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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2016/2017

Assessment Methods: Medium of Language
Continuous Assessment: 100% Malay/ English

Medium of Language Soft Skill
English CS1,CT3,TS1,EM1
Soft Skill References
CS2,CT1,EM2 1. Okasha, Samir. 2002. Philosophy of Science: A
Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University
References: Press.
1. Mazur,Dennis John. (2007).Evaluating the Science 2. Eisenstadt, S.N. 2000. Multiple Modernities.
and Ethics of Research on Humans: A Guide for Daedalus, Winter , 129(1): 1-29.
IRB.Members.Johns Hopkins University Press. 3. Ferre, Frederick. 1995. Philosophy of Technology.
2. US National Academy of Sciences. (2010). The University of Georgia Press.
Promoting chemical laboratory safety and security
in developing countries. National Academies Press:
Washington DC. SIS1003 Science and Technology in Malaysia
3. D'Angelo, J. (2012). Ethics in science: Ethical This course will provide a platform to the students about
Misconduct in scientific research. CRC Press. the development of science and technology in Malaysia,
starting in British colonial times up to the 21st century.
Transfer model of science and technology will also be
SIS1001 Logic and Critical Thinking introduced to the students. This discussion will take a
number of sectors such as agriculture, education, and
This course will equip students with the skills to think industry as a case study. The course also covers the
critically and systematically in solving the problems faced development of government policy in the development of
by the theories and concepts learned. Students have the science and technology in Malaysia involving several key
opportunity to learn the basics and methods of analysis players. In addition, an introduction to the basic policy
through oral and written submissions that are authentic analysis will also be introduced.
and not authentic, deductive arguments and inductive
arguments. Students are exposed to some type of Assessment Methods:
Fallacy of thought and speech, including Ad hominem, Continuous Assessment: 50%
Ad Populum, HASTY Generalization, False Alternatives, Final Exam: 50%
Bandwagon Argument, Slippery Slope, and
Overstatement. Medium of Language
English
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40% Soft Skill
Final Exam: 60% CS3,CT1,TS1,LS1
References
Medium of Language 1. Articles that related to History S&T in Malaysia in The
English Journal of the Malaysian Branch Royal Asiatic Society
Soft Skill 2. Drabble J. H. (2000). An Economic History of
CS2,CT3 Malaysia, c. 1800-1990: The Transition to Modern
Economic Growth (London).
References 3. Molly N. N (2004), Restructuring Higher Education in
1. Bassham, Irwin, et. al. (2008). Critical Thinking: A Malaysia (Penang).
Student’s Introduction (3 ed.). New York: McGraw-
rd
Hill.
2. Cottrell, Stella. (2011). Critical Thinking Skills: SIS1004 Science, Technology and Sustainable
Developing Effective Analysis and Argument (2 nd Development
ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan
3. Fisher, Alec. (2011). Critical Thinking: An In this course, student will be exposed to the concept
Introduction (2 ed.). New York: Cambridge and the philosophy of development from multi-
nd
University Press. dimensional perspective including economic, human-
nature relationships, social justice, human development,
communal worldview and religion. The course also aims
to explain the recent challenges of development by
SIS1002 Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of emphasizing sustainable development as an alternative
Technology approach towards prosperity.
In this course, students will be exposed to some of the Assessment Methods:
philosophical schools of science and philosophy of Continuous Assessment: 50%
technology with an emphasis on the need to understand Final Exam: 50%
the nature of S & T in confronting the issues and
challenges of the current world. Subsequently, students Medium of Language
will apply theoretical knowledge by doing research on the English/Malay
issues selected via a PBL (Problem Based Learning).
Assessment Methods: Soft Skill
Continuous Assessment: 50% CS3,CT3,TS2,EM1
Final Exam: 50%

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