Type: GEM Module (Type C)
Difficulty: Easy
Workload: Light
Lecturer(s): Prof Chia Kee Seng
Lecturer(s): Prof Chia Kee Seng
Continuous Assessment: Weekly Quiz, Weekly Groupwork, Assignment 1 and Assignment 2
This module is absolutely awesome! I've always recommended this module to all of my peers. Public health is just economics in healthcare. We deal a lot with effects of policy changes. Dont be mixed up with the H2 Economics during JC, this module is far more different and fun. No multiple lengthy essays to write. However, this module is pretty expensive in CORS, I purchased it for 437 G points.
Why is this module awesome? It is because you do not need to study for this module at all. No kidding. Every week, this module takes up a 3h consecutive lecture slot. During the first hour, a random speaker will be invited to give a lecture about any topics related to Public Health. At the end of the lecture, he'll give everyone a task to complete for groupwork. Afterwhich, the next 45 minutes are allocated for groupwork. You will work together with your groupmates to come up with a report to be submitted at the end of the 45 minutes. Because 45 minutes isn't a long time, usually they will limit the word count to about 500-700 words maximum. The last 1h will be q&a session where there is group participation marks awarded. (In fact for participation, they will just expect your group to ask 2 questions for the entire semester maximally, so that every group has the chance to gain participation marks).
At the end of each 3h session per week, you may consider yourself done with that topic for the week. There isn't any finals whatsoever. However, do note that there are 2 assignments in this module. Assignment 1 is a 1500 words report, and Assignment 2 is broken down into 2 questions, 1000 words each report per question.
As seen, your groupmates play a key factor in the success of this module. However, groups are assigned for you, with a fair mix between race, nationality, gender, level and faculty. I owed the success of this module to my fantastic groumates who comprised of
- a year 4 (forgot her major :/)
- a year 2 political science student
- a year 3 fass student
- a year 2 life science student
- and me! a year 1 engineering student
* A Hint: I found out that the lecturers love it when you quote jornals and research papers to substantiate your arguments. So try your best to include them in your reports and assignments!
Expected Grade: A
Achieved Grade: A
