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1. Name of Pengantar Ilmu Saintifik / Introduction Scientific Knowledge

Course :
Course AT10503
Code :
2. Synopsis Kursus Pengantar Ilmu Saintifik bertujuan memberikan ilmu pengetahuan saintifik kepada semua pelajar fakulti kerana ia merupakan
: komponen ilmu pengetahuan yang menjadi asas kepada semua disiplin pengajian dalam Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan. Ia merangkumi aspek
falsafah, konsep dan prinsip-prinsip nilai sainstifik dan sumbangan Sains Sosial dan Kemanusian terhadap korpus ilmu/pengetahuan sains
secara keseluruhan seperti memberikan kefahaman asas tentang perkembangan dan prinsip-prinsip pengetahuan sainstifik dalam mengkaji
tingkah laku dan fenomena sosial serta budaya, mengemukakan pertimbangan-pertimbangan asas yang perlu dalam amalan memilih dan
menggunapakai pelbagai pendekatan konsep dan teori dalam menghasilkan pengetahuan tentang dunia sosial yang merangkumi pelbagai
dimensi. Akhirnya, kursus ini menerangkan bagaimana ilmu pengetahuan saintifik diterap dan diaplikasikan dalam penjanaan dan
pembentukkan Ilmu Pengetahuan Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan.
3. Name(s) Suzalie Mohamad; Jalihah Md Shah; Md Syed Uddin
of
academic
staff :
4.
Semester
and Year Semester 1 Year 1
offered :
5. Credit 3
Value :
6. Wajib kepada semua pelajar tahun 1
Prerequis
ite/co-
requisite:
(if any)
7. Course Learning Outcomes (CLO) : At the end of the course the students will be able to:
(example) - explain the basic principles of immunisation (C2,PLO1)
CLO1 Menakrif Ilmu Pengetahuan Saintifik
CLO2 Menerangkan perbezaan nilai sainstifik dalam Sains Semulajadi dan Sains Sosial
CLO3 Mengaplikasikan konsep-konsep ilmu saintifik bagi menjana pengetahuan sains sosial dan kemanusiaan

8. Mapping of the Course Learning Outcomes to the Programme Learning Outcomes, Teaching Methods and Assessment :

Course
Learnin Teachin
g Programme Learning Outcomes (PLO) g Assess
Outcom Method ment
es s
(CLO) PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12
 Class,
tutorial
CLO 1 √
and E-
learning
Individua
l
Class,
Presentat
tutorial
CLO 2 √ ion &
and E-
Group
learning
presentat
ion
Class,
Tutorial
tutorial,
CLO 3 √ Disccusio
and E-
n
learning

Indicate the relevancy between the CLO and PLO by ticking “/“ the appropriate relevant box.
(This description must be read together with Standards 2.1.2 , 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 in Area 2 - pages 16 & 18)
9. Transferable Skills (if applicable) 1 Skills in critical thinking and problem solving
(Skills learned in the course of study which can be useful Communication and interpersonal skills
2
and utilized in other settings)
3 Lifelong learning
4
5
d Distribution of Student Learning Time (SLT)

Teaching and Learning Activities

Guided
Learnin
Indepe
g
ndent
Course Content Outline CLO* Guided Learning (F2F) (NF2F) SLT
Learnin
eg:
g
e-
(NF2F)
Learnin
L T P O g
Pengenalan
Introduction 1 2 1 1 2 6

Falsafah Sains
The Philosphy of Science 1 2 1 1 2 5

Ilmu Saintifik
Scientific Knowledge 1 2 1 1 2 6
Persamaan dan Perbezaan: Sains Semulajadi dan Sains Sosial
Similarities and Differences: Natural Science and Social Science 1 2 1 1 2 6

Matlamat Sains: Penjelasan, Ramalan dan Perkembangan

Objective of Science: Explanation, Prediction and Progress 1 2 1 1 2 6

Fenomina Sosial and Budaya: Ciri, Kandungan dan Operasi

Social and Cultural Phenomena: Characteristic, Content and Operation 2 2 1 1 2 6

Positivisme dan Empirisme

Positivism and Empiricism 2 2 1 1 2 6

Debat Pasca Positivisme

Post Positivism Debates 2 2 1 1 2 6

Isu Ontologi: Struktur dan Agensi

Ontological Issues: Structure and Agency 3 2 1 1 2 6

Bebas Nilai: Isu Objektiviti dan Subjektiviti

Value Free: Objective and Subjective Issues 3 2 1 1 2 6

Debat Deduktif dan Induktif dalam Penyelidikan

Deductive and Inductive Debates in Research 3 2 1 1 2 6

Ilmu Saintifik dan Permasalahan Sosial

Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems 1,2,3 2 1 1 2 6

Rumusan
1,2,3 2 1 2 4 9
Conclusion

Total 80

Percent
Continuous Assessment age F2F NF2F SLT
(%)
1 Tugasan Tutorial: Pembentangan & Perbincangan 30 6 10 16
2 Kehadiran dan Penglibatan (SmartTv3) 10 3 6 9
3 Online Mid Term Test 20 1 2 3
4
5
 6
7
Total 28

Percent
Final Assessment age F2F NF2F SLT
(%)
1 Peperiksaan Akhir 40 4 8 12
2
3
4
5
Total 12
**Please tick (√) if this course is Latihan Industri/ Clinical Placement/ Practicum/ WBL
using 2-weeks, 1 credit formula GRAND TOTAL SLT 120
L = Lecture, T = Tutorial, P= Practical, O= Others, F2F=Face to Face, NF2F=Non Face to
3
Face
*Indicate the CLO based on the CLO’s numbering in Item 8.
11 Identify special
requirement to
deliver the course
(e.g: software,
nursery, computer
lab, simulation
room, etc)
12 References (include required and further readings, and 1. Perry, John A. & Perry, Erna K. Contemporary Society: An Introduction to Social Science. Boston:
should be the most current) Pearson. 12th Ed. 2009. (H85. C66 2009)
2. Williams, Malcolm. Science and Social Science: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 2000. (H61.
W5576 2000)
3. Hunt, Elgin F. & Colander, David C. Social Science: An Introduction to the Study of Society. Pearson.
2010
4. Osman Bakar. Classification of Knowledge in Islam. Cambridge: The Islamic Texts Society. 1998
5. Ravetz, J.R. Scientific Knowledge & Its Social Problems. Clarendon Press. 1971
6. Trigg, Roger. Understanding Social Science: A Philosophical Introduction to the Social Sciences.
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers. 2001
7. Pengenalan Kepada Sains Sosial. Sekolah Pembangunan Sosial Universiti Utara Malaysia. 1999.
(H85. P46 1999)
13 Other additional information : Pelajar wajib menghantar tugasan dalam waktu yang telah ditetapkan. Tugasan yang dihantar lewat
tidak akan diberikan markah.