CMPU3313 Happiness
• CMPU3323 Introduction to Buddhism
• CMPU3333 Introduction to Islam
• CMPU3343 Introduction to World Religion
Category U4
• KMPU3432 Integrity and Anti-Corruption
• LMPU3412 Life 30
Remarks
1. Students are required to earn 14 credits for MPU subjects. They should refer to their own faculty programme study plan for subject enrollment.
2. KMPU3432 Integrity and Anti-Corruption is a compulsory subject for all degree students admitted from 2023B onwards. Students who are admitted before 2023B are required to enroll in LMPU3412 Life 30.
3. Students who have already enrolled and passed Integrity and Anti-Corruption during their previous level of study are allowed to do subject exemption and are required to enroll in LMPU3412 Life 30.
LMPU2412 Life 20 / LMPU3412 Life 30
Life 20 and Life 30 contains three categories as follows:
- Seminar
- Classical Books Reading
- Voluntary Work
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