SC DISCUSSION ON CO-CURRICULUM DAY AND PERSAKA EXHIBITION | HUAWEI CONNECTED CAMPUS 2020 by BADRUL FITRI BIN SHAIFULL NAIM

1) Mini Report

On this event, all of the students of School of Computing are gathered in the same hall in N24. We were given a brief explanation about the UTM co-curriculum day in the point of view of our lecturers. As we were told before, UTM co-curriculum day is actually to given us more opportunity to graduate. But in this meeting, the lecturers give more specific information about how the program is going to run throughout the semester. I was convinced that we have to attend any events that gives merit every single week, on Tuesdays. It is a pre-requisite subject to continue for the next semester. Attendance below a specific amount can reduce the marks. Starting semester 2 2019/2020, all UTM students require to involve in co-curriculum activities as follows. UTMSAT – Involves all Year 1 until Year 4 students. Students need to join the organized program and each activity will contribute to points. To pass this program, students need to join a minimum of 1 program which will be held every Tuesday along the 14 weeks’ time. To get an excellent transcript, student must join 3 programs on every Tuesday along the 14 weeks’ time. UTMSAT program differs from the normal 3 credit co-curriculum program (2+1). It is for all students. Normal 3 credit co-curriculum program --> Need to register and included into Academic Transcript. UTMSAT- No credit ---> But Co-Curriculum Transcript will be issued (Pass: Moderate-Excellent) & the name of the transcript is UTMSAT. Therefore, student will get 2 scrolls during the convocation. In the other words, starting from this semester (19/20), for the students who did not registered for normal 3 credit co-curriculum program, they need to join the co-curriculum activities that are organized by UTM on every Tuesday from 2pm until 11pm.

2) Self Reflection

From my point of view as a second year students, I appreciate every events that was held in UTM to increase our merits and knowledge. It is a great chance and opportunity to learn more to prepare us in the working field in the future. I hope to attend more events like these even though we're currently facing a pandemic of covid-19 which forces us to stay at home and having virtual events. For the time being, there are no problems faced while the co-curriculum day are running throughout the semester. I hope we can still improve our current situation.