Secret War Journal[August - December 2015]
Lectures attended: 80% (Dr Rosalind Chew)
Tutorials attended: 92.3% (Dr Suman Kumari Sharma)
Textbook(s): Economics: Global Edition, 11/e [ISBN : 9780273789963]
Comment(s):
Be prepared for a steep bell curve for this module. Be aware that a large group of students have a basic foundation on the principles of Economics and you would be competing with them. Thus, if you do not have any knowledge of economics, be prepared work twice as hard to be on par.
The syllabus for this module, as a whole is pretty rushed. Students without prior knowledge will likely grasping for air to take a breather after each lecture. All is not lost for students who are new to economics though. The module seems to have gone for breadth over depth. Hence, no deep understanding of the concepts are required to score.
For students who had taken H2 A levels Economics, there are new concepts being taught in this module. Thus, it is not exactly a breeze for you. Some new concepts include indifference curve and the new AD/AS curves used for this module. The concepts learnt in JC will still be beneficial to you in understanding the concepts in this module.
The quizzes are MCQ in nature. If you are prepared for the topics covered, you should do fine in those.
Textbook is useful for consolidation of knowledge. I did not buy the textbook. Instead, I relied on my JC textbook which was a University textbook.
Seminars attended: 100%, one day affair
Textbook(s): N/A
Comment(s):
A prerequisite module for Career Foundations II, this is an one day affair module with a Pass/Fail grading.
There are quite a number of assignments for this module. Most of these assignments are personality tests and career profiling assignments. Completing these and attending the seminar should likely get you a Pass for this module.
The seminar will be held during the week of Recess Week and will take the bulk of the entire day.
Seminars attended: 100% (Dr Hu Kin Hoi, Billy)
Textbook(s): Customised Text “AD2101: Management Accounting”, McGraw Hill, 2015.
Comment(s):
This is a very content-heavy module. An average of 3 chapters will be cleared per week. Be prepared for heavy reading.
It is roughly 50% on calculations and 50% on ethics. Knowledge on Financial Accounting is expected.
Class Participation includes a group presentation. It generally involves your group taking over a seminar and cover the contents to be taught during the seminar.
There are 2 textbooks for this module. You have every right to be intimidated because you will finish the two books by around week 8. Ain't you glad this is a open book final examination?
Dr Billy Ho is very approachable and allows people to clarify any doubt, even outside of seminar, easily. He is also very open to feedback. Therefore, if you feel that his teaching methods do not suit you, feel free to inform him.
Textbook is a must for this module, especially the e-learning access. Online assignments use an external vendor platform (McGraw Hill) as of this post and can on be accessed if you buy the textbooks. Expensive, but this is 15% we are talking about. There are 3 online assignments in total, they will take the best 2 out of the 3. It varies from MCQs to structured questions.
For a full list of the modules I took, see link here. :)
AB0901 Principles of Economics: A Singapore Perspective
Lectures attended: 80% (Dr Rosalind Chew)
Tutorials attended: 92.3% (Dr Suman Kumari Sharma)
Textbook(s): Economics: Global Edition, 11/e [ISBN : 9780273789963]
Comment(s):
Be prepared for a steep bell curve for this module. Be aware that a large group of students have a basic foundation on the principles of Economics and you would be competing with them. Thus, if you do not have any knowledge of economics, be prepared work twice as hard to be on par.
The syllabus for this module, as a whole is pretty rushed. Students without prior knowledge will likely grasping for air to take a breather after each lecture. All is not lost for students who are new to economics though. The module seems to have gone for breadth over depth. Hence, no deep understanding of the concepts are required to score.
For students who had taken H2 A levels Economics, there are new concepts being taught in this module. Thus, it is not exactly a breeze for you. Some new concepts include indifference curve and the new AD/AS curves used for this module. The concepts learnt in JC will still be beneficial to you in understanding the concepts in this module.
The quizzes are MCQ in nature. If you are prepared for the topics covered, you should do fine in those.
Textbook is useful for consolidation of knowledge. I did not buy the textbook. Instead, I relied on my JC textbook which was a University textbook.
AB1000 Career Foundations I
Lectures attended: No lecture.Seminars attended: 100%, one day affair
Textbook(s): N/A
Comment(s):
A prerequisite module for Career Foundations II, this is an one day affair module with a Pass/Fail grading.
There are quite a number of assignments for this module. Most of these assignments are personality tests and career profiling assignments. Completing these and attending the seminar should likely get you a Pass for this module.
The seminar will be held during the week of Recess Week and will take the bulk of the entire day.
AD2101 Management Accounting
Lectures attended: No lecture.Seminars attended: 100% (Dr Hu Kin Hoi, Billy)
Textbook(s): Customised Text “AD2101: Management Accounting”, McGraw Hill, 2015.
Comment(s):
This is a very content-heavy module. An average of 3 chapters will be cleared per week. Be prepared for heavy reading.
It is roughly 50% on calculations and 50% on ethics. Knowledge on Financial Accounting is expected.
Class Participation includes a group presentation. It generally involves your group taking over a seminar and cover the contents to be taught during the seminar.
There are 2 textbooks for this module. You have every right to be intimidated because you will finish the two books by around week 8. Ain't you glad this is a open book final examination?
Dr Billy Ho is very approachable and allows people to clarify any doubt, even outside of seminar, easily. He is also very open to feedback. Therefore, if you feel that his teaching methods do not suit you, feel free to inform him.
Textbook is a must for this module, especially the e-learning access. Online assignments use an external vendor platform (McGraw Hill) as of this post and can on be accessed if you buy the textbooks. Expensive, but this is 15% we are talking about. There are 3 online assignments in total, they will take the best 2 out of the 3. It varies from MCQs to structured questions.
For a full list of the modules I took, see link here. :)
