Open AccessGeneric Skills of The Undergraduates: A Case Study of Faculty of Built Environment in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Author(s) -
Rozalia Rozlin,
Fuziah Ismail,
Nik Rumzi Nik Idris,
Nur Emma Mustaffa,
Maisarah Mohamed Saat,
Noriza Mohd Jamal,
Suresh Ramakrishnan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.13642
Subject(s) - medical education , mathematics education , descriptive statistics , architecture , institution , psychology , engineering , geography , sociology , mathematics , medicine , social science , statistics , archaeology
Higher Learning Institution in Malaysia has emphasised on the acquisition of generic skills of graduates’ prior employment. The growing number of unemployed graduates is partly due to their poor generic skills. Thus, the purpose of this research is to identify the level of generic skills among undergraduates of Faculty of Built Environment in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. Questionnaires were distributed to undergraduates from 4 programmes which are Quantity Surveying; Landscape Architecture; Urban and Regional Planning and Construction. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that students’ level of generic skills are relatively high among the four programmes with an exception to Quantity Surveying undergraduates whom scored moderately. It is recommended that future research should focus on investigating generic skills of undergraduates from different faculties in UTM as to provide a comprehensive generalisation of UTM’s undergraduates’performances.