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Factors That Influence Academic Performance of First Year
Accounting Students
Fatin Amanina binti Abu
Supervisor: Dr. Shahnaz binti Ismail
Co. Supervisor: Dr. Wan Zuriati binti Wan Zakaria
Bachelor of Accounting
School of Maritime Business and Management
Academic performance of first year university students is vital in order for them to sustain
in the degree program until they graduate from the university. Among the factors that
contribute towards academic performance is previous accounting knowledge, motivation,
learning approaches, English language, social learning network and computer skills.
Therefore, this proposed study aims to analyze the factors that affect the performance of
the first year accounting students in UMT. The data will be collected through selfadministrated
questionnaire survey which will be distributed to targeted 300 respondents.
The research results are expected to provide valuable insight to the administrator of the
university especially the program coordinator to improve the academic curriculum to
enhance the performance of the first year students.
1507 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018