Step 2: Plan your course
Before enrolling in units, you should:
- Understand your course structure: All courses have specific requirements and compulsory units (core units). Some courses have units you can choose (elective units).
- Check which units are available: Some units cannot be taken before other units (prerequisites), or at the same time (corequisites)
Select your school:
General Studies
As a student in Malaysia, the Ministry of Education requires you to complete some General Studies units.
In line with the Ministry of Higher Education's directive, all undergraduate students commencing Semester 2, 2026 onwards are required to complete the prescribed General Studies units as part of their programme requirements. The following General Studies units must be completed to fulfill the General Studies requirements for graduation.
Domestic Students
General studies for all courses (except Diploma of Business)
- MPU3192 Falsafah dan Cabaran Semasa
- MPU3182 Aspirasi Negara Bangsa
- MPU3312 Integrity and Anti-Corruption
- MPU3222 Effective Communication for Higher Education
- MPU3322 Development and Current Issues in Malaysia
- MPU3412 Sustainability in Practice
- *MPU3212 Bahasa Kebangsaan A (this unit is only applicable for students who did not obtain a Credit in SPM Bahasa Melayu paper/not an SPM holder)
*If you have scored a minimum credit “C” for your SPM Bahasa Melayu you can obtain an exemption. For more information, please visit the General Studies website.
All General Studies units are only offered in Semester 1 and Semester 2 of the academic teaching calendar and it is not offered in the October teaching calendar.
Note: New Bachelor's Degree and Honours students are currently unable to enrol in General Studies units in the Web Enrolment System (WES). Students will be notified in due course once enrolment becomes available. This arrangement does not affect students enrolled in the Diploma of Business programme.
For the Diploma of Business, you will need to complete the following units:
- MPU2183 Appreciation of Ethics and Civilizations
- MPU2313 Integrity and Anti-Corruption
- *MPU2212 National Language A (this unit is only applicable for students who did not obtain a Credit in SPM Bahasa Melayu paper/not an SPM holder)
- MPU2412 Sustainability in Practice
*If you have scored a minimum credit “C” for your SPM Bahasa Melayu you can obtain an exemption. For more information, please visit the General Studies website.
Note: Not all General Studies units for Diploma of Business are available in Semester 1 and 2 of the academic teaching calendar and it is not offered in the October teaching calendar. Please refer to your Course Map that you will receive via email.
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