Secret War Journal[7 January 2015]
Semester 1 has officially ended with the passing of 2014. During the first semester in NBS, I took 2 business modules.
Seminars attended: 100% (Chew Yuen Ming, Melvyn)
Textbook(s): Singapore Business Law 6th Edition, Benny S Tabalujan & Valerie Du Toit-Low
[ISBN: 978-981-07-1709-4]
Comment(s):
Seminars with Melvyn Chew would be interesting but I would say that his teaching style is not for everyone. You would need to prepare extensively before the seminars. Going in unprepared is not devastating but definitely would cause you to be very lost in the seminar as the basics would be briefly touched as to allow the more critical thinking questions to be addressed.
For Melvyn Chew's seminar, attendance is marked so I would not recommend skipping seminars.
In General, remembering the case laws are important. One mistake I made was not making summary sheets earlier. I think making one right after seminars for consolidation seems good. While the finals is open-book, the lack of time to refer and the amount of MCQs would be the end for you if you are too reliant on the textbook. Textbook is a must for this course, it is very hard to survive without them, the notes provided by seniors are not exactly accurate. My advice for finals would be to write out templates which you can quickly copy and paste snippets without referring to your textbook. That would help you out during the essay questions.
Tutorials attended: 100% (Adj Assoc Prof Anil Shukla)
Textbook(s): Financial Accounting: Global Edition: International Financial Reporting Standards, 9th Edition - Walter T Harrison, Charles Horngren, Bill Thomas, Themin Suwardy
[ISBN: 978-0-273-77780-9]
Comment(s):
Adj Assoc Prof Anil Shukla's style of teaching is useful for consolidation and revision. Before attempting on the tutorial questions proper, he would summarise and highlight the key points of the topic discussed. I used the time to make summary sheets for consolidation of key concepts which I found useful.
Textbook is not essential. Most questions are taken from the textbook though you can obtain them from your peers. The textbook is, however, useful for clarity of concepts as I found the lecture notes somewhat lacking.
While we are on the topic of lecture notes, do note that the lecture notes have blanks. If you are planning to skip the lectures, either get the missing content from online lectures or from your peers. Otherwise, the blanks virtually makes the lecture notes useless, if not misleading.
One important thing to note for this course is that Team Presentation and Team Project component are separate. That means you basically have two team assignments for this module. It has a relatively heavy weightage so I would suggest dedicating effort into it.
Well, that would be all.
For a full list of the modules I took, see link here. :)
Semester 1 has officially ended with the passing of 2014. During the first semester in NBS, I took 2 business modules.
AB1301 Business Law
Lectures attended: No Lectures. It is 100% seminars.Seminars attended: 100% (Chew Yuen Ming, Melvyn)Textbook(s): Singapore Business Law 6th Edition, Benny S Tabalujan & Valerie Du Toit-Low
[ISBN: 978-981-07-1709-4]
Comment(s):
Seminars with Melvyn Chew would be interesting but I would say that his teaching style is not for everyone. You would need to prepare extensively before the seminars. Going in unprepared is not devastating but definitely would cause you to be very lost in the seminar as the basics would be briefly touched as to allow the more critical thinking questions to be addressed.
For Melvyn Chew's seminar, attendance is marked so I would not recommend skipping seminars.
In General, remembering the case laws are important. One mistake I made was not making summary sheets earlier. I think making one right after seminars for consolidation seems good. While the finals is open-book, the lack of time to refer and the amount of MCQs would be the end for you if you are too reliant on the textbook. Textbook is a must for this course, it is very hard to survive without them, the notes provided by seniors are not exactly accurate. My advice for finals would be to write out templates which you can quickly copy and paste snippets without referring to your textbook. That would help you out during the essay questions.
AD1101 Financial Accounting
Lectures attended: 100%Tutorials attended: 100% (Adj Assoc Prof Anil Shukla)
Textbook(s): Financial Accounting: Global Edition: International Financial Reporting Standards, 9th Edition - Walter T Harrison, Charles Horngren, Bill Thomas, Themin Suwardy
[ISBN: 978-0-273-77780-9]
Comment(s):
Adj Assoc Prof Anil Shukla's style of teaching is useful for consolidation and revision. Before attempting on the tutorial questions proper, he would summarise and highlight the key points of the topic discussed. I used the time to make summary sheets for consolidation of key concepts which I found useful.
Textbook is not essential. Most questions are taken from the textbook though you can obtain them from your peers. The textbook is, however, useful for clarity of concepts as I found the lecture notes somewhat lacking.
While we are on the topic of lecture notes, do note that the lecture notes have blanks. If you are planning to skip the lectures, either get the missing content from online lectures or from your peers. Otherwise, the blanks virtually makes the lecture notes useless, if not misleading.
One important thing to note for this course is that Team Presentation and Team Project component are separate. That means you basically have two team assignments for this module. It has a relatively heavy weightage so I would suggest dedicating effort into it.
Well, that would be all.
For a full list of the modules I took, see link here. :)
