Module: HY2260 (History & Popular Culture) AY18/19 Sem 2 Grading: IVLE Forum Participation: 40% (10% x 4) Essays: 60% (15% x 4) Review 1: Lecturer: Dr Ian Gordon & Dr Timothy Barnard Tutor: None What it’s about: For my semester, the module focused on America in the 1960s, a period of turbulence and unrest in the aftermath of World War 2. It was arranged such that there were 4 … Continue reading Module Review: HY2260
Module: EL4252 (Interactional Discourse) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: Class test: 15% Group project: 25% Oral presentation and class participation: 10% Final exam: 50% Review 1: Lecturer: Peter Tan What it’s about: This was the first and remains the only 4k I have taken so I cannot really judge it, like, in terms of depth and difficulty vis-à-vis the other 4ks, and I know this is a … Continue reading Module Review: EL4252
Module: GEH1013/GEK2049 (Pirates, Oceans and the Maritime World) AY17/18 Semester 1 Grading: Tutorial Participation: 20% Mid-term Test: 20% CA Essay: 20% (varies) Finals: 40% Review 1: Lecturer: Dr Donna Brunero Tutor: Wu Hongsheng What it’s about: This module tackles the historical basis for piracy — why it occurred and how the reasons vary across different regions. If you are thinking that it will be a lot of Pirates of the … Continue reading Module Review: GEH1013/GEK2049
Module: MKT1003X (Principles of Marketing) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: Subject Pool: 10% Class Participation: 10% Individual Assignment: 15% Group Project: 15% Final Examination: 50% Review 1: Lecturer: Lau Geok Theng Tutor: Canley Yong What it’s about: It is literally about marketing. Some concepts include SWOT analysis, Porter’s 5 forces, sales and advertising, marketing planning process, marketing research and forecasting and so on. There are some people … Continue reading Module Review: MKT1003X
Module: PS2237 (Introduction To International Relations) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: Class Participation: 15% Essay paper: 20% Mid-term Exam: 30% Final Exam: 35% Review 1: Lecturer & tutor: Soul Park What it’s about: It is an introduction to the theoretical approaches to international relations issues (realism, constructivism and liberalism), as well as looking at contemporary world issues like security, humanitarian, and the global economy. 2 lectures … Continue reading Module Review: PS2237
Module: PS3257 (Political Inquiry) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: Class Participation: 10% 3 Assignments (15% each): 45% Research Report: 45% Review 1: Lecturer & tutor: Subhasish Ray (Lecturer and Tutor), Clara Lee Yen Yin What it’s about: Learning about R statistical programming on the laptop and content about quantitative and qualitative research methods. The programming part is actually really fun if we weren’t under time constraints … Continue reading Module Review: PS3257
Module: GET1043 (Universe, Big Bang, And Unsolved Mysteries) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: IVLE forum: 10% Essays: 20% Tutorial participation (includes 5%: attendance and participation, 5%: small-group discussions, 20%: debate): 30% Term tests: 40% Review 1: Lecturer: Cindy Ng Tutor: Dr Lim Yen Kheng What it’s about: This is cosmology 101, the starter pack for all things pertaining to the universe. You may have taken modules which deploy the term ‘universe’ … Continue reading Module Review: GET1043
Module: GEH1042/GEK1537 (The Search For Life On Other Worlds) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: Forum postings: 10% Movie critique: 10% Term paper: 30% Final exam: 50% Review 1: Lecturer: Tang Bor Luen What it’s about: This is astrobiology 101, a course with a title that sounds like clickbait but that’s what it’s really about — the search for life on other worlds. The lecturer sets the stage by considering the … Continue reading Module Review: GEH1042/GEK1537
Module: EL3205 (Morphology) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: Attendance and participation: 10% Homework assignments: 30% Self-directed research project: 35% Class test: 25% Review 1: Lecturer: Leslie Lee What’s it about: This module contains exactly what it says on its cover. The working definition with which Rebecca Starr left you in EL1101E, namely that morphology studies the internal structure of words, and that morphemes are the minimal units of meaning, … Continue reading Module Review: EL3205
Module: GEQ1000 (Asking Questions) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: Tutorial Participation/attendance: 36% Divided by 5 tutorials & 1 online mini-project (each 6%): basically you just need to attend each tutorial and you’ll be fine. Online Participation: 14% You are required to write 3 substantial forum posts before recess week and 3 after recess week. Each forum post is worth 2 marks, graded by your tutor. You … Continue reading Module Review: GEQ1000
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