SUMMARY

The purpose of this report is to look into the choices made by first year students while deciding
on their course and to hence analyze that whether that choice was of their own or if it was
heavily influenced by external factors such as peer pressure, financial difficulties, parent's
intervention and so on. A survey is to be carried out, whose results will be analyzed to come to a
conclusion about the topic.

Moreover, it is hoped that this survey will lead us to detailed information about the mind of a
student while choosing his/her course. Based on the results, we hope to propose appropriate
policies and measures that MMU administration can come up with to tackle the problem (if any)
of students being unable to cope with the pressure of the chosen subject or disliking it in the long
run, which can result in them dropping out of college in the worst case scenario.

Our methodology consist of questionnaires and short interviews .The interviews will be held
with first year students of all faculties to determine how the students chose their field of study in
our university .

The data from our questionnaires will be collected and analyzed. The data will also be tabulated
and converted into charts and diagrams to show more details.

The following recommendations were made:

 In order to introduce MMU (Multimedia University) courses to outsiders, MMU

can organize an open house event every year before main intake.
 MMU can cooperate with secondary schools to organize an exhibition in order to
introduce courses provided in MMU.
 MMU can cooperate with secondary schools and organize a workshop during
school holidays for secondary schools’ students to experience.
 Enrol requirements and details of course structure can be provide in MMU’s
website.
 MMU can provide MQA qualification for every course provided.

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In conclusion, if the recommendations are accept and implement, we believe that MMU can
definitely provide excellent guidance for teenagers to pursue their dreams.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank the following people who assisted us in the preparation of this report:

1. Sir Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Rahman, our lecturer, for the valuable advice, guidance and
encouragement he has given us which enabled us to successfully complete this report before the
deadline.

2. Prof Ahmad Rafi, our president for Melaka campus. Without his assistance it would have been
impossible to obtain the data on which the report was based.

3. All students in Multimedia University Melaka who took the time to respond to our
questionnaires.

4. All others who helped enabled us to complete this report.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
Summary …………………………………………………………………………………………. i
Acknowledgement …………………………………………………………………................... iii
Table of contents ……………………………………………………………………………… iv
List of figures……………………………………………………………………………………..vi

1.0 INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.1 Background…………………………………………………………………...................... 1
1.2 Terms of reference……………………………………………………………………….. 2
1.3 Purpose……………………………………………………………………………………. 2
1.4 Scope……………………………………………………………………………………… 3
1.5 Methodology…………………………………………………………………………… 3

2.0 FINDINGS………… ……………………………………………………………………….5

2.1 Student’s survey……………………………………………………………………………… 5
2.1.1 Gender of the respondents………………………………………………………………. .5
2.1.2 Nationality of the respondents…………………………………………………………… 6
2.1.3 Qualifications prior to choosing course in MMU 7
2.1.4 Faculty of respondents 8
2.1.5 Whether the course was choosen voluntarily or not 9
2.1.6 Actual reason behind choosing one’s course 10
2.1.7 Actual course of their personal interest 11
2.1.8 Percentage who fond our solution helpful 11

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3.0 CONCLUSIONS…………………………………………………………………………… 12
3.1 Respondents………………………………………………………………………………… 12
3.2 Qualifications……………………………………………………………………………… 12
3.3 Faculty 12
3.4 Personal Interest 13
3.5 Quiz results 13
3.6 Percentage who found our solution helpful 13

4.0 RECOMMENDATIONS………… ……………………………………………….............. 14

4.1 Open house……………………………………………………………………………… 14
4.2 Fares………………………………………………………………………………………. 14
4.3 Workshop…………………………………………………………………………………. 14
4.4 Websites………………………………………………………………………................... 15
4.5 Malaysia Qualification Agency (MQA)……………………………………………….. 15
4.6 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………… 15

APPENDICES
A. How MMU students choose their field of study Survey ………………………………… 16
B. Tabulation of data from student’s survey………………………………………………… 19

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Gender of the Respondents…………………………………………………………… 5

Figure 2: Nationality of Respondents…………………………………………………………. 6
Figure 3: Secondary qualifications of the respondents…………………………………………. 7
Figure 4: Faculty of the Respondents………………………………………………………… 8
Figure 5: How freshers chose their course in MMU …………………………………………… 9
Figure 6: The actual reason why students from 'X' chose their course…………………………. 10
Figure 7: The Actual Course of their own personal interest (For X)…………………………… 11

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