A Visit by External Examiner to the Department of Quantity Surveying, 19th June 2012

External Examiners’ Schedule

B.QS Programme and BSc. in Construction Programme

Quantity Surveying Department, Faculty of Built Environment

Session 2011/2012

Time

Activities

Participants

Venue

9.00 – 9.15 am

Meeting with the Dean

  • External Examiners
  • Dean

Dean’s office

9.15 – 10.15 am

Briefing by the Head of Department & Discussion

  • External Examiners
  • All Dept. members

Meeting Room 1

10.15 – 10.30 am

Break

  • External Examiners
  • All Dept. members

Meeting Room 1

10.30 – 11.00 am

Meeting with the final students

  • External Examiners
  • Final Year Students
  • SBC – BKE (B05)
  • SBQ – Seminar Room (B03)
11.00 am – 1.00 pm

Reviewing of Question Papers, answer scripts, courseworks and other relevant programme documents

  • External Examiners
  • All Dept. members (to standby)
  • Meeting Room 1 (SBQ)
  • Meeting Room 2 (SBC)
1.00 – 2.00 pm

Lunch

Zuhur prayers

  • External Examiners
  • All Dept. members
  • Linangan Jernih
2.00 – 3.45 pm

Reviewing of Question Papers, answer scripts, courseworks and other relevant programme documents (Cont’d)

  • External Examiners
  • Meeting Room 1 (SBQ)
  • Meeting Room 2 (SBC)
3.45 – 4.30 pm

Preparation of External Examiners’ Findings

  • External Examiners
  • Meeting Room 1 (SBQ)
  • Meeting Room 2 (SBC)
4.30 – 5.00 pm

Presentation of External Examiners’ Findings and Comments to the Deparment

  • External Examiners
  • All Dept. members
  • Meeting Room 1
5.00 pm

Tea Break

  • External Examiners
  • All Dept. members
  • Meeting Room 1

Sustainable Village Program – Kg. Sejagong, Sg. Kepoh Mukim 18 Sri Medan, Batu Pahat, Johor

On 29th May until 3rd June 2012, Department of Landscape Architecture, FBE had organized Sustainable Village Program at Kg. Sejagong, Sg. Kepoh, Mukim 18, Sri Medan. A total of 58 students of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) consist of 35 Landscape Architecture students and the rest are students from engineering faculty have stayed at Kampung Sejagong, Sg Kepoh starting from 29th Mei till 3rd June 2012 to accomplish the Sustainable Village Program by constructing the village entrance signage and school landscape for Sek. Keb. Sejagong, together with the local community.

This service learning program had a full support and cooperation from Centre of General Courses and Co-curriculum, Batu Pahat District Office, Yong Peng District Council, and village committee. The objectives of this program are to give an exposure and awareness about the importance of creating a sustainable landscape design for village environment. Apart from that, it also benefits to students in a way that they can practice the right method of constructing hardscape and softcape for school and village community.

The opening ceremony was launched by Tuan Haji Ab. Wahab Bin Ridwan, Batu Pahat District Officer on 3rd June 2012 which took place at the Sejagong Primary School Hall. Together with Encik Mustafa Kamal Bin Abdullah, Secretary to President Yong Peng District Council and Dean, Faculty of Built Environment, Prof. Dr. Ahmad Nazri Bin Muhamad Ludin has planting a tree during the ceremony at the site as a symbolic of entrance landmark to the village. Other program was held are adoption program and exhibition of proposed landscape masterplan by landscape architecture students for three different areas which are Sek. Keb. Sejagong, the area of Kampung Sejagong and Batu Pahat district. The villagers also took a chance to exhibit their handmade craft during the ceremony.

This program was headed by Dr. Mohd Hisyam Rasidi with the assistance by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Sarofil Abu Bakar and Mdm Zanariah Jasmani.

UTM Open Day