IMPORTANT NOTES TO FIST STUDENTS

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IMPORTANT NOTES TO FIST STUDENTS
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ACADEMIC ADVISORY SYSTEM All new students
should receive an academic advisor upon admission
to the faculty. Please contact the faculty Admin
Office if you are not assigned to any academic
advisor.   Students are advised to meet their
academic advisor in the beginning of the every
trimester. Students with GPA or CGPA of below 2.5
are compulsory to meet their academic advisor
(within week 4- week 6 for short trimester and
week 7-week 9 for long trimester). Failing to
meet your advisor, you will not be able to
register subjects for the following trimester.
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REGISTRATION OF SUBJECTS All subject
registration should be closed after week 3 for
long and short semester (Online registration
closed after Week 2 and manual registration Closed
after week 3). Students who are prevented from
registering for a subject (due to supplementary
examinations, termination and financial issues)
are allowed to register unofficially with the
lecturer of the subject.  For late course
registration (after week 3 and up to week 4
ONLY), students are allowed to register for the
course provided that  -   It is proven that the
student has attended at minimum 50 of all
lectures, tutorials, and labs (if available) up
till the date of registration, and the final
decision should be made by the Dean/Director.
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Normal status students are allowed to take
a) In 14 lecture-week (long) trimester i)     
Maximum of 24 CH ii)      Minimum of 1
subject b)  In 8 lecture-week (short) trimester
i)      Maximum of 14 CH ii)     Minimum of 1
subject
Credit hour limits for Under Probation students
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EXCEED REGISTERED SUBJECT(S) If you have
registered more than the credit hours mentioned
above, it is compulsory for you to go to ERU to
drop some subjects. TERMINATED STUDENTS If
your status is Terminated the system will
automatically drop the subjects that you have
registered during the Pre-Subject Registration.
You may register after the appeal process has
been completed. Therefore, please do not miss any
of your classes to avoid any problem with your
attendance and evaluation for the classes.
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UNDERPROBATION TERMINATED STATUS 1. Every
time a student's GPA is below 2.0, his status in
On Probation and his Probation Count is
incremented by 1. 2. If a student achieves a
GPA of 2.0 and above, his Probation Count is
immediately reset to 0. 3. Should a student's
Probation Count reach 4 - degree level/
foundation level students can have grade transfer
all their credits to Diploma if their CGPA is 1.0
and above, otherwise they are terminated. -
those in Diploma are terminated despite CGPA and
credit hours. If a student does not have a GPA
for a particular trimester, his status and
probation count will carry forward to the next
trimester.
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• REFUND ON TUITION FEES
• 100 of the course fee shall be refunded if a
  student withdraws from a subject within the first
  and second week of any trimester.
• 75 of the course fee shall be refunded if a
  student withdraws from a subject within the third
  week of any trimester.
• 50 of the course fee shall be refunded if a
  student withdraws from a subject within the
  fourth and fifth week of any trimester.
• No refund shall be made for withdrawal beyond the
  fifth week of any trimester

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REQUIREMENT FOR REGISTRATION Starting from
Trimester 1 2009/2010, all pre-requisite
subjects (must-pass) have been converted to
requirement for registration subjects
(must-take). Below are the definitions of
pre-requisite and requirement for
registration   Pre-requisite (must-pass) - for
a subject where a student must demonstrate
proficiency by passing the pre-requisite before
proceeding to the following subject   Requirement
for registration (must-take) - for a subject
where a student must have been exposed to a
subject matter by having taken the pre-requisite
before proceeding to the following subject
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REGULATION FOR REPEAT OF SUBJECT There is no
limit for the repeating of subject
registration. 50 less from normal fees for
repeating subject (C-,D,D,F and FL)
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TERMINATED STUDENT TO APPLY AS A NEW STUDENT
Terminated students will not be considered to
be enrolled into the same field of programme as a
new student. Terminated students may apply as a
new student to a different field of programme  
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GRADE C TO GRADUATE Beginning Trimester 2,
2009/2010, all CORE, MAJOR and MQA subjects for
all undergraduate programmes offered by FIST
shall require a Grade C to graduate EXCEPT for
the following subjects which require only a Grade
D to graduate- 1) Technical Communications 2)
Co-curriculum 3) Introduction to
Cyberpreneurship 4) Basic Economics, Accounting
and Management 5) Free Elective (for Artificial
Intelligence, Bio-Informatics and Medical IT
majors only)
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RE-SIT EXAMINATION Supplementary Examination is
now known as Re-sit Examination. Students sitting
for the re-sit can only sit for the paper(s) the
next time the paper(s) is/are offered by the
faculties/centres. Kindly check on the
eligibility for the Re-sit Examination, based on
the grade published below    i)        C-, D,
D, F, FL (the highest grade is C)
  ii)      I (the highest grade is A)    Please
take note that FIST has decided to offer Re-sit
Exam for all papers offered in Trimester 1,
2009/2010 to all eligible students (C-, D, D,
F, FL or I grade). The Re-Sit Exam will be
conducted during the main exam period in
Trimester 2, 2009/2010.
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Despite being granted LOA (leave of absence) or
undergoing industrial trainings, students MUST
sit for the re-sit paper(s) when it/they is/are
offered by the faculties/centres.   The Re-Sit
Examination results will be calculated in the GPA
in the trimester the student sits for the
examination. The coursework mark remains
unchanged. For the CGPA calculation, the best
grade will be counted, unless the student is
absent for the Re-Sit Examination.   The maximum
number of subjects a student is allowed to sit
for the Final Examination (inclusive of Re-sit
Examination) is only TEN (10) subjects.
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WITHDRAWAL OF OFFER TO RE-SIT EXAMINATIONS   Stude
nts are given the option to withdraw the re-sit
papers, which will be granted by default.
  Should students fail to sit for the re-sit
paper(s) - with valid reasons the final
examination grade will be calculated in the
CGPA - without valid reasons by default the
student fails the paper
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SPECIAL EXAMINATION PLEASE CHECK WITH ERU ON
RULE AND ELIGIBILITY
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BARRING RULE Lecturer might bar students based
on the following conditions i.        Student
achieved below 30 of the total coursework marks
(example lt12 out of 40), and ii.       Students
attendance is below 50.
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VISA RENEWAL DURING FINAL EXAMINATION
Students who are required to go back to their
home country for visa renewal, you are required
to get a written approval from your
Dean/Director, four (4) weeks before the date of
the examination. However, the letter must be
submitted to ERU Office for their further action.
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• LEAVE OF ABSENCE
• Except on extraordinary circumstances, a student
  shall not be allowed to apply leave of absence
  for more than three (3) trimesters throughout
  their study at Multimedia University. All
  students are advised to apply leave of absence in
  advance (ONE TRIMESTER AHEAD) to avoid any
  difficulties.
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• Procedure to apply
• Login to url https//icems.mmu.edu.my/loaPhase2/i
  ndex.jsp
• Please attach supporting documents to support
  your application to FIST Admin office for
  approval.
• Please check your status on weekly basis and
  please collect your Approval
• letter for your reference.

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REQUEST FOR A TEMPORARY LETTER OF
COMPLETION Students who would like to request
for temporary letter of completion, please make
sure that you fulfill the following criteria,
failure which your request will not be
entertained - COMPLETED ALL CREDIT HOURS.
Completed means that you already received the
result for the final trimester - CLEAR ALL
DEBTS WITH FINANCE AND LIBRARY. Please get the
approval from the respective departments for
confirmation purpose.
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CONVERSION OF LSL STUDY PLANS TO LLS STUDY
PLANS Effective from June 2010, all existing
study plans will be converted from LSL to LLS,
the faculty will announce the revised study plans
in due course
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Thank You