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1.0 Introduction This section describes the background of the research project.

1.1 Background Programming is a major subject which it selected as program of study leading to a degree or certificate. A major must be declared at the very beginning of course work at the instituition, as part of the registration process. The 2nd year BCS students of FSKKP in Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) faced problem in programming subjects such as C, VB and JAVA. They have tried to solve this problem in several ways. Thus, i would like to identify the causes of this problem.

N owadays, students are not focus 100% in the class. According to this factor, they always feeling bore to listen to the lecture. There are lots of factors that make them have problems in programming such as the level of the subject, level of understanding, teaching environment, the facilities and others. Based on these factors, a questionnaire form is done to identify the cuses of problems in programming subjects among the 2nd Year BCS of FSKKP students.

1.2 Research Objective The major objective of this report is to identify causes of problems in programming subjects among the 2nd Year BCS of FSKKP students.

1.3 Research Question This study seeks to answer the this question "What are the causes of problems in programming subjects?".

1.4 Description of Terms