Manuscript Submission

Guide
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This guide contains 12 pages and has the following items:

1. Sample of a Cover Letter (all submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter)
2. Important Information Sheet (summarized information for manuscript
submission).

3. Reference List for Scope of the Journal.

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PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THIS GUIDE CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT TO PERTANIKA.

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18 January 2015
Dr. Nayan Deep S. KANWAL
Chief Executive Editor (Pertanika Journals)
Journal Division, UPM Press
Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (R&I)
1st Floor, IDEA Tower II
UPM-MTDC Technology Centre
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Dear Dr. Kanwal,

Submission of Paper to Pertanika Journal

I wish to submit my regular article for intended publication in Pertanika Journal of
Tropical Agricultural Science (JTAS) [replace name of the journal as appropriate] for your kind
consideration.

I declare that the work submitted for publication is original, previously unpublished,
and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. I also certify that all the
authors have approved the paper for release and are in agreement with its
content.
Below are the particulars of my paper being submitted to you for publication:
Title

Surface hydrophobin inhibits immune recognition of airborne fungal spores

Names of all the

author(s) as in
publication

WASHINGTON, G., ROY, G., & BROWN, J.

(as per APA style)

Address

WHITE ROSE EAST ASIA CENTRE, DEPARTMENT OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, LEEDS LS2 9JT U.K.

Please note that the figures/ photos submitted with my paper are to be reproduced in
color/ monotone (circle as appropriate). As requested, I have also attached the
Manuscript Submission Kit (forms), Copyright form, Language Editing
certificate and the Manuscript softcopy (in MS Word) together with this letter.
I would be grateful if my article is considered favourably.
Sincerely,

George WASHINGTON
(The letter must bear the original pen-to-paper signature and then scanned)

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Important information
Suggested Format for the 1st four pages of manuscript for publication in
Pertanika journal:
NOTE: Manuscripts to be submitted to Pertanika must strictly follow the format
below.

1st page

: Should contain only the running Title of the paper.

(The shortened title meant for the running header of your article).

2nd page

: Should contain the full Title of the paper + all

Authors names + the Corresponding authors
name, along with his/her full mailing address, email &
hand phone number(s).

3rd page

: Full Title of the paper + Abstract & Key words.

(List up to eight key words to be used for indexing)

(do not include authors names or affiliation on this page).

4th page

: Introduction onwards...
(Please note that the line spacing should be 1.5 throughout).

Page
Numberi
ng

: All pages in the manuscript MUST be numbered.

(pl do not split your manuscript into 4 different files)

File
Names

: Naming your Files (softcopies)

(Please use the following convention when naming the files you wish to send)

a) Cover letter

: The file name should contain <name of the journal +

0000, followed by your full name, and type of the file and
current date.
e.g.
<JTAS-0000-2012> Your Name (CVR LTR)_Date

b) Forms

: e.g.

<JTAS-0000-2012> Your Name (MS KIT)_Date

c)

Manuscript

: e.g.

<JTAS-0000-2012> Your Name (ORG MS)_Date

Please email the softcopy of your manuscripts, together with the manuscript submission
kit, to the Chief Executive Editor at <nayan@upm.my> and c.c. to
<executive_editor.pertanika@upm.my>.

English Language Editing

Pertanika emphasizes on the linguistic accuracy of every manuscript published. Thus all
authors are required to get their manuscripts edited by professional English language
editors.

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Author(s) must provide a certificate confirming that their manuscripts have been
adequately edited. A proof from a recognised editing service should be submitted together
with the cover letter. All costs will be borne by the author(s).
Thank you.

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SCOPE of the JOURNAL

(Reference List for Tropical Agricultural Science)

1 = MAIN SUBJECT AREA, 2 = SUB SUBJECT AREA, 3 = SUBJECT AREA

SPECIALISATION.

Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science (JTAS)

1. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Pests
Rubber
Silviculture
Soil and land improvement
Wildlife management
Wood & non wood-based forest products
Wood science

2. Animal production
3.

Animal growth & development

Animal health
Animal husbandry
Animal nutrition
Animal pests & pathogens
Animal reproduction
Breeds and breeding

2. Horticulture
3.

2. Aquaculture
3.

Aquatic environment
Diseases of aquatic organisms
Farming of aquatic organisms
Husbandry of aquatic organisms

2. Crop and pasture production

3.

Agronomy
Crop nutrition
Crop pathology
Farm mechanisation
Pasture nutrition
Pasture physiology
Plant pests & pathogens
Plant protection
Pre and post harvest technologies
(transportation & storage)
Soil fertility
Weed sciences

2. Plant physiology
3.

Fisheries ecology and conservation

Fisheries sciences
Marine bio products synthesis
Marine fisheries
Oil spill bioremediation
Ornamental/ aquarium fish and plants
Recreational fisheries

2. Food and nutrition development

3.

Biochemical processing
Crystallisation
Development of speciality product
Food emulsion products
Food industry
Food Sciences
Improvement of finish products
Nutrition value and benefits
Pilot testing and technology
Resource-based industry

2. Forestry sciences
3.

Agro forestry
Breeding
Diseases
Environment
Fire management
Forest management
Forest products
Habitat management

Crop modelling and assimilation

Crop physiology
Crop-water relationship
Pasture physiology
Physicochemical assimilation
Plant and water relation
Post harvest physiology
Radiation interception
Seasonal fruit types

2. Soil and water sciences

3.

2. Fisheries sciences
3.

Floriculture
Fruit crops
Oenology
Ornamental horticulture
Plantation crops
Pomology
Vegetable culture

Applied hydrology
Drainage
Irrigation
Plant nutrition
Soil & land degradation
Soil biology
Soil chemistry
Soil fertility
Soil physics

2. Veterinary sciences
3.

Anaesthesiology
Antigen
Avian
Bacteriology
Clinical science
Epidemiology
Immunochemistry
Immunology
Medicine
Obstetrics & theriogenology
Parasitology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Radiology
Surgery
Therapeutics
Virology
Wildlife & zoo animal diseases

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Limnology
Marine ecology

1. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2. Biotechnology
3.

Agricultural biotechnology
Biochemical
Biocontrol
Biopesticides
Biosynthesis
Biotransformation
Cell culture technology
Cryopreservation
DNA probes technology
Enzyme technology
Immunology
Industrial biotechnology and food sciences
Marine biotechnology
Medical biotechnology
Microbial biotechnology
Micropropagation techniques
Plant and animal biotechnology
Tissue culture
Vaccine production
Vaccine technology

2. Biochemistry
3.

Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic acids
Pathways
Peptides
Proteins

2. Genetic engineering
3.

2. Genetics and molecular biology

3.

Plant pathology
Plant taxonomy
Psychology

2. Ecology
3.

Freshwater ecology

Cytogenetics
Heredity
Molecular cell biology
Molecular genetics
Population genetics
Recombinant DNA techniques

2. Microbiology
3.

Bacteriology
Mycology
Parasitology
Virology

2. Zoology
3.

2. Botany
3.

Bio safety
Gene Isolation
Gene probes
Gene sequencing
Gene transformation
Molecular biology
Transgenic studies

Anatomy
Animal taxonomy
Entomology
Ethnology
Histology
Immunology
Neurobiology
Physiology

1. MARINE SCIENCES
3.

Algae biotechnology
Marine biology
Marine chemistry

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SCOPE of the JOURNAL

(Reference List for Science & Technology)

1 = MAIN SUBJECT AREA, 2 = SUB SUBJECT AREA, 3 = SUBJECT AREA

SPECIALISATION.

Journal of Science & Technology (JST)

1. APPLIED SCIENCES AND
TECHNOLOGIES
2. Aerospace technologies and engineering
3.

Physical organic chemistry

2.
3.

Advance materials-composite special alloys

Aeronautical engineering aerodynamics
Remote sensing

2. Educational technology
3.

2.
3.

Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

Computer base training
Web base courses

Energy industry
Biomass energy technology
Natural gas technology
Solar energy technology

2.
3.

2. Industrial design
3.

Design engineering

2. Manufacturing and process technologies and

engineering
3.

CAD/CAM systems
Manufacturing technologies
Material processing technology
Robotics & mechatronics
Structural/ architectural
Ionising radiation technology
Non-ionising radiation technology
Radiation processing

2. Resource-based industry
3.

Food industry
Minerals
Oil
Petroleum
Rubber
Wood & non wood-based forest products

2. Water technology
3.

2. Analytical chemistry
3.

Analytical nuclear chemistry

Bioassay methods
Chemical & physical methods
Computational chemistry
Trace chemical analysis

2. Inorganic chemistry
3.

Bioinorganic chemistry
Main group chemistry
Solid state chemistry
Transition metal chemistry

2. Organic chemistry
3.

Bio-organic chemistry
Organic chemical synthesis

Speciality chemicals
Fine chemical
Novel chemicals
Radiation chemistry
Radiochemistry
Rare metal recovery

2. Atmospheric sciences
3.

Climatology
Magnetosphere physics
Meteorology

2. Geochemistry
3.

Exploration geochemistry
Inorganic geochemistry
Isotope geochemistry
Organic geochemistry

2. Geology
3.

Geochronology
Mineralogy
Petroleum geology
Sedimentology
Structural geology
Volcanology

2. Geophysics
3.

Control devices
Water retaining structures
Water treatment chemicals

1. CHEMICAL SCIENCES

Chemical thermodynamics
Chemistry of catalysis
Electrochemistry
Nanotechnology
Polymer chemistry
Structural chemistry
Surface chemistry
Theoretical chemistry

1. EARTH SCIENCES

2. Nuclear technology
3.

Physical chemistry

Atmospheric physics
Earthquake
Electromagnetism & Geomagnetism
Geomechanics
Gravity

2. Hydrology
3.

Ground water hydrology

Hydraulic system
Surface water hydrology

2. Oceanography
3.

Biological oceanography
Chemical oceanography
Physical oceanography

1. ENGINEERING SCIENCES

2.
3.

Agriculture engineering
Agriculture farm structure
By-product utilisation
Irrigation engineering
Soil water engineering
Pharmaceutical

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Pollution control products
Pollution sensing devices
Water and wastewater treatment technology

2. Chemical engineering
3.

Biomedical engineering
Catalyst chemicals
Chemical engineering design
Chemical/ physical modification
Fluid mechanics
Industrial chemicals
Process simulation

2. Environmental issues and assessment

3.

2. Civil engineering
3.

Foundation engineering
Geotechnical engineering
Safety engineering
Infrastructural engineering
Surveying

2. Electrical and electronic engineering

3.

2.
3.

2.
3.

2.
3.

3.

Environmental engineering
Sanitary engineering
Food engineering unit operations
Food plant and machinery design
Food process control & automation
Food transfer process
Packaging technology
Marine engineering
Ocean engineering
Offshore engineering
Automotive engineering
Combustion and fuel engineering
Hydraulic engineering
Industrial engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanisation for crop alteration
Mechanisation in harvesting

3.

2. Communication
3.

Agricultural mechanisation
Automotive engineering
Instrumentation and control
Interface design
Machinery design
Production engineering
System modelling

2. Mining and mineral processing

3.

Geomechanics
Mining engineering
Petroleum engineering
Reservoir engineering

2. Nuclear engineering and radiation technology

3.

Nuclear engineering
Safety assurance

1. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

2.
3.

Environment technology/ industry

Biodegradable packaging
Environmental friendly products and
technologies
Gaseous treatment
Geographical Information System (GIS)
Incineration
Landscape technology
Organic waste treatment

Aquatic environment
Environmental protection
Remote sensing
Natural ecosystem
Nutrient removal process
Sediment transport and sitting
Water quality simulation modelling
Water resources study

1. INFORMATION, COMPUTER &

COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES

2. Mechanisation and design engineering

3.

Bioprocess technology
Catchment management
Drinking water quality standard
Environment standard
Environmental impact
Pollution control
Solid waste management
Waste bioremediation
Waste management

2. Environmental studies

Maritime technology

2. Mechanical and industrial engineering

3.

2. Environmental management and bioremediation

Communication engineering
Electrical engineering
Integrated circuits
Multimedia engineering
Power engineering

Food engineering

Air pollution
Health impacts
Heavy metal waste
Industrial gases
Industrial wastewater
Ozone depletion
Sound pollution
Waste
Wastewater
Water pollution

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Broadband networks
Broadcasting
Digital systems
Digital wireless communication and
technologies
Ethernet
Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN)
Microwave communications technology
Optical systems
Photonic systems
Radio communications
Remote sensing
RF component design and engineering
Routers
Satellite communications
Software development
Video conferencing
Virtual Private Network (VPN)

2. Current information technology

3.

Digital image processing

Digital signal processing & applications

2. Hardware
3.

Arithmetic structures
Data communications
Display devices
Input devices
Integrated circuits
Microelectronics
Mobile communication devices
Multimedia systems
Processor design

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Radio Frequency design (RF design)
Wireless devices

2. Information systems
3.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Cognitive science
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
Computer graphics
Cryptography
Data warehouse
Expert System
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Image processing
Information systems management
Multimedia
Parallel processing
Robotics
Security system
Virtual Reality (VR)

Fuzzy logic
Numerical analysis

2. Pure mathematics
3.

2. Statistics
3.

2. Clinical sciences
3.

Biometrics security system

Expert systems
Neutral Network
Smart system
Web technology
Web-TV (Internet TV)

2. Software
3.

Computer languages
Computer aided system
Geographical Information System (GIS)
Operating systems
Programming techniques
Simulation system
Software engineering

1. MATERIAL SCIENCES
2. Electronic materials
3.

Catalysis and surface chemistry

Coating Materials
Electrochemical materials
Magnetic materials
Minimisation of hazardous materials
Semiconductor materials
Superconductor materials

2. Functional materials
3.

Electronic and electro-optical materials

Magnetic materials
Optical materials

2. New materials and technologies

3.

Ceramics
Composite materials
Hydrometallurgy
Metallurgy
Metals and metal alloy materials
Non-destructive testing
Optical materials
Physical metallurgy
Polymer alloy materials
Polymer compounds
Textile compounds

2. Polymeric materials
3.

3.

Inorganic polymers
Membranes
Polymer composites

2. Applied mathematics
Algorithms
Artificial intelligence
Computational theory
Differential equations

Allergies
Anaesthesia
Arthritis
Cardiology
Child health
Dentistry
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Fetal development
Fetal medicine
Gastroenterology
Geriatrics
Gynaecology
Hearing therapy
Haematology
Infectious/ communicable diseases
Medical genetics
Neonatology
Nephrology
Neurology
Obstetrics
Occupational therapy
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Optometry
Oral surgery
Organ imaging
Orthopaedics
Otolaryngology
Pathology
Paediatrics
Pharmaceuticals
Psychiatry
Radiology
Radiotherapy
Rehabilitation
Reproduction
Respiratory diseases
Rheumatology
Speech therapy
Surgery
Therapy
Urology
Vaccine production
Venereology

2. Health care system, industries and technologies

1. MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
3.

Applied statistics
Probability theory
Statistical theory

1. MEDICAL AND HEALTH

SCIENCES

2. Security system
3.

Algebraic structures
Geometry
Number theory

Biomechanics
Emergency medicine
Health legislation
Health rehabilitation service
Human resource development
Innovative technology
Medical biotechnology
Medical technology
Quality of life

2. Health services research

3.

Bioethics (human)

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Education (health)
Health & community services
Health systems management
Mortality and morbidity studies
Nursing

Therapeutics
Traditional medicine and natural product

2. Physiology
3.

2. Immunology
3.

Allergy
Cellular immunology
Humoral immunology
Immunochemistry
Immunogenetics
Transplantation immunology
Tumour immunology

2. Public health, environmental & occupational

health & safety research
3.

2. Medical biochemistry and clinical chemistry

3.

Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic acids
Peptides
Proteins

2. Medical microbiology
3.

Bacteriology
Mycology
Parasitology
Virology

2. Neurosciences
3.

Autonomic nervous system

Cell receptors
Cellular nervous system
Central nervous system
Mechanism of tissue damage
Molecular characterisation
Sensory systems
Clinical epidemiological
Laboratory
Toxicology

2. Pharmaceutical industry
3.

2. Acoustic and optical physics

3.

3.

Astronomy
Astrophysics
Cosmic ray physics

2. Atomic, molecular, nuclear, particle and plasma

physics
3.

Botanical pesticides
Photochemical
Purification technology
Screening technology
Synthesis technology
Clinical pharmacology
Medical pharmacology
Pharmaceutical field
Pharmaceutical research
Pharmaceutical technology
Pharmacy
Radiopharmacology
Radiotoxicology

Acoustics
Liquid crystal display
Quantum optics
Sensors

2. Astronomical sciences

2. Pharmacology
3.

Air quality
Drinking water quality
Environmental protection & health impact
Epidemiology
Food quality
Health & safety (occupational)
Injuries
Mental health
Preventive medicine
Primary health care
Radiation health & safety
Solid waste management

1. PHYSICAL SCIENCES

2. Nutrition
3.

Cell physiology
Comparative physiology
Exercise/ physical fitness
Human biophysics
Stress physiology
Systems physiology

2.
3.

Atomic physics
Electrical discharges
Fluids physics
Molecular physics
Nuclear physics
Particle physics
Plasma physics
Radiation physics

Solid state physics

Surface physics

2. Theoretical and condensed matter physics

3.

Condensed matter physics

Crystallography
Theoretical physics

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SCOPE FORM
(Reference List for Social Sciences & Humanities)

1 = MAIN SUBJECT AREA, 2 = SUB SUBJECT AREA, 3 = SUBJECT AREA

SPECIALISATION.

Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (JSSH)

Health economics
Industrial economics
International economics
Islamisation of economic institutions
Labour economics
Natural resource economics
Public finance
Regional economics
Resource economics

1. SOCIAL SCIENCES
2. Accounting
3.

Accounting education
Accounting information system
Accounting regulation
Auditing
Financial accounting
Human resource accounting
International accounting
Islamic accounting
IT and accounting
Management accounting
Taxation

2. Education
3.

2. Anthropology
3.

Cultural anthropology
Ethnography
Indigenous peoples
Minority groups
Orang Asli
Physical anthropology
Social anthropology

2. Archaeology and history

3.

Archaeology and classical study (Asian or

otherwise)
Marine archaeology
Prehistory

2. Architecture and habitat

3.

Architecture & urban environment

Housing issues
Landscape management
Public issues
Rural environment
Town & country planning
Urban planning & management

2. Finance
3.

2. Consumer and family economics

3.

Consumer education and empowerment

Consumer issues (health, food, housing,
safety, etc)
Consumer law, protection and policy
Consumer satisfaction and wellbeing
Consumerism and consumer movement
Consumption economics
Elderly
Food and nutrition
Gender and development
Personal and family finance
Poverty and family economic wellbeing
Sustainable consumption
Time use and household production

2. Economics
3.

Agricultural economics
Econometrics
Economic history
Economic modelling & forecasting
Economic theory
Environmental economics

Corporatisation
Curriculum development
Distance learning
Education management
Education structure
Education system
Educational psychology
Educational sociology
Educational technology
Ethics & moral education
History of education
Life-long education
Non-formal education
Philosophy of education
Pre-school education
Private and public education
Sociology of education
Teacher education
Tertiary education
Banking
Capital market
Corporate finance
Finance companies
Financial engineering
Insurance
International finance
Islamic banking
Islamic finance
Off-shore finance
Venture capital

2. Geography
3.

Economic geography
Environmental geography
Human geography
Natural resource
Regional geography
Social & cultural geography
Transportation economics
Urban studies

2. Law
3.

Administrative law
Commercial law
Constitutional law
Contract law
Copyrights
Criminal law

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Customary law
Cyber law
Environmental law
Family law
Intellectual property
International law
Islamic family law
Jurisprudence
Labour law
Maritime law
Patents
Syariah law

Performance
Personality
Psychopharmacology

2. Sociology
3.

2. Management studies
3.

Agribusiness
Agricultural management
Crisis & risk management
Entrepreneurial studies
Entrepreneurship
Environmental management
Human Resource Development (HRD)
Human Resource Management (HRM)
Industrial relations
International business management
Management information system
Marketing
Multimedia management
Operational management
Organisational studies
Strategic management
Total Quality Management (TQM)

2. Technology management
3.

2. Media and communication studies

3.

Advertising
Broadcasting
Censorship
Film
Information studies
International communication
Interpersonal communication
Journalism
Librarianship
Media impact
Political communication
Public relation
Telecommunication
Conflict resolution
Comparative politics
Federalism
Foreign policy
International relations
Local government studies
Policy studies
Public policy & administration
Strategic studies

3.

2. Arts and culture

3.

Demography
Fertility trends
Migration
Mortality trends
Population policy

2. Psychology
3.

Abnormal psychology
Biological psychology
Clinical psychology
Cognition
Comparative psychology
Counselling
Developmental psychology
Industrial psychology
Islamic psychology
Neuropsychology
Organisational psychology

Community development
Development
Eco-Tourism studies
Heritage management
Hospitality management
Impact studies
Leisure studies
Park & recreation
Public policy
Social cultural
Support services
Tourism & economy
Tourism & technologies
Tourism & transport
Tourism facilities
Tourism planning

1. HUMANITIES

2. Population studies
3.

Appropriate technology
Intellectual property rights
R&D management
S&T management
Technology and assessment
Technology and civilisation
Technology and development
Technology and law
Technology commercialisation
Technology policy studies
Technology transfer

2. Tourism

2. Political sciences and public policy

3.

Class studies
Criminology
Developmental sociology
Ethics
Ethnic/ race relations
Future studies
Gender studies
Impact studies
Industrial sociology
Nation building
Social classes and stratification
Social policy
Social theory
Social work and administration
Urban studies

Ceramic arts
Costumes
Design studies
Drama
Filming tradition
Islamic calligraphy
Metal handicraft arts and tradition
Popular culture
Theatre
Traditional architecture
Traditional arts & culture
Traditional performing arts
Visual arts
Weaving, batik and dress traditional
Wood carving tradition

2. Dance
3.

Modern dances
Traditional/Classical dances

2. Historical and civilisation studies

3.

Biography

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Cultural history
Emergence of the third world
Foreign policy
History of civilisations
Prehistory of Southeast Asia

2.
3.

2.
3.

Comparative literature
Creative Writing
Cultural Studies
English literature
Genders and Sexualities
Genredrama, literature
Literary theory and criticism
Malay literature
Malaysian literature
Multicultural and Colonial, Postcolonial studies
Narrative Postcolonial literature
PoetryAmerican and British poetry
Others

Language and Linguistics

Anthropological linguistics
Applied linguistics
Cognitive linguistics
Computational linguistics
Computer assisted language learning
Contextual linguistics
Critical discourse analysis; rhetoric; philosophy
Discourse studies
Evolutionary linguistics
Historical linguistics
Language acquisition
Language disorders
Language teaching
Lexicography
Linguistic variation
Literary theory
Malay language
Malaysian languages
Morphology
Neurolinguistics
Phonetics
Phonology
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Sociolinguistics
Stylistics
Syntax
TESOL(Teaching English to speakers of other
languages)
Theoretical linguistics
Translation
Others

Literature

2. Music
3.

Modern music
Traditional/classical music

2. Philosophy
3.

Applied philosophy
Ethics
History & philosophy
Metaphysics
Social philosophy

2. Religious studies
3.

Comparative religion
Missionary & propagation studies
Religion & civilisation
Religion and modernisation
Religious education
Religious issues

2. Sports
3.

Coaching
Physical education
Sports
Sports history
Sports management
Sports psychology
Sports recreation
Sports research
Sports science
Sports sociology

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