1. FBK5989: RESEARCH PROJECT (PJJ)
Briefing
Guidelines By
DR. MOHD NIZAM OSMAN
SATURDAY, 9th NOVEMBER 2013

2. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for Project Paper, students must obtain a grade of B+ for:
KOM 5113: Communication Research Methods AND
KOM 5115: Statistics for Communication Research
Key-in/register on-line (FBK5989)
(To drop Project Paper: please check with PPL regarding deadline to drop courses)

3. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
REQUIREMENTS
Students are required to submit a written proposal (during 2nd semester of study (2 months before the third F2F meeting) to the coordinator of Masters of Corporate Communication (PJJ).
Department of Communication will form a selection panel to review the proposals received.

4. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
REQUIREMENTS
Students whose proposals have been shortlisted are required to present (orally) their proposals during the student’s 2nd semester of study (3rd F2F meeting).
Final decisions of whether to allow students to present Project Paper will be made based on the oral presentation.

5. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
REQUIREMENTS
Once students’ proposal has been approved, students are not allowed to change the title of their Project Paper.
Students are then assigned with a supervisor to guide them in their Project Paper (note: supervisors are assigned to students; students are not allowed to choose their supervisors).

6. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
REQUIREMENTS
Students are then required to present their proposals (15%) in Week 15 of their 3rd Semester of study.
Students are also required to present their findings of study (15%) in Week 14 of their 4th semester of study.

7. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
REQUIREMENTS
After the presentation of the findings (in the 4th semester of study), students are required to consult their supervisor to do the final amendment on their Project Paper.
Students are required to bind their Project Paper once all corrections have been made.
One copy of students’ Project Paper will be sent to a second reader for allocation of marks.

8. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
BREAK DOWN OF MARKS
Proposal Presentation 15%
Findings Presentation 15%
Marks from Supervisor 40%
Project Paper Progress 10%
Marks from Second Reader 20%
Total Marks %

9. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
fill up the application form to do Project Paper.
State your propose topic of project.
Project Paper should be undertaken in 2 semesters of study (3rd and 4th semester).
Project paper are graded by assigning a letter grade (not just pass or fail).

10. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
Required to present the research proposal during the 15th week of the semester.
Improve proposal based on feedback during presentation, collect data, analysis, writing etc.

11. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
Final report presentation during week 15th week of the 4th semester.
Revise Project Paper and submit draft copy of the Project Paper to supervisor for grading.
Students are required to submit at least 1 set of hardbound copy to PPL before grades are submitted.

12. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
Information about Project Paper:
- Project Paper can be written in English or Bahasa Malaysia (Bahasa Melayu).
- comprising of 4 sections (not chapters).
- need to incorporate a relevant theoretical concept (theory).
- reference should be based on the APA referencing system.
- findings should be presented in tables (not in terms of bar graph, pie chart etc).

13. FBK 5989: Research Project (6 cr)
Information about Project Paper:
- Methodology can be based on qualitative or quantitative approach or both (depending on the advise of your supervisor).
- if using questionnaire surveys (quantitative), respondents should be selected based on the population and sample size and research instrument should be pre-tested.
- if using qualitative approach (in-depth interviews or content analysis or focus group), respondents can be lesser in number.

14. and enjoy doing your project…
Good Luck
and enjoy doing your project…