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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026

Assessment Methods: Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40% Continuous Assessment: 100%
Summative Assessment: 60%

SIH3022 ENVIRONMENTAL
SIH3018 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROJECT
MICROBIOLOGY
Students will conduct a research project
The course focuses on the basic and individually on environmental issues under
applied concepts of environmental at least one supervisor. The student needs
microbiology. Fundamental concepts in to propose a research proposal and
microbiology such as microbial diversity, present the research findings scientifically
ecology and metabolism, will be explained. through verbal presentation and a writing
Microbial diversity in terrestrial and of an academic journal article.
aquatic environments as well as their roles
in the ecosystems will be described. Assessment Methods:
Further, applications of microorganisms in Continuous Assessment: 100%
wastewater treatment, bioremediation of
polluted and deteriorated environments,
and others will be discussed. Students will SIH3023 INTRODUCTION TO
also gain practical skills in basic ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT
microbiological techniques.
This course prepares students the
Assessment Methods: necessary knowledge and skills on
Continuous Assessment: 50% administrative management for a working
Summative Assessment: 50% environment in an organization. It covers
theories of management, planning,
organising and management of meetings.
SIH3019 TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 100%
Introduction to tourism and ecotourism.
Tourism and environment in Malaysian SIH3025 INTRODUCTION TO
scenario including law, policy and BIOREMEDIATION
guidelines. Principles of economic
valuation on environmental resources, in Bioremediation is the use of living
relation to tourism, e.g. Willingness to Pay organisms to accumulate, detoxify,
(WTP) and Travel Cost Method (TCM). degrade, or remove environmental
Students will be able to conduct a survey contaminants. This course provides an
on WTP and TCM via field visits and overview of the bioremediation process
construct their own set of questionares. including the main sources of
Impacts of tourism to environment and contaminants and environments where
how to achieve sustainable tourism, in bioremediation can be used, type of
which SWOT analysis will be used. Case remediation strategies as well as the
study on selected ecotourism areas, like factors that influence the bioremediation
Protected Areas, World UNESCO Heritage rates. The application of various
and Ramsar sites. microorganisms and plants in
bioremediation will be discussed. Case

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