The electives can be from:
- any units offered in School of Science
- also any units from Non Science discipline (other schools)
- another set of major (Science or Non Science)
e.g Applied Microbiology and Genomics and Bioinformatics or Biotechnology and Medicinal Chemistry
e.g Tropical Environmental Biology and Communication (School of Arts and Social Sciences)
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How to find electives using the Handbook?
1) Click Advanced Search when you are on the
Handbook.2) Click on Units.
3) At the left hand side (filter), click location and choose “Malaysia” while for teaching period choose “First semester or Second semester”. The filter will list out the units that are offered in Malaysia. You may choose the elective from the units offered as long as you meet the prerequisite (if any).
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Recommended Science electives (included in the sample course map):
- MBS3800 (Medical bioscience internship unit)
- SCI3990 (Science in action research project unit)
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Examples of Science @ Level 1 elective units (Semester 1, 2021)
- BTH1802 (Fundamentals of biotechnology)
- FST1800 (Fundamentals of food and sensory science)
- FST1911 (Introduction to nutrition)
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Examples of Science @ Level 1 elective units (Semester 2, 2021)
- PSY1022 (Psychology 1B)
- ENV1800 (Environmental science: A Southeast Asian perspective)
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Examples of free elective at Level 1 units (Semester 1, 2021)
- MKW1120 (Marketing theory and practice)
- ECW1101 (Introductory microeconomics)
- AMU1018 (Learning in higher education)
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Examples of free elective at Level 1 units (Semester 2, 2021)