Module: GEH1019 (Food and Health) AY18/19 Sem 2 Grading: Short nutrition essay: 10% Diet analysis project : 20% Finals (MCQ): 70% Review 1: Lecturer: Dr Liu Mei Hui & Dr Leong Lai Peng What it’s about: You will learn about nutrients, diets, types of food, how they are processed and more. Some of the more interesting things covered were superfoods, the keto diet, alkaline water diet, the supposed … Continue reading Module Review: GEH1019
Module: GEH1060 (Social History of the Piano) AY17/18 Sem 2 Grading: Class Participation & Preparation: 20% Two Reports: My Story and Observation: 25% Two Fun Quizzes: 25% Group Project: 30% Review 1: Lecturer & Tutor: Dr Koo Siaw Sing What it’s about: This class covers how the piano progresses through the years. Assignment workload: Three reports and a presentation throughout the semester. Content is not very heavy and … Continue reading Module Review: GEH1060
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: GET1023 (Thinking Like An Economist) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: Tutorial attendance and participation: 9% Lecture attendance: 11% IVLE quizzes: 10% Midterm: 25% Finals: 45% Review 1: Lecturer & tutor: Georgios Georgiou What it’s about: This module aims to explain human behavior (e.g. rationality) through the lens of an economist, and using economic concepts to explain social phenomena too. You will also learn about the … Continue reading Module Review: GET1023
Module: GEH1065 (Art in Society) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: CA: 60% Mid term: 15% Group presentation- take over the class for one of the tutorial slots: 15% 300 word reflection: 10% 2000 word essay: 20% Final exam essay: 40% Review 1: Lecturer & tutor: Dr Suriani Suratman What it’s about: It’s under the Malay studies department but I think it feels more like a sociology … Continue reading Module Review: GEH1065
Module: GES1026/GEK2005 (Urban Planning in Singapore) AY16/17 Sem 2 Grading: Tutorial Presentations and Individual Participation: 25% Group Project: 25% Open Book Exam: 50% Review 1: Lecturer: Dr Malone-Lee Lai Choo Tutor: Irena Orlenko What it’s about: Offered by SDE, the name of the module tells it like it is — a snapshot of urban planning in Singapore, and the considerations that Singapore had to make in the past and present regarding … Continue reading Module Review: GES1026/GEK2005
Module: GES1034 (We the Citizens: Understanding Singapore’s Politics) AY16/17 Sem 2 Grading: Class participation: 20% Essay assignment: 30% Final Examination: 50% Review 1: Lecturer & tutor: Bilveer Singh What it’s about: The basics of Singapore Politics are covered in this module. The Parliament structures, the main figures in Singapore such as the Prime Minister and President and the different types of Members of Parliament and … Continue reading Module Review: GES1034
Module: GEH1061 (Representation and Media) AY16/17 Sem 2 Grading: Tutorial participation: 15% Midterms: 20% Group Project: 30% Final exam: 35% Review 2: Reviewed by slidingtackles Lecturer/Tutor: Ms Sofia Morales What it’s about: This module comes from the CNM (Communications and New Media) department. It begins with the basic theories of representation and media — ideas of signifier, signified, semiotics, creation of social constructs etc… (eg. Foucault, Barthes, … Continue reading Module Review: GEH1061
Module: GEH1057 (Materials: The Enabling Substance of Civilization) AY16/17 Sem 2 Grading: Group Project: 30% Final Exam: 70% Review 1: Lecturer: Dr. Chiu Cheng Hsin, A/P Daniel Blackwood, Dr. Loh Xian Jun, A/P Wang Qing What it’s about: This module gives you a broad overview of how materials have shaped the course of human history, from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age. You will … Continue reading Module Review: GEH1057
Module: GES1024/ SSD1203 (Real Estate Development & Investment Law) AY17/18 Sem 1 Grading: Tutorial attendance (it only says attendance but I think it includes participation): 20% IVLE participation: 5% Mid-term test: 15% Final exam: 60% Review 2: Lecturer: Alice Christudason and Helen Chen What it’s about: I’ll be brief because there is already another review done on this mod and I took this planning to S/U it from the … Continue reading Module Review: GES1024/SSD1203
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