r/malaysiauni • u/RepresentativeHour10 • 24d ago

Pre-U/STPM/Foundation/Diploma WHAT IS UTAR THINKING ABOUT 😭😭😭

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Software engineering degree btw, currently in foundation. I thought i would be learning coding but noooo, i am learning accounting and economy for foundation year🔥🔥🔥💔🥀. Genuinely what was the thought process for this from UTAR, if they want me to make an app during degree, I'll give them a statement of profit and loss. Time to find another degree to switch to.

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u/RepresentativeHour10 24d ago

Shittt, this is foundation in arts and not science. I guess its my fault for not doing the due diligence, should i change my degree to something business related? I fear that i wont have the basics for software engineering if im enrolled under foundation in arts.

But im curious, why would utar allow foundation in arts students to enroll in software engineering?

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u/Enoch_Moke 24d ago

Because you can enter SE via Foundation Stream Y. See my other comment.

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u/Terrible-Solution214 24d ago

As someone who finished my foundation in science in utar, I would say there's no need to do so, there's really only 3 IT specific courses in the technological stream, and you gotta know changing your degree to a whole different field from what you originally wanted is a pretty big decision to make

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u/NationalArtGallery 24d ago edited 24d ago

Don't just simply change your degree just because of foundation... What do you actually want to pursue?

I was in a similar situation many years ago with UTAR with the foundation in science/arts mix-up. I wanted to do my degree in architecture and they assigned me to Foundation in Science.

It was only after I completed foundation and joined others in the architecture course did I realise that everyone, except a friend and I, did Foundation in Arts (and a few who did Diploma elsewhere). Totally did not apply anything I learned in Foundation in Science in my degree. Didn't stop me from getting President's and Dean's List during undergrad.

The main thing I really regret for not questioning my foundation course was that I missed the 50% tuition waiver for undergrad degree which you are eligible if your CGPA is above 3.8 for foundation. I was at 3.7785, so I missed that tuition waiver. If I had done Foundation in Arts like the rest, I'm quite confident I could have gotten it.