Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Final Year Project whine #1

Or known as Projek Tahun Akhir, is an essential element in the philosophy of undergraduate degree. Usually slotted at the last year of the student's candidacy.

The ultimate goal of the FYP is to nurture the student's interest in new knowledge. And it takes a full 3 years of study before they can start. It is the last frontier. All the knowledge and experience that the students got, will be embedded in their FYP work.

Hence it is logical that the FYP work to be their best work. At least, it shows the signs that they have endured 3 years of academic life in their work of FYP. Work of FYP includes the thesis, the experiment and their consultation with the supervisor(s).

It is very disheartening when a FYP student works as if this is a two weeks assignment. To make matter worst, this two week assignment was being submitted as a full thesis! Of course, the examiners will notice this during their submission and oral presentation. What a shame.

The supervisor is always there to help. In fact, it is their job. Talk to the supervisor if you have a problem. If you don't like the supervisor, you can always change the supervisor.

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