FAQ 8: RESEARCH?
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS BASED ON 2013/2014 AND 2014/2015 BATCH'S EXPERIENCE. THERE MIGHT BE CHANGES ON HOW IT WORKS FOR THE NEW BATCH.
Research was actually something new for us when we first went in. From what I understand, it is a very crucial part of PERMATApintar as UKM itself is a research university. So, here's a brief look on it. #thinkpositive
In semester 1, each person will be given a supervisor who is one of the lecturers in Permata. The supervisor will guide you, especially on your report writing and they will help you to keep in track of your timeline. Oh yah, and they are the ones who will be evaluating you and giving you marks. Next, with the help of lectures in Research Skills class, you will first need to find your own field of interest. It can be any field, be it medical, maths, bussiness, pyschology, education, etc. Then, u get to determine what question or problem statement u want to answer. This will most probably be the first time for you to learn how to do academic writings, but lecturers will help u so don't worry. You will be allowed to select a mentor, someone who specialises in the particular field. For our batch, we have to email them asking for their permission to become our mentors. Mentors will be experts in UKM or outside UKM, depending on whoever suits you. Most of the time, they will be guiding you in terms of their expertises like explanation of certain scientific terms or methodology. You will also have to sacrifice a little bit of your time to meet them, in which you will find yourself travelling to and fro their offices. At the end of semester 1, you will need to come out with a proposal.
Semester 2 will be the time to conduct your research. There will be no classes. You will either find yourself doing experiments or distributing questionnaires, library research or other methods of conducting a research. Then at the end of the course, u will write a report and present your finding to your supervisor.
Maybe you will face difficulties during the research, maybe not, but this is normal in life, right? Everybody faces problems sometimes. No matter what, keep in mind that everything is for the future as these skills will help you when you are doing your degree. *wink*
*** Perhaps changes will be done in terms of research schedule (like when to start conducting experiments, when to start writing report, etc) for future batches. No worries, you will be provided a timeline as reference on when to complete certain things.
Thanks for reading!
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS BASED ON 2013/2014 AND 2014/2015 BATCH'S EXPERIENCE. THERE MIGHT BE CHANGES ON HOW IT WORKS FOR THE NEW BATCH.
Research was actually something new for us when we first went in. From what I understand, it is a very crucial part of PERMATApintar as UKM itself is a research university. So, here's a brief look on it. #thinkpositive
In semester 1, each person will be given a supervisor who is one of the lecturers in Permata. The supervisor will guide you, especially on your report writing and they will help you to keep in track of your timeline. Oh yah, and they are the ones who will be evaluating you and giving you marks. Next, with the help of lectures in Research Skills class, you will first need to find your own field of interest. It can be any field, be it medical, maths, bussiness, pyschology, education, etc. Then, u get to determine what question or problem statement u want to answer. This will most probably be the first time for you to learn how to do academic writings, but lecturers will help u so don't worry. You will be allowed to select a mentor, someone who specialises in the particular field. For our batch, we have to email them asking for their permission to become our mentors. Mentors will be experts in UKM or outside UKM, depending on whoever suits you. Most of the time, they will be guiding you in terms of their expertises like explanation of certain scientific terms or methodology. You will also have to sacrifice a little bit of your time to meet them, in which you will find yourself travelling to and fro their offices. At the end of semester 1, you will need to come out with a proposal.
Semester 2 will be the time to conduct your research. There will be no classes. You will either find yourself doing experiments or distributing questionnaires, library research or other methods of conducting a research. Then at the end of the course, u will write a report and present your finding to your supervisor.
Maybe you will face difficulties during the research, maybe not, but this is normal in life, right? Everybody faces problems sometimes. No matter what, keep in mind that everything is for the future as these skills will help you when you are doing your degree. *wink*
*** Perhaps changes will be done in terms of research schedule (like when to start conducting experiments, when to start writing report, etc) for future batches. No worries, you will be provided a timeline as reference on when to complete certain things.
Thanks for reading!