Type: Core Module
Difficulty: Normal
Workload: Normal
Lecturer(s): Prof Chew Tuan Seng (He's really really good)
Lecturer(s): Prof Chew Tuan Seng (He's really really good)
Assessment: Midterms and Finals
This module was pretty normal in difficulty. However it is important to attend lectures. I had Prof Chew Tuan Seng as my lecturer, and I must say he was amazing! His powerpoint slide notes were very concise, and summed up pretty much everything we needed to know for the module, with occasional highlights of certain concepts. His notes were much better than the notes by other profs and the official notes released by the department. In fact, studying with just his notes suffices!
Midterms was closed book MCQ assessment which was pretty easy. It comprises of 10 MCQ questions and I scored 9/10 for midterms. However, midterms has a very low weightage so these marks mean nothing to the final results.
This module required you to practice a lot (A LOT, as I emphasize). Simply reading lecture notes and model answers isn't going to work. That was why I did not obtain a score I was happy with. For the finals, this module allows you to bring in 1 piece of A4 cheatsheet. The catch - it has to be handwritten and not machine printed (aka everyone has to create your own). Coming up with this cheatsheet took me 1 full day to complete it, as you will have to tactically plan the amount of space you are allocating for each chapter.
* A Hint: Start with notes revision first before doing up the cheatsheet. This allows you to have a 'feel' about how much content you need on that cheatsheet. Use your cheatsheet to practice past year papers, you need to familiarize yourself with referring back to your cheatsheet.
Expected Grade: C
Achieved Grade: B (SU used)
