UTM Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Kuala Lumpur

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FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES
FSSH
UNIVERSITITEKNOLOGIMALAYSIA
KUALALUMPURCAMPUS

School of
Education
SOE
Language
Academy
LA
Islamic Civilisation
Academy
ATI
Centre for Advanced
Studies on Islam,
Science and Civilisation
CASIS
FACULTYOF SOCIALSCIENCES& HUMANITIES
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
KUALALUMPURCAMPUS

ABOUT US Director
Assoc. Prof. Dr
Sarimah
Shamsudin
Postgraduates
Coordinator
Dr Seriaznita
Mat Said (LA)
Dr Siti Suhaila
Ihwani (ATI)
Undergraduates
Coordinator
Dr Nor Liza Hj Ali (LA)
Datuk Dr Norhafizah
Musa (ATI)
Diploma
Coordinator
Pn Khairuzilah Khalil
(LA)
Ustaz Nik Mohd Zaim
Ab Rahim (ATI)
Network &
Internationalization
Dr Seriaznita Mat Said
Deputy Director
Dr. Siti Suhaila
Ihwani
Research
Dr Nor Liza Hj Ali
Short Course
Dr Wan Farah Wani
(LA)
Ustazah Zahrah
Mustaffa (ATI)
Consultation,
Innovation &
Commercialization
Dr Adibah Muhtar
Publication
Dr Siti Suhaila
Ihwani
UTM SPACE
Pn Zaiton Ismail
(LA)
Ustazah Zahrah
Mustaffa (ATI)
Dr. Siti Suhaila
Ihwani (ATI)

AcademicAndSupport Staff
Professors 0
Associate Professors 3
Senior Lecturers 14
Lecturers 4
Language Teachers 8
Total Academic Staff 29
Administrative 1
Support Staff 6
Total Non-Academic Staff 7
TOTAL STAFF 36

LanguageAcademy
(LA)

VISION & MISSION
VISION
To be recognized as a renowned language and
communication centre.
MISSION
To be a leader in the advancement of language and
communication that contributes to UTM,s academic
and technological excellence.

Postgraduate Programmes
ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
Master of Philosophy MPhil
Doctor of Philosophy PhD

OFFERED
 Summer School Programme
 Translation, Editing And Proofreading Services
 Language Academy provides translation, editing, and proofreading
services for the UTM community and the public.
 Translations are usually from Malay to English, English to Malay,
foreign languages to English or Malay, and vice-versa. Our
translation, editing and proofreading services cover a wide range of
written materials like manuscripts, articles, pamphlets, thesis, etc.
 Foreign Language Classes
 Foreign language classes offered include Japanese and Mandarin.
In addition, we also offer English Communication courses.

RESEARCH GROUPS
1
2
3
Innovative Digital Community
Partnership in Language Learning
4
Culture Communication and
Internationalization
5
6
7

RESEARCH AREAS & EXPERTISE
• Computer Mediated
Communication
• Corpus Linguistics
• Discourse & Genre Analysis
• English for Specific Purposes
(ESP)
• Linguistics
• Higher Education Policy
• E-Learning
• Engineering Education
• Language Planning
• Language in STEM Education
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Web 2.0 & Social Media for
Teaching & Learning
• Mobile Language Learning
• Design Based Research
• Systematic Functional Linguistics
LANGUAGE ACADEMY

Assoc Prof Dr Sarimah Shamsudin
PhD. In English Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics
University of Warwick, UK
Current Projects:
 FRGS Research Grant: MYR 54,060
Media Respresentation of MH17: A Critical
Discourse of Three National Newspapers.
 Networking Grant with UUM PI
Investigating the Authentic Legal Communication
Towards Developing An Empirical Teaching Model
for the Teaching of Written Legislative Discourse in
Malaysian Higher Education Institution.
 Intellectual Property
 English Language Written Productive Vocabulary
Profile (IP: LY2018004890)
 English Language Receptive Vocabulary Profile
(IP: LY2018004892)
 English Language Lexical Collocation Speeches
(IP: LY2018004893)

Assoc Prof Dr Marlia Puteh
PhD in Education
Monash University, Australia
Current Projects:
 Newton-Ungku Umar Grant
Science & Technology Facilities Council : MYR 250,000
(Main Investigator)
Cross-cultural Computer-Supported Collaborative
Learning for Student Capacity Building in Multifaceted
Competencies Through Astronomy
Online Labs (C3AOL)
Science & Technology Facilities Council : MYR 20,000
Cross-cultural Computer Supported Collaborative
Learning for Students Capacity Building in Data Science
(C3DS)
 Head of Strategic Communication, Malaysia
Ministry of Higher Education (2017-2019)

Dr Seriaznita Mat Said
PhD in TESL
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Current Projects:
 RUG Tier 2: RM10,000
A Discourse Analysis of Sexual Abuse
Child Victims’ Lexical Difficulty When
Narrating the Abuse Experience.
 Editorial Board Members Journal Sains
Humanika Special Volume on International
Language for Specific Purposes 2016
Seminar, 2016 – 2018
 Assessor Journal Article Educational Research
for Policy and Practice, Springer Journals
Editorial Office, 2019.

Dr Nor Liza Hj Ali
PhD in Educational Language Planning
The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
Current Projects:
 Framework for improving English proficiency in
English-medium instruction at tertiary level.
 Systemic English education reform in Malaysia.
 English-medium instruction policy at primary
schools in Malaysia.
 Reading strategies intervention for Malaysia
primary school NILAM program.
 RUG Tier 2 Grant : RM10,000
Reading strategies intervention for Malaysia
primary school NILAM program.

Dr Zuhana Mat Zain
PhD in English Language Studies
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Previous Projects:
 UTM@NIce’ 17 with a Department of
Education, Malaysia
 Systematic Literature Review Workshop
for Postgraduates
 Testing and Evaluation Workshop

Dr Wan Farah Wani
Doctor of Philosophy,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Current Projects:
 Summer Schools for
 Meiji University, Japan
 Seijo University, Japan
 Tokyo University of Agriculture &
Technology, Japan
 Yangtze University, Japan
 FRGS Research Grant: MYR 100,000
A Linguistic Aptitude for Forestry
Professional Framework (LinguAFoR):
Realising Sustainable Forest Management
Practices.

Dr Nurhasmiza Sazalli
PhD in Education
University of Exeter, UK
Current Projects:
 Science & Technology Facilities Council :
MYR 20,000
Cross-cultural Computer Supported
Collaborative Learning for Students
Capacity Building in Data Science (C3DS).
 Mobile Learning Consultant
 Programmes with Malaysia Ministry of
Education:
 #myschoolgoals International Festival
 Facebook Live & Instagram Live for
learning
 Hello World via Skype
 Hello Surabaya (Cross-Cultural Project)

Academy Of IslamicCivilisation
(ATI)

ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
 Doctor of Philosophy (Fiqh Science and Technology)
 Doctor of Philosophy (Generic)PhD
• Master of Philosophy (Halal Science)
• Master of Philosophy (Generic)
MASTER
PostgraduateProgrammes

RESEARCHGROUPS
Syariah, Law and Economics (SLEC)
West Asia Civilization (WAC)
Islamic Educational Thought And Methodology Research
(ITEM)
Islamic Culture And Globalization (ICG)
Center of Research for Fiqh Science & Technology (CFiRST)
ACADEMY OF ISLAMIC CIVILISATION

RESEARCHAREA& EXPERTISE
• Muslim Minority
• Bioscience and Bioethics
• The Ethics of Halal Science
• Halal Food Industry
• Tourism and Hospitality
• Halal Management and Entrepreneurship
• Policies of Halal Science
• Technical and Applied Science
• Law and Regulation of
• Halal Industry in Malaysia
• Halal Development
• Halal Businesses and Global Issues
• Ethics in Science and Technology
• The Fiqh of Science and Technology
• Issues in Islam, Science and Technology
• The Concept, Theory, and Philosophy of Islamic Science
• The Methodology of Islamic Science
• Education in Science and Technology
• The Science of I‘jaz al-Qur’an
• Muslim Scientists and Their Thoughts
• Philosophy and Islamic Thought
• Al-Qur’an and Al-Hadith
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Islamic Education (Philosophy, Pedagogy, Curriculum, Co-curriculum,
Psychology)
• Dakwah and Leadership
• Islamic Finance and Economics
• Environmental Issues and Ethics
• Islam and Social Studies
• Islam and Gender Studies
• Classical Text Studies
• Islamic Art and Architecture
• Islamic Management and Administration
• Comparative Religion
• Psychology in Islam
• Islam and Political Science
• History and Islamic Civilization
• Culture and Islamic Civilization
• Sufism and Theology
• Islamic Law (Syariah)
• Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

AREASOF RESEARCHFOR
MASTER’SPROGRAMMEIN HALAL SCIENCE
 Bioscience and Bioethics
 The Ethics of Halal Science
 Halal Food Industry
 Tourism and Hospitality
 Halal Management and Entrepreneurship
 Policies of Halal Science
 Technical and Applied Science
 Law and Regulation of
 Halal Industry in Malaysia
 Halal Development
 Halal Businesses and Global Issues

AREASOF RESEARCHFOR
DOCTORALPROGRAMMEIN FIQHSCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY
 Ethics in Science and Technology
 The Fiqh of Science and Technology
 Issues in Islam, Science and Technology
 The Concept, Theory, and Philosophy of Islamic Science
 The Methodology of Islamic Science
 Education in Science and Technology
 The Science of I‘jaz al-Qur’an
 Muslim Scientists and Their Thoughts

Adibah Muhtar
Masters in Usuluddin & Comparative Religion
International Islamic University Malaysis
Current Projects:
 FRGS RM 78,200
The Build of Malaysia Female Empowerment Model
Based on Gender Construct: Islamic Perspective
 GUP TIER 1 RM 7000
The Role of Extended Family in Muslim Women
Empowerment: The Case of Muslim Women in
Malaysia
 GUP TIER 2 RM 10,000
Significance of Gender Roles in Islam in Muslim Family
Institutions in Malaysia

Dr Siti Suhaila Ihwani
PhD in Islamic Education
National University of Malaysia
Current Projects:
 Paper presented:
 Educational Programme Approach Toward Out-of-
wedlock pregnant teenagers.
 Islamic Psychoteraphy Theories in Treating Soul
Crisis: A study on cancer patients.
 Research Supervision
 The Element of Tawakal & Redha in Positive
Psychology Model to Enhance Counselling Practice
 Implications of Liberal Belief Among Malay Society
in Klang Valley.

Centre for AdvancedStudies on Islam, Science andCivilisation
(CASIS)

ABOUT
Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam, Science, and Civilisation (CASIS) is a centre of excellence at the Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). CASIS seeks to promote post-graduate scholarship and learning for the advancement of knowledge in
the fields of study relating to Islam, Science, and Civilisation and their allied sciences under the ambit of the worldview of Islam in
full cognisance of relevant developments in other civilisations, especially in the contemporary world.
Among its main objectives is to train young scholars who are intellectually adept to delve into the intricacies of religious thought
while simultaneously at home with (intellectual and) scientific ideas, technologies and socio-economic thought and institutions
of today. These emerging scholars will have the requisite intellectual tools and competent knowledge to imbibe from the multi-
disciplinary program to prepare themselves for future intellectual and civilisational challenges at home and the world at large.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
 To establish a center of excellence for conducting cutting-edge researches on Islam, science and civilisation.
 To provide expertise on the field of Islamic thought and civilisation.
 To produce competent scholars who can integrate religion with science and technology to develop a civilisation based on
tawhidic worldview.
 To study, publish and generate meaningful works on contemporary Islamic thought and civilisation.
 To translate great works of Muslim scholars into various languages.
 In short, CASIS is an institute that seeks to inculcate authentic Islamic knowledge and profound understanding of other historic
civilisations and the contemporary world.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
PostgraduateProgrammes
• Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic CivilisationPhD
• Master of Philosophy in Islamic CivilisationMASTER

CASIS
• Authentic Islamic Knowledge
• Historic Civilisations and The Contemporary World
RESEARCHAREAS& EXPERTISE

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