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The purpose of this article is to determine the level of readiness for university students in using electronic learning (e-learning) methods in the subject of Ethnic Relations, including online recording lectures, by identifying factors that contribute to it. Due to the rapid technological advancement, there is greater use of the internet with its borderless function in various aspects of life in this new era. The area of education, especially tertiary education has begun to show advancement in learning models that are based on information technology. Greater challenges must be addressed for compulsory university subjects, which are frequently regarded as the nonessential subject. Elements of student rejection for those subjects such as Ethnic Relations have also contributed to students' readiness for this new shift. The methods used are from secondary sources through library studies such as books, journals, blogs, websites, and other scientific materials. In addition, data was also obtained through a survey form distributed to 132 undergraduate students from Tunku Abdul Rahman University College. The findings show that students' readiness towards the recorded lectures for the subject of Ethnic Relations offered in electronic learning form is still low, not because they are poor at technology applications, but because they prefer to attend face-to-face lectures which can further facilitate the process of interaction and communication between students and lecturers. They are also not motivated to access lectures electronically or in the virtual world because they are not interested in the subject itself although they have not begun to study and know the content of the subject in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]