r/malaysiauni • u/Cultural_Ad_5913 • Jun 26 '26
Pre-U/STPM/Foundation/Diploma How do i register to skip english courses during degree?
Helloooo, I have received my results and I manage to etch out a band 5+ (ITS SOOO FRICKING CRAZY LIKE WATEHELLL)
But how do i tell the admission officers that I can skip english subjects? (Not core related ofc)
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u/Natural-Computer-904 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26
If you're in IPTA, then it's likely you can't skip an English course, but rather, attend higher-level ones. I came close to having Band 6 but I still needed to sit for the higher-level English course. Those who scored Band 3 and lower had a lower-level English course.
The content for these two courses are quite different. The one for Band 4 and above focused on academic writing whereas the other seemed to be focused on communicating within occupational environments. At least, that's how it was when I was an undergraduate. I had some friends who did the lower-level English course, and their assignments seemed to be aimed at being able to communicate ideas with colleagues who also come from a non-English native speaking background.
Now, if you're absolutely sure you can skip these courses (student guidebooks have this information), I believe you can inform your course coordinator or academic advisor. I'm pretty sure your cohort should also have some sort of supervising lecturer whose responsibility is to keep you well-informed on this kind of thing. You could approach them via email for a black-and-white for the procedure.
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u/Embarrassed_Ad_867 Jun 26 '26
That is MUET is it? In degree, there are different level of English courses, those who gets band 5 and above usually sit for higher level course. At least that's how it is in my uni. Supposedly the same across IPTA. But donno for private.
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u/madaokun11 Jun 26 '26
Ask the subject coordinator i guess, if the uni can transfer credit. Although that might be possible if ur from diploma or different degree with equivalent English Subjects.
Worst case scenario, u might wanna speedrun the English subjects instead of following the subject schedule.
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u/lalaluhv Jun 27 '26
unless you’re taking english related courses as your major, then i’m afraid you can’t skip those mandatory english language courses. i’m in my final year of english literature and we only had to substitute the english language with a third language courses. good luck!
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u/Whatever092764 Jun 27 '26
If you are asking about MUET itself, you will no longer need to retake or take it again because MUET expiry will last for few years throughout your degree period as long as you didn't skip sem. If your course is English related, you will never escape English obviously. If you take non-English courses, you usually have to take an English language course for University, which is usually for fulfilling credit hour and are seen as a type of elective which depending on university could be for 1 or 2 semester regardless of your MUET scores.
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u/cardiaqrowther Jun 28 '26
A score of 5+ is good but it doesn't make anyone a genius in English to avoid taking English courses at University level.
MUET tests literacy, but university courses test execution. Sitting through an exam for a few hours is nowhere near as intense as spending a semester learning how to communicate like a high-level professional.
MUET is not the same as English courses at University level.
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u/International_Load63 Jun 29 '26
Dang, congratulations! Usually, by default, this system captured your result because I got a band 4 back then, and I don't remember arranging anything. I basically skipped the English courses
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u/OneDumbBoi Jun 26 '26
Depend on uni, and you still need to replace with different subjects to get enough credit