[{"ModuleCode":"ACC1002","ModuleTitle":"Financial Accounting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"The course provides an introduction to financial accounting. It examines accounting from an external user's perspective: an external user being an investor or a creditor. Such users would need to understand financial accounting in order to make investing or lending decisions. However, to attain a good understanding, it is also necessary to be familiar with how the information is derived. Therefore, students would learn how to prepare the reports or statements resulting from financial accounting and how to use them for decision-making.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA1002 are not allowed to take ACC1002.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC1002X","ModuleTitle":"Financial Accounting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"The course provides an introduction to financial accounting. It examines accounting from an external user's perspective: an external user being an investor or a creditor. Such users would need to understand financial accounting in order to make investing or lending decisions. However, to attain a good understanding, it is also necessary to be familiar with how the information are derived. Therefore, students would learn how to prepare the reports or statements resulting from financial accounting and how to use them for decision-making.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have passed CS1304 or EC3212 or BK1003 or BZ1002 or BH1002 or BZ1002E or BH1002E or FNA1002E or FNA1002X are not allowed to take ACC1002X.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC1006","ModuleTitle":"Accounting Information Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to help students understand the role of information systems in accounting and other areas of business. \r\n\r\nIn particular, it examines the innovative applications of information systems to streamline business operations and enhance competitive advantage. \r\n\r\nStudents will understand various accounting/business cycles and learn about how information systems are used in different functional areas such as finance/accounting, marketing, operations and supply chain, and HR/management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"FNA1002 or ACC1002","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA1006 are not allowed to take ACC1006.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC1701","ModuleTitle":"Accounting for Decision Makers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"The course provides an introduction to accounting from a user perspective. Financial reporting is covered from the viewpoint of an external investor. The focus is on how accounting can help investors make better decisions. Book-keeping and preparation of financial statements are also covered at an introductory level, as investors need to be aware of how the financial statements are derived.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"ACC1002; ACC1002X; EC2204","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC1701X","ModuleTitle":"Accounting for Decision Makers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"The course provides an introduction to accounting from a user perspective. Financial reporting is covered from the viewpoint of an external investor. The focus is on how accounting can help investors make better decisions. Book-keeping and preparation of financial statements are also covered at an introductory level, as investors need to be aware of how the financial statements are derived.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"ACC1002; ACC1002X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC2002","ModuleTitle":"Managerial Accounting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This course covers major concepts, tools and techniques in managerial accounting. It provides students with an appreciation of how managerial accounting evolves with changes in the business environment and why the usefulness of managerial accounting systems depends on the organisational context. The emphasis is on the use of managerial accounting information for decision-making, planning, and controlling activities. Students are introduced to both traditional and contemporary managerial accounting concepts and techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed BK1003 or BZ1002 or BH1002 or FNA1002 or FNA1002X or FNA1002E or ACC1002 or ACC1002X or BH1002E or CS1304 or EC3212 or EG1422 before they are allowed to take ACC2002.","Preclusion":"BH2002 or BZ3102 or BK2001  or FNA2002 or IE4242","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC2706","ModuleTitle":"Managerial Accounting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This course covers major concepts, tools and techniques in managerial accounting. It provides students with an appreciation of how managerial accounting evolves with changes in the business environment and why the usefulness of managerial accounting systems depends on the organisational context. The emphasis is on the use of managerial accounting information for decision-making, planning, and controlling activities. Students are introduced to both traditional and contemporary managerial accounting concepts and techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"ACC1701/ACC1701X or EC2204","Preclusion":"ACC2002","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC2707","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Accounting & Reporting I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"The module covers financial accounting at an intermediate level, with special reference to accounting for property, plant & equipment, investment properties, assets held for sale, intangible assets, asset impairment, changes in accounting policies and estimates, post-balance-sheet events, revenue accounting, segment reporting and interim reporting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"ACC1701/ACC1701X or EC2204.\r\n(or AC1002 or ACC1002X)","Preclusion":"ACC3601","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3601","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Accounting and Reporting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the conceptual and theoretical issues underlying the corporate accounting and reporting requirements under the US, International and Singapore Accounting Standards. This allows the students to understand the economic rationales behind the accounting treatment of major financial statement items. It also equips the students with skills in using financial information for decision-making. Topics to be covered include conceptual framework in financial reporting, accounting for foreign currency translation, leasing, preparation of consolidated financial statements, earnings quality management and off-balance sheet financing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA1002 or ACC1002","Preclusion":"BH3111 or BZ3101 or BK3106 or FNA3111","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3602","ModuleTitle":"Managerial Planning and Control","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"The course examines various means by which control can be exercised and the types of accounting information that allow for different means of control. Topics to be covered include the nature of control, responsibility centers, economic value added, transfer pricing, strategic planning, budgeting, performance evaluation systems, executive compensation, control for differentiated strategies, control for multinational organisations. Students learn how control is exercised through case analyses, case presentations and in-class discussions. The case approach makes control "come alive" for the students with descriptions of control at various real organisations. The case presentations make the students think critically and strategically. The in-class discussions allow the students to evaluate the pros and cons of different approaches and solutions to control problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA2002 or ACC2002","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3112 are not allowed to take ACC3602.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3603","ModuleTitle":"Assurance and Attestation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the knowledge and understanding of the audit process required by assurance and attestation engagements. It aims to ensure students acquire the necessary attitude, skills, and knowledge for a career in auditing, in the accounting profession or in business management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"FNA1002/ACC1002 and FNA2002 (Students who are not enrolled in the accounting or accounting-specialization program should seek Deans Office permission to read the module)","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3121 are not allowed to take ACC3603.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3604","ModuleTitle":"Corporate and Securities Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"The primary aim of this course is to develop a solid understanding of the legal framework required in the operations of business entities especially companies. It covers the entire life-span of a business entity, namely from the formation of the entity to its liquidation. It also includes the various legal obligations and implications in operating the business entity. A secondary objective is to introduce the pertinent provisions of securities legislation such as the Securities & Futures Act and the Takeover Code.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"BSP1004","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3122 or LL4055 are not allowed to take ACC3604. ","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3605","ModuleTitle":"Taxation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the basic concepts of income taxation in Singapore. Since a large portion of a business organisation's profits goes towards the payment of income tax, it is absolutely crucial for students to have an understanding of how tax works and how to legally minimize it. This module is relevant to those who wish to work in the fields of accounting, consulting or financial management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"FNA1002/ACC1002 and BSP1004","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3127 or LL4056 are not allowed to take ACC3605. ","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3606","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Corporate Accounting and Reporting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This course explores in greater depth complex financial reporting topics introduced in \r\n\r\nACC1002 Financial Accounting and ACC3601 Corporate Accounting and Reporting, and it also examines issues relating to fair value accounting. The viewpoint is that of the preparer of financial statements. The discussion centres on the financial reporting issues affecting a firm's profitability and risk. This course is for students who expect to become CPAs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"FNA3111 or ACC3601","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3123 are not allowed to take ACC3606.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3614","ModuleTitle":"Valuation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This module equips students with an understanding of the various valuation issues and methodologies available to accountants and managers. It specifically discusses valuation issues pertaining to the enterprise, assets for use, and liabilities. After taking this course, the students should be able to value certain classes of assets and liabilities which are of significant interest and importance to the modern business. Coverage includes fair value and value-in-use concepts, earnings multiple analysis, discounted cash flow analysis and real option analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"FNA2004 or FIN2004","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3126 are not allowed to take ACC3614.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3615","ModuleTitle":"Accounting Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"Accounting theory is a body of rules and theories which governs the practice of financial accounting. Many of the rules and theories are well reasoned economic rationales and tested over time. On the other hand, the state of accounting theory also changes as new accounting and financial transactions are created in the new economy. This module seeks to examine some of the core theories that underpin financial accounting. This is essential to a proper theoretical understanding of the discipline of financial accounting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"FNA3111/ACC3601\r\nCo-requisite: FNA3123/ACC3606","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3129 are not allowed to take ACC3615.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3616","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Governance and Risk Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"The module covers corporate governance from a multidisciplinary\nperspective including law, finance, accounting\nand economics. The module covers enterprise risk\nmanagement in terms of the Integrated Framework issued\nby the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the\nTreadway Commission (COSO).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"ACC1002 Financial Accounting, BSP1004 Legal\nEnvironment of Business, FIN2004 Finance","Preclusion":"ACC3611 Corporate Governance and Ethics\nACC3612 Risk Management and Internal Control\nOnly available to BBA and BBA(Acc) students from the\nAY2014-15 intake and later","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC3619","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Perspective in Accounting and Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This is a capstone module that to some extent mirrors the\naims of the Integrated Business Systems module in the\nSingapore Qualifying Programme. The module gives\nstudents a chance to apply their technical knowledge in\ndifferent areas to a set of multi-disciplinary cases that\ncapture complex real problems faced by accountants\nparticularly in Singapore and the neighbouring region.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Completed or concurrently taking the following:\n(a) All BBA (Acc) core modules; and\n(b) all other compulsory accounting modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Pls see above (under Pre-requisite(s))."},{"ModuleCode":"ACC4611","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Taxation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a foundation in tax planning. Part 1 discusses tax planning opportunities for the business entity in a local (Singapore) context, by making use of available tax incentives, different business structures, etc. Part 2 covers tax planning in an international business context, and will deal with double tax agreements, choice of foreign investment vehicles, repatriation of income and capital, tax havens, tax arbitrage, etc. Part 3 deals with tax planning for the individual operating across international boundaries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA4114 are not allowed to take ACC4611.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC4614","ModuleTitle":"Financial Institution Audit & Compliance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"This module equips students with internal audit, risk and compliance knowledge and skills. With a slant towards internal auditing, students will learn the key risks and controls in the major banking products such as global markets, credit and lending, wealth management, as well as the major banking regulations such as anti-money laundering/countering of terrorist financing rules. Students will learn how to design internal audit programmes to\r\nassess the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls in these areas. Topics covered include data analytics, common modus operandi of banking frauds and control lapses, internal auditing standards, and internal audit\r\nreport writing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"ACC3616 Corporate Governance and Risk Management\r\nOR\r\nACC3612 Risk Management and Internal Control","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC4615","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Assurance and Attestation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"To equip students with a good understanding of the theoretical and practical knowledge/techniques for a variety of assurance and attestation work other than the statutory audit. Such work is often more complex and requires advanced methodologies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"FNA3121 or ACC3603","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3128 or ACC3613 are not allowed to take ACC4615.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC4616","ModuleTitle":"Accounting Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"Accounting theory is a body of rules and theories which governs the practice of financial accounting. Many of the rules and theories are well reasoned economic rationales and tested over time. On the other hand, the state of accounting theory also changes as new accounting and financial transactions are created in the new economy. This module seeks to examine some of the core theories that underpin financial accounting. This is essential to a proper theoretical understanding of the discipline of financial accounting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"FNA3111/ACC3601\r\nCo-requisite: FNA3123/ACC3606","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3129 and ACC3615 are not allowed to take ACC4616.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC4619","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Independent Study in Accounting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"Advanced Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for senior students who are in the BBA(Acc) honors programs with the requisite background to work closely with an \r\ninstructor on a well-defined project in the accounting area.  (The modules may also be made available to students who are eligible for admission into the honors programs but choose to pursue the non-honors course of study.)  Students will hone their research and report-writing skills while tackling an accounting related issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic.  In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC4629","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Independent Study in Accounting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"Advanced Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for senior students who are in the BBA(Acc) honors programs with the requisite background to work closely with an instructor on a well-defined project in the accounting area.  (The modules may also be made available to students who are eligible for admission into the honors programs but choose to pursue the non-honors course of study.)  Students will hone their research and report-writing skills while tackling an accounting related issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic.  In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ACC5001","ModuleTitle":"Business Analysis and Valuation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"Analysis of financial statements to determine the fundamentals of a business for investment or managerial decisions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AH2101","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Art History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to art history both as a field of academic knowledge concerned with works of art (including painting, sculpture and architecture) and as a discipline with a distinctive methodology, vocabulary and theoretical foundations. The module surveys the main trends in the artistic traditions of Europe and Asia paying special attention to cross-cultural comparative analysis (i.e. how the human body and landscape are represented in different artistic traditions).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"AH2203","ModuleTitle":"Empire and Art: India, Singapore, Malaya","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module surveys art and architectural genres produced in British colonies, chiefly India, Singapore and Malaya through diverse visual forms such as painting, calendar art, photography, craft objects and buildings. Visual analysis is accompanied by an investigation into the shifts in materials, technologies and contexts of display and consumption, which often expressed British control, native resistance and a desire for self-rule. The module also considers the role of British institutions, namely, art schools, archaeological surveys, museums and exhibitions in grooming art production and tastes; native projects and responses are unravelled simultaneously to understand East-West interactions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"AH2101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AH3201","ModuleTitle":"A History of Contemporary Art","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an introduction to key movements and tendencies in late modern and contemporary art, primarily in Europe and North America, but also extending to related developments around the world. Through a close analysis of significant artists, exhibitions and texts, the course will encourage a historical understanding of the emergence of Western contemporary art and its role within the globalised art world of today. The influences of social, political and cultural forces will also be discussed, providing a wider framework for students to interpret artworks and to examine their context and reception.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"AH2101","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"AH3202","ModuleTitle":"Time Traveller: The Curatorial in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to equip students with curatorial methodologies and theories drawn from the history of exhibitions in Southeast Asia. Students will be introduced to postcolonial theories, approaches and methodologies with an inter-disciplinary focus that can be used to frame the art histories of the region. This module will provide opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience of curatorial practices through workshops with curators, conservators, educators and public programmers by drawing resources from the NUS Museum and the National Gallery Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"AH2101","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"ALS1010","ModuleTitle":"Learning to Learn Better","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"INST FOR APPLN OF LEARNING SCI & ED TECH","ModuleDescription":"This module considers evidence-based techniques for\nlearning derived from the fundamental science and\nunderstanding of how we learn. It reveals steps on the\npath to more effective learning by using a set of simple,\npragmatic rules: rules to build motivation and to speed up\nthe learning process over both the short and long term.\nLearners will appreciate learning rules and the scientific\nevidence behind them. They will also understand why,\ndespite sometimes being counterintuitive, they work so\nwell. This understanding will lead to individualised\napplication of techniques to improve learning.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-2-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ALS1010CP","ModuleTitle":"Learning to Learn Better","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"INST FOR APPLN OF LEARNING SCI & ED TECH","ModuleDescription":"This module considers evidence-based techniques for\nlearning derived from the fundamental science and\nunderstanding of how we learn. It reveals steps on the\npath to more effective learning by using a set of simple,\npragmatic rules: rules to build motivation and to speed up\nthe learning process over both the short and long term.\nLearners will appreciate learning rules and the scientific\nevidence behind them. They will also understand why,\ndespite sometimes being counterintuitive, they work so\nwell. This understanding will lead to individualised\napplication of techniques to improve learning.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-2-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR1102","ModuleTitle":"Design 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will build upon the module AR1101 by focusing on the development of basic design skills as an interface for activities between people, furniture, fittings and the use of space within the built environment. Topics - The module will focus on issues related to the measure of man to serve as essential design generators. The module will also deal with the use of materials and methods for making and constructing. The module will also deal with context. Graphic communication and the use of technical drawings to illustrate design will form part of this module. The module will expand on the development of media in graphic communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-3-0-3-12","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"All non-architecture students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR1328","ModuleTitle":"The Tropical Envelope","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The module examines both the constructional and environmental design strategies that shape the architectural envelope in the tropical climate. It discusses the inter-relationship between passive environmental design performances and construction with its choice of materials and methods. It also emphasizes the interdependence of design and technique/technology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR2102","ModuleTitle":"Design 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will emphasize the integrative nature of architectural design. Students are to focus on the integration of architectural design with materials, structure and construction. Topics ? The module will deal with appropriate materials, structure and construction for the architectural design intent through the design of a small-scale building. Responses to program, climate and site context of urban fringe sites are also to be considered in the design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-3-0-3-12","Prerequisite":"AR1101 Design 1 Grade 'C' or Grade “S”; AR1102 Design 2 Grade 'C' or Grade “S”","Preclusion":"All non-architecture students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR2222","ModuleTitle":"History & Theory Of Western Architecture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This core introductory module looks at the production and development of architectural ideas in the Western European and Northern American historical context, from the Antiquities, the pre-modern to early modern, and the modern to postmodern/contemporary periods. The rich and complex historical trajectory underpins the constructedness of architectural knowledge. While by no means exhaustive, the specific thematic focus adopted for each lecture allows students to grasp the connections between epochal periods of architectural innovations and equally, their counter-movements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR2225","ModuleTitle":"Reading Visual Images","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The module introduces students to ways of looking at and discussing works of art. The focus is chiefly on painting and sculpture; the emphasis is on analyzing the composition or design of art works and in constructing meanings for them. The study of this module enables students to acquire critical skills for interpreting and connecting with works of art. The module encourages students to read art works in relation to a range of interests, intentions and issues; the aim here is to suggest or propose contexts or environments in which art works are made and received. \r\nThere are three sections. In the first, three (3) topics from Asian art traditions are discussed. The are :\r\n1. Indian sculpture\r\n2. Chinese landscape painting \r\n3. Islamic calligraphy\r\nIn the second section, ideas and movements from the Renaissance in Italy to the end of the 20th century in Europe, are surveyed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR2524","ModuleTitle":"Spatial Computational Thinking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"Spatial Computational Thinking is increasingly being\nrecognised as a fundamental method for various spatial\ndisciplines. It involves idea formulation, algorithm\ndevelopment, solution exploration, with a focus on the\nmanipulation of geometric and semantic datasets.\nStudents will use parametric modelling tools for generating\nand analysing building elements at varying scales. Such\ntools use visual programming interfaces to allow complex\nalgorithms to be developed and tested. Students will learn\nhow to structure their ideas as algorithmic procedures that\nintegrate data-structures, functions, and control flow.\nThrough this process, students will also become familiar\nwith higher-level computational concepts, such as\ndecomposition, encapsulation and abstraction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-1-5-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR2723","ModuleTitle":"Strategies for Sustainable Architecture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with topics in ecological and sustainable architecture, focusing on environmental issues as they apply to design. Basic technical knowledge on energy, water, materials, etc are covered in the context of how buildings operate.  The module enables students to operationalize the principles when generating design solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR3102","ModuleTitle":"Design 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of the program is to develop a level of competence in design skills and thinking. It involves the integration of technology with the natural environment, and urban context. Students address a generic brief by building upon it with emphasis in Urban, Environment, and/or Technological issues in a given site to demonstrate the acquisition of a level of competence in research, design thinking, operational skills and communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-3-0-3-12","Prerequisite":"AR2101 Design 3 Grade 'C' or Grade “S”; AR2102 Design 4 Grade 'C'","Preclusion":"All non-architecture students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR3102A","ModuleTitle":"Design 6 (Landscape Architecture Emphasis)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This studio-based module develops basic skills in landscape design and marks the ‘second-time experience’ of architecture students in the field of landscape architectural studio work. It leads the students into central urban contexts, where architecture ‘meets’ landscape architecture and built city ‘defines’ public open space.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"1-7-0-10-12","Prerequisite":"AR2101 Design 3 Grade 'C' or Grade “S”; AR2102 Design 4 Grade 'C'","Preclusion":"All non-architecture students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR3151","ModuleTitle":"Design - ISM","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR3721","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Systems and Construction","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces fundamental building physics (thermal, lighting, acoustics), building materials, and systems to achieve environmental performance-targets and sustainability. Technology integration is emphasized via understanding how materials and systems are related, detailed, and assembled.\r\nStudents will learn quantitative means to evaluate environmental requirements, and develop familiarity with system strategies and construction details to integrate the various building systems (such as structure, mechanical and electric services, architecture exteriors and interiors). Additionally, codes of practice (such as fire safety) and considerations on sustainable environment will be addressed. The goal is to integrate those technologies in a symbiotic manner to achieve human well-being.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"AR1326, AR1731, AR2326, AR2723","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"AR4001","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Architectural Study 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will involve critical analyses and thorough discussions of specific topics in History, Theory and in Architecture, Architecture & Urban Heritage and Design Computing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-4-0-2-14","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"AR4002","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Architectural Study 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The course is intended to evaluate the students’ ability to carry out independent research under the supervision of a faculty member. 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It will include site investigation and analysis, urban design considerations and the design of appropriate housing types in response to the urban and social context. New concepts of dwelling in the city will be explored, and students have to demonstrate their ability to integrate urban, social and environmental factors into their housing proposals. Emphasis is also placed on the ability to resolve the relationship of public, community  and private spaces in these developments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-3-0-3-12","Prerequisite":"AR3101 Design 5 Grade 'C'; AR3102 Design 6 Grade 'C' \r\n","Preclusion":"All non-architecture students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR4104","ModuleTitle":"Architectural & Technology Design 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module allows the students to employ digital design processes eg. Revit, CFD to simulate building performance impact on building form and configuration as an interactive design process in the development and study of optimal solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-3-0-3-12","Prerequisite":"AR3101 Design 5 Grade 'C'; AR3102 Design 6 Grade 'C'","Preclusion":"All non architecture students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR4221","ModuleTitle":"Urban Design Theory and Praxis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide a comprehensive and in-depth examination of the theories, methodologies and praxis of urban design, introducing ideas that are instrumental in establishing the foundations of urban design, examining\r\nrationales and strategies for creating vital and lively urban spaces, exploring key issues and myriad challenges facing urban design today and in future.\r\nSpecifically, viewing urban design from a place-making perspective, ranging from physical to social, tangible to intangible, global to local, the primary focus of this module are topics about urban form, density, diversity, identity, public space, community, sustainability etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5011","ModuleTitle":"Research Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines parameters that are set and/or claimed for undertaking research leading to the writing and presentation of a dissertation for a degree in a university. It begins by sketching a brief history of research and then proceeds to highlight changing definitions, premises and approaches. The principal interest and task of the instructor is to lead & develop discussions of definitions, premises and approaches. In dealing with them, aspects of methods, structure and language will gain focus.\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-8","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5103","ModuleTitle":"ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THESIS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"Students are assigned a Thesis supervisor who will assist the student in identifying and developing the Thesis topic. Students spend the early part of the thesis researching the topic and identifying key issues and design agenda. Students will then proceed to formulate an architectural project to explore the Thesis. In the later stages of the studio, each student will develop a comprehensive architectural design solution in response to the issues and brief identified earlier. In this later stage of the Thesis project students are required to develop technological and material responses to the thesis issue(s) developed earlier. 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The use of design as a form of research applied to building infrastructure or the environment relevant to practical design issues in industry. Students are required to produce drawings and models illustrating technical exploration and resolution with digitally aided or lab based experimentation. Projects will be supervised by tutors of students choice assisted by a panel of technical specialists.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"20","Workload":"4-4-0-22-40","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Non Architecture students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5105","ModuleTitle":"Architectural Design Research Report","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The module supports design thesis by critically exploring significant issues to architecture involving social, political, cultural, environmental, economic and technological consideration. \nKey activities include: \n(a) Research embodying the acquisition of knowledge through precedent studies and literature. (b) Critique and evaluation of acquired knowledge. (c) Problem Statement mapping the fundamental aspects of the issues. (d) Hypothesis delineated in terms of a small set of no more than 3 key issues that can be addressed through architectural intervention. (e) Programme Formulation. (f) Site Selection. (g) Preliminary Design Studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5121","ModuleTitle":"SPECIAL TOPICS IN TECHNOLOGY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce relevant topics in total building performance, fire management, specification writing and buildability and their application to design management and development. \r\n\r\nThis module is conducted through two intensive one-week workshops. The first workshop starts right after submission of the Dissertation and deals with Total Building Performance and Fire Management relevant to the early design phase of the Final Design Project. The second workshop is conducted in the first week of S2 and deals with Specification Writing and Buildability, issues more relevant for the advanced stage of the Final Design Project.\r\n\r\nThrough this module, students will become aware of the individual requirements of the above topics and codes. Selected examples will be introduced and students learn how these topics can be applied and that their successful consideration does not compromise on the design. \r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-4-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Non architecture students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5142","ModuleTitle":"TECHNICAL DISSERTATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The Dissertation is intended to evaluate the students ability to carry out independent research in technical design issues and systems relevant to building and architectural design. The student is expected to identify a significant problem in any of the following areas: detailing for weathering performance, reduction in assembly and construction time and cost, detailing for energy efficiency, material limits and potentials in built application. The study will be based on precedent studies before proposing original solutions to identified problems related to constructional/ engineering performance issues. The dissertation is to include analytical and assembly drawings not exceeding 8000 words.  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It commences with case studies to understand overviews and foundations for interdisciplinary collaboration. A series of roundtables on advanced architectural technologies illustrates how innovative architecture could be emerged from multidisciplinary collaborations. Students are to participate design charrette to create innovative proposals for optimization, performance, and aesthetic goals, in collaboration with the lecturers and consultants who are architects and engineers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5422","ModuleTitle":"ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide students with the knowledge and understanding to enter into architectural practice. It will enable students to understand the legal roles and responsibilities of the architect, the branches of laws applicable to the construction industry, the Singapore Institute of Architects and Public Sector contracts.  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Through lectures, assignments and case studies centred on Singapore and Hong Kong, students will acquire a heightened awareness and theoretical foundation on the history, evolution, impact and the possible futures of these vast and interconnected interior spaces.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5951Z","ModuleTitle":"Topics in History and Theory of Architecture Elective","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will involve critical analyses and thorough discussions of specific topics in History, Theory and Criticism in Architecture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"AR5952A","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Urban Studies 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will involve a critical and thorough discussion of specific topics in Urban Studies, including Urban Design and Planning.  Examples of topics that may be studied are: Tropical Urban Design, Sustainable Urban Design, Ecourbanism, Urban Design methodologies and practice","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"AR5952B","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Urban Studies 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will involve a critical and thorough discussion of specific topics in Urban Studies, including Urban Design and Planning.  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Examples of topics that may be studied are: Tropical Urban Design, Sustainable Urban Design, Ecourbanism, Urban Design methodologies and practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"AR5952D","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Urban Studies 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide a comprehensive understanding of the complexity and distinctive characters of emerging urbanism in Asia, through examination of emergent urban issues related to community & participation, conservation & regeneration, ageing & healthcare, built form, modelling & big data, and resilience & informality. These topics are offered from multiple perspectives and inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to question conventional norms and conceptions and establish new visions for a sustainable urban future. Students are exposed to sustainable models and innovative urban strategies to cope with various environmental, social, economic and technological challenges that Asian cities face today and in future.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5952E","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Urban Studies 5","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide a comprehensive understanding of the complexity and distinctive characters of emerging urbanism in Asia, through examination of emergent urban issues related to community & participation, conservation & regeneration, ageing & healthcare, built form, modelling & big data, and resilience & informality. These topics are offered from multiple perspectives and inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to question conventional norms and conceptions and establish new visions for a sustainable urban future. Students are exposed to sustainable models and innovative urban strategies to cope with various environmental, social, economic and technological challenges that Asian cities face today and in future.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5952F","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Urban Studies 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide a comprehensive understanding of the complexity and distinctive characters of emerging urbanism in Asia, through examination of emergent urban issues related to community & participation, conservation & regeneration, ageing & healthcare, built form, modelling & big data, and resilience & informality. These topics are offered from multiple perspectives and inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to question conventional norms and conceptions and establish new visions for a sustainable urban future. Students are exposed to sustainable models and innovative urban strategies to cope with various environmental, social, economic and technological challenges that Asian cities face today and in future.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5952G","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Urban Studies 7","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide a comprehensive understanding of the complexity and distinctive characters of emerging urbanism in Asia, through examination of emergent urban issues related to community & participation, conservation & regeneration, ageing & healthcare, built form, modelling & big data, and resilience & informality. These topics are offered from multiple perspectives and inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to question conventional norms and conceptions and establish new visions for a sustainable urban future. Students are exposed to sustainable models and innovative urban strategies to cope with various environmental, social, economic and technological challenges that Asian cities face today and in future.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5952J","ModuleTitle":"HUMAN ECOLOGY AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT - SPACE AND HEALTH","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The main aim of this module is to widen the capacity for understanding the relationship of men and built environment. Topics like THE - Total Healing Environment, accessibility and inclusive spaces, semantics of space, senses, wayfinding, etc. will be discussed from social, psychological, technical, cultural and environmental perspective. Upon completion, students will be able to understand how space influences users and improve this relation through creative and integrative universal design. Students will engage in creative exercises asking for critical enquiry and innovativeness.Particular attention will be paid to design for ageing population and Universal Design principles and practices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-5-1","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"AR5952N","ModuleTitle":"Topics In Urban Studies - Shaping Liveable Places","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This course on “SHAPING BLUE/GREEN/SOCIAL FOR LIVEABLE PLACES - Case study on Pulau Ubin, Part I” is imbedded and focusing on a research project on multifunctional liveable places in urban areas. With the megatrends of density and increasing urbanisation, the Blue/Green Places are affected dramatically and are losing space and quality. The loss of biodiversity and the impact of climate change not only have direct impact on the quality of life in cities across the world, recreational activities and mental health are advsersely affected as well. There is an ever-increasing need for new and innovative solutions to combine blue, green and social functions on dense spaces. \r\n\r\nIt will focus on the improvement of greenery and urban\r\nwater infrastructure and all its benefits on urban liveability. In particular, this study will focus on Pulau Ubin, one of the less developed islands in Singapore. With Singapore’s special anniversary by 2015, this area is significant in terms of recreation and heritage for the broader Singapore region. Therefore, the environmental, social, cultural and economic benefits of a holistic approach will be the topics of this module. The aim is to identify best practices and lessons learned and develop a framework, which can give ideas to city decision makers in general and planners as well as developers and stakeholders in particular.\r\n\r\nTo back up this study, we will explore the current situation through field studies, interviews and analysis of different proposals. Based on this, students will formulate proposals.\r\n\r\nThe module aims to raise the students’ knowledge in strategic thinking on programming, urban landscapes as well in designing and constructing open spaces, greenery \r\nand water related projects for their professional practice.\r\n\r\nAccording to the multidisciplinary character, it will focus on good governance, participation as well as the practice of Art, Engineering and Architecture. Live hands-on experiments and work with relevant examples in a wide range of situations within the professional practice will be crucial.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5952Z","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Urban Studies 2 Elective","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will involve a critical and thorough discussion of specific topics in Urban Studies, including Urban Design and Planning.  Examples of topics that may be studied are: Tropical Urban Design, Sustainable Urban Design, Ecourbanism, Urban Design methodologies and practice","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"AR5953A","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Design Technology 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will involve a critical and thorough discussion of specific topics in Design Technology.  Examples of topics that may be discussed are: the evolving role of tools, techniques and constructs of thinking, new typologies, systems and processes, relationships of form, fabric and materials, visualisation and validation of performance. 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Besides investigating one or more such techniques, we will also investigate the main characteristics of the design space and its structure.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"AR5954A","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Landscape Architecture 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will involve a critical and thorough discussion of specific topics in Urban Landscape Architecture.  Examples of topics that may be discussed are: Tropical Urban Landscape Design, Urban Landscape Architecture in Megacities, Sustainable Urban Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture in the Informal City, Landscape Visualisation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"AR5956A","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Design and Built Environment 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will involve a critical and\nthorough discussion of specific topics in\ndesign and the built environment.  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Although many of the topics we will cover are of great interest to managers, our focus will not be on practice but on theory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BDC6114","ModuleTitle":"Logistics and Supply Chain","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to expose students to the issues that need to be considered in designing and operating logistics and supply chains. We will start with an introduction including definition of logistics and supply chain management, key supply chain costs and metrics, and fundamental issues and trade-offs in supply chain management. \r\nWe will then discuss the interactions between stages in a supply chain, double marginalization and contracts for supply chain coordination, strategic alliances and incentive alignment, channels of distribution, coordinating distribution strategies, pricing/promotions. We will also discuss supply chain planning, facility location models, and vehicle routing models.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BHD4001","ModuleTitle":"Honours Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of the Honours Dissertation is to provide the student with an opportunity to select and study a research problem of importance and present his findings logically and systematically in clear and concise prose.  The research topic can be either the study of a business problem involving the use of analytic or predictive models, or a research study using field research techniques or data analysis leading to sound generalisations and deductions, or a scientific analysis of a theoretical problem.  The student is expected to demonstrate (a) a good understanding of relevant methodology and literature (b) the significance and relevance of the problem (c) a logical and sound analysis and (d) a clear and effective presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"Varies depending on individual student with their supervisor","Prerequisite":"Varies depending on topics of research","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BI3001A","ModuleTitle":"Business Internship I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This in an internship module lasting a minimum of 8 weeks. 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The module will be spread over one semester and will be graded ?Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory? on the basis of student presentation and participation.  In recent years research in life sciences is gaining importance.  It is essential for the graduate students to have a `bigger? picture of this multi-disciplinary research field. This module, is designed as one in which students are select specific research papers published within the last two years in the leading journals in life sciences and present a seminar on this paper including suitable literature search and critical analysis.  The research paper will be further discussed with their fellow graduate students and lecturers. This seminar style approach is very conducive to spreading new information and getting graduate students aware of and interested in other associated disciplines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"Basic knowledge in life sciences","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5202A","ModuleTitle":"BIOPHYSICAL METHODS IN LIFE SCIENCES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module is concerned with biological macromolecules and complexes or arrays of macromolecules. The contents deal with conveying the major principles and concepts that are at the heart of the field. These principles and concepts are derived from physics, chemistry, and biology. The various topics to be discussed will cover some of the techniques used in studying structure and function of biological macromolecules, excitable cell membranes and ion channel activities. The emphasis is on a detailed discussion of a few techniques rather than an attempt to describe every known technique.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"For those students who have taken undergraduate courses of organic chemistry, physics and biochemistry","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5203","ModuleTitle":"MOLECULAR RECOGNITION AND INTERACTIONS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Molecular recognition forms the basis of cell signaling networks that are used in various organisms to regulate responses to extracellular and intracellular stimuli. This module focuses on recent progress in our understanding of how various signals are integrated and regulated at the molecular level to ensure cell homeostasis. The mechanisms underlying such regulation including the host cell defense will be examined while pathologies related to signaling defect as possible targets of intervention will also be demonstrated using molecular modeling. Students with background in biology and chemistry and interested in protein-ligand interaction and drug designs are recommended to read this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-1-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Students should have read Biology and Chemistry at undergraduate level","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5204","ModuleTitle":"CURRENT TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Biotechnology is a rapidly growing field encompassing many disciplines and the objective here is to give broad exposure to students to encouraging multi-disciplinary thinking. Four broad areas are identified to allow some flexibility in the choice of contemporary topics. A broad introduction to this module is given under Emerging Disciplines in Biology. Interfacing Biology and Engineering delves into some of these diverse topics in some detail. Biocomputing focuses on the central role of software tools that complement experimental approaches in many applications. Under Entrepreneurship, innovation processes and the characteristics of the various related industry sectors such as Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Healthcare will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Graduate students with a basic degree in Life Sciences related disciplines which include bioengineering, biotechnology, biocomputing, chemical biology and biological sciences","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5210","ModuleTitle":"Biogeography","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Biogeography, the study of where organisms live and why, is a multidisciplinary science central to evolutionary biology and conservation. It encompasses both historical and ecological factors and employs a wide range of analytical methods. This course will introduce key concepts of biogeography and ongoing developments such as molecular dating of biogeographic events and modelling of species occurrence in relation to global change. Students will explore one topic in detail, and work in a group to reference current literature, analytical methods, and online resources (e.g., specimen databases) to address a biogeographic question, and teach the cl ass about this. 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The module will also introduce the unique aspects of different model organisms and approaches to understand their gene function.The module aims to equip the students with the latest knowledge on characterizing and understanding genomes in the broadest sense.Upon completion of the module, the students will be able to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of large scale genomic studies. They will also be able to apply the modern genetic techniques across different model organisms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Students must have read advanced undergraduate courses in molecular biology and genetics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5218","ModuleTitle":"Directed Studies in Behavioural Ecology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Behavioural ecology combines ideas from evolution, ecology and behaviour. This course is to expose students to some of the most important and technical advances in the field and provides them an opportunity to develop professional skills in reading, researching, discussing, presenting, and writing about a selection of contemporary topics in behavioural ecology. All the assignments are tailored to student-directed inquiry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BL5220","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"In recent years, research in life sciences and biomedical research in particular is gaining importance. Hence, it is essential for graduate students to have a good understanding of animal development. This module is designed to provide students with a series of lectures on invertebrate as well as vertebrate development. It also encompasses recent and relevant advances in the field of animal development and differentiation. In addition to the lectures, the students have time for critical discussion sessions with the lecturers, many of whom are pioneers in the topics being covered in the course.\r\n\r\nIntended for both new and advanced graduate students familiar with basic animal development\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-3-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"A strong foundation in life sciences and molecular biology","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5221","ModuleTitle":"PLANT AND MICROBIAL DEVELOPMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"The lectures and subsequent tutorials and/or discussions will introduce the students to key concepts in plant and microbial development. It will then go on to provide in-depth insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying cell fate determination during major developmental events in various systems such as plants, fungi and microbes. The module encompasses special topics such as fungal dimorphism, microbial dormancy, quorum sensing, transfer and intracellular transport of pathogens, pathogenesis, gametogenesis, endosperm development, apomixis and RNA interference. \r\n\r\nIntended for fresh graduate students familiar with basic knowledge about cell biology and development\r\nObjectives:\r\nTo provide background knowledge as well as cover recent and significant advances in the field of Plant and microbial development\r\n\r\nTo inculcate the importance of Developmental biology in general and stimulate research interest in life sciences\r\n\r\nTo allow first year graduate students to interact with experts in the field of plant, fungal and microbial development\r\n\r\nTo provide a platform for interaction between graduate students interested in the study of developmental biology\r\n\r\nTo complement the module on Advanced animal development","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-3-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"Basic knowledge in cell biology and development","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5224","ModuleTitle":"Special topics in Biological Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module will focus on advanced techniques for imaging complex processes in living systems. The module is directed toward graduates with basic cell and molecular biology backgrounds. Covered topics include: capabilities, drawbacks and future prospects of light and electron microscopy, image processing and analysis, experimental and computational principles of cryo electron microscopy, confocal imaging, and cellular electron tomography. The module will introduce students into the technical background of novel imaging methods and their advanced applications in modern biology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Basic background in molecular biology, calculus and differential equations, and consent of course lecturers.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5227A","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Evolution of Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is for you to be able to integrate two disciplines, Evolutionary Biology and Developmental Biology into a common framework. We will explore the evolution of animal bodies, e.g. legs, segments, eyes, wings, etc., by focusing on changes at the molecular and developmental levels. This course will introduce you to important concepts such as hox genes, selector genes, homology, serial homology, modularity, gene regulatory networks, genetic architecture, developmental basis of sexual dimorphism, and phenotypic plasticity, and give you a broad organismic-centred perspective on the evolution of novel traits.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-2-0-0-3","Prerequisite":"Students should have attended advanced undergraduate courses in biology.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5228","ModuleTitle":"Advances in Cell and Molecular Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"The module is directed towards graduates who have acquired background knowledge of cell and molecular biology and are interested in new developments in the field. The module will introduce the unique aspects of different cells and model organisms at molecular levels and approaches to understand their features. The module aims to equip the students with the latest knowledge on characterizing and understanding the functions of cells and molecules in the broadest possible sense. Upon completion of the module, the students will be able to appreciate the critical point of scientific progress in one particular area of cell and molecular biology. They will also be able to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses in applying modern life science techniques in their own\r\nresearch.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"2-1-0-0-2","Prerequisite":"Students should have attended advanced undergraduate\r\ncourses in cell and molecular biology.","Preclusion":"N/A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BL5233","ModuleTitle":"Biological data analysis with R","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Analysis and modeling of environmental biology data are essential skills in environmental biology in general and ecological research in particular. The range of statistical and modeling techniques necessary to analyze real data and the complexities inherent to natural systems will be covered. The module will provide graduate students with the expertise to perform modeling and statistical inference\r\non environmental biology datasets at a publishable standard. Topics covered include: generalized linear models, generalized additive models, generalized linear\r\nmixed-effects models, analysis of communities structure, time series and spatial statistics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-4-0-4","Prerequisite":"An undergraduate course in statistics.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"BL5234","ModuleTitle":"Theoretical Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Theoretical biology concerns the application of mathematical tools to the solution of biological problems. Theoretical biology has yielded deep insights into the natural world and has found numerous practical applications. A basic familiarity with the history and principles of theoretical biology is becoming essential in fields such as ecology, evolution and epidemiology. This module will provide graduate students with the skills and confidence required to read the theoretical literature and collaborate with theoreticians. Each topic will be focused around a few relevant high-impact papers. Topics include predator-prey models, theories of biodiversity, population genetics, evolutionary game theory, infectious disease models, and forest dynamics models. For each topic, we will learn basic theoretical concepts that relate to the selected papers and discuss the papers’ role in the history of theoretical biology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Undergraduate background in ecology, evolution or epidemiology. Students from mathematical or quantitative science backgrounds also eligible.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BLD3001","ModuleTitle":"Business Leadership Case Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for students who want to learn about the complex responsibilities and contextual factors facing business leaders today. It will enhance students? awareness of the role that context plays in the making of business leaders. Through interactive in-class case analyses and actual field work, students are expected to come to realize how context influences business leadership over time. The module will introduce how the interactions among the elements in the environmental context (government intervention, technology, globalization, labor market, etc.) impact the effectiveness of business leadership.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"(MNO1706/MNO1706X or PL3239) and MNO2705.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BLD3002","ModuleTitle":"CEOs as Leaders","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"\"This is an independent study module about leadership at the highest level of an organization. As the ultimate “synergizing force” to create value for the organization by uniting, coordinating, and synchronising all\r\nelements of an organization to strive to attain organizational objectives, the CEOs are the most critical component in the leadership “food chain”. What must a leader add to the system to ensure that the organization will function like a welloiled machine to generate value for shareholders?\"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-2.5-2.5","Prerequisite":"(MNO1706/MNO1706X or PL3239) and MNO2705.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BLD3003","ModuleTitle":"Personal Leadership Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"\"This independent study module delves into the leadership experiences a leader may go through as an individual. Leaders are also individual persons like you and me. How to deal with the leadership role and personally make sense of what a person does as a leader thus constitutes an essential part of leadership training. This module will address these topics:\r\n• The Leader as an Individual\r\n• Personality Traits and Leader Behavior\r\n• Leadership World View and Attitude\r\n• Leadership Mind and Heart\r\n• What Does It Mean to be a Follower\r\n• Developing Personal Potential\"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-2.5-2.5-5","Prerequisite":"(MNO1706/MNO1706X or PL3239) and MNO2705.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BLD3004","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Leadership Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This is an independent study module meant to cover any topics that are not covered by any other modules on leadership. The supervisor will provide the details according to the needs of the students and the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-5-5","Prerequisite":"(MNO1706/MNO1706X or PL3239) and MNO2705.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5001","ModuleTitle":"MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide a rigorous foundation in economic theory for analyzing the key managerial decision problems of firms and other economic organisations. The course develops the analytic tools of microeconomic theory for modeling the economic behaviour of economic agents (consumers, firms, asset owners etc.) and the functioning of markets, and shows how these tools can be applied to deal with problems of practical relevance to managers. The course takes a \"modernist\" approach, incorporating recent theoretical developments such as transaction costs theory, markets with asymmetric information, principal-agent models to enhance the student's appreciation of the analytic power and practical applicability of economic theory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5004A","ModuleTitle":"MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5005","ModuleTitle":"Management Accounting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The module covers accounting for management decisionmaking as well as cost accounting in manufacturing firms. Major topics include—job order, process and standard costing; budgeting and variance analysis; break-even analysis and relevant cost analysis; and management accounting in new manufacturing environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"BMA5003","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5009","ModuleTitle":"MARKETING MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The course is designed to provide the students an understanding of basic marketing concepts, tools and techniques and their application in the analysis of marketing problems. The focus is on creativity and appreciation of the role of marketing in an enterprise and its relationship with other functions of business. The course deploys a combination of teaching methods, including lectures, cases, exercises, and projects and covers topics such as the marketing concept, analysis of the marketing environment, buyer behavior, segmentation and targeting, development of marketing programmess and the specific elements of the marketing mix of product, pricing, promotion and distribution. Issues in integrating the marketing mix and implementing, evaluating and controlling the market programme are also addressed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5010A","ModuleTitle":"MANAGING OPERATIONS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5011","ModuleTitle":"Macroeconomics in the Global Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the tools and techniques of macro- and international economic thinking as applied to business.  It provides a foundation for international management, particularly country risk analysis, finance, and other business disciplines.  Specific learning outcomes are understanding of \r\n(i) Tracking the macro-economy; \r\n(ii) Sources of growth; \r\n(iii) Short-term fluctuations -- business cycle; (iv) Government policy; and (v) International trade and finance.”","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"BMA 5001 “Managerial Economics”"},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5013","ModuleTitle":"CORPORATE STRATEGY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This course focuses on the work of top management in business organisations.  The primary perspective adopted is that of the general manager at the head of a business entitya?\"the corporation, business, division or planta?\"whose main responsibility is the overall success of his or her organisation.  The course concentrates on the skills and actions required of the general manager for the development, communication and implementation of strategic organisational choices in the context of complex business situations. Two related areas comprise the core of the course.  The first, strategy formulation, address the goals and objectives of the course, and the means by which these goals and objectives are to be achieved.  The second area, strategy implementation, concentrates on how the general manager deploys the organisationa??s resources to implement, control and improve the formulated strategy. In order to capture the pragmatic, action oriented nature of the general managera??s task and the complexity of the environment in which he or she operates, part of the course is taught through the case method.  In addition, students will be exposed to a range of practitioner or theoretical readings on the subject.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"BMA5003 and BMA5009","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5016A","ModuleTitle":"LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5112","ModuleTitle":"Asian Business Environments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The class goal is to build understanding of strategies that respond to Asia’s business environments—a set of business environments as diverse as there is in the entire world. The first part of the coursefocuses on major components of the business environment. Key components include government policies and institutions, macroeconomic factors such as foreign exchange rates and resource endowments, and the influence of local communities and culture. The second part of the course then explores business responses to contextual features, which themselves form part of the environment for doing business in Asia. Specific business responses examined may vary year to year in keeping with shifting realities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5112A","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Asia Pacific Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5127","ModuleTitle":"Consulting: Process, Industry and Innovation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This course will cover the drivers and essential capabilities required in managing consulting tasks. The course will focus on management consulting in particular and provide an in-depth examination of dozens of consulting case studies as well as to have students participate in roleplaying the consulting process.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5128","ModuleTitle":"Venture Capital","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Venture capital and other sources of private equity play a critical role in the founding and development of new enterprises. Over the past 25 years, there has been an enormous surge in the financial resources allocated to venture capital. This course covers all major aspects of starting and operating a venture capital firm and the role venture capital firms play in the startup ecosystem. It will cover fund raising, sourcing & screening investments, managing investments, exiting investments, strategy for the venture capital firm itself, and public policy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5128A","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Venture Capital","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Entrepreneurship and innovation are buzzing around the world. In recent times, we see how entrepreneurs have transformed communities by introducing radical products, services and business models. It is expected that Asia will continue to ride this momentum with rising affluence, better connectivity and increased government support. \n\nIn this course, we will take on two lens: that of an entrepreneur looking for VC funding, and that of a VC looking for great businesses. Think of it as an ntersection\nof supply and demand – supply of amazing ideas, and demand for venture funding. The focus of course will be highly practical, with several guest speakers and real-time industry cases to deep-dive, discuss and solve.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5271","ModuleTitle":"Operations Leadership: Supply Chain and Service Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Supply Chain Management has been identified in today's corporations as the new competitive edge.  What is a Supply Chain?  Why is it important to the success of corporations?  How do cross functional organizations operate effectively in a supply chain?  What are the supply chain successes and challenges in various worldwide corporations and why? These are some of the examples of discussions this course will address to help participants make effective management decisions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5309","ModuleTitle":"FUND MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"BMA5008","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5313A","ModuleTitle":"Valuation and Mergers & Acquisitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"BMA5008","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5313C","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Valuation and Mergers & Acquisitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The course aims to survey the financial methods used in\r\nmergers and acquisitions, buyouts and corporate\r\nrestructuring. Related legal, strategic, organizational and\r\nmanagement issues will also be considered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5405","ModuleTitle":"MANAGING CHANGE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5405A","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Managing Change","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This 2 MC module will focus on the imperatives for organizational change as well as some key ideas for bringing about organizational changes—including developing a vision and cross-cultural implementation of change.\r\nThe 2MC module will not address specialized topics such as recipients’ reactions, personal aspects of leading change and managing change in a crisis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5420","ModuleTitle":"Leadership in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Asia occupies a special place in the world economy. Some of the biggest economies are found in Asia. For instance, Japan, China, India and South Korea.\r\n\r\nCulturally, Asia is very different from Europe or the USA or Middle East. The famous GLOBE studies have clearly shown this to be true and how those differences impact leadership effectiveness not just between Asia and the rest of the world, but also within countries in Asia.\r\n\r\nGiven the fact that many of our MBA graduates may end up working in Asia, it will be very useful for them to understand difference between Asia and the rest of the world, and differences between countries in Asia.\r\n\r\nThis module aims to look at core concepts of leadership from a cross cultural perspective, with a heavy emphasis on leadership in Asia. We will examine the difference between leadership and management, the cultural context of leadership, personal attributes of the leader using the Big Five Personality Profiling, the many ways that leaders can exercise influence over his/her subordinates.\r\n\r\nWe then examine the several major leadership models such as transformational leadership, servant leadership, authentic leadership, change leadership and see how a leadership practicitioner needs to adapt these approaches in order to be effective in different parts of Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5506","ModuleTitle":"PRODUCT & BRAND MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module is about marketing of products. The topics include New Product Development and Marketing, Product Line Decisions, Product Portfolio Management and Brand Management. The objective of  this module is to see things from a product manager's perspective and ask what issues he/she might face and analyze them.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5532","ModuleTitle":"Big Picture Marketing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The Big Picture is an integrated Framework that helps marketers transform the way they analyze and solve the challenges and opportunities they face in their business.\r\n\r\nThe framework takes the form of a funnel, where each successive set of decisions brings increased focus to the strategy development and implementation planning process. These four steps help the student in answering four critical questions:\r\n1. What is the firm’s overall business objective?\r\n2. What are the primary tenets of the firms’ strategy?\r\n3. What is the firm’s executional plan?\r\n4. How will the firm analyze and integrate results?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5801","ModuleTitle":"Management Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"designed to prepare students for effective communication\r\nat the workplace. It enables students to develop and\r\ndemonstrate effective, business oriented communication\r\nskills in three important areas: (a) reading; (b) writing; and\r\n(c) speaking.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5901","ModuleTitle":"MANAGEMENT PRACTICUM","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5902","ModuleTitle":"Entrepreneurship Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Riding on the NUS Enterprise’s Lean Launchpad program, this module is an elective to provide MBA students opportunities to participate & engage in real-world entrepreneurship, and learn how to commercialize an innovative idea. Since there is no better way to learn than through practice, the students will have to get out of the classroom and talk to potential customers, partners and\r\ncompetitors to experience the uncertainty that comes with commercialising and creating new ventures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5903","ModuleTitle":"MBA Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This in an internship module lasting a minimum of 16 weeks. The minimum number of hours of work is set at 640 hours.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-36-4","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed at least one semester of MBA programme","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMA5904A","ModuleTitle":"ENTREPRENEURSHIP STUDY MISSION – Silicon Valley, USA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Silicon Valley is synonymous with entrepreneurship and innovation. Geographically, Silicon Valley is the region south of the San Francisco in California, U.S.A., where many of the world’s largest and most influential technology companies like Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Oracle, Facebook, and Google had their start. In Wall Street Journal’s Billion Dollar Start-up list1, 50 of the 73 start-up unicorns are from the U.S., with the majority located in Silicon Valley/San Francisco bay area. San Francisco, South of Market Street (or “SOMA”), is also simultaneously developing as a new cultural center for startups, attracting the younger entrepreneurs who gravitate to the more diverse, gritty, urban SOMA/Mid-Market area. \n\nWhat is unique about San Francisco SOMA/Silicon Valley and how does this uniqueness translate into a vibrant ecosystem in the creation of these billion-dollar start-ups? This module is designed to give you a view into this unique ecosystem. This course is based on learning by active engagement and learning by doing. You will spend one week in San Francisco/Silicon Valley, where you will be given a project by a startup company. By working on this project, you will engage, first hand, with entrepreneurs in this ecosystem and build insights into the rewards and challenges of building a startup in SV/SOMA","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"15-30-0-50-80","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5001B","ModuleTitle":"Managerial Skills","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the comparative (East-West) sociological perspectives on management. The sociological perspective includes coverage of: organization\r\nstructure and design; organization culture; control and coordination systems; the nature and functioning of small groups in organizations; and organization development and change. The sociological perspective will emphasize understanding of the imperatives of managing complex organizations to enhance managerial skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5002B","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Issues in Strategy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module uses the strategic frameworks to explore specific contemporary issues faced by the general managers in different industries in the different regions of the world. The module will adopt a comparative perspective by first examining the evolution of strategic management practice in the West and in Asia, and then reconciling differences in practices from the viewpoint of an Asian manager.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5003A","ModuleTitle":"Decision Making","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module provides for an appreciation of the business decision-making process from the perspective of senior executives. It focuses on the process involving problemformulation and model building. Possible biases and pitfalls in the decision making process are discussed. Hands-on experiences are induced for the students to appreciate and understand the biases and pitfalls, and to formulate strategy and methods to overcome their own biases and pitfalls.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5003B","ModuleTitle":"Information Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module provides for an appreciation of the quantitative aspects of business decision-making from the perspective of senior executives as requesters and users of such analyses. The module will familiarize students with tools for arriving at solutions to problems and as means for communicating analyses and decisions within and outside the organization. This is not a course in number-crunching. Focus is on understanding the concepts and how these can be gainfully applied.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5004B","ModuleTitle":"Asian Markets and Industries","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to provide a foundation for the understanding of the political environment of business. It presents an overview of the international political system, emphasizing international economic relations as they concern business executives rather than politicians and diplomats. Concepts covered include: the balance of power, national interest, sovereignty, international law, and diplomacy; prospects for world-order transformation; regional cooperation; North-South relations; technology transfer in the world economy; and the globalization of financial markets.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5005","ModuleTitle":"INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND LAW","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The first part of this module provides for an understanding of cross-border economic activities, especially international trade and foreign direct investment. This part also examines how culture and politics influence the processes and outcomes of international business, especially the contemporary socio-political economy of trade and investment. Other topics include international monetary system, regional economic integration and the strategy and structure of multinational enterprises. The aim is to sensitize the student to a wide array of concepts that, taken together, explain the phenomenon of globalization. The second aspect of this course seeks to impart an understanding of the law by introducing the fundamental principles of contract, company law and commercial law. Topics covered include: principles relating to the formation of contract; how enforceable contract may be discharged; remedies for breach of enforceable contractual obligations; limited liability and the separate legal personality of corporate entities; duties and liabilities of directors; the law relating to insider trading and judicial management; passing of property and risk; implied conditions pertaining to a contract for the sale of goods; remedies against default in performance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"60-0-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5005A","ModuleTitle":"International Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module provides for an understanding of cross-border economic activities, especially international trade and foreign direct investment. It examines how culture and politics influence the processes and outcomes of international business, especially the contemporary sociopolitical economy of trade and investment. Other topics include international monetary system, regional economic integration and the strategy and structure of multinational enterprises. The aim is to sensitize the student to a wide array of concepts that, taken together, explain the phenomenon of globalization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5005B","ModuleTitle":"International Business Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module seeks to impart an understanding of the law by introducing the fundamental principles of contract, company law and commercial law. Topics covered include: principles relating to the formation of contract; how enforceable contract may be discharged; remedies for breach of enforceable contractual obligations; limited liability and the separate legal personality of corporate entities; duties and liabilities of directors; the law relating to insider trading and judicial management; passing of property and risk; implied conditions pertaining to a contract for the sale of goods; remedies against default in performance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5006A","ModuleTitle":"Marketing Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The module provides executives with an understanding of marketing concepts, tools and techniques and their application in the analysis of marketing problems. The module covers topics such as the marketing concept; analysis of the marketing environment; buyer behavior; segmentation and targeting; development of marketing programmes and elements of the marketing mix: product, pricing, promotion and distribution. Issues in integrating the marketing mix and implementing, evaluating and controlling the marketing programme in the Asian context constitute a common theme of this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5006B","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Issues in Marketing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The module provides practical and relevant exposures to how the tools and frameworks covered in BMC5006a Marketing Management are operationalized in the real situations. The module focused on how behavioral changes induced by external and global conditions in economy, technology, culture and politics affect marketing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5007B","ModuleTitle":"Financial Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module presents an overview of the principles of financial management, with a view to providing executives, who may not possess prior financial training, with an understanding of financial management concepts. Topics include: knowledge of financial resource management; the role of managers in maximizing the financial value of the firm; the standard techniques of financial analysis; financial markets and the environment in which businesses operate; capital structure and the cost of capital; and the choice of sources of financing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5008A","ModuleTitle":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the responsibilities of senior executives for the effective management and utilization of human resources. The central perspective is the crosscultural management of people within Asian businesses. Topics include: the design and management of personnel systems; planning, employee development and retention, staff appraisal and the design of rewards systems employee relations and collective bargaining; the implications of an aging population for human resources planning and management; and comparative perspectives on HRM; and managing professional employees, whose competencies and specialized knowledge increasingly determine and sustain competitive advantage.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5009A","ModuleTitle":"Systems & Operations Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Systems and operations management is the management of all internal activities directly related to the creation of goods and/or services through the transformation of inputs into outputs. This transformation process involves designing, planning, controlling, and executing activities. The objects dealt with involve manpower, materials, machines, facilities, and customers. The interaction and interrelationship of all the activities and objects makes the management of operations a challenging task. Managing these activities with a systems perspective is critical to the success of a company.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5009B","ModuleTitle":"Supply Chain Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Supply chain management is the management of all external activities related to the creation of goods and/or services. The business competition is no longer competition among firms, it is about competition among supply chains. The interaction and interrelationship of all entities in the supply chain makes the management of supply chain a challenging task. To be competitive in today’s global marketplace, a company must have effective and efficient operations management across and along its supply and demand network.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5011A","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Issues in Business 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This is the first part of special topics module. The modules offered under this heading will address one or more of a range of important topics and issues in the management of Asian organizations. Examples of modules or topics include: contemporary issues in Asian business, East Asian (Japanese, Korean & Chinese) business and management systems, business-government relations in Asia, managing the China venture, managing in South Asia and managing the Asian multinational corporation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5011B","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Issues in Business 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This is the second part of special topics module. The modules offered under this heading will address one or more of a range of important topics and issues in the management of Asian organizations. Examples of modules or topics include: contemporary issues in Asian business, East Asian (Japanese, Korean & Chinese) business and management systems, business-government relations in Asia, managing the China venture, managing in South Asia and managing the Asian multinational corporation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMC5012","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED STUDY PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Student under the APEX EMBA program are required to complete an Advanced Study Project as a reflection and final concluding note to the course. The project is required to meet International Professional standards, and is able to contribute significantly and benefit the enterprises, industries, countries and regional economies. The main objective of this project is to enable students to apply knowledge acquired in their course of study to practical situations and problems they faced in their individual company, whereby they are able to conduct thorough research and analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BME5002","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Strategy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the work of the general manager at the head of a business entity - the corporation, business, division or plant.  The module concentrates on the skills and actions required of the general manager for the development, communication and implementation of strategic organisational choices in the context of complex environmental conditions.  The module will adopt a comparative perspective by first examining the evolution of strategic management practice in the West and in Asia, and then reconciling differences in practices from the viewpoint of an Asian manager.  Typical topics include: perspectives on the role of firms in society; setting of mission and objectives; the concept of strategy; industry analysis, generic strategies; firm competencies; corporate strategy and diversification; environment analysis; strategy and structure; culture and other implementation processes; strategic leadership; organisational learning; stakeholder analysis and corporate ethics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"50-0-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BME5008","ModuleTitle":"Power, Politics, and Influence","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the responsibilities of senior executives for the effective management and utilization of human resources. The module will also deal with critical HR issues arising from new business challenges in the 21st century, such as anticipated demographic and value changes in the labour force, business diversification and globalization, organisational reorienting and restructuring and working relationships and corporate cultures in the process of transition.  The central perspective is the cross-cultural management of people within Asian businesses.  Topics include: the design and management of personnel systems; planning, employee development and retention, staff appraisal and the design of reward systems, employee relations and collective bargaining; the implications of an ageing population for human resources planning and management; comparative perspectives on HRM; and managing professional employees, whose competencies and specialised knowledge increasingly determine and sustain competitive advantage.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"40-0-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BME5011","ModuleTitle":"Services Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Modules offered under this heading will address one or more of a range of important topics and issues in the management of Asian organisations.  Examples of modules or topics include: contemporary issues in Asian business, East Asian (Japanese, Korean, Chinese) business and management systems, business-government relations in Asia, managing the China venture, managing in South Asia, managing the Asian multinational corporation systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"40-0-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BME5014","ModuleTitle":"Legal Issues in Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This course seeks to impart an understanding of how legal considerations and implications affect the conduct of business across national boundaries. It gives essential exposure to commercial contracts and international sales as the agreed basis of doing business and the vehicle for business planning and dispute resolution, the applicable law and forum for cross-border disputes and the most expedient and cost-effective ways of resolving them. Also included are topical issues in intellectual property and international trade; competition law and market regulations.  Throughout the sessions, case studies will be extensively used to highlight real world business problems, their resolution and the commercial lessons that may be learnt.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BME5015","ModuleTitle":"Macroeconomics and International Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the analytical tools of macroeconomics and international finance and applies them extensively to real life case studies, with emphasis on Asia. The course begins with the analysis of business cycle dynamics (how output, employment, interest rate and price are determined) and the role of stabilization policy. It then moves on to the open economy with trade and capital flows. Key issues covered here include the determination of exchange rate in the short- and long-run, how currency risk can be hedged, how economic “shocks” are transmitted internationally and what policy can achieve in response. Additional topics covered include: determinants of economic growth in the long-run with lessons from Asia, rising economic integration in Asia and implications on currency regime, global imbalance and policy adjustments, and perspectives on financial crises.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"40-0-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BME5021","ModuleTitle":"CORPORATE GOVERNANCE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Corporate Governance (CG) has been defined “as a set of relationships between a company’s management, its board, shareholders, the community at large, as well as other stakeholders, providing the structure through which the objectives for the company are set, and the means of attaining those objectives and monitoring performance are determined” (paraphrasing OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, 2004).The objective of this course is to provide a solid understanding of CG from an international perspective –with focus on Asia – drawing from insights of academia, regulators and practitioners.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"40-0-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"BME5022","ModuleTitle":"BUSINESS STRATEGY SIMULATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"In today's intensely competitive environment, the development and execution of market strategy is more critical than ever before. This course provides a framework for creativity and strategic thinking in a competitive setting that enhances participant’s management and leadership abilities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"40-0-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BME5033","ModuleTitle":"LEADERSHIP: EXPLORATION, ASSESSMENT & DEVELOPMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The Leadership Skills Assessment and Development Module aims to develop students’ self-awareness. Selfawareness helps to understand why we do things the way we do. It also helps to understand the people around us. How they perceive us, our attitudes, and our behaviors and why they react to us the way they do. This understanding allows us to break routines and to learn new ways of dealing with the challenges we encounter. Hence, the more we know about our self, including our strengths, weaknesses, motivations, needs, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, desires, habits, and assumptions, the better we are able to adapt to change, learn, and direct our future.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"40-0-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMK5003","ModuleTitle":"Behavioral Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"Behavioral economics is an interdisciplinary field which applies psychological theory and research to economics. Important behavioral economics findings which demonstrate persistent and systematic deviations from the “rationality” assumption in economic decision making will be surveyed. Alternative theoretical accounts departing from the standard rational, self-interested maximization models will be introduced. The implications to business practices will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"An introductory course in microeconomics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BMK6105I","ModuleTitle":"ISM: Consumer responses to innovation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to provide the student with systematic training i independent academic research in the field of marketing, by guiding him or her through the various stages in the research process: idea generation, literature review, experiment design, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript writing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMK6111O","ModuleTitle":"Marketing Strategy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This module is to provide marketing doctoral students with an orientation to current research in the field of marketing. The primary objectives are to provide students with exposure to representative samples of significant research streams, current issues, and research priorities in the marketing field, and to introduce doctoral students to the research interests of the NUS marketing faculty and visiting professors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMM5003","ModuleTitle":"Business Finance & Growth Economics for Policy Makers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on business finance and economic performance. It first examines the characteristics and determinants of cyclical macroeconomic behaviour and its relationship with fiscal and monetary policies. It then examines the determinants of long term economic growth, including the determinants for capital accumulation and productivity growth. Next, it will focus on corporate strategic financing and capital markets development in China and other economies. The course explores interplay between business finance, public olices and sustainable long term economic performance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BMO5002","ModuleTitle":"Business Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"Business projects reinforce CEMS partnership with universities and companies in a unique way of concrete content oriented cooperation. While Academic Advisors and company representatives exchange ideas on the project topic, both sides\r\nbenefit from the intellectual input - for their research or their business processes, respectively.\r\n\r\nWithin the CEMS Curriculum, Business Projects are designed as real life learning experience for students. International student teams solve a company’s real business problem in a consultancylike project, while training for process management, result orientation and team building.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-0-0-15-10","Prerequisite":"N.A.","Preclusion":"N.A.","Corequisite":"N.A."},{"ModuleCode":"BMO5003","ModuleTitle":"Workplace and Corporate Deviance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"The NUS MSc (Mgt) and CEMS MIM (Master’s in International Management) Double Masters Program follows the curriculum drawn up by CEMS Head Office. (CEMS is a global consortium of top business schools across 4 continents and stands for Global Alliance in Management Education. Its flagship MIM degree has been placed #1 in the world in the most recent 3-year ranking by Financial Times.) This module will be offered as an elective and is in line with one of the vision of CEMS – to provide a learning platform for issues pertaining to employees, work and organizations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO 1001: Management & Organization (preferably but not necessary)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"BMO6013A","ModuleTitle":"Organizational Behavior Seminar: Motivation and Work Behavior","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"Motivation is a core competency of leadership and a central problem that needs to be addressed in management and organizational behaviour. This course examines what motivates employees to engage in performance related work behaviours, such as task performance and organizational misbehaviour. We address, amongst others, personal characteristics related to work motivation (e.g., needs, attitudes, emotions, cognitions), job characteristics related to work motivation (e.g., autonomy, challenge), situational characteristics related to work motivation (e.g., social support, organizational justice, reward and punishment), and the consequences that follow for employee’s work behaviours.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"3-0-0-0-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMO6014A","ModuleTitle":"Organizational Behavior Seminar: Social Capital Theory & Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This course applies the social capital theory and methods to understand performance of individuals and teams in organizational settings, and explores how individuals and teams develop their social capital.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"3-0-0-0-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMP5001","ModuleTitle":"Venture Capital","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The focus of this module is on the principles and practice of managing a venture capital (VC) firm. This module seeks to help students develop a deep  understanding of venture capitalism. It will help students understand how\r\nventure capital funds are raised and structured. It will also help students understand the interactions between venture capital firms and the entrepreneurs they finance. Lastly, students will also learn about managing the venture capital\r\nfirm.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"BMP5002","ModuleTitle":"Asian Business Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The “Asian Business Environment” course aims to provide students with an understanding of the business/economic environments in Asia. Overview\r\non globalization, economic development and growth, as well as, business strategies on doing business in Asia will be covered. Topics include macroeconomic\r\nfundamentals, international trade and investment, public and industrial policies, economic integration and global institutions. The course will also examine\r\nhow the political, cultural and ethical differences shape the Asian business environment. In depth discussions on region or country specific issues will\r\nbe conducted through case studies and/or team project. Guest speakers may be arranged for selected topics to provide insights on business strategies in the Asian business environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5109","ModuleTitle":"Strategy: Bridging the Planning – Implementation Divide","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"In industry, actual results often deviate from estimates.\nWhile there are courses that attempt to address this issue\nby focusing on strategic frameworks, or even on control\nand implementation systems, none have used a\nperspective-oriented approach to bridge the planningimplementation\ndivide.\nIndustry players like BCG, have identified these issues and\npublished a book titled:”Your strategy needs a strategy”.\nThis course utilizes propriety approaches that are\nperspective oriented. The focus is on building process\ncapabilities by using an experiential learning approach.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"Strategic Management, Corporate Strategy or equivalent course.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5202","ModuleTitle":"Global Supply Chain Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The internationalization of companies have created global supply chains, with opportunities for growth, and risks of disruption. In the context of Asia, these challenges and opportunities are twofold: operating in Asia, as well as for\r\nAsian companies aspiring to grow regionally and globally.\r\n\r\nCompanies will have to continuously evaluate their strategies and adapt their supply chains to deal with these changes and adapt their business models. Starting from the company’s corporate strategy, we will look at how global\r\nchains can be configured to support the strategic goals of companies, and operationalizing their goals successfully and cost-effectively.\r\n\r\nWe will also look at how emerging and evolving macrotrends in trade, regulations and technologies, are causing changes to companies and whole industries in their traditional supply chains structures and assumptions, and\r\nhow to adapt to these changes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"DSC5211A Supply Chain Coordintaion and Risk Management","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5203","ModuleTitle":"The Knowledge & Innovation Economy 4.0","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the dynamics of the platform economy and the transformative technologies driving the Industry 4.0 phenomenom.\n\nStudents will explore the merits of collaborative networks and open source business models, as well as contemplate entirely new ideas and strategies for the AI,IoT and datadriven virtual business landscapes of the future.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-6-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5303","ModuleTitle":"Valuation and Mergers & Acquisitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to give students a well rounded understanding of mergers & acquisitions (M&A), and the essential role that valuation analysis plays as part of an M&A transaction. Specifically, we will study the strategic, economic, financial and governance issues associated with M&A transactions, perform valuation analyses of different transactions, as well as learn how to\r\nassess whether a transaction is properly valued. Ultimately, this course will provide the students with a framework for analyzing M&A transactions, including\r\nunderstanding strategic rationale, valuation methodologies, deal structures and bidding strategies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"FIN2004/ FIN2004X Finance or an equivalent course on Finance.","Preclusion":"FIN4116 Valuation and Mergers & Acquisitions","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5304","ModuleTitle":"Selected Topics in Finance: Private Equity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This course covers major private equity investment types including venture capital, growth capital, and buyouts. The Course format will include lectures, interactive discussions, case studies and hands-on simulation. Topics will cover the entire private equity investment cycle from fund raising, structuring to deal screening, valuation, investment negotiations to post-investment value add and exits. Cases highlighted are deliberately diverse; from technology to\r\ntraditional and spans different geographies (US, UK, China, Korea, Singapore).\r\n\r\nVenture capital and private equity are necessary to spur economic growth. A sound knowledge of private equity is essential for investors whether individual, institutional or corporate. A firm grasp of the workings behind private equity and venture capital will also better prepare budding entrepreneurs in their fundraising efforts as they negotiate from the other side of the table.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Introduction to Financial Accounting:\r\n- Understanding and Analysis of Financial Statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow, Financial Ratios)\r\n- Knowledge of Financial Concepts ( Time Value of Money, Free Cashflow, Cost of Capital)\r\n- Share Capitalisation","Preclusion":"BMA5313 Selected Topics in Finance: Private Equity","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5403","ModuleTitle":"Global Management Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to introduce students to human behavior in organizational contexts across the globe. The study of organizations involves examining processes at the individual, group and organizational levels. This course will focus on the individual and group level of analysis. As this is a class that focuses on Global Management, it will also emphasize cross-national and cultural differences when appropriate.\r\n\r\nBoth theoretical and applied approaches will be developed. Theory development will be based on class lectures, discussion, and class activities and assigned readings. While the instructor will take a large share of the responsibility for theory development, extensive class participation for the applications part by the students is expected. Hence, the course will feature a substantial amount of class discussion and experiential exercises.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5404","ModuleTitle":"Becoming Future Prepared Global Leaders","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"We explore some of the latest discoveries in behavioural science that are applicable to leading ourselves and organizations across the globe. Participants apply the research findings to design new ways of leading organizations that will create a\nsustainable competitive advantage for the business, as well as well-being for its members. Part of the discovery will be about how our own leadership behaviours might shape members of our team. Thus, the key to changing behaviours, norms, and organizational culture is to change our own behaviours so that others can react to them in desired ways.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5405","ModuleTitle":"New Venture Creation Practicum: Lean Startup Method","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This course is based on learning by doing and learning by coaching. Students in team will develop own ideas around a transformative theme, and to convert these ideas into market opportunities and test against customer reactions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-1-6-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5406","ModuleTitle":"Asian Leadership","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to equip current and potential leaders at all levels of organizations to excel in enhancing organizational performance in Asia. It delves into a wide array of topics to help ensure that leaders are competent to deal with the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities that are incessantly cropping up in the fast-growing region. The key topics include fundamental personal qualities characterizing effective leaders, management of followership quality, motivating and empowering followers, communications with stakeholders, handling work team dynamics, developing organizational and leadership diversity, applying leadership power and influence tactics, setting organizational vision and strategic direction, forging organizational culture and values, and leading organizational change and development, all in the context of Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"BMA5420 Leadership in Asia","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5502","ModuleTitle":"Marketing Practice & Impact","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to provide you with a diagnostic framework to better understand the broader business context confronting a company before one can effectively apply classical marketing tools. It seeks to arm the marketer\r\nwith the lens of Business Stakeholders and helps anchor marketing solutions and proposals on solving the top priorities of the company as opposed to pursuing its silo metrics and goals. Just as Market Research helps define\r\nthe consumer, competitive and channel landscape. MPI enable the marketer to map the company’s priorities, pressure points, culture and legacy so as to incorporate them into an impactful marketing proposals and solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"It is advisable that students signing up for this module have taken Marketing 101 as understanding of basic marketing concepts and theories are assumed with lecture and discussions build upon basic marketing knowledge. \r\n\r\nStudents who have had meaningful work or internship experience in a Sales or Marketing team of a consumer oriented business would have an advantage in understanding the concepts taught in this module. And students who aim to pursue a Marketing career will benefit\r\nmost from the opportunity to transform Marketing Practice into real career Impact.","Preclusion":"BMA5532 Big Picture Marketing","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5504","ModuleTitle":"Marketing Analysis and Decision Making","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"To facilitate well-informed marketing analysis and decision making, marketing scholars and practitioners have both developed and also implemented a large variety of analytical models and tools. These tools are often used in high-level\nstrategic consulting. This course helps you to digest the underlying mathematical details of the most popular analytical marketing models, and more importantly will guide you through the development and use of applicable software, as well as the interpretation of results. The aim of the course is to build your skills and confidence in undertaking analytics for marketing decision making.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MKT3421 Marketing Analysis and Decision Making","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMS5505","ModuleTitle":"Marketing in the Digital Age","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The digital economy has posed new challenges to traditional\nmarketing strategies. Social media, big data and mobile\ncommunications have opened up new opportunities for\nbusinesses to engage with consumers. Businesses need to\nboth increase and strengthen their presence in the digital\nworld, as the that is facing major disruptions in all industries.\nDigital Marketers need to be nimble, forward-looking and\ntechnologically savvy. They need to understand traditional\nmarketing and its transition into the digital world. They need\nto go beyond the technologies to have a holistic view of the\ntraditional and digital world, in order to be effective and\nefficient.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MKT3415 Marketing in the Digital Age\nBMA5533 Marketing in Digital Age","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMU5001","ModuleTitle":"LEADERSHIP & MANAGERIAL SKILLS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces concepts and principles fundamental to creating and leading effective organizations. Major topics include perception and decision-making, employee motivation and empowerment, group and team processes, strategic organizational design, power and politics, corporate culture, and organizational change and transformation. The course is interactive, with opportunities for class participation throughout. In addition to lecture and assigned readings, the instructional approach incorporates case analyses, video presentations, experiential exercises, and such.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"32-0-0-40-60","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMU5003","ModuleTitle":"ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMU5006","ModuleTitle":"Marketing Strategy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This intensive marketing module will be taught over 5 days including 1 day for company visits. It is designed for experienced senior executives who not only wish to learn about the conceptual frameworks and analytical tools to better understand customers and markets, but who also value experiential learning opportunities from visits to companies with regional and global operations, dialogue sessions with senior executives from various industries, and networking with key alumni and influential thought leaders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"40-0-0-10-10","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BMU5014","ModuleTitle":"CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BUSINESS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Modules offered under this heading will address one or more of a range of important topics and issues in the management of organizations.  For AY2004/2005, the module covers Services Marketing and Customer Asset Management.  Services Marketing focuses on the marketing and managing of services, and complements module BMU5010 Marketing Strategy & Policy.  Customer Asset Management focuses on acquiring, serving and retaining customers through managing customer lifetime value, customer segmentation, data mining, and the application of CRM instruments such as loyalty programs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"32-0-0-40-60","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMU5015","ModuleTitle":"COMPETITIVE STRATEGY & BUSINESS POLICY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The focus of this course is on how general managers enhance and sustain business performance.  It covers analytical and conceptual tools that are aids to the development of judgment.  The fundamental focus, however, is not on tools, but on sharpening skills at developing robust judgments in the face of uncertainty and complexity.  \r\n\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"32-0-0-40-60","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BMU5017","ModuleTitle":"Management Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This 2-part module is designed to allow students to employ and enhance concepts learned in the classroom.  It will deal with global strategic issues.  The practicum may be an individual project or a group project consisting of three to five students.  Both an Anderson faculty member and an NUS faculty member will supervise the project to ensure that the students? work meets the academic requirements of the program.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"32-0-0-40-60","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN1102","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Principles and Practice II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is the second of a set of two modules: Engineering Principle and Practice I and II (EPP I and EPP II). EPP modules aim to introduce first year students to the biomedical engineer’s way of thinking and addressing problems. A real-life medical technology will be used to demonstrate the fundamental knowledge and skills that a biomedical engineer is expected to possess. In EPP II, students will be exposed to key engineering problems such as how systems are controlled, powered and optimized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"6-2-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"N/A","Preclusion":"N/A","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"BN2001","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module encourages students to become independent and self-motivated learners, and promote students interest in research-based work. It consists of a series of laboratory-based projects or other academic prescriptions for the students independent study. The academic scope is worked out between the student and the supervising faculty members.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-6-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN2102","ModuleTitle":"Bioengineering Data Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce concepts relevant to the interpretation and statistical analysis of experimental results in the bioengineering field. Theoretical explanations will be followed by hands-on tutorials with relevant computational software. Students will learn how to perform some of the most commonly used statistical analysis of experiments (e.g., z and t tests, ANOVA analysis) as well\r\nas to interpret the results of typical bioengineering experiments by building a suitably fitted mathematical model.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"MA1506 Mathematics II","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN2204","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Biomechanics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to introduce students to the applications of engineering statics and dynamics to perform simple force analysis of the musculoskeletal system; give an appreciation of kinematics and kinetics of human motions; apply the fundamentals of mechanics, i.e. stress and strain in biological systems, shear force, bending moment and torsion.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0.5-3-3.5","Prerequisite":"PC1431 Physics IE","Preclusion":"EG1109/EG1109M Statics and Mechanics of Materials","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN2401","ModuleTitle":"Biosignals Processing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module will introduce signals and systems in both continuous and discrete time domains with examples from biomedical signals processing. The theory is motivated by examples from biomedical signals and systems, such as\r\nEEG and ECG. Numerous MATLAB commands for solving a wide range of problems arising in processing physiological signals will be illustrated. Topics will include the introduction to biosignal examples, continuous and discrete signals, linear time invariant discrete and continuous systems, convolution, Fourier series, Fourier transforms, filtering, Laplace transforms. Hands-on experiments on biosignal sampling, frequency analysis, and filtering will be performed using MATLAB.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0.5-3-3.5","Prerequisite":"MA1506 Mathematics II","Preclusion":"EE2023 Signals and Systems","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN3101","ModuleTitle":"Biomedical Engineering Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Preparation of formal engineering reports on a series of engineering analysis and design problems illustrating methodology from various branches of applied mechanics as applied to bioengineering problems. Statistical analysis. A term project and oral presentation are required. Students are exposed to the entire design process: design problem definition, generation of a design specification, documentation, design review process, prototype fabrication, testing and calibration.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"2-0.5-0-3-4.5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN3301","ModuleTitle":"Introduction To Biomaterials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to give students a strong materials science and engineering base to biomaterials engineering. The principles of materials science and engineering with particular attention to topics most relevant to biomedical engineering will be covered. This would include atomic structures, hard treatment, fundamental of corrosion, manufacturing processes and characterisation of materials. The structure-property relationships of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites as well as hard and soft tissues such as bone, teeth, cartilage, ligament, skin, muscle and vasculature will be described. Behaviour of materials in the physiological environment will be focus. The target students are those who have no background in materials science and engineering but would like to study to biomaterials as a subject in bioengineering.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0.5-2-4","Prerequisite":"[(CM1121 or CM1501) plus (LSM1101 or LSM1401 or MLE1101)] or MLE3104","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BN3401","ModuleTitle":"Biomedical Electronics & Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module emphasizes the importance of real-time signal processing in medical instrumentation. The main topics covered are: physical principles governing the design and operation of instrumentation systems used in medicine and physiological research, application of modern signal processing techniques in medicine to improve the accuracy and the validity of medical diagnosis, and theory and application of advanced non-invasive imaging techniques used in modern medical diagnostics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0.5-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"BN2402 Fundamentals of Bioinstrumentation","Preclusion":"Students from the Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN3501","ModuleTitle":"Equilibrium and Kinetic Bioprocesses","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to impart fundamental concepts of equilibrium thermodynamics and reaction kinetics that may be applied to the study of biological systems. The student is expected to acquire an understanding of the role of thermodynamic reasoning and kinetic analysis in providing a deeper insight into many biochemical and biophysical problems. The topics covered will include thermodynamic functions, chemical potential, chemical reaction and phase equilibria, multicomponent systems, electrochemical potential, solubility, ligand binding equilibria, calorimetry, enzyme kinetics, microbial fermentation, ligand binding kinetics.  ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0.5-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"MA1506, PC1432, CN2122, ME2134 or BN2202","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN4101","ModuleTitle":"B.Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module consists mainly of a research-based project carried out under the supervision of one or more faculty members. It introduces students to the basic methodology of research in the context of a problem of current research interest. The module is normally taken over two consecutive semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"Stage 4 standing","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN4101R","ModuleTitle":"B.Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module consists mainly of a research-based project carried out under the supervision of one or more faculty members. It introduces students to the basic methodology of research in the context of a problem of current research interest. The module is normally taken over two consecutive semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"Stage 4 standing","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN4201","ModuleTitle":"Tissue Biomechanics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to provide an understanding of the relationship between structure and function in tissue biomechanics; introduce quantitative and qualitative assessment of hard and soft tissues in normal and pathological states; inculcate critical and constructive thinking regarding the recent research literature on tissue biomechanics and explore the potential clinical applications. The major topics include mechanical properties of bones, muscles, cartilage, ligaments/tendons, ocular tissues and cardiovascular tissues. Some examples of clinical applications include but are not limited to: tissue growth & remodelling, tendinitis, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis, aneurysms, glaucoma, myopia, corneal disorders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"BN2204 Fundamentals of Biomechanics","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN4203","ModuleTitle":"Rehabilitation Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to introduce students to different medical conditions, which demands rehabilitation engineer?s attention. Conditions include neuromuscular disorders, congenital orthopaedic disorders, traumatic injuries, amputation, osteopathy and anthropathy. The students will learn engineering approaches to managing these conditions. Applying methods and materials to design and manufacture devices suited to individuals, in order to achieve functional recovery. The subject focuses on the latest technologies that we have impacted the field of rehabilitation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"BN3201","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN4402","ModuleTitle":"Electrophysiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide a basic foundation into the electrical biophysics of nerve and muscle; electrical conduction in excitable tissue, with an emphasis on neuroscience; quantitative models for nerve and muscle including the Hodgkin Huxley equations; biopotential mapping, cardiac electrophysiology, and functional electrical stimulation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"EG1108 or PC1432","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN4403","ModuleTitle":"Cellular Bioengineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"A multidisciplinary module which describes the processes on a cellular level. It provides the link between molecular level biochemical and biophysical phenomena and the processes on the physiological level, where specifics of tissue and organs become important. Cellular mechanisms of solvent, noncharged solutes and ions transport through ion channels in relationship to bioelectric phenomena and cellular homeostasis will be described. The module explains how do the cells maintain their composition, structure and volume, how do they form membrane potential and how do they communicate and form the contacts in epithelium.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"LSM2103","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN4404","ModuleTitle":"Bioelectromechanical Systems - Biomems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Students are advised to have fundamental knowledge in biochemistry and/or organic chemistry. This module is designed as an elective module to the bioengineering undergraduates. It will provide students with background and basic knowledge of bioMEMs and introduce some useful techniques as well. Students will have a basic understanding of the principles, current state and prospects of bioMEMs using what they have learned. The module will focus on major topics such as microfabrication technologies, micropatterning of biocompatible materials, microengineering of biomolecules, cells and tissues, biochips, biosensors, and the frontiers in bioMEMs","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Stage 3 & 4 Engineering students","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN5102","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Instrumentation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to make student acquire an adequate knowledge related to the design, construction and clinical testing of biomedical electronics and instrumentation for electrophysiological acquisition from the body. The major topics covered include the fundamentals of sensors and instrumentation electronics; biomedical devices, clinical instrumentation and imaging, and biomedical measurements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-3-0-1-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN5201","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Biomaterials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Major controversial issues in the application of biomaterials to medical problems will be covered. Fundamental structure-property relationships and issues such as wear and structural integrity will be addressed. Subjects considered include introduction to biomaterials, host-tissue response, blood compatibility, control drug release polymers, bioadhesion, contact lenses, polyurethanes, biodegradation, protein adsorption, corrosion, orthopedic and cardiovascular implants, stress shielding, materials selection in artificial organs and medical device regulation. Format will utilise case studies, special invited lectures, discussion, literature research and problem solving.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-2-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"Basic materials science and engineering.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN5203","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED TISSUE ENGINEERING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"We will investigate various tissue engineering approaches for repair and regeneration of tissue structures and functions. In vivo approaches such as drugs, genes, and cell delivery to stimulate and regulate the biological repair and regeneration mechanisms, and in vitro approaches such as the construction of biodegradable scaffolds to build tissues outside bodies before implantation into patients, will be analyzed.  A few model systems such as liver, heart, nerves, blood vessels, skin, cartilage and bones will be studied. Original literatures will be critically reviewed, presented, and mini-proposals constructed by students in place of CA.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN5209","ModuleTitle":"NEUROSENSORS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module teaches students the electrical and magnetic field of the human brain in relation to the brain activities and methods for sensing the electrical and magnetic field of human brain in relation to brain activities. Major topics include:  the electric and magnetic field of the brain in relation to brain activities, sensors for measuring the electric field and magnetic field of the brain in relation to brain activities, digitization of brain activities - neural waves, characterization of neural waves ? neural power map and neural matrix brain activity pattern recognition using neural power map and neural matrix, and applications of brain activity monitoring. The module is designed for students at Master and PhD levels in Engineering, Science and Medicine.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN5210","ModuleTitle":"BIOSENSORS AND BIOCHIPS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN5666","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Attachment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides engineering research students with\nwork attachment experience in a company.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN5999","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN6209","ModuleTitle":"Neurotechnology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces advanced topics in neurotechnology ranging from introductory neuroscience, to advanced neuroengineering principles, and towards innovative solutions for related clinical problems.  Major topics include frontiers in neurophysiology, neural recording, neural circuits, telemetry, neural stimulation,  analysis of brain activities and neural signals, brain machine interfaces, and neurosurgical systems. These frontiers will enable to graduate students to look in depth at neurotechnology, learn through publications and research, and equip them with the knowledge for further creations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Graduate student standing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN6401","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on advanced techniques in fluorescence microscopy for quantitative measurements within cells, tissues, or molecular systems.  Topics covered include: single molecule fluorescence, superresolution microscopy, resonance energy transfer-based biosensors, cellular traction force measurements, optical and instrumentation issues in advanced fluorescence microscopy, and recent applications of these techniques.  The module is designed to emphasize the analytical, physical, and quantitative aspects of fluorescence-based bioimaging and is aimed for graduate students with prior familiarity with microscopy","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Graduate student standing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BN6999","ModuleTitle":"DOCTORAL SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BPS5000","ModuleTitle":"Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BPS5112","ModuleTitle":"Green Building Integration and Evaluation Studio","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This is a studio-based module that synthesizes the theoretical and practical aspects of building performance and detailed design development, bringing sustainable\ndesign concepts and elements to the forefront. The needs for sustainable design and its integration into a holistic performing building will be a key principle of studio\nlearning. Design decision support using simulation tools will be brought to life in studio environment in the realization of holistic sustainable building. Simulation tools\nwill be used for thermal, ventilation, IAQ, lighting and acoustics. Current sustainable building assessment techniques will be applied. Studio will be jointly conducted by academics and leading industry practitioners, particular focus will be given to sustainable building design covering both new build and retrofit of existing building.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"4-8-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"BPS5222","ModuleTitle":"Indoor Environmental Quality","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the four key performance mandates that are responsible for ensuring good IEQ. The thermal performance deals with thermal comfort in all\ntypes of buildings and climates including adaptive comfort models. The indoor air quality (IAQ) performance examines the relationship between IAQ and occupants’\nwell-being and health and identifies the types and sources of indoor air pollutants and means of minimizing the problems. The experimental procedures of  investigating and analysing thermal and IAQ issues are also introduced. The lighting performance deals with visual perception, color classifications and lighting installation design with specific reference to integration and control of artificial and day lighting, choice of light sources and lighting systems.\nThe acoustic performance deals with community noise\nrating systems and the propagation of sound in the urban\nenvironment. Environmental noise monitoring and\nmodelling, sound transmission and acoustical design of\nrooms will be discussed. Laboratory and field\nmeasurements using acoustical instruments will be used to\nstrengthen students’ understanding and analytical and\npresentation skills on the subject.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"BPS5225","ModuleTitle":"Building Energy Audit and Performance Measurement and Verification","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module considers the objectives and methodologies in conducting a detailed building energy audit. The module commences with the evaluation of energy performance indicators and their influence on measurement methodology, and the designing of auditing strategy. The statistical interpretation of results, measurement accuracy and instrumentation strategies are also major topics of the module. Once the energy saving opportunities are identified, work shall commence on the evaluation and recommendation of energy conservation measures, and\ntheir ranking through the rates of return on investment (ROI). Different modes of procurement in energy retrofit projects and the fundamental principles of Energy Performance Contracting will be examined. Finally, upon the completion of an energy retrofit programme, the requirements and critical conditions for an accurate performance measurement and verification would also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"BPS5226","ModuleTitle":"Smart Buildings and Facilities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide the concept and principles of smart buildings and facilities. It discusses the concept of how building performance can be optimized using software and hardware. Students are exposed to building control systems, software, analytics and several case studies are discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"BPS5227","ModuleTitle":"Maintainability and Green Facilities Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the evaluation of design and spearheading the integration of sustainable design and maintainability, with green facilities management (FM) in mind throughout the life cycle of a facility, right from the planning/design stage. It aims to improve the standard and quality of design, construction and maintenance practices to produce efficient facilities that require minimum maintenance. Major topics covered include technical issues related to maintainability and green FM of major components of a facility for wet area, façade, basement, roof and Mechanical & Electrical services. Other topics covered are the implications and selection of materials for high maintainability, diagnostic techniques and maintainability grading system.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"BPS5228","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Building Materials and Structures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to develop a strong knowledge base on the different building materials and technique of designing structural frames with some of these materials. As a whole, this module focuses on key building materials that are\napplied to the envelope and structural systems of buildings. For the envelope system, coatings made from advanced nanotechnology and phase change materials will be taught. Conventional yet important structural materials such as wood, steel, wood and masonry will be covered next, leading to the discussion on various types of structural systems and their designs. Finally, life cycle assessment will be introduced as a basis for evaluating and selecting environmentally superior materials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"BPS5300","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Building Performance and Sustainability","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the opportunity for timely introduction of novel and state-of-the-art ideas and developments in the domain of building performance and sustainability. It is typically designed to allow students to conduct independent studies on special topics in Building Performance and Sustainability under the\r\nguidance of a staff member. Students are normally required to submit a 6,000-word report, and the module may include other modes of assessment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-5-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BRP6552","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BS5770","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BS6770","ModuleTitle":"PHD SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSN3701","ModuleTitle":"Technological Innovation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to equip students with strong conceptual foundation for understanding the dynamic process of technological innovation. Students will be introduced to the importance of technological innovation as a driver for value creation and economic growth. The dynamics of technological change will be analyzed through the concepts such as technology life-cycles, dominant design, network externalities, and first-mover advantage. Key technology commercialization processes through which an innovative idea is transformed into a successful product or service in the marketplace will be studied, and the key organizational/management factors and socio-economic/competitive environmental factors that influence the effectiveness of these processes will be highlighted.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IS3251","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSN3702","ModuleTitle":"New Venture Creation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"Creating a new business is a challenging and complex task. The road to entrepreneurial success is long, winding and strewn with pitfalls, obstacles and blind turns. The risks of starting a new business are high, as illustrated by\r\nthe high failure rates for new ventures. However, as is always the case, the rewards are commensurate with the risk: in addition to the psychic rewards of starting a business, witness the dominance of entrepreneurs in the Forbes 400 list.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP1004","ModuleTitle":"Legal Environment Of Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course will equip business students with basic legal knowledge relating to commercial transactions so that they will be more aware of potential legal problems which may arise in the course of business and having become aware, to have recourse to such professional legal advice as is necessary in the circumstances.  Subjects that meet these requirements include the Singapore Legal System, mediation and arbitration to resolve disputes, the types of various business organisations for businesses to conduct effectively within the law, directors' duties & liabilities, the making of valid business contracts and the rights & obligations of traders in the market place and negligence in the business environment through misstatements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSB2212 or BH1004 or BZ1004 or BK1006 or GEK1009 or GEM1009k or SSD1203 or BSP1004A or BSP1004B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP1004X","ModuleTitle":"Legal Environment Of Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course will equip business students with basic legal knowledge relating to commercial transactions so that they will be more aware of potential legal problems which may arise in the course of business and having become aware, to have recourse to such professional legal advice as is necessary in the circumstances.  Subjects that meet these requirements include the Singapore Legal System, mediation and arbitration to resolve disputes, the types of various business organisations for businesses to conduct effectively within the law, directors' duties & liabilities, the making of valid business contracts and the rights & obligations of traders in the market place and negligence in the business environment through misstatements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSB2212 or BH1004 or BZ1004 or BK1006 or GEK1009 or GEM1009k or SSD1203 or BSP1004A or BSP1004B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP1005","ModuleTitle":"Managerial Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to equip students with the basic working knowledge of contemporary economic thinking, and thus lays the foundation to many areas of their business studies in coming years. We adhere closely to mainstream economics thinking, but pay particular attention to business applications. We take our students through market equilibrium, competition, monopoly, price and non-price business strategies. Our teaching methodology takes a fundamentally problem-solving approach. Models and analytical skills are introduced in order to solve business problems systematically.Information technology and the Internet have made many changes in the way businesses are run, and Managerial Economics has changed significantly with it. We now devote a new portion of this course to discussing how network effects propel the information age, resulting in significant monopoly powers such as Microsoft. 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Subjects that meet these requirements include the Singapore Legal System, mediation and arbitration to resolve disputes, the types of various business organisations for businesses to conduct effectively within the law, directors' duties & liabilities, the making of valid business contracts and the rights & obligations of traders in the market place and negligence in the business environment through misstatements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"BSP1004; BSP1004X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP1702X","ModuleTitle":"Legal Environment of Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course will equip business students with basic legal knowledge relating to commercial transactions so that they will be more aware of potential legal problems which may arise in the course of business and having become aware, to have recourse to such professional legal advice as is necessary in the circumstances. Subjects that meet these requirements include the Singapore Legal System, mediation and arbitration to resolve disputes, the types of various business organisations for businesses to conduct effectively within the law, directors' duties & liabilities, the making of valid business contracts and the rights & obligations of traders in the market place and negligence in the business environment through misstatements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"BSP1004; BSP1004X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP1703","ModuleTitle":"Managerial Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to equip students with the basic working knowledge of contemporary economic thinking, and thus lays the foundation to many areas of their business studies in coming years. We adhere closely to mainstream economics thinking, but pay particular attention to business applications. We take our students through market equilibrium, competition, monopoly, price and non-price business strategies. Our teaching methodology takes a fundamentally problem-solving approach. Models and analytical skills are introduced in order to solve business problems systematically.Information technology and the Internet have made many changes in the way businesses are run, and Managerial Economics has changed significantly with it. We now devote a new portion of this course to discussing how network effects propel the information age, resulting in significant monopoly powers such as Microsoft. 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It also deals with the determination of exchange rates, the operation of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes, and, more broadly, international trends that may influence the overall direction of the world in the next few years.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"BSP1005 or BH1005 or BZ1006 or BK1008","Preclusion":"(BH2001 or BZ2001 or EC1101 or EC1101E or EC1310 or EC1301 or EC3341 or EC4102 or All Econs major students) and All BBA(Acc) students. EC2102.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP2005","ModuleTitle":"Asian Business Environments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module builds an understanding of business environments in Asia. The first part of the course focuses on macroeconomic fundamentals, politics, culture, and institutions in Asian countries and regions. The second part of the course explores relationships between national and regional characteristics and business operations. The aspects of business covered in this segment vary from year to year, but typically include business groups, innovation, trade, and foreign direct investment. Topics: \r\nPART I Macroeconomic Fundamentals, Institutions, Politics, Corruption, Culture \r\nPART II Business Groups, Innovation, Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Lecturer Discretion","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"BSP2001","Preclusion":"BH2005 or BZ2005","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP3001A","ModuleTitle":"Strategic Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course is targeted for all final year business students.  It is an integrative capstone course designed to give students an overview of different concepts on business policy and strategy.  During the course, students will examine the dynamic nature of todays organizations and the rewards and challenges for individuals who are members of those organizations.  The course has three specific objectives: (1) Understand strategy theories in practice (using the VRIO - Value-Rarity-Imitatibility-Organization framework), (2) Develop practical skills for the workplace, and (3) Immerse in team culture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"All foundation modules","Preclusion":"BSP3001 or BSP3001B or BSP3001C or BSP3001D or BSP3001E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP3001B","ModuleTitle":"Strategic Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to the field of strategic management designed to provide an understanding of the fundamental concepts, critical issues and common practices involved in the management of business organizations. This course will help you understand some of the issues involved in both managing and being managed and equip you to become more effective contributors to organizations that you join. Major topics include industry analysis, strategy formulation at the corporate, business and functional levels, firm diversification, strategic alliances, firm resources, core competencies, and the role of structure, culture, rewards, and control in strategy implementation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"All foundation modules","Preclusion":"BSP3001 or BSP3001A or BSP3001C or BSP3001D or BSP3001E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP3001C","ModuleTitle":"Strategic Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"As a capstone module in business education, this course presents critical concepts, frameworks and methods for effective managerial decision making.  It blends theories and applications in enabling students to formulate and implement strategies at various hierarchical levels, integrating different functions as well as contexts of the corporation.  The thrust of the course is both analytical and experiential, and is rooted in modern strategic thought and state-of-the-art in business practice.  Case studies, role playing exercises and issues discussions will be incorporated throughout the course.  The ultimate aim is to develop a deep, and more importantly, practical, understanding of the determinants of firm performance and drivers of organizational success in the real business world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"All level 1000 and 2000 foundation modules","Preclusion":"BSP3001 or BSP3001A or BSP3001B or BSP3001D or BSP3001E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSP3516","ModuleTitle":"S'pore & ASEAN: Geoeconomics & Geopolitics of Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The course is grounded on doing business in open economies with international trade and exchange. This model is applicable to small and open city-state Singapore and enables it to first tap the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) before wider outreaches to billion-plus populated China and India. An ASEAN that is tighter in economic integration is pivotal as China is more aggressively competitive since the 1970s with India awakening as well. This course will focus on ASEAN-plus business opportunities for Singapore-based companies to forge business alliances and ventures to tap natural resources in production and markets for sales and revenue.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"BSP1005 Managerial Economics; and\nBSP2001 Macro and International Economics","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"BSP4513","ModuleTitle":"Econometrics: Theory and Practical Business Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course is tailored to introduce students to the science and art of building and using econometric models. It is particularly useful for students doing quantitatively oriented projects. It hopes to prepare future officers, executives and managers for responsibilities in monitoring, analysing and forecasting trends and business development in their respective industries. Students will be refreshed and equipped with some fundamental economic concepts of statistical tools right from the beginning so as to follow the course comfortably. Models such as CAPM, returns to schooling, term structure of interest rates are used to convey the theoretical and practical aspects of this course. Moreover, the course emphasises hands-on learning involving students in tutorial sessions and exercises to formulate models, estimate them with the Window-based econometric software (EVIEWS), and practice analytical interpretation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"BSP1005 Managerial Economics; or\r\nIS3240 Economics of e-Business","Preclusion":"EC2303 Foundations for Econometrics\r\nEC3303 Econometrics I\r\nEC3304 Econometrics II\r\nEC4305 Appled Econometrics","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSS4003A","ModuleTitle":"SSIB: Innovation and Productivity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"A key challenge for Singapore and other developed economies is to sustain\neconomic growth. Growth can be based on working harder (more labour, more investment, more resources) or working smarter (raising productivity). Innovation contributes to working smarter -- getting more from the same resources. This module introduces recent research in the microeconomics of innovation and productivity, focusing on implications for management and economic policy. The module runs as an interactive\nseminar, and aims to critically appreciate current research. The instructor and students will present and discuss recently published and ongoing empirical studies, with particular emphasis on causal inference. Students will analyze data, and write technical reports as well as general essays.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"(1)        Either BSP1005 or EC1301\r\n\r\nAND\r\n\r\n(2)        Either DSC2008 or EC2303","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BSS4003B","ModuleTitle":"Innovation and Productivity (with Econometrics)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces recent research in the\nmicroeconomics of innovation and productivity, focusing on\nimplications for management and economic policy. The\nmodule runs as an interactive seminar, and aims to\ncritically appreciate current research. The instructor and\nstudents will present and discuss recently published and\nongoing empirical studies, with particular emphasis on\ncausal inference.\nStudents will be required to carry out econometric\nestimation of innovation and productivity using recently\ncurated datasets.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-7-2.5","Prerequisite":"EC3303 Econometrics I; or\nBSE3703 Econometrics for Business I; or\nBSP4513 Econometrics: Theory and Practical Business Applications; or\nST3131 Regression Analysis;\n(or equivalent to any of the above prerequisite modules).","Preclusion":"BSN4811 Innovation and Productivity\n(BSS4003A Innovation and Productivity – for student\nintake cohorts in AY2016/17 or earlier)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BT1101","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Business Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with an introduction to the fundamental concepts and tools needed to understand the emerging role of business analytics in business and non-profit organizations. The module aims to demonstrate to students how to apply basic business analytics tools in a spreadsheet environment, and how to communicate with analytics professionals to effectively use and interpret analytic models and results for making better and more well-informed business decisions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"DSC1007 or DSC1007X","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BT2101","ModuleTitle":"Decision Making Methods and Tools","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a general introduction to using various IT-driven tools, software and techniques for decision making support. The module will start off by describing the decision-making process in businesses today, including the hierarchy of decision making responsibilities to address business problems and challenges. \n\nIt will proceed to cover methods to properly structure business problems and explicitly evaluate multiple criteria. Algorithms and software tools for multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and its varieties, e.g., analytic hierarchy process (AHP), multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT), Case-Based\nReasoning (CBR), Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), etc., will be introduced and explained with appropriate business case studies.\n\nThe module will be complete with the inclusion of intelligent techniques and tools for decision making and diagnosis, e.g., expert systems, Decision Tree, Bayesian networks etc., and visualization of output to make sense of it all and provide a path to take action and measure results. Examples will also be drawn from various industry domains and applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"(CS1010 Programming Methodology or its equivalent) and \n(MA1521 Calculus for Computing or MA1102R Calculus)","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BT2102","ModuleTitle":"Data Management and Visualisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with practical knowledge and understanding of basic issues and techniques in data management and warehousing with relational database management systems, as well as data visualisation principles, techniques and tools.\nThe module covers data management concepts, conceptual and logical design, database management, data warehousing concepts, data warehousing design, relational database management systems and tools, data visualisation and dashboard design concepts, visual perception and design principles, visualisation techniques and tools for temporal and spatial data, proportions and relationships, multivariate and complex data, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS1010 Programming Methodology or its equivalent, and\nBT1101 Introduction to Business Analytics","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"BT3101","ModuleTitle":"Business Analytics Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students are required to complete a real-world business analytics project based on principles taught in previous modules. This project can be viewed as a large-scale practical module. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the objectives of the analytics exercise, applying appropriate analytic methods and techniques, evaluating database designs, modeling strategies and implementation, and monitoring analytics performances. Students will sharpen communication skills through close team interactions, consultations, and formal presentations. Students will also develop a comprehensive understanding of the issues of business analytics such as data privacy and security, legal issues and responsibilities, business/technical communication of the results of data analytics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-0-7-2","Prerequisite":"Completed 64 MCs and ST3131 and IS2101","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BT3103","ModuleTitle":"Application Systems Development for Business Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to train students to be conversant in the technologies, approaches, principles and issues in designing IT applications systems for business analytics.\n\nMajor topics include: rapid web frameworks, scripting languages, database design, web and mobile interfaces, tracking and analysis of customers, payment services / verification, implementing security, designing and deploying web and mobile services, and operational considerations and technical tradeoffs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-3-4","Prerequisite":"BT2102 Data Management and Visualisation","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"BT4101","ModuleTitle":"B.Sc. 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On completion of the project, the student has to submit a dissertation which describes the project work and summarizes the findings, as well as to give an oral presentation before a panel of examiners.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-015-0","Prerequisite":"Attained at least 70% of the MC requirement for degree","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BT4211","ModuleTitle":"Data-Driven Marketing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"In today’s environment, marketing or business analysts require tools and techniques to both quantify the strategic value of marketing initiatives, and to maximize marketing campaign performance. This module aims to teach students concepts, methods and tools to demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) of marketing activities and to leverage on data and marketing analytics to make better and more informed marketing decisions. The course topics covered include marketing performance management, marketing metrics, data management, market response and diffusion models, market and customer segmentation models, analytic marketing and value driven segmentation, digital media marketing analytics, etc. Students will have access to real marketing and customer data sources, and will conduct hands-on marketing analysis using data mining and statistical analysis tools.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs and ST3131","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BT4222","ModuleTitle":"Mining Web Data for Business Insights","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"The World Wide Web overwhelms us with immense amounts of widely distributed, interconnected, rich, and dynamic hypertext information. It has profoundly influenced many aspects of our lives, changing the ways individuals communicate and the manners businesses are conducted. This module aims to teach students various concepts, methods and tools in mining Web data in the form of unstructured Web hyperlinks, page contents, and usage logs to uncover deep business insights and knowledge for business implications that are embedded in the billions of Web pages and servers. Topics covered include various text mining methodologies, case applications and tutorials on Web data mining for marketing, sales and finance applications, social Web data mining from Facebook and Twitter, and Web analytics involving clickstream and site traffic data, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs and CS1020","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"BT5152","ModuleTitle":"Decision Making Technology for Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a general introduction to data mining methods. The module will start off by describing issues at the data pre-processing phase, such as handling missing values and data transformation. It will then move on to explain the core concept of well-known classification algorithms. Emerging topics, such as text mining and deep learning, will be covered. Students will also learn important and practical techniques, including cost sensitive classification and features selection.\r\n\r\nExamples, assignments, and project will be designed to fit the needs in three verticals (Consumer Data analytics, Financial & Risk analytics, and Healthcare analytics) of the MSBA programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"DSC5103 or an equivalent module with R programming experience","Preclusion":"IS5152","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BX5101","ModuleTitle":"BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"Objective - The module is premised on a vision of \"sustainable business\", taking the starting point that the relationship between business and the environment will move beyond the legal one of assuring compliance to a fuller integration with business practice. The course explores the interface of environment and business by examining existing and future-oriented programs, structures, and tools of environmental management, drawing from knowledge of environmental management systems and industrial ecology; by applying tools from financial analysis and accounting to environmental decision-making. by investigating ways in which environmental management can create competitive advantage and by analyzing under what circumstances different competitive approaches are likely to be successful. Targeted Students - For students on the M.Sc. (Environmental Management) program. Research students and students from other graduate program in NUS may apply subject to suitability of candidate and availability of places.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BZD6001","ModuleTitle":"Model Building Workshop I: Static Models","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This course covers the development and use of models to study interactive decision-making by individuals and firms. The basic building blocks of model building, including backward induction, mixed and dominant strategies, and strategic equilibria are developed. The roles of asymmetric information, moral hazard, mechanism design, signaling and incentives are also introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Applied Economics or ECA 5001 or BMA 5001 or EC6101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BZD6004","ModuleTitle":"Applied Econometrics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course applies econometric theory to connect statistics to business research. The emphasis venters on implementing existing econometric techniques and the ability to understand new empirical procedures. This intermediate course centers on identifying the ideal test procedure for the question of interest including experiments, observational data and simulations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"BZD6003 Applied Econometrics I","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BZD6006","ModuleTitle":"Organization Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The seminar in Organizational Theory provides the students with a broad overview of the field as well as an in-depth look at the current debates and the emerging picture in the field. We will read and discuss classical organizational sociology and the emergent fields such as organizational economics, institutional theory, network theory and organizational ecology. The students will be expected to engage in independent reading, interpretation and debate. During the semester, the students will submit two short papers on topics of their choice, and a final term paper with an integrative theme. This paper should demonstrate a deep understanding of the material, an ability to integrate literature, and independent conceptual development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BZD6009","ModuleTitle":"Motivation and Interpersonal Processes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This module will introduce graduate students to psychological foundations of organizational behaviour and consumer behaviour with a focus on motivation and interpersonal processes. Topics to be covered include goals, motivation, self-regulation, action regulation, construals, heuristics and biases, decision making under uncertainty, self and identity, ethics, fairness, trust, diversity, culture, norms, groups and teams, social exchange, power, status, and hierarchy. The course will introduce students to basic research in social, personality, and cognitive psychology on these topics. Class discussions will focus on applying the ideas from basic research to applied research in organizational behaviour and consumer behaviour.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BZD6011","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-3.5-3.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"BZD6012","ModuleTitle":"Experimental Methods for Behavioral Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This course is aimed at doctoral students who intend to conduct experimental and quasi-experimental research for the study of individuals’ behavior in business (e.g., marketing, organizational behavior) and related disciplines (e.g., psychology). Topics include factorial designs, repeated (within-subject) and mixed designs, analysis of covariance, and mediation analysis. Importantly, the course examines these designs and analyses from the perspective of an applied behavioral researcher, not from that of a statistician. That is, the course emphasizes the actual use of proper data collection procedures and analyses techniques for rigorous theory testing instead of focusing on statistical theory per se.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CAS6101","ModuleTitle":"Asian Studies in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Doing Asian Studies in Asia speaks directly to a call for inter-Asia referencing as a means to decentre Euro-American knowledge foundations in the human\r\nsciences. This module examines how interreferencing within Asia can be used as a method to rethink and generate regionally relevant epistemologies which can lay grounds for alternative thinking from and about Asia. The potential of inter-Asia referencing as a method to decentre knowledge production will be explored in the light of interconnections as well as distinctions in the history\r\nand politics of disciplinary, theoretical, and methodological practices of doing Asian Studies in both Euro-American and Asian academic settings.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CDM5101","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Cancer Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a comprehensive overview of the aberrant cell growth control mechanisms that lead to neoplasia. Following an introduction and a brief history of the major advances in cancer research, the major topics that will be covered include oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, epigenetics, transcription factors, angiogenesis, metastasis, tumor immunology, cancer stem\r\ncells, animal models of cancer, DNA repair mechanisms and regulation of the cell cycle, cell death and cell signaling.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CE1102","ModuleTitle":"Principles & Practice in Infrastructure and Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The impact of civil infrastructures on the environment is considerable and engineers have a significant role to play in developing technical solutions which must be cost-effective, economically feasible and environmentally sustainable. Sustainable development must consider all the repercussions from infrastructure development in a systematic and holistic way, including assessment of the resulting pollution problems through environmental monitoring and its necessary companion: safety control and management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"2-4-5-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CE2155","ModuleTitle":"Structural Mechanics and Materials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module equips students with knowledge and skills in structural mechanics, and concrete and steel as structural materials.  The topics introduce the fundamentals of material constitutive behaviours and failure models to appreciate the use of materials in structural design.  The topics also cover the applications of concrete and steel as structural materials including its properties, design and quality control in practice.  The module is compulsory for civil engineering undergraduate students without which he will not be qualified to practise as a professional civil engineer.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-0.5-5","Prerequisite":"EG1109FC/EG1109","Preclusion":"TCE2155","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE3102","ModuleTitle":"Socio-economically sustainable developments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This enhancement module enables students to relate the practice of engineering to the socio-cultural context within which the practice of engineering and the final engineered product must operate. The module introduces the key concepts of socio-technical projects which pose open-ended, complex problems requiring a systemic mode of problem solving. These concepts are introduced through extensive fieldwork wherein students encounter real life problems for which they work to create acceptable solutions independently as well as part of a team. The fieldwork is designed to draw students away from familiar cultural and institutional settings to more varied and challenging contexts which a globalized engineering work-force will encounter.  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The goal is to teach an assessment of force and/or moment equilibrium for slopes, calculation of active and passive earth pressures, and appreciation of various important design considerations pertaining to deep excavations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"CE2112","Preclusion":"TCE3115","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE3132","ModuleTitle":"Water Resources Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces the basic principles of hydrology and water resources, including flow through pressurised pipe systems and free surface flow. In particular the course covers fundamental concepts of hydrological cycle, such as: response of catchment system, river network and reservoir to rainfall; frequency analysis of rainfall or flood, design of ponds, reservoirs, river flow and catchment management, are covered as well. Other topics include flow routing such as kinematic wave, diffusive wave and dynamic wave. \r\nWater Resources portion of the module covers pressurised pipe flow calculation principles, hydraulic design of pipelines, use of pumps and turbines, urban hydraulics and water distribution systems. In addition to this, free surface open channel flows are covered. In particular topics of uniform flow, critical depth, gradually varied flow, calculation of surface profiles","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-2-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"CE2134","Preclusion":"TCE3132","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE3155","ModuleTitle":"Structural Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the fundamentals of structural analysis. Students will learn idealization of structural components, materials, loads and supports, concepts of statical redundancy, determinacy and stability, energy theorems, analysis of trusses, beams and frames. The second part of the module will teach students the methods and principles of advanced structural analysis, with emphasis on matrix methods of linear structural analysis, influence line analysis and approximate lateral load analysis. Students will also familiarize themselves with software for stress and deformation analysis of typical civil engineering structures. The module is compulsory for civil engineering undergraduate students without which he will not be qualified to perform his task as respectable civil engineer.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0.5-0.5-6","Prerequisite":"EG1109FC/EG1109/CE1109X","Preclusion":"TCE3155","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE4103","ModuleTitle":"Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The students are assigned an integrated design project involving various disciplines of civil engineering. The module provides the opportunity for students to work as a team on a civil engineering project integrating the knowledge they have gained from modules they have taken in earlier years. The module will also enhance their interpersonal, communication and leadership skills through group projects, report writing and a few oral presentations","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"CE4 standing [Successful completion of relevant CE 2 and CE 3 modules which will be specified in the each project]","Preclusion":"TCE4103","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE4104","ModuleTitle":"B. Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The B. Eng Dissertation is carried out by individual students and offers the opportunity for the student to develop research capabilities. It actively promotes creative thinking and allows independent work on a prescribed research project. Level 4 students undertake the project over two semesters. Each student is expected to spend not less than 9 hours per week on the project chosen from a wide range, covering various civil engineering disciplines. Topics include elements of design and construction, and research and development. Assessment is based on the student’s working attitude, project execution and achievement, an interim report and presentation, dissertation and final oral presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-8-12","Prerequisite":"CE4 Standing","Preclusion":"TCE4104","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE4258","ModuleTitle":"Structural Stability & Dynamics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with basic knowledge of structural stability and dynamics for the analysis of civil engineering structures. The topics covered include general principles of stability and dynamics; buckling of beam, columns and frames; design against local and overall stability. Dynamics analysis will cover single-degree-of-freedom systems, multi-degree-of-freedom systems and continuous systems. Students are taught to deal with general stability and vibration problems of frames including computer applications and numerical formulation. The module of specialized context targets at undergraduate and graduate students in research or engineering practices relating to structural engineering applications","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":" 3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CE2407 Engineering & Uncertainty Analyses, and CE3155 Structural Analysis","Preclusion":"TCE4258","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE4282","ModuleTitle":"Building Information Modeling for Project Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a revolutionary technology and process that provides an integrated digital database and a variety of modelling tools to remarkably change the way buildings and infrastructure facilities are designed, analyzed, constructed, and managed. BIM is rapidly becoming the industry standard and best practice. This course provides a comprehensive coverage with \r\nessential details in several key aspects of project development, such as design, building performance, sustainability, engineering, construction, project delivery, \r\nand facilities management. It helps the students start their first integrated BIM project through the hands-on of a project assignment employing industry leading BIM software.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-1-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TCE4282","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5001","ModuleTitle":"Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module involves independent project work over two semesters, on a topic in Civil Engineering approved by the Programme Management Committee. The work may relate to a comprehensive literature survey, and critical evaluation and analysis, design feasibility study, case study, minor research project or a combination.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CE5105","ModuleTitle":"Analytical & Numerical Methods In Foundation Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is an advanced module on analytical and numerical methods in foundation engineering. Topics covered include, soil models, analysis of beams and rafts on elastic foundations, analysis of piles subject to torsion, axial and lateral loads, and analysis of piles subject to dynamic loads. Student will learn how to assess the behaviour of shallow and deep foundations under more complex loading modes. Students gain an understanding of Winkler, Pasternak, and continuum soil models, conversant with analytical methods and numerical methods such as finite difference, Galerkin, energy, and finite element methods, and applications to shallow and deep foundations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CE2112 or CE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5106","ModuleTitle":"Ground Improvement","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is an advanced module on ground improvement techniques as well as its design, construction and monitoring in geotechnical engineering. Topics covered include ground improvement principles and design considerations, techniques of improving granular soils, techniques of improving cohesive soils and peaty soils, field controls and monitoring, field evaluation ? specification, performance evaluation and acceptance criteria, and case study. Student are taught the basic principles of various ground improvement techniques, and how to select the most appropriate ground improvement techniques to be used in specific circumstances. Specific learning objectives include understanding the principles and design of vibro-flotation method, dynamic compaction, dynamic replacement with mixing, vertical drains with preloading, chemical stabilization and grouting, etc. Field construction control and instrumentation as well as monitoring techniques will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"CE2112 or CE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"TCE5106","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5107","ModuleTitle":"Pile Foundations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":".The course introduces students to the advanced principles and concepts on the analysis and design of pile foundations in accordance with Eurocode 7 requirements and guidelines. Students will learn how to use insitu field tests results to obtain appropriate pile design parameters. They will also learn\r\nhow to appreciate and appraise complex pile foundation problems under various loading and boundary conditions, using both conventional theoretical, semi-empirical as well as advanced numerical modeling techniques (such as UniPile and Plaxis). The course enables students to acquire the knowledge and practical skills through the course project assignments and case studies in the practice of advanced pile design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Undergraduate: CE2112 & CE3116\r\nGraduate students: Background in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering","Preclusion":"TCE5107","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5111","ModuleTitle":"UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to integrate the various concepts and components of temporary earth retaining structure, underground construction and major geotechnical works design which have been covered in the other modules into a properly executed geotechnical analysis and design project. As such, the student will be advised to take it only either in the last 2 semester. The requirements of the project will include interpretation of site investigation data, derivation of design parameters, use of computer or finite element software for the wall and ground movement as well as drawdown and implications for adjacent structures, design of wall, strutting and waling systems, and proposal of an appropriate ground instrumentation programme. Student will be given a maximum of 2 semesters to complete their projects. At the end of the projects, students will be required to submit a report of their findings and give an oral presentation, which will be graded.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5112","ModuleTitle":"Structural Support Systems for Excavation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Students will learn the various methods of excavation construction and apply the fundamental knowledge of structural mechanics to design a wide range of earth retaining walls and their support systems. The key focus is to develop the capability to design various types of retaining walls, ground anchorage, walers, struts, kingposts, bracing and connection details. It will also cover the design of working platforms which are often required in deep excavations, as well as methods of jointing and splicing to allow incorporation of instrumentation. The course will cover both steel and reinforced concrete retaining walls, such as sheetpile, soldier piles, timber lagging, contiguous bored piles, diaphragm walls and etc. The course enables students to acquire further knowledge on soil-structure interaction and gain practical skills through the lectures, case studies and design projects.  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The principles of pavement rehabilitation in respect of nondestructive condition evaluation, pavement performance modelling and remaining life prediction will be addressed. The module requires each student to do a term project that involves identification of an aspect of pavement design or rehabilitation that warrants further study and description of the approach and technique of the proposed study. The module enables the students to acquire the knowledge of designing, maintaining and rehabilitating road and airfield pavements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5207","ModuleTitle":"Pavement Network Management Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The course introduces the basic principles and concepts of management systems for road and airfield pavement network. The major issues addressed include the conflicting objectives and requirements of pavement operations, challenges to developing sound pavement management system, and analytical tools and techniques involved in the development of the system. Students will be introduced to the concept of pavement management, techniques of evaluating different financing and management strategies of pavement operations, methods of pavement conditions and performance data collection, optimal programming of pavement management activities, budget planning and life-cycle cost analysis, and examples of pavement management systems (PMS). The module requires each student to do a term project to analyse a case study of PMS development, identify deficiencies of the system and propose schemes to improve the operational efficiencies of the system.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"CE3121","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5308","ModuleTitle":"Coastal Processes & Sediment Transport","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of this module are to provide the basic knowledge on the coastal engineering and to apply the concepts and principles to solve coastal engineering problems such as beach processes and coastal structure protection.  Topics include review of wave theory, coastal wave dynamics (wave transformation and propagation, radiation stress theory, wave set-up and set-down, edge waves, and rip currents), oscillatory boundary layers (wave boundary layer, and wave-current interaction), discrete sediment transport (sediment characterization and settling velocity, initiation of motion and entrainment, suspended load, bedload, total load and sediment discharge rating), continuous sediment transport (turbidity, debris flows, and suspension dynamics) and coastal structures (seawall, breakwater, groynes, headlands). This module is strongly recommended to students opting for the offshore engineering specialization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"CE5307 Wave Hydrodynamics and Physical Oceanography","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CE5314","ModuleTitle":"HEWRM Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5513","ModuleTitle":"Plastic Analysis Of Structures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with basic knowledge on the theory of plasticity and their application for analysis and design of civil engineering structures. The topics covered include basic concepts of plasticity; the plastic hinge; tools used in plastic analysis and design; plastic design of beams, portal frames and multi-storey buildings, and computer methods for analysing large scale framework. Students are taught to deal with general inelastic problems of frames including computer applications and numerical formulation. The module of specialized context targets at undergraduate and graduate students in research or engineering practices relating to structural analysis and design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"CE2155 or CE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"CE5885A Topics in Structural Engineering: Advanced Analysis","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5603","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Economics & Project Evaluation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module equips students with the analytical methods and techniques to evaluate projects from an economic perspective. The purpose of the evaluation is to enable rational project selection and capital allocation taking into consideration factors like risk, uncertainty, inflation, and foreign exchange.\n\n\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5604","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Concrete Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with in-depth knowledge on the role of constituent materials of concrete such as cements, mineral admixtures, and chemical admixtures and their interactions that affect properties of fresh and hardened concrete. It also provides students with in-depth knowledge on concrete response to stresses, time-dependent deformations, and durability of concrete exposed to severe environments. The module discusses the basic considerations and design philosophy for performance-based design of concrete mixtures and production of concrete. It also discusses the progress in concrete technology and the latest development on high-strength, high-performance, lightweight, and self compacting concrete. Sustainable development in construction industry and use of recycled aggregates and other recycled materials will be discussed as well. The module is targeted at post-graduate and final year undergraduate students who will gain knowledge from the module to complement their skill in structural design and to prepare them for their career as professional engineers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CE2155, or CE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"TCE5604","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5611","ModuleTitle":"Precast Concrete Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The primary objective of this module is to equip civil engineering students with sufficient design knowledge and skills on precast structural concrete both for their\r\nfurther education and for their future engineering career. This module provides students with fundamental approaches in designing precast concrete components\r\nand structures. The students will acquire fundamental knowledge and approaches to section analysis and design, design of connections, floor diaphragm action,\r\nprecast frame structures and precast components. The module is targeted at MSc civil engineering students and those with a keen interest on precast concrete\r\ntechnology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"CE 3165 or CE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"CE5610 Precast and Retrofitting Technology (taken in Semester 2, AY2008/09 or earlier)\nTCE5611","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CE5666","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Attachment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides engineering research students with\nwork attachment experience in a company.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5804","ModuleTitle":"Global Infrastructure Project Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In today's construction, there is increasing competition from global players with international participation. Due to this competition, a company, for its own survival, will need to venture into construction markets overseas. This course has been repositioned with a new title and content to give in-depth coverage of issues that affect engineering constructors involved in large-scale infrastructure projects in international construction markets. The course goes beyond the basics covered in the first undergraduate course and emphasises the global characteristics of large-scale civil infrastructure projects. Specific topics include international construction markets and project financing, risk management, value management, competitive bidding, integrated construction logistics, computer-integrated scheduling and resource allocation, construction modeling and simulation. Students benefit from the experience of speakers from large international engineering constructor companies involved in the development of such infrastructure projects. This course equips students to successfully manage complex infrastructure projects in international construction markets. They will learn to manage complex construction logistics and value chain from design to construction. The course will also deal with the problems of financing and managing the risk of such large-scale projects. Students will also learn advanced computerised techniques for project planning, modeling and simulation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"CE2183 or CE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5805","ModuleTitle":"CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT & METHODS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TCE5805","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5881","ModuleTitle":"TOPICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING: SOIL DYNAMICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The main objective of this course is to introduce fundamental principles of soil dynamics and applications to construction vibrations. Construction activities inevitably introduce vibrations in the ambient environment and the sub-surface geological formations. These are usually experienced as noise and vibrations, and may also take the form of stress waves in soils and rocks which could damage foundation structures. Case studies will used to illustrate construction vibrations issues and applicable mitigation techniques. Students will also be required to undertake and complete a Group Project. Students are free to discuss and agree with the Lecturers on their choice of topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE5999","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE6002","ModuleTitle":"ANALYSIS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for graduate research students in the Department of Civil Engineering. It introduces students the nature of civil engineering experiments and characteristics of data gathered. Fundamental methods to conduct in-laboratory and field experiments to verify civil engineering models will be covered. Included in this module is also the procedure to construct empirical, deterministic and stochastic civil engineering models based on experimental measurements. Examples are drawn from the various fields in civil engineering discipline, including structure, geotechnical, hydraulics, environmental and transportation engineering.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE6006","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module extends further the fundamentals and applications of finite element method to solve complex engineering problems. Topics covered include weak formulation and finite element concepts, degenerated beam and plate elements, time-dependent finite element procedure, nonlinear finite element procedures and meshless finite element method. Student should be able to analyse advanced problems in structural and geotechnical disciplines using finite element methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE6102","ModuleTitle":"GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CE6999","ModuleTitle":"DOCTORAL SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CFG1010","ModuleTitle":"Roots and Wings - Personal and Interpersonal Effectiveness 1.0","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"CENTRE FOR FUTURE-READY GRADUATES","ModuleDescription":"The world we live in is becoming increasingly volatile and complex, giving rise to the need for students to develop greater awareness (self-awareness, interpersonal awareness and industry awareness) and resilience. \r\n\r\nThis e-learning based course is based on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience and leadership with an emphasis on practical techniques and strategies.\r\n\r\nStudents will learn the science of focus and practice attention training, adopt healthy mindsets, learn interpersonal skills and develop a vision for their future career and their personal contribution to society.  \r\n\r\nThe objective of this module is to motivate and equip students with foundational life skills to maximise their potential in their academic journey, personal life and future career.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CFG1020 Roots and Wings – Personal and Interpersonal Effectiveness","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CFG2001","ModuleTitle":"Career Catalyst","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"CENTRE FOR FUTURE-READY GRADUATES","ModuleDescription":"Career Catalyst will help students take personal\nownership for creating a career path that is meaningful to\nthem.\n\nStudents will learn to design a meaningful career plan\nbased on their particular competencies, strengths and\ninterests, identify and shortlist relevant opportunities and\ndevelop work-ready mindsets and skills.\n\nIt is a blended learning programme with multiple\ncomponents such as:\n- E-seminars\n- Workshops\n- Industry related events\n- Self and peer-led experiential learning activities","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0.5-0-2.5-1","Prerequisite":"The module will be open to registration for all Year 2 and Year 3 undergraduate students from Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Computing, School of Design and Environment, and Faculty of Law.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CG1112","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Principles and Practice II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"JOINT MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES","Department":"COMPUTING & ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module will be for the students who have completed EPP I and the project scope extends to handle challenges in large-scale systems. Similar to EPP I, students will first learn the fundamental principles on certain advanced concepts and then design and programme a real-world system. The module involves designing a complex computer engineering system that facilitates information processing, real-world interfacing, and understanding the\r\neffects of certain useful metrics such as, scaling, safety, security, sustainability, societal impact, fault-tolerant design, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"0-2-6-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS1010 Programming Methodology\r\nCG1111 Engineering Principles and Practice I","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CG2023","ModuleTitle":"Signals and Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"JOINT MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES","Department":"COMPUTING & ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is a fundamental course in signals and systems, specially developed for computer engineering students. Signals play an important role in carrying information. In particular the idea of frequency domain analysis of signals \r\nand systems are important concepts for all computer engineers. The concepts which will be covered include time and frequency domain representations, Fourier \r\ntransform, spectrum and bandwidth of a signal, frequency response of systems (Bode diagrams), sampling theorem, aliasing, signal reconstruction, and filtering.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-2-1-4","Prerequisite":"MA1506 or MA1512","Preclusion":"EE2023 Signals and Systems","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CG2271","ModuleTitle":"Real-Time Operating Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"JOINT MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES","Department":"COMPUTING & ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Real-time systems must respond quickly to inputs from the environment in order to work effectively and safely, and realtime operating systems (RTOS) are a critical part of such systems. In this course the student is exposed to basic RTOS concepts like tasks, scheduling algorithms, RTOS customisation and concurrent real-time programming. By the end of this course a student will not only understand how an RTOS is built, but will also gain practical hands-on experience in customising RTOSs and in writing real-time programs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-2-3-2","Prerequisite":"CS1020/E Data Structures and Algorithms I","Preclusion":"CS2106 Introduction to Operating Systems","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CG3002","ModuleTitle":"Embedded Systems Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"JOINT MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES","Department":"COMPUTING & ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the development of a large system from conceptualisation to its final implementation. It is structured to contain substantial design and development of hardware and software components.\n\nThis module is the culminating point of a series of modules integrating the theories which students have already learnt in CG1101, CG1102/CG1103, CG2007, CG2271 and CS2103. With this capstone project, students would be able to better appreciate the relevance of the various components in the Computer Engineering curriculum to large scale computer engineering projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"1-1-2-10-1","Prerequisite":"EE2024 and CG2271 and CS2113/T","Preclusion":"EE3032 Innovation & Enterprise II\nEE3208 Embedded Computer Systems Design","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CG4001","ModuleTitle":"B. Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"JOINT MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES","Department":"COMPUTING & ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students will embark on a project that involves a mix of research, design and development components on a topic of current interest in Computer\r\nEngineering. Students learn how to apply knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to develop innovative ways of solving problems. In the process, students acquire skills for independent and lifelong learning. The module is normally carried out over two semesters, but may also be structured as a further 6-month extension of an existing 6-month industrial attachment, where the student works on real life projects jointly supervised by NUS faculties and industry experts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-14-1","Prerequisite":"Level 4 standing","Preclusion":"EE4001 B.Eng. Dissertation\r\nCP4101 B.Comp. Dissertation","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH1101E","ModuleTitle":"Retelling Chinese Stories: Change and Continuity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is a bilingual introductory course on some of the most interesting topics in Chinese history, literature, and culture. We will be studying these topics through the changes and continuities in the famous stories retold over time. The stories include those of the revengeful, the assassins, the queers, the cross dresser, and the ghost lovers. What you really need is a curious mind and an ability to comprehend basic spoken Mandarin. All assigned readings and presentation slides will be in English. Classes will be bilingual, and you can choose to do the term essay in either language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"A pass in GCE \"O\" Level Chinese Language \"B\" syllabus or higher, or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH2141","ModuleTitle":"General History of China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"An essential module for students majoring in Chinese Studies, this is a general survey of the socio-political and intellectual developments in China from ancient times to the Opium War (1842). The characteristics of each Chinese imperial dynasty and the relationship between China and other Asian countries will also be examined. The course is also offered to students across the University with an interest in the history of traditional China.","CrossModule":"CL2241","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must obtain: \r\n1) At least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE 'O' Level, or (b) Chinese Language\r\nat GCE 'AO' Level (at GCE 'A' Level examination); \r\nOR 2) At least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE 'A' Level; \r\nOR 3) At least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level;\r\nOR 4) At least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE 'A' Level. \r\n5) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"CL2241 and CL2141","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH2161","ModuleTitle":"Traditional Chinese Taxonomy of Learning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to depict the development and evolution of traditional Chinese scholarship. Topics covered include (1) Jing ("Classics"): Chinese classic texts; (2) Shi ("Histories"): Traditional historiography; (3) Zi ("Masters"): Miscellaneous genres philosophy, arts and science, among others, and (4) Ji ("Collections"): Literary Collections. Emphasis will be given to how works of different genres and nature made their ways into the so-called “Emperor’s Four Treasuries” (Siku Quanshu), the largest collection of books in Chinese history compiled during the mid-eighteenth century based on the Quadripartite System (sibu) of knowledge classification. This course is designed for students majoring in Chinese Studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"CH1101E and either CH2121/CL2121 or CH2141/CL2241","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH2293","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Chinese Art (taught in English)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a general introduction to the history of art in China, from its earliest manifestations in the Neolithic-period to the contemporary period. Major art forms to be studied may include ceramics, jade, architecture, painting and calligraphy. The social and cultural contexts of important art works from different periods in Chinese history will also be discussed. The course is intended for all students who are interested in Chinese art and culture.  ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"CH2272","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH3221","ModuleTitle":"Selected Readings in Chinese Verse","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims at promoting students' ability in reading and analyzing Chinese poetry. Various Chinese poetic themes, forms, styles and techniques are discussed through the analysis of selected poems of different periods. The course is provided for students who already have basic reading ability in classical Chinese and wish to advance their knowledge in Chinese rhymeprose and poetry.","CrossModule":"CL3221","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must obtain: \r\n1) At least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE 'O' Level, or (b) Chinese Language at GCE 'AO' Level (at GCE 'A' Level examination); OR \r\n2) At least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE 'A' Level; OR \r\n3) At least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level;  OR \r\n4) At least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE 'A' Level. \r\n5) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"CL3221","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH3245","ModuleTitle":"Overseas Chinese Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module analyses and compares Chinese societies in the United States, Australia and Southeast Asia. Emphases are placed on the following topics and issues: comparative history of Chinese immigration, early Chinese immigrants, anti-Chinese movements in the United States and Australia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Chinese overseas and political developments in China before 1949, developments and characteristics of Chinese communities, and the roles played by ethnic Chinese in different countries or regions after the second world war. This course is offered to students across the University with an interest in the history of the Chinese diaspora.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must obtain:\r\n1) At least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE 'O' Level, or (b) Chinese Language at GCE 'AO' Level (at GCE 'A' Level examination); OR\r\n2) At least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE 'A' Level; OR\r\n3) At least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level; OR\r\n4) At least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE 'A' Level.\r\n5) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH3297","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Business Enterprises and Management (in English)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module is jointly offered with NUS Research Institute (NUSRI) in Suzhou, with classes and fieldtrips conducted exclusively in China. The objective is to provide students an in-depth understanding of the different types of enterprises in China, focusing on development and challenges, so as to better equip and prepare students to work in the business setting and adapt to the social environment in China. Topics include geographic and economic landscapes, cultural and social environments in doing business, characteristics, development and challenges of various enterprises such as state-owned, SME, e-commerce, start-up, and MNC in China. It is open to all undergraduates.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"The module will be conducted in English. Students should have basic reading ability and understanding of Chinese. Basic Chinese language courses will be offered to students with no Chinese background.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH3298","ModuleTitle":"Chinese in Southeast Asia (in English)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module offers a multidisciplinary and topical approach to understanding key issues pertaining to the Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Students will learn about the the social and cultural experiences of the various Chinese communities in different parts of the region and their transformations over time through official records, newspaper reports, literary writings, films, music, art, and so on. This module is designed for students who are interested in appreciating the shifting meanings of “Chineseness” within the specific political, social, economic and cultural contexts of Southeast Asia, past and present.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"CH2243 Chinese in Southeast Asia\nCH2296","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CH3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project.\r\n\r\nUROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed.\r\n\r\nUROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH4203","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Dialectology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module studies the origin, distributions and characteristics of major Chinese dialects. The relationship between modern Mandarin and these dialects will also be discussed. The module also provides students with basic training in dialectal research through field work. Historical comparisons with Middle Chinese will also be discussed. This course is offered to students in the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in CH or CL, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in CH or CL, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH4261","ModuleTitle":"Prescribed Text: Zhuangzi","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is an in-depth evaluation of one or two prescribed texts not covered under CH2261 and CH3261. Significant chapters of the texts will be selected for intensive reading and close analysis. The course is designed for students who want to extend their knowledge beyond that acquired from CH2261 and CH3261.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in CH or CL, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in CH or CL, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH4281","ModuleTitle":"Translation  Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Students are exposed to more issues in translation studies by means of comprehensive translation practice on the basis of a comparative study of model translations of primary genres in Chinese and English. This is to cultivate their stylistic sensitivity and discourse awareness, preparing them for further studies in relevant fields or a possible career as a translator. The course is offered to students in the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: CL3281 and completed 80 MCs, including\n28 MCs in CH or CL, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the\nHonours track.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards: CL3281 and completed 80 MCs, including 28\nMCs in CH or CL or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language\nmodules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is an optional module designed for students of the Department. It presents the methodology of writing an academic thesis of a stipulated length. Students are expected to work independently and meet their supervisors on an agreed schedule, during the semester, to discuss their progress. Upon completion of the thesis, it is submitted for evaluation by the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before;\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of CH/CL major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards;\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of CH/CL major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.","Preclusion":"CH4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before;\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in CH or CL, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in CH or CL, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in CH or CL, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"CH4401, CH4401S","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH5224","ModuleTitle":"PRESCRIBED TEXTS IN LITERATURE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a comprehensive study of one or two texts in classical and/or modern Chinese literature not covered under CH5223 such as Shjing (Book of Songs), Chuci (The Songs of the South), Zuozhuan, Shiji (The Historical Records), the Book of Zhuang Zi, the Book of Xun Zi, Wenxin diaolong (The Literary Mind and The Carving of Dragons), the poetry of Du Fu and major works of the Chinese novel. Significant chapters of the texts are selected for intensive reading and close analysis. The course is provided for graduate students with an interest in studying Chinese literature at an advanced level. This module will be taught in Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH5224R","ModuleTitle":"Prescribed Texts in Literature","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a comprehensive study of one or two texts in classical and/or modern Chinese literature not covered under CH5223 such as Shjing (Book of Songs), Chuci (The Songs of the South), Zuozhuan, Shiji (The Historical Records), the Book of Zhuang Zi, the Book of Xun Zi, Wenxin diaolong (The Literary Mind and The Carving of Dragons), the poetry of Du Fu and major works of the Chinese novel. Significant chapters of the texts are selected for intensive reading and close analysis. The course is provided for graduate students with an interest in studying Chinese literature at an advanced level. This module will be taught in Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH5247","ModuleTitle":"Business Culture in Traditional China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is an in-depth study of business culture, in relation to the socio-economic development in traditional Chinese society. It includes critical analysis of various economic schools of thought and business philosophies, leadership and management practices, which largely influence the fiscal policies and financial administration of the country in various periods of pre-modern China. This module would emphasise political and social implications of business culture on traditional Chinese society. Students are required to review major economic and management theories and appraise prominent financiers and government administrators.\r\n\r\nThis module will be taught in Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH5247R","ModuleTitle":"Business Culture in Traditional China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is an in-depth study of business culture, in relation to the socio-economic development in traditional Chinese society. It includes critical analysis of various economic schools of thought and business philosophies, leadership and management practices, which largely influence the fiscal policies and financial administration of the country in various periods of pre-modern China. This module would emphasise political and social implications of business culture on traditional Chinese society. Students are required to review major economic and management theories and appraise prominent financiers and government administrators.\n\nThis module will be taught in Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Subject to the approval from HOD","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CH5880","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Applied Chinese Linguistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module applies the knowledge of Chinese language and linguistics to interdisciplinary areas such as language in society, language in communication, language in education, language and psychology, second language acquisition etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CH5880R","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Applied Chinese Linguistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module applies the knowledge of Chinese language and linguistics to interdisciplinary areas such as language in society, language in communication, language in education, language and psychology, second language acquisition etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CH6201","ModuleTitle":"TOPICS IN CHINESE LINGUISTICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to provide students with knowledge of the marked properties of the Chinese language. It is an intensive study of selected topics in Chinese linguistics, such as phonology, grammar, semantics, rhetoric, lexicology, dialectology, etc. Textual criticism, the Chinese script as well as the relationship between literature and linguistics will also be covered. This course will enhance students' ability to analyze Chinese language at various levels, and their general proficiency of the language. Target students may be those graduate students in the Department who have an interest in Chinese linguistics. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"\"Graduate Students in Chinese Studies, or 120 MCs (or equivalent) and permission of Department\"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH6243","ModuleTitle":"SEMINAR IN SE ASIAN CHINESE STUDIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a seminar in Southeast Asian Chinese Studies with particular reference to the Chinese in Colonial Malaya and Singapore. Topics and issues for discussion and analysis include Chinese immigration, Chinese associations and leadership, Chinese education and culture, women's history, nationalism and popular movements, ethnic Chinese and nation-building, triangle relationship among the Colonial government, Chinese consuls and Chinese communities, and theory and methodology in Southeast Asian Chinese studies. This seminar targets at graduate students with general knowledge in Southeast Asian history and/or modern Chinese history. This module will be taught in Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"\"Graduate Students in Chinese Studies, or 120 MCs (or equivalent) and permission of Department\"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CH6262","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CHINESE STUDIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This independent-study module requires students to work on a research project related to their field and present their findings in a seminar toward the end of the course. It aims at providing students with critical analytical and writing abilities for topics closely related to the field of dissertations. Choice of topics and plan of study are to be finalized with their supervisors' approval. Regular consultation with supervisors throughout the course is required. Permission by the Department to read this module is necessary.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"Subject to the approval from HOD","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CH6263","ModuleTitle":"TRANSLATION: FORMAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Translation, as a process of cross-boundary communication, can be explored from many different perspectives: formal, cultural, and political (among others). Major topics to be covered in this module include the misunderstandings of translation, the problems of formal complexity and incompatibility, translating culture, foreignization versus domestication, the politics of translation, translating as a means of generating or solving (international) political problems, translation and ideology, etc. In each semester, a special set of topics will be focused on according to the particular interest and needs of the class of students.  This module is taught in Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Graduate students in Chinese Studies, or 120 MCs (or equivalent) and permission of Department","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CHC5102","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Research in Chinese Language","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will survey the latest research trends in the field of Chinese linguistics and Chinese Philology. We will be reading recent influential publications in both English and Chinese. This is a compulsory module for the MA (Chinese Culture and Language) coursework program.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"CHC5302","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Buddhist Proselytic Literature","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module traces the history of Buddhist proselytization in pre-modern China by focusing on the narrative strategies in Buddhist scriptures imported from India and Central Asia as well as Buddhist literature by Chinese authors including their commentaries on Confucian and Taoist texts. Students will come to appreciate how\nproselytization and assimilation of Buddhist philosophy facilitated each other and how Buddhist narratives contributed to the birth of oral and performing literature in China.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"CHC5305","ModuleTitle":"Prominent Nanyang Chinese in Modern China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module discusses prominent Nanyang Chinese who made significant impact on modern China or changed the course of modern Chinese history. Selected personalities who were born in Southeast Asia and later achieved great careers in\nChina will be discussed and examined in historical, social, economic, cultural and/or political contexts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These individuals include Gu Hong Ming, Lim Boon Keng, Li Deng Hui, Wu Lien-Teh, and Robert Lim K.S The course will be taught in Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"CHC5309","ModuleTitle":"Economic & Management Thought in Pre-Modern China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is an in-depth study of economic and management thought in pre-modern China. It includes critical analysis of various economic thought, management practices and financial administrations in various periods of pre-modern China and their implications on political, social and cultural aspects. Major economic and management theories will be discussed; prominent financiers and government\nadministrators will also be appraised.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"CHC5312","ModuleTitle":"Tang-Song Poetry and Poetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims at enhancing the students’ critical analysis and perspective of the shi poetry and poetics in Tang-Song period.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"CHC5313","ModuleTitle":"Thematics in Chinese Literature","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of the module is to introduce students to a variety of themes in Chinese literature. We will trace the origins and development of these literary themes through reading and discussion of both poetry and prose works. Representative themes from early and medieval literature are selected for research and investigation. The course is designed to deepen students’ understanding of major themes in the history of Chinese literature.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CHC5314","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Religion","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will focus on the development of Chinese religions, including Taoism, Popular religion and Buddhism in China, as well as in the Chinese\r\nCommunity of Singapore. It also examines the transformation of these religions in history and developments of their core thoughts The module\r\ntakes a thematic approach, and will discuss in depth the important original texts and research publications in both the English and Chinese academic worlds.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CHC5322","ModuleTitle":"Pragmatics and Politeness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces pragmatics to students with a particular focus on politeness. Politeness is an important topic in pragmatics and especially among\nEast Asian languages. This module will cover the basic concepts of theories of politeness, face, facework, contemporary politeness, historical politeness, and media politeness.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"CHC5323","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Chinese Linguistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module furthers students' understanding of the nature and development of Chinese language through an in-depth study of some linguistic phenomena from different theoretical perspectives. The topics, which may vary from year to year, could be related to, but not limited to Chinese grammar, Chinese dialectology, Chinese phonology and/or Chinese philology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"CL1101E","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Language: Its Past and Present","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is a bilingual introductory course for undergraduates to learn interesting issues of the Chinese language like the structure of Chinese language, the use and variation of Chinese language in society, changes in Mandarin and Chinese dialects, the comparative and diachronic aspects of Chinese language, and the relationship between Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese dialects. This will give students a new perspective of the Chinese language, making the Chinese language current and relevant in today's world. Classes will be delivered mainly in Chinese, with English as a supplementary tool. Students can choose to do assignments and examinations in either language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"A pass in GCE \"O\" Level Chinese Language \"B\" syllabus or higher, or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL2102","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Phonetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to provide students with a systematic knowledge of Chinese phonology. The topics covered are syllable, intonation, the Neutral Tone, the diminutive marker "er", the influence of phonology on lexicon and grammar, etc. The differences and commonalities between Standard Chinese and the various dialects will be discussed whenever pertinent. Students will do 3-4 exercises and an essay about 2500 characters. The course is designed for students across the University with an interest in the Chinese language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must obtain:\r\n1) At least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE 'O' Level, or (b) Chinese Language at GCE 'AO' Level (at GCE 'A' Level examination); OR\r\n2) At least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE 'A' Level; OR\r\n3) At least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level; OR\r\n4) At least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE 'A' Level.\r\n5) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"CL2202","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL2210","ModuleTitle":"The Analysis of Chinese Morphosyntax","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module is designed to acquaint students with aspects of Chinese grammar, with the focus on parts of speech, morphology, and sentence structure.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must obtain: \r\n1) At least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE 'O' Level, or (b) Chinese Language at GCE 'AO' Level (at GCE 'A' Level examination); OR \r\n2) At least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE 'A' Level; OR \r\n3) At least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level; OR \r\n4) At least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE 'A' Level\r\n5) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL2241","ModuleTitle":"General History of China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"An essential module for students majoring in Chinese Studies, this is a general survey of the socio-political and intellectual developments in China from ancient times to the Opium War (1842). The characteristics of each Chinese imperial dynasty and the relationship between China and other Asian countries will also be examined. The course is also offered to students across the University with an interest in the history of traditional China.","CrossModule":"CH2141","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must obtain:\r\n(i) At least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE ‘O’ Level, or (b) Chinese Language at GCE ‘AO’ Level (at GCE ‘A’ Level examination); OR\r\n(ii) At least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE ‘A’ Level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE ‘A’ Level; OR\r\n(iii) At least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE ‘A’ Level; OR\r\n(iv) At least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE ‘A’ Level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE ‘A’ Level.\r\n(v) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"CH2141 and CL2141","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL2280","ModuleTitle":"Basic Translation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to basics issues in the practice of translation and interpretation (both Chinese-English and English-Chinese). Students are exposed to different forms of writing and are trained to do written translation and consecutive interpretation. The course is conducted in an interactive manner and students are expected to actively participate in class discussion, language games and translation exercises during both lecture and tutorial. The course is practice-oriented and is intended for students who are bilingual (Chinese and English) and have an interest in the practice of translation and interpretation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"1) Exempted from NUS Qualifying English Test, or passed NUS Qualifying English Test, or exempted from further CELC Remedial English modules; AND\r\n2) Grade 'B4' and above in Higher Chinese (HCL) at GCE 'O' Level or Chinese (CL) at GCE 'AO'  Level; OR Grade 'C' and above in Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL2281","ModuleTitle":"Translation and Interpretation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This class aims to continue to give students practice in translation and interpretation. The course will focus on two areas: linguistic issues (grammar, semantic meaning) which must be dealt with in both oral and written translation, and cultural issues where there is a need for creative approaches to various non-standard forms of language which are found in poetry, cartoons, advertisements, and certain types of interpretation scenarios.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"1) Exempted from NUS Qualifying English Test, or passed NUS Qualifying English Test, or exempted from further CELC Remedial English modules; AND\r\n2) Grade 'B4' and above in Higher Chinese (HCL) at GCE 'O' Level or Chinese (CL) at GCE 'AO' Level; OR Grade 'C' and above in Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL3202","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Lexicology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module analyses the formation, meaning and historical development of Chinese words and idioms. Major topics to be covered include the nature of Chinese wordhood, the differences between Chinese words and Chinese phrases, the nature and characteristics of Chinese idioms, the historical origin of idiomatic expressions and other lexical categories, new words and their standardization, and various semantic relationship among words in Chinese. Preference will be given to students who have already taken CL1101E Introduction to Chinese Language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must obtain:\r\n1) At least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE 'O' Level, or (b) Chinese Language at GCE 'AO' Level (at GCE 'A' Level examination); OR\r\n2) At least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE 'A' Level; OR\r\n3) At least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level; OR\r\n4) At least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE 'A' Level.\r\n5) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL3205","ModuleTitle":"Topics on Chinese Linguistics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to introduce students to some selected topics in Chinese linguistics, such as contrastive analysis of Chinese and other languages (mainly English) or between Chinese dialects (at various levels: phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical, etc.), comparative rhetoric, language variation, standardization, language planning, etc. The above topics are also discussed from historical, social, and cultural perspectives, in addition to a descriptive one, whenever pertinent. Students are expected to carry out extensive fieldwork.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must obtain:\r\n1) At least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE 'O' Level, or (b) Chinese Language at GCE 'AO' Level (at GCE 'A' Level examination); OR\r\n2) At least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE 'A' Level; OR\r\n3) At least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level; OR\r\n4) At least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE 'A' Level.\r\n5) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL3210","ModuleTitle":"The Grammars and Lexicons of the Chinese Dialects","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"There are eight major dialects and hundreds of subdialects with their own grammatical features and special lexical items. This module is designed to help students appreciate the variety of the Chinese languages. The causes for this variations including historical immigrations, the distinct cognition of the\r\npeople of different areas, the unbalanced developments of the language, different cultures and geographic environments, etc. Regularities will be\r\ndrawn from different dialects. Also, the variations among different dialects reveal language universals among different languages.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Students must have obtained:\r\n1) at least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE ‘O’ level, or (b) Chinese Language at GCE ‘AO’ level (at GCE ‘A’ level examination); OR\r\n2) at least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE ‘A’ level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE ‘A’ level; OR\r\n3) at least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE ‘A’ level; OR\r\n4) at least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE ‘A’ level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE ‘A’ level.\r\n5) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CL3221","ModuleTitle":"Selected Readings in Chinese Verse","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims at promoting students' ability in reading and analyzing Chinese poetry. Various Chinese poetic themes, forms, styles and techniques are discussed through the analysis of selected poems of different periods. The course is provided for students who already have basic reading ability in classical Chinese and wish to advance their knowledge in Chinese rhymeprose and poetry.","CrossModule":"CH3221","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must obtain: \r\n1) At least a B4 for (a) Higher Chinese at GCE 'O' Level, or (b) Chinese Language at GCE 'AO' Level (at GCE 'A' Level examination); OR\r\n2) At least a pass for (a) Chinese at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Higher Chinese at GCE 'A' Level; OR \r\n3) At least C grade for Chinese Language (H1CL) at GCE 'A' Level;  OR \r\n4) At least a pass for (a) Chinese Language and Literature (H2CLL) at GCE 'A' Level, or (b) Chinese Language and Literature (H3CLL) at GCE 'A' Level. \r\n5) Equivalent qualifications may be accepted.","Preclusion":"CH3221","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL3284","ModuleTitle":"Literary Translation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce knowledge in translation strategies and literary translation. Students will have the opportunity to translate texts (both Chinese to English and English to Chinese) from fiction, drama and poetry. Being different from translation for technology and business, the concept of beauty, poetics and equivalence will be discussed in this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CL2280 or CL2281","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL3285","ModuleTitle":"Computer-Assisted Translation Tools","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce knowledge in the relationship between technology and the translation industry. Within the curriculum, students will learn a variety of computer-assisted translation tools and software that is useful for translation, including SDL Trados, SDL Multiterm, memoQ, Wordfast, Déjà Vu, Adobe Fireworks (only for functions that are applicable to translation practice) and Aegisub.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CL2280 or CL2281","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CL3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project.\r\n\r\nUROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed.\r\n\r\nUROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CLC2201","ModuleTitle":"Community Development Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"CHUA THIAN POH COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP CTR","ModuleDescription":"As social service organizations in Singapore move towards evidence-based practice, they need to conduct field research to better understand the communities that they work with, and to assess the impact of their community development programs. Students can therefore help the organizations to conduct the field research through this practicum, and in the process, address the organizations’ knowledge gaps and help the organizations to run more impactful community development programs.\n\nThe field research experience allows students to gain deep insights into complex community and social issues in Singapore, and appreciate the efforts expended by social service organizations in addressing these issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-1-0-8-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM1121","ModuleTitle":"Organic Chemistry 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the characteristic properties, methods of preparation, and reactions of alkanes/cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, benzene and other aromatic compounds, alkyl halides; alcohols; ethers; epoxides, phenols, aldehydes and ketones; carboxylic acids and their derivatives; amines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-2-3","Prerequisite":"'A' level or H2 pass in Chemistry or equivalent or CM1417/CM1417X","Preclusion":"CM1501 or CM1503 or CM1401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM1191","ModuleTitle":"Experiments in Chemistry 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This is a module designed for chemistry majors and deals with laboratory experiments on selected topics of basic chemistry prinicples with theoretical contents selected from CM1111, CM1121 and CM1131. The experiments are designed to strengthen the students’ understanding of basic organic,\ninorganic and physical chemistry. Upon completion of the module, students should have learnt some essential laboratory skills and be able to perform basic data processing and write lab reports. In addition to the aforementioned activities, CM1191 will also cover errors in chemical analysis which will be taught during the lectures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-6-0-2","Prerequisite":"H2/A-level Chemistry or its equivalent or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CM1401","ModuleTitle":"Chemistry for Life Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This is a chemistry module catered for Life Sciences students and deals primarily with the basic principles to understand the structure and reactivity of organic molecules, towards the syntheses of functional molecules and basic analytical techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"GCE 'A' level or H2 pass in Chemistry or equivalent or CM1417/CM1417X","Preclusion":"CM1121 or CM1402 or CM1501","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM1402","ModuleTitle":"General Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This is a chemistry module designed for non-chemistry majors and deals primarily with basic principles of structure and bonding, thermodynamics, kinetics, basic analytical techniques, properties and reactions of organic functional groups and chemistry of main group elements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-2-3","Prerequisite":"GCE 'A' level or H2 pass in Chemistry or equivalent or CM1417 /CM1417X","Preclusion":"CM1401 – Chemistry for Life Sciences","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM1502","ModuleTitle":"General and Physical Chemistry for Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces some basic principles of general and physical chemistry to engineering students. Topics covered include atomic and molecular structures, spectroscopies and their applications, bonding and interactions in interfaces and materials, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, common molecules and their transformations especially in chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The purpose is to provide engineering students the foundations in important concepts and principles of chemistry, with an emphasis on practical applications in engineering and technology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-2-2-3","Prerequisite":"'A' level or H2 pass in Chemistry or equivalent or CM1417 /CM1417X","Preclusion":"Chemistry majors, CM1502FC or CM1502X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM1502X","ModuleTitle":"General and Physical Chemistry for Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces some basic principles of general and physical chemistry to engineering students. Topics covered include atomic and molecular structures, spectroscopies and their applications, bonding and interactions in interfaces and materials, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, common molecules and their transformations especially in chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The purpose is to provide engineering students the foundations in important concepts and principles of chemistry, with an emphasis on practical applications in engineering and technology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-3-0-3","Prerequisite":"'A' level or H2 pass in Chemistry or equivalent or CM1417 /CM1417X","Preclusion":"CM1502, CM1502FC, Chemistry majors","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM2101","ModuleTitle":"Physical Chemistry 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"In this course, the basic ideas and applications of various types of spectroscopy will be taught in a concerted manner, with discussions on some basic applications of these techniques. Topics discussed include microwave spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, electronic spectroscopy, electron and nuclear spin resonance spectroscopy. The fundamental principles such as energy quantization, rigid rotors and harmonic oscillators are discussed, the techniques and instrumentation are studied, and the practical applications are emphasized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-2-3","Prerequisite":"CM1131 Physical Chemistry 1","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM2111","ModuleTitle":"Inorganic Chemistry 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Structure and properties of solids; coordination chemistry: nomenclature, stability constants and isomerism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-2-3","Prerequisite":"CM1111","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CM2121","ModuleTitle":"Organic Chemistry 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Functional group transformation; disconnection approach to synthesis; synthesis of polyfunctional organic molecules, stereochemistry and reaction mechanisms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-2-3","Prerequisite":"CM1121 or by department approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM2191","ModuleTitle":"Experiments in Chemistry 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-5-0-4","Prerequisite":"CM1191 or by department approval.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CM2192","ModuleTitle":"Experiments in Chemistry 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-6-0-2","Prerequisite":"CM1191 or by department approval.","Preclusion":"CM2142","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM2288","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Chemistry I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"CM1111 or CM1121or CM1131; AND Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM2289","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS In Chemistry II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"CM1111 or CM1121 or CM1131; and Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3201","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Chemical Processes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introduction to the Chemical Industry and related process industries like the Food Processing and Pharmaceutical Industries, or Petroleum Refining. Process analysis and mass and energy balances of simple and complex systems are covered, including recycle and purge streams. Systems without and with chemical transformations will be treated for batch and steady state flow processes. The concept of unit operations is\r\nintroduced. Thermal processes (e.g., heat transfer and separation by distillation) will be treated in greater depth. The design of new products and processes is emphasised as an important aspect of the work of an industrial chemist.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-2-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"CM1131, CM2101 and MA1421/MA1102R","Preclusion":"CN1111, CM1161, CM2161","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3222","ModuleTitle":"Organic Reaction Mechanisms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the study of a selected series of organic reactions involving reactive intermediates and/or molecular rearrangements. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of their reaction mechanisms. These will include rearrangement reactions involving carbocations and carbenes as intermediates. Stereoelectronic\r\nproperties leading to fragmentation reactions will be introduced. Reactions initiated by radicals will be covered. Comprehensive discussions on rules and stereochemical consequences in pericyclic reactions will be given. The synthetic applications of all the above reactions will be illustrated.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CM2121","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3225","ModuleTitle":"Biomolecules","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"An introduction on the four major classes of biomolecules in life: nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and fatty acids will be given. The bioorganic aspects of these molecules, e.g. how proteins behaves, how DNAs are damaged and repaired, how enzymes catalyze chemical transformations, and how drugs are\r\ndeveloped, will be discussed. Fundamentals in biochemistry and physical methods for bioorganic chemistry will be introduced. Basic concepts in how to synthesize biologically active compounds in drug discovery through combinatorial\r\nchemistry will be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CM2121","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3232","ModuleTitle":"Phy Chem of the Solid State & Interfaces","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Solid state chemistry-crystal structures, defects. Elements of interface chemistry;interfaces of liquid-gas, liquid-liquid, solid-gas, and solid-liquid.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CM2101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3251","ModuleTitle":"Nanochemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This multidisciplinary module provides an in-depth view of the synthesis, characterisation and application of nanostructures using chemical routes. Necessarily, it will incorporate various concepts from colloidal chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, polymer chemistry and electrochemistry, etc. The application of these concepts in nanoscale synthesis will be emphasized and presented in a cohesive manner. The module also highlights the applications of nanostructures such as quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanorods, nanowires, etc. in the areas of biosensors, bioimaging, LEDs and photonic crystals, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-1-4","Prerequisite":"SP2251","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3253","ModuleTitle":"Materials Chemistry 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Fundamentals of solid state chemistry will first cover the  primary and secondary types of bonding in solids followed by lattice energy in ionic solids. Crystalline solids and their crystal structure will be studied. Metals, insulators and semiconductors will be distinguished using the band theory of solids. Defects occur in crystals – point, line and surface – and their effects on properties of solid materials will be explained. Factors affecting crystallization and glass formation, and different components of glasses and their uses will be discussed. Formation of different types of glasses and their applications will be highlighted.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-1-4","Prerequisite":"CM1131 and CM2111","Preclusion":"CM2263 and CM3262","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3288","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Chemistry I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3289","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Chemistry II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3291","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Experiments In Organic & Inorganic Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Laboratory work in Inorganic and Organic chemistry. 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Topics on forensic identification and criminalistics includes crime scene investigation, nature of physical evidence, characteristics of evidence, an in-depth study of glass and fibre as sources of evidence in criminalistics investigations. For DNA profiling, this module would focus on screening methods for biological materials, the various instrumentation platforms and the application of forensic DNA in Singapore crime cases. In narcotics, the topics covered include forensic drug analysis and legislation, clandestine drug manufacturing, drug metabolism and analysis of urine for drug abuse. For toxicology, an in-depth study of toxicological analysis will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"GEK1542","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM3312","ModuleTitle":"Enhanced Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"In addition to having an academic science foundation, students with good soft skills and some industrial attachment or internship experiences often stand a better chance when seeking for jobs. This module gives Science students the opportunity to acquire work experience via internships during their undergraduate study.\r\n\r\nThe module requires students to compete for position and perform a structured internship in a company/institution for 16-20 weeks during regular semester.\r\n\r\nThrough regular meetings with the Academic Advisor (AA) and internship Supervisor, students learn how knowledge acquired in the curriculum can be transferred to perform technical/practical assignments in an actual working environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed 3 regular semesters of study, have declared Chemistry as first major and have completed a minimum of 32 MCs in Chemistry major at time of application.","Preclusion":"XX3312 modules offered in Science, where XX stands for the subject prefix for the respective major.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4199A","ModuleTitle":"Honours Project in Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to introduce students to the components of independent research e.g. literature review, experimental techniques, data collection and treatment, etc. After completion of this module a student should be able to analyse a specific problem and to design and perform suitable experiments which will lead to its solution.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"At least an overall CAP of 3.50, on fulfillment of 100MC or more; and major requirements under the B.Sc. programme. ( Only for students entering NUS in or after 2002 ). Students from Cohort 2012 and onwards should have  at least an overall CAP of 3.20, on fulfillment of 100MC or more; and major requirements under the B.Sc. programme.","Preclusion":"CM4299","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4201","ModuleTitle":"DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MODERN CHEMISTRY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"The student pursuing this module are expected to work under the direction of one of the faculty members of the Department of Chemistry.\r\n \r\nThe students will conduct independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing under the direction of the faculty member. The course grade is usually based on a written report and two seminars covering the research.\r\n \r\nThe teaching objective of the module is for faculty members with expertise in relevant fields of chemical research to impart knowledge on, provide guidance to and stimulate creative thinking of students with interest in modern chemistry. The students are expected to gain in-depth understanding of the chosen topic through discussions/meetings with the faculty members, his/her own research work, and preparation and presentation of written/oral reports. Each student is assigned at least one adviser from the faculty. The student should meet with his/her adviser at the beginning of the semester. The adviser and student will select a topic for investigation within the advisers area of expertise. For example, the assignment might require the students to read some recent journal articles or chapters in selected books. During subsequent meetings, the student and adviser will discuss the material and related issues. The student will then prepare a brief written report summarizing the background and significance of the problem under consideration, the approaches used to solve the problem, and the results of the investigations reported in the articles or books. The written report is due at the end of the semester. The student will also be required to make two oral presentations (one around the middle of the semester, and another one at the end of the semester) to show his or her understanding of the problem, and what he or she has read.\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-0-8","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4212","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Organometallic Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"The student will acquire an understanding of the various classes of organometallic compounds, the nature of their bonding, synthetic methodology and characterisation techniques, the principles of homogeneous catalysis, the catalytic cycles and the mechanisms of the different catalytic processes of transition metals, and use of the isolobal analogy. Topics covered include ?-complexes; ?-complexes; clusters and metal-metal bonding; Wade-Mingos rules for e-counting, isolobal relationships. Reactions of organometallic compounds - ligand substitution, coordinative, addition/ligand dissociation, oxidative addition/reductive elimination, insertion)/deinsertion, nucleophilic addition and abstraction, electrophilic reactions. Synthetic applications - metal alkyls & hydrides, insertions, protection/deprotection and activation, coupling and cyclization reactions. Homogeneous catalysis. The module is directed towards students majoring in chemistry and related disciplines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CM3211 or CM3212","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4214","ModuleTitle":"Structural Methods in Inorganic Chem","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the commonly used methods to determine the structure of inorganic and organometallic compounds including symmetry operators, point groups and irreducible representations; Raman or IR active vibrational modes; the\r\nprinciples and theories of single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction techniques; assessment of quality of published crystal structures; NMR as a powerful diagnostic tool to determine structures and fluxional mechanisms. High resolution mass spectrometry, electron paramagnetic resonance and Mossbauer spectroscopy may be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CM3211 or CM3212","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4228","ModuleTitle":"Catalysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the principles and characteristics of heterogeneous, homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis. Reaction cycles are analysed at the molecular level, and a microkinetic approach is used to describe the processes. Selected industrial processes and commercial devices are discussed to illustrate practical applications of the studied topics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-2-3","Prerequisite":"CM2121","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4238","ModuleTitle":"Selected Topics in Physical Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Several topics highlighting physical chemistry principles such as thermodynamics, spectroscopy, kinetics and quantum chemistry will be covered. In photochemistry, kinetics and quantum chemistry are used to illustrate how quantization and energy level interactions lead to different radiative processes and rates of excited and ground state reactions. The use of spectroscopy yields the precise determination of reaction rates. In the chemistry of liquids, thermodynamics will be heavily featured in describing intermolecular potentials in liquids and colloids. In biophysical chemistry, the thermodynamics and kinetics of biomolecules together with spectroscopic techniques used to determine their interactions will also be included.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"CM2101","Preclusion":"CM4236 or CM4237","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4241","ModuleTitle":"Trace Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"At the end of this module, you should be able to identify the major sources of errors in trace analysis, understand the advantages and limitations of sample preparation and detection techniques, and be able to design a suitable method for the analysis of a given sample by taking into account the sample matrix, properties and concentration. Topics discussed include analysis at trace levels: general considerations and principles, sampling, sample preparation and sample pretreatment; selected advanced techniques of extraction and detection, applications in environmental, biomedical, etc. analyses; chemosensors and biosensors. The module is directed towards students majoring in chemistry and related disciplines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CM3242 or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4252","ModuleTitle":"Polymer Chemistry 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module prepares the students for the polymer related industry. It covers the chemistry of polymer degradation under the influence of heat, oxygen and UV light and ways of retardation. The science and technology of elastomers or rubber like polymeric materials will be discussed and compared to solid plastics. The synthesis, properties and applications of contemporary engineering and specialty polymers and the role of additives in plastics will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-1-4","Prerequisite":"CM3252","Preclusion":"CM4264, CM4265, CM4266, CM4268","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4253","ModuleTitle":"Materials Chemistry 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to discuss important contemporary topics in the field of materials chemistry, e.g. nanostructured materials, hybrid composites, and polymeric materials as active components in electronic applications. Self-assembly of monolayers on metal surfaces and semiconductors, and other nanostructures (carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, grapheme) will be covered. Material synthesis, processability in device matrix and stability will be emphasized, together with structure performance relationship. Formal teaching may be accompanied by presentations and case studies delivered by selected Industry researchers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-1-4","Prerequisite":"CM3253","Preclusion":"CM4266","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4258","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Polymer Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module will be focused on some advanced topics which are not covered in basic polymer science. The topics include:\n\n(1)    new polymerization methods (e.g. controlled radical polymerization, metallocene polymerization and olefin metathesis polymerization);\n\n(2)    block copolymers and their applications;\n\n(3)    dendritic macromolecules;\n\n(4)    naturally occurring polymers and biopolymers;\n\n(5)    inorganic and organometallic polymers;\n\n(6)    supramolecular polymers and smart polymers;\n\n(7)    conducting polymers and their applications","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"CM3252","Preclusion":"CM4268","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4271","ModuleTitle":"MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module builds on the module Biomolecules (CM3225) as well as Organic Chemistry (CM 2121). A major focus will be directed towards the identification and chemical optimization of drug molecules. It will be accompanied by presentations and case studies delivered by selected researchers from Pharmaceutical Industry. \r\nThe following aspects will be covered:\r\n1)\tThe role of the chemist in the drug discovery process\r\n2)\tTarget Selection\r\n3)\tSelection of chemical starting points via virtual     screening techniques\r\n4)\tDesign of compound libraries\r\n5)\tTranslation of ADME-Tox data into new chemical entities\r\n6)\t Intellectual property for medicinal chemists\r\nThe module is suited for advanced students majoring in chemistry or applied chemistry.\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"CM2121 and CM3225","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4282","ModuleTitle":"Energy Resources","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module comprises of a physico-chemical study of the energy resources and the environmental and economic implications of their exploitation. Following the history of \r\nenergy consumption, the current situation is summarized, and the implications of the continuation of the status quo identified. Concepts of fitness for purpose, and \r\nenvironmental and economic sustainability are explored. Key technologies areas cover generation, use efficiency, and storage and transmission. These are illustrated with quantitative case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CM1131 and CM1111","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM4299","ModuleTitle":"Applied Project in Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"For Bachelor of Science (Honours) students to participate full-time in a six-month-long project in an applied context that culminates in a project presentation and report.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CM4199A, CM4199B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5100","ModuleTitle":"M.SC. PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This is a project-based module. The student will\nundertake a one year course of independent\nresearch on an advanced topic in chemistry under\nthe direction of an academic staff member. In\naddition, the student is required to perform any\npreparatory course in laboratory techniques which\nthe Department deems necessary.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-10-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CM5100A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5100A","ModuleTitle":"Advanced MSc Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This is a project-based module. The student will\nundertake a one year course of independent\nsupervised research on an advanced topic in\nchemistry under the direction of an academic staff\nmember. In addition, the student is required to\nperform any preparatory course in laboratory\ntechniques which the Department deemed\nnecessary.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"0-0-20-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CM5100","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5152","ModuleTitle":"Water Chemistry and Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides comprehensive discussions on various fundamentals and the latest issues concerning water chemistry and environment. Topics covered include: (1) Water use and processes; Impacts of water use on\r\nthe environment; Economics of water use and conservation, Environmental services and regulatory frameworks; (2) Water quality and monitoring -\r\nContemporary issues of water contaminants; Modern analytical chemistry of water, specifically on miniaturized approaches, and field or onsite analysis; (3) Chemistry and materials for modern water treatment, cleanup and remediation; Water as a reaction media and green chemistry applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-1-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CM5244 Advanced Topics in Environmental Chemistry","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5161","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Chemical Laboratory Safety","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This multidisciplinary module provides a broad coverage on safety-related issues in our laboratories. The main objective of this module is to introduce potential hazards and various safety measures which can be adopted to prevent accidents or personal injuries. Topics such as personal protection, safe handling and disposal of various chemicals, standard operating procedures, risk assessment, emergency measures and first aid practices will be introduced. Legislation and laws pertaining to workplace safety will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5198","ModuleTitle":"Graduate Seminar Module in Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2016/2017. The main purpose of this module is to help graduate students to improve their scientific communication skills, in the form of writing and presentation, and to participate in scientific seminars/exchanges in a professional manner. Students would be introduced to the different types of scientific communication modalities that chemistry researchers used to communicate scientific ideas. This includes seminar-style presentation, manuscript writing as well as posters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Registered as a Graduate Student in the Department of Chemistry in either one of the following programmes:\n1) PhD in Chemistry\n2) MSc by Research in Chemistry\n3) MSc by Coursework in Chemistry","Preclusion":"Graduate seminar modules by other departments","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5199","ModuleTitle":"M.Sc. 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The R&D project is concluded with a written\r\nreport and an oral examination.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5212","ModuleTitle":"Crystal Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the basic understanding of intermolecular interactions in the context of crystal packing and how to utilize these weak supramolecular interations in the design of new solids with desired physical and chemical\r\nproperties. Hence this is an interdisciplinary subject which encompasses physics, chemistry, materials and pharmaceuticals.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CM4214 or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5225","ModuleTitle":"Asymmetric Catalysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module builds on the principles and concepts introduced in CM4228. It addresses the major concepts in asymmetric catalysis. To module will introduce students to enantiomeric purity, absolute stereochemistry and resolution. In addition, it will concentrate on chiral pool and chiral auxilaries, chiral reagents and chiral catalysis, substrate control and asymmetric synthesis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"CM4228 Catalysis or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5237","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide essential knowledge of fundamental photon-molecule interactions and novel laser based techniques that are important for frontier research.  Topics include organic photophysics and photochemistry, laser fundamentals, linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy, time resolved spectroscopy, single molecule spectroscopy, fulorescence and Raman microscopy, femtochemistry, laser reaction control and optical manipulation, laser applications in biochemistry and medicine, optical properties of novel materials and some optoelectronic applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5244","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Environmental Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This is an elective analytical chemistry module which aims to give students a working knowledge of environmental chemistry in the industrial and regulatory environment, including specific knowledge of modern topics concerning air, water and land pollutions. After reading this module, students will have an understanding of analytical methods employed for analyses of different types of environmental samples, knowledge on proper environmental sampling methodologies and adapt existing procedures and regulations in environmental problem-solving.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5245","ModuleTitle":"BIOANALYTICALCHEMISTRY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This is an elective analytical module which addresses the basics in the latest bioanalytical techniques and thise which are just emerging.  It is aimed at students who are interested in the applications of modern analytical techniques for bioanalytical research and development.  The module will acquaint students with background knowledge of advanced and specialized bioanalytical techniques, with elaboration on the materials aspects employed in these techniques.  Coverage is aimed more at breadth rather than depth but without sacrificing the fundamental rigors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CM5262","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Materials Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to discuss important contemporary topics in the field of Materials Chemistry, e.g. nanostructured materials, hybrid composites, macromolecular materials, biocomposites, biocompatible materials, fibrous materials, etc. These are materials that we encounter in day-to-day life. The chemistry of their formation, stability as well as the relationship between their structures and properties will be emphasized. After taking this module, students should have a good fundamental knowledge and understanding of how to design and to fabricate useful devices such as LEDs, optical switches, modulators, and dispersion compensators.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"By permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN1102","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Engineering Principles and Practice II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module  is  the  second  part of  a  two-part  module designed    to    provide    first    year    Chemical    and Biomolecular Engineering students with an experiential exposure to the foundational concepts of Biomolecular/Biochemical/Bioprocess Engineering, including mass  and  energy  balances,  biosafety  and sterile handling, bioreaction kinetics, bioreactor design, downstream  processing  and  purification,  biosystems modelling  and  optimization,  etc.,  through  a  series  of hands-on  experimental laboratories. In  the  laboratory, they   will   learn   to   carry   out   measurement,   data collection,    analysis,    modelling, interpretation    and presentation.  The  laboratory  sessions  will  be  blended with  real  engineering  applications  of  industrial  and societal relevance to Singapore\n.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"2-3-4-2-1-3","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"CN1111E","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Engineering Principles","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Students will be introduced to an overview of the chemical process industry and a discussion of several significant examples. The core of the module covers the details of steady state material and energy balance, including recycle, purge, phase change and chemical reaction. The concepts are extended to simultaneous mass and energy balances and unsteady state balances. The module is targeted at first-year part-time chemical engineering students with some working knowledge in the chemical industries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TC1101, TCN1111","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CN2108","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Engineering Process Laboratory I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Students learn practical experience with laboratory-scale experiments as well as team work and technical communication through report writing and oral examination. The experiments are related to chemical engineering thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat & mass transfer, particle technology and bioanalytics. Also, students learn the use of safety equipment, safe procedures for handling biological and hazardous waste, assembly and disassembly of equipment, fault diagnosis, understanding and operation of thermocouples and flow meters, instrumental analysis, data logging and processing, operation of process plant items, error analysis and data validation. This module is targeted at level 2 chemical engineering students, who will do experiments in six sessions of five hours each, during the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-2.5-0-2.5","Prerequisite":"CN2121, CN2122, LSM1401","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN2116","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Kinetics & Reactor Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module begins with a revision of chemical kinetics and thermodynamics emphasizing on the different definitions of reaction rates, rate expressions, and simple and complex reactions. The design equations for ideal reactors are then introduced followed by the general methods of analysis of rate data. Reactor sequencing, yield versus productivity considerations in multiple reactions, and nonisothermal operations round up the first half of the course. More advanced topics such as residence time distributions in reactors, kinetics of catalytic reactions and catalyst deactivation, coupling of chemical reactions with transport processes, form the bulk of the second half of the course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-5.5-3","Prerequisite":"CN1111/CN1111FC/CN1111X","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"CN2125"},{"ModuleCode":"CN2116E","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Kinetics And Reactor Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The module covers the basic principles of chemical kinetics of both homogeneous (single phase) and heterogeneous (multi-phases) reaction systems and reactor design. Module contents include classification of chemical reactions, stoichiometry, chemical kinetics and reaction mechanism of both homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, simple and multiple reactions, selectivity, yield and product distribution, definition and derivation of performance equations of ideal reactors (ideal batch, plug and constant stirred tank reactors), rate data collection and treatment, recycle and multiple reactors, temperature effects, heterogeneous reaction systems (fluid-fluid, fluid solid and catalytic reactions), identification and analysis of rate processes, concentration profile and overall rate equation, pore diffusion in porous catalysts, deactivation, reactor configuration and design, Basic introduction to non-ideal flow and residence time\r\ndistribution analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"TC1101/ CN1111E","Preclusion":"TC2106/ TCN2116","Corequisite":"TC2115/ CN2125E"},{"ModuleCode":"CN2121","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with an understanding of the basic laws and concepts of thermodynamics for applying to analyze chemical engineering problems. The basic definition, applications and limitations of chemical engineering thermodynamics are first introduced followed by a review of basic laws, properties and concepts of thermodynamics. The application of basic concepts of energy conversion is extended to refrigeration and liquefaction processes. The development and discussion of thermodynamic property relations for systems of constant and variable compositions are covered in detail. The developed property relationships together with the basic laws are then applied to the analysis of the various equilibrium problems in chemical engineering such as vapour-liquid, vapour-liquid-liquid, liquid-liquid, solid-liquid and chemical reaction equilibria. This module is targeted at level 2 chemical engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0.5-6.5","Prerequisite":"CN1111FC/CN1111/CN1111X, CM1502","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN2122","ModuleTitle":"Fluid Mechanics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module considers the classification of fluids and their properties, followed by the analysis of static fluid. The integral and differential forms of the fundamental equations ? Continuity, Momentum and Energy equations are then studied. The concept of momentum transfer by the shear stress is introduced in this course. Dimensional analysis and model theory are studied. The concept about boundary layer theory, flow with pressure gradient, viscous flow and turbulence are also described. Practical aspect involves the consideration of flows in closed conduits. At the end of the course, basic concepts regarding fluid machinery are also covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"MA1505, MA1506","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN2125","ModuleTitle":"Heat & Mass Transfer","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course considers three modes of heat transfer, namely, conduction, convection, and radiation.  For heat conduction, both steady and unsteady states are examined. These are followed by analyses for convective heat transfer and heat transfer with phase change, and subsequently radiative heat transfer. Heat exchangers and their design are discussed. Steady and unsteady-state molecular diffusion is studied, while convective mass transfer is analyzed using exact and approximate integral analysis. Finally, analogies between mass, heat and momentum transfer are discussed leading to the concept of transport phenomena.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2.5-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"CN2122"},{"ModuleCode":"CN2125E","ModuleTitle":"Heat And Mass Transfer","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Students will learn the fundamental principles of heat and mass transfer relevant to the chemical engineering discipline. This course considers three modes of heat transfer, namely, conduction, convection, and radiation. For heat conduction, both steady and unsteady states are examined. These are followed by an analysis for convective heat transfer and heat transfer with phase change and subsequently radiation heat transfer. Steady and unsteadystate molecular diffusion is studied, while convective mass transfer is analyzed using exact and approximate integral analysis. Finally, analogies between mass, heat and momentum transfer is discussed to integrate the concept of transport phenomena.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"TC2112/ CN2122E","Preclusion":"TC2115, TCN2125","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CN3108","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Engineering Process Laboratory II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the second laboratory experience to students, in chemical engineering processes and biologics manufacturing. Teamwork, technical communication skills, oral presentation and problem solving skills are further emphasised. The experiments covered are related to chemical kinetics and reactors, heat and mass transfer, particle technology, and biologics manufacturing. The importance of safety continues to be emphasised through rigorous implementation of proper operational and waste disposal procedures. The practical experience in fault diagnosis, instrumental analysis, data logging and processing, error analysis and data validation, and operation of process units gained in CN2108 are reinforced and extended further.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-4-0-6","Prerequisite":"CN2108, CN2116, CN2125, CN3124","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN3109","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Engineering Process Laboratory III","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides practical experience to students in process dynamics and control, mass transfer and separation processes. It also strengthens teamwork, technical writing and oral presentation skills, and problem solving skills of students. The importance of safety continues to be emphasised through rigorous implementation of proper operational and waste disposal procedures. The practical experience in fault diagnosis, instrumental analysis, data logging and processing, error analysis and data validation, and operation of process units gained in CN2108 and CN3108 are reinforced and extended further. Students do four experiments (each in two 4-hour sessions) during the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-2.5-0-2.5","Prerequisite":"CN3121, CN3132","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN3124","ModuleTitle":"Fluid-Solid Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with the basic concepts for physical processes: filtration, sedimentation, centrifugation, fluidisation and crystallisation. Particulate solids are characterised in terms of size, size distribution, measurement and analysis and processing. The concepts of fluid flowand particle settling, as well as particle size are used for design and operation of some important fluid-particle separation methods. The principle of fluidisation and its applications to reactors and pneumatic transport of solids are also included.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-1-0-1-3.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"CN2122"},{"ModuleCode":"CN3124E","ModuleTitle":"Particle Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with the basic concepts for physical processes such as filtration, sedimentation, centrifugation, fluidization, gas cleaning and other topics on flow and dynamics of particulate systems. Particulate solids are characterized in terms of size, size distribution, measurement and analysis and processing such as comminution and mixing. The concept of fluid flow and particle settling are used for design and operation of some important fluid-particle separation methods. The principle of fluidization and its applications as pneumatic transport of solids are also included. This is a core module targeted at the students with background in fluid mechanics in BTech Chemical Engineering program.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0.5-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"TC2112/ CN2122E","Preclusion":"TC3114, TCN3124","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CN3132","ModuleTitle":"Separation Processes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In this module, equilibrium stage and rate-based design concepts in separation processes are introduced. Starting from simple single stage, binary separation, the theoretical treatment is extended to multi-component, multi-stage processes. After brief introduction to inter-phase mass transfer, basic concepts in rate-based design for the more important separation processes such as absorption and distillation are illustrated. The rate-based design concept is then extended to operations involving simultaneous heat and mass transfer such as in cooling tower and dryer.  The process design principles are illustrated with distillation, absorption, extraction, adsorption, cooling tower and drying processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-7.5","Prerequisite":"CN1111FC/CN1111/CN1111X, CN2125","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN3135","ModuleTitle":"Process Safety, Health and Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide fundamental concepts and methods for the design and operation of safe plants. The students will gain a thorough understanding of chemical process hazards, their identification, their potential effects on safety, health, and the environment, and methods of assessment and control. Emphasis is placed on the integrated management of safety, health, and environmental sustainability.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-1-0-2-2.5","Prerequisite":"CN2121 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics\r\nCN2122 Fluid Mechanics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CN3421","ModuleTitle":"Process Modeling And Numerical Simulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces model formulation for various chemical and environmental processes and numerical techniques in solving the associated algebraic and differential equations. Students also learn data sampling and analysis, hypothesis testing and experimental design essential for today?s chemical and environmental engineers. This course covers the formulation of process models and necessary numerical techniques for solving the model equations arising in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering, transport phenomena, and process systems engineering. The numerical techniques include methods for solving systems of linear and non-linear algebraic equations and systems of linear and non-linear ordinary and partial differential equations. Direct and iterative techniques, numerical differentiation and integration, error propagation, convergence and stability analysis are taught, followed by basic concepts of probability, discrete and continuous random variables, expected values, joint probability distributions, and independence. Hypothesis testing, least square regression, experimental design and sensitivity analysis are also introduced. This module is targeted at level 3 chemical and environmental engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1.5-5.5","Prerequisite":"MA1505 and MA1506 and CN1111/CN1111FC/CN1111X","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"CN2116"},{"ModuleCode":"CN4118","ModuleTitle":"B.Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The project aims to provide students with training for scientific or technical research. The module involves an assignment of a research project, equipment training and safety education. Students need to spend at least one full day per week on the project under the guidance of the project supervisor and co-supervisor. A thesis is required at the end of the semester, including literature survey, materials and method, results and discussion, and suggestions for further study. A poster presentation is also required. This module is targeted at all level 4 chemical engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-1-12-0-7","Prerequisite":"CN3108 - Chemical Engineering Process Laboratory II and at least 4 of the 5 core modules:\r\nCN3121 - Process Dynamics and Control\r\nCN3124 - Fluid-Solid Systems\r\nCN3132 - Separation Processes\r\nCN3135 - Process Safety, Health & Environment\r\nCN3421 - Process Modelling and Numerical Simulation\r\nor approval by the Head of the Department","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4118E","ModuleTitle":"B.Tech. 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This module is targeted at all level 4 engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-0-0-25-0","Prerequisite":"TC1401 & TC1422 & CN1111E & TC1402/ TC2401 & TC2421 & CN2121E & CN2122E & CN2116E & CN2125E & CN3124E & CN3421E & CN3121E & CN3132E & CN4111E/CN3135E","Preclusion":"TC4118","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CN4118R","ModuleTitle":"B.Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The project aims to provide students with training for scientific or technical research. The module involves an assignment of a research project, equipment training and safety education. Students need to spend at least one full day per week on the project under the guidance of the project supervisor and co-supervisor. A thesis is required at the end of the semester, including literature survey, materials and method, results and discussion, and suggestions for further study. A poster presentation is also required. This module is targeted at all level 4 chemical engineering students.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-1-14-0-9","Prerequisite":"CN3108 and at least 4 of the 5 core modules: CN3121, CN3124, CN3132, CN3135 and CN3421, or approved by the Head of the Department","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4119E","ModuleTitle":"B.Tech. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with training for scientific/technical research. It involves an assignment of a research project and safety education. Equipment training will be provided, if required. Students need to spend at least ten hours per week on the project under the guidance of a project supervisor and/or co-supervisor. A thesis is required at the end of the project; it will include literature survey, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions and suggestions for further study. An oral presentation is also required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-12-8-0","Prerequisite":"All Level 3000 Essential Modules","Preclusion":"TCN4119","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CN4122","ModuleTitle":"Process Synthesis and Simulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide fundamentals and methods of of process synthesis and simulation, which are required for design of chemical processes/plants. Students learn a heuristic method for process development, simulation strategies, main steps in process design and rigorous process simulation using a commercial simulator through both lectures and many hands-on exercises. They will also learn detailed mechanical design of process equipment, cost estimation and profitability analysis of chemical\r\nprocesses.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-2-0-1.5-2","Prerequisite":"CN2116 Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design\r\nCN2121 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics\r\nCN3124 Particle Technology\r\nCN3132 Separation Processes","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4123","ModuleTitle":"Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In this capstone design project, students execute a group project to design a chemical production facility. They solve a practical design problem in the same way as might be expected in an industrial situation. Students develop and\r\nevaluate process flowsheet alternatives via rigorous simulation, perform preliminary sizing, analyze safety and hazards, and estimate costs and profitability. Further, they learn how to solve open-ended problems by making critical design decisions with sound scientific justification and giving due consideration to cost and safety. Project coordinators act as facilitators, and students work almost independently on the project and exercise their creativity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"7","Workload":"1-1-0-10.5-5","Prerequisite":"CN3135 Process Safety, Health and Environment\r\nCN3421 Process Modelling & Numerical Simulation\r\nCN4122 Process Synthesis and Simulation\r\nEG2401 Engineering Professionalism","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4123E","ModuleTitle":"Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"In this capstone design project, students execute a group project to design a chemical production facility. They solve a practical design problem in the same way as might be expected in an industrial situation. Students develop and\r\nevaluate process flowsheet alternatives via rigorous simulation, perform preliminary sizing, analyze safety and hazards, and estimate costs and profitability. Further, they learn how to solve open-ended problems by making critical\r\ndesign decisions with sound scientific justification and giving due consideration to cost and safety. Project coordinators act as facilitators, and students work almost independently on the project and exercise their creativity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"7","Workload":"1-1-0-10.5-5","Prerequisite":"CN3135E Process Safety, Health and Environment\r\nCN3421E Process Modelling & Numerical Simulation\r\nCN4122E Process Synthesis and Simulation\r\nTG2415 Ethics in Engineering","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4123R","ModuleTitle":"Final Year Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In this capstone design project, students execute a group project to design a chemical production facility. They solve a practical design problem in the same way as might be expected in an industrial situation. Students develop and\r\nevaluate process flowsheet alternatives via rigorous simulation, perform preliminary sizing, analyze safety and hazards, and estimate costs and profitability. Further, they learn how to solve open-ended problems by making critical design decisions with sound scientific justification and giving due consideration to cost and safety. Project coordinators act as facilitators, and students work almost independently on the project and exercise their creativity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"1-1-0-10.5-5","Prerequisite":"CN3135 Process Safety, Health and Environment\r\nCN3421 Process Modelling & Numerical Simulation\r\nCN4122 Process Synthesis and Simulation\r\nEG2401 Engineering Professionalism","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4205E","ModuleTitle":"Pinch Analysis and Process Integration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a working knowledge of selected techniques and software in pinch analysis and process integration as well as their application to chemical processes. The first part of the module covers pinch analysis for heat integration, including data extraction and energy\r\ntargeting, heat exchanger network design, integration of utilities, heat and power systems, and distillation columns. Application of pinch analysis to maximization of water re-use is also discussed. Another topic is data reconciliation and gross error detection, and their applications. This module is targeted at senior chemical engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"CN2125E Heat and Mass Transfer, CN3421E Process Modelling and Numerical Simulation.","Preclusion":"TCN4205","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4210E","ModuleTitle":"Membrane Science And Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces to students with various membrane sciences, technologies, and applications such as microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), reverse osmosis (RO) for water reuses and desalination, material design and gas separation for energy development, and membrane formation for asymmetric flat and hollow fiber membranes. Introduction of various membrane separation mechanisms will be given.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TC4210, TCN4210","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4221R","ModuleTitle":"Control of Industrial Processes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module will give students sound knowledge and appreciation of the development of plant-wide control (PWC) systems for chemical processes. The course will cover the systematic design of a regulatory control system with the aid of heuristics and computer-aided simulation tools. Students will be introduced to dynamic (real-time) simulation of chemical processes. Active learning techniques will be employed throughout. As part of the assessment, students will get to work hands-on with a project to design and simulate PWC systems for a chemical plant. Students are also assessed by means of a class test, and small individual assignments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-3.5-3","Prerequisite":"CN3121 Process Dynamics and Control\r\nCN4122 Process Synthesis and Simulation","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4223R","ModuleTitle":"Microelectronic Thin Films","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a working knowledge of thin film technology as this is applicable in the microelectronics industry. The emphasis is on the role of chemical and engineering science in materials processing. The module commences with an introduction to basic concepts in the kinetic theory of gases, thin film formation, vacuum technology and surface preparation. The next section covers a variety of thin film deposition techniques – physical as well as chemical. Thin film processing and patterning is the next subject of discussion. In particular, process operations relevant to semi-conductor device manufacture are covered. Diagnostics and characterisation of thin films is also presented with a view to familiarise students in state-of-the-art methodologies. The last part is devoted to an intensive study of thin film phenomena from a materials perspective. This module is targeted at level 4 chemical engineering students. \n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MLE1101 or EE2004 or EE3431C (MICROELECTRONICS MATERIALS AND DEVICES)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4227E","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Process Control","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The module provides a structured introduction to advanced process control concepts with emphasis on methods and techniques that are relevant for industrial practice. Advanced control strategies including feedforward control, ratio control, cascade control, inferential control, decentralized control systems and model predictive control techniques, as well as the representation of process in discrete-time control system and design of controllers, which will be covered. The learning experience of the students will be enhanced through projects that will require them to design advanced controllers for process systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"TC3111/ CN3121E","Preclusion":"TC4227, TCN4227","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CN4227R","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Process Control","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The first topic discusses the effect of model/plant mismatch on the closed-loop system, followed by the robust controller design method with the aim to maintain stability or/and achieve performance in the presence of the modelling error. As most chemical processes are multivariable in nature, the design issues related to multi-loop (or decentralised) and decoupling controllers are discussed in the next topic. For digital computer control topic, in many ways, the materials taught parallel those covered in CN3121. The last topic focuses on a powerful and modern control technique called as model predictive control that has received wide-spread use in the refining and chemical process industries.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"CN3121\r\n","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4233E","ModuleTitle":"Good Manufacturing Practices in Pharmaceutical Industry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The module covers topics pertaining to regulatory and quality issues associated with pharmaceutical production. The two main components of the module are: regulatory aspects of pharmaceutical manufacture and analytical techniques for quality control. The concept of GMP and its components including standard operating procedures, documentation, validation, organization and personnel, premises, equipment, production and quality control are covered in the first half of the module. The second part of the module introduces the students to the various analytical techniques employed in pharmaceutical industry to assess the quality of protein-based biologics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CN2122E Fluid Mechanics; CN2125E Heat and Mass\r\nTransfer","Preclusion":"CN4233R Good Manufacturing Practices in\nPharmaceutical Industry\nPR2143 Pharmaceutical Analysis for Quality Assurance\nPR3145 Compliance & Good Practices in Pharmacy\nPR4206 Industrial Pharmacy\nTCN4233","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4240E","ModuleTitle":"Unit Operations and Processes for Effluent Treatment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a working knowledge of unit operations and processes for the control of industrial effluent from the chemical process industries. The module begins with an overview of the characteristics of effluent from the chemical plant operations and its impact on the environment. Concepts on environmental sustainability and green processing particularly pertinent to the chemical industry will be covered, including techniques for waste minimization and pollution prevention. Finally, applications of process (physical, chemical and biological) for the treatment of effluent from plant facilities will be presented. Case studies from various industries will also be presented. 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Finally, applications of processes (physical, chemical and biological) for the treatment of effluent from plant facilities will be presented. Case studies from various industries will also be presented. This module is targeted at level 4 chemical engineering students.  \n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1401, CN2116, CN3124","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4242E","ModuleTitle":"Optimization of Chemical Processes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Students will learn the basic theories, methods and software for formulating and solving optimization problems relevant to chemical processes. They will study various methods of linear, nonlinear and mixed-integer linear programming, which would enable them to select and use appropriate algorithm and/or software for solving a given problem. They will also execute the various steps in optimization by solving selected practical problems via various case studies as well as a term project. 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The second part of the module focuses on the various methods of preparation, characterization and testing of industrial solid catalysts. The module ends with some case studies on how to select and design catalysts for industrially important processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TCN4246","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4246R","ModuleTitle":"Chemical and Bio Catalysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Students will learn the concepts of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis with increasing complexities, starting from those involving polymeric phases, enzyme pockets, up to those involving zeolite cages and complex oxide surfaces. To achieve these, students will learn catalytic cycles, catalyst structures, catalytic material synthesis and characterisation methods, reaction mechanisms, kinetics, transport phenomena (such as diffusion, mass transfer and heat transfer), and reaction engineering. Many reactions and catalysts of industrial importance will be emphasised throughout the module to illustrate these principles.  The students will then learn how to apply their accumulated knowledge of these principles to the design of novel catalysts.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-3-3.5","Prerequisite":"CN2116","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN4248","ModuleTitle":"Sustainable Process Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In this module, the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development and their engineering and social relevance in the development of chemical processes and products are introduced. The principles of green chemistry are presented. Clean energy and energy sustainability issues are objectively analyzed. This is followed by a detailed discussion on the developments in scientific methodologies for sustainable engineering design of processes. Concepts of product stewardship and product design are also introduced. The methodologies and concepts are enumerated with relevant case studies. The students demonstrate their understanding through continual assessment tests, and written reports and oral presentations on open-ended projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CN2116 and CN3132","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CN4250","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Product Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Many chemical companies are moving towards higher value-added specialty chemical products from commodities. This module prepares students with the\r\nexpertise of (higher-value-added) chemical product design for such  companies. It covers the basic methodology with illustrative examples from many areas such as active ingredients and personal-care products. The module involves active-learning lectures and student teaching (with feedback from the lecturer and peers) so that students will gain competence of thinking divergently and critically, and confidently solving open-ended problems through group discussion.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-3.5-3","Prerequisite":"CN2116 Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design\r\nCN3132 Separation Processes\r\nCN3135 Process Safety, Health and Environment","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"EG2401 Engineering Professionalism"},{"ModuleCode":"CN4251","ModuleTitle":"Troubleshooting with Case Studies for Process Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to produce chemical engineers who can contribute and increase the effectiveness of problem solving in the Chemical Process Industries. It introduces robust heuristics and a systematic approach to problem\nsolving, which combines critical and creative thinking with technical knowledge. The skill development is delivered through the presentation of various problem-solving\nstrategies and techniques, and by applying them to real case studies from a few diverse process industries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CN2116, CN2121, CN2125, CN3124, CN3132.","Preclusion":"N/A","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"CN5040","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED TRANSPORT PHENOMENA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Its objective is to introduce to the students the concept and theory of fluid mechanics, and heat and mass transfer at advanced level. This module starts with derivation of three conservation equations for momentum, energy and mass, and introduction of constitutive equations that relate fluxes to material properties and driving forces. Application and simplification of these basic equations for various cases is then followed. Various classical methods are learned to solve different problems. It is targeted at students who have interested in the three transports. Some background in engineering mathematics, fluid mechanics, and heat and mass transfer is beneficial.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN5050","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED SEPARATION PROCESSES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objective is to introduce the concept and theory of diffusion, and their application in the design and analysis of industrially important advanced separation processes. The module starts with a review of basic diffusion concepts and calculations followed by the impact of flow dynamics on diffusional mass transfer. These concepts are then applied to the understanding and design of absorption with chemical reaction, adsorption, and membrane separation processes. This is a postgraduate module targeted at students who are interested in design and/or operation of diffusional separation processes. Some background in equilibrium thermodynamics and principles of diffusion will be beneficial.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN5111","ModuleTitle":"OPTIMIZATION OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Students will learn the fundamentals, methods and software for formulating and solving optimization problems of relevance to chemical engineering. They will study various methods of linear/nonlinear and unconstrained/constrained programming, which would enable them to select and use appropriate solution algorithm and/or software for solving a given problem. They will also execute the various steps in optimization and demonstrate their acquired knowledge by solving a sufficiently complex practical problem of their own choice in a term project. 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The module first discusses drug requirements for different applications, and an overview of the downstream processes involved in obtaining an acceptable product quality. The general characteristics and fundamental principles of unit operations encountered in each of the major section of a downstream train are then discussed in detail: removal of insolubles, product isolation, high resolution techniques and product polishing. The current state of the research in some unit operations is also highlighted. The concepts covered are finally applied to a lab project. This module is targeted at graduate students who are interested in biopharmaceuticals production.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CN3132","Preclusion":"CN4231","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN5191","ModuleTitle":"Project Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to provide a step-by-step description and illustration of a project’s lifecycle in the chemical industry. Beginning with an overview of the chemical process industry (CPI) and project terminology, the module will discuss in detail the organization of projects, team composition and roles of various personnel, planning and scheduling of activities, project management tools, and plant operations. It will involve guest speakers from various industries and real-life cases studies. This module is targeted at students with a potential career interest in engineering and construction field.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CN4225","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN5193","ModuleTitle":"INSTRUMENTAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN5555","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Engineering Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module involves supervised project over two semesters, on a topic approved by the Department. The project work should relate to one of the sub-areas of chemical engineering: chemical engineering sciences, chemical and biological systems engineering, environmentally benign processing and sustainability, biomolecular and biomedical sciences, and nanostructured\r\nand functionalized materials/devices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-7-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CN5666","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Attachment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides engineering research students with\nwork attachment experience in a company","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN5999","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CN6163","ModuleTitle":"Inorganic Nanomaterials for Sustainability","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module begins with an introduction of how chemical engineering principles contribute to nanomaterials-driven sustainability. Following that is in-depth discourses on the\r\nfundamental concepts in the chemistry and physics of inorganic nanomaterials. Then, design of functional inorganic nanomaterials is introduced followed by the systematic discussion on synthesis, characterization, functionalization, properties and applications. Applications of these concepts would be realized in diverse, current and important sustainability topics such as inorganic nanomaterials for renewable energy generation and storage, green catalysis for fine chemicals, applications in environment and human health, and public concerns of inorganic nanomaterials exposure.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CN5020 Advanced Reaction Engineering, or CN5030 Advanced Chem Eng Thermodynamics, or equivalent, or Lecturers' Permission. 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A selection of examples\nwill be chosen to illustrate (a) application of abstraction,\ndecomposition and pattern recognition in problem\nformulation and solution development, and (b) solution\ninterpretation, as well as (c) analysis of the computational\nsolutions and data visualization. The selection will tackle\ndifferent types of approaches typically used in scientific\ncomputational thinking, including deterministic, probabilistic\nand approximation methods. The module will also highlight\nscientific computational issues such as accuracy and\nconvergence of numerical results. Python/Python Notebook\n(Jupyter) will be used as the computation platform.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-3-2-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CP3101A","ModuleTitle":"Global Open Source Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"This module is a part of an experimental global software engineering education initiative spearheaded by Stanford/Facebook. It is offered as part of the CP3101\r\nTopics in Computing series.\r\n\r\nStudent teams will be associated with a select group of open source software projects. These projects are characterized by being active in both development and utilization as well as being open to new and relatively inexperienced committers. They are also projects that are deemed to be relevant in today's software ecosystem. We also believe there is value in seeding awareness of how to contribute to open source projects like these among future technology leaders. Ideally there will also be some value from the development work student teams contribute back to the project as well.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"CS2103 or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CP3106","ModuleTitle":"Independent Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"--","Prerequisite":"[(CS2102 or CS2102S) and CS2105 and read (CS3214 or CS3215)] or IS3102 or IS4102 or CS3201 or CS3281 or CS4201 or CS4203","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CP3108A","ModuleTitle":"Independent Work","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-5-0","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"CS3108A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CP3108B","ModuleTitle":"Independent Work","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"CS3108B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CP3109","ModuleTitle":"Overseas Exploratory Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-2.5-2.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CS3109","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CP3200","ModuleTitle":"Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"The IT industry and related businesses are developing rapidly for which students need to have an opportunity to expose themselves to the latest industry developments. This internship module requires students to work in a\r\ncompany for a period of three months. Their progress on projects will be monitored during attachment, and their performance will be graded as “Completed\r\nSatisfactory/Completed Unsatisfactory (CS/CU)” at the end of the attachment, based on the final project report. During the attachment, students are not expected to take other modules offered by the university.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"0-0-0-15-0","Prerequisite":"Students can only take this module after completing 70\r\nMCs. 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With two internships, the student will be able to experience work in two distinct types of organizations, such as a start-up and a MNC, or in two different industries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"0-0-0-15-0","Prerequisite":"CP3200 Internship","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CP3208","ModuleTitle":"Undergraduate Research in Computing I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"The module (together with CP3209) is part of the UROP (Computing) project. The objective of this module and the UROP (Computing) project in general, is to provide an opportunity for talented students to undertake a substantial research project under the supervision of faculty members of the School of Computing. Through this research collaboration, the student will get to experience at first hand the challenges and exhilaration of research, discovery and invention. This module should be followed by CS3209 to complete the UROP (Computing) project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"--","Prerequisite":"SoC students who have passed at least 60 MCs and with approval from respective department.","Preclusion":"CS3208","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CP3209","ModuleTitle":"Undergraduate Research in Computing II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"--","Prerequisite":"CS2309","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CP3880","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Technology Attachment Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"--","Prerequisite":"(IS2101 Business and Technical Communication or CS2101 Effective Communication for Computing Professionals or their equivalents)\r\nand\r\n(CS2103/CS2103T Software Engineering or IS2103 Enterprise Systems Development Concepts or IS2150 E-Business Design and Implementation or BT2101 IT and Decision Making)","Preclusion":"EG3601","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CP4101","ModuleTitle":"B.Comp. 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The paper should be self-contained and provide a good overview of the research problems, initial exploration of the research area, and insight to the research problems, with preliminary study and proposals on the outstanding research issues.  It should contain more findings than a survery paper.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CP5101","ModuleTitle":"MComp Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"The dissertation option gives individual students the opportunity for independent study and research in the area of their selected specialization. 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The seminar, which should include any research findings or work from published papers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS1010","ModuleTitle":"Programming Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the fundamental concepts of problem solving by computing and programming using an imperative programming language. It is the first and foremost introductory course to computing. It is also the first part of a three-part series on introductory programming and problem solving by computing, which also includes CS1020 and CS2010. Topics covered include problem solving by computing, writing pseudo-codes, basic problem formulation and problem solving, program development, coding, testing and debugging, fundamental programming constructs \r\n(variables, types, expressions, assignments, functions, control structures, etc.), fundamental data structures: arrays, strings and structures, simple file processing, and basic recursion. This module is appropriate for SoC students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"CG1101, CS1010E, CS1010FC, CS1010S, CS1101, CS1101C, CS1101S. 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Topics include problem solving by computing,\r\nwriting pseudo-codes, problem formulation and problem solving, program development, coding, testing and debugging, fundamental programming constructs (variables, types, expressions, assignments, functions, control structures, etc.), fundamental data structures: arrays, strings and\r\nstructures, simple file processing, and basic recursion. This module is appropriate for FoE students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"nil","Preclusion":"CG1101, CS1010, CS1010FC, CS1010S, CS1101, CS1101C, CS1101S","Corequisite":"nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS1010R","ModuleTitle":"Programming Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"CG1101, CS1010, CS1010E, CS1101, CS1101C, CZ1102, IT1002, Engineering students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS1010S","ModuleTitle":"Programming Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the fundamental concepts of problem solving by computing and programming using an imperative programming language. It is the first and \r\nforemost introductory course to computing and is equivalent to CS1010 and CS1010E Programming Methodology. Topics covered include problem solving by computing, writing pseudo-codes, basic problem formulation and problem solving, program development, coding, testing and debugging, fundamental programming constructs (variables, types, expressions, assignments, functions, control structures, etc.), fundamental data structures: arrays, strings and structures, simple file processing, and basic recursion. This module is appropriate for FoS students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CG1101, CS1010, CS1010E, CS1010FC, CS1101, CS1101C, CS1101S","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS1010X","ModuleTitle":"Programming Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the fundamental concepts of problem solving by computing and programming using an imperative programming language. It is the first and foremost introductory course to computing and is equivalent to CS1010, CS1010S and CS1010E Programming Methodology. The module will be taught using the Python programming language and topics covered include problem solving by computing, writing pseudo-codes, basic problem formulation and problem solving, program development, coding, testing and debugging, fundamental programming constructs (variables, types, expressions, assignments, functions, control structures, etc.), fundamental data structures: arrays, strings and structures, simple file processing, and basic recursion.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CS1010 or its equivalent, CS1010FC","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS1010XCP","ModuleTitle":"Programming Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the fundamental concepts of problem solving by computing and programming using an imperative programming language. It is the first and foremost introductory course to computing and is equivalent to CS1010, CS1010S and CS1010E Programming Methodology. The module will be taught using the Python programming language and topics covered include problem solving by computing, writing pseudo-codes, basic problem formulation and problem solving, program development, coding, testing and debugging, fundamental programming constructs (variables, types, expressions, assignments, functions, control structures, etc.), fundamental data structures: arrays, strings and structures, simple file processing, and basic recursion.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CS1010 or its equivalent, CS1010FC","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS1020","ModuleTitle":"Data Structures and Algorithms I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is the second part of a three-part series on introductory programming and problem solving by computing. It continues the introduction that begins in CS1010, and emphasises objectoriented programming with application to simple data structures. Topics include object-oriented problem modeling with objects, classes and methods, object-oriented problem formulation and solving, data structure implementation strageties, abstraction and encapsulation of data structures, object-oriented programming constructs, APIs and class libraries, exception handling, lists, linked lists, stacks, queues, hash tables and their algorithmic design, sorting and searching methods, recursive algorithms, and Big-O notation. This module is appropriate for SoC and FoS students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS1010 Programming Methodology","Preclusion":"CS1020E, CS2020, CS2030, CS2040, CS2040C","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS1020E","ModuleTitle":"Data Structures and Algorithms I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is the second part of a three-part series on introductory programming and problem solving by computing. It continues the introduction that begins in CS1010, and emphasises objectoriented programming with application to simple data structures. Topics include object-oriented problem modeling with objects, classes and methods, object-oriented problem formulation and solving, data structure implementation strageties, abstraction and encapsulation of data structures, object-oriented programming constructs, APIs and class libraries, exception handling, lists, linked lists, stacks, queues, hash tables and their algorithmic design, sorting and searching methods, recursive algorithms, and Big-O notation. This module is appropriate for FoE students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS1010E or its equivalent","Preclusion":"CS1020, CS2020, CS2030, CS2040, CS2040C","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS1231","ModuleTitle":"Discrete Structures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces mathematical tools required in the study of computer science. Topics include: (1) Logic and proof techniques: propositions, conditionals, quantifications.  (2) Relations and Functions: Equivalence relations and partitions.  Partially ordered sets.  Well-Ordering Principle. Function equality.  Boolean/identity/inverse functions.  Bijection. (3) Mathematical formulation of data models (linear model, trees, graphs). (4) Counting and Combinatoric: Pigeonhole Principle. Inclusion-Exclusion Principle.  Number of relations on a set, number of injections from one finite set to another, Diagonalisation proof: An infinite countable set has an uncountable power set; Algorithmic proof: An infinite set has a countably infinite subset.  Subsets of countable sets are countable.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"A-level Mathematics or H2 Mathematics or MA1301 or MA1301FC or MA1301X","Preclusion":"MA1100","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS1231R","ModuleTitle":"Discrete Structures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"MA1100","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2010","ModuleTitle":"Data Structures and Algorithms II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is the third part of a three-part series on introductory programming and problem solving by computing. It continues the introduction in CS1010 and\r\nCS1020, and emphasises object-oriented programming with application to complex data structures. Topics covered include trees, binary search trees, order property, prefix/infix/postfix expressions, heaps, priority queues, graphs and their algorithmic design, recursive algorithms, problem formulation and problem solving with applications of complex data structures, data structure design principles and implementation strategies, and algorithm analysis. Advanced data structures such as B-trees and AVL trees are also covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS1020 or CS1020E or CG1103 Data Structures and Algorithms I","Preclusion":"CS2020, CS2030, CS2040, CS2040C","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS2030","ModuleTitle":"Programming Methodology II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is a follow up to CS1010. It explores two modern programming paradigms, object-oriented programming and functional programming. Through a series of integrated assignments, students will learn to develop medium-scale software programs in the order of thousands of lines of code and tens of classes using objectoriented design principles and advanced programming constructs available in the two paradigms. Topics include\r\nobjects and classes, composition, association, inheritance, interface, polymorphism, abstract classes, dynamic binding, lambda expression, effect-free programming, first class functions, closures, continuations, monad, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS1010 or its equivalent","Preclusion":"CS1020 or its equivalent","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2040","ModuleTitle":"Data Structures and Algorithms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the design and implementation of fundamental data structures and algorithms. The module covers basic data structures (linked lists, stacks, queues, hash tables, binary heaps, trees, and graphs), searching and sorting algorithms, and basic analysis of algorithms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS1010 or its equivalent","Preclusion":"CS1020, CS1020E, CS2020, CS2010","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2040C","ModuleTitle":"Data Structures and Algorithms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the design and implementation of fundamental data structures and algorithms. The module covers basic data structures (linked lists, stacks, queues, hash tables, binary heaps, trees, and graphs), searching and sorting algorithms, basic analysis of algorithms, and basic object-oriented programming concepts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS1010 or its equivalent","Preclusion":"CS1020, CS1020E, CS2020, CS2010, CS2040","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2100","ModuleTitle":"Computer Organisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to familiarise students with the fundamentals of computing devices. Through this module students will understand the basics of data representation, and how the various parts of a computer work, separately and with each other. This allows students to understand the issues in computing devices, and how these issues affect the implementation of solutions. Topics covered include data representation systems, combinational and sequential circuit design techniques, assembly language, processor execution cycles, pipelining, memory hierarchy and input/output systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-3-2","Prerequisite":"CS1010 or its equivalent","Preclusion":"CS1104 or Students from Department of ECE","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2100R","ModuleTitle":"Computer Organisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"CS1104 or Students from Department of ECE","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2101","ModuleTitle":"Effective Communication for Computing Professionals","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip students with the skills needed to communicate technical information to technical and nontechnical audiences, and to create comprehensible software documentation. A student-centric approach will\r\nbe adopted to encourage independent and collaborative learning while engaging students in team-based projects. Students will learn interpersonal and intercultural\r\ncommunication skills as well as hone their oral and written communication skills. Assessment modes include a variety of oral and written communication tasks such as reports, software guides, oral presentations, software demonstrations and project blogs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"Students have to complete ES1000 and/or ES1102/ES1103 (if required to take the module/s) before reading this module.","Preclusion":"CS2103 Software Engineering, IS2101 Business Technical Communication or its equivalent, ES2002, ES2007S, ES2007D, CG1413, EG1413 and ES1601.","Corequisite":"Students have to read CS2103T Software Engineering at the same time as this module."},{"ModuleCode":"CS2102","ModuleTitle":"Database Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to introduce the fundamental concepts and techniques necessary for the understanding and practice of design and implementation of database applications and of the management of data with relational database management systems. The module covers practical and theoretical aspects of design with entity-relationship model, theory of functional dependencies and normalisation by decomposition in second, third and Boyce-Codd normal forms. The module covers practical and theoretical aspects of programming with SQL data definition and manipulation sublanguages, relational tuple calculus, relational domain calculus and relational algebra.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1.5-0.5-3-3","Prerequisite":"(CS1020 or CS1020E or CS2020 or CS2030 or CS2040 or CS2040C) and (CS1231 or MA1100)","Preclusion":"CS2102S, IT2002","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2102R","ModuleTitle":"Database Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to introduce the fundamental concepts and techniques necessary for the understanding and practice of design and implementation of database applications and of the management of data with relational database management systems. The module covers practical and theoretical aspects of design with entity-relationship model, theory of functional dependencies and normalisation by decomposition in second, third and Boyce-Codd normal forms. The module covers practical and theoretical aspects of programming with SQL data definition and manipulation sublanguages, relational tuple calculus, relational domain calculus and relational algebra.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"1-0-0-1-0.5","Prerequisite":"(CS1020 or its equivalent) and (CS1231 or MA1100)","Preclusion":"CS2102S, IT2002","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2103","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the necessary conceptual and analytical tools for systematic and rigorous development of software systems. It covers four main areas of software development, namely object-oriented system analysis, object-oriented system modelling and design, implementation, and testing, with emphasis on system modelling and design and implementation of software modules that work cooperatively to fulfill the requirements of the system. Tools and techniques for software development, such as Unified Modelling Language (UML), program specification, and testing methods, will be taught. Major software engineering issues such as modularisation criteria, program correctness, and software quality will also be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"(CS1020 or CS1020E or CS2020) or ((CS2030 and (CS2040 or CS2040C))","Preclusion":"CS2103T, CS2113, CS2113T","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2103R","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2103T","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the necessary conceptual and analytical tools for systematic and rigorous development of software systems. It covers four main areas of software development, namely object-oriented system analysis, object-oriented system modelling and design, implementation, and testing, with emphasis on system modelling and design and implementation of software modules that work cooperatively to fulfill the requirements of the system. Tools and techniques for software development, such as Unified Modelling Language (UML), program specification, and testing methods, will be taught. Major software engineering issues such as modularisation criteria, program correctness, and software quality will also be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"For SoC students only. (CS1020 or CS1020E or CS2020) or (CS2030 and (CS2040 or CS2040C))","Preclusion":"CS2103, CS2113, CS2113T, IS2101 or its equivalent.","Corequisite":"Students have to read CS2101 Effective Communication for Computing Professionals at the same time as this module"},{"ModuleCode":"CS2104R","ModuleTitle":"Programming Language Concepts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2105","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Computer Networks","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide a broad introduction to computer networks and network application programming. It covers the main concepts, the fundamental principles, and the high-level workings of important protocols in each of the Internet protocol layer. Topics include the Web and Web applications, DNS services, socket programming, reliable protocols, transport and network layer protocols, secure communication, LAN, and data communication. Practical assignments and handson exercises expose students to network application programming and various networking tools and utilities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS1020 or CS1020E or CS2020 or CS2030 or CS2040 or CS2040C","Preclusion":"IT2001, EE3204/E, EE4210. CEG, CPE and EEE students are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2105R","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Computer Networks","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2106","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Operating Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the basic concepts in operating systems and links it with contemporary operating systems (eg. Unix/Linux and Windows). It focuses on OS structuring and architecture, processes, memory management, concurrency and file systems. Topics include kernel architecture, system calls, interrupts, models of processes, process abstraction and services, scheduling, review of physical memory and memory management hardware, kernel memory management, virtual memory and paging, caches, working set, deadlock, mutual exclusion, synchronisation mechanisms, data and metadata in file systems, directories and structure, file system abstraction and operations, OS protection mechanisms, and user authentication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-0-6","Prerequisite":"CS2100 or EE2007 or EE2024","Preclusion":"CG2271 or EE4214. CEG students are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS2107","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Information Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module serves as an introductory module on information security. It illustrates the fundamentals of how systems fail due to malicious activities and how they can be protected. The module also places emphasis on the practices of secure programming and implementation. Topics covered include classical/historical ciphers, introduction to modern ciphers and cryptosystems, ethical, legal and organisational aspects, classic examples of direct attacks on computer systems such as input validation vulnerability, examples of other forms of attack such as social engineering/phishing attacks, and the practice of secure programming.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS1010 or its equivalence","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3201","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering Project I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is the first part of a two-part series on the practice of software engineering in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). These two modules together provide the students with hands-on experience in working in project groups through a complete SDLC to develop a well-designed, welltested, large-scaled software system. This first part focuses on applying best software engineering practices on the analysis and design of software system. The students will practice analysis of user’s\r\nneeds, formulation of computing requirements to meet the user’s needs, modeling and design of the computer systems according to the requirements, and evaluation of the design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"(CS2103 or its equivalent) and (CS2101 or IS2101)","Preclusion":"CS3215","Corequisite":"CS3202 Software Engineering Project II"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3201R","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering Project I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"CS3215","Corequisite":"CS3202 Software Engineering Project II"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3202","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering Project II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is the second part of a two-part series on the practice of software engineering in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). These two modules together provide the students with hands-on experience in working in project groups through a complete SDLC to develop a well-tested, large-scaled software system. This second part focuses on applying best software engineering practices on the implementation and testing of the software system. The students will practice efficient implementation of software components, system integration, software version control, and rigorous testing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"CS2103 Software Engineering or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"CS3215 Software Engineering Project","Corequisite":"CS3201 Software Engineering Project I"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3211","ModuleTitle":"Parallel and Concurrent Programming","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"A concurrent system consists of a set of processes that executes simultaneously and that may collaborate by communicating and synchronising with one another. Examples of concurrent systems are parallel programs that describe sets of collaborating processes. This module introduces the design, development and debugging of parallel programs. It will build on the concurrency concepts gained from the Operating Systems module. It covers concepts and modelling tools for specifying and reasoning (about the properties of) concurrent systems and parallel programs. It also covers principles of performance analysis, asynchronous and asynchronous parallel programming, and engineering concurrent systems and parallel programs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS2106 or CG2271","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3217","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering on Modern Application Platforms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the practice of software engineering on modern application platforms such as mobile devices, the Web and cloud systems. Students will work in small project teams to develop well-tested,\r\nproduction-quality software. This module focuses on building core software engineering skills and competencies in programming modern application platforms. It also trains students to work well in project teams. Students will be\r\nassessed on both their individual programming competencies and their software enginnering skills in final team project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"1-1-0-9-2","Prerequisite":"CS2103 or its equivalent or with special approval from instructor. Students will submit personal statements to apply for a place in the course instead of bidding through the CORS system.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3218","ModuleTitle":"Multimodal Processing in Mobile Platforms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Modern mobile platforms such as smart phones and tablets are equipped with an increasing number of sensing modalities. In addition to traditional components such as keyboards and touch screens, they are also equipped with cameras, microphones, inertial sensor, and GPS receivers. With these modalities all packed into a single platform, it is important to empower application developers with basic knowledge and practical skills in dealing with these modalities. This module introduces the students to basic theories, concept and practical skills needed in input, processing and output of multimodal data on mobile platforms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-2-4","Prerequisite":"[MA1102R or MA1505 or MA1521 or (MA1511 and MA1512)] and [MA1101R or MA1506 or MA1508E] and [CS1020 or CS1020E or CS2030 or CS2040 or CS2040C]","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3223","ModuleTitle":"Database Systems Implementation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an in-depth study of the concepts and implementation issues related to database management systems. It first covers the physical implementation of relational data model, which includes storage management, access methods, query processing, and optimisation. Then it covers issues and techniques dealing with multi-user application environments, namely, transactions, concurrency control and recovery. The third part covers object-database systems that are useful extension of relational databases to deal with complex data types. The last part covers database technologies required for modern decision support systems, including data warehousing, data mining and knowledge discovery and on-line analytical processing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"(CS2010 or CS2020 or CS2040 or CS2040C) and CS2102","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3225","ModuleTitle":"Combinatorial Methods in Bioinformatics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"After the complete sequencing of a number of genomes, we are in the stage to understand the mystery of our body, that is, we need to understand the information encoded in the genome and its relationship with RNA and protein. This aim of this module is to cover algorithms related to this stage.  In the module, we will cover the algorithms related to genome annotation, motif identification, proteomics, population genetics, microarray, etc.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"(CS2010 or CS2020 or CS2040 or CS2040C) and (CS2220 or LSM2104)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3230","ModuleTitle":"Design and Analysis of Algorithms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces different techniques of designing and analysing algorithms. Students will learn about the framework for algorithm analysis, for example, lower bound arguments, average case analysis, and the theory of NP-completeness. In addition, students are exposed to various algorithm design paradigms. The module serves two purposes: to improve the students' ability to design algorithms in different areas, and to prepare students for the study of more advanced algorithms. The module covers lower and upper bounds, recurrences, basic algorithm paradigms (such as prune-and-search, dynamic programming, branch-and-bound, graph traversal, and randomised approaches), amortized analysis, NP-completeness, and some selected advanced topics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"(CS2010 or CS2020 or CS2040 or CS2040C) and (CS1231 or MA1100)","Preclusion":"EEE and CPE students can only take this module as a technical elective to satisfy the program requirements or UEM but not CFM/ULR-Breadth.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3230R","ModuleTitle":"Design and Analysis of Algorithms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read host module. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3233","ModuleTitle":"Competitive Programming","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to prepare students in competitive problem solving. It covers techniques for attacking and solving challenging computational problems. Fundamental algorithmic solving techniques covered include divide and conquer, greedy, dynamic programming, backtracking and branch and bound. Domain specific techniques like number theory, computational geometry, string processing and graph theoretic will also be covered. Advanced AI search techniques like iterative deepening, A* and heuristic search will be included.  The module also covers algorithmic and programming language toolkits used in problem solving supported by the solution of representative or well-known problems in the various algorithmic paradigms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"At least grade A- in (CS2010 or CS2020 or (both CS2030 and CS2040)) or special permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3233R","ModuleTitle":"Competitive Programming","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to prepare students in competitive problem solving. It covers techniques for attacking and solving challenging computational problems. Fundamental algorithmic solving techniques covered include divide and conquer, greedy, dynamic programming, backtracking and branch and bound. Domain specific techniques like number theory, computational geometry, string processing and graph theoretic will also be covered. Advanced AI search techniques like iterative deepening, A* and heuristic search will be included.  The module also covers algorithmic and programming language toolkits used in problem solving supported by the solution of representative or well-known problems in the various algorithmic paradigms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3234","ModuleTitle":"Logic and Formal Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the deductive and algorithmic aspects of both classical and non-classical logics.  It introduces logic as a means for specifying, verifying and reasoning about computer programs. It emphasises, in contrast to other similar logic courses, on how logic can be used to represent computational problems, how these representations can be proven correct and how they can be executed on a computer. Topics covered include classical logic theories, logic programming, modal logic, and an introduction to non-standard logics. Treatments of predicate calculus and temporal logic are fully covered with emphasis on their specification, verification, deductive and algorithmic aspects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS1231 or MA1100; Programming experience is preferred.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3235","ModuleTitle":"Computer Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to provide a broad understanding of computer security with some indepth discussions on selected topics in system and network security. This module covers the following topics: intrusion detection, DNS security, electronic mail security, authentication, access control, buffer overflow, memory and stack protection, selected topics in application security, for instance, web security, and well-known attacks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"(CS2105 or EE3204 or EE4204) and (CS2106 or CG2271) and CS2107","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3236","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Information Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the basics of modern information theory. It covers how information can be quantified, and what this quantification tells us about how well we can compress and transmit information without error. It discusses basic error correcting techniques, and information-theoretic cryptography. Topics covered\r\ninclude: mathematical techniques, entropy measures, fundamental limits to data compression and noisy-channel coding, examples of error-correcting codes, examples of information theoretic cryptography (commitments, secure computation, key distribution, randomness extraction).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"(CS1231 or MA1100) and (ST2334 or ST2131)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3240","ModuleTitle":"Interaction Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course is intended for students in computing and related disciplines whose work focuses on human-computer interaction issues in the design of computer systems. The course stresses the importance of user-centred design and usability in the development of computer applications and systems. Students will be taken through the analysis, design, development, and evaluation of human-computer interaction methods for computer systems. They will acquire hands-on design skills through laboratory exercises and assignments. The course also covers HCI design principles and emphasizes the importance of contextual, organisational, and social factors in system design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS1020/E or CS2020 or CS2030 or CS2113/T or NM3209.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3240R","ModuleTitle":"Interaction Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3241","ModuleTitle":"Computer Graphics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module teaches some graphics hardware devices, reviews the mathematics related to the understanding, and discusses the fundamental areas of computer graphics. After completing the course, students are expected to understand the basic computer graphics terminology and concepts, and to be able to design and implement simple 2D and 3D interactive computer graphics related programs. As an enrichment part of the course, students are introduced the state-of-the-art development in computer graphics by viewing interesting video clips and experimenting with demo program made available in the course web.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS2010 or CS2020 or ((CS2030 or CS2113/T) and (CS2040 or CS2040C))","Preclusion":"EEE and CPE students can only take this module as a technical elective to satisfy the program requirements or UEM but not CFM/ULR-Breadth.\r\n\r\n","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3241R","ModuleTitle":"Computer Graphics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module teaches some graphics hardware devices, reviews the mathematics related to the understanding, and discusses the fundamental areas of computer graphics. After completing the course, students are expected to understand the basic computer graphics terminology and concepts, and to be able to design and implement simple 2D and 3D interactive computer graphics related programs. As an enrichment part of the course, students are introduced the state-of-the-art development in computer graphics by viewing interesting video clips and experimenting with demo program made available in the course web.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3242","ModuleTitle":"3D Modeling and Animation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide fundamental concepts in 3D modeling and animation. It also serves as a bridge to advanced media modules. After taking this module, students should be able to use these concepts to easily build or work with digital models, manipulate the models by means of computer deformation and animation, and use lighting and rendering techniques to create appealing scenes. Topics include coordinate spaces, transforms, 3D model representations, hierarchical structures, deformation, procedural modelling, particle systems, character animation, shading networks, lighting, and scripting concepts. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS3241 and \n(PC1221 or PC1221X) and\n(MA1102R or MA1505 or (MA1511 and MA1512) or MA1521) and \n(MA1101R or MA1311 or MA1506 or MA1508E)","Preclusion":"CS4342","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3243","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Artificial Intelligence","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The module introduces the basic concepts in search and knowledge representation as well as to a number of sub-areas of artificial intelligence. It focuses on covering the essential concepts in AI. The module covers Turing test, blind search, iterative deepening, production systems, heuristic search, A* algorithm, minimax and alpha-beta procedures, predicate and first-order logic, resolution refutation, non-monotonic reasoning, assumption-based truth maintenance systems, inheritance hierarchies, the frame problem, certainly factors, Bayes' rule, frames and semantic nets, planning, learning, natural language, vision, and expert systems and LISP.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"(CS2010 or CS2020 or CS2040 or CS2040C) and (CS1231 or MA1100).","Preclusion":"EEE and CPE students can only take this module as a technical elective to satisfy the program requirements or UEM but not CFM/ULR-Breadth.\r\n\r\n","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3243R","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Artificial Intelligence","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"EEE and CPE students can only take this module as a technical elective to satisfy the program requirements or UEM but not CFM/ULR-Breadth.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3244","ModuleTitle":"Machine Learning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces basic concepts and algorithms in machine learning and neural networks. The main reason for studying computational learning is to make better use of powerful computers to learn knowledge (or regularities) from the raw data. The ultimate objective is to build self-learning systems to relieve human from some of already-too-many programming tasks. At the end of the course, students are expected to be familiar with the theories and paradigms of computational learning, and capable of implementing basic learning systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"(CS2010 or CS2020 or CS2040 or CS2040C) and\n(ESP1107 or ESP2107 ST1232 or ST2131 or ST2132 or ST2334) and\n(MA1102R or MA1505 or (MA1511 and MA1512) or MA1521) and \n(MA1101R or MA1311 or MA1506 or MA1508E)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3245","ModuleTitle":"Information Retrieval","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module discusses the basic concepts and methods of information retrieval including capturing, representing, storing, organizing, and retrieving unstructured or loosely structured information. The most well-known aspect of information retrieval is document retrieval: the process of indexing and retrieving text documents. However, the field of information retrieval includes almost any type of\r\nunstructured or semi-structured data, including newswire stories, transcribed speech, email, blogs, images, or video. Therefore, information retrieval is a critical aspect of Web search engines. This module also serves as the foundation for subsequent modules on the understanding, processing and retrieval of particular web media.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"CS2010 or CS2020 or ((CS2030 or CS2113/T) and (CS2040 or CS2040C))","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS3247","ModuleTitle":"Game Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to introduce techniques for electronic game design and programming. This module covers a range of important topics including 3D maths, game physics, game AI, sound, as well as user interface for computer games. Furthermore, it will give an overview of computer game design to the students. Through laboratory programming exercises, the students will have hands-on programming experience with popular game engines and will develop basic games using those engines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"CS3241 and PC1221","Preclusion":"CS4213","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3281","ModuleTitle":"Thematic Systems Project I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is the first part of a two-part series on the development of large-scaled computer systems to solve real-world problems under specific themes such as healthcare, security and surveillance, tourism, etc. Students with complementary technical expertise will form project teams to work on real-world projects under the supervision of CS professors and industrial partners. This\r\nfirst part focuses on the analysis of the real-world problems, formulation of the computing requirements of the desired solution that meets the user’s needs, design of the computer systems according to the requirements, and evaluation of the design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"(CS2103 or its equivalent) and have passed at least one primary module in a CS focus area. Student selection process will be enforced.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS3282","ModuleTitle":"Thematic Systems Project II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is the second part of a two-part series on the development of large-scaled computer systems to solve real-world problems under specific themes such as healthcare, security and surveillance, tourism, etc. Students with complementary technical expertise will form project teams to work on real-world projects under the supervision of CS professors and industrial partners. This\r\nsecond part focuses on the development of algorithms required for the systems, implementation and testing of the algorithms and the systems, and evaluation of the systems according to the users’ requirements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"CS3281 and have passed at least two primary modules in a CS focus area. Student selection process will be enforced.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS4215","ModuleTitle":"Programming Language Implementation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the students with theoretical knowledge and practical skill in the implementation of programming languages. It discusses implementation aspects of fundamental programming paradigms (imperative, functional and object-oriented), and of basic programming language concepts such as binding, scope, parameter-passing mechanisms and types. It introduces the language processing techniques of interpretation and compilation and virtual machines. The lectures are accompanied by lab sessions which will focus on language processing tools, and take the student through a sequence of programming language implementations. This modules\r\nalso covers automatic memory management, dynamic linking and just-in-time compilation, as features of modern execution systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-4-2","Prerequisite":"CS2010 or CS2020 or ((CS2040 or CS2040C) and (CS2030 or CS2113/T))","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS4218","ModuleTitle":"Software Testing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the concepts and practice of software testing including unit testing, integration testing, and regression testing. Various testing coverage criteria will be discussed. Debugging methods for finding the root-cause of errors in failing test cases will also be investigated. The use of testing and analysis for performance prediction, performance clustering and performance debugging will be studied. Students will acquire crucial skills on testing and debugging through hands-on assignments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-2-5","Prerequisite":"CS3219 Software Engineering Principles and Patterns.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS4220","ModuleTitle":"Knowledge Discovery Methods in Bioinformatics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The advent of high throughput technologies (e.g, DNA chips, microarray, etc), biologists are being overloaded with lots of information (e.g., gene expression data). To be able to make sense out of these data, there is a need to have a systematic way to analyse them. This course is introduced to provide students with knowledge of techniques that can be used to analyse biological data to enable them to discover new knowledge. At the end of the course, students will be able to identify the relevant techniques for different biological data to uncover new information. Topics include: Clustering analysis, classification, association rule mining; support vector machines; Hidden Markov Models.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"CS2220 or LSM2104","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4221","ModuleTitle":"Database Applications Design and Tuning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module addresses the design and performance tuning of\r\ndatabase applications. The syllabus focusses on relational database applications implemented with relational database management systems. Topics covered include normalisation theory (functional, multi-valued and join dependency, normal forms, decomposition and synthesis methods), entityrelationship approach and SQL tuning (performance evaluation, execution plan verification, indexing, de-normalization, code level and transactions tuning). The syllabus optionally includes selected topics in the technologies, design and performance tuning of non-relational database applications (for instance, network and hierarchical models and nested relational model for an historical perspective, as well as XML and NoSQL systems for a modern perspective).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS3223","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4222","ModuleTitle":"Wireless Networking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide solid foundation for students in the area of wireless networks and introduces students to the emerging area of cyber-physical-system/Internet-of-Things. The module will cover wireless networking across all layers of the networking stack including physical, link, MAC, routing and application layers. Different network technologies with different characteristic will also be covered, including cellular networks, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and ZigBee. Some key concepts that cut across all layers and network types are mobility management, energy efficiency, and integration of sensing and communications. The module emphasizes on exposing students to practical network system issues through building software prototypes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-4-2","Prerequisite":"(CS2105 or EE3204/E or EE4204) and (ST2334 or ST2131)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4225","ModuleTitle":"Massive Data Processing Techniques in Data Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Data science incorporates varying elements and builds on techniques and theories from many fields, including statistics, data engineering, data mining, visualization, data warehousing, and high performance computing with the goal of extracting meaning from data and creating data products. Data science seeks to use all available and relevant data to effectively tell a story that can be easily understood by non-practitioners. In this module, students will learn various massive data processing techniques that are used in data science with emphasis on the algorithmic and mathematical properties of these techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS3223 Database Systems Implementation","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4231","ModuleTitle":"Parallel and Distributed Algorithms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine some fundamental issues in parallel programming and distributed computing, and the relationships between the two.  Parallel programming: mutual exclusion, semaphores, consistency, wait-free synchronization.  Distributed computing: time, global state, snapshots, message ordering.  Relationships: consensus, fault-tolerance, transactions, self-stabilization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS3230 Design and Analysis of Algorithms or CS3210 Parallel Computing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4234R","ModuleTitle":"Optimisation Algorithms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4238","ModuleTitle":"Computer Security Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This is a practice security module with emphasis on hands-on experiences of computer security. The objective of this module is to connect computer security knowledge to practical skills, including common attacks and protection mechanisms, system administration, and development of secured software. Topics covered include network security, operating system security, and application security, such as DNS attacks, memory-error exploits, and web application attacks. Students will learn through lab-based exercises and assignments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS3235 Computer Security","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS4240","ModuleTitle":"Interaction Design for Virtual and Augmented Reality","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to expose students to the human-centered principles of designing and building virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications. Students will learn about the fundamentals of VR and AR, human perceptions of reality, and the design patterns and guidelines for user interactions within VR/AR applications. Students will gain hands on experience building VR/AR applications applying these interaction principles.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-4-2","Prerequisite":"CS3240 and (MA1301 or A-level / H2 Mathematics)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4240R","ModuleTitle":"Interaction Design for Virtual and Augmented Reality","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This 1-MC module adds a research component to the host module, enabling students to acquire more in-depth understanding of the research issues pertaining to the subject matter.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"Co-read with host module in current semester or pass host module in previous semester. Student selection process is enforced.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4242","ModuleTitle":"Social Media Computing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The emergence of WWW, smart mobile devices and social networks has revolutionised the way we communicate, create, disseminate, and consume information. This has ushered in a new era of communications that involves complex information exchanges and user relationships. This module aims to provide students with a good understanding of the social network phenomena and computational skills for analysing the complex social relation networks between users, the contents they shared, and the ways contents and events are perceived and propagated through the social networks. The analysis will provide better understanding of the concerns and interests of users, and uncover live and emerging events that will affect the community.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS2108 Introduction to Media Computing and CS3245 Information Retrieval.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS4244","ModuleTitle":"Knowledge-Based Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This is a module that contains both the theory and practice of building knowledge-based systems. The aim of this module is to prepare students so that they can design and build knowledge-based systems to solve real-world problems. The module starts with motivations, background and history of knowledge-based system development. The main content has five parts: rule-based programming language, uncertainty management, knowledge-based systems design, development and life cycle, efficiency in rule-based language and knowledge-based systems design examples.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS3243","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4247","ModuleTitle":"Graphics Rendering Techniques","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a general treatment of real-time and offline rendering techniques in 3D computer graphics. Specific topics include the raster graphics pipeline, viewing and transformation, real-time mapping techniques, real-time shadow algorithms, local reflection models, global illumination, distributed ray tracing, photon mapping, radiosity, volume rendering, image-based rendering and modelling, and strategies for anti-aliasing and photo-realism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS3241","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4257","ModuleTitle":"Algorithmic Foundations of Privacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module covers algorithmic foundations of computation\nand communication privacy. It provides a thorough\nmethodology for analysis of privacy against inference\nattacks using techniques from statistics, probability theory,\nand machine learning. Students will learn how to reason\nquantitatively about privacy, and evaluate it using the\nappropriate metrics. The module will help students to\ndesign privacy-preserving mechanisms for a range of\nsystems from anonymous communication to data analytics.\nAfter this module, students should be able to identify\nprivacy vulnerabilities in a system, design inference\nattacks, and propose effective countermeasures in a\nsystematic manner.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"(ST1232 or ST2131 or ST2334) and CS3230 and CS2107","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS4347","ModuleTitle":"Sound and Music Computing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the fundamental technologies employed in sound and music computing which are grouped into three major areas: Sound, Music, and Interaction. It begins with an introduction to sound production, propagation and perception, followed by digital sound recording, editing, post-processing and compression. Its core components consists of the analytic and synthetic approaches of sound and music. The analytic approach pertains to analysis and understanding, whereas the synthetic approach pertains to generation and processing. Interaction aspects include multimodal mobile music interface and sound interaction design. Finally, music information retrieval will be introduced as an application of analytic techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-4-3","Prerequisite":"(MA1102R or MA1505 or (MA1511 and MA1512) or MA1521) and \n(MA1101R or MA1311 or MA1506 or MA1508E) and \nCS2108","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS5201","ModuleTitle":"Foundation in Theoretical CS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this module is to test the students on basic concepts in theoretical computer science. In particular, the students will be tested on the following areas.\r\n\r\nA.\tDesign and Analysis of Algorithms\r\nB.\tTheory of Computation\r\nC.\tProgramming Languages\r\nD.\tLogic and Formal Systems\r\n\r\nThe respective undergraduate modules: CS3230, CS3231, CS3212, CS3234 \r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5202","ModuleTitle":"Foundation in Computer Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this module is to test the students on basic concepts in computer systems. In particular, the students will be tested on the following topics.\r\n\r\nA. Advanced Operating Systems\r\nB. Computer Networks II\r\nC. Database Management Systems\r\nD. Computer Architecture\r\n\r\nThe respective undergraduate modules:    CS3221, CS3103, CS3223, CS3220\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5218","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Program Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Program analysis are static (compile-time) techniques for computing approximate and yet reliable information about the dynamic behaviour of programs. This module lays the foundation for study of program analysis. It covers the essential mathematics upon which program analyses are built, and provides an overview of different approaches to program analysis. Topics include: Partially ordered sets, induction and co-induction, data flow analysis, constraint based analysis, abstract interpretation, and type and effect systems. Students with interest in programming-language design and compiler design will find this module beneficial.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-6-2","Prerequisite":"CS4212 Compiler Design or CS4215 Programming Language Implementation","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5222","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Computer Architecture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to introduce the state-of-the-art architectural advances underlying the current generation of computing systems. A review of pipelined processor design and hierarchical memory design is followed by advanced topics including exploitation of instruction-level parallelism through dynamic instruction scheduling and speculation, exploiting thread-level parallelism through\r\nmultiprocessors, and optimizations for memory and storage subsystems. Throughout the module, particular emphasis will be placed on cost-performance-power-reliability trade-offs in designing the different architectural components.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"CS3220 Computer Architecture or CS4223 Multi-core Architecture","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS5224","ModuleTitle":"Cloud Computing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide an overview of the design, management and application of cloud computing. The topics include managing virtualization, cloud computing environments, cloud design patterns and use cases, data centre architectures and technologies, cloud services fulfillment and assurance, orchestration and automation of cloud resources, cloud capacity management, cloud economics, case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS5230","ModuleTitle":"Computational Complexity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to study the various measures of difficulty of problem solving in computing, and to introduce some techniques in theoretical computer science such as non-determinism, digitalisation, simulation, padding, reduction, randomisation and interaction. Topics covered include: space and time complexity - the classes P, NP, co-NP, PSPACE, EXP, etc.; tape compression; linear speedup; polynomial reduction; Cook's theorem; Savitch's theorem; translation lemma; Gap theorem; NP-completeness and NP-hard problems; probabilistic complexity classes; approximation algorithms; and interactive protocols.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS4232 Theory of Computation","Preclusion":"CS4230","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5232","ModuleTitle":"Formal Specification and Design Techniques","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The primary role of the formal specification is to provide a precise and unambiguous description of a computer system. A formal specification allows the system designer to verify important properties and detect design error before system development begins. The objective of this course is to study various formal specification and design techniques for modelling (1) object-oriented systems, (2) real-time distributed systems, and (3) concurrent reactive systems. The course will focus on the state-based notations Z/Object-Z, event-based notation CSP/Timed-CSP. Graphical modelling notations, such as StateChart and UML (Unified Modelling Language) will also be addressed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"(CS1231 Discrete Structures or MA1100 Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics) and CS2103 Software Engineering","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5233","ModuleTitle":"Simulation and Modelling Techniques","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with a working knowledge of applying\r\nsimulation techniques to model, simulate and study complex systems. It covers techniques in simulation model design, model execution, and model analysis. Students will have hands-on experience using a simulation package. The module will also introduce concepts of parallel and distributed simulation, and high level architecture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"(ST1232 Statistics for Life Sciences or ST2131 Probability or ST2334 Probability and Statistics) and CS4231 Parallel and Distributed Algorithms.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5242","ModuleTitle":"Neural Networks and Deep Learning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with the knowledge of deep neural network and enables them to apply deep learning methods effectively on real world problems.  The module emphasizes on the understanding of the principles of neural networks and deep learning; practical guidelines and techniques for deep learning; and their applications.  Through assignments and projects, students will design, develop, and evaluate deep learning-based solutions to practical problems, such as those in the areas of computer vision, bioinformatics, fintech, cybersecurity, and games.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"CS3244 Machine Learning","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5250","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Operating Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The module covers a broad range of issues in the design and implementation of modern advanced operating systems. The topics covered in this module includes OS design strategies (including microkernels, mobile, embedded and real-time operating systems and the component’s interfaces), priority and resource allocation strategies; scheduling algorithms (including for multi-core, multi-processors); naming, protection and security; UI and windowing systems; file system implementations (including network and distributed file systems); failure and recovery; and virtualization and the Internet-ready OS. They extend and provide in-depth coverage of material in earlier prerequisite OS modules.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"CS2106 Introduction to Operating Systems or CG2271\r\nReal-Time Operating Systems","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5321","ModuleTitle":"Network Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to introduce students to the various issues that arise in securing the networks, and study the state-of-the-art techniques for addressing these challenges. A number of most damaging attacks on computer systems involve the exploitation of network infrastructure. This module provides an in-depth study of network attack techniques and methods to defend against them. Topics include basic concepts in network security; firewalls and virtual private networks; network intrusion detection; denial of service (DoS); traffic analysis; secure routing protocols; protocol scrubbing; and advanced topics such as wireless network security.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-6-2","Prerequisite":"CS3235 Computer Security","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS5330","ModuleTitle":"Randomized Algorithms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The module will cover basic concepts in the design and analysis of randomized algorithms. It will cover both basic techniques, such as Chernoff bounds, random walks, and the probabilistic method, and a variety of practical algorithmic applications, such as load balancing, hash functions, and graph/network algorithms. The focus will be on utilizing randomization to develop algorithms that are more efficient and/or simpler than their deterministic counterparts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"CS3230","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5331","ModuleTitle":"Web Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to prepare graduate students for understanding the security of the latest web platform and its interplay with operating systems and the cloud infrastructure. The topics covered include the design of web browsers and web \r\napplications, vulnerabilities in web applications and web browsers, design of web scanners, authentication in web-based platforms, security policies and enforcement mechanisms. This module also covers security topics on the interface between the \r\nweb platform and the backend systems, such as the underlying database systems and cloud infrastructure.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"CS3235 Computer Security","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5332","ModuleTitle":"Biometric Authentication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Biometrics (such as fingerprint, iris images) are commonly used for authentication. This module covers authentication methods, different types of biometrics, pattern recognition, performance measurement, spoofing attacks, as well as issues such as privacy, user acceptance, and standards compliance. Students will gain a solid understanding of the fundamentals of the technology underlying biometric authentication, and the key issues to be addressed for successful deployment. Both the theoretical and practical\r\naspects of biometrics authentication will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"(CS2040 or its equivalent) and (MA1102R or MA1505 or MA1505C or MA1521) and (MA1101R or MA1506) and (ST1232 or ST2131 or ST2334)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5339","ModuleTitle":"Theory and Algorithms for Machine Learning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to provide a broad theoretical understanding of machine learning and how the theory guides the development of algorithms and applications. Topics covered include the approximation capabilities of common function classes used for machine learning, such as decision trees, neural networks, and support vector machines, the sample complexity of learning different function classes and methods of reducing the estimation error such as regularization and model selection, and computational methods used for learning such as convex optimization, greedy methods, and stochastic gradient\r\ndescent.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"CS3244","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS5344","ModuleTitle":"Big-Data Analytics Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module analysis of data which can not fit in main memory and application of such analysis to web applications. The topics covered include: map-reduce as a tool for creating parallel algorithms that operate on very large amount of data, similarity search, data-streaming processing, search engine techonology, clustering of very large, high-dimensional datasets.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"BT5110 (Data Management and Warehousing) or database related modules; programming experience (with data structures and algorithms) is required","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"CS5346","ModuleTitle":"Information Visualisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to bring together individual pedagogies\nof design, information, and computation, for teaching the\nanalysis and representation of data for visualisation.\nStudents will learn the methodology of developing and\nevaluating an information visualisation solution, common\ninformation visualisation techniques (such as those for\ntopical, spatial, hierarchical, temporal, and relational data),\nand methods for scaling up interactive visualisation with big\ndata. After the module, students should be able to use the\nexisting visualisation tools for building useful, interactive,\ninformation visualisation to facilitate complex data\nanalytics, exploration, understanding, and pattern\ndiscovery.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-2-4","Prerequisite":"(CS2040 or its equivalent) and CS2102 and CS3240 and\n(ST1232 or ST2132 or ST2334)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS6101","ModuleTitle":"Exploration of Computer Science Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces CS graduate students to various research areas in Computer Science. Study groups are organised for major research areas. Each study group provides a forum for students to read, present and discuss\r\nresearch papers, and acquire the basic research skills for literature review and critical comparison of existing work. Students will also gain a first experience in technical presentation and writing. This module will be graded as “Completed Satisfactory” or “Completed Unsatisfactory” (CS/CU).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-1-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS6204","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in Networking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This graduate level course covers a broad range of the latest developments in computer networking and telecommunications in terms of new techniques and technologies, trends, open research issues and some related new principles and approaches in networking. Selected topics covered via class lectures and assigned readings include developments in the past three years. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to understand the latest issues and proposed solutions in networking, and acquire the skills and methodology for identifying research problems.  This course will help prepare students towards a research career in networking.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"CS5229 or Permission from lecturer.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS6206","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module covers advanced topics in human computer interaction that are of current research or application interests. Its aim is to examine both the theoretical bases that underlie the design of interfaces and advanced technologies for human computer interactions. A wide range of topics may be covered including psychological theories, organisational behaviour, virtual reality, augmented reality, and computer-supported cooperative work. The module illustrates where and when the theories are applicable, demonstrates the solutions using a combination of scientific theory understanding and engineering modelling. It also illustrates advanced technologies that form part of the solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS3240","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS6207","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Natural Language Processing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to prepare students to embark on research in natural language processing (NLP). At the end of the course, the students will have experience in reading and critiquing research papers, and will have undertaken a substantial project on some aspects of NLP research. Topics covered include: Statistical parsing, Word sense disambiguation, SENSEVAL, co-reference resolution, machine translation, question answering.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS4248","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS6208","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module covers advanced topics in artificial intelligence that are of current research or application interests. A wide range of topics may be covered including soft computing (fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, etc.), data mining, machine learning, image and video processing, artificial life, robotics, etc. The exact topics to be taught will depend on the lecturers teaching the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS3243","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS6210","ModuleTitle":"The Art of Computer Science Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide the meta-skills for research in computer science. How does one discover great research problems? What are the good strategies for solving research problems? How does one write papers or give presentations with great impact? Students will seek answers to these questions by critically examining and assessing successful and less successful examples of\r\nresearch.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"CS3230 Design and Analysis of Algorithms","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS6211","ModuleTitle":"Analytical Performance Modelling for Computer Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Constructing simple mathematical models to describe a computer system can help in analysis and understanding of the characteristics, behaviour, and performance of the system. This module introduces students to the modelling techniques, commonly used models, applications of the models to performance modelling of computer systems, and experimental validation of the models. After completing the module, students are expected to have the confidence to construct, analyse, and validate a performance model for a computer system that they are interested in.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"(ST2334 or ST2131) and CS2105 and CS2106.","Preclusion":"none","Corequisite":"none"},{"ModuleCode":"CS6212","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"There is a surge in both the industrial interest and the advancement of media technology. This course aims to bring in the latest advanced development in media technology to the postgraduates.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Variable, depending on the choice of topics or departmental approval.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS6215","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in Program Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Program analysis techniques allow one to automatically\nanalyse the behaviour of a computer program, to identify\nbugs and performance bottlenecks. This graduate level\nmodule covers advanced topics in program analysis that\nare of current research or application interests. Students\nwill explore the state-of-the-art techniques and systems for\nprogram analysis. After taking the module, students will\nbe able to apply advanced automated program analysis\ntools and techniques to verify, test, and debug programs,\nas well as be better prepared for conducting research in\nprogram analysis and apply them in related research\nareas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"CS3230 and CS4212","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS6220","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in Data Mining","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"With the rapid advances of computer and internet technologies, a large amount of data accumulates. Discovering knowledge from the data will give us a competitive advantage. The process of knowledge discovery involves pre-processing the data, mining or discovering patterns from the data, and post-processing the discovered patterns. In this course, we will review and examine the present techniques and the theories behind them and explore new and improved techniques for real world knowledge discovery applications. The course is designed to encourage active discussion, creative thinking, and hands-on project development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS5228","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CS6222","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in Computational Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This lecture/seminar-based module introduces some biological investigations enabled by the latest experimental technologies in biology. We focus on the role of computing in helping biologists with these investigations. Students are\r\nexpected to attend lectures, give seminars, and do projects. The seminars require the students to read papers related to the selected biological investigations, the\r\nenabling experimental technologies, and associated computational solutions. For the projects, students need to develop some methods/algorithms, integrate existing tools, or enhance existing tools with new functions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"CS2220","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"CS6281","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Computer Science II: Human Centred AI","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Artificial Intelligence is increasingly deployed in real-world contexts, ranging from news personalization to self-driving vehicles. Emphasis is often placed on the efficiency and accuracy of such systems, but key human concerns have recently surfaced. For example, news personalization has potentially encouraged “echo chambers” and limited individual exposure to opposing ideologies. Likewise, questions such as what constitutes an ethical autonomous driving policy have to be addressed.  This module will introduce students to this discourse, focusing on the core aspects of human-centered artificial intelligence—usability, sustainability, and ethics—and study the various existing computational methods and frameworks addressing these issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"CS3243 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and CS3244 Machine Learning","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CSA6102","ModuleTitle":"CULTURAL STUDIES IN ASIA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ARTS & SOCIAL SC.)","ModuleDescription":"The module is a multidisciplinary academic study of the bible and Christianity, open to all interested in these themes. Major topics will include (i) interpretative approaches to biblical texts, (ii) history of the collection of the bible, (iii) biblical authority, (iv) Christianity’s basic moral code and beliefs, and (v) popular issues (Gnostic Christianity). The course assumes no prior knowledge of Christianity and will count toward the Religious Studies minor.  ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"CSA6880","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Cultural Studies in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ARTS & SOCIAL SC.)","ModuleDescription":"This module is to be taught by an eminent visiting scholar in Cultural Studies in Asia, appointed as a visiting teaching fellow for one semester. The content of\r\nmodule will therefore vary according to the specialized interests of the visiting teaching fellow.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DAO1704","ModuleTitle":"Decision Analytics using Spreadsheets","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This module prepares students with theory and skills to capture business insights from data for decision making using spreadsheets. Practical examples and cases with rich data are used to stimulate students’ interest and\nforster understanding of the use of Business Analytics in management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"DSC1007; DSC1007X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DAO1704X","ModuleTitle":"Decision Analytics using Spreadsheets","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This module prepares students with theory and skills to capture business insights from data for decision making using spreadsheets. Practical examples and cases with rich data are used to stimulate students’ interest and\nforster understanding of the use of Business Analytics in management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"DSC1007; DSC1007X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DAO1704Y","ModuleTitle":"Decision Analytics using Spreadsheets","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This module prepares students with theory and skills to capture business insights from data for decision making using spreadsheets. Practical examples and cases with rich data are used to stimulate students’ interest and forster understanding of the use of Business Analytics in management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"DSC1007; DSC1007X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DE5107","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Planning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"Objective - The module will introduce students to the multi-disciplinary nature of environmental planning, by exploring the basic principles of sustainable development and the physical planning instruments that can be employed to achieve it. The course will include an introduction to urban and regional planning theory as the framework for the discussion of environmental planning procedures. The decision environment involving the policy framework and resources, the use of strategic, sectoral, master and local plans, regulatory instruments, economic measures, participatory processes and public investment projects will be covered. Processes of identifying desired developments and intensities, site selection, planning, design and construction management, mitigation and augmentation of environmental impacts would be discussed. The course will include a master planning project, that will demonstrate the technical, decision-making and plan formulation, site planning and design procedures involved. Targeted Students - For students on the M.Sc. (Environmental Management) program. Research students and students from graduate programs in architecture and urban design may apply subject to suitability of candidate and availability of places.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DE5108","ModuleTitle":"STUDY REPORT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"Objective - Candidates are required to investigate a relevant topic of their choice in the field of environmental management. Targeted Students- For students on the M.Sc. 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(Environmental Management) program.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-0-0-10-15","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DEP5102","ModuleTitle":"Urban Planning History & Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a thorough understanding of the urban planning modes and their historical and socioeconomical contexts. It covers zoning, planning modules and plan-making processes. Zoning as the most fundamental tool managing city development and urban life will be elaborated. Topics of the nature and characteristics of urban planning models such as the Utopian City, the Garden City, the City Beautiful, Neighbourhood Unit, and New Town movement, will be covered. The processes of plan-making will be discussed in the context of Singapore and other Asian countries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DEP5103","ModuleTitle":"Urban Planning Studio","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-4-0-1-4","Prerequisite":"UP5101 Urban Analysis Workshop OR UD5622 Methods of Urban Design & Urban Analysis","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DEP5103A","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Methods for Urban Planning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"Working with quantitative data is common in the planning profession. This module provides planning students with an introduction to the quantitative methods and techniques used in planning practice and urban research. It will prepare students to conduct basic statistical analysis of data themselves as well as to critically review analyses prepared by others. The emphasis is on how to develop sound arguments and research design, such that students appreciate both the power and limitation of quantitative analysis in planning discussions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-4-3","Prerequisite":"Must be taken together with DEP5103 Urban Planning Studio","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DEP5106","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Urban Planning Studio","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-8-0-2-8","Prerequisite":"UP5101 Urban Analysis Workshop OR UD5622 Methods of Urban Design & Urban Analysis","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DEP5107","ModuleTitle":"Professional Planning Report","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-4-0-8-8","Prerequisite":"Any 5000 Research Methods module","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DEP5109","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Planning Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"DEP5109 is the last studio project of the MUP programme.\nIn coordination with the supervising tutor(s), students can\nchoose topic and content of an individual final project\n(master project) in the field of urban planning. The aims of\nthe module are twofold: On the one hand students should\nprove their ability to undertake complex urban planning\nand research projects on an individual basis. On the other\nhand students have the opportunity to specialise\nthemselves with a project in a specific field of urban\nplanning that align their individual interest and their\nintended professional perspective.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"2-2-0-18-8","Prerequisite":"Pre-requisites for the new module is the compulsory\nprogramme of MUP in the first 3 semesters:\n- DEP5101 Urban Analysis Workshop\n- DEP5103 Urban Planning Studio\n- UD5601 Urban Design Studio\n- DEP5101A Qualitative Methods\n- DEP5103A Quantitative Methods\n- DEP5102 History and Theory\n- DEP5104 Urban and Regional Economics\n- DEP5105 Urban Infrastructure & Mobility Systems\n- UD5521 Planning Process","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DI5100","ModuleTitle":"Dental Implantology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DENTISTRY","Department":"DENTISTRY","ModuleDescription":"The Graduate Diploma in Dental Implantology is aimed at provided a sound scientific grounding and clinical training in implant dentistry.  This course is designed mainly for practising general dental practitioners who are interested in the field of dental Implantology.\r\n\r\nThis course will be a part-time course to cater to the needs of dental practitioners who will usually only be able to emabark in part-time programmes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"2-0.4-12-5-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSA2102","ModuleTitle":"Essential Data Analytics Tools: Numerical Computation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims at introducing basic concepts and wellestablished\nnumerical methods that are very related to the\ncomputing foundation of data science and analytics. The\nemphasis is on the tight integration of numerical\nalgorithms, implementation in industrial programming\nlanguage, and examination on practical examples drawn\nfrom various disciplines related to data science. Major\ntopics include: computer arithmetic, matrix multiplication,\nnumerical methods for solving linear systems, least\nsquares method, interpolation, concrete implementations\nin industrial program language, and sample applications\nrelated to data science.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"MA1101R and MA1102R","Preclusion":"MA2213","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC1007","ModuleTitle":"Business Analytics - Models & Decisions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Globalization is forcing firms to make smarter and timelier decisions to stay competitive. Increased accountability also requires Managers to rely less on their intuition and more on “System 2 thinking” i.e. facts and scientifically-tested methods to gain insights in complex business problems and thereby\r\nsubstantiate the decision-making process. Many managerial decisions, regardless of the functional orientation, are increasingly being based on\r\nanalysis using quantitative models and tools such as Decision Analysis, Simulation Modelling and Mathematical Optimization. The use of these business analytics for modelling and decisions represents the future of best practices for tomorrow’s success companies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"DSC1007X","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DSC1007X","ModuleTitle":"Business Analytics - Models & Decisions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Globalization is forcing firms to make smarter and timelier decisions to stay competitive. Increased accountability also requires Managers to rely less on their intuition and more on “System 2 thinking” i.e. facts and scientifically-tested methods to gain insights in complex business problems and thereby\r\nsubstantiate the decision-making process. Many managerial decisions, regardless of the functional orientation, are increasingly being based on\r\nanalysis using quantitative models and tools such as Decision Analysis, Simulation Modelling and Mathematical Optimization. The use of these business analytics for modelling and decisions represents the future of best practices for tomorrow’s success companies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"DSC1007","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DSC2006","ModuleTitle":"Operations Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"All manufacturing and service organisations have an operations function that is primarily responsible for the production and delivery of their products and services.  The operations function therefore not only affects final product quality but also impacts customer service and the overall competitiveness of the organisation. The objective of this course is to introduce and highlight the strategic importance of operations, and the fundamental principles and concepts of effective operations management. Students will examine how operations decisions in areas such as quality, process design, capacity and inventory can be managed, controlled and improved.  Operations in both manufacturing and service organisations will be addressed.(Although no prerequisite is stated, this module assumes prior knowledge of basic probability concepts like expected value, variance, normal distribution, and Poisson distribution. Students should ensure that they are adequately prepared for this module.)","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"BH2006 or BZ2003 or BK2006 or IE3120. All Industrial & Systems (ISE) students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC2008","ModuleTitle":"Business Analytics - Data & Decisions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Business decisions are often made under uncertainty. In the modern business environment, technological advances facilitate the collection of huge amounts of data which can potentially improve the decision making process. Successful businesses make use of Business Analytics and Business Intelligence, which are fundamentally based on quantitative statistical methods, to identify patterns and\r\ntrends in their data which eventually lead to insightful projections and realistic predictions. This module introduces students to the fundamental\r\nconcepts of statistical inference such as confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, as well as to statistical tools useful in business analysis, such as regression analysis and time series analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"ST1131/ST1131A Introduction to Statistics, ST1232 Statistics for Life Sciences and ST2334 Probability and Statistics.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DSC3201","ModuleTitle":"Supply Chain Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This course considers the operation of a supply chain from a managerial perspective, serving two main objectives: to provide tools for design, analysis, management and performance improvement of supply chains, and to introduce and discuss recent influential innovations in supply chain management such as B2B portals. Students will be taught to appreciate the need to balance between responsiveness and efficiency in the four major components of the chain: Inventory, Transportation, Facilities, and Information. These four components will be introduced to the students through suitable mathematical and behavioural models. It is recommended that students have some understanding of the Internet and e-business.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"DSC2006 or BH2006 or BZ2003 or BK2006","Preclusion":"BH3201 or BZ3402 or BK3505 or IE4220 or CS5262.\r\nAll Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) students\r\n","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC3202","ModuleTitle":"Purchasing And Materials Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"The primary aim of this course is to get students interested in and acquainted with the fundamental concepts, models and instruments in purchasing and materials management. Key areas like buying supplies, logistics, contracts, stock and inventory control, distribution and warehouse management will be covered. Some insights into the current developments and biggest problem areas in this field are provided. A combination of informative and interactive lectures and application-oriented case assignments will be used for the pedagogy and considerable attention is devoted to the discussion of practical / managerial issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"DSC2006 or BH2006 or BZ2003 or BK2006","Preclusion":"BH3202 or BZ3414 or BK3206","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC3203","ModuleTitle":"Service Operations Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive and systematic coverage of managing operations in service or service-oriented organisations such as banks, hospitals, airlines, retail outlets, restaurants and consultant agencies. Specifically, students will focus on the problems and analysis relating to the design, planning, control and improvements of service operations.  Topics covered include service strategy, system design, location and layout of service systems, resource allocation, workshift scheduling, vehicular scheduling and routing, and service quality. This course is essential for students wishing to work in service or service-oriented environments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"DSC2006 or BH2006 or BZ2003 or BK2006","Preclusion":"BH3203 or BZ3404 or BK3501","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC3214","ModuleTitle":"Introduction To Optimisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the theory, algorithms, and applications of optimisation. Optimisation methodologies include linear programming, integer programming, network optimisation, dynamic programming, and nonlinear programming. Problem formulation and interpretation of solutions will be emphasized. Throughout the course, references will be made wherever appropriate, to business applications, such as portfolio selection, options pricing, and vehicle routing. Students who are interested in computer and quantitative approaches in business will learn many useful techniques in large business system management from this course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"DSC1007 or [(MA1101R or MA1311) and (MA1521 or MA1102R)]","Preclusion":"IE2110","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC3215","ModuleTitle":"Stochastic Models In Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to management science models that characterise random phenomena in real world applications, particularly in the field of finance and operations management. We start with elementary probabilistic models and illustrate their applications in inventory management and financial engineering. We then construct discrete Markov chain models and demonstrate their applications in managing queues and for evaluating the performance measures of queueing systems. When analytical models are inadequate for studying real world random phenomena, simulation might be a feasible approach. We will discuss several well-known methods to simulate randomness.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"DSC1007/DSC1007X or ST2131 or ST2334","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC3216","ModuleTitle":"Predictive Analytics in Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Managerial success rests strategically on the ability to forecast the demand for the goods and services that a firm provides. Demand forecasting drives the effective planning of the supply chain: personnel requirements, capital investment, production schedules, logistics etc.This module surveys forecasting techniques and their applications. These encompass traditional qualitative (e.g. front line intelligence, Delphi method) and quantitative techniques (e.g. regression, time series) as well as emerging techniques based on neural networks. Concepts such as trends, seasonality and business cycles will be discussed. Their value in improving forecasts will be illustrated. The module makes extensive use of software including MS Excel and dedicated forecasting packages.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC3224","ModuleTitle":"Dynamic Pricing & Revenue Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Dynamic Pricing and Revenue Management is the state-of-art tool to improve the operational management of the demand for goods or services to more effectively align it with the supply and extract the maximum value. The course is designed to provide you: (1) a bundle of multidisciplinary knowledge and tactical tools that are readily applicable to real life business applications to deliver price recommendations; (2) conceptual frameworks that synthesize strategic principles, underlying logics, and high-level managerial insights needed by general managers and management consultants.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"DSC1007 or IE2110 or DSC3214","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC3229","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study in Ops & Supply Chain Mgt","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for students with the requisite background to work closely with an instructor on a well-defined project in the respective specialization areas. Students will be exposed to individual-based\r\nresearch and report-writing while tackling a business issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic. In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA/BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DSC4211C","ModuleTitle":"SIOSCM: Operations Strategy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"The course will present a strategic perspective of the operations function in any business. As a part of the course, the student will develop an appreciation of the fact that operations management is closely linked to competitive success of a firm. After taking the course the student should be in position to analyze the key role of operations in the entire corporate strategy framework and formulate a consistent operations strategy. The focus will be on the analysis of business operations and the design of appropriate processes that ensure the most effective and efficient utilization of resources. During the sessions we will constantly juxtaposition operations concepts with the elements\\basic inputs from finance, economics and strategy so as to appreciate the impact of operations on the overall business strategy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC4211G","ModuleTitle":"SIOSCM: Service Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Service design is a process that seeks to understand ways to develop the environments and programs that lead to a high level of service quality. Often times, the success of a business is dependent on the quality of service that is\r\nprovided to its customers. This is most evident in businesses where there is a blurry line between product and service. When the ultimate product is service, the\r\nquality of this service is the main element that can predict the success and profitability of the company.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"DSC2006 Operations Management","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC4213","ModuleTitle":"Analytical Tools for Consulting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Business analysts / consultants hold strategic positions within the knowledge-based firm. They support the Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance and HR departments in refining their processes, making them more efficient, profitable and customer-centric. A 2006 Money magazine survey ranks the business analyst position among the top jobs with regards to salary, advancement prospects, satisfaction and stress level.    \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe objective of this capstone course is to prepare participants for the work environment and the diverse challenges faced by business analysts and consultants. Through the pedagogical medium of cases, participants will polish their skills in analytics and the written and oral communications of their results to a Management audience.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe course will cover topics such as Decision & Risk Analysis, Optimization, Simulation, Data Mining and Forecasting. Participants will gain extensive experience in analytical software such as Precision Tree, Solver and Evolutionary Solver, @Risk and StatTools.  Cases will highlight timely problems e.g. cash flow / revenue management, supply chain optimization, reverse auctions, staff right-sizing, outsourcing, benchmarking, CRM (e.g. customer segmentation, clustering), seasonal demand forecasting etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"DSC1007 or IE2110 or DSC3214","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC4215","ModuleTitle":"Data Visualization and Actionable Intelligence","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Successful supply chain analytics projects require: A business problem, validated data, visualization for initial insights, and statistical analysis for predictive insights.\r\n\r\nStudents will glean insights from real world data, answer strategic business questions, create an Information Strategy for Supply Chain, Visualize and monetize Big Data.\r\n\r\nReal data sets from supply chain, retail, and social media will be placed in cloud technology like Google or Amazon.\r\n\r\nThe students will use state-of-the-art tools to create  amazing visualizations including SAP Lumira, Qlikview,Tableau, SVG, NetNode, and others.\r\n\r\nPractically, students will also learn about types of data available in a typical corporation, how this data maybe collected, shortcomings, bureaucratic / company's cultural issues.\r\n\r\nIn this era of entrepreneurship we will also look at how startups/NGOs can visualize supply chain opportunities to attract and serve customers.\r\n\r\nTo round out the course we will review the ethical and legal considerations of acquiring and using certain types of data.\r\n\r\nAt the end they will develop the next generation of business analytics using cross-industry data mashups.\r\n\r\nThe skills learned will be usable in other industries and the core concepts are technology agnostic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-1-4-2","Prerequisite":"Operations and Technology Management","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC4217","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Analytics with R","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This course prepares students with fundamental knowledge of using R, a powerful complete analytical environment, to organize, visualize, and analyze data. It is, however, not a programming course. It will focus on case studies from the most commonly used tasks that a business analyst will face on a day-to-day basis and how R could be used to handle such cases. \r\n\r\nThe topics covered in the course include foundations of R programming, data visualization, regression-based data modelling, classification, and social media analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"DSC1007 Business Analytics – Models and Decisions;\r\nand\r\nDSC2008 Business Analytics – Data and Decisions","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DSC4219","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Independent Study in Ops & Supply Chain Mgt","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Advanced Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for senior students who are in the BBA and BBA(Acc) honors programs with the requisite background to work closely with an instructor on a well-defined project in the respective specialization areas. (The modules may also be made available to students who are eligible for\r\nadmission into the honors programs but choose to pursue the non-honors course of study.) Students will hone their research and report-writing skills while tackling a business issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic. In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA/BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DSC5102","ModuleTitle":"Business Analytics Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an opportunity for teams of students to work with organizations throughout the world to identify important organizational issues, engage in data collection and analysis, and recommend insightful solutions. Through action-based learning that spans over one year, it aims to develop personal capabilities, professional competencies, and academic knowledge in a real business setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"1-0-0-7-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DSC5121","ModuleTitle":"Hands-on with Business Analytics (Finance)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This course bridges the divide between technical skills and business know-how. Students will engage in a series of business case study discussions, guided group projects, and a final semester project. Applications will cover areas such as real time analytics in supply chain, cross dock selection, inventory flow design, credit scoring, portfolio selection, risk management, asset pricing and implementation of banking regulation. Students practice using real-world tools.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DSC5211A","ModuleTitle":"Supply Chain Coordination and Risk Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to expose students to the techniques for the design, control and operation of a robust and efficient supply chain. We will focus on two of the important topics in supply chain management: supply chain coordination and supply chain risk management. Our objective is to provide our students further understanding on these two selected topics by discussing a variety of related issues and modeling/analysis tools. We will not only introduce the students a variety of recent developments and business insights in these two topics but also teach the students how to conduct analysis to gain these insights.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"Knowledge in Operations Management and Supply Chain Management\r\nKnowledge of Calculus and Probability","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DSC5211B","ModuleTitle":"Analytical Tools for Consulting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"Business analysts and consultants hold strategic positions within the knowledge-oriented firm. They play a major role in making the Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance and HR departments more efficient, customer-centric and profitable.\r\nThe course prepares participants for the work environment and the diverse challenges faced by business analysts and consultants. Specifically, they will develop analytical models and gain experience with software used in the\r\nindustry to garner insights into contemporaneous managerial challenges such as optimization of resources, pricing, business expansion decisions, risk management etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-6-1","Prerequisite":"Any introductory course in Statistics.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DSC5211C","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Risk Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to the probability and statistical methods used by financial institutions and supply chain managers to model market,\r\ncredit and operational risk. Topics addressed include loss distributions, multivariate models, dependence and copulas, extreme value theory, risk measures, risk  aggregation, risk allocation and supply chain risk management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"DSC5211A","Preclusion":"N.A.","Corequisite":"N.A."},{"ModuleCode":"DTS5703","ModuleTitle":"OPERATIONS RESEARCH","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMASEK DEFENCE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory module to operations research which will cover both deterministic and stochastic models for effective decision-making. Topics include mathematical programming (overview on models building and sensitivity analysis; computer-based solutions), multi-criteria decision analysis, reliability and\nmaintenance, queueing theory and simulation. Relevant cases on military applications will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-4-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DTS5711","ModuleTitle":"Integration Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMASEK DEFENCE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-6-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DTS5712","ModuleTitle":"THESIS PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMASEK DEFENCE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-6-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DTS5731","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Systems Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMASEK DEFENCE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introductory module on systems\nengineering providing an overview of the topic and the\ndetails which should be more fully explored in depth\nthrough other modules. It explains systems, systems\nengineering, systems development lifecycles and\nprocesses, applications and methods to mitigate risks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-2-0-2-2.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IE5402 Systems Engineering and Architecture\nSyE5001 Systems Engineering and Architecture\nSDM 5002 Systems Engineering\nDTS5726 Fundamentals of Systems Engineering and Architecture","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DTS5732","ModuleTitle":"Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMASEK DEFENCE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory module to artificial intelligence (AI)\nand data analytics (DA). It covers various topics of AI and\nDA. The AI topics include heuristic search, constraint\nsatisfaction, logic and inference, and natural language\nprocessing. The DA topics include data preprocessing,\ndata visualization, classification, model evaluation,\ndecision trees, neural networks, deep learning, association\nanalysis, and clustering.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-7","Prerequisite":"Probability, statistics, linear algebra, and calculus.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DTS5733","ModuleTitle":"Sensors and Intelligence","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMASEK DEFENCE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces sensor and intelligence\ntechnologies and their applications in the operational\ncontext, mainly focusing on the most commonly deployed\nsensor technologies such as Radar and Electro-Optical\n(EO) sensors as well as established and emerging\nintelligence areas such as communications intelligence\n(COMINT), electronic intelligent (ELINT) and Open-Source\nIntelligence (OSINT).\nThe underlying technical principles for performance\nassessments in various environments, such as electronic\nwarfare and design trade-offs will be covered and\nreinforced through the use of application examples.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-4-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DTS5736","ModuleTitle":"Systems Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMASEK DEFENCE SYSTEMS INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this module is to allow students to integrate\nmulti-dimensional defence technology that include C3,\nSensors and Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Guided\nWeapons, Unmanned Systems, Cyber, Operations\nResearch, Systems Engineering, etc, to study, formulate\nand analyse an actual military problem with the goal of\nrecommending a design solution with the principles of\nsystems engineering and design that involve complex\nsystems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-2-0-4.5","Prerequisite":"DTS5731 Fundamentals of Systems Engineering","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"DTS5701 Large Scale Systems Engineering"},{"ModuleCode":"DY5190","ModuleTitle":"Graduate Seminar module","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DENTISTRY","Department":"DENTISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to promote a strong research culture among the research students of the Faculty of Dentistry as well as improving their communication skills through presentations and conference attendance.  It is spread over the candidature of the students and will be graded \"Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory\" on the basis of student presentation and participation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"NIL","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"DY5310","ModuleTitle":"Endodontics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DENTISTRY","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE DENTAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The Endodontic Residency Training Programme comprises of didactic, clinical and research components. Clinical training incorporating state-of-the-art technologies is corroborated with advanced didactic instruction in the principles of Endodontics and the basis for biomedical sciences. An array of features includes laboratory practical, seminars, lectures,literature reviews, multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment planning sessions as well as undergraduate teaching. There may also be an opportunity for a 3-4 weeks attachment at Baylor College of Dentistry in USA for increased educational exposures.\r\n\r\nResearch is an integral part of the program and the resident is required to engage in a clinical or basic science research project. The resident is encouraged to attend conferences (both local and international) and present their research findings, conduct table-clinics, etc. at such meetings.\r\n\r\nThe main research interest of the Endodontic Residency Training Program is in the understan","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"Lectures: 450 hours, Clinics: 3150 hours, Seminars/Tutorial: 450 hours,Technique/Practical: 450 hou","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DY5320","ModuleTitle":"Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DENTISTRY","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE DENTAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery programme is a three-year programme, incorporating an applied basic science component to be taken in the first year. Students with a Primary MDS or its equivalent are exempted from the Basic Science course and Examination.\r\n\r\nThe Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residency programme will enable the resident to:\r\n? Acquire the widest theoretical knowledge to be competent in the foundation for the practice\r\nof Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery;\r\n? Acquire the foundation and practical experience in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery to be competent to enter into higher specialty training;\r\n? Effectively interface with other specialties and disciplines in patients requiring interdisciplinary management, especially in head and neck conditions, orthognathic surgery, cleft lip and palate management;\r\n? Acquire the experience to carry out research projects, to critically evaluate scientific publications and to communicate clinical and research papers in journals and conference","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"Lectures: 450 hours, Clinics: 3150 hours, Seminars/Tutorial: 450 hours,Technique/Practical: 450 hou","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DY5330","ModuleTitle":"Orthodontics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DENTISTRY","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE DENTAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The Orthodontic Residency Training Programme is accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh to enable candidates who successfully complete the course to sit for the Membership in Orthodontics (MOrthRCS Edinburgh). This enables the acquisition, by assessment, of the Fellowship of the College of Surgeons (FDSRCS Edinburgh) after 5 further years of clinical practice as a specialist.\r\n\r\nThe curriculum follows the recommended content by the Erasmus Committee which has been accepted by the European Commissioners in Brussels as satisfying the requirements for specialist practice in Europe.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"Lectures: 450 hours, Clinics: 3150 hours, Seminars/Tutorial: 450 hours,Technique/Practical: 450 hou","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DY5340","ModuleTitle":"Periodontology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DENTISTRY","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE DENTAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The 3 year Periodontology Residency course comprises didactic, clinical and research components. The course covers all aspects of Periodontology from clinical practice to applied basic sciences relevant to the discipline. The course also include a segment in implant dentistry. The programme will enable the resident to i) acquire basic and advanced clinical skills in providing periodontal care to patients presenting with a range of periodontal disease based on sound scientific principles ii) acquire basic skills in implant dentistry including maintenance and management of peri-implant diseases iii) be clinically competent in treatment planning of advanced periodontal disease with a multi-disciplinary approach iv) understand the basic concepts in research and able to carry out research independently v) critically review the literature and apply it to clinical practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DY5350","ModuleTitle":"Prosthodontics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DENTISTRY","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE DENTAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The three-year Prosthodontic Residency Training Programme comprises didactic, clinical, technical and research components covering all aspects of Prosthodontics including applied basic sciences relevant to prosthodontics, advanced fixed and removable partial and complete denture prosthodontics, occlusion, TMD, dental materials science, maxillo-facial prosthodontics and dental implants. The programme will equip the resident to 1) have basic sciences education as a foundation for clinical and technical skills; 2) be proficient in diagnosis, planning and treatment of patients with exceptional prosthodontic problems including the management of patients requiring full mouth rehabilitation using fixed and removable prostheses and implant supported prostheses with an emphasis on cases requiring interdisciplinary care and coordination; 3) be proficient in laboratory technical skills sufficient to evaluate technical work, communicate effectively with technicians and be able to train others in these skills; 4) be effectively interfaced with other specialties and disciplines in the care of patients requiring interdisciplinary therapy; and 5) acquire the experience to conduct independent research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"DY5360","ModuleTitle":"Paediatric Dentistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DENTISTRY","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE DENTAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The Paediatric Dentistry programme is a three-year programme, incorporating an applied basic science component to be taken in the first year. Students with a Primary MDS or its equivalent are exempted from the Basic Sciences course and Examination. \r\n\r\nThe Paediatry Dentistry residency programme will enable the resident to:\r\n- Acquire the widest theoretical knowledge to be competent in the foundation for the practice of Paediatric Dentistry;\r\n- Acquire the foundation and practical experience in Paediatric Dentistry to be competent to enter into higher specialty training;\r\n- Be proficient , competent and ethical in all aspects of dentistry for children and adolescents from birth to 18 years of age;\r\n- Acquire the experience to carry out research projects, to champion and advance paediatric dentistry efforts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EB5001","ModuleTitle":"Big Data Engineering for Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course equips students with the in-depth data engineering and data analytics skills that are required to engineer big data solutions to solve real world business\nproblems. The first half of the course delivers in-depth knowledge of the engineering aspects involved in the storage, processing and visualization of big data sets. It examines state-of-the-art distributed architectures and platforms (both cloud hosted and traditional) and their programming frameworks and libraries. The second half of the course focuses on the data analytics techniques, technologies and tools that combine with these architectures and frameworks to solve real world big data problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-5-1","Prerequisite":"There are no hard prerequisites in terms of existing courses, but it would be desirable for students to have some of familiarity with distributed computing, business intelligence and business analytics.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EB5101","ModuleTitle":"Foundations of Business Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The focus of this course is to introduce the student to different Statistical Analysis and Business Analytic techniques. Students will learn basic descriptive statistics and modelling techniques. Further, they will learn when to use each and how to interpret the results. Students will also learn how to predict future business trends using simple statistical methods like moving averages, exponential smoothing and linear regression. Some key statistical analyses include hypothesis testing, correlation analysis, control groups versus test groups. Students will appreciate the value of Business Analytics through being introduced to segmentation analytics, decision trees, logistic regression and neural networks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-1-1-10-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EB5103","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to develop understanding of how the results of data driven modelling can assist businesses to reduce their marketing costs and increase their return on investments. Predictive Modelling techniques such as Churn Models, Response Models, Uplift Response Models, Churn Uplift Models, and Risk Models will be covered in this course.\r\nBased on business objectives, students will learn when to use specific modelling techniques and how to interpret the results. Case studies are used to illustrate how the advanced modelling techniques can reduce marketing costs and thereby increase the return on investment for the business.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-1-1-10-5","Prerequisite":"EB5001 Foundations of Business Analytics\r\nEB5002 Data Analytics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EB5105","ModuleTitle":"Enterprise Business Analytics Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The Enterprise Business Analytics project is designed to be a building block for students to consolidate and put into practice the skills, tools and techniques they have acquired during the Masters programme. This hands-on experience will give students the opportunity to analyze the business needs of a functional area in their organization and suggest and apply Business Analytics techniques to provide business insights and identifiable benefits.\r\nThe project may take the form of a typical consulting engagement or alternatively, it may involve the experimental application and validation of a Business Analytics technology such as text mining, neural networks etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-30-0","Prerequisite":"EB5001 Foundations of Business Analytics\r\nEB5002 Data Analytics\r\nEB5003 Advanced Analytics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EB5201","ModuleTitle":"Campaign Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to teach students how to build a successful, repeatable campaign development process. Using helpful practical techniques students will learn how to put marketing activities and offers together to ensure a truly relevant integrated marketing communications plan that works. Students will also learn how to measure campaign results and automatically feed that intelligence back into the system to fine tune future campaigns.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3-2","Prerequisite":"EB5001 Foundations of Business Analytics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EB5203","ModuleTitle":"Customer Relationship Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a business strategy to reduce cost and increase profitability through a better understanding of customers gained from insights into customer data. This course introduces Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and data mining techniques to derive insights into the behaviour and value of your customers. Participants will learn how to make quicker and better business decisions using customer profiling and targeting, profitability analysis, customer-personalization, event-monitoring, what-if scenarios, and predictive modelling. This course will incorporate industry best practices and latest trends and feature workshops using CRM software to enhance learning and practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3-2","Prerequisite":"EB5001 Foundations of Business Analytics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EB5205","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Health Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to teach students how to make better use of data in analyzing physicians, patients and treatments and thereby improving the decision making of the organization. A wide variety of analytical techniques and methods will covered, such as Recall Testing, Awareness, Trial and Usage (ATU), Patient Diary Studies (PDS), Key Opinion Leader (KOL), Perceptual Mapping, Segmentation, Profiling, Conjoint Analysis, Omnibus Studies and Quality of Life. Based on specific organization objectives, students will learn when to use specific methods, how to conduct the study and interpret the results.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3-2","Prerequisite":"EB5001 Foundations of Business Analytics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EB5208","ModuleTitle":"Geospatial Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Globally, there are strong initiatives which aim to harness data and analytics to build solutions with smart features for operational intelligence and decision making. Geospatial analytics is capable to detect expected and discover\nunexpected insights - spatial relationship, and transform the complex relationship into understandable visual map and actionable decision. Important components for geospatial analytics includes geospatial data, geospatial analysis, and geovisualisation. It is implemented using\nemerging trends and cutting edge technologies in geospatial information system and technology domain.  \n\nIt complements existing MTech EBAC courses by developing practical know-how in geospatial data management, geospatial analytics and geospatial\nvisualisation for actionable business insights and decision making.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3-2","Prerequisite":"There are no hard prerequisites in terms of existing courses, but it would be desirable for students to have some interest in data mining.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC1101E","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Economic Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to some of the basic concepts, methods, and models in economics to equip the students to think economically. These tools will enable students to understand current economic issues and appreciate economics in their everyday lives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"EC1301, BH1005/BSP1005/BSP1703, RE1704, USE2301. All BBA, BAC, BBA(Hons) and BAC(Hons) students are not allowed to take EC1101E.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC1301","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to teach the basic principles of economics to undergraduates from non-economic majors. It introduces students to elementary microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts and provides them with an economic framework to understand the workings of individual markets, the aggregate economy, as well as international trade and finance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"EC1101E, BH1005/BSP1005/BSP1703, RE1704, USE2301. All BBA, BAC, BBA(Hons) and BAC(Hons) students are not allowed to take EC1301.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC2101","ModuleTitle":"Microeconomic Analysis I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course is for students who have studied the principles of economics and will take them through to the next level in their study of microeconomics. Our approach stresses the relevance and application of microeconomic theory in both managerial and public policy decision making. A combination of tables, figures, and simple mathematics will be used to provide the grounding in the key principles of microeconomics for further study in the economics programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EC1101E or EC1301 or USE2301 or BSP1005/BH1005","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC2102","ModuleTitle":"Macroeconomic Analysis I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course develops the analytical tools to understand basic questions on short-run macroeconomic fluctuations, and shows how these tools can be applied to real world situations.  In the process of developing these tools, we will discuss the determinants of consumption and investment.  Next we turn to different business cycle theories.  Specifically, we study the  Keynesian, New Keynesian, Neo Classical and Real Business Cycle models, and examine their different assumptions and policy prescriptions for macroeconomic stabilization.   IS-LM and AD-AS frameworks are employed in studying some or all of these paradigms.   Finally, we evaluate the predictions of these models against business cycle facts.  We will also briefly review national income accounting and discuss some measurement issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC1101E or EC1301 or USE2301 or BSP1005 or BH2001","Preclusion":"BSP2001, BSE3701","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC2104","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Methods for Economic Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module seeks to enable students to integrate relevant basic mathematical knowhow with economic analysis. The main objective is to develop in the\r\nstudents the process skills for formulating and solving economic problems mathematically. Topics include equilibrium analysis, understanding and use of matrix algebra and differential and integral calculus in formulating and solving economic problems, comparative-static analysis, and selected optimization problems in economics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"EC3311, ANY MA MODULE THAT IS NOT MA1301 OR MA1301FC OR MA1301X OR MA1311 OR MA1312 OR MA1421.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EC2204","ModuleTitle":"Financial Accounting for Economists","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course helps to let students appreciate the use of accounting in measuring the efficiency and performance of firms, and its relevance in the study of Economics. Students would be able to critically evaluate financial statements and interpret key financial ratios in the study of firms. Consequently, students would be equipped with the necessary tools to analyze and project the performance of firms in economic models.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EC1101E or EC1301 or GET1023","Preclusion":"ACC1002, ACC1002X, ACC1701","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC2303","ModuleTitle":"Foundations for Econometrics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory statistics course for economists. No prior background in statistics is needed as the course is intended to provide a rigorous statistical foundation for students who intend to study econometrics. The module begins with ways of summarizing economic data, including the use of frequency distributions and measures of central tendency and dispersion. This is followed by an initiation into the concepts of classical probability, paving the way for the important topics of random variables and probability distributions. Next, the core ideas of classical statistical inference are introduced - including sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing and analysis of variance. Finally, correlation and regression analyses will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"All ST and SA modules, DSC1007 or DSC1007X, MA2216","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC3101","ModuleTitle":"Microeconomic Analysis II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of the foundation module on microeconomics.  It is designed to equip students with the standard tools and techniques to analyze microeconomic issues and to prepare them to access higher level modules that utilize microeconomic analysis. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe module begins with a review of several foundation topics on consumer and producer theory covered in the prerequisite course, i.e. EC2101.  It then moves on to discuss the general equilibrium model, whereby consumers and producers are put together in a general equilibrium framework.  After that, it covers choice over time, i.e. inter-temporal choice and choices over different states of the world, i.e. choices under uncertainty. It then continues with game theory. This topic will be discussed extensively. Coverage will include various solution concepts for one-shot games and sequential move games.  Applications of the theory on the issues of oligopolistic competition, entry and entry prevention, and network economics will receive a great deal of attention. Finally, the module ends with the asymmetric information, i.e. moral hazard and adverse selection and its application on the internal organisation of the firm. Throughout the course, empirical observations and real-life cases pertaining to the issues discussed in this module are presented.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC2101 AND (EC2104 OR ANY MA MODULE THAT IS NOT MA1301/MA1301FC/MA1301X OR MA1311 OR MA1312 OR MA1421)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3102","ModuleTitle":"Macroeconomic Analysis II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course follows up on Macroeconomics I (EC2102).  We review consumption and investment theories, and study the determinants of money demand and supply.  Aggregate Supply functions under differing assumptions regarding labour-market clearing and price expectations (rational or adaptive) are derived next, and combined with the Aggregate Demand function to study policy and other effects.  We next examine the expectations-augmented Phillips Curve, and simple inflation-unemployment dynamics.  We also study further policy issues (time inconsistency, Ricardian Equivalence, profit-sharing), open-economy macroeconomics (the Mundell-Fleming model), and simple growth theory (the Solow model and the AK endogenous growth model).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC2102, EC2101, AND (EC2104 OR ANY MA MODULE THAT IS NOT MA1301/MA1301FC/MA1301X OR MA1311 OR MA1312 OR MA1421)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3303","ModuleTitle":"Econometrics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a basic econometrics module that requires a background in statistical analysis similar to EC2303 Foundations for Econometrics. This module is aimed at providing a user-friendly introduction to basic econometric techniques and commercial software packages such as Eviews and Excel to carry out simple regression analyses. The major topics covered include a review of probability distributions and statistical inference, rudiments of matrix algebra, classical linear regression model with two or more variables, estimation and hypothesis testing, and violation of classical assumptions and some remedial measures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"(EC1101E or EC1301 or BSP1005) and (EC2303 or DSC1007 or DSC1007X or any ST or SA module or MA2216)","Preclusion":"ST3131","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC3304","ModuleTitle":"Econometrics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module builds upon the background provided in EC3303 Econometrics I and provides an application oriented coverage to a number of topics. The module begin with a review of the multiple regression model and moves on to topics such as autoregressive distributed lag models, micro-econometrics, panel regressions, and limited dependent variable regressions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"(EC3303 OR ST3131) AND (EC2104 OR ANY MA MODULE THAT IS NOT MA1301/MA1301FC/MA1301X OR MA1311 OR MA1312 OR MA1421)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3305","ModuleTitle":"Programming Tools for Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on teaching programming tools and econometric software for economics. The aim is for students to master basic programming skills and to\nknow how to use broadly used econometrics software. It will be a \"hands-on\" module during which students will learn to explore, modify, manage, and analyze data. They will also learn how to learn by themselves skills that will not be covered in class. At the end of the course, students will be able to produce a given analysis starting from any type of raw data. Applications will cover several fields of applied economics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EC2303","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EC3312","ModuleTitle":"Game Theory & Applications to Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students in economics and other social sciences to game theory, a theory of interactive decision making. This module provides students with the basic solution concepts for different types of non-cooperative games, including static and dynamic games under complete and incomplete information. The basic solution concepts that this module covers are Nash equilibrium, subgame perfect equilibrium, Bayesian equilibrium, and perfect Bayesian equilibrium. This module emphasizes the applications of game theory to economics, such as duopolies, auctions, and bargaining.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC2101 and (EC2104 or any MA module that is not MA1301/MA1301FC/MA1301X or MA1311 or MA1312 or MA1421)","Preclusion":"MA4264","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3322","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Organisation I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course considers the behaviour of firms in a market economy. It has two parts. One - the basic theory part - considers how firms behave under different market structures. The other part is policy-oriented. It applies tools from the basic theory part to everyday problems and scenarios and tries to assess market efficiency and effects of possible intervention by the government or regulatory agencies. The two parts proceed simultaneously. Real-life problems or scenarios are introduced and while discussing them the required theory is developed. Students must be able to take derivatives and solve optimization problems and think critically in a logical manner.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC2101 AND (EC2104 OR ANY MA MODULE THAT IS NOT MA1301/MA1301FC/MA1301X OR MA1311 OR MA1312 OR MA1421)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3332","ModuleTitle":"Money and Banking I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the economic analysis of the following: (1) the structure and role of financial institutions, (2) tools and conduct of monetary policy, including monetary theory. Topics include the role of money, debt and equity; financial institutions and markets; regulation; financial crises; interest rates; commercial bank operations; the money supply process; theories of money demand; conduct of monetary policy and its role in different macroeconomic frameworks: international role of money; monetary policy in Singapore. As financial activities and events affect our everyday lives, this course should be of interest to a wide variety of students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC2102 AND (EC2104 OR ANY MA MODULE THAT IS NOT MA1301/MA1301FC/MA1301X OR MA1311 OR MA1312 OR MA1421)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3333","ModuleTitle":"Financial Economics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to introduce students to certain areas of financial economics. It attempts to develop a theoretical foundation for choice under uncertainty, portfolio analysis and equilibrium asset pricing models. A considerable portion of the course will also be devoted to the fixed-income securities and derivative securities. Since this is an economics course in a liberal arts and sciences setting, we will emphasize economic concepts whenever possible, and spend time on the intellectual and economic development of investment analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC2101 AND (EC2102 OR BSP2001) AND (EC2104 OR ANY MA MODULE THAT IS NOT MA1301/MA1301FC/MA1301X OR MA1311 OR MA1312 OR MA1421)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3342","ModuleTitle":"International Trade I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"International trade is about how nations interact through trade of goods and services. This module focuses on the real transactions across borders (i.e., those transactions that involve a physical movement of goods or a tangible commitment of economic resources), such as the pattern of trade, gains from trade, and trade volume.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC2101 and EC2102","Preclusion":"EC3341","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3343","ModuleTitle":"International Finance I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the theory and practice of international macroeconomics and finance. The objective of this module is to give students a\r\ntheoretical framework to think about a wide variety of current issues in international finance: current account deficit, global imbalances, exchange rate\r\ndetermination, monetary policy in an open economy setting, and global financial crisis in 2008.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC2101 and EC2102","Preclusion":"EC3341","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3361","ModuleTitle":"Labour Economics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module employs the analytical tools of economics to provide a better understanding of the workings and outcomes of labour markets. It applies economic theory to analyze and predict the behaviour of and relationship between labour market participants; to understand the causes of important labour market trends and developments; and to discuss and evaluate policies affecting labour services. Major topics covered include the theory of individual labour supply, labour demand, economics of education, training and migration, trade unions and collective bargaining, economics of personnel, pay determination and productivity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EC2101, (EC2104 OR ANY MA MODULE THAT IS NOT MA1301/MA1301FC/MA1301X OR MA1311 OR MA1312 OR MA1421), AND EC3303","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3375","ModuleTitle":"Economy and Business of Japan and Korea","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module examines economic miracles of Japan and Korea and their central business organizations, keiretsu and chaebols, that brought the success. It then analyzes how they responded to the challenges of the transition from catching-up economies to mature economies, and how their business organizations functioned in the transition process.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EC2101","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC3377","ModuleTitle":"Global Economic History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"In this module, we use economic theory and quantitative methods to understand why some countries grew rich while others did not. Since the operation of an economy cannot be devoid of its institutional context, special attention will be paid to the political economy of development. Besides the economics literature, we will also read selected works by historians, political scientists, and sociologists to gain a more comprehensive understanding of development issues in Asia, Africa, and the West in recent centuries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC2101","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC3394","ModuleTitle":"Economics and Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module discusses how findings and insights from psychology can be incorporated formally and rigorously into economics to improve its descriptive and predictive powers. It will also discuss the implications for policymakers. The module does not require any background in psychology but it does assume that the students have had rigorous training in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"EC2101 Microeconomic AnalysisI\r\nEC2102 Macroeconomic AnalysisI and\r\nEC3303 Econometrics I","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC3396","ModuleTitle":"Economic Analysis of Law I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"In this module and its sequel, economic concepts are applied to explain and clarify legal issues.  The first of a sequence of two modules, this module focuses on areas in private law as well as the economics of crime and punishment.\r\n\r\nStudents will be able to use economics to analyse the effects of legal rules, to explain why some legal rules are adopted and not others, and to evaluate the efficiency of legal rules.\r\n\r\nMajor topics to be covered are an introduction to the economic framework that underlies much of the substance and procedures of the law, and the core areas of the common law, such as property, contract, tort and crime.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EC3101","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project. UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed. UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4301","ModuleTitle":"Microeconomic Analysis III","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this course is to provide students with a sound understanding of modern microeconomic theory. The first half of the course introduces the fundamental tools of microeconomic analysis. It covers consumer theory, firm theory, and general equilibrium. The second half consists of introduction to a number of topics which signify the recent development in microeconomics. These topics include decisions under uncertainty and asymmetric information, and non-cooperative game theory and its applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track . Min avg grade point for EC3101 and EC3102 together of 4.00. Note: If student do not have the current pre-requisites for EC4301/EC4101 and EC4302/EC4102 but have: 1. passed at least 14 EC modules (or 56MCs) (inclusive of EC3101 and EC3102, and; 2. obtained an SJAP (avg grade of all EC modules) of at least 3.50, then student may submit an appeal for the prerequisite waiver using CORS.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. Min avg grade point for EC3101 and EC3102 together of 4.00. Note: If student do not have the current pre-requisites for EC4301/EC4101 and EC4302/EC4102 but have: 1. passed at least 14 EC modules (or 56MCs) (inclusive of EC3101 and EC3102, and; 2. obtained an SJAP (avg grade of all EC modules) of at least 3.50, then student may submit an appeal for the prerequisite waiver using CORS.","Preclusion":"EC4101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4302","ModuleTitle":"Macroeconomic Analysis III","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is divided into two sections; long- and short- run macro-economic analysis.  In the first section, we shall discuss various theories of economic growth using inter-temporal optimization models, which include neo-classical growth models and overlapping-generations models. In the second section, we shall add stochastic elements to the standard neo-classical growth model and use it to study business cycles. Our focus will be to highlight the similarities and differences between the Real Business Cycle and New-Keynesian Models. This course is suitable for students intending to pursue graduate studies or quantitative research (in ministries, statutory boards, etc.) in Economics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track . Min avg grade point for EC3101 and EC3102 together of 4.00. Note: If student do not have the current pre-requisites for EC4301/EC4101 and EC4302/EC4102 but have: 1. passed at least 14 EC modules (or 56MCs) (inclusive of EC3101 and EC3102, and; 2. obtained an SJAP (avg grade of all EC modules) of at least 3.50, then student may submit an appeal for the prerequisite waiver using CORS.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. Min avg grade point for EC3101 and EC3102 together of 4.00. Note: If student do not have the current pre-requisites for EC4301/EC4101 and EC4302/EC4102 but have: 1. passed at least 14 EC modules (or 56MCs) (inclusive of EC3101 and EC3102, and; 2. obtained an SJAP (avg grade of all EC modules) of at least 3.50, then student may submit an appeal for the prerequisite waiver using CORS.","Preclusion":"EC4102","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4304","ModuleTitle":"Economic and Financial Forecasting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module studies techniques for forecasting, evaluating forecast performance and associated uncertainty, and comparing and combining forecasts that are tailored to the typical characteristics of economic and financial data. The emphasis is put on application of these techniques to forecasting real world data using a popular software package such as Stata or EViews.  ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3303 and EC3304.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3303 and EC3304","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4305","ModuleTitle":"Applied Econometrics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module covers applied econometrics topics that are useful for policy. The aim is to introduce statistical methods to measure the causal impact of policy and provide firm foundations under which policy evaluation is valid. Fields for which the methods can apply includes economics of education, labour economics and development economics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3304\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3304","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4306","ModuleTitle":"Applied Microeconomic Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"The module covers selected topics including economics of asymmetric information, auction and mechanism design, and matching and market design. The module will focus on delivering the economic insights and minimize the use of mathematical tools. Emphasis will be placed on main applications such as design of efficient and revenue-maximizing auctions, design of stable school choice mechanisms, and design of efficient and optimal contracts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101","Preclusion":"EC4101 and EC4301","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4307","ModuleTitle":"Issues in Macroeconomics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module draws on the tools of macro-economic\r\nanalysis developed in EC2102 and EC3102. It applies the\r\ntools to understand the classic and contemporary macroeconomic problems and policies The first half of the semester will be devoted to a quick review of important tools of Macroeconomic analysis. The second half will employ the tools to analyse significant historical as well as contemporary macroeconomic events.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-6-3.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3102\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3102","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4332","ModuleTitle":"Money and Banking II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"Topics include recent developments in monetary theory and policies, rational expectations, demand for money-econometric analysis and empirical studies, the role of money in general equilibrium, a framework for the determination of money supply, issues in monetary policy such as money neutrality, rules versus discretion, policy credibility, exchange rate determination, monetary policy co-ordination, theories of interest rate determination and structure, credit rationing, issues in bank management, financial markets and instruments, bank regulations, internationalization of banking, and monetary policy and foreign exchange management in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and EC3332.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and EC3332.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4333","ModuleTitle":"Financial Economics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"The module provides an in-depth analysis of the theories and models that are essential to the understanding of financial decision making. The course covers topics on decision making under certainty and uncertainty, no-arbitrage pricing theory, mean-variance portfolio selection theory, capital asset pricing model, efficient market hypothesis, mathematics of derivative securities, pricing theory and applications of contingent claims such as standard options, mortgage-backed securities and interest-rate instruments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.  EC3101, EC3102 and EC3333 \r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.  EC3101, EC3102 and EC3333","Preclusion":"MA3245 and MA4269","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4334","ModuleTitle":"Financial Market Microstructure","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"Market microstructure studies how trading takes place in financial markets. The module will cover theoretical models and the associated empirical analysis employing game theory and econometric theory. We first analyse the movement of security prices by time series models. Second, we investigate various trading strategies adopted by market participants. We then examine three main types of theoretical models of trading: inventory models, sequential trading models, and strategic trading models. Finally, we study how trading rules and institutional details may lead to different trading processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3304, and EC3333\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3304, and EC3333","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4343","ModuleTitle":"International Finance II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"The International Monetary System is the worldwide framework that facilitates cross-border flows of financial capital to finance investment and trade. Today’s system traces its roots to the late 19th century. Before World War I, major currencies were tied to gold, implying a system of fixed exchange rates without room for independent monetary policy. Today no major currency is tied to gold, and monetary policy is independent. Employing the tools presented in International Finance I, the course discusses how the system has operated throughout time and why it changed. The discussions are embedded in the economic context of the times.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-6-3.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and EC3341.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and (EC3341 or EC3343).","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EC4351","ModuleTitle":"Public Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an in depth analysis of the latest development in public sector economics. The macroeconomic consequences of the microeconomic impacts of taxation, expenditures and financing schemes are analyzed. It also covers contemporary topics such as fiscal policy and ageing, social security and intergenerational transfers.  Students are also exposed to research methodologies and empirical studies involving computable general equilibrium modelling and generational accounting. Students taking this module are expected to have some basic knowledge of public finance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5.","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.  EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and EC3351\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\nEC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and EC3351","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC4353","ModuleTitle":"Health Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to provide overview of the economics of health and medical care. It examines the roles of hospitals, physicians, and health insurance, the determinants of health, and institutional features of health care system. Students learn how to apply economic and econometric tools to analyse them and discuss related public policy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"2-1-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80MCs including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours Track. EC3101 and EC3304 \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80MCs including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours Track. EC3101 and EC3304.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4361","ModuleTitle":"Labour Economics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides advanced analyses of labour economics and industrial relations topics. Labour economics topics include the study of orthodox and contemporary wage theories, theories of discrimination, economics of migration, manpower policy, and recent developments in labour market theories such as job search theory, implicit contracts, efficiency wage and insider-outside models. On industrial relations, the role of various labour market institutions, important labour laws and current labour and industrial relations issues will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and EC3361 \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and EC3361","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4362","ModuleTitle":"Immigration Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module studies global and regional factors that influence international migration and its impact on welfare and development outcomes of individuals and communities in source as well as destination countries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-6-3.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and (EC3351 or EC3361 or EC3371) \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and (EC3351 or EC3361 or EC3371)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4371","ModuleTitle":"Development Economics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module offers an in-depth analysis of some important theories and issues concerning economic growth and development in developing countries. Important theories and/or models relating to various issues concerning development will be examined. The course will also discuss policy issues relating to such areas as agricultural development, income distribution, industrialisation, trade, and foreign investment. The course is of interest to students interested in development theories and their application to finding solutions to policy problems in developing countries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303 and EC3371. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, and EC3371.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4382","ModuleTitle":"Transport Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to expose students to the key problems and issues in transport economics and to ideas that have wider applications across the transport sector.  As an applied area of microeconomics, the course focuses on demand, production and costs, pricing and investment, and competition and regulation. The course will apply theories in a variety of contexts so that students will gain valuable insights into the particular characteristics of transport modes. Assessment tasks will be designed to allow students to explore these matters in depth.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 80MCs including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101 and EC3304.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards:\nCompleted 80MCs including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101 and EC3304.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC4387","ModuleTitle":"Housing Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introduction to how housing markets function. While theoretical motivations will be provided, the focus of the module will be on the empirical analysis of important issues in housing and urban economics. The empirical techniques taught in this module will be applicable to all other areas of economics that model micro behaviour.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-6-3.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101 and EC3304. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101 and EC3304.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4394","ModuleTitle":"Behavioural Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to Behavioural Economics, a relatively new field of economics. It is based on the belief that economists should aspire to making assumptions about humans that are as realistic as possible. Specifically, it tries to incorporate into economics the insights of other social sciences, especially psychology and sociology. In this course, we will be looking at models with precisely formulated assumptions and thinking about the careful empirical testing of both the assumptions and the conclusions.  The course will be weighted more towards the empirical parts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4399","ModuleTitle":"Behavioural Public Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this course is to highlight the most\nimportant areas of policy analysis in which insights\nfrom behavioural economics have fruitfully been\napplied. It discusses the underlying behavioural\ntheory, and shows how this can be applied to policy\nanalysis. A strong focus of the course is to outline\nmethods and discuss results that focus on empirically\ntesting and quantifying non-standard motives. We\nalso discuss how such policies can be piloted and\nevaluated within an evidence-based policy\nframework. The course also showcases how\nbehavioural insights are used in public policy for\nSingapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a\nminimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\nEC3101, EC3304, and (EC3394 or EC4394)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"For this module, students are required to write a scholarly report of not\r\nmore than 40 typed pages (including bibliography and appendices) on current economic issues, or on theory or methodology in economics based on their research.Please register EC4401 manually with the Department. Please refer to\r\nhttp://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ecs/ for more information on the EC major requirement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\n(1) Completed 110 MCs including 60 MCs of EC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50\n(2) Passed EC4301/EC4101 or EC4302/EC4102.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of EC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of EC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"EC4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, with 60 MCs in EC that include EC4301/EC4101 or EC4302/EC4102, and with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, with 60 MCs in EC, and with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, with 44 MCs in EC, and with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"EC4401 or EC4401S","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC4880","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to cover selected topics in economics. The topics covered will be dependent on the interest and specialities of regular or visiting staff in the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. EC3101 and EC3102.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. EC3101 and EC3102.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC5326","ModuleTitle":"Policy Impact Evaluation Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the main policy impact evaluation methods. The aim is to understand how to evaluate the causal impact of a policy and how to choose the best method depending on the type of policy and on the context. This module is suitable for students interested in policy issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC5326R","ModuleTitle":"Policy Impact Evaluation Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the main policy impact evaluation methods. The aim is to understand how to evaluate the causal impact of a policy and how to choose the best method depending on the type of policy and on the context. This module is suitable for students interested in policy issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC6101","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED MICROECONOMIC THEORY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"As an essential module for economics PhD students, this module aims to equip them with the tools of modern microeconomic theory and prepare them to be independent researchers. As a subsequent module following EC5101, this module focuses on general equilibrium and welfare theory, game theory, and information economics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC6102","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED MACROECONOMIC THEORY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course builds on EC5102 Macroeconomic Theory, and stresses the use of dynamic programming in the study of macroeconomic problems.  The emphasis will be placed on building and analyzing models and analyzing existence, optimality and dynamic properties of equilibria.  The theory of dynamic programming will be developed in some detail and be applied to macroeconomic issues such as economic growth (including multi-sector models and endogenous growth), economic fluctuations, recursive competitive equilibrium, search and matching models, design of optimal monetary and fiscal policies, neo-Keynesian models, and advanced topics in consumption, investment and asset pricing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC6103","ModuleTitle":"ECONOMETRIC MODELLING AND APPLICATIONS II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a core module for PhD students. It is aimed at providing a good training in econometric theory and applications. It covers some topics already covered in EC5103 but at a more theoretical level. Asymptotic theory, ML and GMM estimation, extremum estimators, non-linear models, simultaneous equations models are among the topics covered under this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"EC5154/EC5103","Preclusion":"EC6154","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC6104","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module covers a number of advanced mathematical techniques that are frequently used for solving dynamic optimisation problems in economics. Topics include calculus of variations, dynamic programming and optimal control theory. The emphasis would be placed on both mathematics and applications in economics. This module would carry four modular credits.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"EC6210 and EC6311","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EC6770","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2004/2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters or more and will be graded "Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory" on the basis of student presentation and participation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EC6884","ModuleTitle":"Behavioral and Experimental Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"Behavioral economics stresses the need to incorporate psychological considerations into economic thinking. Experimental economics, including lab and field experiments, builds on the premise that theoretical implications are subject to testing in controlled laboratory settings. There is a natural synergy between them and neuoroimaging and genetics leading to the development of neuroeconomics. This course covers the growing literature in behavioral and experimental economics, including neuroeconomics, and study individual differences in economic behaviour beyond those explicable by culture and socialization towards a deeper understanding of business and market behavior.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5304","ModuleTitle":"Machine Learning and Economic Forecasting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an introduction to machine learning and data mining methods for economics problems. The module will explain the core concept\r\nof well-known supervised learning algorithms including decision trees, neural networks, and support vector machines. Differences between these methods and econometrics methods will be discussed. This module will move on to explain unsupervised learning methods. Emerging topics, such as time series data mining, text mining or other methods for unstructured data mining, will also be covered. Examples, assignments, and the final project will be designed to help students learn using machine learning techniques to complement traditional econometrics analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5315","ModuleTitle":"FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to provide students with vigorous training in applied financial econometrics. It covers topics on characteristics of macroeconomic and financial data; basic concepts of linear and non-linear time series models: stationary time series models, ARMA models; stochastic volatility models; GARCH models and diagnostic tests; value at risk analysis; and multivariate conditional time-varying models. Students are expected to do several computer based projects. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC5274/EC5333/ECA5333","Preclusion":"EC5261, EC5315","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5325","ModuleTitle":"PROJECT & POLICY EVALUATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module emphasizes applied cost-benefit analysis.  The module examines the theoretically correct approaches in the key areas and then focuses on the methods and practices in the application of cost-benefit analysis.  Topics include investment criteria in the public sector, risk and uncertainty, valuing and identifying costs and benefits, shadow pricing, and the social rate of discount.  In addition, students are expected to use cost-benefit analysis in a number of actual case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EC5264, EC5216/EC5324","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5333","ModuleTitle":"FINANCIAL MARKETS & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is to offer a broad overview of financial assets traded in the money, options, and stock markets. It includes valuation of bonds and securities, analysis of options and futures contracts, asset pricing models and some applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EC5274/EC5333. In addition, candidates who have passed EC4209/EC4333 or its equivalent may, with the approval of the Head of the Department, be exempted to read module EC5274/ECA5333. For these candidates, the requirements of EC5274/ECA5333 as a prerequisite for other modules will then be waived. ","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5334","ModuleTitle":"CORPORATE FINANCE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a theoretical and practical treatment of corporate financial theory for students who have completed an introductory course in financial economics. Topics covered in this course will include: an overview of financial management; comparisons of financial and real investment; capital budgeting and valuing real assets and real options; risk and return of assets; capital structure and dividend policy, and mergers and acquisitions; applications of portfolio management techniques in corporate finance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EC5274/EC5333/ECA5333","Preclusion":"EC5269/EC5334","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5337","ModuleTitle":"Applied Financial Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"The module studies how trading takes place in financial markets. We cover theoretical models and the associated empirical analysis employing game theory and econometric theory. We first analyse the movement of security prices by time series models. Second, we investigate various trading strategies adopted by market participants. To understand increasingly popular computerized trading, we cover programming and econometric software such as Excel VBA and R. Then, we examine three main types of theoretical models of trading: inventory models, sequential trading models, and strategic trading models. Finally, we study how trading rules and institutional details may lead to different trading processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5341","ModuleTitle":"INTERNATIONAL TRADE & FINANCE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module develops the analytical tools required for understanding various issues that arise in the international economy. It is divided broadly into two sections, the first focusing on the real side of the economy while the second introduces money, covering upon economy macroeconomics. The emphasis in this module is to teach the workhorse models of the discipline, with reference to the empirical data, so that the student will have the ability to apply the tools to conduct research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EC5211/EC5341","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5351","ModuleTitle":"PUBLIC FINANCE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"The main objective of the module is to gain appreciation of how economic theory can be used to analyse both the individual components of the fiscal system, such as effects of various taxes and expenditures, as well as the size and the behaviour of the government sector itself. The module encompasses the traditional, public choice and supply side approaches. While the main focus is on partial equilibrium analysis, wherever feasible or relevant, e.g. in incidence analysis, a general equilibrium approach is also included. The theory of social choice is also discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EC5209/EC5351","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5373","ModuleTitle":"THE SINGAPORE ECONOMY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an in-depth study of Singapore's economic structure and development strategies in the context of a changing global and regional economic environment. It examines the various policy options available based on economic principles and theories. Thereby the course provides an opportunity for the application of theoretical concepts to the analysis of the Singapore Economy. A basic knowledge of micro and macro economics and applied economics such as development, public finance and monetary economics are very useful.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EC5205, EC5255, EC5373","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5376","ModuleTitle":"Auctions and Market Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"Modern market design principles are creatively and increasingly improving a range of economic and other systems. This module will cover the principles behind the design of markets and how they are actually applied. The first part introduces the theory of auctions and discusses how auctions for radio spectrum licenses, internet key search words and advertisements, and eBay work. The second part covers other types of systems which include applications that are as diverse as allocation of environmental permits, systems for matching medical interns to hospitals, partner matching (e.g., marriage), and facilitating kidney exchange.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"ECA5101: Microeconomics","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ECA5381","ModuleTitle":"Urban Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"The module provides an overview of key urban economic theories, including increasing return and spatial equilibrium, urban transportation and urban\nforms, housing choices and residential externalities, and urban growth and public finance. These theories are then applied to the analysis of urban challenges, such as urbanization, land-use efficiency, housing affordability, and sustainable urban development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EE1001X","ModuleTitle":"Emerging Technologies in Electrical Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to contemporary issues, emerging technologies and new frontiers in electrical engineering. It serves to demonstrate to students how the EE curriculum is designed to address these aspects via a top-down approach. The module consists of 5 distinct parts of approximately 4  hour lectures and integrated with some self-learning activities. Each part focuses on each of the following areas / topics:\n\n•\tCommunications and Networking\n•\tPower and Energy Systems\n•\tMicro / nanoelectronics\n•\tControl & Robotics\n•\tGrand challenges for engineering – the role of EE \n\nThe lectures will be conducted by a group of faculty members who are experts in the respective areas. Although the lectures are meant to focus on contemporary issues and emerging technologies, an appropriate level of historical perspective will be used to demonstrate how each subfield has evolved from the traditional areas of EE so that students can see both the connections between different areas and the driving force behind the rapid development and expansion of EE in the last few decades. Prior to this series of lectures focusing on specific areas, a detailed introduction of the EE curriculum will also be  given in the first lecture. The philosophy underpinning the curriculum and its strength and constraints will be highlighted. The module will conclude with student presentations on a topic in an area of their  interest. Students are assessed through assignments, reports and presentations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"A-level Math, and A-level Physics","Preclusion":"EE1001, EE1001FC","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE2011","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Electromagnetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Electromagnetic (EM) and transmission line theory is essential in all disciplines of electrical and computer engineering.  EM theory is the fundamental basis for understanding transmission lines and electrical energy transmission. To understand and solve EM and transmission line problems encountered in electrical and computer engineering, rigorous analytical methods are required. At the end of this module, in addition to being able to solve EM and transmission line problems, the student will be able to design transmission line circuits, design electrical elements with lumped behaviour, and mitigate EM interference.  To enhance understanding, case studies and computer visualisation tools will be used.   Topics covered: Static electric and magnetic fields. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves: plane-wave propagation, behaviour at interface between media, shielding, electromagnetic compatability. Transmission lines. Impedance matching. Radiation.  Case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"MA1505 and MA1506","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE2011E","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Electromagnetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Electromagnetic (EM) and transmission line theory is essential in all disciplines of electrical and computer engineering.  EM theory is the fundamental basis for understanding transmission lines and electrical energy transmission. To understand and solve EM and transmission line problems encountered in electrical and computer engineering, rigorous analytical methods are required. At the end of this module, in addition to being able to solve EM and transmission line problems, the student will be able to design transmission line circuits, design electrical elements with lumped behaviour, and mitigate EM interference.  To enhance understanding, case studies and computer visualisation tools will be used.   Topics covered: Static electric and magnetic fields. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves: plane-wave propagation, behaviour at interface between media, shielding, electromagnetic compatability. Transmission lines. Impedance matching. Radiation.  Case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1.0-0.5-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"TE2002","Preclusion":"TEE2011","Corequisite":"TE2003"},{"ModuleCode":"EE2012","ModuleTitle":"Analytical Methods In ECE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the mathematical fundamentals of probability and statistics which are necessary in the study of integrated circuits,  communications, communication networks, control systems, signal processing, energy and new media. There is a strong emphasis on the application of these concepts to electrical and computer engineering problems, such as the Gaussian distribution in communications, random variable distributions for system reliability, Bayes theorem in parameter estimation, and hypothesis testing for signal detection.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"MA1505 and MA1506","Preclusion":"ST2334","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE2020","ModuleTitle":"Digital Fundamentals","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is a first course that introduces fundamental digital logic, digital circuits, and programmable devices. The course also provides an overview of computer systems. This course provides students with an understanding of the building blocks of modern digital systems and methods of designing, simulating and realizing such systems. The emphasis of this module is on understanding the fundamentals of digital design across different levels of abstraction using hardware description languages.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-1-2-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"EE1002 or CG1108 or EG1108","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"CS1010E"},{"ModuleCode":"EE2020E","ModuleTitle":"Digital Fundamentals","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a first course that introduces fundamental digital logic, digital circuits, and programmable devices. The course also provides an overview of computer systems. This course provides students with an understanding of the building blocks of modern digital systems and methods of designing, simulating and realizing such systems. The emphasis of this module is on understanding the fundamentals of digital design across different levels of abstraction using hardware description languages.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-1-2-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"EE1002 or equivalent","Preclusion":"TEE2020","Corequisite":"TE2101"},{"ModuleCode":"EE2023","ModuleTitle":"Signals and Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is a fundamental course in signals and systems. Signals in electrical engineering play an important role in carrying information. Signals going through a system is an inevitable process. It allows engineers to understand the system. Thus in this course the relationship between signals and systems will be taught. The concepts which are important include time and frequency  domain representations, Fourier and Laplace transforms, spectrum of a signal, frequency response of systems (Bode diagrams), sampling theorem, linear time invariant systems, convolution, transfer functions, stability of feedback systems, modulation and filters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"MA1506 Mathematics II","Preclusion":"EE2009 Signals, EE2010 Systems & Control","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE2023E","ModuleTitle":"Signals and Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a fundamental course in signals and systems. Signals in electrical engineering play an important role in carrying information. Signals going through a system is an inevitable process. It allows engineers to understand the system. Thus in this course the relationship between signals and systems will be taught. The concepts which are important include time and frequency  domain representations, Fourier and Laplace transforms, spectrum of a signal, frequency response of systems (Bode diagrams), sampling theorem, linear time invariant systems, convolution, transfer functions, stability of feedback systems, modulation and filters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"TG1401","Preclusion":"EE2009E and EE2010E and TEE2023","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE2024","ModuleTitle":"Programming for Computer Interfaces","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course provides students with the experience of programming devices and computer interfaces. The course builds upon the C language programming skills the students have learnt in the previous semester and teaches them how to utilize programming to build simple digital systems. The course culminates in an open-ended project in which students will have the opportunity to design and build a digital system of their choice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-1-2-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"EE2020 and CS1010E","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE2025","ModuleTitle":"Power Electronics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Power electronics is an enabling technology used widely in electric power processing unit. It is an integral part of all electronic equipment from household appliances through information technology to transportation systems. This\r\nmodule provides basic working principles and their design for generic power electronic converter circuits. After going through this module students should be able to analyze, evaluate and carry out basic design of power electronic circuits for a large variety of applications. The topics covered are: Power semiconductor devices and terminal characteristics. Switching circuits design and protection circuits. AC-DC converters, DC-DC converters and DC-AC converters: basic analysis and performance evaluation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1.5-2-3.5","Prerequisite":"EE1002 Introduction to Circuits and Systems (or EG1108 Electrical Engineering or CG1108 Electrical Engineering)","Preclusion":"EE3501C Power Electronics","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE2026","ModuleTitle":"Digital Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is a first course that introduces fundamental digital logic, digital circuits, and programmable devices. This course provides students with an understanding of the building blocks of modern digital systems and methods of designing, simulating and realizing such systems. The emphasis of this module is on understanding the fundamentals of digital design across different levels of abstraction using hardware description languages, and developing a solid design perspective towards complex digital systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-1-4","Prerequisite":"EG1111","Preclusion":"EE2020","Corequisite":"EG1112, IT1007"},{"ModuleCode":"EE2027","ModuleTitle":"Electronic Circuits","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Building on the basic circuit concepts introduced through EG1112, this module introduces the operating principles of transistors and how they are used in amplifier circuits. It discusses the foundational concepts of transistor amplifiers and analyses their performance. It also introduces \noperational amplifiers as a circuit component and describes how functional analog circuits, which can be applied to solving complex engineering problems, can be designed and analysed using operational amplifiers.  LTSpice will be introduced as a circuit analysis tool.  To augment learning, \ntwo laboratory sessions will be included focusing on the topics of single transistor amplifiers and Op-Amp circuits, respectively.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-0-5","Prerequisite":"EG1112","Preclusion":"EE2021, CG2027","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE2028","ModuleTitle":"Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module teaches students how to program microcontrollers and achieve computer interfacing using C programming and industry standard protocols. The course extends the C programming students have learnt earlier, covers microprocessor instruction sets and how to program microcontrollers to interface with other devices in order to build an embedded system. The course culminates in an assignment in which students design and build an embedded system that meets requirements and specifications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-2-3","Prerequisite":"IT1007, EE2026","Preclusion":"EE2024, CG2028","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE2031","ModuleTitle":"Circuit and Systems Design Lab","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module emphasizes on the practical aspects related to modules EE2021 Device and Circuits and EE2022 Electrical Energy Systems. It also provides students with an integrated perspective about the two modules. Students will first learn about the device characterizations, such as diode, LED, solar cell, transistor, operational amplifiers, etc. They will then proceed to build interesting circuits blocks involving the devices learnt earlier. With these accumulated knowledge on device and circuit blocks, students will move on to system projects that require the integration of knowledge across different fields, such as devices, circuits and portable electrical energy systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1-0-1.5-1.5-3.5","Prerequisite":"EE2021 Devices and Circuits","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE2031E","ModuleTitle":"Circuit and Systems Design Lab","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module emphasizes on the practical aspects related to modules EE2021E Device and Circuits. It also provides students with an integrated perspective in experiments. Students will first learn about the device characterizations, such as diode, LED, solar cell, transistor, operational amplifiers, etc. They will then proceed to build interesting circuits blocks, involving the devices learnt earlier. With these accumulated knowledge on device and circuit blocks, students will move on to system projects that require the integration of knowledge cross different fields, such as devices and circuits.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1-0-1.5-1.5-3.5","Prerequisite":"EE2021E","Preclusion":"TEE2031","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE2032","ModuleTitle":"Signals & Communications Design Lab","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This lab module introduces students to the practical aspects of designing a communication system. This module builds on the concepts learnt in EE2011\r\nEngineering Electromagnetism and EE2023 Signals and Systems. Students will start the experiments with the Frequency Modulation (FM) technique in conjunction with a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). This is followed by experiments with FM demodulation techniques, simplex communication and duplex communication. Then students will learn about the reflection coefficient and plot it in the Smith Chart. Subsequently an antenna is designed and the building blocks of the communication system are characterized. Finally the complete communication system is assembled and measured.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1-0-1.5-1.5-3.5","Prerequisite":"EE2011 Engineering Electromagnetism and EE2023 Signals and Systems.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3030A","ModuleTitle":"Exploring Frugal Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Frugal engineering is a philosophical approach to product design which addresses the needs of customers with very low purchasing power. In essence, it is about designing a product which meets the needs of customers who cannot afford products with “bells and whistles” features. Frugal engineering involves rethinking entire production and maintainance processes. It is not only a challenging mindset to inculcate in young budding engineers, but it is also a rich training ground to foster critical thinking skills which are pertinent to conceptualizing products that\r\nmaximizes the value to customers. The objectives of this module is to expose students to frugal engineering through a field trip to the rural communities in the region to observe first-hand the way of life in such communities and to develop ideas of products which will bring benefit to a large segment of this community. Students will also engage with industries with a frugal engineering focus.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"10-0-0-90-0","Prerequisite":"At least level 2 standing","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EE3030B","ModuleTitle":"Living Lab in the Communities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is about placing students in an active environment or community (Living Lab), providing them with opportunities to conceptualize products or services\r\nwhich will later be designed and developed in the ECE laboratories. The Living Labs (LL) may be rehabilitation centres in hospitals, orphanages, block of HDB flats,\r\nhawker centres, etc where good opportunities abound for technology to play a role in overall improvements of such places. Students in this module will spend 3 weeks\r\nconducting field work, observing and engaging users in the LL, with the objective of conceptualizing products/services which will benefit a large segment of the users. Students will be encouraged to realize their ideas in the other project modules in the curriculum.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-65-0","Prerequisite":"At least level 2 standing","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EE3031","ModuleTitle":"Innovation & Enterprise I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is an engineering module that focuses on the conceptualization, design and development of technology oriented new products. It integrates innovation, product\r\nplanning, marketing, design and manufacturing functions of a company. This module gives students an opportunity to conceptualize and design a product which they will eventually prototype in another module (Innovation & Enterprise II). Thus it is designed for electrical engineering students to experience an integrated learning of innovation and enterprise pertaining to new product development\r\nwhere technology plays a central role. The major topics include innovation, opportunity management, identification of customers’ needs, product specification, design, planning, testing, manufacturing, and commercialization. Intellectual property and its relationship with all facets of new technology product design are also covered.\r\n\r\nGuest speakers from relevant industries will be invited to present practical aspects of innovation and new product development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"TR3001 New Product Development\r\nEE3001 Project \r\nMT4003 Engineering Product Development","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3031E","ModuleTitle":"Innovation & Enterprise I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is an engineering module that focuses on the conceptualization, design and development of technology oriented new products. It integrates innovation, product planning, marketing, design and manufacturing functions of a company. This module gives students an opportunity to conceptualize and design a product which they will eventually be able to prototype. Thus it is designed for electrical engineering students to experience an integrated learning of innovation and enterprise pertaining to new product development where technology plays a central role. The major topics include innovation, opportunity management, identification of customers’ needs, product specification, design, planning, testing, manufacturing, and commercialization. Intellectual property and its relationship with all facets of new technology product design are also covered.\r\n\r\nGuest speakers from relevant industries will be invited to present practical aspects of innovation and new product development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Level 3 standing","Preclusion":"TM4209, EE3001E, TEE3031","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3104E","ModuleTitle":"Intro to RF and Microwave Sys & Circuits","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Wireless communication and sensing systems play an ever increasing role in society. This module introduces the RF and microwave hardware systems and circuits.\r\n\r\nThe applications include: GSM/CDMA, RFID, UWB, WLAN, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Radar and remote sensing","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-1-4","Prerequisite":"EE2011E","Preclusion":"TEE3104","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3131C","ModuleTitle":"Communication Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Introductory overview of analog and digital communications. Advantages of digital over analog communications in the presence of noise. Analog and digital modulation techniques. Source coding and waveform quantization techniques. Channel noise and channel coding for error protection. Multiplexing and multiple access. Basics of wireless communications. Applications of wireless systems. Radio wave propagation and multipath fading. Transmitter and receiver antennas.\r\nFree-space and fiber optical communication systems. Optical transmitters, optical receivers, and optical channels. Introduction to data communications. Packet switching, line coding, framing, and error detection.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0.5-0-6.5","Prerequisite":"EE2023 Signals & Systems","Preclusion":"EE3103 Communications","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3204","ModuleTitle":"Computer Communication Networks I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an in-depth treatment of fundamental topics  of network design based on the Internet protocol stack model. It is aimed at making students understand how networks work through understanding of the underlying principles of sound network design.  This course covers topics including  network requirements, architecture, protocol stack models, Ethernet  Token Ring,  Wireless, and FDDI networks, bridges, switching and routing in IP and ATM networks,  and internetworking. Apart from learning the concepts in networks, the students will gain expertise in analyzing and designing networking protocols through mini-projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.0-1.0-1.0-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Co-Req: EE2023","Preclusion":"CS2105","Corequisite":"EE2023"},{"ModuleCode":"EE3206E","ModuleTitle":"Introduction To Computer Vision And Image Processing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the basic concepts and techniques in computer vision and digital image processing. The following topics are taught:  elements of a vision system, image acquisition, 2-D discrete Fourier transform, image enhancement techniques, error-free and lossy compression, segmentation methods, and representation and description methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0.5-1-5.5","Prerequisite":"EE2009 or EE2023E","Preclusion":"CS4243, TEE3206","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3304","ModuleTitle":"Digital Control Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with system theory, analysis tools and design methods in discrete-time domain. It is the first course in control and automation that systematically introduces the basic concepts and principles in sampling, Z-transform, zero-order-hold, discrete equivalence and the relations to discrete-time control design. It further examines the design issues for digital PID, PID auto-tuning, phase compensator, and the model predictive control, including the performance criteria, pole-placement, as well as numerous illustrative application examples.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0.5-1.5-5.0","Prerequisite":"EE2010\r\nEE3331C Feedback Control Systems","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3331C","ModuleTitle":"Feedback Control Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Feedback systems are ubiquitous in both the natural and engineered world. They are essential for maintaining our environment, enabling our transportation and communications systems; and are critical elements in our aerospace and industrial systems. For the most part, feedback control systems function accurately and reliably in the background. This course aims at introducing the magic of feedback, and tools for analysing and designing control systems. The  fundamental knowledge of feedback and the related area of control systems are useful to students with diverse interests. Topics covered include feedback principles, time and frequency analysis of control systems, and simple controller design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-4-1.5","Prerequisite":"EE2023 Signals and Systems","Preclusion":"EE2010 Systems & Control","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3407","ModuleTitle":"Analog Electronics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module builds on the basic concepts in electronics which students learnt in EE2021. This will enable students to design complex electronic circuits and systems for processing analog signals. Topics covered: Passive filters, poles and zeros; Transistor amplifiers, Negative feedback amplifiers; Oscillators; Mixers,\r\nmodulators and demodulators for communication systems; Instrumentation\r\namplifiers, CMRR; DC power supply design: Linear and switching regulators, current limiting; Power amplifiers: Output stage, efficiency and distortion; Active filters; Interconnections: propagation of signal and energy in transmission lines; and introduction of design techniques for integrated circuits (IC).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0.5-0.5-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"EE2021","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3407E","ModuleTitle":"Analog Electronics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with essential concepts in electronics to enable them to understand and design complex electronics circuits and systems for processing analog signals.Topics covered: Techniques for implementing specific amplifier frequency response involving poles and time constants; Negative feedback amplifiers; Oscillators: RC, LC and crystal-controlled oscillators; Power amplifiers: Output stage, efficiency and distortion; DC power supply design: Linear and switching regulators, current limiting; Mixer, modulators and demodulators for communication systems; Active filters; Instrumentation amplifiers, CMRR; Applications of current mirror circuits.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"EE2005E or EE2021E","Preclusion":"TEE3407","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE3409","ModuleTitle":"Microelectronic Applications for Modern Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module gives an introduction of microelectronic devices deployed in modern gadgets/equipment, e.g., smartphones, wearable electronics and driverless cars.\nThese gadgets/equipment showcase how advanced microelectronic technology has impacted our lives. The working principles of these microelectronic devices will be described. Specifications and key features of these devices will also be analysed, so that students will learn how to apply these devices for diverse applications in our everyday life.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EE2021 Devices and Circuits","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE3431C","ModuleTitle":"Microelectronics Materials and Devices","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Electronic devices are the building blocks of electronic systems, and an understanding of device technology is essential for the electrical engineer. This module discusses the physical foundations with emphasis on topics that are\r\nnecessary for the understanding of the operation of electronic devices. Device concepts are then introduced, and the operational principles of key semiconductor devices are explained, showing how their terminal characteristics are obtained. Additional issues such as dielectric materials used in isolation for devices as well as contacts between metal and semiconductor regions are also included. Topics covered include: structure of solids; dielectric materials; physics of semiconductors; metalsemiconductors contacts; PN junction, bipolar transistors, and field-effect transistors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-1-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EE3406, EE2004, PC3235","Corequisite":"PC2232 and EE2021"},{"ModuleCode":"EE3431E","ModuleTitle":"Microelectronics Materials and Devices","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Electronic devices are the building blocks of electronic systems, and an understanding of device technology is essential for the electrical engineer. This module discusses the physical foundations with emphasis on topics that are\r\nnecessary for the understanding of the operation of electronic devices. Device concepts are then introduced, and the operational principles of key semiconductor devices are explained, showing how their terminal characteristics are obtained. Additional issues such as dielectric materials used in isolation for devices as well as contacts between metal and semiconductor regions are also included. Topics covered include: structure of solids; dielectric materials; physics of semiconductors; metalsemiconductors contacts; PN junction, bipolar transistors, and field-effect transistors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-1-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"EE3406E, EE2004E, TEE3431","Corequisite":"EE2021E"},{"ModuleCode":"EE3501E","ModuleTitle":"Power Electronics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Power electronics forms an integral part of all electronics equipment from household appliances through information technology to transportation systems. This module develops the working knowledge, the foundation theory for generic power electronic circuits and the principles of their design. At the end of this module the student should be able to analyze and evaluate and carry out basic design of power electronics system for a large spectrum of applications. The topics covered are: Power semiconductor switches and characteristics. AC-to-DC converters and their performance. DC-to-DC converters: analysis and performance. DC-to-AC converters; analysis and performance. Switching circuits design and protection.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"EE2005E or EE2021E","Preclusion":"TEE3501","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE3505C","ModuleTitle":"Electrical Energy Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module covers generation, transmission and distribution of electric energy in large-scale modern power system. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to model, analyze, and predict the performance of three-phase systems, transformers, and transmission and distribution networks. The topics covered are: three-phase systems; real, reactive and apparent power. rotating magnetic field; synchronous and asynchronous machines; transformers; single line representation of three-phase systems; per unit notation; electricity transmission networks; high voltage cables; distribution systems; Singapore electricity network; power quality; harmonics; and environmental considerations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"EE1002 Introduction to Circuits and Systems / EG1108 Electrical Engineering / CG1108 Electrical Engineering","Preclusion":"EE2022 Electrical Energy Systems","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4001","ModuleTitle":"B.Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students will do a research project over two semesters on a topic of current interest in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Students learn how to apply skills acquired in the classroom and also think of innovative ways of solving problems. Apart from intrinsic rewards such as the pleasure of problem solving, students are able to acquire skills for independent and lifelong learning. The objective of this module is to teach skills, such as questioning, forming hypotheses and gathering evidence. Students learn to work in a research environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"Level 4 Standing","Preclusion":"CG4001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4104","ModuleTitle":"Microwave Circuits & Devices","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Microwave amplifiers, oscillators, mixer and detectors, and electronic switches are basic components of microwave systems. The performance of these components is critical to system performance. This module therefore teaches the design of these components to satisfy performance specifications. Topics covered: Amplifiers: theory, LNA and multistage design; Oscillator theory: nonlinear negative resistance, startup, stability, power generation; Gunn and IMPATT diode oscillators; Design of planar passive components and their application; PIN diode switch and phase shifter analysis and design; Mixers and detectors:  theory, mixer and detector diodes, diode detectors and mixers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0.5-2.5-4.0","Prerequisite":"EE3104C","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4112E","ModuleTitle":"High Frequency (HF) Techniques","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Radio and microwave systems rely on efficient transmission and distribution of electromagnetic (EM) energy.  Radio and microwave systems need to be immune from external EM interference and need to ensure that they do not cause interference of their own.  To achieve these requirements, microwave and radio engineers need to be able to specify and design wave-guiding systems, shielding and antennas.   Topics covered:  Guided waves: guiding elements and cavities.  Scattering parameters.  Directional couplers and hybrids.  Circulators and isolators.  Antenna parameters.  Wire antennas.  Electromagnetic interference and shielding.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1.5-1.5-3","Prerequisite":"EE2011E","Preclusion":"TEE4112","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE4210","ModuleTitle":"Computer Communication Networks II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This advanced networking module aims to equip students with the basics and\r\ntheories of Internet-related technologies, which are necessary for computer/network engineers. The topics that will be covered include Internet architecture, Internet applications and their protocols (HTTP, FTP, DNS, Email, P2P, BitTorrent, etc.), wireless and mobile networks, mobility management, multimedia networking, and network security.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0-3.0-4.5","Prerequisite":"EE3204 or CS2105","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4210E","ModuleTitle":"Computer Communications Networks II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The course will enable students to know the basics and theories of Internet-related tenchologies which offer the background knowledge & skills required for computer or network engineers.  Contents covered include Internet Architecture & client/server applications, Client & Server Computing, Internetworking concepts & Architectural Model, Transport protocols:  UDP/TCP, TCP/IP socket programming, Routing protocols, Domain Name System, Mobile IP, and Next Generation IP.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0-3.0-4.5","Prerequisite":"EE3204E or CS2105","Preclusion":"TEE4210, TIC2501","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE4212","ModuleTitle":"Computer Vision","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The goal of this module is to introduce the students to the problems and solutions of modern computer vision, with the main emphasis on recovering properties of the 3D world from image and video sequence. After this module, students are expected to be able to understand and compute the basic geometric and photometric properties of the 3D world (such as point depth and surface orientation), and to apply various methods for video manipulation such as segmentation, matting, and composition. Main topics covered include: Singular value decomposition, projective geometry, Marr's paradigm, calibration problems, correspondence and flow, epipolar geometry, motion estimation, reflectance models, shape from shading, photometric stereo, color processing, texture analysis and synthesis, advanced segmentation, matting and composition techniques.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EE3206 or EE3731C","Preclusion":"CS4243","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4214E","ModuleTitle":"Real-Time Embedded Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of this module are to present the theoretical foundations of real-time systems and to discuss the practical aspects of their implementation. It describes the characteristics of a real-time computing system and students are taught how to design a real-time embedded system using structured data flow methodology. Concepts of time-critical I/O and real-time deadlines are emphasized, as are the important aspects of real-time operating systems, scheduling and the practical implementation of embedded systems and firmware. Other topics covered include deadlock management and process communications. Various case studies on industrial real-time systems will be exhibited to give students a real-world feel for such systems. Students will undertake a mini project involving a real-time embedded system. Topics covered: Introduction to real-time and embedded systems; Time critical I/O handling; Real-time embedded software design; Concurrent programming; Real-time operating systems; Scheduling and time-critical processing; Deadlock management; Process communications; Case studies of real-time embedded systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-3-3","Prerequisite":"TE2101 and EE2024E","Preclusion":"TEE4214, TIC2401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4302","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Control Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the foundation for a more advanced level control systems course. Topics include system description, controllability, observability, selection of pole locations for good design, observer design, full-order and reduced-order observers, combined control law and observer. It is also a first course in nonlinear systems and control. Topics include non-linearities in control systems, use of root-locus in analysis of non-linear systems, describing function and its use in analysis and design of control systems, non-linear ordinary differential equations, singular points, and phase-plane analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.0-1.0-0.5-2.5-4.0","Prerequisite":"EE3331C","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4307","ModuleTitle":"Control Systems Design And Simulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This 100% CA module introduces students to the various stages in the design cycle of a closed-loop control system, namely modeling, identification, simulation, controller design and implementation. Students will appreciate the concepts of models and model structures, the ways to obtain them and their applications. Two modeling approaches will be covered; physical modeling which includes the principles and phases ofmodeling using basic physical relationships, and identification approaches covering both non-parametric and parametric identification.  Practical issues in modeling, including instrument calibration, model structure selection, data collection configuration, selection of test signals and model validation will also be duly covered. Via  project work, students will consolidate the topics covered in class with hands-on experience in modeling, simulating and controlling real systems. They will be equipped with useful practical skills at the end of this course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-0-0-5-3.5","Prerequisite":"EE3331C","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4308","ModuleTitle":"Advances in Intelligent Systems and Robotics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module ‘Advances in Intelligent Systems and Robotics’ will cover topics such as mobile robots, autonomous robotic systems, multiple mobile robotic systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and cyber physical security. Applications to multiple mobile robot path planning, multi-sensor fusion, obstacle avoidance and learning in robotic systems will be presented.\r\n\r\nAn animated virtual-robot learning platform will be used for gaining hands on experience in designing autonomous robots, terrain building, path planning, obstacle avoidance and robot control.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0.5-2.5-4","Prerequisite":"EE3331C Feedback Control Systems","Preclusion":"EE4306 Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4415","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Digital Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the students to the design of integrated circuits. It covers basic concepts including integrated circuits fabrication technology, CMOS and nMOS design, inverter design, aspect ratios of pull-up and pull-down transistors, switching characteristics of CMOS and nMOS inverters, latch-up, stick diagram, design rules, mask layout, sub-systems design, ASIC challenges and issues, ASIC design flow, Verilog hardware design language basics, and logic synthesis. Each student will do a design exercise using the EDA tools.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.0-0.5-0.5-3-4","Prerequisite":"EE2020","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4415E","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Digital Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the students to the design of integrated circuits. It covers basic concepts including integrated circuits fabrication technology, CMOS and nMOS design, inverter design, aspect ratios of pull-up and pull-down transistors, switching characteristics of CMOS and nMOS inverters, latch-up, stick diagram, design rules, mask layout, sub-systems design, ASIC challenges and issues, ASIC design flow, Verilog hardware design language basics, and logic synthesis. Each student will do a design exercise using the EDA tools.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-3-4","Prerequisite":"EE2006E or EE2020E","Preclusion":"TEE4415","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EE4434","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Circuit Technology, Design and Testing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce students to the industry practice on the technology, design, layout and testing of digital and memory integrated circuits (IC). Students will be introduced to the different types of devices which are manufactured in a foundry. Students will learn about the ideas of design for testability through lectures, hands on exposure to different testing and debugging tools and industrial visits. Specific topics include wafer technology and devices, digital logic and memory design and layout, fundamentals of digital and static random access memory (SRAM) testing, design for testability, fault isolation and electrical characterization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-0.5-5.5","Prerequisite":"EE2020 Digital Fundamentals \r\nEE2021 Devices and Circuits","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4437","ModuleTitle":"Photonics - Principles and Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Photonics technology is everywhere around us, and\ndisruptive advances in photonics have impacted our\neveryday lives, e.g., LED lighting, flexible OLED displays in\nmobile phones, ultra-thin and curved television displays.\nThis course will introduce the underlying photonic principles\nunderlying these recent photonic applications, i.e., the\ngeneration, modulation and detection of light, and their\napplication. Emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of\ndevice operation and their use in current photonic devices\nand applications. The aim is to equip students to meet the\ndemand of the expanding optoelectronic industry and to\nprepare them for advanced study and research in photonic\ntechnology. Topics include introduction to photometry, and\nelectro-optical properties of semiconductors and lowdimensional\nsemiconductor structures, as well as\napplications such as light emitting devices, lasers,\ndetectors, modulators and displays. Recent advances e.g.\nquantum devices, and organic LEDs and photonic crystals\nwill also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0.5-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"EE2021 Devices and Circuits","Preclusion":"EE4401 Optoelectronics","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4438","ModuleTitle":"Solar Cells and Modules","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the theory, operating principles, and\nbasic function of solar cells and photovoltaic modules. Major\ntopics covered are the status of the PV market, the\nproperties of sunlight, properties of semiconductors,\nefficiency limits of solar cells, carrier properties in\nsemiconductors, currents in p-n diodes in the dark and\nunder illumination, computer simulation of solar cells,\ncharacterisation of solar cells, technology of silicon wafer\nsolar cells, technology of thin-film solar cells, properties of\ninterconnected solar cells, technology of PV modules, and\nthe characterisation and testing of PV modules","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-0-7","Prerequisite":"EE2021 Devices and Circuits","Preclusion":"EE4432 Devices for Electric Energy Generation","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4502","ModuleTitle":"Electric Drives & Control","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Motion control in industrial, commercial and transportation systems is carried out using electric drives. This module provides students with the working knowledge of various components of an electrical drive system and their control for efficient energy conversion. Students would be taught the basic principle of operation of variable speed DC and AC Drive systems. After completion of this module, students are expected to select and size electrical drives for any given application and should be able to perform design of different drive components. The topics covered are: Characteristics and sizing of power semiconductor controlled electric drives; DC motor drives: speed and torque control; Induction motor drives: voltage control and variable frequency control;\r\nDrives application examples.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0.5-1-1-3.5","Prerequisite":"EE2025","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"EE3505C"},{"ModuleCode":"EE4511","ModuleTitle":"Sustainable Energy Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the students with a good overview of sustainable electric energy systems for promoting the advancement and use of economically and environmentally sustainable electrical energy systems. The module will cover\r\ndistributed generation and sustainable energy sources, and strategies for supply and demand side management for efficient resource utilisation. Issues related to environmental impact of electrical energy generation will be discussed. Models of power distribution systems with embedded generation and microgrids will be introduced. The module will also cover system integration issues in both short-term and long-term operation, and economic issues of distributed resources.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"EE3505C","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE4603","ModuleTitle":"Biomedical Imaging Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this course is to present an overview of biomedical imaging systems. The course will examine various imaging modalities including X-ray, ultrasound, nuclear, and MRI. How these images are formed and what types of information they provide will be presented. Image analysis techniques will also be discussed. Specific analysis techniques will include the analysis of cardiac ultrasound, mammography, and MRI functional imagery.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EE2023/BN2401","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5001","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EE5003","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5002","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY MODULE II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EE5003","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5003","ModuleTitle":"ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EE5001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5102","ModuleTitle":"Multivariable Control Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers both classical topics and current techniques in multivariable control system design. It gives students a good understanding of the differences between single loop and multi-loop systems, in terms of both analysis and synthesis. The topics covered include: Principles of single- and multi-loop feedback designs; poles, zeros and stability of multivariable feedback systems; performance and robustness of multivariable feedback systems; control system design using LQR technique, LQG/LTR method, H2 and H-infinity control, and computer aided design software.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EE5101 / EE5101R / ME5401 Linear Systems","Preclusion":"EE6102 Multivariable Control Systems (Advanced)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5106","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED ROBOTICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The aim of the course is for students to develop an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of robotics at an advanced level. It is targeted towards graduate students interested in robotics research and development. The focus is on in-depth treatments and wider coverage of advanced topics on (a) kinematics, (b) trajectory planning, (c) dynamics, and (d) control system design. At the end of this module, the student should have a good understanding of all the related topics of advanced robotics, and be able to derive the kinematics and dynamics of a given robot, plan appropriate path, and design advanced control systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Background knowledge in linear algebra & feedback control are required","Preclusion":"MCH5209, ME5402, EE5106R","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5109","ModuleTitle":"Applications Of Mechatronics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is a module targeted at engineering students of any disciplines. It covers wide-range of topics in mechatronics, including the constituent technology components of sensors, actuators and control. Several case studies of applications of mechatronics will be discussed in details. Hands-on sessions will be conducted and a mechatronic design group project will be carried out.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0.5-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MCH5002","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5132","ModuleTitle":"Wireless and Sensor Networks","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to expose students to the principles of wireless and sensor networks, as well as to some recent advances in these areas. The first part of the module provides the concepts and operational details of cellular networks, wireless local area networks (WLAN), multi-hop and ad hoc wireless networks, and covers aspects such as medium access control, routing and transport protocols. The second part covers the fast emerging field of wireless sensor networks that enables visibility into physical processes in a convenient manner. Pertinent issues such as energy management and distributed information processing will be covered. The distinguishing feature about this module is the engineering emphasis on the coupled relationship between wireless and sensor network protocols and the underlying physical layer and energy considerations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EE3204 Computer Communication Networks I OR\r\nEE4210 Computer Communication Networks II","Preclusion":"EE5406 Wireless Network Protocols\r\nEE5913 Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EE5134","ModuleTitle":"Optical Communications and Networks","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide a comprehensive treatment of topics on optical communications and optical networking. The first part covers the topics on the physical layer of optical communications. It covers the basic constituents of optical communication systems including optical fibers, optical transmitters/receivers, wavelength multiplexers/demultiplexers, optical switches, optical amplifiers, and wavelength converters; and transmission system engineering such as dispersion management and Q-factor analysis. The second part covers the topics on optical networking. It discusses network switch architectures, design, algorithms, and protocols related to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) circuit switching, optical burst switching, optical packet switching, and optical access networks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EE5912 and EE6134","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5135","ModuleTitle":"Digital Communications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Probability theory, stochastic processes and vector spaces. Application of statistical decision theory to optimum receiver design for Gaussian channels. Error performance analysis of digital modulation systems. Analysis and design of coded systems. Soft decoding and hard decoding. Communication via fading channels – channel models, receiver design and error performance analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"EE5137/EE5137R or EE5306","Preclusion":"EE5305, EE6135","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5138","ModuleTitle":"Optimization for Communication Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module exposes students to a variety of modelling and techniques involving optimization problem formulations in communications signal processing and networks. The topics include linear and nonlinear programming formulations, constrained and unconstrained optimization techniques, network flow models and algorithms, and convex optimization techniques. The module also helps in\r\nthe understanding of the problem formulation approaches for a wide variety of applications using the methods and techniques taught in the earlier part of the course. It is intended for students to gain knowledge and use of optimization techniques pertaining to the applications in communications & signal processing and networks (wired and wireless) domains.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Mathematical background of an undergraduate course in ECE","Preclusion":"EE5138R","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5434","ModuleTitle":"Microelectronic Processes and Integration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The aim  of this module  is to  provide  the  crucial  understanding of semiconductor  processes and integration technologies that are extensively used to fabricate modern electronic devices. This module covers important aspects of microelectronic processes and integration. The students will develop in-depth understanding of various unit process and of integrating the unit processes to design a  device  that  meets  electrical  performance  specification.  The  topics  covered  include  oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation Isolation, plasma etching process, thin film deposition, metal interconnects, lithography and pattern transfer technique, gate module technology, shallow junction technology, and CMOS Integration.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"EE3431C or equivalent","Preclusion":"EE5515, EE5516, EE5432R","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5440","ModuleTitle":"Magnetic Data Storage for Big Data","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on physics, materials and device\naspects of magnetic data storage, including both hard disk\ndrives and magnetic random access memory. The module\nis designed to equip students with the basic knowledge of\nmagnetism and magnetic materials required for\nunderstanding magnetic data storage devices and\nsystems. Topics to be covered include fundamentals of\nmagnetism and magnetic materials, magnetostatics,\nmagnetization dynamics, spintronics, magnetic random\naccess memory, magnetic write and read head, and\nread/write principles in both solid-state and disk based\nstorage.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EE4433 Nanometer Scale Information Storage","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5507","ModuleTitle":"Analog Integrated Circuits Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an in-depth coverage of the analysis and design of analog integrated circuits. The topics taught in this module include single transistor amplifiers, current sources and mirrors, current and voltage references, operational amplifiers, feedback theory and stability, noise analysis, oscillators, S/H circuits and comparators. This module is targeted at those electrical engineering students who have interests in IC design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Requires background knowledge such as EE3408 or equivalent","Preclusion":"EE5507R","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5508","ModuleTitle":"SEMICONDUCTOR FUNDAMENTALS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides background knowledge of physics of electrical and optical properties of bulk and low dimensional semiconductor materials. The topics covered are as follows: Quantum mechanics: Schrodinger equation, particle in a box, tunneling effect, harmonic oscillator, time- independent perturbation theory. Solid state physics: crystal lattices, band theory, lattice vibration, the Fermi-Dirac distribution function and Fermi level, donor and acceptor states and carrier concentrations. Electrical properties of semiconductors, drift, diffusion, generation, recombination, trapping and tunneling. Optical properties of semiconductors, optical constants, optical absorption, radiative transition and luminescence, exciton effect, etc. Ternary and quaternary compound semiconductors, heterostructures, quantum wells and superlattices, quantum effect devices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"(Undergraduate physics and mathematics AND Electronics materials courses) OR\r\nEE2004: Semiconductor Devices OR\r\nEE3406: Microelectronic Materials OR\r\nEE3431C: Microelectronics Materials & Devices","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5517","ModuleTitle":"Optical Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"At the end of this module, the students will gain knowledge of optics and laser basics, and the technologies based on optical and laser engineering. Topics will cover optics and laser basics, semiconductor laser technology, optical system layout and design, optical diagnostics, optical precision engineering, and optical nanofabrication technology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EE3431C or equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5666","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Attachment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides engineering research students with\nwork attachment experience in a company.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5701","ModuleTitle":"HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING AND SWITCHGEAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the phenomena and mechanisms of breakdown of gases, liquids and solids as used in electrical insulating materials.  Methods of generating high voltages, measurements and testing of electrical apparatus and systems are included.  The principles of circuit interruption and switchgear types will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5711","ModuleTitle":"Power Electronic Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module forms one of the three core modules for the students specializing in Power and Energy area of research. The aim of the module is to introduce the importance of Power Electronics as an enabling technology and their role in efficient electrical energy conversion from one form to another. Power electronics is considered as an integral part of all electronic-equipment starting from\nconsumer electronic products to office automation equipment and leading to large transportation systems, utility applications and distributed renewable energy generation. In this module students will be introduced to the basic principles of operation of switched power converters and the concept of efficient control and regulation of electric energy flow will be addressed. The topics that will be\ncovered are: Power semiconductor switches and their characteristics; AC-to-DC converters and their applications; DC-to-DC converters: analysis and performance; DC-to-AC converters: analysis and performance. Specific power electronic applications to various large scale systems will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Undergraduate knowledge in Power Electronics, e.g. EE3501C or equivalent","Preclusion":"EE5711R","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5801","ModuleTitle":"Electromagnetic Compatibility","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to introduce the fundamental concepts, theories and practices in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). The module covers topics from the basics of EMC to radiated and conducted emission and susceptibility, cross-talk, shielding and advanced topics of system level design for EMC. Different test and measurement techniques will also be covered. Computational modelling techniques for analysing and reducing EMC problems will be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0.5-1-5.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5903","ModuleTitle":"REAL-TIME SYSTEMS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The focus in this module is to present the theoretical foundations of real-time system theory. It presents techniques, based on optimization and queuing theory, to schedule a set of tasks such that they meet hard real-time requirements. It also describes the characteristics of a real time computing system.  Students are taught how a real-time embedded system can be designed using structured data flow methodology. Concepts of real time operating systems are covered as are the practical implementation of embedded systems and firmware. Deadlock management and process communications are treated at an advanced level. Case studies on real time scheduling and their implementation are presented to give students a better understanding of the subject.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.25-0-1.75-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EE4214 (Applicable to undergraduate students only).  MCH5205, TD5103 (Applicable to graduate students only).","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5904","ModuleTitle":"NEURAL NETWORKS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In this module students will learn various neural network models and develop all the essential background needed to apply these models to solve practical pattern recognition and regression problems. The main topics that will be covered are: single and multilayer perceptrons, support vector machines, radial basis function networks, Kohonen networks, principal component analysis, and recurrent networks. There is a compulsory computer project for this module. This module is intended for graduate students and engineers interested in learning about neural networks and using them to solve real world problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"ME5404, EE5904R, MCH5202","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5907","ModuleTitle":"Pattern Recognition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Pattern recognition deals with automated classification, identification, and/or characterizations of signals/data from various sources. The main objectives of this graduate module are to equip students with knowledge of common statistical pattern recognition (PR) algorithms and techniques. Course will contain project-based work involving use of PR algorithms. Upon completion of this module, students will be able to analyze a given pattern recognition problem, and determine which standard technique is applicable, or be able to modify existing algorithms to engineer new algorithms to solve the problem. Topics covered include: Decision theory, Parameter estimation, Density estimation, Non-parametric techniques, Supervised learning, Dimensionality reduction, Linear discriminant functions, Clustering, Unsupervised learning, Feature extraction and Applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.75-0-0-2-5.25","Prerequisite":"Requires background knowledge such as EE2012 Analytical Methods or CS1101S","Preclusion":"EE5907R, TD5133","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE5999","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE6102","ModuleTitle":"MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS (ADVANCED)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The aim is to develop an in-depth understanding of the fundamental concepts in the analysis and design of multivariable feedback control systems. It is tailored for students who are pursuing research in the field of advanced control systems. The topics covered include: Principles of single- and multi-loop feedback designs; poles, zeros and stability of multivariable feedback systems; performance and robustness of multivariable feedback systems; control system design using LQR technique, LQG/LTR method, H2 and H-infinity  control, and computer aided design software. Students taking this module will need to complete a self-study project on an advanced topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EE5101 / EE5101R / ME5401 Linear Systems","Preclusion":"EE5102 Multivariable Control Systems","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE6135","ModuleTitle":"Digital Communications (Advanced)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Probability theory, stochastic processes and vector spaces. Application of statistical decision theory to optimum receiver design for Gaussian channels. Error performance analysis of digital modulation systems. Analysis and design of coded systems. Soft decoding and hard decoding. Communication via fading channels – channel models, receiver design and error performance analysis. Communication theory. Efficient signaling for message sequences. R0-parameters and Channel capacity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EE5137/EE5137R or EE5306","Preclusion":"EE5305. EE5135","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE6437","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Semiconductor Devices","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Building on the semiconductor fundamentals and device physics knowledge, this module teaches the latest development and advancement in CMOS devices and process technologies, specifically relating to logic devices. Major topics to be covered in this module include (i) CMOS transistor historical scaling trends and physical limitations, (ii) module building blocks (materials and processes) including high permittivity or high-k gate dielectric, metal gate, ultra-shallow junction, metal contacts and advanced doping techniques, (iii) high mobility channel materials beyond silicon, (iv) alternative nanoscale transistor architectures, and (v) more-than-Moore technological trends.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EE5502 or EE5433R","Preclusion":"EE6505","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE6440","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in Photonics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers advanced photonics concepts for applications in nanotechnology and optical imaging. The syllabus covers broadly the topics of photonic devices, plasmonics, metamaterials, metasurfaces, Fourier optics, statistical optics, image processing, and superresolution.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Students should have some basic knowledge of electromagnetics and optics.","Preclusion":"EE5519","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"EE6531","ModuleTitle":"Selected Topics in Smart Grid Technologies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Basic concepts and structures of micro-grid, smart grid, and vehicular technologies will be taught in this module. Advanced power electronics systems and their control for these emerging technologies will be explored. Major topics to be covered are: power converters for smart grid, electric and fuel cell vehicles, battery management system, Intelligent multi-agent control and cyber security of smart grid, system level issues, and recent development in such emerging technologies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EE5711 / EE5711R Modelling and Control of Power Electronic Converters, OR EE5702 / EE5702R Advanced Power System Analysis.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EE6831","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Electromagnetic Theory and Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the advanced theorems in electromagnetism and their applications in both microwave- and optics-related problems. Topics include: diffraction of electromagnetic waves; dyadic Green’s functions in (i) Cartesian, (ii) cylindrical, and (iii) spherical configurations; Huygens' principle; kDB analysis for anisotropic and bi-anisotropic materials to design polarization converter; reflection and transmission of negative-index material; advanced scattering theory for radially anisotropic cylindrical and spherical particles; the application of advanced scattering theory in invisibility cloak design; transformation optics method and space deformation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EE5831 or EE5831R","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE6832","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Multi-Antenna Communications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to provide students the theory and concept of multi-antenna communications. The fundamental theory of conventional antenna arrays is covered in the first part. In the second part, the latest developments and techniques in multi-antenna communications are described, such as smart antenna technology, MIMO communication technique, adaptive array beamforming, etc. The focus of this module will be on the antenna array as a realization method to enable multi-antenna communications. The array design techniques will be highlighted and emphasized. The effect of antenna and array configuration characteristics on multichannel simultaneous  communications and the dependence of the multi-channel ommunications on the antenna arrays will be fully illustrated and exemplified in this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EE5308 or EE5308R","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EE6833","ModuleTitle":"Selected Topics in Microwave and Antenna Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers selected topics in advanced microwave and antenna engineering problems. Topics include: advanced filter designs; system in package; transistor small signal modelling and large signal modelling; RF wireless power and energy harvesting; antenna bandwidth enhancement and miniaturization techniques; antennas in package; wearable and implantable antennas; etc. Selected papers on most recent research progress will be discussed. Case studies will be examined.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EE5303/EE5303R Microwave Electronics or\nEE5308/EE5308R Antenna Engineering","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EE6901","ModuleTitle":"3D VISION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to understand three-dimensional shape/space processing in human or machines. The course will examine 3D vision from various perspectives, including its computational, perceptual, and physiological aspects. It will cover both theoretical analysis as well as practical implementation of solutions to problems encountered in shape recovery and navigation. Emphasis will be placed on fundamental mathematical issues in 3D vision, with the aim of training postgraduate research students for indepth vision research. Students should take up this module only if the course helps them in their R&D efforts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.75-0.25-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EE4212, EE5731/EE5731R or equivalent","Preclusion":"EE5908, TD5130","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE6990","ModuleTitle":"Research Attachment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Module is for PhD students. Students are required to undertake two research\r\nattachments each with 2 MC on an S/U grading basis. By having two research attachments, a student will not be confined to just one research\r\narea. Students will have the flexibility to be attached to two different supervisors or labs and be exposed to different research areas or topics, before deciding on their research interests. A faculty member can supervise the same student for two research attachments. Research attachments can also be conducted during the holidays. All research attachments have to be completed in the first year. Students are required to write a report including literature survey and make oral presentation to the supervisor. Grading is on S/U by the supervisor. Explanation should be provided by the supervisor if an “Unsatisfactory” grade is awarded.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"ECE PhD student","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EE6999","ModuleTitle":"DOCTORAL SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG1112","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Principles and Practice II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"This is part 2 of a 2-module package that introduces Year 1engineering students to what engineers do and to the engineer's thought process. These modules are Engineering Principles and Practice (EPP) I and II.\n\nEPP II will focus on the engineering principle of how systems are energized and controlled and the engineering practice of how they are designed, built and valued. The main assumption here is that most modern engineering systems are powered electrically. They convert some raw form of energy such as fuel (petrol, diesel) or battery (electrochemically stored energy), through a process of energy conversion into electrical energy. Hence energy sources and energy conversion, electrical energy distribution, electrical energy utilization through conversion into various functions, measurement of functions through\ntheir performance parameters will form the backbone of this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"6-2-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG1310","ModuleTitle":"Exploratory Satellite Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"This design module introduces students to the complexities involved in engineering a system with flight control, power management, signal processing and communications capabilities. It gives students the first exposure on the issues that are typically faced by engineers when they design and build a system which can\r\nbe deployed into space. Issues such as flight dynamics, environmental disturbances, command and control will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-3-2-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":"nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EG1603","ModuleTitle":"TIP - Product & Business Plan Competition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"EG1603 is a hands-on, competitive, experiential learning module that is ideal for students to gain insight, confidence, and basic capabilities about the theoretical and practical aspects of technopreneurship. The course is setup as a competition to emulate the competitive nature of industry and intensify the learning. Student teams will participate in several boot camps at the start of the module and receive advice from mentors throughout. The intention is to develop a (technical) solution for a specified problem and a viable business model to be combined into a business plan that is presented to judges at the end of the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG2201A","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Design Thinking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"The module introduces students to the fundamentals of design thinking. Design thinking is a series of processes which develops abilities to observe and listen, think and question critically, collaborate effectively and prototype to innovate creatively in an interdisciplinary environment. These are important skills for engineering students who are interested and passionate about design. Students will be taught in a studio setting and will be expected to spend much time practicing what is learnt.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0-4-3.5-0","Prerequisite":"nil","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":"nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EG2401","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Professionalism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to alert and sensitise students on the kinds of situations that may arise in his professional career and teaches students to improve his/her skills in appreciating and dealing with the moral challenges posed by such situations. Students will acquire skills in dealing with ethical issues, learn about the 'codes of ethics' set by professional bodies and intellectual property rights and protection.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-1-0-0-4.5-7.5","Prerequisite":"ES1501A, ES1501B, ES1501C, EG1413/ES1531 and Year 2 status","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG2603","ModuleTitle":"TIP - Product & Business Plan Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"EG2603 is a hands-on, competitive, experiential learning program that is ideal for students to gain insight, confidence, and basic capabilities about the theoretical and practical aspects of technopreneurship. The course is setup as a competition to emulate the competitive nature of industry and intensify the learning as a continuation from EG1603. Selected teams from “EG1603 TIP - Product & Business Plan Competition”, supported by mentors, will build prototypes and validate business models in this module. The focus will be on prototyping the solutions and devising commercialization strategies which will be presented to judges at a final event.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG2603B","ModuleTitle":"TIP : Business Incubation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG2604","ModuleTitle":"Innovation Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG2605","ModuleTitle":"Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG2606A","ModuleTitle":"Independent Work","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG2606B","ModuleTitle":"Independent Work","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG2610","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Work Experience Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"This internship module is open to full-time undergraduate students who have completed at\nleast 40MCs and plan to proceed on an approved internship of at least 10 weeks. This module\nrecognizes work experiences in fields that could lead to viable career pathways but the emphasis will\nbe on start-ups and entrepreneurship related internships. In general, this module is accessible to\nstudents for academic credit even if they had previously completed internship stints for academic\ncredit not exceeding 10MC, and if the new workscope is substantially differentiated from previously\ncompleted ones.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-36-4","Prerequisite":"This internship module is open to full-time undergraduate students who have completed at least 40MCs and plan to proceed on an approved internship of at least 10 weeks in duration in the vacation period.","Preclusion":"Full-time undergraduate students who have accumulated more than 10MCs for previous internship stints.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG3301R","ModuleTitle":"DCP Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the implementation and realization of an engineering design concept. It provides an avenue for students to experience an integrated design process\r\nwhere technology plays a central role. Students will go through thorough design steps from reviewing the conceptual system design, breaking down the system\r\ndesign into component design, prototyping at various stages of design, fabrication, and validating the design intents.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0.5-0-1.5-10-3","Prerequisite":"Stage 2 standing.","Preclusion":"ESP3902: Major Design Project 1 (4 MC)\nESP3903: Major Design Project 2 (4 MC)\nBN2203: Introduction to Bioengineering Design (4 MC)\nBN3101: Biomedical Engineering Design (6 MC)\nCG3002: Embedded Systems Design Project (6 MC)\nEE3001: Project (4 MC)\nEE3031: Innovation & Enterprise I (4 MC)\nEE3032: Innovation & Enterprise II (6 MC)\nIE3100M: Systems Design Project (12 MC)\nME3101: Mechanical Systems Design I (4 MC)\nME3102: Mechanical Systems Design II (4 MC)\nESE4501: Design Project (4 MC)\nMLE3103: Materials Design and Selection (4 MC)\nMLE4102: Design Project (4 MC)\nEG3301: DCC Project (10MC)","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EG3601","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Attachment Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG3602","ModuleTitle":"Vacation Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG3611","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Attachment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"This internship module is for students who are admitted\ninto the B.Eng. degree requiring a compulsory 24-week\ninternship. The type of internship varies according to the\nprogrammes. Internships integrate knowledge and theory\nlearned in the classroom with practical application and skill\ndevelopment in a professional setting. It enables students\nto learn about the latest developments in the industries\nand to interact with engineers and other professionals as\nthey join projects or tasks that help to develop or enhance\ntheir skills whilst contributing to the organization. Students\ncan apply for the approved internships publicised by the\nfaculty or seek approval for self-sourced internships.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-36-4","Prerequisite":"Students should be of or are expected to be at least Stage 3 in standing.\nStudent should complete CFG career coaching modules (to be finalized) prior to start of internship.","Preclusion":"EG3601 Industrial Attachment Programme\nEG3602 Vacation Internship Programme\nEG3612 Vacation Internship Programme","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG3612","ModuleTitle":"Vacation Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"This internship module is for students who are admitted\ninto the B.Eng. degree requiring a compulsory 12-week\ninternship. The type of internship varies according to the\nprogrammes. Internships integrate knowledge and theory\nlearned in the classroom with practical application and skill\ndevelopment in a professional setting. It enables students\nto learn about the latest developments in the industries\nand to interact with engineers and other professionals as\nthey join projects or tasks that help to develop or enhance\ntheir skills whilst contributing to the organization. Students\ncan apply for approved internships publicised by the\nfaculty or seek approval for self-sourced internships.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"0-0-0-36-4","Prerequisite":"Students should have completed at least Stage 2 of studies.\nStudent should have completed CFG career coaching modules (to be finalized) prior to start of internship.","Preclusion":"EG3601 Industrial Attachment Programme\nEG3602 Vacation Internship Programme\nEG3611 Industrial Attachment","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EG4301","ModuleTitle":"DCP B.Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students will conduct and continue a multiyear project over 2 semesters to deliver an integrated engineering solution to self-defined challenging problems. Students will implement knowledge and skills that they have gained throughout their study in their earlier years.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-3-9-3","Prerequisite":"Year 4","Preclusion":"ESP4901: Research Project (12 MC)\nBN4101R: B.Eng. Dissertation (12 MC)\nCN4118R: B.Eng. Dissertation (10 MC)\nCG4001: B.Eng. Dissertation (12 MC)\nEE4001: B.Eng. Dissertation (12 MC)\nIE4100: B.Eng. Dissertation (12 MC)\nME4101: B.Eng. Dissertation (12 MC)\nCE4104: B.Eng. Dissertation (8 MC)\nESE4502: B.Eng. Dissertation (12 MC)\nMLE4101: B.Eng. Dissertation (12 MC)","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EG5911","ModuleTitle":"Research Methodology & Ethics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"This module provides engineering research students with the background knowledge on how to conduct research, based on best practices. Issues on good international ethical practices, technical writing skills and skills in scientific presentations will also be taught to the students. The mode of teaching will be based on integrated classroom lecture combined with interactive small group discussion for the lab session. Students will be assessed through assignment in addition to taking an online quiz.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"2-0-2-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL1101E","ModuleTitle":"The Nature of Language","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This introductory overview of linguistics aims at equipping students with a solid foundation in the object, methods and goals of the science of spoken language, the prime tool of human communication. Through a principled analysis of patterns of sound, form and meaning at the levels of word, sentence and text, students will gain insight into what it means to say that language is a rule-governed system and an organic whole. The results of this exploration will be useful to those interested in the relationship between language and mind, society and culture.","CrossModule":"GEK1011","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Exempted from NUS Qualifying English Test, or passed NUS Qualifying English Test, or exempted from further CELC Remedial English modules.","Preclusion":"GEK1011","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EL2101","ModuleTitle":"Structure of Sentences and Meanings","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores language structure, in particular, patterns of sentence structure (syntax) and of meaning (semantics) in English. Concepts to be discussed include: grammatical categories, grammatical functions, semantic relations, and their hierarchical composition in sentences; various other syntactic and semantic notions; and the relationship between grammar and meaning. A key feature of the module is its emphasis on the evidence and argumentation that bears upon the representation of structure and principles of grammar that we postulate. The module is obligatory for EL Majors, and provides the foundation for the study of advanced modules in syntax and semantics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"EL1101E or GEK1011","Preclusion":"EL2201","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL2111","ModuleTitle":"Historical Variation in English","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to introduce how language change can take place orthographically, phonologically, grammatically and lexically. These changes do not take place at random but can be usefully accounted for by considering the socio-cultural contexts of use. The major topics covered include the history of English in Britain, English in North America and the New Englishes including Singaporean English. This module is suitable for students intending to read English Language as a major, as well as other interested students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EL1101E or GEK1011","Preclusion":"EL2211","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL3201","ModuleTitle":"Syntax","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Building on the knowledge of English morphology and syntax developed at levels 1000 and 2000, this module aims to give students a deeper understanding of the morphological and syntactic structure of English, in relation to crosslinguistic patterns. With an emphasis on evidence and argumentation, the module will help students understand the interconnectedness of the analyses of apparently unrelated phenomena, and develop a sense of the organic unity of language structure. This module will provide a crucial foundation for the further study of morphology and syntax, and their applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EL2101 or EL2201","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL3208","ModuleTitle":"Bilingualism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the cognitive underpinnings and social consequences of bilingualism and multilingualism. Students will become familiar with multiple approaches to the study of bilingualism and investigate major questions such as how children acquire multiple languages, how those languages are stored in the brain, and how bilinguals use language in socially meaningful ways. Topics covered include bilingual acquisition, cognitive consequences of bilingualism, language mixing, and bilingual education.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EL1101E or GEK1011","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL3211","ModuleTitle":"Language in Contact","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the phenomenon of language contact. We will explore sociolinguistic conditions of language contact, and how these conditions lead to contact-induced linguistic change. The study of contact languages is a study of how new forms of language emerge from contact ecologies. The main focus of the module is on the linguistic properties of contact languages, such as Chinese Pidgin English and Singapore Colloquial English, and on the theoretical issues of language emergence.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EL1101E or GEK1011","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EL3212","ModuleTitle":"Field Methods in Linguistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module develops practical skills in linguistic fieldwork. The centrepiece of the module is the investigation of an unfamiliar language through structured interviews with native speakers. Students will elicit, record, transcribe, and organize linguistic data. Together we will gain a basic understanding of aspects of the grammar of the language. Students will also develop original hypotheses regarding the language’s structure, test these hypotheses, and share their findings through written reports. Ethical issues that arise in conducting linguistic fieldwork will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"(i) EL1101E/GEK1011, (ii) EL2201 or EL2101, and (iii) EL2202 or EL2102","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EL3214","ModuleTitle":"Language Documentation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Language documentation is a rapidly growing subfield in linguistics. It is concerned with the creation of language records that can be used for multiple purposes, the preservation of such records, and the products that can be built from these records, such as dictionaries, corpora and grammars. This module is an introduction to the subfield. It explores the need for language documentation as a reaction to language endangerment, and presents the history, theory and methods of modern day language documentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EL1101E or GEK1011","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL3251","ModuleTitle":"Language, Society and Identity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the relationship between language and identity, focusing on how linguistic difference is not a reflection of one’s inner essence but a means of constructing who we are in social context. Based on current research in sociolinguistics, it will discuss why ideological and discursive processes of identity construction are central to our social life. It will also introduce conceptual tools for analysing identity work in everyday discourse, using them to explore several theoretical and real-world issues in which the question of identity figures prominently.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"EL2151 or EL2251","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL3261","ModuleTitle":"Foundations in Applied Linguistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to some key topics in the field of applied linguistics (second language teaching and learning). Topics covered may include description of language use (discourse analysis), the core language\r\nskills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), theoretical frameworks of task complexity and taskbased language teaching, and individual differences in\r\nlanguage learning (language learning strategies, language learning styles, and motivation) and how such differences influence language performance. Students will reflect on implications of selected theories and research findings for language learning and teaching.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"EL1101E or GEK1011. Students should have a strong interest in reading about second language learning and teaching.","Preclusion":"EL3880F","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project. UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed. UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL4201","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Syntax","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module has two broad aims. The first is to familiarize students with the core theoretical ideas shared by current syntactic frameworks, and to provide a sense of what it takes to pursue theoretically informed research in syntax that involves a technical framework of representations and principles. The second aim is to develop in students the abilities and thinking habits required for theoretical research in syntax. The acquaintance with linguistic theory and the practice in the linguist's modes of thinking developed in the module will help students engage in meaningful research in syntax.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EL, and EL3201, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL4216","ModuleTitle":"Lexicology and Lexicography","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"With special reference to English in multilingual and multicultural settings, this module introduces students to the study of words from both lexicological (theory) and lexicographical (practice) perspectives. It aims to equip participants with a critical awareness of the notion of the word and its attendant sources of evidence, the organisation of the mental lexicon, and the publication of words in the form of printed, on-line and standalone electronic dictionaries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EL, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL4221","ModuleTitle":"Narrative Structures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce students to some essential literary-critical and linguistic concepts in the study of narrative. One of its central themes will be the relationship between system and structure in narrative, and how this can be derived from a similar relationship in linguistics. Students will be analysing the narrative content of written, oral and cinematographic texts during the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including (i) EL1101E and (ii) 28 MCs in EL or 28 MCs in EN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL4222","ModuleTitle":"Stylistics and Drama","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module highlights one way in which the disciplines within the Department (theatre, literary studies and linguistics) can be brought together in the enterprise to come to terms with dramatic discourse. The module will focus on the analysis of dramatic discourse, so that evidenced interpretations of dramatic passages may be provided. Students will be introduced to a number of frameworks, especially those used to deal with discourse such as speech-act theory, the co-operative principle, face and politeness, cognitive and critical discourse approaches. Key topics in stylistics such as foregrounding and reader response will also receive coverage.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs including 28 MCs in EL or 28 MCs in TS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"TS4213","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL4255","ModuleTitle":"English as a World Language","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the consequences of the spread of English as a world language. Key topics covered include: the rise of linguistic instrumentalism; the marginalization of other languages and their speakers/cultures; the question of how various Englishes should be ideologically positioned and the relationship between language and modernity. Target students: Those who are willing to critically engage in a debate on what it means to be a 'world language' as well those who are interested in gaining a deeper appreciation of the impact of English on the world and vice versa.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in EL or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The Honours Thesis is usually done in the final semester of a student's pursuing an Honours degree. Students intending to read this module are expected to consult prospective supervisors the semester before they read this module and provide a research proposal.  A wide range of topics is acceptable provided it highlights a language issue.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-1-0-12-24.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs, including 60 MCs of EL major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2013-2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of EL major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50, or with recommendation by the programme committee. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of EL major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50, or with recommendation by the programme committee. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"EL4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012-2015: Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in EL, with a minimum CAP of 3.20. Cohort 2016 onwards: Completed 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in EL, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"EL4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL5102","ModuleTitle":" Phonetics and Phonology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The module covers the foundational knowledge of the sound pattern of human language. Major topics include how speech sounds are made and transmitted, and how they pattern, drawing data primarily from English and other familiar languages. Students will learn the conceptual tools and technical skills in the analysis of speech data.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.  ","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5102R","ModuleTitle":" Phonetics and Phonology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The module covers the foundational knowledge of the sound pattern of human language. Major topics include how speech sounds are made and transmitted, and how they pattern, drawing data primarily from English and other familiar languages. Students will learn the conceptual tools and technical skills in the analysis of speech data.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.  ","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5203","ModuleTitle":" Sociophonetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will familiarize students with the tools and methodologies of phonetic analysis and how these may be employed in the investigation of the relationship of language and society. The module will focus on acoustic analysis with additional units on articulatory and auditory phonetics, and cover both segmental features (vowels, consonants) and suprasegmental features (intonation, rhythm, voice quality). Students will collaborate on a group research project related to speech in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.  ","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5203R","ModuleTitle":" Sociophonetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will familiarize students with the tools and methodologies of phonetic analysis and how these may be employed in the investigation of the relationship of language and society. The module will focus on acoustic analysis with additional units on articulatory and auditory phonetics, and cover both segmental features (vowels, consonants) and suprasegmental features (intonation, rhythm, voice quality). Students will collaborate on a group research project related to speech in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.  ","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5204","ModuleTitle":"Linguistic Typology  ","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Typology and universals are concerned with how the pieces of languages are put together, what they contain, and how and why they interact and function as they do. Students acquire a broad overview of the grammatical make-up of languages and an understanding of an important approach in contemporary linguistics. Typology contributes to and draws on core areas of linguistics that students have studied.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5204R","ModuleTitle":"Linguistic Typology  ","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Typology and universals are concerned with how the pieces of languages are put together, what they contain, and how and why they interact and function as they do. Students acquire a broad overview of the grammatical make-up of languages and an understanding of an important approach in contemporary linguistics. Typology contributes to and draws on core areas of linguistics that students have studied.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5253","ModuleTitle":"TEXTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to cultivate an understanding both of the relationship between discourse and ideology and of the textual construction of knowledge. Students will be exposed to a critical deconstruction of different kinds of socio-political discourses (including discourses about gender and race, etc.) with specific attention to ideological positionings, and the role ideology plays in the knowledge construction process. Through this module, students will acquire critical skills in reading texts and come to appreciate the different kinds of textual and ideological strategies used in the formation of knowledge.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5253R","ModuleTitle":"Textual Construction of Knowledge","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to cultivate an understanding both of the relationship between discourse and ideology and of the textual construction of knowledge. Students will be exposed to a critical deconstruction of different kinds of socio-political discourses (including discourses about gender and race, etc.) with specific attention to ideological positionings, and the role ideology plays in the knowledge construction process. Through this module, students will acquire critical skills in reading texts and come to appreciate the different kinds of textual and ideological strategies used in the formation of knowledge.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5255","ModuleTitle":"Second Language Writing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores current research in second language writing and encompasses the investigation of both processes and products of writing. The module will examine theories in writing (including L1 theories) and the role theories and models plays in second language writing research. The topics addressed will include the cognitive processes in writing, the distribution of processes on writing performance, individual differences in writing (for examples, self-efficacy beliefs, motivation, and strategies), the methodology and tools researchers use to investigate the processes in writing, and the assessment of written texts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"EL5880B","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5255R","ModuleTitle":"Second Language Writing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores current research in second language writing and encompasses the investigation of both processes and products of writing. The module will examine theories in writing (including L1 theories) and the role theories and models plays in second language writing research. The topics addressed will include the cognitive processes in writing, the distribution of processes on writing performance, individual differences in writing (for examples, self-efficacy beliefs, motivation, and strategies), the methodology and tools researchers use to investigate the processes in writing, and the assessment of written texts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"EL5880B","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EL5660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education.  The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in English Language in depth.  The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module.  A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details.  Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required.  Regular meetings and reports are expected.  Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EL6660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education.  The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Language Study in depth.  The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module.  Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval is required.  Regular meetings and reports are expected.  Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"Admission to the PhD programme or doctoral competence in the discipline to be determined by the Department upon recommendation by the instruction","Preclusion":"Nil ","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EL6880","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Grammatical Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This advanced seminar provides graduate students with sustained and critical engagement with recent debates in  grammatical theory.  Students are expected to identify for themselves key issues in grammatical theory (e.g the architecture of a theory of grammar, the analysis of specific grammatical phenomena, the epiphenomenality of constructions), situate these issues in relation to wider debates about nature of grammar, and propose lines of inquiry that might contribute to the debates. The seminar is especially useful for students who are considering pursuing research in grammatical anaylsis/theory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Admission to the PhD programme or doctoral competence in the discipline to be determined by the Department upon recommendation by the instructor.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EL6882","ModuleTitle":"TOPICS IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This advanced seminar is especially useful for students who are considering pursuing research in the social aspects of language, including the politics of language and linguistic anthropology. Students are expected to identify for themselves key issues pertaining to the relationship between language and society. Among the possible topics discussed are: critical comparisons between autonomous and socially-oriented views of language; differences between variationist sociolinguistics and more critically-informed approaches; the relationship between linguistic structure, language ideology and power.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Admission to the PhD programme or doctoral competence in the discipline to be determined by the Department upon recommendation by the instructor.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EL6884","ModuleTitle":"TOPICS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This advanced seminar provides graduate students with opportunities to undertake and report applied linguistic research in areas of negotiated choice, to develop a situated understanding of applied linguistics as a theoretically informed professional field of enquiry, and to generate spoken and written\r\noutcomes that reach, or closely approximate to, internationally publishable standards. Topics may range from critical re-theorising of applied linguistics itself to suitably informed\r\ninvestigations relating to language in action and communicative practices, in such domains as speech therapy, classroom language learning, teaching and assessment, translation, business, legal services, news reporting and broadcasting,\r\nand other social and workplace settings.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Admission to the PhD programme or doctoral competence in the discipline to be determined by the Department upon recommendation by the instructor.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EM1201","ModuleTitle":"English for Academic Purposes (Music) 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Open only to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music Programme from AY2009/10 onwards.  Students who score Band C in the YSTCM English Placement Test or students who have passed Foundation English Course 2 are required to read this module.","Preclusion":"AR1000, BE1000, ID1000, ET1000 / NK1001 / EA1101 / EG1471 / ES1301 / ES1101 / ES1102 / ES1103 and EM1101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EM1202","ModuleTitle":"English for Academic Purposes (Music) 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Open only to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music programme from AY2009/10 onwards. Students who score Band B in the YSTCM English Placement Test or students who have passed English for Academic Purposes (Music) 1 are required to read this module.","Preclusion":"AR1000, BE1000, ID1000, ET1000 / NK1001 / EA1101 / EG1471 / ES1301 / ES1101 / ES1102 / ES1103 and EM1101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN1101E","ModuleTitle":"An Introduction to Literary Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Human beings are 'tale-telling animals'. We all tell stories, and we all listen to them, read them and watch them. This module looks at the ways in which people tell stories, the kinds of stories they tell, and the meanings those stories generate. It focuses, in particular, upon the telling, and gives special attention to questions concerned with that. Texts include a novel, a play, films, short stories, poems and oral tales.","CrossModule":"GEK1000","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Exempted from or passed the NUS Qualifying English Test, or exempted from further CELC Remedial English modules.","Preclusion":"GEK1000","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN2201","ModuleTitle":"Backgrounds to Western Literature and Culture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The Greek and Roman classics and the Bible are recognized as having exerted profound influence on the development of Western literature, art and culture.\r\nFamiliarity with the classical and Judeo-Christian traditions helps tremendously in enabling appreciation of this literature, art and culture. This module introduces students to important works from these two traditions such as Homer’s Odyssey, Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Poetics, Virgil’s Aeneid and the Bible. Through close readings, students become acquainted with the worldview, ideas and key motifs in\r\nthese works. Attention will also be on how these texts have influenced the development of the Western literary tradition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"EN1101E or GEK1000","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN2203","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Film Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the critical terms and methods required for reading and writing about films, performances, advertising, and other related cultural texts. It seeks to develop skills in the close reading of such texts, and in writing considered critical responses to them.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"EN2113","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN3222","ModuleTitle":"The Eighteenth Century","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module looks at the emergence of the novel, at its experiments with form, and at its characteristic modes of representation. It concentrates, in particular, on such matters as the restrictions and opportunities of the genre: on the practicalities of sustaining a long fiction in prose; how different writers meet the various challenges of plot, episode, characterisation and style; and on the emergence of a distinct sense of the individual.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: EN1101E or GEK1000.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards: (i) EN1101E or GEK1000, AND (ii) at least one of the following modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"So long as students have fulfilled EN1101E/GEK1000, they may take this EN level-3000 module in the same semester as they are taking one of the following modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)."},{"ModuleCode":"EN3229","ModuleTitle":"Shakespeare in His Time and Ours","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Shakespeare occupies an iconic position in English literature and acquaintance with his plays is expected of the informed reader. This module offers an introduction to a representative range of Shakespeare's works. It approaches them through genre and the informing background of English Renaissance history, culture, and politics. By the end of the module, students will have a good understanding of the major themes of Shakespeare’s plays and the milieu within which he wrote and performed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: EN1101E or GEK1000.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards: (i) EN1101E or GEK1000, AND (ii) at least one of the following modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"So long as students have fulfilled EN1101E/GEK1000, they may take this EN level-3000 module in the same semester as they are taking one of the following modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)."},{"ModuleCode":"EN3241","ModuleTitle":"Literature and Psychoanalysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Since its articulation at the turn of the twentieth century, psychoanalysis has claimed a privileged relation to literature. Many of its foundational concepts sprang from Freud's life-long engagement with literature. The 'application' of psychoanalytic concepts to the interpretation of literary works will therefore be an important part of our approach. In applying theory to texts, we will identify and explore the plural and contradictory desires that make up literary discourse in particular, and the production of meaning, generally, just as our selections of literary works will help to exemplify key concepts in the psychoanalytic tradition.\n\n\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: EN1101E or GEK1000.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards: (i) EN1101E or GEK1000, AND (ii) at least one of the following modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"So long as students have fulfilled EN1101E/GEK1000, they may take this EN level-3000 module in the same semester as they are taking one of the following modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)."},{"ModuleCode":"EN3249","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Visual Culture: Art, Film and Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module offers an introduction to the study of art, film and media culture. It explores the changing role of visual media across the centuries, from pre-modern societies through to today’s digital, networked cultures. How have technological and economic changes generated new visual media? How have these media in turn shaped social and economic life? A range of case studies will be drawn from art history, film, popular culture and online media. What are the differences between art, film and other visual culture, and are these differences still relevant in the ‘convergent’ world of digital media culture?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: EN1101E or GEK1000.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards: (i) EN1101E or GEK1000, AND (ii) at least one of the following modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"So long as students have fulfilled EN1101E/GEK1000, they may take this EN level-3000 module in the same semester as they are taking one of the following modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)."},{"ModuleCode":"EN3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project. UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed. UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EN3880B","ModuleTitle":"Reader-Responsibility","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"With particular focus on the works of Julian Barnes, JM Coetzee, William Boyd, and Don DeLillo, this module explores how these contemporary novelists get around the problem of the “death of the author,” surpassing even reader-response theory, and transforming narratives into a question of what we will call “reader responsibility.” Through analyses of DeLillo’s Cosmopolis, Barnes’s Sense of an Ending, Coetzee’s Childhood of Jesus, and Boyd’s Any Human Heart, this module examines how these novelists effectively make readers complicit with narrative developments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"(i) EN1101E or GEK1000, AND (ii) at least one of the following modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"So long as students have fulfilled EN1101E/GEK1000, they may take this EN level-3000 module in the same semester as they are taking one of the following  modules (EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2207)."},{"ModuleCode":"EN4232","ModuleTitle":"Topics in American Literature","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module, which is aimed at upper level English Literature majors and cross-faculty students who have some experience with literary analysis, will focus on American literary orientalism in order to continue to examine questions of race, gender, ethnicity and literary form in the (mainly postwar) American imaginary.","CrossModule":"AS4232","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs including 28 MCs in EN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"AS4232","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN4241","ModuleTitle":"Utopias and Dystopias","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will examine the s/ f sub-genre of utopias and dystopias in fictional literature. It will address the following questions: What is the appeal of imaginative utopias and dystopias? What is the relation of these fictions to the world of contemporary reality? To alternative ways of conceiving life, experience, or reality? To traditional history? To alternative futures? To projections of, and apprehensions about human society? How does the imaginative construction of dystopias, in particular, address the constantly changing relation of science and technology to human life as we know it, to the human individual, to human society, and to the many institutions and notions, from gender and sexuality to race, family, nation, religion and species through which the relation of the individual to the group is mediated in time and place? Dystopian and Utopian fiction will be studied as imaginative constructions of extrapolations from current technology and science, or as possible worlds with alternative selves, life-forms, ecosystems, or histories.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs including 28 MCs in EN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN4248","ModuleTitle":"Disclosure, Discovery and Detec/xtive Fiction","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended to function as a survey of detective fiction as a genre with a transhistorical framework, spanning work from the 1860s to the\npresent. Topics covered will include: the historical conditions influencing the rise of detective fiction as a genre; the epistemological and sociological issues which inform our readings and our own desire as readers to uncover the mysterious; how the detective figure relates to the literary critic and the philosopher; the division between public/private spheres; the formal and thematic shifts in the genre and its pre-modern, modern and postmodern manifestations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs including 28 MCs in EN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"EN4262","ModuleTitle":"Writing Global India: (Dis)Possessions of Capitalism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Students will read Indian Anglophone literary texts in the context of global capitalism and transnational movements and flows. It examines the construction of imaginary homelands, the cultural politics of that homeland and its (re)negotiation in the larger world, the politics of gender, sexuality and the body, and religious and other cultural identities. The trope of \"(dis)possessions\" provides theoretical leverage into and focus on material influences, the trope of the hauntings of cultural memory, the perceived \"contaminations\" of culture, disciplines of the body, and related themes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs including 28 MCs in EN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EN4265","ModuleTitle":"Approaches to World Literature: Critical Realism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The new millennium has witnessed a return to realism in literature, criticism, and popular culture. Our taste for realism extends from the television reality-show, dramas like The Wire, to novels that seek to describe the impact of world markets on lived reality by mapping this system onto the traditional realist narrative. These developments suggest that canonical modernisms of the early twentieth-century prescribed, and so constrained, critical approaches to literatures of the postcolony. Focusing on the resurgent value of postcolonial realism for our current globalist conjuncture, the module entertains theoretical exchanges between World Literature, Postcolonial Studies, and the Frankfurt School’s Marxism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs including 28 MCs in EN or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN4266","ModuleTitle":"South Asian Literatures in English","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will introduce a selection of texts across genres from South Asia along with a complementary set of Critical Readings that students will need to apply to the reading of primary texts. The texts will be approached as reflecting conflicts of neo/colonialisms and the complications of modernities, as grappling with issues of gendered and racialized identities; as explorations of issues relating to the underside of globalisation. Students should gain a fairly in-depth knowledge of leading literary works from South Asia. They will also need to produce a final term paper that will potentially be expandable to an Honours thesis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs including 28 MCs in EN or 28 MCs in GL/GL\nrecognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or\nbe on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"EN3265","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The Honours Thesis is usually done in the final semester of a student's pursuing an Honours degree.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-1-0-12-24.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs, including 60 MCs of EN major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2013-2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of EN major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50, or with recommendation by the programme committee. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of EN major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50, or with recommendation by the programme committee. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"EN4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012-2015:\r\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in EN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\r\n\r\nCohort 2016 onwards:\r\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in EN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"EN4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN5241","ModuleTitle":"LITERATURE AND NEW WORLDS: 1590-1750","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"From early modern England up into the eighteenth century, English literature registers distinctively a deep fascination with worlds both old and new: Egypt, Africa, China, and India are some examples.  In reading critically how different authors in this historical timeline represent old and new worlds in their literary production, this module seeks to analyze the formation of cultural perceptions relating to such topics as (a) the emergence of a colonial and imperial consciousness; (b) the apprehension of cultural difference; (c) the crystallization of national identity.  It offers opportunity for considering the engagements of literature with certain momentous social, historical, and political realities, such as the slave trade and the activities of the British East India Company.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN5241R","ModuleTitle":"Literature and New Worlds: 1590-1750","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"From early modern England up into the eighteenth century, English literature registers distinctively a deep fascination with worlds both old and new: Egypt, Africa, China, and India are some examples.  In reading critically how different authors in this historical timeline represent old and new worlds in their literary production, this module seeks to analyze the formation of cultural perceptions relating to such topics as (a) the emergence of a colonial and imperial consciousness; (b) the apprehension of cultural difference; (c) the crystallization of national identity.  It offers opportunity for considering the engagements of literature with certain momentous social, historical, and political realities, such as the slave trade and the activities of the British East India Company","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN5242","ModuleTitle":"Women Novelists","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of this module are to invite students to reflect on and analyse texts by great women novelists. Topics covered include the choice of genre, the relation between narrative structures and psychological experience and their political implications, the nature of the dilemmas at the heart of each text, and the problems of defining and responding to what is specific to women’s writing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EN5242R","ModuleTitle":"Women Novelists","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of this module are to invite students to reflect on and analyse texts by great women novelists. Topics covered include the choice of genre, the relation between narrative structures and psychological experience and their political implications, the nature of the dilemmas at the heart of each text, and the problems of defining and responding to what is specific to women’s writing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN5248","ModuleTitle":"Literary Rejects","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"From Shakespeare’s Shylock to Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, Lu Xun’s Ah-Q and Sinha’s Animal, it could be said that “rejects” abound in literature. This module is an inquiry into the affective forces of such literary rejects, such as their ability to generate empathy within both readers and other textual characters, or to elicit from the latter a sense of “poetic” justice beyond existing juridicial norms, as well as how they complicate the literary “I” or subject. Texts read in the module will include Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” Lu Xun’s “The Real Story of Ah-Q,” and Indra Sinha’s Animal People.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN5248R","ModuleTitle":"Literary Rejects","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"From Shakespeare’s Shylock to Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, Lu Xun’s Ah-Q and Sinha’s Animal, it could be said that “rejects” abound in literature. This module is an inquiry into the affective forces of such literary rejects, such as their ability to generate empathy within both readers and other textual characters, or to elicit from the latter a sense of “poetic” justice beyond existing juridicial norms, as well as how they complicate the literary “I” or subject. Texts read in the module will include Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” Lu Xun’s “The Real Story of Ah-Q,” and Indra Sinha’s Animal People.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN5253","ModuleTitle":"Writing in the Aftermath","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The module addresses issues of historical trauma and cultural memory; through a focus on how such memory is manifested in aesthetic (primarily literary) representation. The module assumes a dual approach to the study of selected texts, requiring attention to the topic of violence and memory on the one hand; and the ethics and politics of representation on the other.  Literary texts will illuminate problems of narrative agency, responsibility and testimony in the aftermath of a violent past. The conceptual framework of discussions derive from Maurice Blanchot and his influence on post-structuralism, and from contemporary uses of psychoanalysis by literary theorists.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EN5253R","ModuleTitle":"Writing in the Aftermath","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The module addresses issues of historical trauma and cultural memory; through a focus on how such memory is manifested in aesthetic (primarily literary) representation. The module assumes a dual approach to the study of selected texts, requiring attention to the topic of violence and memory on the one hand; and the ethics and politics of representation on the other.  Literary texts will illuminate problems of narrative agency, responsibility and testimony in the aftermath of a violent past. The conceptual framework of discussions derive from Maurice Blanchot and his influence on post-structuralism, and from contemporary uses of psychoanalysis by literary theorists.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EN5660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in English Literature in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. The Head’s and/or Graduate Coordinator’s approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.\r\n\r\nRemark: (1) Word limit: 5,000 – 6,000 words. (2) Workload: Minimum 10 hours per week. The precise breakdown of contact hours, assignment and preparation is to be worked out between the lecturer and the student, subject to Departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student in the university or with the approval of the Department.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EN5880A","ModuleTitle":"Literature and the Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the shifting perceptions of the natural world found in a variety of English literary works. Through the study of key literary texts, the\r\nevolution of ideas about nature will be traced from the 17th century’s age of scientific discovery to the 21st century’s idea of environmental crisis. A key\r\nelement of the model will be the use of ecocritical ideas and concepts as a way to approach and understand connections between literature and the environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EN5880AR","ModuleTitle":"Literature and the Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the shifting perceptions of the natural world found in a variety of English literary works. Through the study of key literary texts, the evolution of ideas about nature will be traced from the 17th century's age of scientific discovery to the 21st century's idea of environmental crisis. A key element of the model will be the use of ecocritical ideas and concepts as a way to approach and understand connections between literature and the environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate student with the university or with the approval of the department.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN5883","ModuleTitle":"SCREEN CULTURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This interdisciplinary module will acquaint students with various theoretical approaches to the moving image, and equip them to write critically about contemporary screen cultures of Southeast Asia. Readings will be from media theory, art history and critical theory, as much as film studies. The module encourages students to think beyond the conventions of cinema studies (national cinema, genre, etc), the rationale being that as screen culture spreads beyond industrial cinema, so too should theory and criticism. Films studied will privilege independent and experimental work, video/media art, animation and web-based video, emphasising the diversification of moving image practices with video and digital media.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN5883R","ModuleTitle":"SCREEN CULTURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This interdisciplinary module will acquaint students with various theoretical approaches to the moving image, and equip them to write critically about contemporary screen cultures of Southeast Asia. Readings will be from media theory, art history and critical theory, as much as film studies. The module encourages students to think beyond the conventions of cinema studies (national cinema, genre, etc), the rationale being that as screen culture spreads beyond industrial cinema, so too should theory and criticism. Films studied will privilege independent and experimental work, video/media art, animation and web-based video, emphasising the diversification of moving image practices with video and digital media.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN6660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education.  The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in English Literature in depth.  The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module.  A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details.  Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required.  Regular meetings and reports are expected.  Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"Admission to the PhD programme or doctoral competence in the discipline to be determined by the Department upon recommendation by the instructor.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EN6880","ModuleTitle":"Topics in the New Literatures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module trains students in select key texts in the new literatures and their social contexts.  It locates those literatures in the cultural histories of nationalism, postcolonialism, modernization, intertextuality and related topics.  The module is intended for graduate students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Admission to the PhD programme or doctoral competence in the discipline to be determined by the Department upon recommendation by the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EN6881","ModuleTitle":"TOPICS IN LITERARY HISTORY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Admission to the PhD programme or doctoral competence in the discipline to be determined by the Department upon recommendation by the instructor","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EN6882","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED TOPICS IN CULTURAL STUDIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module is to be taught by an eminent visiting scholar in Cultural Studies in Asia, appointed as a visiting teaching fellow for one semester. The content of module will therefore vary according to the specialized interests of the visiting teaching fellow. A candidate in the programme will only be permitted to elect one selected topic module during the course work component of their studies. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Admission to the PhD programme or doctoral competence in the discipline to be determined by the Department upon recommendation by the instructor","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ENV2102","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This module will first introduce students to Environmental Law, particularly conservation and pollution laws, and how these are passed and implemented at the international, regional (ASEAN) and national (Singapore) levels. It will emphasise that laws alone will not help in ensuring the quality of a country’s environment and the health of its citizens. Laws must be enforced, and the rule of law respected. Good governance is therefore a necessary component of sound environmental management. This module will next examine what constitutes good environmental governance. It will explore environmental and economic policies and how best to resolve the tensions between conservation and development. It will study the setting up of effective administrative institutions, land use planning, the provision of environmental infrastructure (modern sanitation, water treatment plants, transport systems, etc). It will then critically examine the workings of the main administrative agencies that are responsible for environmental management in Singapore. It will also look into the work of local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as multi-national corporations and corporate social responsibility in Singapore. Comparisons will be made with the administrative and legal systems in other jurisdictions. This module will be taught by staff members from the Law Faculty as well as the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"For students in the Environmental Studies Programme.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ENV3101","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Challenges: Asian Case Studies I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"Using selective Asian case studies through on-site field studies exposure, experimentation and documentation, this module addresses several key themes: a) understanding the nature of environmental problems (both physical and human induced environmental changes) in specific locations, sites and ecosystems; ii) the human impacts leading to specific environmental problems (pollution, water scarcity, deforestation, dwindling biodiversity); and iii) understanding indigenous adaptive mechanisms and other mitigation options in ensuring environmental sustainability. Students will participate in field studies of key sites, ecosystems and places where such challenges have taken place within the Asian region.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"ENV2101","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ENV3102","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Challenges: Asian Case Studies II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This module is directly connected to ENV3101, which serves as a prerequisite. The scope, scale and learning mission of the proposed module are complex and challenging, due to the field work needed and the necessary preparation required. Based on concepts and theoretical issues as well as specific environmental knowledge, this module will be focused on the actual field work on site which will last between 3-4 weeks in one of the countries within the Asian region. This field studies part of ENV3101 will be formally set in the special semester (summer) of the academic year.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"ENV3101","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ENV4101","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Management in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This module, the final in a series of integrated modules for this degree, will focus on Singapore and evaluate how the city-state has managed its environmental challenges and human-nature relationships intra-nationally and extra-nationally (regionally and internationally). The module is a final summation, overview and synthesis of what was discussed in the earlier four modules and where appropriate will evaluate environmental ideas, concepts, policies and case studies in terms of its applications to the Singapore situation. To facilitate this, the module is predicated on a platform of seminars and/or round-table discussions with pertinent senior corporate chieftains, government officials, and non-government organization (NGO) leaders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-6-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"ENV3101 and ENV3102","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ES1000","ModuleTitle":"Basic English","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This is a required course for students whose Qualifying English Test results show that they would benefit from basic English language skills support. Students in the course must pass it before they are allowed to read the next required English course, English for Academic Purposes (ES1102/ES1103). The purpose of ES1000 is to improve the students' English language skills in reading, writing and grammar. These skills are taught, reviewed and reinforced through online, inclass and appropriate out-of-class activities. Assignments include reflections, written assignments and progress tests.\nThis module is taught over 1 semester with a two-hour online lecture/discussion/quiz and a two-hour sectional teaching per week.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"2-2-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"Placement through the Qualifying English Test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES1103","ModuleTitle":"English for Academic Purposes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"ES1103 serves as a bridging course for students who have taken the university’s Qualifying English Test and are deemed to require additional language support for the academic context. It aims to equip students with the knowledge of the academic genre and the ability to apply such knowledge in academic communication. The module adopts a reading-into-writing approach using themed readings as springboard texts for students’ writing and provides opportunities for analysing and internalising ways of organising academic texts. Students will acquire essential academic skills required to cope with the rigour of academic writing at a tertiary level.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"1. Placement through the Qualifying English Test or a pass in ES1000. \n\n2. Only students who matriculated in AY2016/17 and onwards can take ES1103","Preclusion":"ES1102","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES1501Q","ModuleTitle":"Critical Thinking and Expository Writing: \"Why you so like dat?\" Singlish and cultural literacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"English has culturally the most diverse range of speakers in the world, and\r\nto communicate effectively in English, an understanding of cultural differences that affect communication is required. This course engages students in exploring how English is shaped by the Anglo culture in which it was first used, and how its use is in turn shaped by other cultures. We will examine, in particular, Singlish (a variety of Singapore English) and how Singapore’s multiethnic and multicultural heritage has shaped this variety of spoken Singapore English. Through the use of textual and multimodal sources, interactive discussions and critical reflection, students will engage in in-depth analysis and develop an understanding of the cultural literacy issues that affect English communication in Singapore and to showcase this understanding through well-reasoned academic writing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"1.Students who are required to take ES1000 Basic English and/or ES1102/ES1103 English for Academic Purposes must pass the modules before they are allowed to read this module.\n2. FOE students should have sat for one of following examinations and obtained the grade required as indicated below in order to be eligible for ES1501%:\na. Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level, General Paper (A grade)\nb. Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level, Knowledge Inquiry (A grade)\nc. International Baccalaureate, Theory of Knowledge (A grade)\nd. NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, EL5102 English for Academic Purposes Critical Reading & Writing (A grade)\ne. NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, EL5101 Language in Society II and EL6103 Language in Society III (A- grade for both modules).\n3. Global Engineering Programme (GEP) and Double Degree Programme (DDP) students who obtained the minimum grade required as indicated below are also eligible to read ES1501%:\na. Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level, General Paper (B grade)\nb. Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level, Knowledge Inquiry (B grade)\nc. International Baccalaureate, Theory of Knowledge (B grade)\nd. NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, EL5102 English for Academic Purposes Critical Reading & Writing (B grade)\ne. NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, EL5101 Language in Society II and EL6103 Language in Society III (B- grade for both modules)","Preclusion":"1. Students who have already read a WP2201%, IEM1201%, UTW1001%, ES1201G, ES1201L, ES1601 or ES1501% module.\r\n\r\n2. FOE students will be exempted from ES1531 and ES2331 if they have successfully completed ES1501%.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES1531","ModuleTitle":"Critical Thinking And Writing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to help students think critically through analysing arguments and presenting their arguments effectively. Relevance to engineering practice will be emphasized with reference to Goldberg’s seven missing basics in engineering education. Ideas/claims/assertions/inferences are value driven and their successful communication is structured on sound reasoning and convincing expression. In the course, students will learn critical thinking skills through interaction with and rigorous analysis of various written texts. They will assess the arguments of others and develop their own, support them convincingly and convey them effectively in a critical evaluation and problem-solution research paper.","CrossModule":",GET1021","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"1. Students who are required to read ES1000 and/or EAP modules ES1102/ES1103 must pass it/them before taking ES1531/GEK1549.\n2. Only students matriculated in AY2014/15 are allowed to take GEK1549.","Preclusion":"EG1413, Students who have already read WP2201%, IEM1201% or UTW1001% module, GEK1901, U-town students cannot bid for ES1531/GEK1549. GET1021.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES1541","ModuleTitle":"Exploring Science Communication through Popular Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"The ES1541 module aims to equip students with the relevant knowledge and skills of how to communicate complex scientific content in ways that are comprehensible and accessible to non-experts. The module presents principles and strategies to deepen students’ understanding of the differences between scientific academic texts such as research reports and popular science genres such as science news articles (Haupt, 2014). Students will be exposed to popular science texts in various scientific disciplines, which will serve as the basis for group discussions, individual presentations and the writing of science news articles targeted at the educated non-specialist audience.","CrossModule":"SP1541","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students from Cohort 2013 and 2014. If students are required to take ES1000 (Basic English) and ES1102 (English for Academic Purposes), they must complete them before taking ES1541.","Preclusion":"Those who have taken SP1203, ENV1202, SP2171, SP1541, UTown and USP writing modules, ES1601 are precluded from taking ES1541.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ES1601","ModuleTitle":"Professional and Academic Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to enable students to communicate and write in two main contexts -industry/workplace and academic. It is twinned with GEQ1917 Understanding and Critiquing Sustainability and is read over two semesters. Therefore, the teaching/learning of targeted communication and writing skills are drawn upon the requirements, tasks, assignments, and projects of GEQ1917. By situating communication in different contexts, students learn to shape, articulate and express their ideas, thoughts and messages depending on the audience, purpose, media and platform.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"ES1000 and/or ES1102/ES1103","Preclusion":"CS2101 Effective Communication for Computing Professional, IS2101 Business and Technical Communication, ES2331 Communicating Engineering, ES2002 Business Communication, ES2007S & ES2007D Professional Communication, ES1541/SP1541 Exploring Science Communication through Popular Science, ES1501%.","Corequisite":"GEQ1917"},{"ModuleCode":"ES2002","ModuleTitle":"Business Communication for Leaders (BBA)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip students with the business communication skills they need to be recognized as leaders among stakeholders – colleagues, superiors, and customers/clients. Working within a dynamic and connected 21st century simulated workplace, students as “executives” will learn critical skill-sets in influential leadership communication in formal and informal business settings: pitching; teamwork, meeting and negotiation; relationship, goodwill and trust-building; and thinking on their feet. The module will emphasise core principles of audience-centred, objective-driven, and context-sensitive communication; intentional, reflective and mindful communication; oral communication fundamentals of verbal, vocal, visual and aural skills; and the 7 C’s of effective business communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-3-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Students who are required to read ES1000 must pass it before taking ES2002.","Preclusion":"MNO2706 Business Communication for Leaders (ACC), IS2101 Business and Technical Communication, ES2007D Professional Communication, ES1601 Professional and Academic Communication, UWC2101% Writing and Critical Thinking","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES2331","ModuleTitle":"Communicating Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to help students communicate competently and ethically in various communication situations. This will be done through rigorous and critical analyses of communicative texts and events, as well as applications of the principles of effective communication. In the process, the course also helps develop students’ understanding of how their identities and values are shaped in (and are shaping) engineering practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"If students are required to take ES1000 (Basic English) and/or ES1102/ES1103 (English for Academic Purposes), they must complete and pass these modules before taking ES2331.","Preclusion":"ES1501%, ES1601, UTown students from cohort AY2014/15 and before should not be allowed to bid for the module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES2660","ModuleTitle":"Communicating in the Information Age","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"In a context of prolific production and convenient access to content and innovation in the Information Age, how should one critically process and clearly communicate ideas to various audiences? In this module, students will learn to question and articulate their analysis of assumptions and assertions on issues facing the Information Age through processes such as identifying bias and substantiating arguments. The Ennis’ (1986, 2001) taxonomy of critical thinking dispositions will be employed to develop students’ analytical thinking skills and their ability to articulate cogent responses to arguments or to defend their own positions in both written and oral form.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"1. Students who are required to take ES1000 Basic English and/or ES1103 English for Academic Purposes, must pass those modules before they are allowed to read this module.\r\n2. Only SoC students matriculated in AY2016/2017 and after, are allowed to take ES2660.","Preclusion":"GET1006 and GEK1901","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES5000","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE ENGLISH COURSE (BASIC LEVEL)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to help international graduates from non-English speaking countries improve their basic academic English writing skills. This module provides training to enable students to use effective writing strategies to construct well-organized short academic essays with clear essay outlines. In order to facilitate independent learning and critical thinking, this module gives students opportunities to critique and edit their own essays as well as their peers' essays.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"0-4-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES5001A","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE ENGLISH COURSE (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"ES5001A aims to raise the proficiency level of the students' English in terms of their writing and oral presentation skills, so that they have confidence in using English for academic purposes. Students will be involved in writing short paragraphs, a short research report, and a summary analysis. Also, they will be taught principles of good writing and effective use of the dictionary. To prepare them for speaking at seminars and conferences, they will be trained to give oral presentations. This module is primarily for foreign graduate students of NUS who graduated from non-English medium universities who are not exempted based on their Diagnostic English Test results.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES5002","ModuleTitle":"Graduate English Course (Advanced Level)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to help international graduate students from non-English speaking countries develop skills for writing theses and research papers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ES5101","ModuleTitle":"Technical Communication for Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"Technical Communication for Engineers is a communication module for second year ECE graduate students which focuses on writing research papers and\r\ndelivering oral presentations for academic and nonacademic audiences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"0-4-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE1102","ModuleTitle":"Principles & Practice in Infrastructure and Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The impact of civil infrastructures on the environment is considerable and engineers have a significant role to play in developing technical solutions which must be cost-effective, economically feasible and environmentally sustainable. Sustainable development must consider all the repercussions from infrastructure development in a systematic and holistic way, including assessment of the resulting pollution problems through environmental monitoring and its necessary companion: safety control and management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"2-4-5-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ESE2401","ModuleTitle":"Water Science & Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with the fundamental aspects of water science and technology in water and wastewater treatment. Applied chemistry, microbiology and biology in fresh water, marine water, drinking water and wastewater will be covered. This module will enable students to understand the global cycle, possible contamination and threats to water in nature. Students also learn how to integrate engineering systems to purify natural water for human uses, and recycle water back to global water cycle through the practice of environmental science and technologies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-0-6","Prerequisite":"ESE2001","Preclusion":"TCE3001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE3001","ModuleTitle":"Water Quality Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Topics covered in this module include water and wastewater sources, characteristics of water and wastewater (physical, chemical, and biological parameters), principles of physical, chemical, and biological processes for water and wastewater treatment, and water reclamation. Applications of fundamental principles for process analysis and design will be discussed with a focus on commonalities in applications across industry. Laboratory experiments relevant to water quality assessment and engineering are also included in the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-0.5-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"ESE2401 & ESE3401 & TCE3001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE4405","ModuleTitle":"Urban Water Engineering & Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Topics covered in this module include urban water supply and demand, urban water management, identification of urban water quality systems, management strategies, environmental economics, technological and social considerations, capacity planning and management, modeling of water quality enhancement systems, impacts of design and operating protocols, and retrofitting and\r\nupgrading considerations. Application of fundamental principles for planning, analysis and design of various types of urban water quality enhancement systems will be addressed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ESE3401 or ESE3001","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ESE4406","ModuleTitle":"Energy and the Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module describes the technology and scientific understanding by which the world’s nations could ameliorate the growing urban, regional, and global environmental problems associated with energy use while still providing sufficient energy to meet the needs of populations for a human existence. Topics\r\ninclude a general introduction to the subject of energy, its use and its environmental effects; the world’s energy reserves and resources; electrical\r\nenergy generation, transmission and storage; fossilfuelled and nuclear-fuelled power plants; environmental effects of fossil and nuclear fuel use; renewable energy; transportation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ESE3101 and ESE 3201","Preclusion":"CN4248","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ESE4409","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Applications of Adsorption","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Adsorption is one of the most fundamental processes in many environmental, chemical and biological processes. It can be used for purification of water and\r\ngases. This module begins with an overview of historical and natural/industrialized cases. Various theories on adsorption will be presented in detail. Mathematical modeling tools will be taught. A series of case studies will be presented. Students after learning this module will be able to design various adsorption treatment systems and understand adsorption processes in natural/engineered systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"ESE 3201 and ESE3401","Preclusion":"CN3132","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ESE4502","ModuleTitle":"B.Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Each student is assigned a research project in environmental science and engineering. This module provides the opportunity for students to outsource for relevant information, design the experiments, analyze critically the data obtained and sharpen their communication skills through report writings and oral presentations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-18-0-12","Prerequisite":"ESE4 standing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE4502R","ModuleTitle":"B. Eng. Dissertation B. Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This project moduleis carried out by individual students and offers the opportunity for the student to develop research capabilities. It actively promotes creative thinking and allows independent work on a prescribed research project. Level 4 students undertake the project over two semesters. Each student is expected to spend not less than 9 hours per week on the project chosen from a wide range of environmental engineering-related disciplines. \r\nTopics include elements of research and experiments, analyse, and development. Assessment is based on the student’s working attitude, project execution and achievement, an interim report and presentation, dissertation and final oral presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-12-0-8","Prerequisite":"EVE4-standing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE5001","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Engineering Principles","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course is to allow M.Sc. students from non-environmental engineering background to gain basic knowledge in environmental science and engineering.  Acquisition of this basic knowledge will prepare them for advanced courses in environmental science and engineering.  This module provides a systematic introduction to water and air quality and their engineering control, quantitative overview of the properties of environmental contaminants, and the transport and transformation processes that govern their concentrations in air and water. Topics include environmental chemical equilibriums and kinetics, and elementary transport phenomena, introduction to water quality engineering, air quality engineering, and solid waste treatment and management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE5002","ModuleTitle":"Physical and Process Principles","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the fundamentals of unit operations and processes for domestic water supply and wastewater treatment. This module will enable students to understand the principles involved in the main treatment processes of water and wastewater treatment systems. Fundamental as well as practical aspects of water and wastewater treatment systems will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"Graduate students standing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE5004","ModuleTitle":"Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module involves independent project work over two semesters, on a topic in Environmental Engineering approved by the Programme Management Committee. The work may relate to a comprehensive literature survey, and critical evaluation and analysis, design feasibility study, case study, minor research project or a combination.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ESE5203","ModuleTitle":"AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Aerosol science deals with the behaviour of very fine particles in fluid media which finds many areas such as biosolid management, air pollution control, ultra-cleaning manufacturing technology, and advanced materials. In this module, the basic principles of aerosol science and the corresponding industrial applications will be covered. Topics include physics of aerosols, size distributions, mechanics and transport of particles, aerosol dynamics, nanoparticle synthesis, comubstion aerosols, and pharmaceutical aerosols.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"CE2134 Hydraulics or equivalent courses involving introductory level of\r\nfluid mechanics.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"ESE5205","ModuleTitle":"SLUDGE AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces the advanced concept of sludge and solid waste management. It covers collection, quantification, characterisation, processing, treatment, disposal and resource recovery in relation to sludge and solid waste. It will equip students with in-depth knowledge on principles of various treatment and disposal facilities along with engineering, institutional, legal and financial infrastructures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE5401","ModuleTitle":"Water Quality Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the fundamental principles of environmental modeling, i.e. mass balance, reaction kinetics and transfer mechanisms. Mathematical models are used to deal with water quality problems in natural and man-made systems. These include eutrophication, dissolved oxygen imbalance, the fate and transport of contaminants, and treatment system capacity planning. The module will enable students to appreciate the problems associated with water quality and provide them with the basic skills to predict impacts associated with the pollution of the environment. In this way, students can assess the feasibility of projects which are potential sources of contaminants to the environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"Water Science & Technology or ESE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE5405","ModuleTitle":"Water Treatment Processes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the fundamental principles of water treatment processes. Students will be able to understand water treatment in relation to chemcial equilibrium and kinetics, unit processes and their integration. The applications of these fundamental principles for formulating design and operation for water treatment systems will also be addressed. This course will facilitate students to acquire in-depth knowledge of water treatment systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"ESE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE5901","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The proposed module replaces the module EX5104. Population growth and economical development generate large quantities of wastes and also place great pressures on the finite material and energy resources of the earth. Raw materials are bieng used at a faster rate than they are being replaced or available. Therefore, proper management of environmental resources by applying available and emerging environmental technologies in the planning, design and operation activities are important in global resource conservation and in environmental pollution control.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE5999","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESE6999","ModuleTitle":"DOCTORAL SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESP1104A","ModuleTitle":"Sensor System Electronics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ENGINEERING SCIENCE PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This  module  introduces  students  to  the  fundamental  electronic principles of sensor systems for a variety of different disciplines. Particular  emphasis  will  be  given  to  circuits  that  are  used  in research and development, such as sensor amplifiers, filters, and data-acquisition.  The  module  has  both  analogue  and  digital circuit  principles,  and  involves  project  activities  that  involve hands-on  construction  of  sensors,  their  circuits  and  translating their signals into digital data on to a computer.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"6-2-3-0-4","Prerequisite":"A-level Mathematics and Physics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ESP2110","ModuleTitle":"Design Project 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ENGINEERING SCIENCE PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Through an antenna project in the first part of the module, students will learn the fundamentals of electromagnetic energy propagation, antenna and transmission line theory, as well as microwave engineering techniques.  Specifically, the students will have to design an external WiFi antenna to dramatically extend the communication range between their laptop computer and a remotely located hub station.  In the second part of the module, the students have to design a working electroplating set-up (high efficiency, uniform temperature stability and optimum pH bath solution) and study several parameters that influence the quality of the plated film quality. They will look into the morphology, structural characteristics using optical microscopy and XRD analysis. The electrical characteristics will be evaluated through I-V characterization of the Ni plated films.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0.5-0-0-9.5-0","Prerequisite":"ESP1104 & ESP1107","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESP3903","ModuleTitle":"Major Design Project 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ENGINEERING SCIENCE PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Students will work in teams of 4 or 5 to solve real-world problems, from idea to innovative prototype solutions, in semester 2. Each student will be supervised by several faculty members, one host supervisor who instructs the student on certain specialised techniques, while other supervisors help in the application of these techniques to the specific design projects being carried out. Design projects typically involved simulation and are related to optics. The project may be structured in such a way that it continues on from the module ESP3902 Major Design Project I which will be run in semester 1.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"Level 3 standing","Preclusion":"ESP3901 Major Design Project","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESP4402","ModuleTitle":"Transport Phenomena in Energy Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ENGINEERING SCIENCE PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide the fundamental theory of transport phenomena and train the student in mathematical between 75 modelling. The former comprises the derivation and understanding of the macroscopic and microscopic conservation laws for mass, momentum, and energy, together with the relevant constitutive relations and boundary conditions. These concepts are then applied to a wide array of simplified as well industrially relevant problems, where mathematical models are constructed and solved numerically or analytically, where possible. In addition, chemical reactions and kinetics will be coupled with the transport. Non-dimensionalisation and scaling analysis complement and aid in interpretation of the results.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-1-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ESP4901","ModuleTitle":"Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ENGINEERING SCIENCE PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module consists mainly of a research-based project carried out under the supervision of one or more faculty members. The module is normally taken over two consecutive semesters and the students are expected to put in about 15 hours per week for their projects. In addition to the specific problem studied, students are exposed to literature survey and research methodologies. These projects are usually open-ended in nature, giving the students flexibility to judiciously select viable alternatives, and challenge students to acquire skills for independent and lifelong learning. The projects range in variety from design and development projects (software and hardware), computer modelling and simulation, to designing experiments and equipment. Guidelines for project proposals stipulate the requirement for elements of innovation, novelty or research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"6-0-0-24-0","Prerequisite":"Level 4 standing","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EU1101E","ModuleTitle":"Making of Modern Europe","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module offers an overview of the major events, actors, and developments that have shaped the course and character of Europe since the French Revolution.  From the rise of nationalism, industrialization, and imperialism that paved the way for World War I to the failure of peace, the horrors of World War II, the cold war division of Europe and the ongoing process of integration and European Union enlargement, this module sketches out the making and remaking of Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This module is designed for all students at NUS interested in acquiring an understanding of modern Europe. EU1101E is offered by the Department of History.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EU2204","ModuleTitle":"Modern Western Political Thought","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores major political ideas and concepts from the modern Western tradition. Key political constructs such as power, authority, justice, liberty and democracy are examined in intellectual and historical context. Reading Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan and John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government, among other influential writings, students will be exposed to the broader themes and ideas that have shaped political life in the West since 1600.","CrossModule":"PS2204","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PS2204, PS2231, EU2218, PS2201B, PS2218","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EU2214","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Continental Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to some of the main figures and movements of Continental European Philosophy. The purpose is to provide a broad synoptic view of the Continental tradition with special attention paid to historical development. Topics to be discussed include phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, hermeneutics, Critical Theory, and post-structuralism/post-modernism. Thinkers to be discussed include Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Levi-Strauss, Derrida, Gadamer, Habermas, Lyotard and Levinas. The main objective is to familiarize the student with the key concepts, ideas and arguments in the Continental tradition.","CrossModule":"PH2212","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PH2212, GEK2030","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EU3212","ModuleTitle":"Europe of the Dictators","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Europe was plagued by wars, revolution and totalitarian dictatorship between 1919 and 1945. It witnessed the rise of Bolshevism and of various Fascist regimes, revealed the economic and political weakness of the Western democracies and the failure of the League of Nations. This module will focus on the rise of four dictators of this period: Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler. All students are welcome, but those coming with a background in Political Science and even Sociology may find this course builds on existing knowledge and concepts.","CrossModule":"HY3227","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"HY3227","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EU3224","ModuleTitle":"Social Thought & Social Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This is a critical examination of central problems in classical social theory, with emphasis on the multifaceted analysis of the larger social processes in the making of modern society. The module will concentrate on the original contributions of major theorists such as Marx, Weber, and Durkheim and explore how their works continue to influence current Sociology. This course is mounted for all students throughout NUS with an interest in classical social theories.","CrossModule":"SC3101","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"SC3101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EU3230","ModuleTitle":"Cold War in Europe, 1945-1991","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module will trace the historical development of the major Western and Central European Powers from the late 1930s up to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the reunification of Germany in October 1990. Apart from the international challenges posed by the Second World War and the subsequent Cold War, the European states were also beset by numerous acute domestic crises that required remedial treatment by their governments. Some received it and prospered, others did not and languished.","CrossModule":"HY3209","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"HY3209","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EU4224","ModuleTitle":"Early Modern Europe and its World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module is open to all Honours students and no previous background in either early modern or European history is required. The objective of this document-based, seminar-style course is to sharpen student's thinking skills and sense of conceptual evolution. Key concepts, such as \"sovereignty\" and the \"just war\" that remain pertinent until today will stand at the forefront of our investigations.","CrossModule":"HY4205","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: \nCompleted 80MCs, including 28 MCs in EU/ LA [French/German]/recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2012-2014:\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28\nMCs in EU/ LA [French/German]/ recognised modules or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules or 28MCs in SC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2015 onwards: \nCompleted 80MCs, including 28 MCs in EU/ LA [French/German/ Spanish]/recognised modules or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules or 28MCs in SC, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be\non the Honours track.","Preclusion":"HY4205","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EU4228","ModuleTitle":"European Foreign Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The European Union is often viewed as an economic\r\n\r\nsuperpower but a military pygmy. This module aims to\r\n\r\nprovide students with tools to evaluate whether the EU, as\r\n\r\na non-state actor, can have a coherent and effective\r\n\r\nforeign policy. It considers theories and debates\r\n\r\nconcerning the institutionalisation of the EU's Common\r\n\r\nForeign and Security Policy (CFSP), and includes case\r\n\r\nstudies of EU objectives and actions on selected issues\r\n\r\n(international trade, ethics, human security), in selected\r\n\r\nregions (Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa),\r\n\r\nand in relations with international organizations such as the\r\n\r\nUN.","CrossModule":"PS4218","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28 MCs in EU/ LA [French/German]/\nrecognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the\nHonours track.\n\nCohort 2012-2014:\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28 MCs in EU/ LA [French/German]/\nrecognised modules or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language\nmodules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2015 onwards:\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28 MCs in EU/ LA [French/German/\nSpanish]/recognised modules or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised nonlanguage modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the\nHonours track.","Preclusion":"PS4218","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"EU4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Students enrolled in the module can select an EU-based topic and the supervisor based in any discipline across FASS. Regardless of the department of the supervisor, the HT will follow the requirements, format, limits and deadlines set by the History Department. The Honours Thesis is a research and writing exercise usually done in the final semester of a student pursuing an Honours degree.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2014 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs in EU / LA [French/German]/recognized modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs in EU / LA [French/German/Spanish]/ recognized modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs in EU / LA [French/German/Spanish]/recognized modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.","Preclusion":"EU4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"EU4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in EU / LA [French/German]/recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2014:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in EU / LA [French/German]/recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2015:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in EU / LA [French/German/Spanish]/recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in EU / LA [French/German/Spanish]/recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"EU4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FAS1101","ModuleTitle":"Writing Academically: Arts and Social Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This module develops and applies the core strategies that underlie successful academic writing. These include writing with clarity and precision, analysing how authors argue, organizing and expressing ideas to guide readers through a line of reasoning, citing and documenting sources, revising the content, wording, and organization of a paper, as well as surface features such as spelling and punctuation. Students gain an appreciation of the basics of academic writing through three units, which correspond to the three stages of writing – introduction, body, and conclusion.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Students who are required to read ES1000 Basic English and/or ES1103 English for Academic Purposes must pass those modules before they are allowed to read this module.","Preclusion":"1) Non-FASS students\r\n2) Students who have read and passed ES1531/GEK1549/GET1021 or ES1501%.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"FAS1102","ModuleTitle":"Public Writing and Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This module develops the rhetorical knowledge, the composing practices, and the critical thinking skills that are necessary to understand and shape meaning for different audiences. Students gain a deeper appreciation for the roles of public writing and speaking among engaged citizens. They will analyze, research, and contribute to discussions about pressing social issues that face contemporary Singapore (e.g., aging, culture, environment, family, inequality). Students will research, adapt, and strengthen their abilities to communicate to multiple audiences across multiple modalities. Students will compose in non-fiction genres/media such as email, blogs, presentations, and reviews.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Students who are required to read ES1000 Basic English and/or ES1103 English for Academic Purposes must pass those modules before they are allowed to read this\nmodule.","Preclusion":"1) Non-FASS students\n2) Students who have read and passed ES2002, CS2101, IS2101, GEK1901/GET1006, ES2660, ES2007D, ES1541/SP1541, ENV1202 and ES1601.\n3) FASS USP students from Cohort 2017 and onwards","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"FAS2550","ModuleTitle":"FASS Exposure Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ARTS & SOCIAL SC.)","ModuleDescription":"This is a formal module to recognise students who embark on local or overseas internship (self-sourced or through NUS) that is usually 10 weeks long and can be up to 6 months. This module requires students to complete a minimum of 65 hours over the duration of the internship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FAS2551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ARTS & SOCIAL SC.)","ModuleDescription":"This module gives FASS students the opportunity to pursue an internship as part of their undergraduate study. Interested students will need to secure a position and perform an internship in a company or organization, either for 8-12 weeks full time in special term, or 12-16 weeks part time in a regular semester. They will submit journal entries and other written reports, and meet with an Academic Advisor and Workplace Supervisor. Through the process, students will be exposed to corporate culture, sharpen soft skills, practice what they have learned in the classroom, and gain useful work experience.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-40/16","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed at least 60MC before they can enrol in the module.\nCohort 2014 and before: CFG1001 Headstart\nCohort 2015: CFG1010 Roots & Wings and Career Catalyst\nCohort 2016 onwards: CFG1010 Roots & Wings","Preclusion":"Cohort 2016 onwards: Students who have completed or are pursuing the year-long NOC programmes are not allowed to read this module. Students should therefore consider their options carefully before embarking on their internships.","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"FAS2552","ModuleTitle":"Extended Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ARTS & SOCIAL SC.)","ModuleDescription":"This module gives FASS students the opportunity to pursue an internship as part of their undergraduate study. Interested students will need to secure a position and perform an internship in a company or organization for 12-16 weeks. They will submit journal entries and other written reports, and meet with an Academic Advisor and Workplace Supervisor. Through the process, students will be exposed to corporate culture, sharpen soft skills, practice what they have learned in the classroom, and gain useful work experience.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-40","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed at least 60MC before they can enrol in the module.\nCohort 2014 and before: CFG1001 Headstart\nCohort 2015: CFG1010 Roots & Wings and Career Catalyst\nCohort 2016 onwards: CFG1010 Roots & Wings","Preclusion":"Module may not be taken in the honours year, or used to delay honours.\nCohort 2016 onwards: Students who have completed or are pursuing the year-long NOC programmes are not allowed to read this module. Students should therefore consider their options carefully before embarking on their internships.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FDP2001","ModuleTitle":"Special Mathematics Classes 1, 2 and 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This module taught in French is specially designed for FDDP students so as to prepare them to attain a basic knowledge on mathematical analysis and advanced linear algebra, as well as a maturity in the basic skill of abstract\r\nmathematical reasoning. Topics covered include sets, groups, properties of real numbers, sequences and series, convergence of sequences and series of functions, basic properties of topological spaces, compact metric spaces,\r\nvector spaces, matrices, linearly independence, basis, dimension, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, inner product spaces, Jordan canonical forms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"A-level mathematics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"FDP2002","ModuleTitle":"Special Physics Class 1, 2 and 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"Topics covered include vectorial calculus, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetism, quasi-permanent regime, mechanics, thermodynamics and optics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"A-level Physics","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"FDP2011","ModuleTitle":"Special Mathematics Class 1, 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This module taught in French is specially designed for FDDP students so as to prepare them to attain a basic knowledge on vocabularies of Set Theory, Algebraic\nStructures, Finite Groups, Polynomials, Vectors spaces, Linear Transformations, Matrices, Inner product spaces, Canonical forms and basic mathematical analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"A-level mathematics or its equivalent","Preclusion":"FDP2001 Special Mathematics Class 1, 2 & 3","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FDP2021","ModuleTitle":"Special Physics Class 1, 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"Topics covered include vectorial calculus, electrostatics, magnetostatics and electromagnetism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"A-level Physics or its equivalent","Preclusion":"FDP2002 Special Physics Class 1, 2 & 3","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FE5103","ModuleTitle":"Equity Products and Exotics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This module is a core module for students of MSc in Financial Engineering. The topics include: Covered warrants, equity warrants and options, subscription rights, stock index futures and options, and other equity derivatives. Issues of pricing and hedging. Institutional constraints. Portfolio management and other investment strategies. Path-dependent options such as Asian options, barrier options, lookback options, and forward-start options. Spread options, rainbow options, quantos, exchange options, basket options, as-you-like options, power options, digital options, and others. Pricing techniques and risk management purposes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FE5107","ModuleTitle":"Risk Analyses And Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This module is a core module for students of MSc in Financial Engineering. The topics include: Market risk. Value-at-Risk measures and problems. Parametric historical, and simulations VAR. Alternative securities risk and derivatives risk measurements.  Delta-normal VARs and applications to different products. Credit risks and measurements. Liquidity, operational risk, legal risk, settlement risk, model risk, tax risk and others, Stress testing, Accounting and legal compliance. Some existing models and Risk Management best practices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FE5108","ModuleTitle":"Portfolio Theory And Investments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This module is a core module for students of MSc in Financial Engineering. The topics include: Portfolio Optimisation Theory. Capital Asset Pricing Models. Arbitrage Pricing Theories. Factor Models. Market Neutral Strategies. Abnormalities and Market Mispricing. Asset Allocation and Dynamic Portfolio Optimization. Portfolio Insurance Problems and Global Funds Management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FE5110","ModuleTitle":"FINANCIAL ENGINEERING PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This module is a core module for students of MSc in Financial Engineering. The topics include: Students are encouraged to work on a project related to an actual problem at work involving financial engineering solutions. Otherwise students could work on a new product or process idea, or a detailed case study. The report of about 60 double-spaced A4 pages including appendixes should be carefully written and submitted.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-1-2-8","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FE5116","ModuleTitle":"Programming and Advanced Numerical Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This module will cover both computer programming and numerical methods. On the programming side, this module will cover Excel based VBA and R language. The emphasis will be given to programming to solve financial engineering problems. On the numerical methods side, this module will cover finite difference, discretization and Monte Carlo simulation methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"FE5101, FE5101D Derivatives and Fixed Income and FE5112, FE5112D Stochastic Calculus and Quantitative Methods","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FE5208","ModuleTitle":"Term Structure and Interest Rate Derivatives","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This module will cover both term structure models as well as the valuations of interest rate derivatives. The topics covered include Vasicek , Ho-Lee, Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (CIR), Heath-Jarrow-Morton (HJM) and LIBOR market models. On the numerical side it will cover Black-Derman-Toy (BDT) and Hull-White models as well as some simulation methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"FE5101, FE5101D Derivatives and Fixed Income and FE5112, FE5112D Stochastic Calculus and Quantitative Methods","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FE5218","ModuleTitle":"Credit Risk","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"The course consists of two parts – (i) statistical credit rating models and (ii) credit derivatives. The first part would cover various statistical credit rating models\r\nincluding Altman’s Z-score, logistic regression, artificial neural network and intensity models. The second part will cover various models used to price credit derivative as well as tools used to manage credit risk. The topics covered would include real and risk neutral probability of default, RiskMetricsTM, CreditRisk+, default correlation, Copula, Basket default swap, CDOs etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"FE5101: Derivatives and Fixed Income","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"FE 5102: Quantitative Methods and Programming"},{"ModuleCode":"FE5221","ModuleTitle":"Trading Principles & Fundamentals","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to familiarize the students with the reality of trading within the financial markets environment. Beyond the pure trading principles, it covers the many aspects of trading decisions, in terms of risk control and limits, market and economic data and information, overall portfolio management, practical market standards and conventions, specificities of derivatives trading, trading styles and techniques to manage specific market situations.  \r\n\r\nThis module should prepare students to better grasp trading and financial markets and allow them to become effective in a work environment in a record short time.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"3-0-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FE5223","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Electronic Financial Market","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"RISK MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"The fundamentals of financial market technologies and functionality in the Front-, Middle- and Back-offices, the interdependencies of their systems, typical user interfaces, through to typical system architecture will be taught.\r\n\r\nPrincipals of algorithmic trading will also be covered, and students will be challenged to design solutions for real-market trading strategies.\r\n\r\nThis module will encompass the Learning Outcomes from the other modules in the MFE program, giving the student practical knowledge, skills and industry best practice in electronic markets.\r\n\r\nLively learning activities and interactive discussions based on current market scenarios will bring students through a realistic and relevant learning journey.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN2004","ModuleTitle":"Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course helps students to understand the key concepts and tools in Finance. It provides a broad overview of the financial environment under which a firm operates. It equips the students with the conceptual and analytical skills necessary to make sound financial decisions for a firm. Topics to be covered include introduction to finance, financial statement analysis, long-term financial planning, time value of money, risk and return analysis, capital budgeting methods and applications, common stock valuation, bond valuation, short term management and financing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed BK1003 or BZ1002 or BH1002 or FNA1002/ACC1002 or FNA1002X/ACC1002X or FNA1002E or BH1002E or EC3212 or EG1422 before they are allowed to take FIN2004.","Preclusion":"Students who have taken CS2251 or EC3209 or EC3333 or BK2004 or BZ2004 or BH2004 or FNA2004 are not allowed to take FIN2004. 1st Year BSc(PFM),  all BSc (RE) and Computational Finance are not allowed to take FIN2004.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN2004X","ModuleTitle":"Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course helps students to understand the key concepts and tools in Finance. It provides a broad overview of the financial environment under which a firm operates. It equips the students with the conceptual and analytical skills necessary to make sound financial decisions for a firm. Topics to be covered include introduction to finance, financial statement analysis, long-term financial planning, time value of money, risk and return analysis, capital budgeting methods and applications, common stock valuation, bond valuation, short term management and financing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed BK1003 or BZ1002 or BH1002 or FNA1002/ACC1002 or FNA1002X/ACC1002X or FNA1002E or BH1002E or EC3212 or EG1422 before they are allowed to take FIN2004.","Preclusion":"Students who have taken CS2251 or EC3209 or EC3333 or BK2004 or BZ2004 or BH2004 or FNA2004 are not allowed to take FIN2004. 1st Year BSc(PFM),  all BSc (RE) and Computational Finance are not allowed to take FIN2004.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3101A","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of the key financial issues faced by modern-day financial managers of corporations. It will equip students with conceptual and analytical skills necessary to make sound financial decisions. Topics to be covered include risk and return, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy and mergers and acquisitions. Cases will be used to illustrate the concepts taught. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA2004 or FIN2004 or BH2004 or BZ2004 or BK2004","Preclusion":"BH3101 or BZ3301 or BK3100 or FNA3101 or FE5105 or FIN3101 or FIN3101B or FIN3101C","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3101B","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of the key financial issues faced by modern-day financial managers of corporations. It will equip students with conceptual and analytical skills necessary to make sound financial decisions. Topics to be covered include risk and return, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy and mergers and acquisitions. Cases will be used to illustrate the concepts taught. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA2004 or FIN2004 or BH2004 or BZ2004 or BK2004","Preclusion":"BH3101 or BZ3301 or BK3100 or FNA3101 or FE5105 or FIN3101 or FIN3101A or FIN3101C","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3101C","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of the key financial issues faced by modern-day financial managers of corporations. It will equip students with conceptual and analytical skills necessary to make sound financial decisions. Topics to be covered include risk and return, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy and mergers and acquisitions. Cases will be used to illustrate the concepts taught. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA2004 or FIN2004 or BH2004 or BZ2004 or BK2004","Preclusion":"BH3101 or BZ3301 or BK3100 or FNA3101 or FE5105 or FIN3101 or FIN3101A or FIN3101B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3102A","ModuleTitle":"Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory course in investments. It provides a comprehensive coverage of basic concepts, theories, applications and decision-making rules in financial investment. Topics to be covered include fundamental security analysis on stocks, bonds, options and futures as well as modern portfolio management. On completion, candidates should be conversant in investment management in preparation for careers in financial analysis and financial planning, investment banking, and corporate finance. Candidates should also be equipped to write the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Level 1 examinations in quantitative analysis, equity securities analysis and portfolio management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA2004 or FIN2004 or BH2004 or BZ2004 or BK2004","Preclusion":"BH3102 or BZ3302 or BK3101 or FNA3102 or FNA3102B/C or FIN3102 or FIN3102B/C or FE5108 or EC3333 or CF3101/QF3101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3102C","ModuleTitle":"Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory course in investments. It provides a comprehensive coverage of basic concepts, theories, applications and decision-making rules in financial investment. Topics to be covered include fundamental security analysis on stocks, bonds, options and futures as well as modern portfolio management. On completion, candidates should be conversant in investment management in preparation for careers in financial analysis and financial planning, investment banking, and corporate finance. Candidates should also be equipped to write the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Level 1 examinations in quantitative analysis, equity securities analysis and portfolio management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA2004 or FIN2004 or BH2004 or BZ2004 or BK2004","Preclusion":"BH3102 or BZ3302 or BK3101 or FNA3102 or FNA3102A/B or FIN3102 or FIN3102A/B or FE5108 or EC3333 or CF3101/QF3101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3103A","ModuleTitle":"Financial Markets","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course seeks to provide an understanding of the role of financial markets in the economy. Topics to be covered include the importance of the structure (architecture) of the financial system, the functions of markets and institutions, and their implications for resource mobilization, resource allocation, allocative efficiency, and risk management. In addition, we consider: the structure of financial markets for different instruments, the range of instruments traded therein, and the mechanisms facilitating trade in financial assets, and an assessment of the structure and efficiency of these markets in Singapore vis-? -vis similar markets in other industrialized economies. To assess issues of efficiency and market structure, the course will include frequent references to markets in other economies, including the US, Australia, the UK, Hong Kong as well as other emerging market economics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA2004 or FIN2004 or BH2004 or BZ2004 or BK2004","Preclusion":"BH3103 or BZ3303 or BK3102 or FNA3103 or FIN3103 or FIN3103B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3103B","ModuleTitle":"Financial Markets","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course seeks to provide an understanding of the role of financial markets in the economy. Topics to be covered include the importance of the structure (architecture) of the financial system, the functions of markets and institutions, and their implications for resource mobilization, resource allocation, allocative efficiency, and risk management. In addition, we consider: the structure of financial markets for different instruments, the range of instruments traded therein, and the mechanisms facilitating trade in financial assets, and an assessment of the structure and efficiency of these markets in Singapore vis-? -vis similar markets in other industrialized economies. To assess issues of efficiency and market structure, the course will include frequent references to markets in other economies, including the US, Australia, the UK, Hong Kong as well as other emerging market economics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA2004 or FIN2004 or BH2004 or BZ2004 or BK2004","Preclusion":"BH3103 or BZ3303 or BK3102 or FNA3103 or FIN3103 or FIN3103A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3113","ModuleTitle":"Financial Statement Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course deals with the process of financial reporting and the analysis of financial statements, and addresses the question of whether the accounting process yields numbers that accurately reflect the economics of the transaction, and if not, what can analyst/user do to overcome this limitation. It aims to create an understanding of the environment in which financial reporting choices are made, what the options are and how to use these data in making decisions. Course materials are built around the accounting and reporting issues faced by real companies today, to give students a real business context for understanding the many forces that can affect a company's accounting choices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA1002 or FNA1002X or ACC1002 or ACC1002X or BH1002 or BZ1002 or BK1003 or FNA1002E or BH1002E","Preclusion":"BH3113 or BZ3105 or BK3105 or FNA3113","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3117","ModuleTitle":"Bank Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course builds on basic financial theory and the principles courses in economics. It addresses topics that are important for managing financial institutions in a rapidly changing national and global environment. Upon successful completion of the course, student should be able to understand the role of financial institutions in the economy; explain why banks are unique, and therefore merit special attention; to understand the analytical foundations underlying financial institutions management, and be able to use them to analyse important financial issues, including financial crisis; be familiar with risk management techniques to deal with the various risks banks and other financial institutions face.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA2004/FIN2004 and FNA3102/FIN3102","Preclusion":"Students who have passed FNA3117 are not allowed to take FIN3117. Not for students who have passed FE5105.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3118","ModuleTitle":"Financial Risk Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course covers one of the core functions of finance, namely, risk management. The objective is to introduce the fundamental concepts, principles and practices of financial risk management. The focus of the module is on the identification, measurement, monitoring and control of financial risk. It also addresses the basic financial and statistical techniques that enhance risk management decision-making.The course starts by looking at risk management concepts and the risk management process. It then examines the approaches used to identify, measure and reduce risks. Topics to be covered include risk measurement - Value-at-Risk (VAR) methods, measuring and managing market risk and credit risk, risk management applications, managing other risks such as liquidity and operational risks, regulatory and capital issues, risk-adjusted performance, and implementing a risk management programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA3101 or FIN3101","Preclusion":"BH3118 or BZ3305 or FNA3118","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3120B","ModuleTitle":"TIF: Transaction Banking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"Transaction banking is about moving money between entities and the four main areas of this business are cash management, trade finance, securities services and capital\r\nmarkets. This course will allow you to put yourself in the shoes of both transaction bankers and the corporate treasurers (and CFOs) to better understand the concepts and products of transaction banking. This course will provide you with an opportunity to apply the knowledge you have gained in the first half of the course to “innovatively” solve real life transaction banking issues/cases.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"FIN3101 Corporate Finance","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3120C","ModuleTitle":"TIF: China's Capital Markets","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory course on China’s Capital Markets that will examine China’s listed equity, private equity, bond and derivative markets from a development perspective and its convergence towards international standards. The course will use a combination of cases, professional and academic articles to provide an understanding of the concepts, issues and investors involved in China’s capital markets. An underlying theme of this course is how China’s capital markets have developed and improved, despite the grievances and misgivings widely espoused by the investment community.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"FIN2004 Finance and FIN3103 Financial Markets","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3120D","ModuleTitle":"TIF: Foreign Exchange Trading","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"- To provide students with a practical understanding of how the global foreign exchange market functions.\r\n- To provide students with an understanding of the use of FX in hedging, trading and investment.\r\n- To provide a framework for risk management and opportunities for corporate users, investors, traders and investment managers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"FIN2004 Finance and FIN3103 Financial Markets","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Recommended (but not required) co-requisite: FIN3120E Topics in Finance: Physical Commodity Markets and Assets. The rationale is that commodities and foreign exchange usually sit in the same division in many banks, hence having both courses would be usef"},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3129","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study in Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for students with the requisite background to work closely with an instructor on a well-defined project in the respective specialization areas. Students will be exposed to individual-based\r\nresearch and report-writing while tackling a business issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic. In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA/BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3130","ModuleTitle":"Financial Modelling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the theories and methodologies of financial modelling. It trains students to apply finance theories to solve various problems in financial management, investments, portfolio management, and risk management. This objective is achieved by teaching students how to design and implement financial models in the computer,\r\nwith Excel as the main tool. It covers four classes of models: Corporate Finance models, Portfolio Models, Option-Pricing Models and Bond Models. It also covers\r\nsimulation, some numerical methods, and VBA programming as well.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"ACC1002 Financial Accounting\r\n• FIN2004 Finance\r\n• FIN3102 Investment Analysis and Portfolio\r\nManagement\r\n• An aptitude with mathematics and programming would\r\nbe a plus.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"FIN3131","ModuleTitle":"Fixed Income Securities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course covers major topics in fixed income securities. The emphasis will be on valuation. Topics covered include the study of bonds, bond derivatives, interest rate derivatives, interest rate swaps, mortgage, asset backed securities, and credit risk. The focus is principally on interest rate risk and valuation of these instruments. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FNA3102 or FIN3102 or FIN3102A or FIN3102B or FIN3102C","Preclusion":"FNA3120A or CF3201/QF3201","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN4112G","ModuleTitle":"SIF: Private Equity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course covers major private equity investment types including venture capital, growth capital, buyouts, sovereign wealth funds and venture philanthropy.\r\nThe course adopts a case analytic approach and includes discussion on private equity cycles, from fund raising, structuring to deal screening, valuation, investment\r\nnegotiations, fund management and performance reporting. An underlying theme of this part of the course is to evaluate to what extent private equity markets can\r\ncreate wealth and promote economic growth.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"FIN3101 Corporate Finance\r\n FIN3102 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management\r\n FIN3103 Financial Markets","Preclusion":"FIN4112F: Seminars in Finance: Private Equity and Investment Banking","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN4112K","ModuleTitle":"SIF: Applied Portfolio Management Techniques","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This advanced Seminar in Finance module will serve as a comprehensive real world examination of the quantitative techniques available and how these might be applied to portfolio management in the investment management industry. Major topics covered include exploring various quantitative tools and models for Estimating Expected Returns, Modelling Risks, Style Analysis & Bench-marking,\nand Strategic & Tactical Asset Allocation. Lectures will involve frequent interaction with practitioners from the industry hands-on lab projects and real-life examples.\nSuitable for students interested in a career as an investment analyst or as a portfolio manager in the financial services sector.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-1-1-5","Prerequisite":"FIN3102 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"FIN4113","ModuleTitle":"Personal Finance and Wealth Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to impart skills to help individuals manage their personal finances, and private wealth. The course has two parts. Part I covers basic aspects of financial planning: understanding key steps in financial planning, financial statements and ratios, time value of money, short and long term financial planning, liquidity management, credit management. The second part of the course focuses on private wealth management. Topics include: fixed income investment strategies, equity investment strategies, mutual funds, structured products, hedge funds and other alternative investments, investing in real estate taxation, estate planning and wealth protection. The course is primarily intended for individuals who wish to improve their money management skills. However, it is also suitable for those who aspire to be independent financial advisors or a career in private wealth management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FIN3101% and ST1131A","Preclusion":"FNA4112E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN4113B","ModuleTitle":"Personal Finance and Wealth Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to impart skills to help individuals manage their personal finances, and private wealth. The course has two parts. Part I covers basic aspects of financial planning: understanding key steps in financial planning, financial statements and ratios, time value of money, short and long term financial planning, liquidity management, credit management. The second part of the course focuses on private wealth management. Topics include: fixed income investment strategies, equity investment strategies, mutual funds, structured products, hedge funds and other alternative investments, investing in real estate taxation, estate planning and wealth protection. The course is primarily intended for individuals who wish to improve their money management skills. However, it is also suitable for those who aspire to be independent financial advisors or a career in private wealth management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FIN3101% and ST1131A","Preclusion":"FNA4112E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN4113Y","ModuleTitle":"Personal Finance and Wealth Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to impart skills to help individuals manage their personal finances, and private wealth. The course has two parts. Part I covers basic aspects of financial planning: understanding key steps in financial planning, financial statements and ratios, time value of money, short and long term financial planning, liquidity management, credit management. The second part of the course focuses on private wealth management. Topics include: fixed income investment strategies, equity investment strategies, mutual funds, structured products, hedge funds and other alternative investments, investing in real estate taxation, estate planning and wealth protection. The course is primarily intended for individuals who wish to improve their money management skills. However, it is also suitable for those who aspire to be independent financial advisors or a career in private wealth management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"FIN3101% and ST1131A","Preclusion":"FNA4112E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN4118","ModuleTitle":"Equity Research Seminar","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This course seeks to highlight & provide the rigour and skills needed for stock selection using a fundamental research approach. Moreover it provides the understanding needed to know how these qualitative skills are applied to portfolio management in the investment management industry.\nIn addition to the above, this course also introduces students to the top down approach of portfolio management and how portfolios with multiple countries can be constructed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"FIN3101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN4119","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Independent Study in Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"Advanced Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for senior students who are in the BBA and BBA(Acc) honors programs with the requisite background to work closely with an instructor on a well-defined project in the respective specialization areas. (The modules may also be made available to students who are eligible for\r\nadmission into the honors programs but choose to pursue the non-honors course of study.) Students will hone their research and report-writing skills while tackling a business issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic. In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA/BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"FIN4122","ModuleTitle":"Entrepreneurial Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"The module is not only relevant for would-be entrepreneurs, but also for those considering a career in the venture capital industry. This module differs from a typical corporate finance module in that it highlights the special and unique considerations when planning the financial needs of new or young ventures. Many conventional means of funding (such as bank borrowings, issuance of bonds or public equities) for established or public listed companies are generally not available to small and young companies due to their lack of business track record. This module will highlight the various means of fund raising for new or young ventures, with special emphasis on the analyses and requirements of the professional venture capital funds, which have made significant contributions in nurturing many promising young companies into multi-billion dollar listed corporations in the past decades.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"FIN2004 Finance\nFIN3101 Corporate Finance","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN4123","ModuleTitle":"FinTech Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"An overview of major technological trends reshaping the financial industry, including but not limited to payment systems, asset management, financial intermediation, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"FIN3101 Corporate Finance, FIN3102 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, FIN3103 Financial Markets","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FIN6003","ModuleTitle":"Asset Pricing and Microstructure Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"FINANCE","ModuleDescription":"This is a foundation coursein investment decision-making and asset-pricing. The topics covered in the course are utility theory, decision-making under uncertainty, mean-varienceportfolio analysis, portfolio separation, equilibrium pricing in static and dynamic economies, risk neutral pricing in static and dynamic economies, derivatives, pricing in static and dynamic economies, stochastic discount factor interpretation of asset pricing, asset pricing with differential information, and theories of market microstructure.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-6-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FMA1202D","ModuleTitle":"Taking Risks: Economics, Psychology, and Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"Risk taking lies at the heart of business and the economy. Biology, psychology, and economics are converging today into a unified discipline which can deliver a revolutionary approach to understanding how people take risk, to realize greater returns or for recreation. We shall begin with discussing economic models of risk taking incorporating psychological considerations and how they are tested in choice experiments. Beyond economic outcomes and psychological factors, evidence points to the role of biology, through genes, hormones, and neurochemicals, in modulating risk taking observed in the laboratory and in the field with important ramifications for the real world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"‘A’ grade in A’ Level Mathematics. Students who do not meet the grade requirement may contact the lecturer for an online discussion prior to the first class.","Preclusion":"Other Freshman Seminar modules","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FMA1203C","ModuleTitle":"FS: Smart Cities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"All big cities have several things in common – wealth creation, big companies, talented people, high population density and the challenge of air pollution. New York, London, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, all face similar challenges of high population density and quality of living. This module will examine how more people can be packed into a limited city space while still providing the same quality of life. It will also explore how to achieve economic wealth while still fulfilling the CSR responsibilities of sustaining a “Green Planet”. Students will learn about smart city planning, design concepts, technology enablers and implementation considerations for smart city living.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Other Freshman Seminar modules.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FMA1204C","ModuleTitle":"FS: Saving Face","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Face is our socially situated identity that is constantly being negotiated during social interaction – we can lose face, save face or give face to others. Adroit face management is key to successful communication and interpersonal relationships in our lives.\n\nThis module seeks to explore ways in which we establish and manage identity through communication. Using practical examples, it will also guide students to develop positive facework skills in a variety of scenarios and settings. It will end with a look at cultural differences in the concept and practice of facework and examine how these in turn contribute to intercultural conflict.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FMA1206H","ModuleTitle":"FS: Travel and the Historian","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this Freshman Seminar is to introduce students to the use of travel narratives as sources for historians.  Students will be engage with different forms of travel and their productions to explore such themes as exploration, gender, race and culture.  Working individually and in groups, students will have an opportunity to hone their research, writing and oral presentation skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Other Freshman Seminar modules","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FME1206","ModuleTitle":"FS: Towards a Smart and Sustainable City","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1203S","ModuleTitle":"FS: Randomness in Scientific Thinking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this seminar is to introduce students to the roles of randomness\r\nin scientific thinking. Some of the topics covered include the following:\r\n\r\n1. Is probability intuitive? A class exercise will be conducted where students\r\nare asked to generate sequences of real and fake random coin tosses\r\nand are asked to develop tests to detect the difference.\r\n\r\n2. What is the role of randomization in the design of scientific experiments\r\n(for instance, why are patients randomly assigned to treatments in a\r\nmedical trial)? We recreate a famous incident in which a tea time\r\nconversation led to a statistician conducting an experiment to test\r\nwhether someone could distinguish whether milk had been added first\r\nor last to a cup of tea.\r\n\r\n3. How has statistical thinking been used and abused in the history of IQ\r\ntesting?\r\n\r\n4. In the analysis of environmental problems like global warming scientific\r\nmodels are often used which are deterministic (roughly speaking, such\r\nmodels predict a definite output for a given input). A statistical model on\r\nthe other hand gives predictions in the form of probabilities of different\r\npossible outcomes. How can the deep physical understanding\r\nembedded in the deterministic models be reconciled with statistical\r\napproaches to quantifying uncertainty and risk, and why is quantifying\r\nuncertainty important?\r\n\r\n5. How can fake random numbers generated on a computer by non-random\r\nrules sometimes do complicated calculations that aren’t easily done by\r\nother means?\r\n\r\n6. Why is statistical thinking so crucial in modern scientific enquiries in\r\nwhich massive databases of mostly uninteresting information are being\r\nsearched for interesting features (in astronomy, genetics and market\r\nresearch for example)?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-4-4-0","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar.\r\n\r\nStudents staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1204S","ModuleTitle":"FS: Fraud, Deception and Data","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this seminar is to explore the relationship between fraud and\r\ndeception and statistics. Very often misleading claims in science and in society\r\nmore generally can arise from an ignorance of basic statistical ideas, but\r\nstatistical methods can also be abused knowingly in fraudulent behaviour. On\r\nthe other hand, statistical methods are also commonly used to detect and\r\nuncover fraud and dishonesty. After first looking at different kinds of deception\r\ninvolving data and the motivations for it this seminar will discuss the role of\r\nstatistics in uncovering deception in areas such as:\r\n\r\n1. Misleading claims in health;\r\n\r\n2. Misleading surveys and opinion polls;\r\n\r\n3. Claims and counterclaims in environmental science;\r\n\r\n4. Fraud detection in the financial world;\r\n\r\n5. Authorship disputes and detecting plagiarism\r\n\r\nIt is intended that students gain an appreciation for basic statistical ideas for\r\nhandling uncertainty as a key part of good scientific practice and decision\r\nmaking in society broadly.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-4-4-0","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar.\r\n\r\nStudents staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1205P","ModuleTitle":"FS: Nanoworld and Synchrotron Radiation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The essence of nanoworld, i.e. nanoscience and technology, is the ability to\r\nunderstand and manipulate matter at the atomic level. Structures and electronic\r\nand magnetic structures behave differently when their dimensions are reduced\r\nto the range of between one and a few hundred nanometres (1 nanometre =\r\n10-9 metre). They exhibit novel and much-improved mechanical, electrical,\r\noptical, chemical and biological properties, due entirely to their nanoscopic size.\r\nThe nanoworld is therefore an exciting new realm that brings together the\r\ntraditional disciplines of physics, chemistry, materials science, biology and\r\nengineering.\r\n\r\nTo understand the nanoworld, we will introduce basic and advance\r\nspectroscopy and scattering synchrotron-based techniques such as x-ray\r\nabsorption, x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, resonant soft x-ray scattering, xray\r\nphotoemission spectroscopy, ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy,\r\nangular-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction. We will also\r\nintroduce scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy\r\n(AFM).\r\n\r\nThe aim of this module is to familiarise students with the main issues and\r\ntechniques relevant to the nanometre scale. Questions that will be addressed\r\ninclude: What is the significance of the nanoscale? What measurement\r\ntechniques allow us to examine such systems? How can we fabricate objects\r\nand devices on the nanometre scale? What are the examples of fascinating\r\nnanosystems? How will nanodevices and nanomaterials change our lives in the\r\nfuture? This module is targeted at students from different faculties who are\r\ninterested in learning some general knowledge of nanoscience and\r\nnanotechnology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-3-5-0","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar.\r\n\r\nStudents staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1207C","ModuleTitle":"Gemstones, Minerals and Rocks","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Gemstones have survived the centuries and gathered a\r\nwealth of history and romance around them. The\r\nmysterious appeal of gemstones, their exquisite colors\r\nand reflections of light, rarity, hardness and durability\r\nhave made them precious. Gemstones form in a\r\nvariety of different earth environments and are a\r\nmajor economic resource for many nations.\r\nIn this course the students will learn how gemstones,\r\nminerals and rocks are formed, their chemical\r\ncomposition and structures, optical and physical\r\nproperties such as color, luster, cleavage, specific\r\ngravity and hardness, their worldwide occurrence,\r\nhistory of the famous gemstones and the tenets of\r\ntheir economic values.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-3-0-2-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar.\r\n\r\nStudents staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1214P","ModuleTitle":"Silk: Fibers that make a difference in our world","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"After long evolution, many biomaterials are of ultra-performance than the artificial ones. What makes these materials so different?\r\nIn this module, we will explore why spider silk fibers are so strong from the point of view of structure, how the mechanical strength of fibers can be measured. The silkworm silk fibers will be used for comparison to the spider silk fibers. In addition, this module will demonstrate how fluorescent silk fibers are made from live silkworms. Students will be introduced to the fundamental concept of the hierarchal structure of soft materials and the mechanical performance in relation to the structure, and how to functionalize soft materials like silks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar. Students staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1215B","ModuleTitle":"Plant Pathogens that cause plants to end up in a bucket","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Plants are the major food source for animals and human.\r\nThe most common plant pathogens are bacteria, fungi,\r\nand viruses. Students will form several groups to search\r\ninformation on the major plant pathogens in human history\r\nand learn about the factors that influence plant pathogens\r\nto attack plants. Students will also learn how to recognize\r\nsymptoms caused by various plant pathogens and\r\nmethods of plant disease investigation. There will be\r\ndiscussions on plant disease detection and diagnosis,\r\nplant pathogen-host interactions and development of\r\ndisease resistant plants using transgenic techniques.\r\nStudents will explore the origins of plant pathogens and\r\ntheir evolution, agricultural crops as food, transgenic crops\r\nand food safety issues related to plant diseases. This\r\nfreshmen seminar is suitable for both life science and nonlife\r\nscience majors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-0-8","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar.\r\n\r\nStudents staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1218B","ModuleTitle":"FS: How come aspirin can relieve my headache?","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"We use many different medications every day, e.g. aspirin for headache, Claritin for allergy and Lipitor for cholesterol control. However, people usually do not know the exact protein target and mechanism of action of the medication\r\nthey take. This module exposes students to the use of computer software to investigate structure of the drug molecule in complex with the protein target to understand its mechanism of action. A better drug molecule can be rationally designed to have reduced side-effect, improved efficacy and bioavailability. Each student will select one drug to explain and present its mechanism of action and design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar.\r\n\r\nStudents staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1221B","ModuleTitle":"Science: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and the Beautiful","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Science is characterized by a mode of critical thinking and method of systematic enquiry applied to the acquisition of knowledge. The scientific process of enquiry is therefore governed by basic and general yet essential principles.\r\nAbide by these principles, we will likely do good science (even though the findings may not be what we have expected, if not wanted, it to be). Ignore these principles we will be on a slippery slope to bad science. Violate these\r\nprinciples we will end up with ugly science. Students will learn about essential principles of scientific enquiry and why they are important in the acquisition of knowledge, and when they are ignored or violated, it will lead to bad and ugly consequences as had occurred in the real world.\r\nStudents will learn what is meant by scientific,\r\npseudoscientific, unscientific and non-scientific ideas.\r\nStudent will learn to appreciate the strengths (and\r\nlimitation) of scientific scholarship as well as respect nonscientific\r\nscholarship. Finally, students will learn that the\r\nscientific approach when intersect with non-scientific\r\ndisciplines (such as ethics, legal) can prevent science from\r\nturning ugly and when combine with creativity and\r\nimagination can produce beautiful results with powerful\r\nimpact.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar.\r\n\r\nStudents staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1225B","ModuleTitle":"Infectious Diseases and Host-Pathogen Interactions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Almost 90% of the infectious diseases related deaths in the world are caused by pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrhea, malaria, measles and AIDS. When the pathogen (e.g. bacteria or virus) interacts with the host (human or animal), it will divert the function of the host cells for the survival and benefit of the pathogen; causes infection and becomes disease. The major aim of this module is to briefly discuss the causes, prevention, remedies, and economic implications of the common infectious diseases as well as the regional infectious diseases such as Dengue and SARS.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar.\r\n\r\nStudents staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FMS1226B","ModuleTitle":"Battles of the Sexes in the Animal World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"We have long considered sex being the romantic outcome of love, leading both parties into a joint venture. Yet sex in the animal world is in fact aggressive, competitive, stressful and sometimes fatal. Every animal tries hard to reproduce but each sex is profoundly in conflict with whom it mates and how much it invests into raising its offspring. This module allows students to explore the study of sex in the animal world and the rapid advances in sexual selection, learn how research on sexual selection is done, and decipher the future direction in research on sexual selection.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have read a Freshman Seminar before will be precluded from reading a second Freshman Seminar.\r\n\r\nStudents staying in Residential Colleges in UTown who will be reading or have read the Junior Seminars will be precluded from reading Freshman Seminar in the Faculty.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FSP4003","ModuleTitle":"Field Service Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"Students will be given opportunities to work with real companies. The scope of the Field Service Project is part of the initial negotiations between the students and the company. It is an interactive process as the students have to make a preliminary survey of the company before finalising the job scope. The project is divided into stages– planning, research and assessment, and recommendations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"Varies depending on individual students with their supervisor","Prerequisite":"Varies according to the nature of the project.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST1103","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Food Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the fundamental engineering principles of food processing systems, including process classification, mass and energy balances, fluid mechanics and transport, steady-state and unsteady-state heat transfer, steam generation and utilisation. It further covers the applications of the engineering principles to several common processes found in the handling, processing, storage, packaging and distribution of food products, e.g. heat exchange, and refrigeration. Industrial examples related to the principles will be provided throughout the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-3-2-2","Prerequisite":"FST1101","Preclusion":"CM1161, CM2161","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST2106","ModuleTitle":"Post Harvest Food Processing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to factors that result in the loss of quality characteristics of plant and animal produce, and discusses how such losses can be minimized by proper and effective handling of the fresh produce, from farm to market. This module also covers the various aspects of post-harvest processes and the products derived from fresh produce. The roles of irradiation and packaging in extending the shelf-life of animal and plant produce are also discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-3-2-2","Prerequisite":"FST1101 and LSM1101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST2107","ModuleTitle":"Food Analysis and Lab","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"The module covers fundamental analytical chemistry principle and emphasizes learning experience in lab sessions. The lecture topics will cover sample preparation techniques, liquid and solid phase extraction techniques, gravimetry, colorimetry, gas and liquid chromatography. Students will learn hands-on skills in regard to sample preparation and extraction and apply analytical techniques to quantification of food components. These techniques include gravimetry, gas and liquid chromatography systems (GC and HPLC), UV-VIS spectrophotometers, and atomic absorption/emission spectrometry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-2-0-5","Prerequisite":"FST1101 and CM1191","Preclusion":"CM2192, CM2192A, FST2102A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST2108","ModuleTitle":"Food Safety Assurance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the major sources of food contaminants, the ways of preventing contamination and the likely consequences as regards health of consumers if contaminated food is consumed. Emphasis is placed on both biological and chemical contaminants and how these affect the consumer. An introduction to epidemiology is included and some methods of determining the levels of contamination are discussed and utilised. The main aim of the module is to explain the importance of safe and quality food and how this may be achieved.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-3-2-2","Prerequisite":"FST2102B or (LSM1103 and LSM2103) or LSM1106","Preclusion":"FST3102","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST2201","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Human Nutrition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the student to the science of nutrition. The format consists of a series of lectures, assigned readings and assignments that cover the fundamental concepts related to basic nutrition. By the end of this course, the student will possess the knowledge to interpret dietary labels, make informed food selections for a healthy, well-balanced diet and understand the relevant human physiological processes that transform food after the first bite. Students will be required to demonstrate a specific understanding of nutrition in health and human physiology, vitamins and minerals, protein, carbohydrates, dietary fats and energy metabolism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"LSM1101 or LSM1106","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST2288","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Food Science & Technology I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to give level 2 students an introduction to research. The student will undertake a laboratory based investigation on a topic proposed by the supervisor. Students work independently but under the close supervision of the supervisor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"FST1101 and Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST2289","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Food Science & Technology II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"his module is an extension of FST2288 and a more detailed and prolonged study stretching over two semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"FST1101 and Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"FST3181","ModuleTitle":"Professional Placement","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This essential requirement for the FST major involves the student working in an industrial/governmental or similar institutions for a minimum period of 16 weeks. The aim is to introduce the student to the world of work and to improve their interpersonal skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0 (Minimum 18 weeks of industrial attachment). Overseas internship will be subjected to special arrangements with a minimum of 16 weeks.","Prerequisite":"Food Science & Technology Major","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST3201","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study (Food Science & Tech)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module allows the student to undertake an in-depth study of a food related topic agreed between the student and the supervisor. The work is carried out under the terms of a learning contract. Normally, a written and oral report on the work is required but other modes of assessment may be agreed and defined in the learning contract.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"NA","Prerequisite":"Food Science & Technology Major","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST3288","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Food Science & Technology I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module allows students to develop their research skills by working on a supervised project which will be laboratory based. It is a similar module to FST2288 but the topic will require a deeper understanding of food sciences.  Students will work  independently under close supervision of the supervisor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"NA","Prerequisite":"By permission.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST3289","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Food Science & Technology II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module is an extension of FST3288 and involves a more detailed and prolonged study stretching over two semesters. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"NA","Prerequisite":"FST3288, and by permission.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST4102","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Food Processing Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an in-depth study of the modern food processing methods, newly developed food packaging systems, and the advanced control of food processes. Topics include high pressure processing, pulsed electric fields processing, irradiation, active packaging technologies, instrumentation technology, and process control techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-3-2-2","Prerequisite":"FST3103","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST4103","ModuleTitle":"Food Colloids and Components Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introductory module to the science of colloids and interface\r\nwith specific reference to the application in food systems. By the end of the module, students are expected to understand what is a colloid, the fundamentals of colloidal stability such as the forces leading to the instability of colloids, as well as how colloids can be stabilised. Some examples of the application of colloid science in some food colloid systems such as emulsion, gel, foam etc. will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-3-2-2","Prerequisite":"FST3105 and FST3106","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST4199","ModuleTitle":"Honours Project in Food Science & Tech","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"The practical work for this module is undertaken in Semester 1 and early part of semester 2 of the Honours year and the work written up and submitted in Semester 2. The project is an indepth study of an agreed topic and will normally require a substantial amount of laboratory work to generate primary data.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"For Cohort 2011 and before- At least an overall CAP of 3.50, on fulfillment of 100MC or more; and major requirements under the B.Appl.Sc. programme. Food Science and Technology Major. \r\n\r\nFor Cohort 2012 and after- At least an overall CAP of 3.20, on fulfillment of 100MC or more; and major requirements under the B.Appl.Sc. (for Cohort 2012 and 2013) /B.Sc. (for Cohort 2014 and after) programme. Food Science and Technology Major.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST5202","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Food Fermentation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides in-depth coverage of food fermentation.  Particular emphasis is given to the microbiology and chemistry of fermentation, physiology and metabolism of lactic acid bacteria, yeasts and moulds, using selected food fermentations as examples.  Major topics include microbiology and starter cultures of selected fermented foods, chemistry and flavour of selected fermented foods, alcoholic and non-alcoholic fermentations by yeasts, lactic acid bacterial fermentations and fungal fermentations, health implications of selected fermented foods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"FST3101 or LSM3232 or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"FST5204","ModuleTitle":"Evidence Based Functional Foods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the isolation, structural elucidation, and chemical and biological activity of the bioactive constituents used in functional foods and nutraceuticals. The effective R and D method leading to evidence-based\r\nfunctional food will be critically evaluated and discussed with specific topics related to foods for health maintenance / improvement by reducing the risk factors of chronic diseases such as type II diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, neurodegeneration, and ageing process. The safety, global regulatory issues, health claims, and marketing challenges of these products will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"FST2102/2102A or CM2121, or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"FST5303","ModuleTitle":"Modern Human Nutrition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Good health maintenance and effective prevention of chronic diseases through nutrition are complex and multifactorial. Using chronic diseases and their comorbidities as primary examples, this module will inform students on the scientific basis which underlie new dietary strategies to manage health and diseases. The interplay between an individual’s genetic makeup, microbiome and nuero-physiological state with the diet will be investigated and their impact on our general health and susceptibility to diseases at the population and individual level will be discussed. Other emerging topics in advanced nutritional research eg. chrono-nutrition, dietary restriction and design of personalized foods and diets will also be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GE1101E","ModuleTitle":"Geographical Journeys: Exploring World Environments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces contemporary issues shaping our world and the geographical perspectives needed to understand them. Starting with ‘how geographers view the world’, the module offers a lens to analyse issues like climate change, urban flooding, human-environment relations, challenges of migration, cultural diffusion, economic integration and so forth. Each lecture will touch on contemporary scenarios and geographical analyses of issues. Students will also be exposed to field work techniques and strategies of project management in group discussions and project assignments. The goal is to develop students with strong ‘geographical imaginations’ better able to understand the world and all its complexities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE2101","ModuleTitle":"Methods and Practices in Geography","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce undergraduate students to various methods and practices widely used in geographical research. It covers such topics as designing research questions, writing proposals, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting research results. Students will be exposed to a range of research practices in the discipline such as fieldwork and in-depth case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-4-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GE2225","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE2202","ModuleTitle":"Economy & Space","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines relationships between economy and space through a focus on 'development'. Through interrogating theories, strategies and trajectories of 'development', students will develop an understanding of the past and contemporary global political economy and its geographies. The course will emphasise the geopolitical and cultural backdrops to 'development' and attendant economic geographies amidst debates about 'globalisation', international trade and investment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE2204","ModuleTitle":"Cities in Transition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module is concerned with the changing roles of cities in an age of globalisation.  The first part examines cities as part of urban networks at the national, regional and international levels, and focuses on the implications arising from the rise of mega-cities and global cities.  The second half of the module investigates the challenges facing cities on the ground, including issues of the revitalisation and re-imaging of city cores, changing retail landscapes, and the impact of telecommunications on the location of urban activities and peoples' mobility.  The module is targeted at students with an interest in urban issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE2220","ModuleTitle":"Terrestrial and Coastal Environments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an assessment of the main contemporary terrestrial and coastal processes that combine to influence the development of landscapes.  Included is a detailed discussion of weathering, hillslope processes and fluvial landforms and processes, particularly in humid tropics.  Examples of human-induced modification of terrestrial and coastal environments are given.  Students will obtain a sound understanding of basic geomorphic principles, which can be applied in the context of broader environmental management issues in both urban and rural areas.  The module does not require an extensive science or mathematics background and is suitable as a basic course for FASS as well as science and engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-2-3-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE2221","ModuleTitle":"Nature and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"The module hopes to show a critical evaluation of human-nature relationships in different societies and culture groups, and seeks to demonstrate that different human-nature relationships can provide important underpinnings to understanding the obstacles to development programmes on how best to tap these relationships for sustainable development. Besides defining nature, environment, ecosystems, the module discusses human-nature relationship in gender; religion; political ideology and economics. This multi-disciplinary module is targeted at students from the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Law, Engineering and School of Design and Environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE2229","ModuleTitle":"Water and the Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"Water is crucial for the survival of living organisms. The current emphasis on the availability and supply of water in Singapore and on a global scale points to the need for increased knowledge and awareness of this vital resource. This course provides a basic introduction to the subject of hydrology. Hydrology processes will be covered in detail in addition to lectures on relevant water-related issues at the global and regional scale with examples taken from the region.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GE2219","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE2231","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Social and Cultural Geographies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module will examine the fundamentals of Social and\nCultural Geography. Designed as an introductory\nplatform, its primary aim will be to provide students with\nthe knowledge and skills to undertake more specialised\nmodules in Social and Cultural Geography. The module\nwill provide the historical, conceptual and\nmethodological underpinnings that will enhance\nstudents’ understanding of the relationship between\nculture, space, place and society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE3201","ModuleTitle":"The Service Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"The module examines the patterns of growth and location of service industries.  A number of current theoretical perspectives explaining the growth in service employment in developed countries will then be examined.  Locational patterns and trends of producer and consumer services are compared at the metropolitan and national scales.  The module also analyses the role of the service sector in economic development of selected countries, including Singapore.  Other topics covered include the internationalisation of service firms, outsourcing of services, privatisation of public services, and the impact of new technology on service sector development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE3206","ModuleTitle":"Gender, Space & Place","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the impact of feminism on human geography, from the call to insert women into geographical analyses and take into account gender relations in rethinking dominant definitions of space, place, landscape and nature to more recent debates on diversity and difference.  It also explores the politics and practice of doing feminist research in geography.  Drawing on case studies in both developed and developing countries, the gendering of specific sites (ranging from the home to the nation) and processes (e.g. migration) is explicated in the module. The module is targeted at all students interested in gender issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE3216","ModuleTitle":"Applications of GIS & Remote Sensing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the applications of GIS and remote sensing in a geographical context.  The emphasis is on the use of spatial data in business analysis, environmental planning, and resource and impact assessment.  One section of the module covers topics on digital image processing with emphasis on the knowledge and understanding of techniques used in a planning context.  The second section deals with spatial analysis and visualisation for geographical and business analysis (GE2215 is a prerequisite for this module).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-4-2","Prerequisite":"GE2215","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE3224","ModuleTitle":"Cultural Landscapes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the contribution of cultural geography to an understanding of interrelations of landscape, space and culture. After charting the development of the concept of 'landscape', the module explores cultural landscapes in a variety of historical and geographical settings. Cultural Landscapes works through four key themes: imaginative geographies of exploration and representation; landscape and national identity; moral geographies of environmental conduct and belonging; and issues of cultural deterritorialisation associated with processes of globalisation. The module will be of interest to students across the university seeking to develop critical perspectives on cultural landscape formations at a variety of scales.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE3226","ModuleTitle":"Tourism Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module evaluates the intersections and diversions between development and leisure/tourism.  Using critical development lenses, the module will first critique “big D”  Development’s (specific intentional interventions to achieve improvement or progress) globalized approaches in tourism development and then “respond” to these critiques by considering more localized political, economic, and cultural connections in tourism strategies.  While localized  “development” projects often suggest more equitable growth, input from local stakeholders, and incorporation of livelihood strategies and grounded knowledge, and more “sustainable” models with a long-term sensibility, the module will take a critical position toward these ideas as well.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE3227","ModuleTitle":"Urban Climates","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"Modifications made by humans to the surface of the Earth during urbanization alter just about every element of climate and weather in the atmosphere above the city. This module examines how these changes affect environmental variables such as solar radiation, surface and air temperature, evaporation, storage of heat, wind climates, emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases and the wider implications for air quality and environmental change. Students are expected to read widely and conduct an empirical research project. This module is suited for students reading geography, climatology, ecology, engineering and planning.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"GE2228 or permission from lecturer","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GE3240","ModuleTitle":"Geographical Research: Developing Ideas","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide Geography major students with the basic foundation skills, necessary knowledge, and recommended practices for the preparation of honour theses (HT). These essential skills and knowledge include philosophies, theories, and key concepts in human and physical geographies, research ethics and field safety, proposal writing and literature review, and other crucial skills and techniques that all Geography major students should possessed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-2-2-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GE3550A","ModuleTitle":"GIS Internship Module","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module presents Geography majors who are taking/ intend to declare GIS minor a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in using GIS. It allows the students to apply their geospatial technology skills, such as spatial database management, data visualization, and data analysis, in a real working environment. Through mentoring from internship managers of employing companies/public sectors and NUS advisors, students are trained to apply theoretical aspects of GIS for solving real-world problems. They will also be able to collaborate with colleagues from the employing company or agency, and develop research questions involving the use of GIS in environmental issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"See Remarks","Prerequisite":"The GISIM is for Geography majors who are taking/ intend to declare GIS minor, subject to the specific requirements of the hiring company or government agency.\r\n\r\nStudents must have completed GE2215 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, before taking this module. Some companies may also require students to pass GE2227 and/ or GE3238.","Preclusion":"GE3550B and any other XX3550 module","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE3550B","ModuleTitle":"Geography Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"Internships will take place in organizations or companies located in Singapore. Through the mentoring from internship managers of the employing companies/ organizations and NUS advisors, students are trained to apply theoretical aspects to solving real problems. Students will learn how policies and practices that they read about are applied in a real world situation. The hands-on experience they gain while on internship will provide an added dimension to their education. It will give them a practical edge and prepare them for work in the future.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"See Remarks","Prerequisite":"Students should:\r\n1) have completed a minimum of 24 MCs in Geography; and\r\n2) have declared Geography as their major","Preclusion":"GE3550A and any other XX3550 module\r\n","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project. UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed. UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GE4102","ModuleTitle":"Geography in the Contemporary World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"Through this module students engage with key contemporary global/regional events, issues and changes through geographical lenses. The events,\r\nissues and changes selected for geographical analysis will vary each year so the module remains contemporary. Students will draw upon their accumulated geographical knowledge to research, analyse and interpret the selected events. Working in self-defined sub-disciplinary groups (climate change geography, geomorphology, social, economic, political geography etc.) students will be assigned research and evaluation tasks to bring their particular critical perspective (connected with academic debates) to a selected event, for example, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti or food insecurities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: (Global Studies).\r\nMust have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2202, GE2206, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3201, GE3206, GE3221, GE3223, GE3227, GE3231 and GE3237, Completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GE4202","ModuleTitle":"Remaking the Global Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the interrelationships between transnational corporations (TNCs) and regional development in an era of global economic restructuring. The module seeks to achieve a mixed blend of theory and practice of TNCs and regional development.  It provides students with not only description and explanation of TNC operations, but also practical knowledge in analysing the impact of TNCs on regional development. In addition to regular readings, students are expected to conduct specific case studies on the role of TNCs in regional development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, or 28 MCs in SN, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, or 28 MCs in SN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: (Global Studies)\r\nMust have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2202, GE3201 and GE3238. Completed at least 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"GE3880B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE4211","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Hydrology and Water Resources Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module adopts a catchment-based approach to discussing fluvial and hydrological processes and their application to water management issues, with emphasis on Asia.  A detailed analysis of the changes that occur to these processes as a result of the degradation and urbanisation of catchments is a particular focus of the module, as is the use of Asian and local examples.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-2-3-4.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: (Global Studies).  Must have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, and GE3221 and completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours Track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: (BES students from both specialisations). Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227. Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.  Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE4214","ModuleTitle":"Remote Sensing of Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of this module are to build upon the fundamentals taught in GE2215 and GE3216 through in-depth study of remote sensing technology, error analysis, calibration, and image analysis.  The module places an emphasis on class presentation of recent and relevant journal articles by the students followed by critical discussion of article content.  Various applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems are covered in greater detail than in lower level modules and are the subject of project assessments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-2-3-3-4.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nRead and passed GE2215. Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nTo read and pass GE2215. Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: (BES students from both specialisations)\r\nTo read and pass GE2215. Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE4217","ModuleTitle":"Political Geographies: Space and Power","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the relationship between space and power. It investigates how political processes shape human geography, and conversely, how assumptions about geography underscore global politics. We will examine key themes, concepts, & theories that define the study of critical politics from a geographical perspective. Students will gain a critical understanding of and\r\nappreciation for the historical and contemporary challenges of sovereignty, territoriality, governmentality, identity, citizenship, difference, violence, genocide, colonialism, and war. The module culminates with the themes of resistance, emancipation, direct action, and anarchism, which will allow students to consider alternative configurations of space and power.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: (Global Studies)\r\nMust have read and passed GE1101E and GE2222. Completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GE4219","ModuleTitle":"Development and Environment in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the intersection between development and environment in Southeast Asia. Utilising a range of conceptual lenses from sustainable development to political ecology, the module interrogates the varied environmental impacts and ramifications of the development of the region. The module pays particular attention to the ways in which environmental change affects everyday lives. Case studies include issues such as upland living and forest peoples, trans-boundary environmental issues, and the role and place of Buddhism as an eco-centric religion. The module encourages a critical view of the trade-offs between economic growth (development) and environmental protection.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, or 28 MCs in MS, or 28 MCs in SE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, or 28 MCs in MS, or 28 MCs in SE with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: (BES students from both specialisations)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: (Global Studies)\r\nMust have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2221 and GE3210. Completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"SE4211","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE4222","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Geomorphology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This course addresses the interactions between surface processes and landforms and landscapes. These interactions lead to physical, chemical and biological changes, which in turn create the current landscapes and the geological record of past landscapes. This focus is core to both physical geographical and geological communities, and also the wider geosciences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-2-4-3.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GE4228","ModuleTitle":"Gender and the City","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the co-constitutive relationship between gender and the city. Drawing from theoretical arguments made by geographers on feminist interventions into the urban, the module provides a gendered re-orientation of critical issues for the city such as transport, housing, uneven development, regeneration and social exclusion. Students will draw from their understanding of key spatial concepts covered in GE3206 Gender, Space and Place to further develop their understanding of the socio-spatial dialectic and the politics that underpin the social (re)production of built environments and their impact on gendered representations and (re)distribution in cities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. GE3206.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. GE3206.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE4229","ModuleTitle":"Earth Systems Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that has been rapidly developing over the last two decades. This module explores the Earth Systems Science discipline by investigating the important bio-geo-physical processes of the couple air-land-ocean system. The following major themes will be examined, with greater focus placed in specialisation area of the lecturer(s): Evolution of the Earth; Transfers of energy and materials; Biochemical cycling; and Linkage of all processes, the influence of humans, and the global change.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE,\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\n(BES students from both specialisations).\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"Equivalent to 8 MCs (applies to students entering Arts 1 in 1999/2000 or earlier). Equivalent to 10 MCs (applies to students entering Arts 1 in 2000/2001). Equivalent to 12 MCs (applies to students entering Arts 1 in 2001/2002 and later). Word limit to be advised. Please check with the Honours Year Coordinator. The Honours Thesis may be on either: (a) an aspect of the geography of Singapore or Malaysia; or (b) any other approved geography topic.  The subject for the thesis is to be chosen in consultation with the staff of the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-37.5-0","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012 and before\nTo read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 MCs including 60 MCs of GE requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2013-2015\nTo read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 MCs including 60 MCs of GE requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards\nTo read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 MCs including 44 MCs of GE requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards: (BES NVG students)\nTo read and pass GE3240. Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.","Preclusion":"GE4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted at least 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in GE with a minimum CAP of 3.5 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"GE4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE5215","ModuleTitle":"THE POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENT IN SE ASIA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"The growth and development that has taken place not only in the Southeast Asian region but also in the rest of the world is commonly viewed to have a negative impact on the environment in the region. Is it necessarily true? Are there positive effects as well? This module will evaluate the link between the developmental process and the environment including an analysis of the problems, the proposed solutions, and the actual policies implemented.The module provides not only a Southeast Asian perspective on the environmental and the developmental\r\nissues facing the region, but also a geographical outlook. This emphasises the sharing of natural areas and resources among nation-states and their peoples in Southeast Asia given the historical background of the region with its impact on national borders and the composition of both the population and society. The outcome on nature and society relations seen in Southeast Asia reflect conditions specific to the region and its geography. This module is aimed at understanding both these specific conditions and the wider as well as external factors that have an impact on environment in Southeast Asia.","CrossModule":"SE5294","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SE5294","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE5218","ModuleTitle":"RESEARCH METHODS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module challenges students to analyse the practical problems encountered in using the various methods available in human geography research. It builds upon the undergraduate modules in research methods and includes an evaluation of the construction and design of research questions in various field contexts, weighing between the major methods of data collection (e.g. quantitative and qualitative), and the practical problems of data and information analysis. Common research methods such as surveys, case studies, interviews, focus group discussions and participant observation will be carried out so that students can benefit from first hand experience in the field. Students will also be exposed to archival and map materials. Students will also be taught what sponsors look for in research proposals. As the module is entirely project-based, students are expected to have full-scale participation in the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GE5219","ModuleTitle":"Spatial Programming","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with spatial programming skills necessary for building and implementing customized geoprocessing functions\r\nand mapping applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). No previous programming experience is assumed, but students are expected to be familiar with basic GIS operations. Topics covered include: 1) basic programming concepts and the Python programming language; 2) geoprocessing in ArcGIS; 3) manipulating Python library in ArcGIS; 4)\r\nimplementing GIS functions; and 5) spatial analysis with Python scripts. Upon completion of the module, students will be able to develop customized GIS tools and models directly applicable to their fields of interest.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-2-4-3","Prerequisite":"GE5223 Introduction to Applied GIS or with Lecturer’s consent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE5225","ModuleTitle":"Thesis Planning and Implementation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to guide students in the selection and development of an appropriate MSc thesis topic. The importance of a thorough evaluation of relevant literature to the process of identifying live research problems and of effective project management will be stressed. Students will obtain the necessary training to plan and implement a research thesis and evaluate the various available research approaches. The primary output of this module will be a detailed research proposal, presented in written and oral forms as a prelude to GE6225 Research Thesis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"The level 5000 Independent Study Module is designed to enable a graduate student or small group of graduate students to explore an approved topic relating to their planned area of research. Students should normally expect to meet with their mentor three to five times over the duration of the module. A proposal must be drawn up between the student(s) and mentor and approved by the Graduate Coordinator/Deputy Graduate Coordinator before the end of week 3 of the semester. The assignment will comprise written work of 4000-6000 words, or 6000-8000 words for a group-based, single (collective) piece. All CA is double-marked.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-1-0-6-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE6211","ModuleTitle":"Spatial Data Handling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to familiarize students with advanced spatial data handling techniques and the theoretical debates of various spatial data handling approaches. Topics examined include spatial data mining, uncertainty, geospatial simulation, location based services, and/or Web GIS. Various GIS, remote sensing, spatial statistics, and spatial temporal modeling techniques will be covered, dependent on student’s requirement. Upon completion of the module, students will be expected to be able to apply these spatial data handling technologies to their field of interest. Students are required to undertake an independent project, and their work will be presented in a seminar format.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE6213","ModuleTitle":"TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended for students pursuing post-graduate tourism research. It uses a geographical lens to explore the tourism phenomenon, examining how spaces are shaped from various human and physical perspectives, as well as discussing the consumption of such landscapes within particular social relations.  In the critical investigation of planned and spontaneous landscapes, not only will the production of consumptive spaces of tourism be evaluated but the capacity for reflexivity in consumption will also be emphasized. In this way, the concept of sustainable tourism can be evaluated. The module is structured around seminars, including a departmental seminar by the students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"The level 6000 Independent Study Module is designed to enable an individual student to explore in some depth a topic in Geography that is of relevance to their research interests. Students should normally expect to meet with their mentor three to five times over the duration of the module. A proposal must be drawn up between the student(s) and mentor and approved by the Graduate Coordinator/Deputy Graduate Coordinator before the end of week 3 of the semester. The assignment will comprise written work of 4000-6000 words. All CA is double-marked.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-1-0-9-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GE6770","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2004/2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters and will be graded \"Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory\" on the basis of student presentation and participation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1001","ModuleTitle":"Globalisation and New Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module offers students an introduction into the role of new communication technologies in the context of globalization. We will explore various aspects of global communication flows including the global reach of new media and its consequences, global and transnational timesharing and workflows, the role of new media in global and local politics, and the potential of new and traditional communication channels in the context of various forms of activism and communication for social change. The role of culture in global communication and ways in which cultural processesshape and are shaped by the landscape of globalization will be emphasized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1036","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1002","ModuleTitle":"Economic Issues in Dev World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to highlight the major economic problems that characterize the present-day developing countries with special reference to ASEAN and East Asian NIEs. While the problems and issues are brought out in a non-technical fashion, the relevant policies are discussed with the help of appropriate empirical evidences so as to allow the students to gauge the extent of success achieved by various policies. The course is likely to impart useful knowledge and information on the prime development issues that concern the developing world today. After the successful completion of the module, students should be able to identify the main problems that are currently faced in Asia and would be able to make some policy suggestions in dealing with these problems. They will also gain some useful experience on the economic development of Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1018K, GEK1018","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1004","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Heritage: Hist & Lit","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to provide a general understanding of traditional China by focusing on two important aspects of its civilization: history and literature. In the first half of the semester, students will be introduced to the major political, intellectual, and social developments in the various dynasties of imperial China.  In the second half of the semester, the module calls attention to the major literary genres that dominated each historical period, from the pre-Qin era through the Tang dynasty.  In so doing, we offer students an overview of what formed the cornerstone of the civilization of traditional China. (This module is taught in English.)","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1007","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1005","ModuleTitle":"Crime Fiction in Eng & Chinese","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces first and second year students to methods of analysis of literary texts.  This is achieved by juxtaposing two literary genres from different traditions (Western detective fiction and Chinese court-case fiction) and exploring the issues that arise from reading them together. We will seek to link the role of technical features in the texts with the production of meaning for the individual reader and for society.  Issues will include the role of watchdog figures; the possibility that crime may arise from a failure of society to redress wrongs; the relationship between class and the justice system; and basic problems of justice. (This module is taught in English.)","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1021","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1006","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Music, Language and Literature (in English)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This course explores the complex relationships underlying Chinese music, language and literature. It focuses on Chinese music from the perspective of popular music produced in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. These four economies have developed different strands of popular music in Mandarin and various Chinese dialects, due to different linguistic and ideological environments. Students will learn how Chinese popular music draws upon the aesthetics of Chinese literature and traditional Chinese music, and how the music has hybridised influences from foreign musical genres, thus expressing different versions of “Chineseness”.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1053","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1009","ModuleTitle":"Framing Bollywood: Unpacking The Magic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Bollywood Cinema is recognised as the most vibrant form of cultural media in India, one whose influence now extends to many parts of the world. By studying the content and meaning of selected Bollywood films, this module will introduce students to key social, economic, political and cultural issues in India, and\nexplore important concepts in the humanities and social sciences such as nationalism, gender and sexuality, diaspora and globalisation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1050","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1010","ModuleTitle":"Beasts, People and Wild Environments in South Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"How do ideas about big beasts and the wild inform our socio-cultural worldview? In other words, what is a “tiger” when it is not just a zoo animal but one that lives in a forest next to your home? In this introductory and interdisciplinary course to conservation and the environment, we will watch films and discuss novels and ethnographies focusing on human/animal relations in six different spheres: Mountains, Deserts, Rivers, Plains, Forests, and Sea. The course aims to be an informative, provocative and fun introduction to an exciting and relatively new field of scholarship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1913","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1018","ModuleTitle":"A Brief History of Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Nowadays it is all too easy to take basic science laws and theories, such as Newtons law of gravitational attraction or evolution for granted. The impact of research breakthroughs on society at the time of their development is being forgotten, as they come to be taken for granted. Even Science students tend to be unaware of how modern concepts have arisen, what their impact was at the time and how they changed the world. This course is intended to explain the history and significance of scientific developments on societies and how perceptions of the world have changed as a result.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1539","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1019","ModuleTitle":"Food & Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module will examine the current thinking and information as regards the importance of diet and health. It will explore traditional and more modem views on what constitute an adequate and healthy diet. The composition of food along with potential contaminants of food will be examined and how an individual needs to consider their diet in relation to specific needs. The aim will be to educate the students on the need for and the composition of a healthy diet and how to obtain this and remain healthy during the important years of development in early adulthood. There is now much more emphasis on the role of food in preventative medicine and how a well balanced diet can keep one fit and healthy. It is necessary to be aware of the composition of various foods and how different methods of processing and cooking may affect the compositional quality of the product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1529 and GEM1908","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1022","ModuleTitle":"Geopolitics:Geographies of War & Peace","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"GE 1022 K (GEOPOLITICS) is an exciting introduction to the world of practical, formal and popular geopolitics via numerous case studies and multi-media presentations. The basic aim is that each of you will become familiar with the world political map and the relevance of geopolitics as ways of understanding and seeing our world. The Geopolitics module provides an engaging way to integrate aspects of modern history with political geography, for instance through the analysis of nationalisms and territorial disputes (in different parts of the world); through the study of the Cold War in relation to changing political landscapes in Southeast Asia; and through more contemporary understandings of the global geopolitics associated with the so-called War on Terror; and global issues of ecological security and environmental geopolitics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1022","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1025","ModuleTitle":"Global Environmental Issues","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"GEK1522 is an interdisciplinary module that brings together perspectives from different disciplines to provide deep insights into known and emerging global environmental issues and to develop polcies for achieving environmental, economic and social sustainability in a holistic manner. Given the scope of the module and its educational outcomes, the module draws students from diverse disciplines within NUS including \"Law\", \"Business\" and \"Computing\", etc. The key strength of the module is its diversity in terms of disciplinary composition. To take advantage of this diversity, the module promotes \"collaborative learning\" through peer teaching & learning by dividing the large class (120 to 130 students) into multi-disciplinary teams of 5 students.  The instructor assigns reading materials to individual teams on broad topics that cut across human society and culture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1522","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1025T","ModuleTitle":"Global Environmental Issues","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"GEH1025T is an interdisciplinary module that brings together perspectives from different disciplines to provide deep insights into known and emerging global environmental issues and to develop polcies for achieving environmental, economic and social sustainability in a holistic manner. Given the scope of the module and its educational outcomes, the module draws students from diverse disciplines within NUS including \"Law\", \"Business\" and \"Computing\", etc. The key strength of the module is its diversity in terms of disciplinary composition. To take advantage of this diversity, the module promotes \"collaborative learning\" through peer teaching & learning by dividing the large class into multi-disciplinary teams of 5 students. The instructor assigns reading materials to individual teams on broad topics that cut across human society and culture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1522, GEK1522T, GEH1025","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1026","ModuleTitle":"Drugs and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to impart an appreciation of the use of drugs in relation to the cultural and social environment of societies past and present. How drugs are employed today, watershed \"drug\" discoveries and their impact on society (for example contraceptives, antibiotics, vaccines, psychopharmacological agents), the issue of drug use in sports, \"social\" drugs and the \"pill for every ill\" syndrome will be discussed. Particular attention will be paid to “controversial” drug-related societal issues within each topic. For example, the role of pharmaceutical industry will be examined to determine if the tendency to  “bash” big Pharma is justified or if decriminalization of drug use will be a more effective means of curtailing drug abuse. One of the components in this module requires students to objectively evaluate such issues and articulate their stand in an audio-visual presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK2506","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1027","ModuleTitle":"Einstein's Universe & Quantum Weirdness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Einstein's Ideas of our Universe and his Quantum contributions has greatly impacted the human societies.  Students will also be enthused with the historical and philosophical development of Relativity and Quantum Theories. Einstein's relativistic thinking eventually leads to the creation of navigational systems that are used in transportation and communication, both by the military as well as hand phone consumers. The construction of nuclear plants is made possible by the relativistic results of mass and energy conversion. Einstein's Photoelectric discoveries also pave the way for modern cameras in the ubiquitous mobile devices. The quest for new quantum particles at the colliders by huge collaborations among many countries gave birth to the World Wide Web and the internet Culture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEK1508","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1028","ModuleTitle":"The Emerging Nanoworld","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module will acquaint students with the rapid development of the nanoworld with insights into the impact of this emerging technology on our society, environment and human life. The essence of nanoscience and technology lies in the understanding and manipulation of molecules.  The advances in these fields are expected to significantly influence our lives in the spheres of medical, engineering, ethical and environmental issues. This module will discuss the potential benefits and challenges of novel nanotechnologies. How does nanotechnology affect society and human interaction?  How will nanodevices and nanomaterials change our lives in the future?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1509","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1032","ModuleTitle":"Modern Technology in Medicine and Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The human race has entered an epoch where life span has increased significantly. During the twentieth century, life span has increased from around 50 to over 75 years mainly due to antibiotics, vaccinations, and improved nutrition. However this increase in lifespan has brought to the forefront a rise in many age-related diseases. These diseases, which include cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, are now a focus of health care in the 21st century. This course describes many of these diseases, and their diagnosis and treatment using advanced technology found in modern hospitals. The course also provides an insight into the scientific principles underlying these new and powerful technologies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"GEK1540","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1036","ModuleTitle":"Living with Mathematics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to exhibit some simple mathematical ideas that permeate a modern society and to show how a reasonably numerate person can use these ideas in everyday life and, in the process, gain an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematical ideas. For example, we will learn some counting methods that can be applied to the enumeration of bus routes in a model of a grid system of roads in a city. We will also investigate some basic properties of graphs, which are mathematical structures used to model relationships between people in social networks, groups, organizations, computers, URLs etc. Transmission of digital information and signals is now an integral part of modern society. We will look at questions like: How do we encode information so that certain errors in transmission can be detected, or even corrected? How do we check that a given sequence of numbers is a proper International Standard Book Number (ISBN)? How do we encrypt sensitive information like credit card numbers using properties of prime numbers? Finally, we will examine some basic ideas in probability which are often at the basis for making decisions and judgement in the real world with random outcomes and measurements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1505","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1040","ModuleTitle":"Exploration in Musical Production","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS","ModuleDescription":"This module engages students to think and express themselves through the production process of a musical. By introducing the various aspects of mounting a musical production, it empowers the students to transmit this understanding into an actual display of intrinsic ideas. The module will be executed through classroom seminars and an experiential component culminating in the form of a micro-musical. The content coverage embodies a survey and appreciation of Singapore musicals; and to expound on the hardware and software requirements in mounting a musical. This include individual elements like acting, singing, writing, composing, music-making and dancing which are interwoven in the creation of this art form; as well as the financial and budget planning, safety measures and basic aspects of stage management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1065","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1041","ModuleTitle":"Engaging the natural environment in ASEAN","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS","ModuleDescription":"This module was designed as a foundation to a community service project in ASEAN. Weekly topics will provide students with an overview of history and contemporary society with a focus on the intersections between the capitalist globalization and development and some of the major consequences on poverty, inequality, migration and social change in selected ASEAN countries. The module also introduces students to debates around service learning and questions of development assistance/community service and \"volunteer tourism\" in a globalizing age. Lastly, the module provides a four week training workshop led by CELC experts where via break-out groups, students will learn hands-on simulations of proposal writing and oral presentation to potential funding agencies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1066","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1044","ModuleTitle":"Understanding Globalisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module proposes to examine the processes of globalization and seeks to provide a deeper understanding of it. The world is globalizing both culturally and economically. We need to ask whether this process is creating a single world without borders or intensifying cultural differences between societies. By discussing various trends of the interdependent world, the course helps us in understanding the various processes of globalization. Since the processes of globalization involve societal, cultural, technological, political, and economic processes, we will take an inter-disciplinary framework in understanding this diverse experience. The course will specifically highlight the problems and prospects of the contemporary world","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1041","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1045","ModuleTitle":"World Religions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This course offers an introductory survey of major religious traditions of the world, with specific Page 12 of 141 focus on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will examine the historical development of each tradition, along with its sacred texts, basic philosophical\nideas, patterns of ritual and worship, and specialized institutions Our goal is to provide an objective understanding of each faith tradition on its own terms, and secondarily, to explore how religion is relevant to contemporary social, political and cultural issues. This is an introductory course which presumes no prior expertise in religious studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1045","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1047","ModuleTitle":"Social and Cultural Studies through Music","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a cross-cultural introduction to music both as an art and as a human, socio-cultural phenomenon. Through lectures, reading and listening assignments, and actually playing different styles of music, students will learn how music works, why people listen to and make music, what its roles are in a society, and how these things vary in different cultures. The module introduces a variety of musical styles and cultures that represent an enormous wealth of human experience. At the end of the course the students will have access to a much wider variety of music to listen to, participate in, enjoy, and understand.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1054","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1049","ModuleTitle":"Public Health in Action","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"From the global increase in obesity to SARS, a range of health issues and solutions will be explored in differing contexts throughout the world. Working in small groups, students debate and evaluate paths to addressing global health issues in a variety of cultural contexts. For example, lessons learned about tuberculosis in Russia may be applied to the Singaporean context, or students may examine efforts to prevent newborn deaths in developing nations. Students will develop an appreciation of how the health of an entire population impacts individuals and how complex problems can be prevented or addressed using culturally appropriate solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1900","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1050","ModuleTitle":"Plants and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"How are human beings and plants interdependent? How did plants shape the planet Earth to one that is suitable for life as we know it? Such topics will be examined to deepen our appreciation of the roles played by plants in the progress of civilizations and cultures from both historic perspective and continuing impact on society. The discussion topics, written and oral presentations will include plants as sources of food, clothing, shelter, medicine. There will be talks by guests from local industry, along with team projects by students to enrich their awareness of the deep coexistence of plants and society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1538","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1051","ModuleTitle":"Narrative","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students will learn the basic concepts of narrative. It will expose them to narrative as a basic idea that runs through their lives, and which has its most sophisticated manifestations in literature and cinema. While the analysis of literary and cinematic texts will play an important part in the module, students should also develop an awareness of how narrative is used in everyday discourse, and how it shapes their response to reality.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1049","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1055","ModuleTitle":"Religion and Film","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Cinematic and literary expression centred on religious topics can be studied to see how the vitality of cultural expression and power of the religious imagination interrelate. No prior training in artistic interpretation or religious history is required, though the module presumes a curiosity about religion and culture. It trains students to think about why people sometimes enjoy seeing films about painful topics. It clarifies the difference between “studying” and “practising” religion, and it teaches students to discuss controversial topics with tact.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1033","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1056","ModuleTitle":"Understanding Contemporary Cultures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introduction to the anthropological perspective within the social sciences.  It covers a variety of topics including globalization, inequality, forms of exchange, consumption, the politics of gender, ethnicity and self-identity.  These themes will be examined using a comparative and historical perspective to help students better understand the connections and processes that shape social life in Singapore and elsewhere in the world at different levels.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1005","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1057","ModuleTitle":"Materials: The Enabling Substance of Civilization","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module addresses the key roles of enabling materials in driving the sweeping changes of human history and the rapid development of civilization, technology and society. This module will examine, from the Stone Age to the 21st century, how the different types of enabling materials were discovered, became available to the general people, completely transformed their lives, and consequently shaped the entire course of our civilization. This module will also highlight the latest advances in materials, their uses in our daily lives and future sustainable development, such as IT, iPhones, Boeing 787, Airbus A380, energy-saving buildings and smart transport.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1058","ModuleTitle":"The Theatre Experience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"While many of us spend much of our lives glued to small computer screens, theatrical productions continue to bring people together for shared experiences. What are the attractions of theatre, what makes it distinct, and how can it enrich our understanding of human society? This module, which requires no prior knowledge of theatre, starts with the spectator’s experience and works outwards. We learn how to analyse theatre’s styles and effects. We explore how human societies use theatre to confront questions and express beliefs, hopes, and anxieties. We examine how cultures influence each other through theatre, and how theatre provokes change.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GEK1055","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1060","ModuleTitle":"Social History of the Piano","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"An interdisciplinary study of how societies and different generations responded to the invention of the piano. This module focuses on the social history of the piano throughout the past three centuries, canvassing a wide array of performers, composers, supporters, manufacturers, “heroes”, politicians, teachers and students. Various expressions of ideologies from differing periods eventually revolutionized and efffectuated the versatility of the piano, shaping a legacy which led to the “globalization” of the piano, including China. Students will learn through lectures, readings, discussions, listening, playing, and attending piano recitals and masterclasses.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1061","ModuleTitle":"Representation and Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"The module introduces the basic concepts in representations of gender, politics, celebrities and culture, and otherness. Concepts that will be examining in this module include representation, structuralism, and feminism. The module will examine and analyse the basic idea of representation, celebrity and culture, gender, politics and otherness; and how media portray them.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1062","ModuleTitle":"Ghosts and Spirits in Society and Culture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Ghosts  and  spirits  have  been  subjects  of  perennial interest in different human societies. At the same time, beliefs  about  persons  with  powers  to  initiate  injury  or  good,  and  their  relationship  with  spirits  are  found  in  almost all cultures   throughout   human   history.   This module  introduces  students  to  the  scholarly  study  of  ghosts  and  spirits,  and  the  specialists  and  practitioners  involved  with  these  forces.  These  include  shamanism,  spirit  possession,  witchcraft  and  sorcery,  and  other  supernatural  entities  such  as  zombies,  vampires  and  werewolves,  and  how  these  intersect  with  issues  of  class,  gender,  sexuality,  ethnicity,  citizenship,  popular  culture, modernity and social change.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1063","ModuleTitle":"Understanding Body, Mind and Culture through Sport","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS","ModuleDescription":"In the contemporary society, sports are closely linked to larger issues such as health, fitness, physical appearance, money, politics, and cultural values.  This module draws on physical, psychological and sociocultural knowledge and complements it with required practical and experiential learning to provide students with a grounded appreciation of sports and related issues.  It discusses the recent rise of marathons, iron man races, and cycling.  It also confronts controversial issues pertaining to the use of substances to improve performance and motivation to attain the desired body image. Finally, it questions how these are linked to societal and cultural expectations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1067","ModuleTitle":"Superhero Entertainments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the social and cultural significance of superhero entertainments. Particular attention is paid to the origins of superheroes in comic books and the manner in which the major two companies, DC and Marvel, positioned those heroes in blockbuster movies commencing with Superman in 1978. The module traces the antecedents of comic book\r\nsuperheroes, discuss their various incarnations in other media forms like radio and television, and culminates in a discussion of the wave of recent superhero films. The module will also cover some of the strategies companies have adopted in licensing and marketing their superheroes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1068","ModuleTitle":"The Life Aquatic: Machines and the Making of the Ocean","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Oceans cover most of the globe. Yet once we venture from  the   shore, our  understanding  of  the  marine environment  is  necessarily  mediated  by  technology, from  the  plumb  line  used  by  sailors  for  millennia  to measure  the  water’s  depth,  to  the  latest  satellite imaging  tracking  ocean  currents  in  real  time.  This module    examines    how  different  “machines,”  or technologies  have  produced  understandings  of  the ocean across history, and places these technologies in their social, cultural, economic, and political contexts. The   result   is   to   reveal   the   complex   and   evolving interconnections that link technology, and society and our understanding of the natural world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEH1070","ModuleTitle":"Traditional Chinese Knowledge of Health and Well-being","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The  module  offers  NUS  students  an  opportunity  to explore traditional Chinese concepts of well-being and health through a general survey of Chinese beliefs and medical    culture    in    its    dynamic    formation    and transformation, and its influence in East Asian medical tradition.  The  various  topics  include  Confucian  and Taoist ideas of well-being and happiness; the influence of  the  theories  of  Yin-Yang  &  Five  Elements,  Essence (Qi), Meridians (Mai) and Celestial Cycles on traditional Chinese   medicine.   Principles   behind   the   Chinese practices   of   healing,   in   order   to   achieve   physical harmony,  such  as  acupuncture,  massage  (tui  na),  and cupping (ba guan) will also be explained.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1000","ModuleTitle":"An Introduction to Literary Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Human beings are 'tale-telling animals'. We all tell stories, and we all listen to them, read them and watch them. This module looks at the ways in which people tell stories, the kinds of stories they tell, and the meanings those stories generate. It focuses, in particular, upon the telling, and gives special attention to questions concerned with that. Texts include a novel, a play, films, short stories, poems and oral tales.","CrossModule":"EN1101E","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Exempted from NUS Qualifying English Test, or passed NUS Qualifying\r\nEnglish Test, or exempted from further CELC Remedial English modules.","Preclusion":"EN1101E. Students who are majoring in EN, or intend to major in EN should not take GEK1000.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1002","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Japanese Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce students to the subject of Japanese studies from a multi-disciplinary approach. It has three main components. The first component is humanities, covering art, philosophy, history and literature. The second component is social sciences, which includes sociology,anthropology, politics and economics. The third component is linguistics and language development. Students will learn about the methods and theories the various disciplines contribute to the study of Japan. Audio-visual materials, fieldwork, guest lectures, study tours, projects and debates will supplement lecture and tutorials.","CrossModule":"JS1101E","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"JS1101E. Students majoring in JS are precluded from taking\r\nthis module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1003","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this module is to impart a preliminary overview of political science and its sub-fields so that students have a basic orientation of the discipline. It briefly explains the scope and components of each of the four sub-fields (political theory, comparative politics, international relations and public administration) and familiarises students with the major issues and arguments related to power, justice, political culture, national identity, accountability, ethics and world order. It also focuses on key political institutions. The module will be of interest to students across the university who want to gain a basic understanding of politics.","CrossModule":"PS1101E","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"PS1101, GEM1003K, PS1101E.  Not for students majoring in PS","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1005","ModuleTitle":"Understanding Contemporary Cultures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introduction to the anthropological perspective within the social sciences.  It covers a variety of topics including globalization, inequality, forms of exchange, consumption, the politics of gender, ethnicity and self-identity.  These themes will be examined using a comparative and historical perspective to help students better understand the connections and processes that shape social life in Singapore and elsewhere in the world at different levels.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1056","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1007","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Heritage: History and Literature","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to provide a general understanding of traditional China by focusing on two important aspects of its civilization: history and literature. In the first half of the semester, students will be introduced to the major political, intellectual, and social developments in the various dynasties of imperial China.  In the second half of the semester, the module calls attention to the major literary genres that dominated each historical period, from the pre-Qin era through the Tang dynasty.  In so doing, we offer students an overview of what formed the cornerstone of the civilization of traditional China. (This module is taught in English.)","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEH1004","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1008","ModuleTitle":"Southeast Asia: A Changing Region","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Description Southeast Asia has been described as one of the 'crossroads of the world' - a place where people from many cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds meet. The intermingling of people, the exchange of ideas and international commerce have been part of Southeast Asian life for centuries. This module surveys the broad currents of conflict, change and continuity across the region from a multidisciplinary perspective. It looks at how Southeast Asian societies and political systems have changed over time in response to the pressures of ecology, colonialism, nationalism, urbanization and globalization. The module also looks at the way ethnic, religious, national and regional identities have been constructed, used and altered over time. The overall objective is to provide students with an introduction to different ways of exploring Southeast Asia and different experiences of living in the region.","CrossModule":"SE1101E","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SE1101E, SSA1202, SS1203SE and GEM1008K. Not for students majoring, or intend to major in SE.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1010","ModuleTitle":"Property Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an overview of property management allowing students to appreciate the basic theories, concepts and principles; gain knowledge of the wide spectrum of property management functions; as well as understand how property management is vital in the context of advancement in information technology and changing demographic and social trends. The major topics include: the scope and functions of property management, legislations and regulations, lease management, maintenance management, fire safety management, facilities management, building automation systems, management information systems, security and risk management, financial and investment management, management corporations and town councils, as well as estate upgrading and renewal.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"Not for Real Estate Students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1011","ModuleTitle":"The Nature of Language","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This introductory overview of linguistics aims at equipping students with a solid foundation in the object, methods and goals of the science of spoken language, the prime tool of human communication. Through a principled analysis of patterns of sound, form and meaning at the levels of word, sentence and text, students will gain insight into what it means to say that language is a rule-governed system and an organic whole. The results of this exploration will be useful to those interested in the relationship between language and mind, society and culture.","CrossModule":"EL1101E","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Exempted from NUS Qualifying English Test, or passed NUS Qualifying English Test, or exempted from further CELC Remedial English modules.","Preclusion":"EL1101E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1012","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Social Issues in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"The module challenges students to examine current and emerging social issues in Singapore that affect family and community well-being. Due to complex social and technological changes that societies are experiencing, people are forced to adapt rapidly, often with negative consequences in many instances. The social issues that arise as a result need to be understood and addressed by individuals, families, communities and society at large. Students will learn to appreciate the implications of these issues for individual and collective action.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GES1016","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1018","ModuleTitle":"Economic Issues in the Developing World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to highlight the major economic problems that characterize the present-day developing countries with special reference to ASEAN and East Asian NIEs. While the problems and issues are brought out in a non-technical fashion, the relevant policies are discussed with the help of appropriate empirical evidences so as to allow the students to gauge the extent of success achieved by various policies. The course is likely to impart useful knowledge and information on the prime development issues that concern the developing world today. After the successful completion of the module, students should be able to identify the main problems that are currently faced in Asia and would be able to make some policy suggestions in dealing with these problems. They will also gain some useful experience on the economic development of Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1002","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1021","ModuleTitle":"Crime Fiction in English & Chinese","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces first and second year students to methods of analysis of literary texts.  This is achieved by juxtaposing two literary genres from different traditions (Western detective fiction and Chinese court-case fiction) and exploring the issues that arise from reading them together. We will seek to link the role of technical features in the texts with the production of meaning for the individual reader and for society.  Issues will include the role of watchdog figures; the possibility that crime may arise from a failure of society to redress wrongs; the relationship between class and the justice system; and basic problems of justice. (This module is taught in English.)","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1005","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1022","ModuleTitle":"Geopolitics:Geographies of War & Peace","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"GE 1022 K (GEOPOLITICS) is an exciting introduction to the world of practical, formal and popular geopolitics via numerous case studies and multi-media presentations. The basic aim is that each of you will become familiar with the world political map and the relevance of geopolitics as ways of understanding and seeing our world. The Geopolitics module provides an engaging way to integrate aspects of modern history with political geography, for instance through the analysis of nationalisms and territorial disputes (in different parts of the world); through the study of the Cold War in relation to changing political landscapes in Southeast Asia; and through more contemporary understandings of the global geopolitics associated with the so-called War on Terror; and global issues of ecological security and environmental geopolitics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1022","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1029T","ModuleTitle":"Managing Change: Power & Paradox","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The ubiquitous scale of change taking place in organizations today suggests a need to manage the change process in a smoothly functioning way. Yet, the change process is fraught with the perils and paradoxes, the resolution of which is oftentimes uncertain and elusive. This module offers a look at the change process from several angles, and attempts to elucidate the paradoxes informing the dynamics of changes that is in keeping with the complex and ambiguous nature of organizational renewal.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3 (sectional)-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"MNO3313A","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1041","ModuleTitle":"Understanding Globalisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module proposes to examine the processes of globalization and seeks to provide a deeper understanding of it. The world is globalizing both culturally and economically. We need to ask whether this process is creating a single world without borders or intensifying cultural differences between societies. By discussing various trends of the interdependent world, the course helps us in understanding the various processes of globalization. Since the processes of globalization involve societal, cultural, technological, political, and economic processes, we will take an inter-disciplinary framework in understanding this diverse experience. The course will specifically highlight the problems and prospects of the contemporary world","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1044","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1045","ModuleTitle":"World Religions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This course offers an introductory survey of major religious traditions of the world, with specific Page 12 of 141 focus on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will examine the historical development of each tradition, along with its sacred texts, basic philosophical\nideas, patterns of ritual and worship, and specialized institutions Our goal is to provide an objective understanding of each faith tradition on its own terms, and secondarily, to explore how religion is relevant to contemporary social, political and cultural issues. This is an introductory course which presumes no prior expertise in religious studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEH1045","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1046","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Cultural Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The course examines the import of \"culture\" for understanding human activity and the history of the emergence of Cultural Studies as a discipline within the university.  Specifically it explores the theoretical and methodological tools that have defined the field, as well as the objects to which they are turned.  The course addresses the following areas: theories and models of communication; the history of broadcasting and broadcasting institutions; current and future developments in media technology; and cyberspace. Starting with an introduction to key theoretical concepts, the course examines the production and consumption of a range of popular cultural forms including film, television, popular fiction, and music.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1048","ModuleTitle":"Gandhi's Life, Thought And Legacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module will primarily examine the life and writings of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, widely regarded as one of the icons of the twentieth century and one of the principal architects of a free India. The course is meant to not only understand and analyse Gandhi’s thought but also to outline his extraordinary legacy. The course will develop critical thinking and expression of students in two ways. First, it will introduce students to and make them critically engage with Gandhi’s writings and ideas on several issues, including violence and conflict resolution, colonialism, modernity, ethics, science, health and environment. The aim would be to not only expose students to the complexity of Gandhi — the man and his ideas — but to critically interrogate Gandhi and his legacies. Gandhi is particularly suited to such an exercise since he held positions that were often controversial and counter-intuitive, both during his lifetime as well as today.  Second, the students will develop their expression skills, verbal and written, by evaluating Gandhi and his legacy through presentations, take-home assignments and examinations. The students will develop their thinking and expression skills through an analysis not only of texts but also of films and documentaries on Gandhi.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GET1009","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1049","ModuleTitle":"Narrative","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students will learn the basic concepts of narrative. It will expose them to narrative as a basic idea that runs through their lives, and which has its most sophisticated manifestations in literature and cinema. While the analysis of literary and cinematic texts will play an important part in the module, students should also develop an awareness of how narrative is used in everyday discourse, and how it shapes their response to reality.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEH1051","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1053","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Music, Language and Literature (in English)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This course explores the complex relationships underlying Chinese music, language and literature. It focuses on Chinese music from the perspective of popular music produced in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. These four economies have developed different strands of popular music in Mandarin and various Chinese dialects, due to different linguistic and ideological environments. Students will learn how Chinese popular music draws upon the aesthetics of Chinese literature and traditional Chinese music, and how the music has hybridised influences from foreign musical genres, thus expressing different versions of “Chineseness”.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GEH1006","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1054","ModuleTitle":"Social and Cultural Studies through Music","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a cross-cultural introduction to music both as an art and as a human, socio-cultural phenomenon. Through lectures, reading and listening assignments, and actually playing different styles of music, students will learn how music works, why people listen to and make music, what its roles are in a society, and how these things vary in different cultures. The module introduces a variety of musical styles and cultures that represent an enormous wealth of human experience. At the end of the course the students will have access to a much wider variety of music to listen to, participate in, enjoy, and understand. \n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1047","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1055","ModuleTitle":"The Theatre Experience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"While many of us spend much of our lives glued to small computer screens, theatrical productions continue to bring people together for shared experiences. What are the attractions of theatre, what makes it distinct, and how can it enrich our understanding of human society? This module, which requires no prior knowledge of theatre, starts with the spectator’s experience and works outwards. We learn how to analyse theatre’s styles and effects. We explore how human societies use theatre to confront questions and express beliefs, hopes, and anxieties. We examine how cultures influence each other through theatre, and how theatre provokes change.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEH1058","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1064","ModuleTitle":"Psychology in Everyday Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The module is designed to equip students who are not planning to major in psychology with basic literacy in the discipline. Students will acquire basic understanding of common human experiences, such as sleep, dreams, learning, and memory from a psychological perspective; and apply psychological knowledge to understand some of the common problematic behaviours we encounter, such as forgetfulness, sleep problems, addiction, eating disorders, depression, and mental retardation. Students will also learn about some of the practical issues, such as whether it is beneficial to boost one’s self-esteem, whether subliminal persuasion works, and how we could find happiness.","CrossModule":"PLB1201","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PLB1201 and PL1101E.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1065","ModuleTitle":"Exploration in Musical Production","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS","ModuleDescription":"This module engages students to think and express themselves through the production process of a musical. By introducing the various aspects of mounting a musical production, it empowers the students to transmit this understanding into an actual display of intrinsic ideas. The module will be executed through classroom seminars and an experiential component culminating in the form of a micro-musical. The content coverage embodies a survey and appreciation of Singapore musicals; and to expound on the hardware and software requirements in mounting a musical. This include individual elements like acting, singing, writing, composing, music-making and dancing which are interwoven in the creation of this art form; as well as the financial and budget planning, safety measures and basic aspects of stage management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1040","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1066","ModuleTitle":"Engaging the natural environment in ASEAN","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS","ModuleDescription":"This module was designed as a foundation to a community service project in ASEAN. Weekly topics will provide students with an overview of history and contemporary society with a focus on the intersections between the capitalist globalization and development and some of the major consequences on poverty, inequality, migration and social change in selected ASEAN countries. The module also introduces students to debates around service learning and questions of development assistance/community service and \"volunteer tourism\" in a globalizing age. Lastly, the module provides a four week training workshop led by CELC experts where via break-out groups, students will learn hands-on simulations of proposal writing and oral presentation to potential funding agencies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1041","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1067","ModuleTitle":"Life, the Universe, and Everything","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module offers an opportunity to grapple with some of the most enduring challenges to human thought. Our starting point is a conception of ourselves as free and conscious beings equipped with bodies that allow us to observe and explore a familiar external world. Successive lectures investigate alternative conceptions of the human condition, such as ones in which we are unfree, or non-spirituous, or inhabit a world whose fundamental nature is hidden from our view. Different conceptions bear differently on the further question of what we should value and why. Discussion is both argument-driven and historically informed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PH1102E, GET1029","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1501","ModuleTitle":"Information Technology And Us","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objective is to discuss the social impact of information technology on in public and private sectors. A contemporary history of computers and information technology is presented to provide the context and framework.  Topics include: In a nutshell - microelectronics, microprocessors, multiprocessing.  Social impact of information technology.  Influence in business and the global economy.  IT in the workplace.  IT in education, management, law and government.  Healthcare information systems: Quality healthcare.  Privacy and freedom of information.  Themes and case studies: (a) The information superhighway: Where does it lead to?  (b) The World Wide Web: Future possibilities.  (c) The ecological computer: Preserving the environment.  (d) The coming millennium: Myriad possibilities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"To preclude all Facultyof Engineering, Computer Engineering (CEG) &amp; School of Computing students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1505","ModuleTitle":"Living with Mathematics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to exhibit some simple mathematical ideas that permeate a modern society and to show how a reasonably numerate person can use these ideas in everyday life and, in the process, gain an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematical ideas. For example, we will learn some counting methods that can be applied to the enumeration of bus routes in a model of a grid system of roads in a city. We will also investigate some basic properties of graphs, which are mathematical structures used to model relationships between people in social networks, groups, organizations, computers, URLs etc. Transmission of digital information and signals is now an integral part of modern society. We will look at questions like: How do we encode information so that certain errors in transmission can be detected, or even corrected? How do we check that a given sequence of numbers is a proper International Standard Book Number (ISBN)? How do we encrypt sensitive information like credit card numbers using properties of prime numbers? Finally, we will examine some basic ideas in probability which are often at the basis for making decisions and judgement in the real world with random outcomes and measurements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1036.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1508","ModuleTitle":"Einstein's Universe & Quantum Weirdness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Einstein's Ideas of our Universe and his Quantum contributions has greatly impacted the human societies.  Students will also be enthused with the historical and philosophical development of Relativity and Quantum Theories. Einstein's relativistic thinking eventually leads to the creation of navigational systems that are used in transportation and communication, both by the military as well as hand phone consumers. The construction of nuclear plants is made possible by the relativistic results of mass and energy conversion. Einstein's Photoelectric discoveries also pave the way for modern cameras in the ubiquitous mobile devices. The quest for new quantum particles at the colliders by huge collaborations among many countries gave birth to the World Wide Web and the internet Culture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PC1325, GEH1027","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1509","ModuleTitle":"The Emerging Nanoworld","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module will acquaint students with the rapid development of the nanoworld with insights into the impact of this emerging technology on our society, environment and human life. The essence of nanoscience and technology lies in the understanding and manipulation of molecules.  The advances in these fields are expected to significantly influence our lives in the spheres of medical, engineering, ethical and environmental issues. This module will discuss the potential benefits and challenges of novel nanotechnologies. How does nanotechnology affect society and human interaction?  How will nanodevices and nanomaterials change our lives in the future?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1028","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1513","ModuleTitle":"Wireless Communications - Past, Present And Future","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Telephones, fax machines, computers, and other communications devices-connected by wires to power sources and telecommunications networks are almost ubiquitous in many industrialized countries.  Anytime, anywhere, mobile multimedia communications is close to becoming reality. This course examines how this all came about, how it works and what the future of wireless communications holds. In this course, students will learn things like:  &quot;Who were the pioneers of wireless communications?&quot;; &quot;What were the first steps to wireless communications and what can be regarded as the major milestones?&quot;; &quot;What is the mysterious spectrum?&quot;; &quot;What do GSM, CDMA and other acronyms stand for and what do they really mean?&quot;; &quot;How does my handphone work?&quot;; etc. This module is suited for all non-engineering students as well as first year engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-3.5-2","Prerequisite":"basic knowledge of mathematics and physics at the GCE O-level.","Preclusion":"To preclude Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering  and School of Computing students (except EE1, CPE1, CEG1, CEC1, COM1) and students who have read IT2001.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1520","ModuleTitle":"Understanding the Universe","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The first part of the module covers the observations of celestial objects and their influences on the ancient cultures. Students will learn how calendars and astrology were developed, and how the fundamental laws of nature were discovered. The second part covers the use of telescopes and space missions to explore the universe. Discoveries of stars and galaxies and their impact on mankind's perceptions of the Universe will be explored. Students will learn how Earth formed as a planet that develops and sustains life. There will be a discussion on the latest developments in searching for Earth-like extraterrestrial objects, and explore their impacts on the societies.","CrossModule":"PC1322","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1031. Students majoring in Physics are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1522","ModuleTitle":"Global Environmental Issues","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"GEK1522 is an interdisciplinary module that brings together perspectives from different disciplines to provide deep insights into known and emerging global environmental issues and to develop polcies for achieving environmental, economic and social sustainability in a holistic manner. Given the scope of the module and its educational outcomes, the module draws students from diverse disciplines within NUS including \"Law\", \"Business\" and \"Computing\", etc. The key strength of the module is its diversity in terms of disciplinary composition. To take advantage of this diversity, the module promotes \"collaborative learning\" through peer teaching & learning by dividing the large class (120 to 130 students) into multi-disciplinary teams of 5 students.  The instructor assigns reading materials to individual teams on broad topics that cut across human society and culture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1025","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1522T","ModuleTitle":"Global Environmental Issues","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Environmental protection is now fundamental to the development of a sustainable global society. No longer is human\r\ninfluence on the planet confined to the local environment, but now extends across political boundaries - often resulting in regional or even global impacts. As a result, society, industry and agriculture are under increasing pressure to improve environmental performance and cut resource consumption and pollution. Around the world, governments are striving to minimise waste production, protect water resources, reduce energy consumption and improve the quality of the urban living environment. As the human global population grows exponentially and the life-support systems of the planet continue to deteriorate, there is a growing international recognition that environmental problems require truly global solutions. This course will focus on the issues and causes of global environmental issues including: population growth, resource exploitation and threats to the atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. The aim of the course will be to provide students with a knowledge and appreciation of the inter-related problems and challenges of sustainable\r\ndevelopment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEK1522, GEH1025, GEH1025T","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1529","ModuleTitle":"Food & Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module will examine the current thinking and information as regards the importance of diet and health. It will explore traditional and more modem views on what constitute an adequate and healthy diet. The composition of food along with potential contaminants of food will be examined and how an individual needs to consider their diet in relation to specific needs. The aim will be to educate the students on the need for and the composition of a healthy diet and how to obtain this and remain healthy during the important years of development in early adulthood. There is now much more emphasis on the role of food in preventative medicine and how a well balanced diet can keep one fit and healthy. It is necessary to be aware of the composition of various foods and how different methods of processing and cooking may affect the compositional quality of the product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1019 and GEM1908","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1531","ModuleTitle":"Cyber Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The Internet has become the most widely used medium for commerce and communication as its infrastructure can be quickly and easily set up to link to the worldwide network and access information globally. Its growth over the last few years has been phenomenal. With these activities, countries are beginning to recognize that this new technology can not only expand the reach and power of traditional crimes, but also breed new forms of criminal activity. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn the successful completion of this module, students should gain sufficient baseline knowledge to be able to identify, assess and respond to a variety of cybercrime scenarios, including industrial espionage, cyber-terrorism, communications eavesdropping, computer hacking, software viruses, denial-of-service, destruction and modification of data, distortion and fabrication of information, forgery, control and disruption of information. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nStudents will also learn about countermeasures, including authentication, encryption, auditing, monitoring, technology risk management, intrusion detection, and firewalls, and the limitations of these countermeasures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GET1004","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1539","ModuleTitle":"A Brief History of Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Nowadays it is all too easy to take basic science laws and theories, such as Newtons law of gravitational attraction or evolution for granted. The impact of research breakthroughs on society at the time of their development is being forgotten, as they come to be taken for granted. Even Science students tend to be unaware of how modern concepts have arisen, what their impact was at the time and how they changed the world. This course is intended to explain the history and significance of scientific developments on societies and how perceptions of the world have changed as a result.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"GEH1018","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1540","ModuleTitle":"Modern Technology in Medicine and Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The human race has entered an epoch where life span has increased significantly. During the twentieth century, life span has increased from around 50 to over 75 years mainly due to antibiotics, vaccinations, and improved nutrition. However this increase in lifespan has brought to the forefront a rise in many age-related diseases. These diseases, which include cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, are now a focus of health care in the 21st century. This course describes many of these diseases, and their diagnosis and treatment using advanced technology found in modern hospitals. The course also provides an insight into the scientific principles underlying these new and powerful technologies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"GEH1032","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1544","ModuleTitle":"The Mathematics of Games","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Games being a form of human activities since antiquity are often played with strategies that require critical thinking and decision making. Many of the number games like the game of nim have a rich mathematics favour. Real life social games contain combinatorial and probabilistic strategies. Simple economic activities can also be modelled in terms of games.  In this module, selected real-life social games are discussed and treated in ways that bring out their mathematical creativity. The objective is to let students gain an appreciation of mathematics, its beauty and applications through the discussion of some of these games. In particular, we give an introduction of elementary non-zero sum and non-cooperative game as developed by von Neumann and Nash.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GET1018.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1547","ModuleTitle":"The Art of Science, the Science of Art","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"It often seems the worlds of science and art are unrelated: Logical truth versus emotional imagination. Still, science and art have much in common. Science has caused paradigm shifts in artistic expression while art is used for engineering design and communication of scientific knowledge. In this module, students will be introduced to the use of materials and technology related to architecture, sculpture, painting, photography and imaging. The use of technology for dating and attribution of objects of art  as well as the use of visual art for scientific illustration and design will be examined. Knowledge of the scientific principles of various forms of visual art will also be explored. The module aims at the development of some artistic skills for illustrations of scientific concepts and engineering designs. This module will help students to better express their thoughts through artistic expression and appreciate visual art.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GET1014","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1549","ModuleTitle":"Critical Thinking And Writing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to help students think critically through analysing arguments and presenting their arguments effectively. Relevance to engineering practice will be emphasized with reference to Goldberg’s seven missing basics in engineering education. Ideas/claims/assertions/inferences are value driven and their successful communication is structured on sound reasoning and convincing expression. In the course, students will learn critical thinking skills through interaction with and rigorous analysis of various written texts. They will assess the arguments of others and develop their own, support them convincingly and convey them effectively in a critical evaluation and problem-solution research paper.","CrossModule":"ES1531","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"1. Students who are required to read ES1000 and/or EAP modules ES1102/ES1103 must pass it/them before taking ES1531/GEK1549.\n2. Only students matriculated in AY2014/15 are allowed to take GEK1549.","Preclusion":"EG1413, Students who have already read WP2201%, IEM1201% or UTW1001% module, GEK1901, U-town students cannot bid for ES1531/GEK1549. GET1021.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK1900","ModuleTitle":"Public Health in Action","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"From the global increase in obesity to SARS, a range of health issues and solutions will be explored in differing contexts throughout the world. Working in small groups, students debate and evaluate paths to addressing global health issues in a variety of cultural contexts. For example, lessons learned about tuberculosis in Russia may be applied to the Singaporean context, or students may examine efforts to prevent newborn deaths in developing nations. Students will develop an appreciation of how the health of an entire population impacts individuals and how complex problems can be prevented or addressed using culturally appropriate solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEH1049","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK2001","ModuleTitle":"Changing Landscapes of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module attempts to understand the rationale of changes in Singapore's urban landscape.  It places these changes within a framework that considers Singapore's efforts to globalise and examines how policies are formulated with the idea of sustaining an economy that has integral links sub-regionally with Southeast Asia while developing new spatial linkages that will strengthen its position in the global network.  Emphasis is also given to recent discussions about how diversity and difference in the perception and use of space pose a challenge to the utilitarian and functional definition adopted by the state.","CrossModule":"SSA2202","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA2202, GES1003","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK2003","ModuleTitle":"Government and Politics of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines a number of areas in Singapore's domestic politics with the following objectives: identify the key determinants of Singapore's politics; understand the key structural-functional aspects of Singapore's domestic politics; examine the extent to which nation building has taken place in Singapore; and analyse the key challenges facing Singapore and its future as far as domestic politics is concerned. The course examines both the structural-functional aspects of domestic politics as well as issues related to nation building, state-society relations and the likely nature of future developments and challenges.","CrossModule":"PS2249","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"PS1102, GEM2003K, SS2209PS, PS2101B, SSA2209, PS2101, PS2249. Not for students majoring in PS.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK2005","ModuleTitle":"Urban Planning in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to give students an understanding of the nature of urban planning, basic planning models and theories. Urban planning will be discussed, in the context of urbanisation and globalisation, as an important force shaping the modern human settlements. A study of the institutional aspect of planning will relate to Singapore’s planning system in which issues of planning implementation will be elaborated. Learning objectives: Understanding nature of urban planning; understanding urban planning processes; understanding urban planning principles. Major topics to be covered: Urbanisation history and its impact; Urban forms: organic growth of urban settlements; Utopian city/the garden city movement; The city beautiful movement/ Neighbourhood; New town; Urban design and conservation; Institutional Structure for planning; Concept Plan and Master Plan; Development control/planning implementation; Planning analysis: population and transportation; Public participation in planning. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"Not for Real Estate students and first year students and GES1026","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK2029","ModuleTitle":"Applied Ethics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module considers some of the significant normative ethical theories in the history of moral philosophy and examines how their principles may be applied to ethical issues of practical concern. There is a wide range of topics that are typically understood to come under the category of applied ethics. These include ethical issues pertaining to the family, food, race relations, poverty, punishment, conduct in war, professional conduct in general, and so on. The specific topics to be dealt with may vary from semester to semester, and the selection will be announced at the start of the semester in which the module is offered.","CrossModule":"PH2208","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PH2208","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK2030","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Continental Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to some of the main figures and movements of Continental European Philosophy. The purpose is to provide a broad synoptic view of the Continental tradition with special attention paid to historical development. Topics to be discussed include phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, hermeneutics, Critical Theory, and post-structuralism/post-modernism. Thinkers to be discussed include Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Levi-Strauss, Derrida, Gadamer, Habermas, Lyotard and Levinas. The main objective is to familiarize the student with the key concepts, ideas and arguments in the Continental tradition.","CrossModule":"PH2212","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PH2212, EU2214","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEK2044","ModuleTitle":"Reading Visual Images","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The module introduces students to ways of looking at and discussing works of art. The focus is chiefly on painting and sculpture; the emphasis is on analyzing the composition or design of art works and in constructing meanings for them. The study of this module enables students to acquire critical skills for interpreting and connecting with works of art. The module encourages students to read art works in relation to a range of interests, intentions and issues; the aim here is to suggest or propose contexts or environments in which art works are made and received. \r\nThere are three sections. In the first, three (3) topics from Asian art traditions are discussed. The are :\r\n1. Indian sculpture\r\n2. Chinese landscape painting \r\n3. Islamic calligraphy\r\nIn the second section, ideas and movements from the Renaissance in Italy to the end of the 20th century in Europe, are surveyed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK2050","ModuleTitle":"Digital Humanities in Arts Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Digital technologies let us do humanities differently, using interactive publishing, machine-driven analysis, media-rich platforms, online archives and crowd-sourced databases. How are these technologies changing the humanities? This module invites students from across the university to consider this question through a problem-based approach. In each session, the students will learn to use and critically evaluate digital tools and platforms. Reflecting the multiple approaches within the digital humanities, teaching combines seminar discussions of topics with hands-on training in web programming, text encoding and video processing techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GET1030","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEK2506","ModuleTitle":"Drugs and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to impart an appreciation of the use of drugs in relation to the cultural and social environment of societies past and present. How drugs are employed today, watershed \"drug\" discoveries and their impact on society (for example contraceptives, antibiotics, vaccines, psychopharmacological agents), the issue of drug use in sports, \"social\" drugs and the \"pill for every ill\" syndrome will be discussed. Particular attention will be paid to “controversial” drug-related societal issues within each topic. For example, the role of pharmaceutical industry will be examined to determine if the tendency to  “bash” big Pharma is justified or if decriminalization of drug use will be a more effective means of curtailing drug abuse. One of the components in this module requires students to objectively evaluate such issues and articulate their stand in an audio-visual presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1026","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1003","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Theatre and Performance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide students with foundational knowledge of the\r\ndifferent aspects of, approaches and discursive contexts relating to the study and praxis of theatre and performance. The module will also introduce students to the various forms of classical and contemporary performance practices and their attendant modes of analyses: combining play analysis, theatre history & theory. Using complementary content-centred lectures and practice laboratory, the module creates an environment where students simultaneously engage with module content while investigating its relations to the creation of theatre and performance.","CrossModule":"TS1101E","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-2-4-2","Prerequisite":"Exempted from NUS Qualifying English Test, or passed NUS\r\nQualifying English Test, or exempted from further CELC Remedial English modules.","Preclusion":"TS1101E","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1004","ModuleTitle":"Reason and Persuasion","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"The first six weeks  we read Plato (a 5th Century BC Greek, of whom it has been said, 'All of Western thought is just footnotes to Plato') and Descartes (a 17th Century Frenchman, of 'I think therefore I am' fame.) The second six weeks concern questions and problems raised by Plato and Descartes. We will mull the metaphysics of mind and consciousness; ponder the politics of freedom. The module title hints at a basic question: what sorts of ways of convincing people, and being convinced by people - about life, about anything - are good ways?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GET1027","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1030","ModuleTitle":"Art and Identity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"An interdisciplinary examination of the role artists play in identity discourses from antiquity to the present with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. The course begins with an introduction to identity theory, and then explores concepts of human, male and female, self, national, racial, and social identities.  Common homework assignments - including readings and audio and video files - form the basis of class discussion and written exercises; this is not a lecture-based course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MUL3201, GEH1038","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1033","ModuleTitle":"Religion and Film","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Cinematic and literary expression centred on religious topics can be studied to see how the vitality of cultural expression and power of the religious imagination interrelate. No prior training in artistic interpretation or religious history is required, though the module presumes a curiosity about religion and culture. It trains students to think about why people sometimes enjoy seeing films about painful topics. It clarifies the difference between “studying” and “practising” religion, and it teaches students to discuss controversial topics with tact.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GEH1055","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1036","ModuleTitle":"Globalisation and New Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module offers students an introduction into the role of new communication technologies in the context of globalization. We will explore various aspects of global communication flows including the global reach of new media and its consequences, global and transnational timesharing and workflows, the role of new media in global and local politics, and the potential of new and traditional communication channels in the context of various forms of activism and communication for social change. The role of culture in global communication and ways in which cultural processesshape and are shaped by the landscape of globalization will be emphasized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEH1001","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1046","ModuleTitle":"Home","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Few words in the English language (or any language) are as evocative and emotionally-charged as “home.” But how do we determine what we call home, and why should we take “home” seriously? This module explores the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of the complex idea of home. Major topics include: sense of place, home technologies and design, gender and housework, home and travel, globalisation,\r\nnationalism, homelessness, exile, and representations of home. Students will complete the module with a new appreciation for the complexity of the places – house, neighborhood, nation, planet – they call home.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GET1003","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1050","ModuleTitle":"Framing Bollywood: Unpacking The Magic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Bollywood Cinema is recognised as the most vibrant form of cultural media in India, one whose influence now extends to many parts of the world. By studying the content and meaning of selected Bollywood films, this module will introduce students to key social, economic, political and cultural issues in India, and\r\nexplore important concepts in the humanities and social sciences such as nationalism, gender and sexuality, diaspora and globalisation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEH1009","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1051","ModuleTitle":"Ethnicity and Nation-Building: Singapore and Malaysia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module examines policies and programmes dealing with ethnic relations based on the experiences of Singapore and Malaysia. It focuses on how these much talked about and debated policies, impact or affect the Malays in particular, who constitute a numerical minority in Singapore, but form the majority in Malaysia. The module examines major socio-historical factors\r\nconditioning these policies and programmes and the processes by which they are materialised from the period of British colonialism to the present. How these efforts bear upon nation building and national integration will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1008","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1505D","ModuleTitle":"Engineering by Design - Biomimetic Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"Students are given a hands-on introduction to bioengineering design and an understanding of how biomimetic principles can be used to address engineering problems. Students will discover how nature/biology may be mimicked to provide solutions to bioengineering problems. The course will have a large practical component as students are presented with a bioengineering design problem and subsequently produce a solution incorporating biomimetic concepts. Novel solutions will be encouraged as students are exposed to the design process from the concept stage through to the fabrication of a prototype. Students will work in small groups on their design project. The final grade will be based on 100% continuous assessment involving assignments, laboratory work and projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-3-3-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1536","ModuleTitle":"Darwin and Evolution","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Charles Darwin is remembered like no other figure in the history of science. However, public understanding of Darwin and evolution remains a serious problem. What most people think they know about Darwin, his life and his famous book ‘On the origin of species’ is wrong. This module provides a solid background for understanding how the theory of evolution actually unfolded. It covers the history of geology, palaeontology and biology from the 1700s to the 20th century. The central focus is on the life and work of Charles Darwin and how biological evolution was uncovered, debated and accepted by the international scientific community in the 19th century, and beyond. There will be a lot of myth busting and this provides case studies on how to assess historical claims and evidence, and discussions on recent developments in evolutionary biology, human evolution and anthropology are included.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEM1902B Junior Seminar: The Darwinian Revolution\nGET1020","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1902H","ModuleTitle":"Junior Seminar: C.S.I. 101:  Truth from evidence","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Made popular by TV dramas such as Law and Order and C.S.I., forensics uses science to aid in law enforcement and crime solving.   In this interdisciplinary module, students will be engaged in understanding and discussing the value of various analyses conducted to deduce truth from evidence.  Online activities will be paired with active discussions on the history, use and value of forensic analysis.  Finally, the credibility of forensic evidence will be discussed, and societal expectations regarding the “glamorous and exciting” job of the forensic criminologist in CSI compared with the “messy and morbid” nature of forensics in real life.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"UTC1102H\nGEM1902HX","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1902S","ModuleTitle":"Living and Dying in the Internet Age","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Now, more than ever, we live, die and live on through Internet technologies such as Web sites, social networking platforms and gaming environments. But how does this ‘living, dying and living on’ through the Internet relate to our ‘bodily living, dying and living on’? Using different disciplinary perspectives, this module will dwell on two questions: (1) How do we make sense of life, death and after-death in the Internet era? (2) How can we respond, through new ways of thinking, practices, policy or design, to the new challenges and questions associated with life, death and after-death today?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"UTC1102S\nGEM1902SX","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1912A","ModuleTitle":"Jr Sem Special Topics: Humanising Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The late Steve Jobs, former CEO of the Apple company, has been credited with ‘humanising technology’: recognising that technology design needs to be sensitive to human characteristics. In this Junior Seminar, students will be exploring various ways of thinking about the relationship between the ‘technical’ and the ‘human’. What can these tell us about the organization of social life, and how (if at all) do they contribute to the design of ‘better’ technologies? A central role will be reserved for ethnographic studies of technology-in-use – an\r\nacademic approach that has gained traction with industry over the past decades. Students will also acquire hands-on experience of this approach by\r\nstudying technology-in-use among friends, in the home, in the College/University, or workplace.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"UTC1112A\nGEM1912AX","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM1913","ModuleTitle":"Beasts, People and Wild Environments in South Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"How do ideas about big beasts and the wild inform our socio-cultural worldview? In other words, what is a “tiger” when it is not just a zoo animal but one that lives in a forest next to your home? In this introductory and interdisciplinary course to conservation and the environment, we will watch films and discuss novels and ethnographies focusing on human/animal relations in six different spheres: Mountains, Deserts, Rivers, Plains, Forests, and Sea. The course aims to be an informative, provocative and fun introduction to an exciting and relatively new field of scholarship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEH1010","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM2006","ModuleTitle":"Logic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to classical logic. The first half of the course introduces propositional logic, using the techniques of truth-tables and linear proof by contradiction. The second half of the course extends the use of linear proof by contradiction to predicate logic. Emphasis is placed on applying the techniques to philosophical arguments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PH2110, CS3234, MA4207, GET1028","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM2027","ModuleTitle":"Public Speaking and Critical Reasoning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module prepares students to be effective and efficient public speakers. It offers an overview of the theories of oral communication and public speaking, with particular emphasis on effective speaking, listening and critique skills. It looks into adapting evidence, language, visual aids and other message characteristics through selected forms of public speaking for various purposes, audiences and contexts and includes practice in the critical analysis of speeches. It emphasizes strategic communication to enhance critical thinking skills, rhetorical fluency through reasoned thinking and expression of logical argument positions on local and global issues that impact our everyday lives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GET1008","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEM2905X","ModuleTitle":"Singapore as ‘Model’ City?","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"A ‘global city’, a ‘city in a garden’, a ‘city of 6.9 million’... what do these and other models say about Singapore and its relationship to its past and future? This course facilitates critical and multi-disciplinary engagement with the imagination and organization of Singapore as city. Students will examine visible aspects of the urban environment together with what is (treated as) invisible, and explore what is at stake in meeting Singapore’s ambition within its borders and beyond. The module culminates in a project that allows students to situate ideals of the liveable, sustainable, inclusive (etc.) city in particular urban sites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"UTC2105\nUTS2105\nGEM2905\nSSU2004%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEM3901","ModuleTitle":"Tembusu Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and sometimes in a team, on an existing research project. A Tembusu UROP may focus on\nresearch related to a particular aspect of life, education or organization at Tembusu College. Alternatively, students may participate in research led\nby a College Fellow or other academic, as long as the project gives the student exposure to forms of expertise and/or interests that go beyond any\nparticular discipline. The aim of the UROP is to help support a student’s academic and professional development through a meaningful research\napprenticeship. The UROP is a graded module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-0-7-2","Prerequisite":"Ideally, a student should have completed the University Town Residential Programme of five modules before embarking on this UROP. \r\n\r\nHowever, due to the diverse student population at Tembusu, this is not always possible, and some exceptional students may want the chance to embark on a Tembusu UROP already in their second year. The prerequisite is that students should have completed at least one Junior or Senior Seminar at the College, as well as at least one Ideas and Exposition module or a faculty-based writing course.\r\n\r\nFor student-candidates who meet the prerequisite but who have not finished the five-module UTCP, the prospective supervisor/research leader is required to make a case to the UROP coordinator and/or the Director of Studies. The case should be based on (1) an evaluation of the student’s demonstrated aptitude and motivation for independent research and inquiry, and (2) the student’s demonstrated potential for producing high-quality academic writing.","Preclusion":"UTC3102","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEQ1000","ModuleTitle":"Asking Questions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"There are many ways to ask questions, and many kinds of questions that different disciplines investigate. For a start, this module introduces six dominant modes of questioning from the perspective of computational thinking, design thinking, engineering, philosophy, science, and social sciences. These six perspectives serve as a starting point to introduce all undergraduate students to different modes of questioning across these disciplines, and provide an initial exposure to how scholars from these disciplines pursue specific lines of questioning of everyday issues. We emphasize that while there is only limited time and space within one module to devote to specific disciplinary lines of investigations, we encourage all students to actively think about other lines of questioning, other questions that need to be asked, particularly in disciplines not represented in this introductory platform as we move through this journey together. We expect that in future subsequent offerings, other disciplinary modes of investigations may also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GEQ1000E","ModuleTitle":"Asking Questions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"There are many ways to ask questions, and many kinds of questions that different disciplines investigate. For a start, this module introduces six dominant modes of questioning from the perspective of computational thinking, design thinking, engineering, philosophy, science, and social sciences. These six perspectives serve as a starting point to introduce all undergraduate students to different modes of questioning across these disciplines, and provide an initial exposure to how scholars from these disciplines pursue specific lines of questioning of everyday issues. We emphasize that while there is only limited time and space within one module to devote to specific disciplinary lines of investigations, we encourage all students to actively think about other lines of questioning, other questions that need to be asked, particularly in disciplines not represented in this introductory platform as we move through this journey together. We expect that in future subsequent offerings, other disciplinary modes of investigations may also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"To be read by students from Eusoff Hall in Semester 2.","Preclusion":"GEQ1000, GEQ1000K, GEQ1000W, GEQ1000R, GEQ1000S, GEQ1000T, GEQ1000P","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEQ1000K","ModuleTitle":"Asking Questions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"There are many ways to ask questions, and many kinds of questions that different disciplines investigate. For a start, this module introduces six dominant modes of questioning from the perspective of computational thinking, design thinking, engineering, philosophy, science, and social sciences. These six perspectives serve as a starting point to introduce all undergraduate students to different modes of questioning across these disciplines, and provide an initial exposure to how scholars from these disciplines pursue specific lines of questioning of everyday issues. We emphasize that while there is only limited time and space within one module to devote to specific disciplinary lines of investigations, we encourage all students to actively think about other lines of questioning, other questions that need to be asked, particularly in disciplines not represented in this introductory platform as we move through this journey together. We expect that in future subsequent offerings, other disciplinary modes of investigations may also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"To be read by students from Kent Ridge Hall in Semester 2.","Preclusion":"GEQ1000, GEQ1000E, GEQ1000W, GEQ1000R, GEQ1000S, GEQ1000T, GEQ1000P","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEQ1000P","ModuleTitle":"Asking Questions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"There are many ways to ask questions, and many kinds of questions that different disciplines investigate. For a start, this module introduces six dominant modes of questioning from the perspective of computational thinking, design thinking, engineering, philosophy, science, and social sciences. These six perspectives serve as a starting point to introduce all undergraduate students to different modes of questioning across these disciplines, and provide an initial exposure to how scholars from these disciplines pursue specific lines of questioning of everyday issues. We emphasize that while there is only limited time and space within one module to devote to specific disciplinary lines of investigations, we encourage all students to actively think about other lines of questioning, other questions that need to be asked, particularly in disciplines not represented in this introductory platform as we move through this journey together. We expect that in future subsequent offerings, other disciplinary modes of investigations may also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"To be read by students from Prince George Park House in Semester 2.","Preclusion":"GEQ1000, GEQ1000E, GEQ1000K, GEQ1000W, GEQ1000R, GEQ1000S, GEQ1000T","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEQ1000R","ModuleTitle":"Asking Questions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"There are many ways to ask questions, and many kinds of questions that different disciplines investigate. For a start, this module introduces six dominant modes of questioning from the perspective of computational thinking, design thinking, engineering, philosophy, science, and social sciences. These six perspectives serve as a starting point to introduce all undergraduate students to different modes of questioning across these disciplines, and provide an initial exposure to how scholars from these disciplines pursue specific lines of questioning of everyday issues. We emphasize that while there is only limited time and space within one module to devote to specific disciplinary lines of investigations, we encourage all students to actively think about other lines of questioning, other questions that need to be asked, particularly in disciplines not represented in this introductory platform as we move through this journey together. We expect that in future subsequent offerings, other disciplinary modes of investigations may also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"To be read by students from Raffles Hall in Semester 2.","Preclusion":"GEQ1000, GEQ1000E, GEQ1000K, GEQ1000W, GEQ1000S, GEQ1000T, GEQ1000P","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEQ1000S","ModuleTitle":"Asking Questions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"There are many ways to ask questions, and many kinds of questions that different disciplines investigate. For a start, this module introduces six dominant modes of questioning from the perspective of computational thinking, design thinking, engineering, philosophy, science, and social sciences. These six perspectives serve as a starting point to introduce all undergraduate students to different modes of questioning across these disciplines, and provide an initial exposure to how scholars from these disciplines pursue specific lines of questioning of everyday issues. We emphasize that while there is only limited time and space within one module to devote to specific disciplinary lines of investigations, we encourage all students to actively think about other lines of questioning, other questions that need to be asked, particularly in disciplines not represented in this introductory platform as we move through this journey together. We expect that in future subsequent offerings, other disciplinary modes of investigations may also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"To be read by students from Sheares Hall in Semester 2.","Preclusion":"GEQ1000, GEQ1000E, GEQ1000K, GEQ1000W, GEQ1000R, GEQ1000T, GEQ1000P","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEQ1000T","ModuleTitle":"Asking Questions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"There are many ways to ask questions, and many kinds of questions that different disciplines investigate. For a start, this module introduces six dominant modes of questioning from the perspective of computational thinking, design thinking, engineering, philosophy, science, and social sciences. These six perspectives serve as a starting point to introduce all undergraduate students to different modes of questioning across these disciplines, and provide an initial exposure to how scholars from these disciplines pursue specific lines of questioning of everyday issues. We emphasize that while there is only limited time and space within one module to devote to specific disciplinary lines of investigations, we encourage all students to actively think about other lines of questioning, other questions that need to be asked, particularly in disciplines not represented in this introductory platform as we move through this journey together. We expect that in future subsequent offerings, other disciplinary modes of investigations may also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"To be read by students from Temasek Hall in Semester 2.","Preclusion":"GEQ1000, GEQ1000E, GEQ1000K, GEQ1000W, GEQ1000R, GEQ1000S, GEQ1000P","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEQ1000W","ModuleTitle":"Asking Questions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"There are many ways to ask questions, and many kinds of questions that different disciplines investigate. For a start, this module introduces six dominant modes of questioning from the perspective of computational thinking, design thinking, engineering, philosophy, science, and social sciences. These six perspectives serve as a starting point to introduce all undergraduate students to different modes of questioning across these disciplines, and provide an initial exposure to how scholars from these disciplines pursue specific lines of questioning of everyday issues. We emphasize that while there is only limited time and space within one module to devote to specific disciplinary lines of investigations, we encourage all students to actively think about other lines of questioning, other questions that need to be asked, particularly in disciplines not represented in this introductory platform as we move through this journey together. We expect that in future subsequent offerings, other disciplinary modes of investigations may also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"To be read by students from King Edward VII Hall in Semester 2.","Preclusion":"GEQ1000, GEQ1000E, GEQ1000K, GEQ1000R, GEQ1000S, GEQ1000T, GEQ1000P","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GEQ1917","ModuleTitle":"Understanding and Critiquing Sustainability","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RIDGE VIEW RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This inter-disciplinary module will provide foundational knowledge and skills relating to the emerging problem of sustainability. Probing questions about how humans impact and react to environmental change will be asked. Students will explore current and future global environmental change issues from the standpoints of science, technology, and policy. The science behind global change (climate variability and change, natural weather disasters such as floods and droughts, environmental degradation); human aspects of change (water crises and conflict, agriculture and food security, energy sustainability, climate, health); and technology and policy issues relating to mitigation and adaptation (renewable energy, carbon trading, water resource engineering, agricultural development) will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1917 (twin-code)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GER1000","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Reasoning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip undergraduates with basic reasoning skills on using data to address real world issues. What are some potential complications to keep in mind as we plan what data to collect and how to use them to address our particular issue? When two things are related (e.g. smoking and cancer), how can we tell whether the relationship is causal (e.g. smoking causes cancer)? How can quantitative reasoning help us deal with uncertainty or elucidate complex relationships? These and other questions will be discussed using real world examples.","CrossModule":"GER1000B","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GES1000","ModuleTitle":"Labour Law In Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The course introduces students to the development of industrial relations and labour laws in Singapore. Students can thus understand why labour relations are the way they are in Singapore. In addition, the course is not purely historical. A substantial part of the course is also aimed at looking at the current legal problems faced by employees and employers in Singapore. This course will be of general relevance to all as students are in all likelihood going to be employees or employers some day.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSB1204, SSB1204T, GES1000T","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1000T","ModuleTitle":"Labour Law In Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The course introduces students to the development of industrial relations and labour laws in Singapore. Students can thus understand why labour relations are the way they are in Singapore. In addition, the course is not purely historical. A substantial part of the course is also aimed at looking at the current legal problems faced by the employees end employers in Singapore. This course will be of general relevance to all as students in all likelihood going to be employees or employers some day. This course is offered to BTech students only.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"SSB1204, SSB1204T, GES1000","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1002","ModuleTitle":"Global EC Dimensions of S'pore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce students to the dynamics of the world economy and the impact on Singapore in the last two centuries. It will demonstrate how Singapore grew through continual dependence on the rest of the world in different ways by focusing on major labour, capital and technological factors, in which threats are also seen as opportunities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"SSA2220, SSA2220T, GES1002T","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1003","ModuleTitle":"Changing Landscapes of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module attempts to understand the rationale of changes in Singapore's urban landscape.  It places these changes within a framework that considers Singapore's efforts to globalise and examines how policies are formulated with the idea of sustaining an economy that has integral links sub-regionally with Southeast Asia while developing new spatial linkages that will strengthen its position in the global network.  Emphasis is also given to recent discussions about how diversity and difference in the perception and use of space pose a challenge to the utilitarian and functional definition adopted by the state.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK2001, SSA2202","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1004","ModuleTitle":"The Biophysical Env of S'pore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"The module will focus on the functions of the biophysical environment of the city state of Singapore. The topics include geology, soils, river systems, water supply, natural reserves, green areas, land reclamation and coastal environments. The environmental problems that arise from the development of a large tropical city within a limited area, and the possible solutions for such problems will be examined. The module does not require an extensive science or mathematics background.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA2215","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1005","ModuleTitle":"Everyday Life of Chinese Singaporeans: Past & Present (taught in English)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Studies on the everyday life of ordinary people offer an important perspective for understanding human history. This module examines the daily life of Chinese\nSingaporeans during the late 19th to 20th centuries, focusing on their cultural expressions and social actions, revolving around eight geo-cultural sites, namely, Singapore River, Chinatown, Chinese temples, clan associations, opera stages, amusement parks, hawker centres, and streets/roads. Students are asked to compare the past and present of these sites through oral history and fieldwork observation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA1208","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1006","ModuleTitle":"Singapore and India: Emerging Relations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to examine the evolving economic linkages between Singapore and India in a post Cold War setting and attempts to explain the factors that have led to their enhanced economic collaboration based on areas of complementarity.  The module will use concepts like economic regionalism, Singapore's regionalization policy and India's \"Look East\" policies to explain the confluence of national interests that has enhanced bilateral economic ties between both countries. In particular it will examine bilateral collaboration in infrastructure development (ports and telecommunications) and services (airline and tourism) industries to explain the success and problems of bilateral economic collaboration. The target audiences are students from various Faculties who would like to have a better understanding of Singapore's evolving foreign economic policy in South Asia in an increasingly globalised economy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA2214","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1007","ModuleTitle":"South Asia in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The South Asian presence in Singapore is an important part of Singapore's multicultural society: in terms of the 'Indian' community and its economic and commercial influence; its religious and artistic impact; and its role in the everyday life of the nation (eg. cuisine, sport and entertainment). Students will be provided the opportunity to understand the nature of South Asian migration to Singapore, the significance of the South Asian community and its contributions to Singapore's development.  Students will be provided with the necessary framework to study and analyse the historical and socio-economic development of the community and South Asian identity and concerns.  The module will develop critical and analytical skills guiding students in the process of social scientific enquiry. The target students are undergraduates from all Faculties.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA2219","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1008","ModuleTitle":"Ethnicity and Nation-Building: Singapore and Malaysia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module examines policies and programmes dealing with ethnic relations based on the experiences of Singapore and Malaysia. It focuses on how these much talked about and debated policies, impact or affect the Malays in particular, who constitute a numerical minority in Singapore, but form the majority in Malaysia. The module examines major socio-historical factors conditioning these policies and programmes and the processes by which they are materialised from the period of British colonialism to the present. How these efforts bear upon nation building and national integration will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1051","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1010","ModuleTitle":"Nation-Building in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module is about Singapore's emergence from British colonial rule and merger with Malaysia to independence and nation-building.  It covers political events, the economy, education, national service, ethnic relations, and culture and national identity.  Students are encouraged to think through issues central to these topics.  The module is tailored for students in all Faculties at all levels.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"HY2229, USE2304 and SSA2204","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1011","ModuleTitle":"The Evolution of a Global City-State","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"The history of Singapore has traditionally been conceived along internal lines, based mainly, if not solely, on the traditional trajectories of administrative, political and national historical narratives.  Yet, as we all know, the evolution of Singapore, from classical regional emporium to international port city and strategic naval base, has all along been defined by much larger regional and international forces.  After its emergence as a sovereign state in 1965, Singapore continues to project itself as a 'global city-state'.  Our local society has an 'international' make-up, being the product as it were of historical and current diasporic trends.  This module provides an international framework for a study of the history of Singapore, and seeks to examine the historical evolution of Singapore against the contexts of regional and international changes and developments from the 14th to the 20th century.  This module is open to all students throughout NUS interested in Singapore history/studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA2211","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1013","ModuleTitle":"Singapore Urban History & Architecture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the urban history and architecture of Singapore from an inter-disciplinary perspective. It will cover the period from the ancient market and settlement of Tanma-hsi or Singapura, to the formation and development of a colonial town, and to the recent post-independence period, until the contemporary debates in Architecture and Urbanism in Singapore. The module, which is targeted at general audiences of undergraduate students, aims to stimulate intellectual discourse and critical thinking by using inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding the city and architecture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSD2213","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1014","ModuleTitle":"Islam and Contemporary Malay Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the kinds of religious orientations that had evolved among the Malays of Singapore and analyzes major socio-historical factors that had shaped such orientations. The ways in which these religious orientations condition the responses of Singaporean Malays and their unique institutions to the challenges and demands of the modern world are then discussed. The module will explore the thought of Muslims thinkers on issues of reform relevant to the Malays of Singapore. A critical analysis and evaluation of the phenomenon of Islamic resurgence and revivalism in Singapore and the extent of its contribution to the progress of the community will also be explored. A theme underlying the topics of the module is the relevance of Islamic values and philosophy in facilitating Singaporean Malays adapt to the demands of social change and the plural society in which they live.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"SSA2206, MS2205.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GES1015","ModuleTitle":"Singapore and Japan: Historical and Contemporary Relationships","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to promote a better understanding of Singapore-Japan relations, combining historical, political, economic, social and cultural perspectives. Besides an examination of the history of interactions between people in Singapore and Japan from the late 19th century to the present, the module also helps students grasp issues affecting Singapore‘s position and perception in a wider geographical and cultural context by considering its relations with Japan. Students are actively encouraged to use oral history, fieldwork and internet for their projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA2205, JS2224","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1016","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Social Issues in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"The module challenges students to examine current and emerging social issues in Singapore that affect family and community well-being. Due to complex social and technological changes that societies are experiencing, people are forced to adapt rapidly, often with negative consequences in many instances. The social issues that arise as a result need to be understood and addressed by individuals, families, communities and society at large. Students will learn to appreciate the implications of these issues for individual and collective action.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1012","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1017","ModuleTitle":"Building a Dynamic Singapore - Role of Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The focus of the module is to highlight how engineering and technology have contributed to the development of Singapore. The module is structured around case studies such as the creation of Jurong island, one-north, the water story etc. In these case studies, the constraints faced by Singapore (e.g. scarcity of land, lack of water) are overcome through technological, organizational and other forms of innovation. Simple diagrams that can be understood by layman are used to explain some of the innovations (e.g. the water loop).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSE1201","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1018","ModuleTitle":"Singapore, Asia and American Power","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Singapore is a small city-state, the U.S. a continental superpower. There seems to be a huge power imbalance between the two countries, but are things always the way they seem? This module introduces various dimensions of American global power  such as cultural power (Hollywood, for example, or American democracy as an inspirational model), military might and economic size. We investigate how U.S. power affects Singapore and its relations with its Asian neighbours. We also look at how Singapore and the region respond to the global projection of American power, and the ways they may exert power despite apparent imbalances.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA1203","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1020","ModuleTitle":"Western Music within a Singaporean Context","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module will look at the place of the Western Classical music tradition within the cultural life of Singapore. It will assess the impact of majority cultures (particularly from the Chinese, Malay and Indian communities) on the general reception of Western music, as well as on music written by Singapore-based composers. Students will be introduced to the principal figures in Singapore’s musical development. The module will also chart the growth of music education in Singapore, both in the national schooling system as well as in private institutions and tertiary academies. A prior knowledge of music is helpful but not required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSY2223","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1021","ModuleTitle":"Natural Heritage of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Located within one of the global centres of biodiversity, Singapore is endowed with a  rich natural heritage that is impacted by expanding urbanisation. Development poses a great challenge to  nature conservation and Singapore is an excellent model to study how a balance can be achieved. Students will be introduced to the country?s natural heritage, its historical, scientific and potential economic value.    You will have the opportunity to explore important habitats, and to think critically about the issues of sustainable development and the nation?s responsibility to posterity and to regional and international conventions related to biodiversity conservation. Students are expected to undertake the field trips on their own and at their own time within the semester; and will be encouraged to ?self-learn?. A special website with information on the places to visit  and their significance serves as a semi-interactive IT-resource. Suggested trails and what can be observed appear on the website. The students? independence and experiential learning aspects are strongly encouraged.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSS1207","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1023","ModuleTitle":"Representing Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"While drawing on methodologies and approaches used in literary studies, this module moves beyond the traditional confines of Singapore Literature. We will thus examine the representation of Singapore, and of contemporary issues of importance in Singapore, in a variety of different popular media. After an initial introduction to the critical reading of cultural representation, we will explore traditional genres such as poetry and drama, as well as more popular ones such as television, film, and popular autobiography. The module is open to all students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA1206","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1026","ModuleTitle":"Urban Planning in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to give students an understanding of the nature of urban planning, basic planning models and theories. Urban planning will be discussed, in the context of urbanisation and globalisation, as an important force shaping the modern human settlements. A study of the institutional aspect of planning will relate to Singapore’s planning system in which issues of planning implementation will be elaborated. Learning objectives: Understanding nature of urban planning; understanding urban planning processes; understanding urban planning principles. Major topics to be covered: Urbanisation history and its impact; Urban forms: organic growth of urban settlements; Utopian city/the garden city movement; The city beautiful movement/ Neighbourhood; New town; Urban design and conservation; Institutional Structure for planning; Concept Plan and Master Plan; Development control/planning implementation; Planning analysis: population and transportation; Public participation in planning.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK2005","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1027","ModuleTitle":"Taxation and the Singapore Miracle","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"Taxation and the Singapore Miracle\". Description is revised to, \"Singapore's rapid growth and transformation has led it to become one of the world's greatest economic success stories. Widely acclaimed as an economic miracle, Singapore's success can be attributed to a series of deliberate and responsive economic and tax policies which have ensured its sustained macroeconomic stability and attractiveness to foreign investment. Students will be introduced  to the history of Singapore's experience as an open economy seen through the lens of tax policy. The module will enable students to trace the development of Singapore's economic progressas they are given a chronological walk-through of the development of Singapore's tax system. Students will have opportunity to explore the unique and key features of various tax policies (e.g. tax incentives and tax measures) which were integral in promoting the rapid industrialization and growth of specific sectors in the Singapore economy which are still relevant today. The module aims to provide students with insights into the rationale behind these policies and their implementation. This module intends to stimulate critical thinking and engage students in intellectual discourse on the impact and effectiveness of various tax policies and continued relevance of these policies which continue to contribute to Singapore's sustained prosperity and success in the Asean community and on the global stage.\"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSB2217","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1028","ModuleTitle":"Singapore Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to critical developments in the development of Singapore as a society and nation-state. It enables students to develop skills in understanding and making sense of Singapore society. It also encourages them to develop alternative interpretations of the development of Singapore society. The topics include the following:  the origins of Singapore, ideology and identity, ethnic relations, industrialisation, family, gender, religion, and the state and civil society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA1201","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1030","ModuleTitle":"Singapore and the Sea","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"For 700 years Singapore has been a key node on world maritime trade routes. The study of maritime culture in Singapore requires integration of data from numerous disciplines including archaeology, history, economics, engineering, and ecology, to name some of the most significant. The prosperity of Singapore depends to a major extent on its port, yet few students are aware of the importance of maritime industry to the formation of the country. This module will explore Singapore’s appearance as a trading port in the 14th century, the reasons for its growth, and the sea’s influence on Singaporean society and economy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GES1031","ModuleTitle":"Culture and Communication in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to essential concepts in\ncommunication within and across different cultures and\nprepares them to meet the needs and challenges living\nand communicating in Singapore’s multiracial and\nmulticultural environment. It covers a broad range of\ntopics that include cultural perception, cultural\nrelativism, cultural patterns and worldviews, and verbal\nand nonverbal communication. Applied topics in\nintercultural communication to business and\norganization, media and technology, and computermediated\ncommunication are also covered against the\nbackdrop of Singapore’s digitally-networked and\nglobalized economy. Students will learn to be\ninterculturally sensitive and competent communicators\nas global citizens and citizens in a global city-state. (100\nwords)","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1032","ModuleTitle":"Singapore, the Campaign Nation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Singapore is known as a nation of campaigns. Over the\nlast 50 years, Singaporeans have seen over 200 national\ncampaigns that have influenced almost every aspect of\nour lives from the way we live to the way we speak, eat,\nand behave. This module gives a picture of Singapore’s\nmodern history and how it has grown as a nation through\nthe lens of campaigns. Students will have the opportunity\nto chronicle the development of the modern Singapore\nnation, and the rise of the Singapore psyche and\nSingaporean identity via an analysis of some of\nSingapore’s most iconic campaigns.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1033","ModuleTitle":"Who moved my OB markers?","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the topic of censorship in\nSingapore. It examines the origins and meaning of the\nterm “OB marker” and Singapore’s history of regulating\nmedia and speech to contextualise the perception of\nstrict state control on speech. Contemporary events\nrelated to speech and expression are critically\nexamined to assess if the perception of strict state\ncontrols on speech in Singapore is still valid.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1035","ModuleTitle":"Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"As   an   economically-developed   nation   with  a  diverse   population,    Singapore  now  confronts a range  of   socioeconomic  issues,   a  rapidly  ageing    population,   declining  fertility  rates,  widening  income  inequality,  and  rising  living  costs  amidst  increasing  global  competition,  technological    advancements,  and  security    threats.  Singaporeans  have  also  become  a  people  with  a  greater  propensity  to  participate  in  the  decisions  that  affect  the  nation. This module aims to encourage undergraduates to reflect   on   Singapore’s    post-independence    history,   imagine  the  kind  of  Singapore  they  would  like  to  co-create, and deliberate on the ways to achieve the future visions   they   have   for   Singapore.  All  lectures  will be mounted online.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-3-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GES1038","ModuleTitle":"La Kopi: Forging of the Chinese Singaporean Community","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the forging of the Chinese Singaporean community by observing the changes in linguistic data over time. Drawing linguistic\ndata from different aspects of society and entertainment (eg. food, movies, theatre and so on), the module aims to reveal to students how the Chinese community has\nevolved from being a community with multiple languages to a single, unified language. Influential professionals in their field of expertise will also share from their personal experience the evolution of the Chinese community, and how the Chinese Singaporean community fits into Singapore’s multiracial society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1001","ModuleTitle":"Seeing the World Through Maps","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"In general, this module is aimed at getting student to critically engage with the ‘work’ or ‘power’ of maps in shaping the historical emergence of the modern world and in its ongoing transformation. To do this we will combine diverse modes of learning, covering issues of knowledge and content (the history of cartography), practical skills of map making/reading, and critical skills of evaluating and interpreting maps. We will stimulate a critical awareness of mapping as an evolving technology that has far-reaching social and political considerations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1037","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1003","ModuleTitle":"Home","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Few words in the English language (or any language) are as evocative and emotionally-charged as “home.” But how do we determine what we call home, and why should we take “home” seriously? This module explores the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of the complex idea of home. Major topics include: sense of place, home technologies and design, gender and housework, home and travel, globalisation,\r\nnationalism, homelessness, exile, and representations of home. Students will complete the module with a new appreciation for the complexity of the places – house, neighborhood, nation, planet – they call home.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1046","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1004","ModuleTitle":"Cyber Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The Internet has become the most widely used medium for commerce and communication as its infrastructure can be quickly and easily set up to link to the worldwide network and access information globally. Its growth over the last few years has been phenomenal. With these activities, countries are beginning to recognize that this new technology can not only expand the reach and power of traditional crimes, but also breed new forms of criminal activity. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOn the successful completion of this module, students should gain sufficient baseline knowledge to be able to identify, assess and respond to a variety of cybercrime scenarios, including industrial espionage, cyber-terrorism, communications eavesdropping, computer hacking, software viruses, denial-of-service, destruction and modification of data, distortion and fabrication of information, forgery, control and disruption of information. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nStudents will also learn about countermeasures, including authentication, encryption, auditing, monitoring, technology risk management, intrusion detection, and firewalls, and the limitations of these countermeasures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1531","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1008","ModuleTitle":"Public Speaking and Critical Reasoning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module prepares students to be effective and efficient public speakers. It offers an overview of the theories of oral communication and public speaking, with particular emphasis on effective speaking, listening and critique skills. It looks into adapting evidence, language, visual aids and other message characteristics through selected forms of public speaking for various purposes, audiences and contexts and includes practice in the critical analysis of speeches. It emphasizes strategic communication to enhance critical thinking skills, rhetorical fluency through reasoned thinking and expression of logical argument positions on local and global issues that impact our everyday lives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM2027","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1009","ModuleTitle":"Gandhi's Life, Thought And Legacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module will primarily examine the life and writings of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, widely regarded as one of the icons of the twentieth century and one of the principal architects of a free India. The course is meant to not only understand and analyse Gandhi’s thought but also to outline his extraordinary legacy. The course will develop critical thinking and expression of students in two ways. First, it will introduce students to and make them critically engage with Gandhi’s writings and ideas on several issues, including violence and conflict resolution, colonialism, modernity, ethics, science, health and environment. The aim would be to not only expose students to the complexity of Gandhi — the man and his ideas — but to critically interrogate Gandhi and his legacies. Gandhi is particularly suited to such an exercise since he held positions that were often controversial and counter-intuitive, both during his lifetime as well as today.  Second, the students will develop their expression skills, verbal and written, by evaluating Gandhi and his legacy through presentations, take-home assignments and examinations. The students will develop their thinking and expression skills through an analysis not only of texts but also of films and documentaries on Gandhi.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1048","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1011","ModuleTitle":"Towards an Understanding of the Complex World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"What do natural resources utilization, spread of diseases and urbanization have in common? Why do economic, social and health systems behave the way they do? Students will explore these questions through the systems and critical thinking paradigm. Through collaborative work and classroom debates, students will expand and consolidate knowledge fragments into structured representations for larger, complex systems. By deciphering common motifs, and understanding the effect of interdependencies between the different parts of the system, students will develop critical stances about real-world phenomena. They will express their understanding of the structure and behavior of systems through multimedia reports and oral presentations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1912 Jnr Sem: Systems Systems Everywhere (offered at CAPT, UTown)\n\nDespite the minimal overlap, the preclusion may be needed to ensure that students who have completed GEM1912 do not have an unfair starting advantage over others who take this module.\n\nGEM1915","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1014","ModuleTitle":"The Art of Science, the Science of Art","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"It often seems the worlds of science and art are unrelated: Logical truth versus emotional imagination. Still, science and art have much in common. Science has caused paradigm shifts in artistic expression while art is used for engineering design and communication of scientific knowledge. In this module, students will be introduced to the use of materials and technology related to architecture, sculpture, painting, photography and imaging. The use of technology for dating and attribution of objects of art  as well as the use of visual art for scientific illustration and design will be examined. Knowledge of the scientific principles of various forms of visual art will also be explored. The module aims at the development of some artistic skills for illustrations of scientific concepts and engineering designs. This module will help students to better express their thoughts through artistic expression and appreciate visual art.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GEK1547","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1018","ModuleTitle":"The Mathematics of Games","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Games being a form of human activities since antiquity are often played with strategies that require critical thinking and decision making. Many of the number games like the game of nim have a rich mathematics favour. Real life social games contain combinatorial and probabilistic strategies. Simple economic activities can also be modelled in terms of games.  In this module, selected real-life social games are discussed and treated in ways that bring out their mathematical creativity. The objective is to let students gain an appreciation of mathematics, its beauty and applications through the discussion of some of these games. In particular, we give an introduction of elementary non-zero sum and non-cooperative game as developed by von Neumann and Nash.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1544","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1020","ModuleTitle":"Darwin and Evolution","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Charles Darwin is remembered like no other figure in the history of science. However, public understanding of Darwin and evolution remains a serious problem. What most people think they know about Darwin, his life and his famous book ‘On the origin of species’ is wrong. This module provides a solid background for understanding how the theory of evolution actually unfolded. It covers the history of geology, palaeontology and biology from the 1700s to the 20th century. The central focus is on the life and work of Charles Darwin and how biological evolution was uncovered, debated and accepted by the international scientific community in the 19th century, and beyond. There will be a lot of myth busting and this provides case studies on how to assess historical claims and evidence, and discussions on recent developments in evolutionary biology, human evolution and anthropology are included.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1902B Junior Seminar: The Darwinian Revolution. GEM1536","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1021","ModuleTitle":"Critical Thinking And Writing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to help students think critically through analysing arguments and presenting their arguments effectively. Relevance to engineering practice will be emphasized with reference to Goldberg’s seven missing basics in engineering education. Ideas/claims/assertions/inferences are value driven and their successful communication is structured on sound reasoning and convincing expression. In the course, students will learn critical thinking skills through interaction with and rigorous analysis of various written texts. They will assess the arguments of others and develop their own, support them convincingly and convey them effectively in a critical evaluation and problem-solution research paper.","CrossModule":"ES1531","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"- Students who are required to read ES1000 and/or EAP modules ES1102 must pass it/them before taking GET1021. \n\n-Only students matriculated in AY2015/2016, are allowed to take GET1021.","Preclusion":"EG1413, Students who have already read WP2201%, IEM1201% or UTW1001% module, GEK1901, U-town students cannot bid for GET1021. GEK1549 and ES1531.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1022","ModuleTitle":"Understanding Your Brain","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHYSIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module will explore how our brain can affect our behavior. It will introduce how classical and modern neuroscience research tools are used to investigate the working of the brain. We will also examine the ethical and social issues raised by recent developments in neuroscience research. In addition, this module is expected to enable students to develop critical skills in analysizing and writing controversial issues concerning neuroscience and society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GET1023","ModuleTitle":"Thinking Like An Economist","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to explain human behaviour through the lens of economists. We use economic reasoning to answer questions as diverse as the following: Why would your teacher cheat? Which factors cause crime rates to go down? Why do countries fail sometimes? We use texts that popularize economic concepts to illustrate how different social phenomena can be understood by applying the tools of economic analysis. However, we also discuss possible limitations of the economic approach to social issues. In this course we review, challenge, and debate on firmly established ideas we all have about the world, our society, and ourselves.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GET1024","ModuleTitle":"Radiation-Scientific Understanding and Public Perception","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip students with the essential knowledge to make intelligent assessments on the potential risks and uses of radiation in our modern society. After introducing the physics behind various forms of radiation, we will look at how these radiations are used in medical diagnosis and treatment and other applications. Some controversial issues in these applications will be raised and debated. The health effects of high and low levels of radiation will be presented based on scientific evidence thus dispelling some of the negative misconceptions of radiation and irrational fear of it. The social and political dynamics in electricity generation through nuclear power plants in various countries will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GET1027","ModuleTitle":"Reason and Persuasion","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"For the first six weeks, students read three dialogues by the ancient Greek philosopher, Plato: Euthyphro, Meno, and Republic, Book I. These readings touch on a wide range of topics: mind and morals; politics and psychology; metaphysics and science. For the second six weeks, students will meet with the same problems, ideas and arguments, but as they manifest in the writings of various contemporary figures – philosophers and non-philosophers: psychologists, political scientists, public policy experts. \n\n‘Reason and Persuasion’ is a generic title. But it indicates a specific concern. Reason without persuasion is useless; persuasion without reason is dangerous. Plato worried about this; so will we.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1004","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1028","ModuleTitle":"Logic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to classical logic. The first half of the course introduces propositional logic, using the techniques of truth-tables and linear proof by contradiction. The second half of the course extends the use of linear proof by contradiction to predicate logic. Emphasis is placed on applying the techniques to philosophical arguments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PH2110, CS3234, MA4207, GEM2006","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1029","ModuleTitle":"Life, the Universe, and Everything","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module offers an opportunity to grapple with some of the most enduring challenges to human thought. Our starting point is a conception of ourselves as free and conscious beings equipped with bodies that allow us to observe and explore a familiar external world. Successive lectures investigate alternative conceptions of the human condition, such as ones in which we are unfree, or non-spirituous, or inhabit a world whose fundamental nature is hidden from our view. Different conceptions bear differently on the further question of what we should value and why. Discussion is both argument-driven and historically informed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PH1102E, GEK1067","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1030","ModuleTitle":"Digital Humanities in Arts Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Digital technologies let us do humanities differently, using interactive publishing, machine-driven analysis, media-rich platforms, online archives and crowd-sourced databases. How are these technologies changing the humanities? This module invites students from across the university to consider this question through a problem-based approach. In each session, the students will learn to use and critically evaluate digital tools and platforms. Reflecting the multiple approaches within the digital humanities, teaching combines seminar discussions of topics with hands-on training in web programming, text encoding and video processing techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK2050","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1031A","ModuleTitle":"Computational Thinking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION","Department":"OFFICE OF THE PROVOST","ModuleDescription":"Computational thinking (CT) is an important 21st century skill and a fundamental method for solving complex problems. CT involves problem formulation, abstraction, decomposition, pattern recognition, and algorithm design. This module emphasizes the thinking process, and the communication and substantiation of the process, rather than focusing on coding. Students learn to apply CT to understand and solve everyday problems within and across disciples. Students learn to leverage on CT to ask new questions, to formulate new problems, and develop new solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1034","ModuleTitle":"Communication and Critical Thinking for Community Leadership","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This critical thinking and communication module provides an opportunity for students to explore community leadership within an interdisciplinary environment. In particular, through understanding the constructivist theory of communication (Burleson, 2007) and Paul and Elder’s (2014) critical thinking framework, this module will facilitate the development of deliberative and active citizenry among students, regardless of the position they hold in the community. Students will apply these concepts individually to short case studies and reflections. They will then use these short assignments to conceptualize team projects relevant to their respective community settings.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-2-0-4-2.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1035","ModuleTitle":"Critical Perspectives in Advertising","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module critiques the effects of advertising.\nSpecifically, it deconstructs the role of advertising as\npracticed by commercial, non-commercial and a variety\nof other entities to persuade us to adopt products,\nservices, ideas, and ideologies. In doing so, we highlight\nnegative and positive advertising effects from\ncommunicative, psychological, cultural, sociological, and\npolitical perspectives. Various social and ethical\nimplications of advertising on society in general, and on\nvarious vulnerable populations, such as children,\nminorities, and women, in particular are also discussed.\nThe module promotes approaches to manage advertising\ninfluences through active citizen participation to achieve\na more enlightened society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1036","ModuleTitle":"The Logic of Language","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Our capacity for language is a defining aspect of what it means to be human and is central to both thought and communication. This course investigates the rules that underlie what we say, how meaning is encoded, and how we reason with language. We will apply mathematical tools of pattern description and logic to describe and better understand human language, with the goal of developing logical explanations for linguistic phenomena. Comparison to artificial and programming languages will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on clear, precise descriptions and their accessible communication through writing and oral presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1037","ModuleTitle":"Big Picture History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module discusses ‘big picture’ History by considering defined themes that range across time and space. The focus is not on individual societies or\r\ntime periods, but on questions related to commonalities in developments across all societies. This approach is like looking at a painting from a\r\ndistance instead of at the brush strokes that constitute it, and will lead to questions about what human activities and experiences constitute the global\r\nexperience. As part of the Thinking and Expression pillar, this module will help students think historically and also critically engage the maxim that ‘the past is a foreign country.’","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GET1038","ModuleTitle":"Communication in Small Groups","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to help students understand the theoretical and practical aspects of small group communication so that they may function more\r\neffectively in groups. Particularly, the module will facilitate discussion on effective communication in the group communication process. Effective communication in a community, public, or professional setting requires\r\nan understanding of how people behave in a group context and how they interact with others inside and outside the group.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1042","ModuleTitle":"Sky and Telescopes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to foster an appreciation of the natural beauty of the night sky. In this module, students will learn how to conduct their own astronomical observations and relate that experience to the various modes of thinking and philosophy behind astronomy and astrophysics. Students will also have the  opportunity to communicate their experiences and ideas with their peers and a wider audience.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1045","ModuleTitle":"Structures of Conversation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"What are the elements that go into organising a conversation? This module examines the intricacy and complexity of conversational structure such as the emergent structure of the talk, its prosodic features, gesture, eye-gaze coordination, etc. in everyday life. Students learn the tools and methods of Conversation Analysis (CA) to analyze micro-level human interactions and everyday talk-in-interactions. Placing conversation as the primordial site of human society, CA uses naturalistic conversational data as empirical evidence to discover how people negotiate, construct and perpetuate societal norms through everyday conversation, and how even routine interaction is meaningful and achieved collaboratively with others.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GET1046","ModuleTitle":"I Do Not Think Therefore I Am","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to call attention to the fundamental importance of thinking not only in learning per se but also in shaping who we are. It examines the nature of thinking, as well as its mechanisms. It aims to help students experience the excitement of thinking as they try to understand what thinking is; students are thus compelled to critique and re-examine their own assumptions about what they think they know and about themselves as psychosomatic learners and persons.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GET1047","ModuleTitle":"ART AND IDENTITY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"From what sources do we engender our individual and group identities, and to what extent do the arts stimulate this process? This course begins with an introduction to identity theory, and then explores identity issues – such as male and female, self, national, racial, and social identities – with an emphasise on their manifestations in various performance, visual, and literary art forms. Students will analyse and evaluate their own identities in relation to the course materials and the arts in their lives, requiring critical self-reflection and self-assessment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GL1101E","ModuleTitle":"Global Issues","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the emerging field of global studies. Building on ideas about the modern state and international order, it examines how these ideas are\r\nbeing challenged from the perspective of transnational trends and institutions. Among these are the emergence of a global economy, inequalities within\r\nand between states, transnational labor and migration, global environmental issues, poverty and development, global consumerism, human rights and global\r\nresponsibilities, transnational social and political movements, and new patterns of global governance. The module adopts a multidisciplinary approach to reveal different aspects of these issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GL2101","ModuleTitle":"Origins of the Modern World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores how the contemporary structure of the global system emerged. It studies how a world economy with integrated systems of production and trade emerged from interactions in which ethnic, national, political, and cultural divisions played a crucial role. It also examines the mechanisms though which Europeans and European culture maintained a dominant place through conflicts and crises from the sixteenth century onwards. The period under investigation runs from the Thirteenth Century to the start of the Twentieth.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"GL1101E","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GL2102","ModuleTitle":"Global Political Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"One aspect of 'globalization' is the global character of economic practices such as trade, finance, and economic growth. But those practices rest upon a complex of relations among production, exchange, and power that constitute a global political economy. This module looks at the economic practices that drive globalization through the lens of this broader complex of relations. Drawing on the emerging interdisciplinary social science literature on global political economy, it provides a distinctively global perspective on economic issues such as emerging markets, power shifts in the global economy, global financial governance, and foreign aid.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"GL1101E","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GL2103","ModuleTitle":"Global Governance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the changing nature of political authority in contemporary world politics. Drawing on what social scientists have to say about international institutions and global governance, it asks critical questions with implications for global order, peace, and justice. To what extent has globalization undermined state sovereignty? Who manages global problems in a post-sovereign world, and by what authority? Through what kinds of institutions and practices are global actors governed? Who and what escapes global governance? How should global problems be managed?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"GL1101E","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GL3201","ModuleTitle":"Global Studies and Humanities Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the contributions made by the\nhumanities to the study of globalization. Globalization\nis most often conceived in economic or political\nterms; approaches which often fail to fully understand\ncultural norms, interaction, and exchange, or the\nshifting problems of meaning-making surrounding\nglobalization. To address these issues, this module\nwill take a dual approach. First, students will engage\nwith texts that provide a set of concepts, theories, and\nmethodological approaches distinct to or common in\nhumanities disciplines. Second, students will interpret\ntexts from a range of genres such as films, visual art,\nnovels, television, music, philosophical texts, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"ARS3 students and above only. GL1101E and one of the following Core Modules: GL2101, GL2102 or GL2103.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GL3550","ModuleTitle":"Global Studies Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within organisations or companies, are vetted and approved by the Convenor of the Global Studies Programme, have relevance to the major in Global Studies, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed.\r\n\r\nAvailable credited internships will be advertised at the beginning of each semester. In exceptional cases, internships proposed by students may be approved by the Convenor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Students should:\r\nhave completed a minimum of 24 MC in Global Studies including GL1101E and one of the following Core Modules GL2101, GL2102, GL2103; and have declared Global Studies as their Major.","Preclusion":"Any other XX3550 internship modules\r\n(Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GL3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project. UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed. UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"GL4102","ModuleTitle":"Task Force","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Task Force is an intensive capstone project required for Global Studies majors. The seminar simulates a government advisory committee. Each Task Force seminar deals with a given policy problem from the real world. Students research the problem, investigate and debate solutions, and work together to produce a report that recommends policy solutions. Seminar participants apply the training they have received from the GL curriculum to the project. At the end of the semester, students present their report for evaluation. Potential Task Force problems include energy security, terrorism, human trafficking, and an aging population.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-7-2.5","Prerequisite":"GL majors ONLY. Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track, and GL4101 Readings in Global Issues.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GL4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The Honours Thesis will normally be done in the second semester of the student’s final year. The research will normally focus on a topic that combines a student’s theme, region, and language focus within the Global Studies major. A qualified student intending to undertake the Honours Thesis will be expected to consult a prospective supervisor in the preceding semester for guidance on the selection of a topic and the preparation of a research proposal. The supervisor will provide guidance to the student in conducting the research and writing the thesis of 10,000 to 12,000 words.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 52 MCs of GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"GL4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GL4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module enables a student to explore in depth an approved topic within Global Studies. The student should approach a lecturer to\r\nwork out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Convenor’s and/or Honours Coordinator’s approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 52 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"GL4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GL4880A","ModuleTitle":"Globalization, Culture, and Identity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines contemporary global cultural flows. Emphasis is placed on cultural forms and the production/circulation of identity through/within globalization. The goal is to raise questions about power, cultural interaction and change, and the nature of globalization through landscapes of popular/vernacular culture. The course will address debates concerning questions of globalization and identity, such as: What is culture? How and why does ‘culture’ circulate through material exchange? How and why do processes of globalization mediate the material exchange of culture, and how was this different than the era of ‘national culture’? Where is the ‘location of culture’?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognized non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GL4882D","ModuleTitle":"Global Corporations and Power","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Global corporations now shape public life in countries\nacross the world. Besides influencing governments\nand international organizations, they also directly\noperate services which were once the domain of\ngovernment. This module investigates corporations\nas actors involved, often informally, in emerging\nconfigurations of power. Topics to be addressed\ninclude the roles of corporations in international\nfinancial institutions, in advising governments, in\ndelivering overseas assistance, in writing treaties, and\nin otherwise participating in public life.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, 28MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GL4883B","ModuleTitle":"Climate Justice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Climate change represents an unprecedented challenge to our political institutions, social norms, and even our theoretical concepts. Since the effects of climate change will be felt everywhere and for hundreds of years, it creates concerns about global and intergenerational justice, both singly and in combination. This module will explore these issues, discussing the ways in which climate change impacts and responses may be normatively criticized or justified, especially in contexts where considerations of justice must be balanced or traded off. To illustrate, we will also consider the normative issues surrounding resilient and sustainable development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognized non-language modules, or 28 MCs in PS with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GL4889B","ModuleTitle":"Debates on Human Rights","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module examines contentious debates on the origins, meanings and implementations of human rights in order to map out the complexities of the relationship between human rights and politics. We will discuss contending arguments on the definition and historical origin of human rights, analyze the contradictions between different sets of human rights and study the complicated relationship between human rights and political violence.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognized non-language modules, or 28 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GMS1000","ModuleTitle":"The Duke-NUS Premed Course","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"In the past 50 years, rapid advances in medical research have revolutionized clinical medicine. Discoveries in fundamental science continue to pave the way for changes in diagnosis and treatment of disease. We will examine and evaluate these developments, seeking to understand their scientific, clinical, social, and ethical importance, in an active and collaborative learning environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"FMS1201D","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6802","ModuleTitle":"Analysis of Complex Biomedical Data","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of this module are to develop the modelling skills for longitudinal studies, survival analysis, categorical data analysis and high-dimensional data analysis. This module is to prepare Ph.D. students to conduct methodological research in Biostatistics and practise general statistical analysis in biomedical context.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Core Concepts in Biostatistics","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6803","ModuleTitle":"Design and Analysis of Modern Clinical Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"This module will enable students to design various kinds of clinical trials and analyse the resulting data, to answer research questions in biomedical research. \n\n- Design and analysis of various kinds of trials such as factorial, cross-over and stepped wedge trials \n- Regulatory affairs in clinical trials \n- Design and analysis of various kinds of adaptive and sequential designs \n- Design of early phase dose-finding trials \n- Pharmacovigilance \n- Dynamic Treatment Regimens and SMART designs","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6850","ModuleTitle":"Core Concepts in Bioinformatics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"This one-semester module covers core concepts in bioinformatics with an emphasis on working with omics-scale data. Covered topics: biological sequence analysis include alignments, searching, and annotation; analysis of next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing data in multiple applications, including de-novo sequencing, re-sequencing for germ-line and cancer genetics, RNA-sequencing for multiple applications and ChIP-seq; microarray based SNP, gene-expression, and DNA-methylation analysis; metabolomics; proteomics; gene-set enrichment analysis; pathway analysis; analysis of protein-protein interaction networks; integrated analysis of multiple kinds of ‘omic’ data; availability and use of public data for all of the above The module will also provide a brief introduction to methods of computational modeling for biological networks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"6-0-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"GMS6901, “Molecules to Medicines”, or a strong undergraduate background in biology and molecular biology.  An undergraduate module in computer programming, or permission from the module coordinator.","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6900","ModuleTitle":"Student Research Seminars","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"Student Research Seminars are weekly seminars in which PhD students in the IBM program present the progress of their research projects to faculty and IBM students. “(Participation for at least 6 semesters is required to qualify for credits.)","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"0-1-0-0-0.25","Prerequisite":"Only for PhD students in IBM program","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6904","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Infectious Diseases","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide an overview of parasitic, bacterial, and viral diseases with an emphasis on emerging infectious agents and those of regional importance.  The module is directed towards graduate students with basic cell biology, microbiology, and immunology background.  The first part of the module with focus on general principles of the biology, dynamics, detection, control, and pathogenesis of infectious agents, followed by case studies of selected agents.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"6-1-0-0-3","Prerequisite":"Students should have followed course GMS6901 “Molecules to Medicines” or equivalent.","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6906","ModuleTitle":"Laboratory Rotation 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6910","ModuleTitle":"Evolutionary Genetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide theory and practical exercises in methods of evolutionary genetic analysis including, multiple sequence alignment, evolutionary models, phylogenetic tree reconstruction, temporal phylogenetics, natural selection,  population dynamics, and experimental design and hypothesis testing. The module is directed towards graduate students with basic cell biology, microbiology, and immunology background. In addition to theory the students will gain extensive experience in the use of computer programs used in evolutionary analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6920","ModuleTitle":"Metabolic Basis of Disease","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"There is an increasing appreciation that the underlying causes of major diseases have a metabolic basis, such as diabetes and cancer. It is thus becoming necessary for scientists and physicians to have a foundation in\r\nintermediary metabolism in order to better understand the etiology of diseases and develop novel strategies for treating diseases.\r\n\r\nThis 4-credit course offered at Duke-NUS will cover the basics in intermediary metabolism and the regulation of metabolism with special emphasis on human diseases related to metabolic dysfunction and adaptation. This\r\ncourse is tailored for students interested in cancer biology, diabetes, and for those students that have an interest in obtaining a general background in the biochemistry of metabolism.\r\n\r\nThe class format will involve a combination of lectures and discussion and meet twice a week. Grading will be based on tests and a student presentation on a relevant research article.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"6-0-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6921","ModuleTitle":"Cardiovascular Molecular Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"Cardiovascular disease accounts for approximately 30% of annual deaths in Singapore, and research advances in recent years have shed tremendous insight into the molecular basis of this cadre of diseases. This course is offered jointly to graduate students at NUS, Duke-NUS and Duke (USA) to explore the molecular basis of the disease. Topic areas will be include diseases such hypertension, lipoprotein metabolism, steatosis, atherosclerosis, arrhythmias, and heart failure.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Molecules to Medicines (GMS6901) or equivalent introductory graduate biochemistry course","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6950","ModuleTitle":"Health Services and Systems Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"After defining health services and systems research (HSSR), this course will provide the students with a structured review of the topics that have been and are \r\nbeing studied. Strong emphasis will be given on the interdisciplinary nature of HSSR by presenting how multiple disciplines can contribute to improving the \r\nfinancing, organization, quality, access, and cost of the health system. The course will include four major thematic areas of HSSR: i) aging and long-term care, ii) decision science and modelling, iii) health economics, and iv) implementation science and clinical investigation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6991","ModuleTitle":"Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"40","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GMS6992","ModuleTitle":"Thesis (HSSR)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","Department":"DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"19","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GS5002","ModuleTitle":"Academic Professional Skills and Techniques","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","Department":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","ModuleDescription":"The goal of this module is to introduce students to NGS and to equip them with the academic know-how to succeed in this programme. Among others, students will practice their academic writing and presentation skills. They will engage in in-depth research discussions and learn how to conduct a scientific dialogue. There will have intense scientific discussion on topics within and across discipline with instructors and peers in the form of small group journal clubs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GS5101","ModuleTitle":"Laboratory Rotation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","Department":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","ModuleDescription":"The aim is to expose students of varied research backgrounds to the different experimental skills. This is optional. Modular credits (MCs) will be awarded upon completion of the lab rotation which last for 3 months. The MCs obtained clock to NGS coursework requirements. At the end of the lab rotation, student’s performance in the lab will be assessed by the lab supervisor, using a\r\nprescribed form prepared by NGS. Additionally student has to submit a lab rotation report to detail what he has achieved from the lab rotation and how the techniques\r\nlearnt are beneficial to his area of research. One of the NGS EXCO will endorse/approve the award of the grade upon the submission of the necessary documents. A ‘Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory’ grade is awarded on the\r\nbasis of attendance, submission of an evaluation report and satisfactory performance rated by the lab coordinator.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-3-1.5-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GS6001","ModuleTitle":"Research Ethics & Integrity 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","Department":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GS6883A","ModuleTitle":"Interface Science and Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","Department":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"GS6889A","ModuleTitle":"Academic Professional Skills II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","Department":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","ModuleDescription":"The Professional Skills series enables students better to approach, present, and otherwise communicate their research. Students are helped to understand what graduate level research involves, how to gauge their own progress and set appropriate goals, to read critically, listen effectively, write-up and present their research to different audiences - peers, lab meetings, conferences, grant bodies, journals, and thesis examiners. Each skills capsule will be timed relevantly to accord with the different stages of the PhD degree.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"2-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"The skills capsules are timed.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"GSN6504","ModuleTitle":"Behavioral  & Cognitive Neuroscience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","Department":"NUS GRAD SCH FOR INTEGRATIVE SCI & ENGG","ModuleDescription":"In this module, we take multidisciplinary approach to understand the cellular and the neural basis of relatively simple behaviours and more complex cognitive tasks. We will discuss:\r\n1. The encoding of noxious stimuli and the neural basis of the affective-  \r\n     motivational and cognitive effects linked to pain\r\n 2. The basic elements of the visual system and visual processing in humans and  \r\n      other primates, and the links between cognition (what we see) and\r\n      behaviour (what we do)\r\n3.  Approaches to studying cognition in healthy humans and current insights into  \r\n     how cognitive processes are represented in the brain \r\n4.  Animal models of cognitive and behavioural abnormalities associated with   \r\n     psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Neuronal signalling","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"HM5103","ModuleTitle":"Mood, Anxiety, & Grief","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Participants will learn to approach and manage depression, anxiety, and grief","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.3-1.3-0-3.3-40.7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"HM5104","ModuleTitle":"Addiction/ Personality Disorders","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Participants will learn to intervene addiction & personality disorders","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-1-0-2.5-30","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"HR2002","ModuleTitle":"Human Capital in Organizations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT UNIT","ModuleDescription":"This multi-disciplinary module, specially designed for students from the Faculty of Engineering, invites students to examine, from different perspectives, some major themes pertaining to the management of human capital in a knowledge-intensive world of industry today.  Departing from the more conventional approaches, students will examine the dynamics of and constraints to individual and organisational behaviours in the context of the challenges posed by an increasingly competitive global landscape.  In this module, students would be encouraged to critically evaluate how multiple ‘intelligences’ – emotional, social and professional – can be developed and tapped upon to help them effectively carry out the multi-faceted roles that they are oftentimes called upon to fulfil.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"3(sectional)-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"For Engineering students only","Preclusion":"Students who have passed or are reading HR2001 or HR2101 or HR3111 are not allowed to take HR2002","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY1101E","ModuleTitle":"Asia and the Modern World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the field of history, with a focus on East, Southeast, and South Asia. Among the topics to be discussed are interaction with the West, various forms of nationalism, and the impact of globalization. Students are encouraged to think comparatively and to formulate their own opinions and positions on historical issues based on what they have learned in the module. The module is intended for students from any faculty who are interested in learning more about the history of the region.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY2206","ModuleTitle":"China's Imperial Past: History & Culture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a broad survey of Chinese imperial history from the classical period to the eighteenth century. Apart from placing this general history within a chronological framework, it will be analysing major political events and long-term trends in the development of Chinese statecraft, economic and social institutions, philosophy and religion, literature and art, as well as relations with the outside world. The course is mounted for undergraduates throughout the university with an interest in China, especially its history, politics and culture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY2232","ModuleTitle":"Modern Japan: Conflict in History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module surveys the history of modern Japan from the late-Tokugawa period to the present. Its primary goal is to promote basic understanding of major events, while also aiming to analyze the modern history of Japan in transnational and comparative contexts through exploring a number of\r\ncommon themes of modern global history: nation building, colonialism, total war, and various transformations and social conflicts in the postwar period. Through such examination, the module aims at promoting critical thinking concerning diverse historical interpretations and controversies. Accordingly, students will be exposed to a broad range of historical debates and viewpoints throughout the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY2250","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Southeast Asian History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module will introduce the highlights of the region?s past with particular emphasis on the past 200 years. The goal of this course is to highlight and examine patterns of transitions ? evolutionary as well as revolutionary ? in the societies and cultures of Southeast Asia, laying particular emphasis on the development of the modern Southeast Asian worldview. Colonialism, both generally and specifically, receives considerable attention, but European activities, viewpoints, and materials are subordinated to Southeast Asian perspectives and sources. This will also hold true for the Japanese Occupation and subsequent period of independence.\n\n\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY2259","ModuleTitle":"The Craft of History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module offers a systematic introduction to the\r\nfields and methods of historical research. It combines\r\nweekly lectures on the basic types of historical\r\nscholarship with tutorials containing a seminar-style\r\nlab component that train students in the core skills of\r\nresearch, reading and writing. Tutorial and lab sessions\r\nwill consist of a series of specially designed hands-on\r\nassignments, intensive discussion and close\r\nsupervision. By the end of the module, students will be\r\nable to effectively read historical scholarship and\r\nsources, and to conceptualize, research, and complete\r\na simple history project on their own.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-1-2-5","Prerequisite":"Must be HY majors and have completed at least 40 MCs of\nwhich at least 16 MCs in HY, including HY1101E. For EU\nmajors, must have completed at least 40 MCs of which at\nleast 16 MCs in EU/LA [French/German/Spanish]/ recognised\nmodules, including EU1101E and HY1101E.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"HY2260","ModuleTitle":"History and Popular Culture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the ways popular culture shapes understandings of history on two different levels. First, it examines how the popular culture of a specific era can reveal much of the social milieu of the time and help contextualise events of that period. Second, it will examine how popular culture, such as a film, created at a later time can influence perceptions about an earlier era. This module will examine instances and eras of popular culture to discuss the challenges of deriving historical knowledge from popular culture. Each iteration of the module may vary in its focus.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY3204","ModuleTitle":"Southeast Asia: Decolonization & After","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"That the Second World War impacted Southeast Asia is beyond doubt. But the significance of its impact on the structure of the region's 'contemporary' history is more debatable, for revisionist historians are wont to discount the thesis that the War represented a significant turning point or watershed which 'transformed' the region's history. Drawing on both country and regional perspectives, this module first assesses the impact of the War on the theme of decolonization, perhaps the one major historically significant process to dominate the region's political terrain in the immediate post-war aftermath. It will further examine the challenges and trials confronting the new states &quot;after&quot; decolonization, in particular, their search not only for new political frameworks to replace the colonial structures they had discarded, but also for solutions to mitigate the issues of social integration, inter-state conflict and regional co-operation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY3209","ModuleTitle":"Cold War in Europe, 1945-1991","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module will trace the historical development of the major Western and Central European Powers from the late 1930s up to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the reunification of Germany in October 1990. Apart from the international challenges posed by the Second World War and the subsequent Cold War, the European states were also beset by numerous acute domestic crises that required remedial treatment by their governments. Some received it and prospered, others did not and languished.","CrossModule":"EU3230","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"EU3230","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"HY3225","ModuleTitle":"Minorities in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"With the creation of colonial states in Southeast Asia, certain peoples in the region became minorities owing to their languages, religious beliefs or customary practices. Examples include the Shan and Karen in Myanmar, Muslim minorities in Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines, the people of the Mountain Province in the Philippines, Christian communities in Indonesia, the hill peoples of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, and animist groups in Borneo and the Eastern archipelago. Colonial administrations often made special provisions for these minorities, but with independence the dominant ideology across the region called for a single national identity within each nation-state. This course examines the position of minorities under colonial and post-colonial governments. It surveys the minorities of the region, and develops case studies dealing with selected groups. This course is designed for students throughout NUS with an interest in history.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY3226","ModuleTitle":"Memory, Heritage & History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module invites the student to reflect critically on the ways the past is established, experienced and represented in the present. The objective is to foster an appreciation of history as a dynamic undertaking in which not only academics but societies as a whole participate. The module is comprised of a theoretical core and changing case studies that touch on media representations, museology and conservation, historiography and the philosophy of history. CA projects afford students the opportunity to experience first-hand how history, far from being confined to libraries and archives, is part of daily life. While the module targets primarily History majors, its cultivation of critical skills in the analysis of written and visual texts is relevant to students from all faculties.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY3227","ModuleTitle":"Europe of the Dictators","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Europe was plagued by wars, revolution and totalitarian dictatorship between 1919 and 1945. It witnessed the rise of Bolshevism and of various Fascist regimes, revealed the economic and political weakness of the Western democracies and the failure of the League of Nations. This module will focus on the rise of four dictators of this period: Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler. All students are welcome, but those coming with a background in Political Science and even Sociology may find this course builds on existing knowledge and concepts.","CrossModule":"EU3212","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EU3212","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY3246","ModuleTitle":"History of Muslim Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module will examine the history of Muslim states and cultures across Southeast Asia. The goal of this course is to provide students with contextualized understandings of more recent developments, as well as to facilitate comparative reflections on the trajectories of other cultural and political traditions in the region. Major topics to be covered include the spread of Islam, the development of vernacular Muslim cultures, the rise of regional sultanates,the impact of colonialism, and issues related to the expression and manipulation of religion in the modern nation-states of Southeast Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY3256","ModuleTitle":"Brides of the Sea: Asia's Port Cities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Brides of the Sea', 'Gateways to Asia' and 'the transformers of Asia' are some of the ways scholars have described Asian port cities. Through case studies, this module explores the port city and the 'maritime world' in Asia. Students are introduced to the history of China's maritime world with a focus on the challenges it faced through encroachment by Western imperial powers. This module also examines Asia's colonial port cities, including Calcutta and Singapore, as sites of Western influence and modernization and also as sites of local resistance and transformation. This module is suitable for all students of NUS.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY3260","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Migrations in World History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module surveys the major patterns and themes of Chinese migrations since 1400. From merchants under the tributary trade system, to indentured and free labour in the industrialising age, as well as the making of new citizens in multi-culturalist nation-states, students will examine the social experience of long-distance migration through regional and global processes of political-economic change. In addition to academic texts, students will read official documents, family letters, memoirs, and novels to address enduring questions in the history of human migration – why do people leave their homes, and what remains when they adapt to their lands of adoption?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project.\n\nUROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed.\n\nUROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"HY4205","ModuleTitle":"Early Modern Europe and its World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module is open to all Honours students and no previous background in either early modern or European history is required. The objective of this document-based, seminar-style course is to sharpen student's thinking skills and sense of conceptual evolution. Key concepts, such as \"sovereignty\" and the \"just war\" that remain pertinent until today will stand at the forefront of our investigations.","CrossModule":"EU4224","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in HY, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012 and onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in HY or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"EU4224","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"HY4214","ModuleTitle":"Approaches to Chinese History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module seeks to appreciate the complexities of China within its general development. It surveys theories and concepts that help analyze Chinese history, familiarizes students with past and current scholarships on China, considers debates about the nature of China's historical developments, and discusses selected issues.  The course is mounted for students at the senior levels with an interest in China.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in HY, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in HY, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY4222","ModuleTitle":"Asian Business History: Case Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This seminar module examines the development of Asian businesses. Selected themes such as organizations, entrepreneurship and networks will be discussed. It may focus either on one country like Singapore, or regions in Asia in comparative studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in HY or 28 MCs in SC or 28MCs in SN with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards:\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in HY or 28 MCs in SC or 28MCs in SN or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY4225","ModuleTitle":"Ideological Origins of US Foreign Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Beyond international circumstances, domestic politics and personalities, a vital key to understanding the complexities of United States? foreign policy is through its ideological dimensions.  This module will enable students to explore these ideological threads through both seminal documents and scholarly discourses.  The module will be taught through both lectures and student presentations.  Students will read, present and write on important documents such as John Winthrop?s City upon a Hill, George Washington?s Farewell Address, the Monroe Doctrine, Woodrow Wilson?s Fourteen Points, and George Kennan?s containment policy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in HY, or 28\nMCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours\ntrack.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in HY, or 28 MCs in SC, or 28MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY4233","ModuleTitle":"Japanese Colonialism and Imperialism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Japanese imperialism left a deep and lasting imprint\nthroughout Asia. This module will examine the\ncharacteristics of the Japanese empire and its postwar\nlegacies, as well as the diverse issues surrounding its\nhistory and memory. The primary focus of the module\nwill be a consideration of the Japanese empire in\ninternational contexts. Students are encouraged to\napply comparative perspectives to draw implications\nfor a larger discussion on modern imperialism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80MCs, including\n28MCs in HY, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the\nHonours track.\n\nCohort 2012 and onwards: Completed 80MCs,\nincluding 28MCs in HY, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or\nbe on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Honours students in History are required to prepare an Honours thesis of 10,000 to 12,000 words through which they are taught to do an original piece of historical research based on primary and secondary sources. Students select research topics with the guidance and approval of the History Department, and are assigned supervisors who provide guidance in conducting research and writing up research materials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012 and before:\nCompleted 110MCs including 60 MCs of HY major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2013-2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of HY major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and a CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of HY major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and a CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"HY4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 100MCs, including 60 MCs in HY, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in HY, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in HY, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"HY4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY5303","ModuleTitle":"PROBLEMS IN CULTURAL HISTORY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce graduate students to cultural history as a distinct sub-discipline within historical studies. In each session, the module will structured around a theme (eg, 'Culture and imperialism', 'Power, Status and Charisma') to allow the student to both learn about the methodology of cultural historians and how this field fits into the broader study of history.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-7-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in History in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, number of contact hours, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details.  Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"NA-NA-NA-NA-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in History in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, number of contact hours, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details.  Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"NA-NA-NA-NA-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY6770","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2004/2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters and will be graded \"Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory\" on the basis of student presentation and participation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"HY6882","ModuleTitle":"TOPICS IN CHINESE HISTORY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module is both a historiographic and research module to study specific themes and issues on Chinese history. The topics will depend on the specialty of the instructor and may vary from one semester to the other. Its goal is to familiarize the students with the current scholarship and primary sources on the selected topic so that they are able to discuss it critically. The students will write a short essay based on secondary literature, develop a bibliography and work on a research paper based on primary sources.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID1106","ModuleTitle":"Design Fundamentals 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"Design Fundamentals 2 reinforce semester 1 through exercises of higher complexity. The students have to deal with more elaborate parameters such as ergonomic factors of one hand-held product. They are also confronted for the first time structural issues and communication procedures. In continuity from fundamental 1 they pursue and refine their analytical approaches of existing products. Students learn the design methods of emotional addressing for products and set fundamentals of the design process which will be further developed during the course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-8-0-6-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"Module not offered to none industrial design students","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ID1121","ModuleTitle":"Human-Centred Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This module will inform students on human centred design, human scale, ergonomics, anthropometrics, as well as human perception and their relation to the design of objects, products, system or service. The module will walks students through the human-centered design process and supports them in activities such as building user research skills, implementing ideas and user testing. It provides students with the basic understanding of user needs in new ways, find innovative solutions to meet those needs, and deliver solutions with financial sustainability in mind.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-6-0","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID1322","ModuleTitle":"Materials and Manufacturing for Industrial Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to introduce students to the materials that are commonly used in the manufacture and fabrication of products. It will enable students to acquire basic knowledge on the properties and performance of materials and enable them to select materials for specific design applications.\r\n\r\nIt will cover the manufacturing and fabrication processes associated with the materials and application. It appeals to product designers involved in consumer electronics, domestic appliances, kitchen wares, furniture, lighting, and packaging. \r\n\r\nStudents are expected to gain an operationally-ready level of mastery through hands-on experimentation in projects for the above areas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-6-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID2106","ModuleTitle":"Design Platforms 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This is a “vertical studio” based design platform. Senior and junior students will participate in design projects which encourage cross-pollination of thoughts, skills and learning. The students will play the role of a junior designer and work together with the senior students from ID 3106 in the same platform. The objectives are to enable students to explore strategic design innovation through a simulated real studio environment. In this platform, students can select either conceptual or real-life projects led by our industry collaborators and relevant experts within the division.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"2-6-0-17-0","Prerequisite":"Pass ID 1105 & 1106","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ID2112","ModuleTitle":"Digital Design & Fabrication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"Students are brought beyond foundational usage of CAD tools for design visualization and construction. Three areas covered are: Advanced Surfacing, Parametric & Generative CAD Modelling, and Digital Manufacturing.\r\nAdvanced Surfacing covers principles and methods to craft high precision, manufacturing-quality CAD models with complex, continuous organic surfaces that are water-tight. Parametric & Generative CAD teaches programming and algorithm-scripting-based methods to digitally generate and control 3D geometry. Digital Manufacturing introduces methods to translate 3D data to produce physical objects via digital manufacturing equipment.\r\nStudents are expected to gain an operationally-ready level of mastery through hands-on experimentation in projects for all three areas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-3-0-6-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ID2114","ModuleTitle":"Form, Material and Making","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"Students will go through 2 hands-on projects incorporating various form studies, material and model-making techniques. \r\n\r\nStudents will develop form studies through iterations before fabricating the models using hands-on techniques to attain precision and good finishing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-6-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID2115","ModuleTitle":"Digital Sketching and Painting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"The course is designed for individuals who want to improve their visual communication skills and stimulate creative thinking.  Through hands-on practice, students are taught how to use the stylus and tablet to create sketches and paintings in Photoshop.\r\n\r\nMajor topics include: Dynamic sketching; Introduction to stylus, tablet and Photoshop; Understanding and applying values and light; Rendering with colour; Silhouetting for ideation; Layout for presentation.\r\n\r\nStudents are expected to do weekly assignments and apply what they have learnt in two main projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-6-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID2122","ModuleTitle":"Ecodesign And Sustainability","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to provide the theory and practice for students to understand ecodesign and sustainability and its affects on design practice. It will study the design methods related to ecodesign and sustainable design and its applications.  Project work will be conducted to provide the bridge to integrate such theoretical knowledge into practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID2324","ModuleTitle":"Manufacturing for Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This module is specially designed for BA Industrial Design students. This module takes the complicated stuff out of understanding how things are made. Using simple illustration as a medium to describe production processes, this module covers a broad range of production methods with descriptive text, diagrams, product shots, and pictures of the manufacturing process. It appeals to product designers involved in consumer electronics, domestic appliances, kitchen wares, furniture, lighting, and packaging.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ID3041","ModuleTitle":"Special Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This is a one semester involvement for attachment to industry or other institutions of design, research and development work.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"14","Workload":"0-0-0-35-0","Prerequisite":"Student who read ID3041 must have completed at least 60 MC. (i.e. students will be able to read this module in Year 2, second semester onwards.)","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"ID3105","ModuleTitle":"Design Platforms 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This module reinforces Design Platforms 1 through exercises of higher complexity. This is a “vertical studio” based design platform. Senior and junior students will participate in design projects which encourage cross-pollination of thoughts, skills and learning. The students will play the role of a junior designer and work together with the senior students from ID 4105 in the same platform. The objectives are to enable students to explore strategic design innovation through a simulated real studio environment. In this platform, students can select either conceptual or real-life projects led by our industry collaborators and relevant experts within the division.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"2-6-0-17-6","Prerequisite":"Pass ID 2105 & 2106","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ID3106","ModuleTitle":"Design Platforms 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This module works with Design Platforms 1 in “vertical studios” context. Senior and junior students will participate in design projects which encourage cross-pollination of thoughts, skills and learning. The students will play the role of a senior designer and work together with the junior students from ID 2106 in the same platform. The objectives are to enable students to explore strategic design innovation through a simulated real studio environment. In this platform, students can select either conceptual or real-life projects led by our industry collaborators and relevant experts within the division.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"2-6-0-7-0","Prerequisite":"Pass ID 2105 & 2106","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ID3124","ModuleTitle":"Creative Communication & Design Argumentation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This course provides a means to discover and develop skills in constructing and delivering written and spoken presentations and reports. It is aimed at achieving oral and written proficiency thru critical analysis and practices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ID4105","ModuleTitle":"Design Platforms 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This module works with Design Platforms 2 in “vertical studios” context. Senior and junior students will participate in design projects which encourage cross-pollination of thoughts, skills and learning. The students will play the role of a senior designer and work together with the junior students from ID 3105 in the same platform. The objectives are to enable students to explore strategic design innovation through a simulated real studio environment. In this platform, students can select either conceptual or real-life projects led by our industry collaborators and relevant experts within the division.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"2-6-0-17-0","Prerequisite":"Pass ID 3105 & 3106","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ID4106","ModuleTitle":"Design Thesis Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their design ability by the execution of a Major Design Project.  Research and investigation on project development will be used to support the design. The major topic is a comprehensive design project that is supported by research.  Documentation of research findings will form part of the project submission. Students will be required to demonstrate innovation and competency in industrial design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"1-7-0-0-14","Prerequisite":"Pass ID3103 & ID3104 or ID3105 and 3106","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID5021","ModuleTitle":"DESIGN RESEARCH","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID5151","ModuleTitle":"DESIGN INNOVATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID5351","ModuleTitle":"DESIGN STUDIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID5770","ModuleTitle":"Graduate Seminar Module in Industrial Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This Graduate Seminar Module in Industrial Design aims to provide Master student a forum to sustain and amplify an active research culture among the faculty and research scholars of the Division of Industrial Design. It aims to explore research methodology for design, share research findings, and exchange ideas with invited academics of distinction across the world. The themes of seminar\r\npresentations will reflect the latest research conducted in the core areas of the Division of Industrial Design, such as: design education, design management, design innovation, ecodesign and sustainability, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-0-8","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"ID5951","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Industrial Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This module will involve a critical and thorough discussion of specific topics in\r\nAdvanced Design Research.  Examples of topics that may be discussed are: Ecodesign and sustainability, Experience Design, Interaction Design, Design History, Product Identity, Product Language, Culture and Design etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"ID5951A","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Industrial Design: Product Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to guide the students to explore the issue of product development through a research and design project with strong focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. The module will involve critical analyses and thorough discussions of specific topics in product development with regards to Industrial Design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID5951B","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Industrial Design: Interaction Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to guide the students to explore the issue of design interaction through a research and design project with strong focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. The module will involve critical analyses and thorough discussions of specific topics in interaction design with regards to Industrial Design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID5951C","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Industrial Design: Healthcare Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to guide the students to explore the issue of design in healthcare and its relevant areas through a research and design project with strong focus on\r\ninterdisciplinary collaboration. The module will involve critical analyses and thorough discussions of specific topics in medicine, healthcare, and design for special needs with regards to Industrial Design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID5951D","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Industrial Design: Design Education","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to guide the students to explore the issue of design education through a research project with strong focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. The module will involve critical analyses and thorough discussions of specific topics in design education with regards to Industrial Design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID5951E","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Industrial Design: Sustainability","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to guide the students to explore the issue of eco design and sustainability through a research and design project with strong focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. The module will involve critical analyses and\r\nthorough discussions of specific topics in eco design and sustainability with regards to Industrial Design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ID6770","ModuleTitle":"Doctoral Seminar Module in Industrial Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"This Doctoral Seminar Module in Industrial Design aims to provide PhD student a forum to sustain and amplify an active research culture among the faculty and research scholars of the Division of Industrial Design (DID). It aims to explore research methodology for design, share research findings, and exchange ideas with invited academics of distinction across the world. The themes of seminar presentations will reflect the latest research conducted in the core areas of the DID, such as: design education, design management, design innovation, ecodesign and sustainability, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-0-8","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"IDX3992","ModuleTitle":"SEP MODULE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE1112","ModuleTitle":"ISE Principles and Practice II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces first year engineering students to what engineers do and to the engineer's thought process.  This is a two-part module: Industrial and Systems \nEngineering Principles and Practice (EPP) I and II. Real engineering systems will be used to show how engineers use different disciplines of engineering, and combine them to design, make and test systems.  Through grasping engineering fundamentals, students learn how engineering systems work and fail (EPP I).  Through learning of real systems, students learn how multi-disciplinary concepts are tied together (EPP II). The students will also learn basic design, experimentation and evaluation of engineering systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"6-2-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"IE1111 ISE Principles and Practices I","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IE2100","ModuleTitle":"Probability Models With Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The module builds upon the foundation in ST2131 and stresses on applications of stochastic modeling. Topics include: Review of exponential distribution; Conditional probability and conditional expectation; discrete time Markov chains; Poisson process; Basic queuing models and continuous time Markov chains and Renewal Theory. Students will eventually be conversant with the properties of these models and appreciate their roles in engineering applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST2334\nor EE2012 \nor CE2407\nor BN2102","Preclusion":"DBA3711","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE2100E","ModuleTitle":"Probability Models with Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The module builds upon the foundation in ST2131/TS2120/IE2120E and stresses on applications of stochastic modeling.\r\nTopics include: Review of exponential distribution; Conditional probability and conditional expectation; Discrete time\r\nMarkov chains; Poisson process; Basic queuing models and continuous time Markov chains and Renewal theory. The\r\nemphasis of this course will be on model formulation and probabilistic analysis. Students will eventually be conversant\r\nwith the properties of these models and appreciate their roles in engineering applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"DSC3215, TIE2100","Corequisite":"ST2131 or TS2120 or IE2120E"},{"ModuleCode":"IE2130","ModuleTitle":"Quality Engineering I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the fundamental concepts of quality and basic techniques in quality engineering. The topics covered are measures and interpretation of variation, control charts, process capability analysis, and acceptance sampling. The module will also deal with some related issues such as measurement systems analysis, PDCA, TQM, and industrial case studies. At the end of the module, students will be able to understand the basic concepts of quality and use the basic tools in quality analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST2334 or EE2012 or CE2407 or BN2102","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE2130E","ModuleTitle":"Quality Engineering I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the fundamental concepts of quality and basic techniques in quality engineering. The topics covered are measures and interpretation of variation, control charts, process capability analysis, and acceptance sampling. The module will also deal with some related issues such as, measurement systems analysis, PDCA, TQM, and industrial case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TM4271, TIE2130","Corequisite":"MA1505, MA1506 or SA1101, or ST1131, or ST1131A, or ST1232, or ST2334 or TE2102 or TG1401 or TM1401 or TS2120 or IE2120E"},{"ModuleCode":"IE2140","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the concept of \"the time-value of money\" and the effect that it has on economic decisions in engineering and business. It equips students with a conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating economic alternatives represented as a set of cash flows over time. Topics covered include cash flow analysis, choice among economic alternatives, effects of depreciation and taxation, replacement analysis, and dealing with risk and uncertainty.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE2140E","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the concept of \"the time-value of money\" and the effect that it has on economic decisions in engineering and business. It equips the students with a conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating economic alternatives represented as a set of cash flows over time. Topics covered include cash flow analysis, choice among economic alternatives, effects of depreciation and taxation, replacement analysis, and dealing with risk and uncertainty.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TIE2140","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IE2150","ModuleTitle":"Human Factors Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces concepts in human factors engineering and ergonomics. The topics that will be covered include: Human factors and systems; Human factors research methodologies; Information input and processing; Visual and auditory displays; Human output and control; Motor skills and hand tools; Anthropometry and workplace design; Environmental conditions of illumination, and Climate and noise. The objectives are to provide students with a broad overview of the application areas and an appreciation of the need for human factors engineers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE2150E","ModuleTitle":"Human Factors Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces the basic concepts of human factors engineering and ergonomics. The topics covered include: Human Factors in Systems (Human Error), Implications of Human Functions in performance (Work Physiology), Workstation Design (Guidelines and Norms), Environmental Stressors and Ergonomics Fieldwork (Translation and Application).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TIE2150","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IE2290","ModuleTitle":"A cross cultural industrial field trip program","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to provide students with hands-on knowledge and understanding of the diverse socio-culturaleconomic-political-business environments of one of the fastest evolving regions of the world – North Asia. In addition, students will be exposed to issues such as the challenges and constraints companies face in setting up and running operations in specific areas within this region, and learn the key drivers and best practices the companies adopts in their business operations in these areas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-6-0-41-18","Prerequisite":"Stage 2 standing","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"IE3010E","ModuleTitle":"Systems Thinking and Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This foundation module aims to introduce students to the fundamental concepts and underlying principles of systems thinking, as well as modeling methods and tools that are applicable to the design of industrial systems. The topics in this  module include introductory systems concepts, mental models and causal loop diagrams, while the modeling methods and tools to be covered include that of operations research and data analysis. The application of these topics to simple systems design problems will be illustrated through laboratory sessions. Real-world case studies will be presented to show how these concepts have been applied in industrial contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-2-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TIE3010","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IE3100E","ModuleTitle":"Systems Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The objective of the module is to give students the opportunity to apply concepts learnt to solving real world problems. In this module, each student is assigned to work on a company-sponsored problem that requires application of industrial and systems engineering concepts. The module provides the opportunity for students to identify key problems and craft an objective, scope and deliverable for a piece of work, collect and analyze the relevant data, and apply the appropriate tool to solve the problem. It also enables students to improve their communication skills through report writing and presentation to the various stakeholders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-4-6","Prerequisite":"Level 3 Standing","Preclusion":"TIE3100","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IE3100M","ModuleTitle":"System Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This systems design project requires students to work in teams to study, formulate and analyze an actual industrial problem with the goal of recommending a design solution that is practical. It also enables students to engage with industry, gain teamwork experience, practice and improve their oral and written communication skills in technical report writing, case study development, oral presentations and professional project management in the industry. The objective of the systems design project is to provide an opportunity for students to gain practical experience in an actual industry problem. It also gives the students a broader technical scope in applying and validating industrial engineering concepts rather than concentrating on one particular subject area within a classroom context.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0.5-0-0-10-4.5","Prerequisite":"IE2100, IE2110, IE1112","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"IE2101 - Introduction to Systems Thinking"},{"ModuleCode":"IE3100R","ModuleTitle":"Systems Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This design project requires students to study, formulate and analyze an actual industrial problem with the goal of recommending a design solution that is practical. It also enables students to practice and improve the skills of technical report writing and oral presentation. The objective of the design project is to provide an opportunity for students to gain practical experience in an actual industry problem. It also gives the students a broader scope in applying industrial engineering concepts rather than concentrating on one particular subject area.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-4-6","Prerequisite":"IE2100, IE2110, IE2140; Co-requisite: IE2101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE4100E","ModuleTitle":"BTech Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The objective of the module is to give students exposure to research. In this module, each student is assigned to a research project that requires application of industrial and systems engineering concepts. The module provides the opportunity for students to conduct self study by reviewing literature, defining a problem, analyzing the problem critically, conducting design of experiments, and recommending solutions. It also enables students to improve their communication skills through technical report writing and oral presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0.3-0-0-5.7-9","Prerequisite":"Level 4 Standing","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IE4100R","ModuleTitle":"B.Eng.Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The objective of the module is to give students exposure to research. In this module, each student is assigned to a research project that requires application of industrial and systems engineering concepts. The module provides the opportunity for students to conduct self study by reviewing literature, defining a problem, analyzing the problem critically, conducting design of experiments, and recommending solutions. It also enables students to improve their communication skills through technical report writing and oral presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-4-6","Prerequisite":"ISE B.Eng. 4 standing","Preclusion":"IE4102","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE4101E","ModuleTitle":"B.Tech. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The objective of the module is to give students exposure to research. In this module, each student is assigned to a research project that requires application of industrial and systems engineering concepts. The module provides the opportunity for students to conduct self study by reviewing literature, defining a problem, analyzing the problem critically, conducting design of experiments, and recommending solutions. It also enables students to improve their communication skills through technical report writing and oral presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-4-6","Prerequisite":"Stage 4 standing","Preclusion":"TIE4101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE4102","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of IE4102 Independent Study is to promote self-study, critical thinking and independent research abilities. The project, which must be relevant to industrial and systems engineering, are proposed by the students and must be approved by the Department Coordinator identify a Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering staff member who is willing to oversee the projects and obtain their approval before submitting the proposal for consideration.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Stage 4 Standing","Preclusion":"IE4100R","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"IE4210","ModuleTitle":"Operations Research II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module builds upon IE2110 to introduce students to more basic concepts of operations research. Topics include integer programming, mixed integer programming, dynamic programming, and heuristic methods. Besides the basic concepts, students will also learn how to use commercial software such as CPLEX to solve large-scale integer and mixed integer programmes encountered in complex real-world problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"IE2110","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE4220","ModuleTitle":"Supply Chain Modelling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces the fundamentals of supply chain concepts. It covers issues and basic techniques of distribution strategies, transportation logistics, and supply chain network optimization models. Students are equipped with fundamental concepts and quantitative tools that are essential to solving logistic and supply chain problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"IE2100, IE2110","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE4220E","ModuleTitle":"Supply Chain Modelling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces the fundamentals of supply chain concepts.  It covers issues and basic techniques of distribution strategies, transportation logistics and supply chain network optimisation models.  Students are equipped with fundamental concepts and quantitative tools that are essential to solving logistics and supply chain problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TIE4220","Corequisite":"IE2100E & IE2110E"},{"ModuleCode":"IE4229","ModuleTitle":"Selected Topics In Logistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to either emerging topics in logistics or specialised topics. Students will learn and understand evolving concepts in logistics and supply chain. This module will enable students to keep abreast with current developments in the logistics field and broaden their exposure to various specialised topics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"IE2110","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IE4230","ModuleTitle":"Quality Engineering II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to advanced topics in quality engineering. Topics covered are: design-in quality, quality function deployment, failure mode and effects analysis, fractional factorial designs, confounding, and robust design. The module also deals with basic tools in reliability analysis and testing. It will enable students to use more advanced techniques in process studies and learn to deal with quality problems from a proactive point of view in terms of process improvement and optimization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"IE2130, IE3101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE4230E","ModuleTitle":"Quality Engineering II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Design-in quality versus process control.  Quality function deployment.  Failure mode and effects analysis.  Fractional factorial designs.  Confounding.  Robust design.  Reliability analysis and testing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TIE4230","Corequisite":"IE2130E & IE3101E"},{"ModuleCode":"IE4240","ModuleTitle":"Project Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the basic concepts in project management. The process encompasses project planning, project scheduling, cost estimation and budgeting, resource allocation, monitoring and control, and risk assessment and management. The principles behind the process and the approaches to their execution will be covered. This module enables students to define and plan a project within the constraints of the environment. The plan will serve as a blueprint for the implementation and control of a project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"IE2140","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE4242E","ModuleTitle":"Cost Analysis And Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the basics of cost management. Concepts relating component items and process\r\nsteps to value-added functions are introduced as a precursor to the analysis of system cost over the entire life cycle of\r\nproducts and services. It also deals with tools and approaches to select equipment, materials for cost-effective\r\noperations. This module enables students to cost out a system and recommend approaches to develop strategies for\r\nincreasing the cost effectiveness of the system.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"IE2140E","Preclusion":"TIE4242","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE4243","ModuleTitle":"Decision Modeling & Risk Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the fundamental theory and method modelling and risk analysis for rational decision under uncertainty with applications in but not limited to medical & healthcare decisions and financial decision in capital investments & systems engineering.\r\nTopics covered include foundation of decision theory, risk aversion and measurement, decision analysis methods, Bayesian statistical approach,Bayesian networks modelling, inference, and learning, Advance financial decision making models, and Real options analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"IE2100","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"IE5002","ModuleTitle":"Applied Engineering Statistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"Statistical analysis and experimentation techniques for engineers. Topics include analysis of variance, regression analysis, factorial and fractional factorial designs, response surface methodology and non-parametric methods. The module is application oriented and examples drawn from industrial applications rather than mathematical development will be used wherever possible to introduce a topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5003","ModuleTitle":"COST ANALYSIS AND ENGINEERING ECONOMY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"Cost and engineering economic analysis with special emphasis on a unified approach based upon cost accounting, operations research, economics and other quantitative methods. Topics include cost accounting and cost analysis, cost estimation, methods of engineering economic analysis, analyses for government projects and public utilities, effects of income taxes in economy studies, depreciation methods, risk and uncertainty in engineering economy studies, replacement studies and models, capital budgeting and computer applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5107","ModuleTitle":"MATERIAL FLOW SYSTEMS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the activities required to manage materials flow from supplier through manufacturing activities to the final use of the materials or delivery to customer. Emphasis is given on the movement of materials within the manufacturing processes and storage systems. Methodologies useful to the analysis of material flow systems, in both the manufacturing and warehousing systems, are introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5108","ModuleTitle":"Facility Layout And Location","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an analytical treatment of the subject of facility layout and location. The layout design process consists of problem formulation, analysis of the problem, search for layout designs, selection of the preferred design, and specification of the layout design to be installed. This module also considers the problem of locating one or several new facilities with respect to existing facilities. The objective considered is the minimization of a cost function of travel distances. Problems with rectilinear and Euclidean distances are considered. Students will be assigned a computer project and a case study.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5121","ModuleTitle":"Quality Planning And Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the planning, organizational and human dimensions of quality management. It begins with an overview of the fundamental nature of quality, followed by a coverage of the strategic importance of quality in industry and the implementation of total quality management. The organizational and human dimensions include the application of basic management theories to the planning, management and improvement of quality. The measurement techniques, unique to assessing human performance and their role in quality improvement, will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5122","ModuleTitle":"STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the practice of statistical quality control and provides a comprehensive coverage of SQC from basic principles to state-of-the-art concepts and applications. The objective is to give a sound understanding of SQC principles and the basis of applying these principles in the industrial environment. The main topics are basic problem-solving methodology and tools, basic and advanced statistical process control techniques, statistical assessment of process capability, and acceptance sampling.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5205","ModuleTitle":"Healthcare System and Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module gives an overview of healthcare systems and how healthcare delivery is achieved, including an understanding of the roles of analysts in healthcare, healthcare data concepts and management. Data modelling and the use of statistics and operations research methods to support operations management, planning and decision making in healthcare are also introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5208","ModuleTitle":"Systems Approach To Project Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module presents ideas of systems analysis and project management in a manner which demonstrates their essential unity. It uses the systems development cycle as a framework to discuss management of engineering and business projects from conception to termination. The module is divided into three interrelated parts: systems analysis and project management, project selection and organizational behavior, and systems and procedures in project planning and control.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5211","ModuleTitle":"New Product Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to new, emerging concepts in the management of new product development. The entire new product development process, from the initial idea generation and screening phase to the final commercialization and monitoring phase, is examined. Project selection models, project organization, interdepartmental interface, technical and marketing issues are included in the topics discussed. Materials will be drawn from real-life industrial practices and state-of-the-art research findings. Lectures, case study readings and discussions will be used.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MT5006 Strategic and New Product Management","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5404","ModuleTitle":"LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The module deals mainly with the complex decision-making process in the planning, design, operation and maintenance of large scale systems. Case studies of systems that have been implemented in Singapore or being planned are used to illustrate the practical aspects of systems engineering methodologies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5666","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Attachment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module provides engineering research students with\nwork attachment experience in a company.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE5908B","ModuleTitle":"Research Project in Operations Research II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The student will undertake a research project built upon the project that he/she has undertaken under IE5908A. The student must first define the further development work beyond the project under IE5908A that needs to be done. \nWhere appropriate, the work may include a comprehensive literature survey, problem definition, model building, development and implementation of solution method, discussion of solutions and recommendation. \nThis module is offered as an elective module to fulfill the requirements for the Specialization in Operations Research. 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Metaheuristic search methods including simulated annealing, tabu search, genetic algorithms,\r\ndynamically dimensioned search, and particle swarm. Both single objective and multi-objective methods are discussed. A theory section covers convergence of surrogate global optimization, simulated annealing, genetic\r\nalgorithms, and the proof of the No Free Lunch Theorem. Statistical analysis for comparing algorithm performance is presented. Students will utilize existing software packages in Matlab or Python for surrogate optimization and for\r\nsome metaheuristics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"Student should be in a PhD program in Engineering or Physical Science or Decision Science (in Business School) or in PhD program of Operations Research Analytics Cluster.","Preclusion":"IE6499A Adv Topics in SE: Metaheuristic & Surrogate Optimization","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IE6999","ModuleTitle":"DOCTORAL SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IEU3550","ModuleTitle":"Extended Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within organisations or companies, are vetted and approved by the European Studies Programme, have relevance to the major, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed. Available credited internships will be advertised at the beginning of each semester. Internships proposed by students will require the approval of the programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"Please see remarks","Prerequisite":"Students should: have completed a minimum of 24 MC in European Studies; and have declared European Studies as their Major.","Preclusion":"Any other XX3550 internship modules (Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major).","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IFS4101","ModuleTitle":"Legal Aspects of Information Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the laws relating to information security. The issues and considerations concerning information security have greatly shaped many laws, in particular, the laws relating to cybercrimes, electronic commerce, electronic evidence, document discovery, information management and data protection. These areas of the law have in turn altered the development and practice of information security in the industry. The objective of this module is to provide information security professionals with a working knowledge of these legal issues in information security, so that they are better placed to represent and protect the legal interests of their employers and their institutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"(CS2107 or IS3230) and passed 80 MCs.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"IFS4102","ModuleTitle":"Digital Forensics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"COMPUTER SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Digital forensics encompasses the recovery and investigation of material found in digital devices in relation to cyber crime and other crimes where digital evidence is relevant. This module gives an introduction to principles, techniques, and tools to perform digital forensics. Students will gain a good understanding of the fundamentals of digital forensics; key techniques for performing evidence extraction and analysis on UNIX/Linux systems, Windows\r\nsystems, networks, Web applications, and mobile devices; and gain exposure to available tools. Some legal aspects of digital forensics will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"CS3235","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IGL3550","ModuleTitle":"Extended Global Studies Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within organisations or companies, are vetted and approved by the Convenor of the Global Studies Programme, have relevance to the major in Global Studies, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed. Available credited internships will be advertised at the beginning of each semester. In exceptional cases, internships proposed by students may be approved by the department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Students should have completed a minimum of 24 MC in Global Studies including GL1101E and one of the following Core Modules GL2101, GL2102, GL2103; and have declared Global Studies as their Major.","Preclusion":"Any other XX3550 internship modules\r\n(Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major)","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"IL5102","ModuleTitle":"IT Innovation Leadership","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The rate of today’s technological change is affecting businesses in unprecedented ways, confronting them with new technologies that are disrupting business models and transforming industries. This challenges IT leaders to move beyond IT projects for purely efficiency purposes to become leaders of IT innovation to spawn fresh, value-generating ideas, and ensure their successful implementation to help their businesses grow. They need to build an agile, innovative, creative and entrepreneurial spirit in the IT organization. Students will learn the concepts, enablers and inhibitors of IT innovation and a framework for innovation management. They will also learn design thinking, entrepreneurship and business models.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.0-1.0-1.0-5.0-1.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IL5103","ModuleTitle":"Business and IT Financial Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Running the IT organisation as a business that is in sync with the overall corporate culture is essential for every organization. IT leaders and managers need to adopt appropriate business practices to deliver timely, efficient, reliable and effective operations at the right quality and price to deliver business outcomes. This course aims to build strong foundations in basic business and IT financial management concepts and principles that IT leaders and managers require. Students will learn the requisite knowledge, skills and techniques to move the IT organization from a cost centre to a credible partner and service provider to the business.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.0-1.0-1.0-5.0-1.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IL5106","ModuleTitle":"Leading Change for IT Leaders","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The technology and business landscape is rapidly changing. This change has affected businesses and society in many ways. Organisations have to undergo transformation and radical changes to their processes, business models, job and organisation structures to stay relevant. Through this course, students will acquire a strong understanding of change, and develop the core capabilities and soft skills to lead, manage and sustain change effectively in today’s business environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.0-1.0-1.0-5.0-1.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IL5107","ModuleTitle":"IT Leadership Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The IT Leadership project will provide students with the opportunity to practice their newly acquired IT leadership knowledge for a real company or organization. The project will bring together the disciplines that the students have learnt, and require them to reflect, synthesize and apply what they have learnt in the core modules in the real world context.\r\n\r\nIn small teams, the students will be required to progressively compile their portfolio of observations, findings and recommendations on the target company during the course and finally demonstrate their ability to present and communicate their final recommendations at the executive level.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0.0-0.0-0.0-20.0-0.0","Prerequisite":"IL5105 Fundamentals of IT Leadership Transformation IL5101 Strategic Alignment of Business and IT","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IL5201","ModuleTitle":"Measuring and Demonstrating Value from IT Investments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the concepts, principles and techniques to measure organizational performance for decision-making and accountability. It also prepares students to conduct an assessment of the performance of an organization in a credible, conclusive and compelling fashion. Students learn a process to define measures that are linked to their organization’s mission, goals and objectives using the Balanced Scorecard. They will also learn about and apply techniques to measure and communicate the value of IT investments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3.0-2.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IL5203","ModuleTitle":"IT Organisation Development and Talent Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"IT leaders must possess the ability to build a high performing IT organization. They must be able to identify the skills needed by the IT workforce to meet the changing business and technology landscape. However, they have found it extremely challenging to recruit, staff, skill and re-skill, develop, motivate and retain professionals in a highly competitive business environment and where good IT talent is in high demand. \r\nThis course will help students to create an organization which is responsive to changes in the environment and whose culture and structure is aligned to its strategy and drives cross-boundary teamwork and collaboration.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3.0-2.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"INM3550","ModuleTitle":"Extended Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within organisations or companies, are vetted and approved by the Communications and New Media Programme, have relevance to the major in NM, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed. Available credited internships for each semester will be advertised at the beginning of the semester before. Internships proposed by students will require the approval of the department. Student must apply for and be accepted to work in the company/organization offering the internship for a duration of 6 months (together with NM3550), on full time basis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3 months at the place of work on full time basis.","Prerequisite":"(1) For NM Major only,\r\n(2) Read and pass a minimum of 80 MCs AND\r\n(3) Must read NM3550 concurrently\r\n","Preclusion":"Any other series-internship modules\r\n(Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IPS3550","ModuleTitle":"EXTENDED POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERNSHIP","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within an organisation, are vetted and approved by the Department’s internship advisor, have relevance to the\r\nmajor in Political Science, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed.\r\n\r\nAvailable credited internships (if any) will be advertised at the beginning of each semester. In exceptional cases, internships proposed by students may be approved by the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Students should:\r\n- have completed a minimum of 24 MC in Political Science; and\r\n- have declared Political Science as their Major.","Preclusion":"Any other XX3550 internship modules\r\n(Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS1103","ModuleTitle":"IS Innovations in Organisations and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"The module gives a wide yet insightful understanding of the impact of IT on organisation and society. Issues such as Internet and “new economy” geographies; impacts of IT and creation of IT innovation for public\r\nhealth, urban planning, and regional equity, food systems, climate change can be discussed. Other issues for consideration could be dark web and IT security advancement, open vs. closed innovation creation. Misuse of IT that put ethics and professionalism into question will be also discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS1105","ModuleTitle":"Strategic IT Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This foundation course develops an understanding of the role of IT in the value chain and the ever-changing competitive arena of information age. The focus is on the following topics: the nature and characteristics of information technology (IT), the strategic roles of IT for organizational improvements in operations, planning and decision making. The course is directed toward future IT specialists, consultants, and managers who must have a basic understanding of information technologies; including identifying strategic opportunities for Information Systems (IS) deployment, managing IT resources, and evaluating IT investments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"CS2250","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS2101","ModuleTitle":"Business and Technical Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"Business and Technical Communication a customized core module for the School of Computing, aims to give its students a professional edge in the competitive and interconnected job market by preparing and enhancing their professional communication skills in IT related work settings.\r\n\r\nBy the end of the module, students will have an array of communicative skills. Students will be able to:\r\n\r\n- write effective and persuasive business letters/ email messages and proposals\r\n- speak and deliver confidently with and without multimodal aids both in prepared and impromptu speech situations such as meetings, job interviews, oral presentations and proposal presentations\r\n- have an enhanced awareness of intercultural and interpersonal concepts and skills \r\n- critically analyze communication contexts and use these skills in written and spoken assignments\r\n\r\nThis is a 48-hour module taught over 12 weeks with 2 two-hour tutorials per week.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Students who are required to read ES1000 and/or ES1102/ES1103 must pass it/them before taking IS2101.","Preclusion":"ES2002, ES2007D, ES2007S, CS2101, CG1413, CS2103T and ES1601.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS2102","ModuleTitle":"Enterprise Systems Architecture and Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to train students to be proficient in architecting and designing modern large-scale Enterprise Systems that are complex, scalable, distributed, component-based and mission-critical. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of high-level concepts such as enterprise architecture and software architecture. They will then move on to acquire fundamental systems analysis and design techniques such as object-oriented requirements analysis and design using the Unified Modelling Language as well as software design patterns. Essential systems engineering skillsets such as software testing and software configuration management will also be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CS1010 or its equivalents","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IS2103","ModuleTitle":"Enterprise Systems Server-side Design and Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to train students to be conversant in backend or server-side development for Enterprise Systems. It complements IS3106, which focuses on front-end development aspects for Enterprise Systems. Students will learn modern development techniques such as component-based development, service-oriented development and object-relational mapping. One or more established development platforms would be carefully chosen to allow students to put into practice the various concepts that are taught in the module.\r\nAn emphasis would also be placed on Enterprise Systems security.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-3-4","Prerequisite":"CS1020 Data Structures and Algorithms I or its equivalents","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS3103","ModuleTitle":"Information Systems Leadership and Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"Today’s technology leaders need to have a deep understanding of business\r\nfundamentals, recognize the key drivers of innovation, and develop effective leadership to align and integrate novel technologies and business processes for successful products and services. The course will not only cover major topics relating strategic, tactical and operational facets of thought leadership in propelling IT implementations, adoptions and changes in organization but also equip students with industry-relevant communication skillsets. The strategic facet will explore the various contexts, complex issues and dynamic paths that evoke leadership in information systems, including technology championship, disruptive technology, and IT ecosystem. The tactical facet will strategize a culture to co-create value and nurture technological innovations. Students will be taught effective communication skills for influential communication, change management communication and directional communication. These skillsets will enable them to foster partnership between technology and business stakeholders such as vendors, IT professionals and functional users. The operational facet will include leadership areas in IT portfolio management, change management, and IT applications. Through a synthesis of critical knowledge areas required of technology leaders, students will examine the intersection of technology and business to drive IT-enabled changes in an\r\norganization. The course will prepare students for senior technology positions, and develop core communication skills that leaders need to be equipped with to be successful in leading technological transformations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-3-2-2","Prerequisite":"Pass 80 MCs and [IS1103 and CS2101/IS2101]","Preclusion":"IS3101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS3106","ModuleTitle":"Enterprise Systems Interface Design and Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to train students to be conversant in front-end development for Enterprise Systems. It complements IS2103 which focuses on backend development aspects for Enterprise Systems.\r\n\r\nTopics covered include: web development scripting languages, web templating design and component design, integrating with backend application, and basic mobile application development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-3-4","Prerequisite":"IS2103","Preclusion":"CS3226","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS3221","ModuleTitle":"Enterprise Resource Planning Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"Business resources include employees, business processes, procedures, organisational structure, and computer systems. The efficiency and effectiveness of an organisation in carrying out its business can be enhanced if managers and employees are given the support to plan, monitor and control the business. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) supports the use of all resources in an organisation. In this course, students will learn the rationale for having ERP, ERP functionality (such as manufacturing, finance, distribution and human resource management), ERP and information technology, ERP systems and ERP implementation (planning, product selection, implementation and optimisation).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"IS1103 or IS1103FC or IS1103X","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS3251","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Technology Entrepreneurship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"The module introduces students to the concepts and principles of technology entrepreneurship. Students will learn about the current developments in entrepreneurship, worldwide and in Singapore and be taught to use a variety of tools, techniques and frameworks for the development and analysis of entrepreneurial businesses. Students taking the module should have an interest in entrepreneurship and a desire to be an entrepreneur at some stage in their lives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Pass 40 MCs","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4010","ModuleTitle":"Industry Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module enables students to apply the computing knowledge and skills that they have acquired in class to industry internships in companies/organizations. Students in industry internships will be jointly guided by supervisors from both the companies/organizations and the school Their progress on internship projects will be monitored during internship period, and their performance will be assessed through letter grades at the end of the internship. The internship duration will be 6 months, consisting of both a full-time and part-time component. Full-time internship attachment will last for 3 months during the NUS vacation period, and will continue on a part-time basis that will last for 3 months during the NUS study semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"[IS2101 or CS2101] and [IS1105 or IS3101 or IS3103] and [IS2103 or CS2107 or  (BT2101 and BT2102)]","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4100","ModuleTitle":"IT Project Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the management of IS projects.  Various managerial issues pertaining to the evaluation and selection of information systems projects, choice of project organization, planning, scheduling and budgeting of project activities and basic principles in control and project auditing will be covered. The students will also learn how to use practical techniques and tools, such as network models (PERT/CPM), simulation, and state-of-the-art project management software, in scheduling project activities. This module serves as a good introduction to information systems project management for students who may participate in coordinating and managing large-scale information systems projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Pass 80 MCs and (IS1103 or EG2401)","Preclusion":"IS5110 and CS5212(old code for IS5110)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4103","ModuleTitle":"Information Systems Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"Students are required to work (in groups) through a complete Systems Development Life Cycle to develop a business information system based on techniques and tools taught in IS2102, IS2103 and IS3106. They will also sharpen their communication skills through closer team interactions,\r\nconsultations, and formal presentations. Emphasis will be placed on architecture design and implementation, requirement analysis, system design, user interface design, database design and implementation efficiency. Students will be assessed based on their understanding and ability to apply software engineering knowledge on a real-life application system, as well\r\nas their communication skill.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"1-1-0-10-8","Prerequisite":"IS2101, IS2103 and IS3106","Preclusion":"IS3102","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4151","ModuleTitle":"Pervasive Technology Solutions and Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"Pervasive technology is immensely omnipresent in our daily life and brings novel business prospects. Indeed, pervasive technology immerses the users in a triad of interaction, computation, and communication. But it also presents\r\nsignificant challenges ranging from technology architectural design and security concerns among many. This module will study the mechanisms and operating environments of pervasive technology. Some of the topics covered include computer and network architectures for pervasive computing, wearable\r\ntechnologies, internet of things, mobile computing mechanisms, location mechanisms, techniques for security and user authentication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-3-4","Prerequisite":"IS2103 and IS3106","Preclusion":"IS4150, SMA5508, and SG5233","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4233","ModuleTitle":"Legal Aspects of Information Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is a study of major area of law that has an impact on the IT industry. Among the topics to be addressed are intellectual property of software, database, and multimedia entertainment contents, data privacy, information security, and electronic commerce law. The goal of the course is to provide basic background in these issues for non-lawyers. The course enables IT professionals to better handle their legal resources and better understand their commercial opportunities. Real-world examples from the text and current events will be used to demonstrate the applicability of the law in IT industries. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Pass 80 MCs and [CS2250 or (IS1103 and IS1105)]","Preclusion":"CS4259","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4241","ModuleTitle":"Social Media Network Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"The world of online social media is of much interest for academic, social and e-commerce studies. This module is about the analysis of social media networks. The module will cover the characteristics of social media networks, the analysis software and methods, case studies and projects of network analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed 80 MCs and CS1020 or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"IS4243","ModuleTitle":"Information Systems Consulting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"The aims and objectives are: (1) to provide an overview of Information Systems (IS) consulting and to develop a more specific understanding of the practice; (2) to provide students with the knowledge of management and IS consulting practices; and (3) to give students the opportunity to be involved in a field consulting project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Pass 80 MCs and IS1103","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4250","ModuleTitle":"Healthcare IT and Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"To a healthcare enterprise, leveraging on healthcare data is strategic for business intelligence, streamlining workflow operations and providing quality customer service and patient care. The goal of this module is to provide students with an introduction to the many facets of IT applications in healthcare. With the increasing use of IT in the healthcare landscape, there has been a steady growth of demands for IT systems and innovations to streamline healthcare practice and to provide for quality patient care. Lectures will cover\r\nprinciples and techniques of processing and analysing healthcare data, IT systems in healthcare settings, decision-making in patient care, standards and interoperability issues, patient data privacy and challenges associated with IT implementation in healthcare enterprises.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs and (ST1131 or ST2334 or ST2132)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4261","ModuleTitle":"Designing IT-enabled Business Innovations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"The module will teach students how to create innovation-driven business model through both process innovation and product innovation. The focus is on businesses that are technology innovation driven. The module contents will cover disruptive technologies, cross-channel business model development,\r\nmobilization of networked business, canvas drawing, social media-based product and marketing innovation, etc. In particular, students will learn how to identify technology innovation opportunities and manage innovation process. The students can appreciate the value of IT ecosystems and platform-based business operations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Pass 80 MCs and IS1103","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4302","ModuleTitle":"Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"Digital currencies like Bitcoins have created a different, faster and potentially cheaper way of monetary transfers. The technology behind Bitcoins, namely Blockchain or more broadly the distributed ledger system, has brought big impact on financial services. A blockchain is a distributed database of\r\nownership records (public ledger) of all transactions. A blockchain is irrevocable once it is committed into the system. Through this module, students will learn about blockchain and distributed ledger technologies among others.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Pass 80 MCs","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS4303","ModuleTitle":"IT-mediated financial solutions and platforms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to new platforms in the financial industry to meet existing needs, or to reach out to new markets. There will be an emphasis on platforms to help end consumers through transactions, payment systems, and loans. Students will get an appreciation for innovation in FinTech, and understand the changing landscape. They will also have practice using Big Data-based credit scoring.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Pass 80 MCs","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS5111","ModuleTitle":"Integration of IS and Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the high level CEO/CIO perspectives of information systems within the wider scopes of the corporations. It covers introduction to information systems in organisations from the general manager's perspective, organisational strategies, finance, operational and other functional objectives, managerial and strategic uses of information systems, overview of enabling technologies, how information systems are developed and managed, long-range planning for information systems investment and employment, study of information technology in Singapore's business environment, and individual and team projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"CS3251 or IS3243","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS5114","ModuleTitle":"Information Technology Outsourcing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"IT outsourcing has a great impact on today's information technology industry. This course will provide an overview of IT outsourcing concepts and practices and discuss new directions of outsourcing in the context of Internet information management. Topics covered include: vendor management; global outsourcing; outsourcing project management and cross-border knowledge management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-6-2","Prerequisite":"CS3251 or IS3243 or equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS5116","ModuleTitle":"IT and Entrepreneurship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"The course provides an introduction to the elements of high tech entrepreneurship - idea generation, nature of start-ups and innovations in IT industry, business plan development for IT/information goods and services, hyper-competition in high-tech industry, company incubation, angel funding, venture capital, stock options, etc. Besides lectures, some classes will be conducted in the form of seminars, where a technopreneur is invited to share his views and experiences in starting/running an IT or high-tech company, and to answer questions from the class. Venture capitalists and angel investors could also be invited to classes to share their views and opinions on they decide whether or not to invest in an IT or high-tech start-up company. This allows students to learn about entrepreneurship in the IT industry by hearing first hand from people who have trodden the path themselves. The seminar format provides ample opportunities for questions about entrepreneurial risk taking, strategy planning and execution, people management, business growth, etc. Students would be able to relate theories learnt in lectures with practices and experiences in the real world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"(ACC1002 or ACC1002X) and IS3150","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS5118","ModuleTitle":"Management and Economics of eBusiness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"Recent advances in economics of information systems have provided us an arsenal of analytical tools to understand the sophisticated interactions among consumers, firms, and markets in the Internet era. This module aims at providing the students with an overview of major theoretical concepts and empirical findings related to the eBusiness phenomena that could be comprehended and applied by IT professionals. Topics covered in this module include pricing digital goods, switching costs and\r\nlock-in strategies, strategies in markets with network effects, economics of outsourcing, and economics of crowdsourcing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"IS5120","ModuleTitle":"INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POLICIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This course covers policy making and evaluation for information technology. Students will learn about policy making in organisations as well as at the national level. Topics range from the policy control of information technology within organisations in various industries, the policies peculiar to the IT industry, and the social, educational and economic uses of IT, such as the Internet and E-commerce. Students will learn how policies are made and implemented. They will also learn how to evaluate the long-term impact of these policies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"CS3251 or IS3243","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS5126","ModuleTitle":"Hands-On with Business Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"Business Analytics is the growing, inter-disciplinary field of bringing data to build business insights and support decisions. The goal of the course is to bridge the divide\r\nbetween technical skills and business know-how. Through learning-by-doing, students will engage in a series of business case study discussions, guided group projects, and a final semester project of their own design. Lectures will cover practical skills using the latest tools and techniques, as well as discuss business cases and applications. Applications will cover areas such as retailing, customer relationship management (CRM), social media, and marketing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"IS5128","ModuleTitle":"Organizing for IT Innovation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"Successful development and adoption of technological innovation relies not only on the technology itself but also on a shrewd business model and the surrounding ecosystem where a host of partners’ co-innovation plays a key role. This module provides graduate students with the knowledge and tools for managing technological\r\ninnovations, especially in the dynamic and growing IT sector. Topics covered include the innovation process, the organizational and environmental context of innovation, the innovator’s dilemma, product vs. service innovation, open vs. closed innovation, innovation platforms, and management of intellectual property.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"Basic knowledge of organizations and business functions will be helpful, but not required.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS5152","ModuleTitle":"Decision Making Technologies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"Decision making technologies can support decision making in the financial, operational, marketing and other areas. Efforts have been directed at finding new machine learning (ML) techniques for decision making and their possible application in solving practical problems. ML techniques such as artificial neural network methods have been proven to be powerful tools for decision making. Applications include credit rating, bankruptcy analysis, foreign exchange rate predictions and many others. The techniques covered in this course include neural networks for classification/ regression/ clustering, genetic algorithm for optimisation, decision tree methods, support vector machine and data mining.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"ST2334 or ST1131","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS6000","ModuleTitle":"Qualifying Examination in IS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module evaluates students on essential knowledge of IS research methodologies and application domains of management information systems. Students will be tested on their ability to integrate method (e.g., survey, experiment, qualitative, technical, or econometrics) and domain (e.g., knowledge management, electronic commerce) knowledge towards designing studies to investigate current phenomena in IS.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"NIL","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IS6001","ModuleTitle":"Qualitative Methods for IS Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a practical course in applying the theories of case study research methodology. Lectures will cover in-depth the advantages and pitfalls of conducting research with the case study approach. Along with theoretical discussions, students have to put theory to practice by conducting a sizable case study research project, with intensive work over a 3-month period, in groups of 3 to 4 members. Each team will have a chance to present the research questions, to revise these questions and present a research plan of how evidence will be collected and analysed, and to prepare the final report.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS6003","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Theories for IS Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to provide students with in-depth treatment of theoretical pursuits pertaining to several streams of IS research. These may include media richness theory, group support systems, adoption/diffusion of technology, decision support systems, Internet commerce, IT and education. It will lay the foundation and visit important concepts relating to theoretical models, examine the roles of theoretical models and frameworks in guiding empirical studies, review empirical studies in light of the construction, improvement, and adaptation of theoretical models and frameworks, and discuss links between theories and research methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"IS6103","ModuleTitle":"Design Science Research in Information Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"The information systems field has been energised by a flurry of recent activity that centers on the use of design research as an important research paradigm. This has been widely adopted in the IS (Information Systems) community as Design Science Research (DSR). In this research oriented class, we will introduce students to the\r\nDSR area, including its foundation, techniques and exemplars. Various techniques and methods will be discussed and debated.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ISD5102","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Studio Project 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"This studio-based module develops skills and mindsets for integrative thinking. Students will be organised into multidisciplinary teams and assigned a design brief for a mid-sized neighbourhood or precinct in tropical or subtropical conditions. Assessment will be based on the degree to which performance targets, set by the group at the beginning of the process, are achieved and supported.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-8-0-2-8","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ISD5105","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Sustainable Urbanism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"The accelerated, often rampant, growth of cities in Asia alters the quality of their inhabitant’s lives, their ecological footprints and community bonds. Coping with urban growth affects not only those in the city; it affects also those in agricultural belts in rural peri-urban areas which are increasingly threatened by urban sprawl. \r\nThis module investigates various historical and economic forces shaping urban developments, identifies the elements of urbanism that have a direct impact on the environment (such as transport infrastructure) and offers insights into how sustainability principles can lead to new paradigms for urban rejuvenation and growth.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ISD5106","ModuleTitle":"Sustainability Models and Blueprints","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF DESIGN & ENV)","ModuleDescription":"The Singapore experience over four decades – in managing resources, waste and infrastructure, balancing environment, economy and community – has been much reported and discussed. It is generally acknowledged that there is much to learn from Singapore’s success and that lessons learnt here might be a development model for parts of Asia. This module covers the many facets of the Singapore experience, probing its success and scalability. Also covered here will be other models, relevant to rural conditions that are prevalent in much of Asia, situations where the challenges of social equity drive the process.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"IT1001","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Computing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"INFORMATION SYSTEMS & ANALYTICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide basic IT understanding for students who have no or little knowledge of computing. It is structured to be the course for students who either plans to take only one course in computing in her entire undergraduate studies or wants to equip herself to do further more specialised computing studies. The module tries to be broad by touching on most aspects of computing. However, there will also be some technical depth in standard introductory computing topics. The lectures will be intensely complemented by Web exploring activities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CS1010 or CS1010E, CS1010FC, CS1010S, CS1101, CS1101C, CS1101S, GEK1511. SoC students and engineering students. Science students requiring this module for their minor should not register it as ULR-Breadth. Arts and Social Science students reading CNM as a subject/concentration and matriculated before AY2001/02 are not allowed to read this module as URL-Breadth","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS1101E","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Japanese Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce students to the subject of Japanese studies from a multi-disciplinary approach. It has three main components. The first component is humanities, covering art, philosophy, history and literature. The second component is social sciences, which includes sociology,anthropology, politics and economics. The third component is linguistics and language development. Students will learn about the methods and theories the various disciplines contribute to the study of Japan. Audio-visual materials, fieldwork, guest lectures, study tours, projects and debates will supplement lecture and tutorials.","CrossModule":"GEK1002","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1002","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS2101","ModuleTitle":"Approaches to Japanese Studies I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a practical skill base for further studies of Japan.  We focus on developing three core skills : (1) Knowledge and use of Japanese studies source materials; (2) Knowledge and understanding of major debates within Japanese studies; and (3) Application of critical reading, writing, and research skills.  The module is for those majoring or intending to major in the field of Japanese studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"JS1101E","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"JS2213","ModuleTitle":"Popular Culture in Contemporary Japan","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an introduction to popular culture in contemporary Japan. From the study of various Japanese cultural forms and practices, it explores the linkages between particular practices and subcultures on the one hand, and larger societal trends on the other. The course emphasizes hands-on learning and expects students to engage in first-hand material gathering and observations.  The goal will be to use studies of Japanese popular culture forms to expand critical thinking about globalization, gender roles, race, nationalism in Japan and beyond.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS2230","ModuleTitle":"Itadakimasu - Food In Japan","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module exposes students to country and culture of Japan using food as its analytic focal point. In the section on historical, political and economic perspectives, students will uncover the ways that food in Japan influences state policies, creates international conflicts and contributes to the formation of national identity. In the section on socio-cultural perspectives, students will learn to evaluate the ways that food creates meaning in such realms as language, education, media programming, and religious practices. Concepts covered in this course will be applicable to a broad range of phenomenon outside of Japan and outside the topic of food. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"JS3101","ModuleTitle":"Approaches to Japanese Studies II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module guides students towards using source materials in the Japanese language for their research. Based on their disciplinary interests, students will develop a research question and write a substantial paper based on Japanese language sources. Catering to\r\nstudents with different levels of Japanese language ability, this can be a review paper based on academic work in Japanese or a research paper using primary materials of different levels of difficulties, for example newspaper articles, government committee protocols, NGO publications, websites, or Japanese advertisements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"This module is for students who major in Japanese Studies. Students should have completed JS2101 Approaches to Japanese Studies I and at least LAJ2202 Japanese 3 (or equivalent Japanese language skills).","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"JS3213","ModuleTitle":"Alternative Lives in Contemporary Japan","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"What does it mean to be different in Japan today? What kind of difference matters in Japan? How do certain people come to be treated differently? This module answers these important questions by shining a spotlight on the biographies of individuals intimately connected to Japan who through choice\r\nand circumstance have come to lead extraordinary lives. The module, through analysis of numerous life histories and a range of theories that help us understand them, offers insights into the nature of cultural homogenization and social differentiation and the particular ways these processes are defined and\r\nreinforced in the Japanese context.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS3230","ModuleTitle":"Men and Women in Modern Japanese Literature","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will look at constructions of gender in modern Japanese literature by both female and male authors. Readings will cover some of the major\r\nauthors, genres, and literary movements of modern Japanese literature, as well as secondary readings in gender theory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS4209","ModuleTitle":"Selected Topics in Japanese Linguistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an opportunity for staff and students to explore a diversity of topics in Japanese linguistics. The topics covered each year will vary depending on staff expertise and students' interest. Issues and themes to be considered include formal/morphosyntactic and semantic analysis; pragmatic and discourse analysis; and phonetic and phonological analysis. Emphasis will be placed on linguistic exercises and practices and critical analysis of data.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nLAJ2202 or placement test AND completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in JS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nLAJ2202 or placement test AND completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in JS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS4214","ModuleTitle":"Ideas, Values and Identity in Japan","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the modern Japanese sense of cultural, social and national identity as analysed by social scientists, cultural historians and scholars of Japanese thought. Some famous studies of the Japanese self by psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists and socio-linguists will be discussed, supplemented by a historical perspective focusing on the samurai heritage and the ideas behind the Meiji Restoration. No knowledge of the Japanese language or of specialised scholarly vocabulary is required or expected.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in JS with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in JS or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS4216","ModuleTitle":"Tales and Performance in Premodern Japan","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Starting with an introduction of poetry, an important component in the literary scene especially in the realm of court literature, various other genres, including tales (monogatari), memoirs, noh and kabuki, will be examined in this module. With reference to critical works of contemporary scholars both in Japan and the West, different issues and concerns pertaining to these categories of works will be identified and discussed in the seminars. Topics include the relationship among these genres and poetry, the significance of women's writings in the Heian court, and the metamorphosis of performance genre through the ages and its implications. Various forms of texts, such as scroll paintings, films, documentaries and music will be used. The aim of the course is twofold: firstly, to expose students to some representative literary works in the canon; and secondly, to situate these texts in a post-modern framework so as to provide a more relevant and interesting reading.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in JS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in JS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS4227","ModuleTitle":"Japanese Political Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to promote students' understanding of some of the salient features of Japan's political economy, especially the roles of politicians and bureaucrats in the conduct of industrial and foreign economic policy. The module will review major research on Japan's political economy written from historical, theoretical and comparative perspectives. By exploring the changing international images of Japan in the field of political economy, the module aims to highlight: the role of the government in Japan's high postwar economic growth and features of its industrial policy-making processes; the relevance of high growth in other East Asian economies in comparison to the Japanese case; the different schools of thought on Japan's economic policy and the evolution of US-Japan trade friction in the 1980s; and Japan's approaches to and initiatives in deregulation in the 1990s.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in JS with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in JS or 28MCs in PS, or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules,\nwith a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Students are required to write an academic thesis on an approved topic under the guidance of a supervisor. The HT will be equivalent to two modules of study.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of JS major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of JS major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of JS major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.","Preclusion":"JS4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in JS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in JS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in JS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"JS4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS5201","ModuleTitle":"READINGS IN JAPANESE STUDIES I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a coverage of the secondary literature on the humanities component of Japanese studies.  Students will be exposed to the latest advances in the field focusing on selected themes.  They are also expected to gain a firm grasp of the development of the field through the examination of major methodological and theoretical debates.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS5201R","ModuleTitle":"READINGS IN JAPANESE STUDIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a coverage of the secondary literature on the humanities component of Japanese studies.  Students will be exposed to the latest advances in the field focusing on selected themes.  They are also expected to gain a firm grasp of the development of the field through the examination of major methodological and theoretical debates.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS5203","ModuleTitle":"JAPANESE LITERARY & PERFORMANCE STUDIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module uses selected texts (including literary writings, historical documents, film and paintings) to examine the Japanese literary and performance discourse in both modern and pre-modern times. Texts produced outside Japan will also be included in order to gain a wider perspective. The extensive scope of texts use and the rigorous critical reading trainings students will undertake will provide them with an in-depth understanding of the practice of literary and performance studies in Japan.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS5203R","ModuleTitle":"JAPANESE LITERARY & PERFORMANCE STUDIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module uses selected texts (including literary writings, historical documents, film and paintings) to examine the Japanese literary and performance discourse in both modern and pre-modern times. Texts produced outside Japan will also be included in order to gain a wider perspective. The extensive scope of texts use and the rigorous critical reading trainings students will undertake will provide them with an in-depth understanding of the practice of literary and performance studies in Japan.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Japanese Studies in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS5660R","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Japanese Studies in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS6202","ModuleTitle":"READINGS IN JAPANESE POLITICS & ECONOMICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the theoretical and methodological issues of research on Japanese Politics and Economics. Major contributions to both fields from in and outside of Japan are to be critically reviewed under methodological criteria as well as in regard to their impact on general theory advancement, policy making and popular understanding of Japan. Participants will pursue a research project advancing their ability to devise a project and to utilize sources in Japanese and other relevant languages.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS6204","ModuleTitle":"READINGS IN JAPANESE LINGUISTICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module requires students to critically examine current methodological and theoretical debates in the field of Japanese linguistics by means of a comprehensive review of representative works in English and Japanese. A solid foundation in linguistics and proficiency in Japanese language (JLPT level 1 or equivalent) is essential.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"JS6770","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2004/2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters and will be graded \"Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory\" on the basis of student presentation and participation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-7-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"KE4102","ModuleTitle":"Intelligent Systems and Techniques for Business Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this first core course - unit 1 of the Master of Technology (MTech) in Knowledge Engineering (KE) - is to provide a foundation for the KE degree. The focus of the degree is on educating the developers of intelligent systems to be used for Business Analytics. So the objectives of this foundation course are to: \r\n(1) Introduce the basic concepts and major techniques of Business Analytics. \r\n(2) Provide an overview of knowledge-based systems and an introduction to statistical and machine learning, with Business Analytics as the target application area.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3.0-1-.01.0-10.0-5.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"KE4202","ModuleTitle":"CASE BASED REASONING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to teach the fundamentals of CBR and how to apply CBR to solve real world problems. Topics covered in this module include CBR concepts; CBR applications survey; CBR techniques: case representation, case indexing, case storage and retrieval; Case adaptation; Learning and generalization; Identifying applications; CBR Tools survey; and Hybrid systems. There is an assignment in which students will design and possibly implement a CBR system in their workplace. This course is appropriate for knowledge engineers who wish to apply CBR techniques for knowledge management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3-1.8","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"KE5006","ModuleTitle":"Applied Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to impart practical knowledge and experience of research processes, various research methods, literature reviews, results analysis and research paper writing. The course is designed so that objectives are fulfilled gradually in the course of conducting the actual research work and through individual guidance by ISS researchers.\r\n\r\nProjects are expected to be complex and challenging, and typically requires innovative problem solving approaches, field experimentation, algorithm design & system development. Students can propose to work on a specific\r\narea of applied research or to work on an industry sponsored problem. All research activities are supervised by ISS research and teaching staff.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-4-4-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"KE5105","ModuleTitle":"Knowledge Engineering Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"KE5107","ModuleTitle":"Data Mining Methodology and Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this third core course - unit 5 of the Master of Technology (MTech) in Knowledge Engineering (KE) - is to present Data Mining as an important knowledge discovery process in the development of intelligent systems for Business Analytics. The objectives of the course are to: \r\n(1) Provide in-depth coverage the methodology and methods of Data Mining. \r\n(2) Present Data Mining as the fundamental technique for Knowledge Discovery through the discussion of representative machine learning schemes and algorithms, typical tasks in mining relationships, \r\nclassification and clustering.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3.0-1.0-1.0-10.0-5.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"KE5109","ModuleTitle":"Knowledge Engineering Overseas Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The Knowledge Engineering Overseas Practicum is designed to allow students to experience entrepreneurial enterprises, such as high technology start-up companies, in rapidly developing economies, such as Israel and China, and contribute to those companies by playing a significant role in the development advanced software products or in solving complex business problems.\r\n\r\nThe practicum allows students to apply their knowledge in a real world context, demonstrating their mastery of a range of Knowledge Engineering skills, such as problem formulation, problem modeling, knowledge discovery, solution design and construction, verification and validation.\r\n\r\nThis module is conducted in collaboration with the NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0.0-0.0-0.0-30.0-0.0","Prerequisite":"Before commencing the Knowledge Engineering Overseas Practicum, the students must successfully complete the four MTech KE core courses:\r\n\r\nKE4102 Intelligent Systems and Techniques for Business Analytics\r\nKE5106 Data Warehousing for Business Analytics\r\nKE5107 Data Mining Methodology and Methods\r\nKE5108 Developing Intelligent Systems for Performing Business Analytics\r\n\r\nIn addition, they must demonstrate in the electives they have taken and/or in their work experience that they have the technical background for the project being offered by NOC.","Preclusion":"Students that select KE5105 Knowledge Engineering Project cannot also select the Knowledge Engineering Overseas Practicum and vice versa.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"KE5206","ModuleTitle":"Computational Intelligence I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this elective course of the Master of Technology (MTech) in Knowledge Engineering (KE) is to introduce Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines \r\nand their role in the development of intelligent systems for Business Analytics The objectives of the course are to: \r\n(1) Introduce computational intelligence techniques with a focus on Neural Networks and Support Vector Machine. \r\n(2) Explore how these techniques can be used to construct intelligent systems to solve real-world problems such as classification, clustering and prediction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.0-0.5-0.5-3.0-2.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LA4202","ModuleTitle":"Planting Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces design principles in terms of plant design characteristics and responses to environment and seasonal changes. There is an emphasis on plants as unique elements of landscape design. Both aesthetic and functional uses of plants will be covered. Design that favours natural distribution and ecological considerations will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-6-0","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LA4212","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Tropical Forest Ecology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module follows from Tropical Plant Identification 1. Matching plants to site will be one of the topics covered. Because of the tropical context the focus will be on trees. The course will leverage on the experience gained through establishing Singapore as a “Garden City”. The creation of a forest within a city, an &quot;urban forest”, is one of its aims. The course will start with an appreciation of the immense biodiversity of plants in our region. The irreplaceable values that natural primary forests have will be emphasized. The case of the need to extend these forests by recreating them in the urban context will be discussed. The appropriate use of non-indigenous plants will also be covered. The need to be ecological-minded when selecting plants will be emphasized with particular attention being placed on conservation; the beautification of place should not be done at the expense of making another landscape look less attractive. Lectures will be augmented with field trips which serve illustrate the application of the principles discussed to the ground. The business implications to matching the right plant to site, using quality plants and then being able to care for them professionally will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LA4702","ModuleTitle":"MLA Studio: City","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This studio-based module develops an appreciation for design skills in tropical landscape design as applied on a large city scale and marks the second of four subsequent master-level core studios in landscape design. Interdisciplinary requirements from planning guidelines, architecture design, engineering limitations; as well as understanding existing natural land and urban systems will be introduced into the design process. Project sites will be larger in scale with more complex urban design issues, with projects ranging from peripheral nature conservation sites to mix-use urban centres. There will be an emphasis on deriving innovative design solutions using ecological and sustainability principles.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-3-0-3-12","Prerequisite":"Min C in AR3101a and AR3102a","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LA5302","ModuleTitle":"Detail Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module covers landscape construction techniques and detailing. The emphasis is in the integration of details in terms of performance and coherence of the overall design. Consistency in the use of materials and adaptation of detailing to develop thematic strategies to carry design conceptual ideals are explored. The interrelationship and interdependence of parts and whole, between near and far, and between small and large scales are engaged. Current examples of local and international designs are presented and critique.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LA5303","ModuleTitle":"Urban Greening: Technologies and Techniques","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the different contemporary and emerging technologies and techniques that have become essential components of urban greening design and practices. It traces the origins of such technologies and techniques as responses to challenges in creating a green and ecologically-balanced urban environment, explains their scientific underpinnings, and provides examples of real-life applications. It emphasizes the role of R&D in a continual process to improve the performance of greening in areas of sustainability, ecological health, and liveability of the built envirobment. Topics covered include metrics used to measure greenery, technologies used to integrate greenery with the grey (buildings and infrastructure), blue (waterways and waterbodies) and brown (road infrastructure) elements of the built environment, and plants as the basic building blocks of functional landscapes. The module will be conducted through lectures, class discussion and site visits demonstrating\r\nreal-life applications as well as R&D in progress.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LA5702","ModuleTitle":"MLA Studio: Region","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This studio based module marks the last of four subsequent master-level core studios in landscape design. The final MLA studio is regarded as opportunity for the graduating students to deliver their personal 'master piece'. The students will undertake projects in one of the countries of South East Asia, tackling landscape design issues in the fast growing urban agglomerations of this region. The\r\nstudio integrates ecological, social and economic thinking in the course of generation of designs that shall be realistic and workable.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-8-0-2-8","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LA5742","ModuleTitle":"Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The research dissertation engages the student in a short research project related to the research interests of the department. The student will be exposed to previous and current research in the department and will then frame a research project of his own that utilizes the research methodology and issues adopted by his supervisor and his team. The research will culminate in a written report not exceeding 5000 words.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-4-0-2-14","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAB1201","ModuleTitle":"Bahasa Indonesia 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to develop language proficiency in an integrated approach.  Students will acquire language skills through participation in various communicative tasks. Through the exposure to the language, students will develop a general understanding of the cultures, the sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects of the language. By the end of the module, students will acquire basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing to maintain communication on common topics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"LAM1201 Malay 1","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAB2201","ModuleTitle":"Bahasa Indonesia 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to further enhance students' proficiency in the four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  Students will be exposed to more language functions and a wider range of topics.  Through reading formulaic authentic texts, students will be introduced to the language in written form as it appears in daily communicative situations to achieve further understanding of the country, its culture and its people. At the end of this course, students will be equipped with a sound foundation of the language to maintain communication on topics relating to their personal and immediate environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAB1201 or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAB3201","ModuleTitle":"Bahasa Indonesia 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of Bahasa Indonesia 2.  Emphasis continues to be on proficiency in all four skills, within selected range of vocabulary and grammar.  Students will master language relating to a wider range of daily life situations and will gain flexibility in their language use. Reading will no longer be strictly limited to what is contained in the textbook specially prepared for the class.  Gradually, short selection from media and literature sources such as short stories, poems, announcements, reports and other short, topic-specific pieces will be introduced to begin to familiarize students with actual usage while not overwhelming them with new vocabulary and grammatical forms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAB2201 or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAB3202","ModuleTitle":"Bahasa Indonesia 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will build on the skills developed in Bahasa Indonesia 3.  In this module, students will read, analyse, and discuss texts from literature, non-fiction, and academic sources covering a wide range of subjects related to the culture and society of the target language.  Selection will include text and passage from short stories, journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as audio-visual materials such as TV programs, feature films, etc. The range of readings is intended, firstly, to broaden students' vocabulary and familiarize them with terms relating to many fields of endeavor.  Secondly, the objective is to introduce students to various aspects of the society and culture as expressed by Indonesian writers.  Through exposure to the language as it appears in books and in the media, students will be able to hone their own language skills to be more applicable and practical in a workplace, academic, or business setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAB3201 or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAB4201","ModuleTitle":"Bahasa Indonesia 5","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will build on the skills developed in Bahasa Indonesia 4. Students will progress from reading selections from passages to a more sustained and systematic encounter with the nature of the language used in novels, newspapers, Internet and other forms of popular publications, official public discourse, academic writings and business Indonesian.  Students will progressively comprehend texts, not only from background and subject matter knowledge, but also from increasing control of language.  They will also learn to handle conversation involving complication, in the form of connected discourse, and to make choices of diction, as well as manipulate grammatical features reflecting formal and informal registers.\n\n\n\nLearners autonomy will be enhanced in the teaching-learning process. Students will take an active role in selecting materials and leading discussions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"2-2-0-3-5.5","Prerequisite":"Passed LAB3202 or placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAB4202","ModuleTitle":"Bahasa Indonesia 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will build on the skills developed in Bahasa Indonesia 5. Students will progress from reading selections from passages to a more sustained and systematic encounter with the nature of the language used in novels, newspapers, Internet and other forms of popular publications, official public discourse, academic writings and business Indonesian.  The most important objective is to improve students' language commands in employing discourse strategies. Learner's autonomy will be enhanced in the teaching-learning process.  Students will take an active role in selecting materials, leading discussions, and developing projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"2-2-0-3-5.5","Prerequisite":"Passed LAB4201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAC1201","ModuleTitle":"Chinese 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is a beginners' module consisting three main components: conversation, grammar and Chinese characters learning. Vocabulary items, sentence patterns and short texts will be taught. Students will acquire basic communicative skills to deal with simple daily situations after reading this module. Approximately 180 Chinese characters and 150 phrases will be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"LAC2202","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAC2201","ModuleTitle":"Chinese 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of Chinese 1. It consists of three main components, conversation, grammar and Chinese characters learning.  Another 200 Chinese characters and 500 phrases will be introduced. Emphasis is placed on listening, speaking, reading and the writing of Chinese characters. Students are required to give short speeches and to conduct projects in tutorials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Passed LAC1201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"LAC2202","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAC3201","ModuleTitle":"Chinese 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is an intermediate Chinese module which is a continuation of Chinese 2. It consists of three main components: conversation, grammar and Chinese character learning. Another 160 Chinese characters and 260 phrases will be introduced. Students are also required to give short speeches and project presentations in the tutorials. Students' language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing are further strengthened.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Passed LAC2201/LAC2202 or placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAC3202","ModuleTitle":"Chinese 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of Chinese 3 (LAC3201). Based on the 600 Chinese characters they have already learned from Chinese 1 to 3, students will be taught another 300 new characters and phrases at this stage.  New words, phrases and idioms will be strengthening for the usage of the language. Short stories and articles will be used in the teaching of this module. The students will also be trained in listening to broadcast materials, speech skills as well as short essay writing.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Passed LAC3201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAC3204","ModuleTitle":"Chinese for Business & Social Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Chinese for Business & Social Sciences is a module designed for students to understand the forms of Chinese and Chinese usage appropriate to business, law, the social sciences, public relations and industrial relations.  Students will be trained in writing business correspondence, legal writing and business report.  Public relations techniques such as advocacy, presentation and debating will be taught.  Student's mother-tongue should be Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Higher Chinese at GCE 'O' Level, GCE 'AO' Level Chinese or equivalent","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LAC4202","ModuleTitle":"Chinese 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of Chinese 5. It will emphasize the communicative function and the training of the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading & writing). A systematic way of introducing drills and exercises will allow students to master the necessary grammatical knowledge and rules for word and sentence formation. The students will also be involved in doing projects related to Chinese culture and history. Essay writing skills will be strengthened in this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Passed LAC4201 or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAF1201","ModuleTitle":"French 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This course focuses on basic linguistic and communicative structures of the French language.  By developing the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as teaching basic grammar and vocabulary, it aims at helping students achieve communicative competence in simple everyday situations and personal interaction. The module will also attempt to help students optimise their learning by teaching them vital strategies for language learning and language use.  The assessment for this module is 100% Continuous Assessment. \n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAF2201","ModuleTitle":"French 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to further enhance students' proficiency in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as increase their knowledge of the syntactical, morphological, phonetic and lexical aspects of the French language. Students will also acquire a better grasp of learning and communicative strategies (e.g. skimming, selective reading, reading for details, inferencing and mnemonic techniques etc.). Authentic texts from daily communicative situations (such as letters, dialogues, brochures, TV and radio interviews, signs etc.) will serve as the main source of learning materials.  The assessment for this module is 100% Continuous Assessment.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAF1201 or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAF3201","ModuleTitle":"French 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Building upon the foundation of the French 2 module, this module focuses on the development of students' ability to communicate on fairly complex topics of general interests. It will continue to adopt an integrated approach to language learning and cultivate students' proficiency in all areas of language learning, including their learning competence. Strategies to be developed include writing and speaking strategies such as brainstorming, arranging ideas and collecting linguistic expressions prior to the writing or speaking tasks.  The assessment for this module is 100% Continuous Assessment.\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAF2201or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAF3202","ModuleTitle":"French 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Students will be taught to comprehend longer listening and reading texts on more complex topics of general interest as well as on aspects of French culture, society and life. They will also acquire the ability to express their views and communicate meaningfully on the same topics at greater length, both in writing and orally. In the area of grammar and vocabulary, the focus will shift more towards textlinguistic and pragmatic features.  Language learning skills and strategies will include recognising and applying common linguistic and sociolinguistic norms in the use of the French language.  The assessment for this module is 100% Continuous Assessment.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAF3201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"LAF3203","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAF3203","ModuleTitle":"French for Academic Purposes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"French for Academic Purposes is designed for Student Exchange Programme students who plan to study in France and already have an intermediate level in French. The aims of the module are to understand longer texts, to write structured essays, and to present ideas in a logical and confident way. The students also work on their listening and speaking skills.  To be able to adapt well to the French environment, they study various aspects of French culture (the education system, family life, national identity). The assessment for this module is 100% Continuous Assessment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAF3201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"LAF3202","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAF4202","ModuleTitle":"French 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Building on the foundations of French 5, this module helps the students to develop and put in practical use the knowledge acquired in various specific fields, such as commercial French, contemporary culture, advanced conversation and writing skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"4-0-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"Passed LAF4201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAG1201","ModuleTitle":"German 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the basic linguistic and communicative structures of the German language. By developing the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as teaching basic grammar and vocabulary, it aims at helping students achieve communicative competence in simple everyday situations and personal interaction. The module will also attempt to help students optimise their learning by teaching them vital strategies for language learning and language use.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAG2201","ModuleTitle":"German 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to further enhance students' proficiency in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as increase their knowledge of the syntactical, morphological, phonetic and lexical aspects of the German language. Students will also acquire a better grasp of learning and communicative strategies. Authentic texts from daily communicative situations will serve as the main source of learning materials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAG1201 or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAG3201","ModuleTitle":"German 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Building upon the foundation of the German 2 module, this module focuses on the development of students' ability to communicate on fairly complex topics of general interests. It will continue to adopt an integrated approach and cultivate students' proficiency in all areas of language learning, including their learning competence. Strategies to be developed focus on writing and speaking.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAG2201 or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAG3202","ModuleTitle":"German 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Students will be taught to comprehend longer listening and reading texts on more complex topics of general interest as well as on aspects of German culture, society and life. They will also acquire the ability to express their views and communicate meaningfully on the same topics at greater length. In the area of grammar and vocabulary, the focus will shift more towards textlinguistic and pragmatic features. Language learning skills and strategies will include recognising and applying common sociolinguistic norms in the use of the language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAG3201or placement test","Preclusion":"LAG3203 German for Academic Purposes","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAG3203","ModuleTitle":"German for Academic Purposes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is specially aimed at teaching students who are interested in studying in a German-speaking country. They will be taught to comprehend longer listening and reading texts on more complex topics of academic interest as well as on aspects of German culture, society and life.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAG3201 or placement test","Preclusion":"LAG3202 German 4","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAG4202","ModuleTitle":"German 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with further training in skills and strategies to engage in authentic discourse and more complex argumentative writing. Topics of social, historical and cultural interest will be introduced through authentic materials such as selected works of literature, texts from newspapers and magazines, and audio or video recordings.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"4-0-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"Passed LAG4201or placement test","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAH1201","ModuleTitle":"Hindi 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Hindi 1 is a beginners' module. This is an integrated course which will help students gain basic proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, vocabulary (including Devanagari, the Hindi alphabet), for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"Hindi 1 is intended for students who are complete beginners. It is not suitable for students who are:  \r\n- native speakers of Hindi or Urdu  \r\n- students who have studied Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi or Punjabi at 'O' or 'A' levels (or equivalents) or have previously undertaken any formal study of Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati or Punjabi for any duration of time  \r\n- Students who are from India have to provide a complete transcript of subjects studied to prove that they have not taken Hindi at any level.  ","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAH2201","ModuleTitle":"Hindi 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Hindi 2 is a beginners’ module, and is a continuation of Hindi 1. It is an integrated course which will help students gain higher basic proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, vocabulary (including Devanagari, the Hindi alphabet), for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAH1201 Hindi 1, or its equivalence, or by placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAH3201","ModuleTitle":"Hindi 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Hindi 3 is a continuation of Hindi 2. It is an\r\n\r\nintegrated module which will help students gain\r\n\r\nintermediate proficiency in the four skills\r\n\r\n(listening, speaking, reading, and writing),\r\n\r\ngrammar, and vocabulary, for personal\r\n\r\ninteraction and communication in authentic\r\n\r\nsituations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAH2201 Hindi 2 or by placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LAH3202","ModuleTitle":"Hindi 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"\"Hindi 4 is a continuation of Hindi 3. It is an integrated module which will help students gain higher intermediate proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, and vocabulary, for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations.\"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAH3201 Hindi 3, or by placement test.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAJ1201","ModuleTitle":"Japanese 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is the first part of introductory-level Japanese.  It is designed to provide competence in handling various language tasks in authentic situations, using basic linguistic and socio-cultural skills. While more emphasis is placed on the development of oral communication skills, students will also learn how to read and write using hiragana, katakana, and approximately 100 kanji (i.e. Chinese characters) and 170 kanji-words. Students are also trained to learn basic self-study skills in Japanese to enable them to continue studying Japanese both in and outside of the classroom.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-4-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAJ2201","ModuleTitle":"Japanese 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module builds upon the basis of Japanese 1 and aims to develop basic linguistic and socio-cultural skills to expand the repertoire of the daily topics and situations with simple structures. Approximately 110 kanji and 180 kanji-words will be introduced. While more emphasis is placed on the development of oral communication skills, students will also learn how to read and write simple and short compositions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-4-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"Passed LAJ1201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAJ2202","ModuleTitle":"Japanese 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Building upon the basis of Japanese 2, this module develops students' ability to communicate and expands the repertoire of daily topics and situations. Complex structures such as transitive and intransitive, conditionals and passive forms are introduced.  Approximately 150 kanji and 200 kanji-words will be introduced. With this knowledge of characters, students will be able to understand and write simple and short essays.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-4-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"Passed LAJ2201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAJ2203","ModuleTitle":"Japanese 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Building upon the basis of Japanese 3, this module aims to further develop students' communication skills on daily topics of general interests.  It enhances students? socio-cultural awareness and enables them to communicate meaningfully in an appropriate manner using polite expressions.  Approximately 150 kanji and 200 kanji-words will be introduced. With this knowledge of characters, students will be able to understand letters with fairly formal written language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-4-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"Passed LAJ2202 or placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAJ3201","ModuleTitle":"Japanese 5","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip students with skills and strategies to discuss fairly complex topics, such as social and cultural issues. Students will also acquire the ability to express their thoughts in writing by using complex structural patterns with conjunctions and transitional phrases. By the end of this module, students should be familiar with the language to the extent of being comfortable in using it as a medium of communication (oral, written, listening, and reading) with native speakers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-4-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"Passed LAJ2203 or placement test.","Preclusion":"LAJ3203 Business Japanese 1","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAJ3204","ModuleTitle":"Business Japanese 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is a continuation of LAJ3203 Business Japanese 1. Students will be taught more specialised vocabulary and communication styles found in the Japanese business world, including both the written and the oral forms of communication. The ability to read, understand and write minutes will be further covered. Students will also be further familiarised with the language-related work style found in the Japanese business environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-4-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"Passed LAJ3203 (Business Japanese 1), LAJ3201 (Japanese 5) or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAJ4203","ModuleTitle":"Newspaper Reading","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students learn how to read, understand and analyse articles in newspapers and business journals.  The aim is to familiarise students with a wide range of more advanced reading materials that are relevant to current social, economic and political developments in Japan.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"2-2-0-3-5.5","Prerequisite":"Passed LAJ3201 (Japanese 5) or LAJ3203 (Business Japanese 1) or placement test","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAK1201","ModuleTitle":"Korean 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Korean 1 is a beginners module. This is an integrated course which will help students gain basic proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), grammar and vocabulary (including Hanguel, the Korean alphabet) for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAK2201","ModuleTitle":"Korean 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Korean 2 is the continuation of Korean 1. This is also an integrated course which will help students gain higher basic proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), grammar and vocabulary (including Hanguel, the Korean alphabet) for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"For students who passed LAK1201 (Korean 1) or placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAK3202","ModuleTitle":"Korean 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Korean 4 is a continuation of Korean 3. It is an integrated module which will help students gain higher intermediate proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, and vocabulary, for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAK3201 Korean 3 or by placement test.","Preclusion":"LAK3203 Korean for Academic Purpose","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LAK3203","ModuleTitle":"Korean for Academic Purposes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module Korean for Academic Purposes is specially designed for students who are interested in studying in Korea. Its primary focus will be on the preparation of students for essential communicative situations and interactions in a Korean university environment. Students will be taught to comprehend longer listening and reading texts on more complex topics of academic interest.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAK3201 Korea 3 or by placement test.","Preclusion":"LAK3202 Korean 4","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LAK4202","ModuleTitle":"Korean 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Korean 6 is a continuation of Korean 5. It is an integrated module which will help students gain higher proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing),\r\ngrammar and vocabulary, for personal interaction and communication in authentic situation. This module aims to provide students with further training in skills and strategies to engage in authentic discourse and more complex argumentative writing.\r\nTopics of social , historical and cultural interest will be introduced through authentic materials such as selected works of literature , text from news papers and\r\nmagazines and audio and video recordings","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"4-0-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"LAK4201 Korean 5 or by placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LAL1201","ModuleTitle":"Tamil 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module aims at enabling non-Tamil-speaking beginners to achieve competence in understanding and using basic Tamil, both its spoken and written forms. The emphasis is mainly on conversational Tamil and its practical use at the level of everyday discourse and on written Tamil and its use at the beginners' level. To facilitate immersion into the Tamil language, students will be taught the necessary skills of listening, reading, writing and speaking initially through a Romanised script; during the semester the students will learn the orthographic system of the Tamil language. The essential aspects of Tamil grammar will also be taught. By the end of module, students will be able to write and read small texts by using the Tamil orthographic system and possess listening and speaking skills in Tamil language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAL2201","ModuleTitle":"Tamil 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a follow up to and continuation of the module Tamil 1. By the end of the module, students are expected to have a good grammatical understanding of the Tamil language and to have a vocabulary which makes it possible for them to handle all four aspects in Tamil language learning (speaking, listening, reading and writing) with ease and effectiveness. There will be an introduction to features of idiomatic Tamil and to everyday usages. Students will be able to write short compositions and letters and to read newspaper articles, stories and short poems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAL1201 or placement test","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAM1201","ModuleTitle":"Malay 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims at guiding the beginner to achieve competence in understanding and using basic Malay. The emphasis is mainly on conversational Malay and its practical use at the level of everyday discourse. To facilitate immersion into the language students would be taught the necessary skills of listening, reading, writing and conversing in basic conversational Malay. The rudiments of Malay grammar would be taught where relevant or necessary.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"LAB1201 Bahasa Indonesia 1","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAM2201","ModuleTitle":"Malay 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a progression from Malay 1 and it seeks to build upon the standard attained by students in that module. This follow-up module introduces students by gradation to the use of standard Malay in relation to administration, commerce and the modern professions. The overriding aim of the module is for students to attain a functional competency in the Malay language for formal and practical purposes where necessary and relevant, aspects of Malay grammar would be taught.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAM1201 Malay 1 or placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAM3201","ModuleTitle":"Malay 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a progression from Malay 2 and it aims to help students become more competent in the Malay language so that they will be confident and capable of effective communication with speakers of the target language and at the same time be aware of the sociolinguistic dimension of the target culture. Malay 3 will focus on the continuous mastery and development of language skills that will help students converse accurately and more fluently.  This module is also aimed at enhancing students' communicative and social competence for effective communication in the Malay language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAM2201 Malay 2 or placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAM3202","ModuleTitle":"Malay 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Malay 4 is intended for students who wish to learn the Malay Language and have completed elementary Malay and Intermediate Malay 3. It is also for those who have equivalent knowledge of the Malay language to continue their study here. The course is intended for students who have already acquired a fairly proficient level of competency in the Malay language but wish to acquire the Malay language at a higher level and be able to use the target language for work related purposes within the context of the community in this region.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAM3201 Malay 3 or placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAM4201","ModuleTitle":"Malay 5","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip students with adequate skills and strategies to engage in discourse with native or other foreign speakers on complex social, political, cultural and environmental topics. The course will enable students to participate in meaningful conversation involving complex and practical issues pertaining to socio-cultural and professional issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"4-0-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"Completed LAM3202 Malay 4 or passed the placement test","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAR1201","ModuleTitle":"Arabic 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Arabic 1 is a beginners’ module. This is an\r\n\r\nintegrated course which will help students\r\n\r\ngain basic proficiency in the four skills\r\n\r\n(listening, speaking, reading, and writing),\r\n\r\ngrammar, vocabulary (including the Arabic\r\n\r\nalphabet), for personal interaction and\r\n\r\ncommunication in authentic situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAR2201","ModuleTitle":"Arabic 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Arabic 2 is a beginners’ module, and is a\r\n\r\ncontinuation of Arabic 1. It is an integrated\r\n\r\ncourse which will help students gain higher\r\n\r\nbasic proficiency in the four skills (listening,\r\n\r\nspeaking, reading, and writing), grammar,\r\n\r\nvocabulary (including the Arabic alphabet), for\r\n\r\npersonal interaction and communication in\r\n\r\nauthentic situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"\"LAR1201 Arabic 1, or by placement test.\"","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAR3202","ModuleTitle":"Arabic 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Arabic 4 is a continuation of Arabic 3. In this module, all skills of the language are equally dealt with. Further emphasis is placed on students’ ability to communicate\r\nmore fluently. More authentic language situations are brought into the classroom and used as language models. Students are asked to personalize these situations, putting into practice newly acquired vocabulary and structures. To consolidate the students’\r\nlearning of new vocabulary and structures, they are asked to write compositions on a variety of topics in a way that match their linguistic ability.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Successful completion of LAR3201 or exemption from it\r\nbased on placement test results.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LAR4202","ModuleTitle":"Arabic 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"LAR4202 Arabic 6 is an upper advanced Arabic module and a continuation of LAR4201 Arabic 5. It is intended to make students proficient language users. The\r\nstudents will better their speaking skill through group discussions, pair work, and oral presentations. They will listen to advanced listening comprehension materials, such as newscasts, talk shows and movies. In addition to the textbook readings, students will read stories and newspaper articles. They will learn to write\r\nnew types of essays, such as descriptive, narrative and argumentative ones, using more selective language and complex structures. Higher level word-formation\r\nprocesses and sentence structures will be taught.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"4-0-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"Successful completion of LAR4201 or by placement test.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAS1201","ModuleTitle":"Spanish 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Spanish 1 is the introductory module to the language and culture of the Hispanic world. This course is designed to help students develop the four linguistic skills in Spanish as well as to expand their cultural competency. The module will focus on the acquisition of basic structures, which will be developed and reinforced in subsequent modules.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"YLS1201 Introductory Spanish I","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAS2201","ModuleTitle":"Spanish 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of Spanish 1. Spanish 2 pays close attention to aural/oral practice while strengthening basic grammar skills, writing, and reading comprehension. Students will continue to learn about the Hispanic world via readings and a variety of audiovisual materials. The module covers the second half of the textbook used in Spanish 1.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"LAS1201 Spanish 1 or YLS1201 Introductory Spanish I, or placement test","Preclusion":"YLS1202 Introductory Spanish","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAS3202","ModuleTitle":"Spanish 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of Spanish 3. Students taking this module will build upon what was covered in the first half and continue to expand their command of written and spoken Spanish. Spanish 4 pays close attention to aural/oral practice while strengthening more complex grammar skills (e.g., the subjunctive, passive voice), writing, and reading comprehension.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"LAS3201 Spanish 3 or YLS2201 Intermediate Spanish I, or placement test","Preclusion":"YS2202 Intermediate Spanish II","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAS4202","ModuleTitle":"Spanish 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This course is the culmination of the Spanish language programme and serves as a bridge to further study of Spanish language and culture. Students will work on refining their writing and speaking skills by engaging in a variety of tasks (e.g. analysing short stories by a variety of authors, reviewing current films, discussing current events). Students will read texts on cultural and literary analysis with the aim of refining their linguistics and critical thinking skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"4-0-0-3-5.5","Prerequisite":"LAS4201 Spanish 5 or YLS3201 Advanced Spanish I, or placement test","Preclusion":"YLS3202 Advanced Spanish II","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAT1201","ModuleTitle":"Thai 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to develop language proficiency in an integrated approach.  Students will acquire language skills through participation in various communicative tasks. Through the exposure to the language, students will develop a general understanding of the cultures, the sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects of the language. By the end of the module, students will acquire basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing to maintain communication on common topics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAT2201","ModuleTitle":"Thai 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to further enhance students' proficiency in the four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  Students will be exposed to more language functions and a wider range of topics.  Through reading formulaic authentic texts, students will be introduced to the language in written form as it appears in daily communicative situations to achieve further understanding of the country, its culture and its people.  At the end of this course, students will be equipped with a sound foundation of the language to maintain communication on topics relating to their personal and immediate environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"LAT1201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAT3201","ModuleTitle":"Thai 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will build on the skills developed in Thai 2.  In this module, students will read, analyse, and discuss texts from literature, non-fiction, and academic sources covering a wide range of subjects related to the culture and society of the target language.  Selection will include text and passage from short stories, journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as audio-visual materials such as TV programs, feature films, etc. The range of readings is intended, firstly, to broaden students' vocabulary and familiarize them with terms relating to many fields of endeavor.  Secondly, the objective is to introduce students to various aspects of the society and culture as expressed by Thai writers.  Through exposure to the language as it appears in books and in the media, students will be able to hone their own language skills to be more applicable and practical in a workplace, academic, or business setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"LAT2201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAT3202","ModuleTitle":"Thai 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will build on the skills developed in Thai 3.  In this module, students will read, analyse, and discuss texts from literature, non-fiction, and academic sources covering a wide range of subjects related to the culture and society of the target language.  Selection will include text and passage from short stories, journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as audio-visual materials such as TV programs, feature films, etc. The range of readings is intended, firstly, to broaden students' vocabulary and familiarize them with terms relating to many fields of endeavor.  Secondly, the objective is to introduce students to various aspects of the society and culture as expressed by Thai writers.  Through exposure to the language as it appears in books and in the media, students will be able to hone their own language skills to be more applicable and practical in a workplace, academic, or business setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Passed LAT3201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAT4201","ModuleTitle":"Thai 5","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will build on the skills developed in Thai 4.  Students will progress from reading selections from passages to a more sustained and systematic encounter with the nature of the language used in novels, newspapers, Internet and other forms of popular publications, official public discourse, academic writings and Thai. Students will progressively comprehend texts, not only from background and subject matter knowledge, but also from increasing control of language.  They will also learn to handle conversation involving complication, in the form of connected discourse, and to make choices of diction, as well as manipulate grammatical features reflecting formal and informal registers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"4-0-0-3-5.5","Prerequisite":"Passed LAT3202 or placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAT4202","ModuleTitle":"Thai 6","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will build on the skills developed in Thai 5.  Students will progress from reading selections from passages to a more sustained and systematic encounter with the nature of the language used in novels, newspapers, Internet and other forms of popular publications, official public discourse, academic writings and Thai. The most important objective is to improve students' language commands in employing discourse strategies.  Learner's autonomy will be enhanced in the teaching-learning process.  Students will take an active role in selecting materials, leading discussions, and developing projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"4-0-0-3-5.5","Prerequisite":"Passed LAT4201 or placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAV1201","ModuleTitle":"Vietnamese 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to develop language proficiency in an integrated approach.  Students will acquire language skills through participation in various communicative tasks. Through the exposure to the language, students will develop a general understanding of the cultures, the sociolinguistic and pragmatic aspects of the language. By the end of the module, students will acquire basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing to maintain communication on common topics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LAV2201","ModuleTitle":"Vietnamese 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to further enhance students' proficiency in the four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  Students will be exposed to more language functions and a wider range of topics.  Through reading formulaic authentic texts, students will be introduced to the language in written form as it appears in daily communicative situations to achieve further understanding of the country, its culture and its people. At the end of this course, students will be equipped with a sound foundation of the language to maintain communication on topics relating to their personal and immediate environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAV1201 or placement test","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAV3201","ModuleTitle":"Vietnamese 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of Vietnamese 2.  Emphasis continues to be on proficiency in all four skills, within selected range of vocabulary and grammar.  Students will master language relating to a wider range of daily life situations and will gain flexibility in their language use. Reading will no longer be strictly limited to what is contained in the textbook specially prepared for the class.  Gradually, short selection from media and literature sources such as short stories, poems, announcements, reports and other short, topic-specific pieces will be introduced to begin to familiarize students with actual usage.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Passed LAV2201 or placement test","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LAV3202","ModuleTitle":"Vietnamese 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will build on the skills developed in Vietnamese 3.  In this module, students will read, analyse, and discuss texts from literature, non-fiction, and academic sources covering a wide range of subjects related to the culture and society of the target language.  Selection will include text and passage from short stories, journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as audio-visual materials such as TV programs, feature films, etc. The range of readings is intended, firstly, to broaden students' vocabulary and familiarize them with terms relating to many fields of endeavor.  Secondly, the objective is to introduce students to various aspects of the society and culture as expressed by Vietnamese writers.  Through exposure to the language as it appears in books and in the media, students will be able to hone their own language skills to be more applicable and practical in a workplace, academic, or business setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Passed LAV3201 or placement test","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1001A","ModuleTitle":"Criminal Law (A)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1001B","ModuleTitle":"Criminal Law (B)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1001D","ModuleTitle":"Criminal Law (D)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1001E","ModuleTitle":"Criminal Law (E)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1001F","ModuleTitle":"Criminal Law (F)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is meant to introduce students to the basic principles of criminal liability, mainly through the use of the homicide offences found in the Penal Code. The general defences found in the Penal Code as well as inchoate and\r\njoint liability of offenders will be covered in detail. During the course, reference may be made to offences found in other statutes and the law reform proposals from other jurisdictions. Students will also be encouraged to consider why certain forms of conduct are subject to criminal penalties and to critically assess these  objectives","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-6-0-0-14","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LC1002A","ModuleTitle":"Introduction To Legal Theory (A)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic introduction to basic concepts, issues, and controversies of legal theory. The course will examine some or all of these topics: utilitarian and deontological moral theories; the relationship between morality and law; natural law and positivism; Critical Legal Studies (CLS); gender and the law; Asian values and jurisprudence, culture and the law; and law and economics. These approaches to law will be examined both in their own right and as perspectives from which positive law might be understood and critically assessed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1002B","ModuleTitle":"Introduction To Legal Theory (B)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic introduction to basic concepts, issues, and controversies of legal theory. The course will examine some or all of these topics: utilitarian and deontological moral theories; the relationship between morality and law; natural law and positivism; Critical Legal Studies (CLS); gender and the law; Asian values and jurisprudence, culture and the law; and law and economics. These approaches to law will be examined both in their own right and as perspectives from which positive law might be understood and critically assessed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1002C","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Legal Theory (C)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic introduction to basic concepts, issues, and controversies of legal theory. The course will examine some or all of these topics: utilitarian and deontological moral theories; the relationship between morality and law; natural law and positivism; Critical Legal Studies (CLS); gender and the law; Asian values and jurisprudence, culture and the law; and law and economics. These approaches to law will be examined both in their own right and as perspectives from which positive law might be understood and critically assessed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1002D","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Legal Theory (D)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic introduction to basic concepts, issues, and controversies of legal theory. The course will examine some or all of these topics: utilitarian and deontological moral theories; the relationship between morality and law; natural law and positivism; Critical Legal Studies (CLS); gender and the law; Asian values and jurisprudence, culture and the law; and law and economics. These approaches to law will be examined both in their own right and as perspectives from which positive law might be understood and critically assessed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1002E","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Legal Theory (E)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic introduction to basic concepts, issues, and controversies of legal theory. The course will examine some or all of these topics: utilitarian and deontological moral theories; the relationship between morality and law; natural law and positivism; Critical Legal Studies (CLS); gender and the law; Asian values and jurisprudence, culture and the law; and law and economics. These approaches to law will be examined both in their own right and as perspectives from which positive law might be understood and critically assessed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1002F","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Legal Theory (F)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic introduction to basic concepts, issues, and controversies of legal theory. The course will examine some or all of these topics: utilitarian and deontological moral theories; the relationship between morality and law; natural law and positivism; Critical Legal Studies (CLS); gender and the law; Asian values and jurisprudence, culture and the law; and law and economics. These approaches to law will be examined both in their own right and as perspectives from which positive law might be understood and critically assessed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1003","ModuleTitle":"Law Of Contract","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This foundational course examines the basic doctrines and issues of contract law, including the creation of rights and obligations from voluntary undertakings, the doctrines which circumscribe the circumstances under which the law permits a dissolution of the contract, and the remedies that the law provides for the breach of contractual obligations. In exploring the constituent components of contracts - formation, privity, frustration, breach, remedies, terms and vitiating factors - the course also examines challenges to the traditional model of contract law, tensions arising from the pulls of certainty and fairness, and other broader issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-2-0-0-16","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1004","ModuleTitle":"Law Of Torts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This is a foundation course introducing basic concepts in the law of torts, which deals with the rights and obligations of private parties arising out of civil wrongs. The course will include an in-depth study of the modern tort of negligence, as well as considering the related tort of nuisance. It will also cover the intentional torts and the tort of breach of statutory duty, and will conclude with a brief examination of remedies and vicarious liability.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-2-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC1016","ModuleTitle":"Legal Analysis, Research & Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this year-long course is to develop analytical skills, research skills and communication skills (written and oral) in first year students. In Semester 1, we focus on objective analysis and communication and also introduce students to basic research skills. In Semester 2, we focus on independent research and advocacy.\r\n\r\nExercises and assignments will employ real-life tasks, like office\r\nmemoranda, court pleadings and client meetings, as means for\r\nstudents to try out their legal skills. However, the primary focus will be on helping students to hone foundational legal skills that are transferable across subjects and contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"1-3-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Nil.","Preclusion":"Nil.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC2006A","ModuleTitle":"Equity & Trusts (A)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The trust is a distinctive and unique combination of proprietary rights and obligations and the objective of this course is to introduce students to the law of trusts and the principles of equity which have been influential in shaping that law.  At the end of the course, students should be able to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the notion of an equitable proprietary interest under a trust and of the manner in which the trust strikes a balance between the respective interests and rights of settlor, trustee and beneficiary.  Students should also be able to demonstrate an appreciation of the importance and flexibility of constructive trusts as well as related equitable doctrines and remedies in the modern law.  The course will be taught in two sections.  Each section will have its own syllabus and methods of assessment which may not coincide.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-2-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC2006B","ModuleTitle":"Equity & Trusts (B)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The trust is a distinctive and unique combination of proprietary rights and obligations and the objective of this course is to introduce students to the law of trusts and the principles of equity which have been influential in shaping that law.  At the end of the course, students should be able to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the notion of an equitable proprietary interest under a trust and of the manner in which the trust strikes a balance between the respective interests and rights of settlor, trustee and beneficiary.  Students should also be able to demonstrate an appreciation of the importance and flexibility of constructive trusts as well as related equitable doctrines and remedies in the modern law.  The course will be taught in two sections.  Each section will have its own syllabus and methods of assessment which may not coincide.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-2-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC2006C","ModuleTitle":"Equity & Trusts (C)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC2007","ModuleTitle":"Constitutional & Administrative Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce the basic principles of constitutional law and administrative law.  Public law relates primarily to the inter-relationship between government bodies established by the Constitution and the regulation of relationships between the State, communities and individuals.  It is concerned with the extent to which law can promote 'good governance', how political power is legitimated, how abuses of public power are prevented, and the degree of autonomy from state interference individuals should enjoy.  Topics will include: the nature of and separation of powers between executives, legislature and judiciary; protection of fundamental libertiesl; judicial review of administrative action.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"4-6-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC2009","ModuleTitle":"Pro Bono Service","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"NUS Law has a rich tradition of pro bono work among staff and students. Engaging in pro bono provides an opportunity to gain “real world” experience - to see firsthand the important role law plays in the life of an individual. Law is a privileged profession, one that assists in upholding and promoting justice, morality and the rule of law. This module sets a baseline for pro bono service at NUS, aimed at helping students develop professional skills, and exposing students to the non-pecuniary aspects \r\nof the profession that will sustain a long and satisfying career.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"1-0-0-3-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC2012","ModuleTitle":"Trial Advocacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of this course are to: introduce students to basic trial techniques and skills, including the basics of presentations in Court, modes of address, examination in chief and cross examination and submissions on facts. It will also introduce students to witness preparation for trial. The practical skills learned in this will complement those learned in first year Legal Writing. This course will also give students an opportunity to interact with and learn from practicing litigation lawyers, and thereby give them a taste of the \"real world\" litigation practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"LC2002 Introduction to Trial Advocacy\r\nLC2013 Corporate Deals\r\nLC2003 Legal Case Studies","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC2013","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Deals","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This problem-oriented course provides an introduction to corporate transactions.  The course will centre on a complex commercial transaction covering different areas of law.  Working in teams, students will take instructions, render advice on structuring and other legal issues, and then draft, review and negotiate the documentation for the transaction.  Targeted at students who have completed the first year of the compulsory modules at NUS Law, this course aims to further hone the skills covered in the first year.  Substantial and active student participation is mandatory.  Tutorials in small groups are conducted primarily by corporate and in-house lawyers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil.","Preclusion":"LC2002 Introduction to Trial Advocacy\r\nLC2012 Trial Advocacy \r\nLC2003 Legal Case Studies","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC3001B","ModuleTitle":"Evidence (B)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5009","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5029","ModuleTitle":"INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5035","ModuleTitle":"Taxation Issues in Cross-Border Transactions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This is an introduction to the major income tax issues faced by businesses operating in a global economy.  These issues include causes of multiple taxation, strategies to avoid multiple taxation, the effectiveness of Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) and the abuse of DTAs.  The module will be taught using typical transactions of capital and income flows as the focus and method of instruction. It will identify the main tax risks from undertaking cross-border transactions.  As part of the management and mitigation of tax costs to a MNC, tax planning opportunities in the form of tax arbitrage, tax havens, choice of investment vehicle, corporate funding, inbound and outbound investments as well as the repatriation of income and capital will be discussed.   The course will also identify the global tax trends arising from increased mobility of capital, technological advancements as well as demographics. In particular, the module will address some of the major issues and challenges that are being addressed in the most ambitious international tax reform under the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting 2015 (BEPS) initiative ever attempted. As this course seeks to illustrate some of the general strategies in international tax planning, no prior knowledge of country-specific tax rules is required. Instead, the latest OECD Model Tax Convention 2017 will used as a primary source of laws for the purpose of this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5050V","ModuleTitle":"Public International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This foundational course introduces the student to the nature, major principles, processes and institutions of the international legal system, the relationship between international and domestic law and the role of law in promoting world public order. Students will acquire an understanding of the conceptual issues underlying this discipline and a critical appreciation of how law inter-relates with contemporary world politics, its global, regional and domestic significance. Topics include the creation and status of international law, participation and competence in the international legal system, primary substantive norms such as the law regulating the use of force and enforcement procedures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LC5050.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5089","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Corporate & Securities Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course covers the major aspects of company law and securities regulation in China, including the formation of companies, corporate finance, corporate governance, shareholders' rights, issuing of stocks and \"going public\",\r\ncorporate mergers and acquisitions, as well as the regulation of the capital markets in China. The primary focus will be on providing students with a basic legal understanding of establishing business organizations in China and accessing China's capital markets for finance. Significant issues relating to corporate law and securities regulation will be discussed in the context of China's legal, business and policy environments in the reform period.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5118","ModuleTitle":"Foreign Direct Investment Law in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"In this course, students will  act as lawyers advising an international investor in a mock transaction in a developing Asian jurisdiction. They must identify the legal risks for the investor in this developing environment and advise ways to mitigate such risks. Students will study relevant local laws, draft contractual documents, analyse legal issues, give advice, negotiate with local partners and bring the deal to closure. Through this, students are expected to form an overview of the risks for an international investor in these developing Asian systems and ways to mitigate such risks through negotiation and documentation. Furthermore, students will also research  particular issues such as expropriation, change in law, currency conversion or performance by State owned companies for the purposes of the assignment. To do this, students will need to study the investment law, administrative law, conflict of laws, corporate law, contract law and arbitration law of some selected Asian jurisdictions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5186","ModuleTitle":"INTERNATIONAL & COMMERCIAL TRUSTS LAW","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5204BV","ModuleTitle":"Charterparties","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will focus on charterparties, which are contracts between the shipowner and the charterer for the hire of the vessel, either for a specific voyage (voyage charterparties) or over a period of time (time charterparties). There are in addition, other variants of these basic types, which will also be referred to. This\r\ncourse will examine the standard forms for each of the charterparties being studied and examine the main terms and legal relationship between shipowners and charterers. This dynamic and important aspect of the law of carriage of goods by sea is frequently the subject of arbitral proceedings and court decisions. This course will be of importance to individuals contemplating a carrier in shipping law and underlines Singapore’s role as a major global port and maritime hub.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LC5204B.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5262V","ModuleTitle":"International Commercial Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to equip students with the basic understanding of the law of arbitration to enable them to advise and represent parties in the arbitral process confidence.  Legal concepts peculiar to arbitration viz. separability, arbitrability and kompetenze-kompetenze will considered together with the procedural laws on the conduct of the arbitral process, the making of and the enforcement of awards.  Students will examine the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention, 1958.  This course is most suited for students with some knowledge of the law of commercial transactions, shipping, banking, international sale of  goods or construction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4029","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5264","ModuleTitle":"WTO and Regional Integration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Regionalism is very much debated in contemporary trade policy discourse. Some regional trade agreements have involved deep integration, even going beyond the WTO. This course aims to ponder the relationship between the multilateral trading system and regional agreements. It will look at the manner in which regional agreements operate, and what effects they have on international trade.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"LL4060B/LL5060B/LL6060B World Trade Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC5405A","ModuleTitle":"LAW OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (A)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Students will first be provided with an overview of what the various intellectual property (IP) rights in Singapore are. Thereafter, this module will launch into the specifics of the main IP rights including copyright, patents and trade marks. For each of these IP rights, selected issues relating to their subsistence (how does it arise; is registration needed; what are the registration criteria) and infringement (what exclusive rights the IP owner has; what defences are available) will be examined very closely. Students will also be encouraged to explore the inter-relationship between these IP rights on specific issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-6-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4405B/LL5405B/LL6405B Law of IP & LL4070/LL5070/LC5070/LL6070 Foundations of IP Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LC6009","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LCD5204BV","ModuleTitle":"Charterparties","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will focus on charterparties, which are contracts between the shipowner and the charterer for the hire of the vessel, either for a specific voyage (voyage charterparties) or over a period of time (time charterparties). There are in addition, other variants of these basic types, which will also be referred to. This\r\ncourse will examine the standard forms for each of the charterparties being studied and examine the main terms and legal relationship between shipowners and charterers. This dynamic and important aspect of the law of carriage of goods by sea is frequently the subject of arbitral proceedings and court decisions. This course will be of importance to individuals contemplating a carrier in shipping law and underlines Singapore’s role as a major global port and maritime hub.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LCD5204B.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LI5001","ModuleTitle":"Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"THE LOGISTICS INSTITUTE - ASIA PACIFIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LI5202","ModuleTitle":"Supply Chain Management Strategies and Case Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"THE LOGISTICS INSTITUTE - ASIA PACIFIC","ModuleDescription":"This module enables students to learn a special area or application of supply chain management by an eminent visiting professor to TLIAP.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-6","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4003V","ModuleTitle":"China, India and International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the rise of China and India and it’s impact on the international legal order. In particular, students will be led to discuss issues concerning (1) the origin and history of the relationship between developing\r\ncountries and international law; (2) the rise of China and India and its challenge to the existing international legal order and legal norms; (3) China, India, and the multilateral trading system; (4) China, India and international investment; (5) the international law aspects of domestic policies in China and India; and (6) the international law aspects of competition and disputes between China and \r\nIndia. The course will also concentrate on demonstrating the interaction between international relations and international law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4003.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4006V","ModuleTitle":"Banking Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to familiarise the student with the key principles relating to the modern law of banking. Four main areas will be covered: the law of negotiable instruments, the law of payment systems, the banker customer relationship and bank regulation. Students who wish to obtain a basic knowledge of banking law will benefit from this course. It is also recommended that those who wish to specialize in banking law take this course as a foundational course, prior to studying the more advanced banking courses.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4006.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4008BV","ModuleTitle":"Charterparties","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will focus on charterparties, which are contracts between the shipowner and the charterer for the hire of the vessel, either for a specific voyage (voyage charterparties) or over a period of time (time charterparties). There are in addition, other variants of these basic types, which will also be referred to. This\r\ncourse will examine the standard forms for each of the charterparties being studied and examine the main terms and legal relationship between shipowners and charterers. This dynamic and important aspect of the law of carriage of goods by sea is frequently the subject of arbitral proceedings and court decisions. This course will be of importance to individuals contemplating a carrier in shipping law and underlines Singapore’s role as a major global port and maritime hub.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4008B.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4012V","ModuleTitle":"Comparative Constitutional Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This discussion-based seminar will focus on issues of comparative constitutional adjudication in common law systems, with particular emphasis on the experiences of India, Singapore and South Africa.  The course will therefore focus primarily on the institutional mechanisms of judicial review and the challenges for constitutionalism that are posed within this particular institutional setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4012","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4013V","ModuleTitle":"Comparative Environmental Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Environmental Law is emerging as a distinct field of law in every nation and region.  Legislatures establish environmental laws based upon the need to address perceived environmental problems in their territory or in a region of shared resources such as a river basin or coastal marine regions or the habitats for migratory species.  In some instances, national legislation is stimulated by the negotiation and adherence to multilateral environmental agreements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4013","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4014V","ModuleTitle":"Construction Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to introduce students to the legal principles that form the foundation of construction law and to the common practical problems that arise in this field. Topics will include: (a) general principles of construction law, including completion, defects, retention and certification; (b) basic provisions of construction contracts; (c) claims procedure & dispute resolution, including arbitration procedure; and (d) relevant provisions of standard form building contracts. This course will be of interest to students interested in construction practice or a practical approach to the study of law. This course is taught by partners from the Construction Practice Group of Wong Partnership.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4014","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4029V","ModuleTitle":"International Commercial Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to equip students with the basic understanding of the law of arbitration to enable them to advise and represent parties in the arbitral process confidence.  Legal concepts peculiar to arbitration viz. separability, arbitrability and kompetenze-kompetenze will considered together with the procedural laws on the conduct of the arbitral process, the making of and the enforcement of awards.  Students will examine the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention, 1958.  This course is most suited for students with some knowledge of the law of commercial transactions, shipping, banking, international sale of  goods or construction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4029","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4030V","ModuleTitle":"International Commercial Litigation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Globalisation has made it more important for lawyers to be knowledgeable about the international aspects of litigation. This course focuses on the jurisdictional techniques most relevant to international commercial litigation: in personam jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, interim protective measures, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, public policy, and an outline of choice of law issues for commercial contracts. The course, taught from the perspective of Singapore law, based largely on the common law, is designed to give an insight into the world of international litigation. These skills are relevant to not only litigation lawyers, but also lawyers planning international transactions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4030","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4034V","ModuleTitle":"International Regulation of Shipping","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the global regime governing the international regulation of commercial shipping. It will examine the relationship between the legal framework established in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the work of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN specialized agency responsible for the safety and security of international shipping and the prevention of pollution from ships. The course will focus on selected global conventions administered by the IMO, including those governing safety of life at sea (SOLAS), the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) and the training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers (STCW). It will also examine the liability and compensation schemes that have been developed for pollution damage caused by the carriage of oil and noxious substances by ships, as well as the conventions designed to ensure that States undertake contingency planning in order to combat spills of oil and other noxious and hazardous substances in their waters. In addition, the course will examine the schemes that have been developed to enhance the security of ships and ports in light of the threat of maritime terrorism. It will also examine the role of the IMO in the prevention of pollution of the marine environment from dumping waste at sea and from seabed activities subject to national jurisdiction. One of the themes of the course will be to consider how the IMO is responding to increased concern about the protection and preservation of the marine environment, including threats such as invasive species and climate change. Another theme will be to consider how the responsibility to enforce IMO Conventions is divided between flag States, coastal States, port States and the IMO. This course will be useful to persons who intend to practice shipping law or work in the private or public maritime sector.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Core Law Curriculum or its equivalent. Students who have completed a course in Law of the Sea or Ocean Law & Policy may have a slight advantage.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4034.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4044V","ModuleTitle":"Mediation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is a skills-based workshop and is designed to assist participants in learning about and attaining a basic level of competency as a mediator and mediation advocate. Topics covered include: Interest-based mediation vs Positions-based mediation; The Mediation Process; Opening Statements; Co-Mediation; Preparing a client for mediation; and Mediation advocacy. This workshop is targeted at self-motivated Year 3 & 4 students interested in learning and developing interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"Not open to students who have successfully completed Mediation.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4050V","ModuleTitle":"Public International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This foundational course introduces the student to the nature, major principles, processes and institutions of the international legal system, the relationship between international and domestic law and the role of law in promoting world public order. Students will acquire an understanding of the conceptual issues underlying this discipline and a critical appreciation of how law inter-relates with contemporary world politics, its global, regional and domestic significance. Topics include the creation and status of international law, participation and competence in the international legal system, primary substantive norms such as the law regulating the use of force and enforcement procedures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4050.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4051","ModuleTitle":"Principles Of Restitution","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to the central concepts and disputes in the law of restitution, centring on unjust enrichment as an organising theme.  The prevention of unjust enrichment as an independent legal principle, capable of founding causes of action, gained currency as an independent branch of the common law only as recently as in 1991.  This course covers the operation of key restitutionary concepts in common law and equity, including their relationships to the law of contract, torts, and property, as well as to equitable principles.  A selection of topics, which may vary from year to year, will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"(a) NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. (b) Property II (LL3601A) or an equivalent course on Equity & Trusts.","Preclusion":"Remedies in Contract, Tort & Restitution (LL4651D), (LLB4078/LMB4078/LDB4078/LSB4078).  &#9827; Subject not offered to Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law students.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4054V","ModuleTitle":"Domestic and International Sale of Goods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of domestic and international sale of goods under the Singapore law. With regard to domestic sales, the course will focus on the Sale of Goods Act. Topics to\r\nbe studied will include the essential elements of the contract of sale; the passing of title and risk; the implied conditions of title, description, fitness and quality; delivery and payment, acceptance and termination, and the available remedies. With particular reference to a seller’s delivery obligations, the course will also cover substantial aspects of the international sale of goods under the common law, such as FOB and CIF contracts and documentary sales. This course will be of interest to students intending to enter commercial practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4056BV","ModuleTitle":"Tax Planning And Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This foundation course seeks to acquaint participants with a basic working knowledge of income tax and goods and services tax issues faced by companies and individuals. It will illustrate the extent to which tax avoidance is acceptable under the rules for deductions, capital allowances and losses. In addition, the taxation of income from employment income, trade and investments will be highlighted. Tax planning opportunities arising from the differences in tax treatment of sole proprietors, partnerships and companies will be highlighted. On policy issues, concepts including economics of taxation, international trends and tax reform will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"(a) NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. (b) Company Law (LC2008) or its equivalent in a developed common law jurisdiction","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4056B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4063V","ModuleTitle":"Business & Finance For Lawyers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"To provide law students who intend to read commercial law electives with a foundation in accounting, finance and other related business concepts.   It covers topics such as interpretation and analysis of standard financial statements, the types of players and instruments in the financial markets and the basic framework of a business investment market.The course will employ a hypothetical simulation where lawyers advise on several proposals involving the acquisition and disposal of assets by a client. The issues covered in the hypothetical will include asset valuation models, financing options and techniques, and compliance with accounting and regulatory frameworks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"(a) NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.  \r\n(b) Company Law or its equivalent in a common law jurisdiction (may be taken concurrently)","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4063.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4070V","ModuleTitle":"Foundations Of Intellectual Property Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course seeks to introduce students to the general principles of intellectual property law in Singapore, as well as, major international IP conventions. It is aimed at students who have no knowledge of IP law but are interested in learning more about this challenging area of law. It will also be useful for students intending to pursue the advanced courses in IP/IT by providing them with the necessary foundation on IP law. Students will be assessed based on open book examination, 1 written assignment and 1 class presentation. (Class presentation is subject to change depending on student subscription).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"The Law of Intellectual Property. Students who are taking or have taken LL4070.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4077V","ModuleTitle":"IT Law II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the legal and policy issues relating to information technology and the use of the Internet. The focus of this course will be on the intellectual property issues such as copyright in software and electronic materials, software patents, electronic databases, trade marks, domain names and rights management information.  Students who are interested in the interface between law, technology, policy and economic rights will learn to examine the sociological, political, commercial and technical background behind these rules, evaluate the legal rules and policy ramifications of these rules, and formulate new rules and policies to address these problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent..","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4077.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4094AV","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4094BV","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4094CV","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4094V","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4097V","ModuleTitle":"Islamic Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Course will introduce history and basic concepts of traditional Islamic law, followed by an account of reforms during the 19th and 20th centuries. The reform period will be covered topically, beginning with method and philosophical foundations, and moving to a variety of issues of positive and procedural law. Finally, some themes related to law and modernity will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4097.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4099V","ModuleTitle":"Maritime Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will provide an understanding of the legal issues arising from casualties involving ships. It will examine aspects of the law relating to nationality and registration of ships, the law relating to the management of ships, ship sale and purchase, and the law of collisions, salvage, towage, wreck and general average. Students successfully completing the course will be familiar with the international conventions governing these issues, as well as the domestic law of Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4099.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4133V","ModuleTitle":"Human Rights in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Firstly, to impart a solid grounding in the history, principles, norms, controversies and institutions of international human rights law.  Secondly, to undertake a contextualized socio-legal study of human rights issues within Asian societies, through examining case law, international instruments, policy and state interactions with UN human rights bodies.  'Asia' alone has no regional human rights system; considering the universality and indivisibility of human rights, we consider how regional particularities affect or thwart human rights. <br><br> \r\nSubjects include: justiciability of socio-economic rights, right to development and self-determination, political freedoms, religious liberties, indigenous rights, national institutions, women's rights; MNC accountability for rights violations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4133.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4140V","ModuleTitle":"Ocean Law & Policy in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Ocean Law & Policy issues are of crucial importance to Singapore and Asia.  This course will examine the evolving global legal regime governing the oceans by examining current issues in Asia.  It replaces the course on Ocean Law & Policy, which does not have a specific regional focus.  This course is also on the list of modules available in the specialized LLM in Asian Law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4140","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4146V","ModuleTitle":"Law & Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is primarily concerned with the age-old dichotomy between law in the law books and law in action. Through the examination of the origin, function and pattern of law in primitive and modern societies from a historical, anthropological and sociological perspective, we will try to understand better, the constraints under which ‘law’ in modern society operates, and the limits on the use of law as an instrument of social change. \r\n\r\nIn the first part of the course, the student will be introduced to basic ideas in classical anthropology and the sociology of law. Questions such as - Are there any ‘universal’ patterns of human behaviour? To what extent is a society’s perception of law influenced or controlled by environmental and econological factors? How are disputes resolved? Is aggression and warfare inherent in the human condition? - will be dealt with. In the second part of the course, these anthropological methods will be applied to a study of the concept of law in diverse societies from a sociological perspective, and to the actual function of law in society. Do patterns of human behaviour discernable in primitive societies hold true in more complex ‘modern’ societies? What are the attributes of a ‘modern’ legal system? Is the concept of ‘law’ in the western sense inevitable and universal in all kinds of societies. What happens to the concept of law in plural societies? Teaching will be by seminars which will include lectures and discussion of assigned readings. No previous knowledge of law anthropology or sociology is required or will be assumed of students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4146","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4150V","ModuleTitle":"Arbitration of Investment Disputes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"With increasing flows of foreign direct investment in the region, settlement of disputes arising from such investments made with state owned corporations is becoming frequent. Such arbitration is provided for in the contract but increasingly, the investment treaties provide for recourse to such arbitration. A distinct body of case law has developed as a result of a multiplicity of such arbitrations in recent times. The aim of this course is to study the developments that have taken place in the area. It deals with the types of arbitration clauses used in the contracts, court supervision and assistance of such arbitration, the law that is applied in settling disputes, the nature of the award and the problems associated with the enforcement of the award.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4150","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4155","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Law and Economics\t","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This seminar will explore several key topics at the intersection of law and economics. It will commence with an exploration of the concept of rationality as employed in (positive) micro-economic theory. It will also explore the Coase theorem as a means of understanding the importance of legal rules and institutions. These theoretical tools will then be used as a lens for examining, amongst other topics, tort, contract and insolvency law; company law; financial regulation, and the role of law and legal institutions in economic development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4158V","ModuleTitle":"Climate Change Law and Policy in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides a comprehensive overview of international climate change law as well as examines the legal and regulatory responses of Asian jurisdictions to climate change. The first part of the course will examine the rules and institutions established by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. The second part will focus on climate governance beyond the UN climate regime, particularly the role of cities and international financial institutions in governing climate change. In the final part, we examine how selected Asian jurisdictions, including Singapore, have adopted laws and regulatory frameworks for climate change mitigation and adaptation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4158/LL5158/LL6158; LL4221/LL5221/LL6221; LL4221V/LL5221V/LL6221V Climate Change Law & Policy","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4161V","ModuleTitle":"Intelligence Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4161","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4175V","ModuleTitle":"Global Legal Orders: Interdisciplinary Perspectives","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The development of new types of legal phenomena in the global arena has outgrown established understandings of law, and conventional classifications of legal materials. At the point of needing a theoretical underpinning for the novel concerns of academic law occasioned by globalization, fresh considerations of interdisciplinary perspectives on law are opened up, questioning the extent to which a distinctively legal approach to global issues is possible. This course engages with these challenges by exploring the global interconnectedness of law, morality, politics and economics, and considers what contribution legal theory might make to illuminating complex policy issues with a global reach.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4175.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4178V","ModuleTitle":"International Legal Protection of Investment Flows","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the treaties used by States to protect the interests of their investors when making investments abroad. It will pay particular attention to investor-State arbitration, which is increasingly becoming widespread in Asia and a growing part of international legal practice. It will examine not only the legal and theoretical underpinnings of these treaties and this form of dispute settlement, but also their practical application having regard to concrete cases.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4195V","ModuleTitle":"International Economic Law & Relations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the international law and international relations dimensions of the current international economic systems and discuss the various possibilities for future reforms in light of the past and recent global economic crises. While the discussion will be based on the Bretton Woods System (the GATT/WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank), the course will focus mainly on the international regulatory framework of finance and investment. The purpose of the course is to let the students develop a bird’s eye view of the legal aspects of the international economic architecture as well as the reasons – or the international political economy – behind its operation. Students will also be exposed certain fundamentals of international law and international relations concerning global economic affairs. Further, the course will examine the experiences of several countries’ economic development and their use of international economic law to achieve economic growth.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4195.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4202V","ModuleTitle":"ASEAN Economic Community Law and Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"ASEAN leaders agreed to create a single market – the ASEAN Economic Community – by 2015. Due to sovereignty concerns, ASEAN leaders did not create a single supranational authority to regulate this market. This course examines how ASEAN member states and institutions are filling in the vacuum through  formal and informal means. Students will understand how regional policymaking affects domestic laws and policies within ASEAN.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent..","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4202.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4203","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4203A","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4203B","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4203C","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4205V","ModuleTitle":"Maritime Conflict of Laws","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"An examination of conflict of laws issues in the context of maritime law and admiralty litigation. The course will provide an introduction to conflicts theory and concepts before focusing on conflict of jurisdictions, parallel proceedings and forum shopping in admiralty matters; role of foreign law in establishing admiralty jurisdiction; recognition and priority of foreign maritime liens and other claims; choice of law and maritime Conventions; conflicts of maritime Conventions;  security for foreign maritime proceedings; and recognition and enforcement of  oreign maritime judgments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4205.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4208V","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Criminal Legal Process","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The course encompasses the theoretical and practical concepts underpinning the entire criminal litigation process, from pre-trial to post-conviction. Coverage will include the role of the charge, drafting of charges, plea-bargains, guilty pleas, trials, consequential orders and appeals. Common evidential issues arising in trials will also be discussed. The aim is to provide both a holistic overview of the entire process as well as detailed examination of specific areas. The course will cover criminal procedure and evidence as well as include advocacy exercises in common criminal proceedings and a practical attachment at the Criminal Justice Division.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4208.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4209V","ModuleTitle":"Legal Argument & Narrative","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module will focus on the advanced argumentative techniques possible with legal narrative, which refers to how information is selected and organised to construct a persuasive view of the facts. Fact construction plays a particularly prominent role in litigation, but it also appears in methods of alternative dispute resolution and justifications of policy positions. This module will analyze \r\nthe pervasive reach of fact construction in the law, examine why fact construction is such an effective tool of legal persuasion, and explore advanced techniques of fact\r\nconstruction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4209.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4221","ModuleTitle":"Climate Change Law & Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will explore legal and policy developments pertaining to climate change. Approaches considered will range in jurisdictional scale, temporal scope, policy orientation, regulatory target, and regulatory objective. Although course readings and discussion will focus on existing and actual proposed legal responses to climate change, the overarching aim of the course will be\r\nto anticipate how the climate change problem will affect our laws and our lives in the long run.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4233V","ModuleTitle":"European Company Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"European company law can be understood in two ways. It can indicate the EU’s approach to company law and thereby lead to an analysis of the harmonized standards for 28 European nations. It can also be understood as a comparative approach to the different legal systems on the European continent.  \r\n\r\nThis course includes both aspects. It will first concentrate on EU legislation and jurisdiction, followed by a comparison of the legal systems of the two most important continental European jursidictions, France and Germany. It will lead to an understanding of shared principles of civil law jurisdictions and emphasize important differences to common law systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4233.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4235V","ModuleTitle":"Government Contracts: Int'l & Comparative Perspectives","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Today, many governments, like individuals and business entities, enter into contracts. The growing phenomenon of government contracts, especially contracts concluded with foreign nationals, refutes the traditional belief that contract is the domain of private law. This course offers an in-depth examination on how the presence of a government as a proper party to a contract moves the entire analysis on contract formation, performance, breach and dispute settlement to the domains of public law and general international law. It also offers critical perspectives on the mooted confluence of comparative public law and international law to obtain bespoke rules and principles for the regulation of government contracts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Nil but students are strongly encouraged to take Public International Law and Arbitration of Investment Disputes, both currently convened by Professor M Sornarajah in order to enhance their appreciation of the topics covered in this course."},{"ModuleCode":"LL4237V","ModuleTitle":"Law, Institutions, and Business in Greater China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to explore the interaction between legal institutions and economic/business development in Greater China (i.e. China, Taiwan, HK), with focus on China. How has China been able to offset institutional weaknesses at home while achieving impressive economic results worldwide? Have China’s experiences indicated an unorthodox model as captured in the term “Beijing Consensus”? To what extent is this model different from\r\nEast Asian models and conventional thinking in economic growth? This course reviews theories about market development in the context of Greater China, including securities, corporate regulations, capital markets, property, sovereign wealth funds, foreign investment, and anticorruption etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4242V","ModuleTitle":"Financial Regulation and Central Banking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The course will include various aspects of financial regulation. The focus will be on the regulation of credit institutions and the role of central banks. Other forms of regulation of financial intermediaries and financial markets will be discussed in less detail. Since the focus will be on credit institutions, it will be important that the students understand what distinguishes credit institutions from other providers of financial services and how the regulatory approaches differ.\r\n\r\nThe part on the regulation of credit institutions will include requirements for their\r\nauthorization, their permanent supervision and rescue scenarios in situations of insolvency and default. These aspects will be discussed from a comparative perspective with the Basel requirements at the core of the discussion, complemented by the implementing norms in important jurisdictions, above all in Singapore. For resolution and restructuring the European Union has taken on a leading role, and, as a consequence, these EU approaches will be analysed in detail.\r\n\r\nThe roles of central banks will remain a core part of the course. Their tasks and objectives will be discussed from a comparative perspective. Their essential role in crisis management, their co-operation with supervisory agencies and their monetary policy will remain essential components of the course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who have read the following module are precluded:\r\n(1) Financial Stability and the Regulation of Banks [LL4241/LL5241/LL6241;LL4241V/LL5241V/LL6241V]","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4246","ModuleTitle":"International Carriage of Passengers by Sea","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module will give students a broad understanding of the law relating to the international carriage of passengers by sea. Topics to be covered include formation of contract, regulation of cruise ships, State jurisdiction over crimes\r\nagainst the person on board a ship, liability for accidents, limitation of liability, the Athens Convention 1974/1990, and conflict of laws/jurisdictional issues relating to passenger claims. This module will be useful for those who\r\nare intending to: practice law in a broadly focussed shipping practice; work within the cruise and ferry industry; or otherwise are likely to deal with passengers and/or their claims.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4258V","ModuleTitle":"Personal Property Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of key personal property concepts. Topics to be studied will include: types of personal property; personal property entitlements recognised at common law, notably, possession, ownership, title and general and special property, with some reference also to equitable entitlements; the transfer of such entitlements; the conflict between competing entitlements; the protection given by law to such entitlements; the assignment of things in action; security interests over personal property.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who have read: LL4047/LL5047/LL6047/ LL4047V/LL5047V/LL6047V Personal Property I – Tangible; LL4168/LL5168/LL6168/ LL4168V/LL5168V/LL6168V Personal Property Law II – Intangible & LL4411/LL5411/LL6411 Personal Property Law (8MC) are precluded.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4259V","ModuleTitle":"Alternative Investments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the legal issues that arise in alternative investment from both a practical and theoretical perspective. The topics that will be covered include private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, crowdfunding and REITs. The course will discuss selected partnership and corporate issues of alternative investment vehicles. The course will focus on China and will provide relevant comparisons on alternative investment in Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4314/LL5314/LL6314; LL4314V/LL5314V/LL6314 Private Equity and Venture Capital: Law and Practice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4263V","ModuleTitle":"Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module examines in interaction between IPRs and competition policy\r\nfrom two broad perspectives: the endogenous operation of competition policy\r\nfrom within IPR frameworks (copyright, designs, trade marks and patents),\r\nand the exogenous limitations placed by competition law rules on an IP\r\nholder’s freedom to exploit his IPRs. Students enrolled in this module are\r\nexpected to have completed a basic intellectual property module – an\r\nunderstanding of what IPRs protect, the nature of the exclusive rights they\r\nconfer and how they may be exploited will be presumed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"IP and Competition Law (LL4075V/LL5075V/LL6075V;\r\nLL4075/LL5075/LL6075)","Corequisite":"Law of Intellectual Property A (LL4405A/LL5405A/LL6405A/LC5405A)  Law of Intellectual Property B (LL4405B/LL5405B/LL6405B/LC5405B)  Foundations of IP Law (LL4070V/LL5070V/LL6070V/LC5070V; LL4070/LL5070/LL6070/LC5070]"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4286V","ModuleTitle":"Transnational Terrorism and International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"While terrorism is not a new phenomenon, the sheer scale and transnational nature of that practice in recent years have challenged some of the core tenets of international law. This seminar investigates the role that international law can play, along with its shortcomings, in suppressing and preventing terrorism. It examines the manner in which terrorism and counterterrorism laws and policies have affected the scope and application of diverse international legal regimes including UN collective security, inter-State use of force, the law of international responsibility, international human rights, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4292V","ModuleTitle":"State Responsibility: Theory and Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The law governing the responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts is absolutely central in public international law and cuts across various sub-fields of that discipline. This seminar investigates the fundamental tenets of the law of State responsibility, both from theoretical and practical standpoints, while tracing some of its historical roots. More broadly, the seminar will provide\r\nan overview of different doctrines of State responsibility and different theories and approaches to liability under international law. More importantly, the later sessions of the seminar will engage critically with the role that the law\r\nof State responsibility can play in specific areas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4292/LL5292/LL6292 State Responsibility: Theory and\r\nPractice","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4295","ModuleTitle":"Conflict of Laws in Int’l Commercial Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will focus in detail on the instances in which resort to conflict of laws is necessary in the international arbitration context. The objective of this course is to allow participants to realise on how many occasions both State courts and arbitrators will need to report a conflict of laws analysis despite the claim that conflict of laws issues are not relevant in the international commercial arbitration context. Participants will first be taught to identify what conflict of laws rules may apply and will then be given hypothetical cases and will be asked to critically examine whether a solution can be found that does not require a conflict of laws approach.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent","Preclusion":"LL4295V/LL5295V/LL6295V Conflict of Laws in Int’l Commercial Arbitration","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4299","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Issues in the Law & Practice of Int’l Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This intensive course is designed for students and practitioners already acquainted with the fundamentals of international arbitration, and may be particularly useful for those who may have an inclination to specialize in the practice or study of international dispute resolution. Focus will be placed on topics of practical and academic interest in all aspects of the international arbitration process, looking in particular to recent trends and evolutions in the field of international dispute settlement.\nThrough seminar discussions, student presentations and moot court sessions, this course will expose students to contemporary controversies in the field of international commercial and investment arbitration. An international approach will be adopted in relation to the subjects considered: students can expect to review a substantial amount of comparative law sources, including academic commentaries and jurisprudence from France, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as public international law sources and international arbitral practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4299V/LL5299V/LL6299V Advanced Issues in the Law & Practice of Int’l Arbitration","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4308V","ModuleTitle":"Behavioural Economics, Law & Regulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Law is a behavioural system. Most law seeks to regulate, incentivize and nudge people to behave in some ways and not in others – it seeks to shape human behavior. Traditional economic analysis of law is committed to the assumption that people are fully rational, but empirical evidence suggests that people very often exhibit bounded rationality, bounded self-interest, and bounded willpower. This course about behavioural law and economics, with an emphasis on regulation, looks at the implications of actual, not hypothesized, human behaviour for the law. It considers, in particular, how using the mildest forms of interventions, law can steer people’s choices in welfarepromoting\r\ndirections.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4308/LL5308/LL6308 Behavioural Economics, Law & Regulation","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4309","ModuleTitle":"The Practical Realities of Dispute Resolution in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation are three forms of resolving commercial disputes. However, resolving disputes through either of these methods makes absolutely no sense if they do not yield a result that is effectively enforceable. The Asean Region, China and India have different cultures to dispute resolution. The New York Convention for enforcing international arbitral awards has been ratified by more than 150 countries but not been harmoniously interpreted by State Courts. The region is also famously known for Guerrilla tactics to scuttle effective dispute resolution. This course aims to set out the practical realities of enforcing court judgments, arbitral awards and mediation settlements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4309V/LL5309V/LL6309V The Practical Realities of Dispute Resolution in Asia","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4310V","ModuleTitle":"International Organisations in International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This seminar-style module critically examines the impact of international organisations on the formal structures of international law. Do international organisations create and enforce international law? What type of norm-creating activity takes place inside and across international organisations? Does the reality of global governance give rise to concerns about legitimacy or accountability? What  are the legal and policy responses to such concerns? Case studies used will range from traditional institutions such as the UN and its specialised agencies, to newer institutions such as the Financial Action Task Force and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4310/LL5310/LL6310 International Organisations in International Law;\nLL4275/LL5275/LL6275 International Institutional Law;\nLL4275V/LL5275V/LL6275V International Institutional Law","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL4318V","ModuleTitle":"Public Health Law and Regulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides an introduction to important topics in public health law and regulation. It explores the use of law as an important tool in protecting the public’s health, responding to health risks and implementing strategies to promote and improve public health. The course reviews the nature and sources of public health law, and regulatory strategies that law can deploy to protect and promote public health. It considers these roles in selected areas within the field: for example, acute public health threats like SARS and pandemic influenza, tobacco control, serious sexually transmitted diseases, and non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4318/LL5318/LL6318 Public Health Law and Regulation; \nA similar course in another faculty or law school anywhere else.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4319V","ModuleTitle":"Current Problems in International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course examines current problems in international law relating, for instance, to the use of force, human rights, international environmental law and foreign investment law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4319/LL5319/LL6319 Current Problems in International Law","Corequisite":"Public International Law is recommended."},{"ModuleCode":"LL4326","ModuleTitle":"Administrative Justice: Perspectives from the U.S.","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to the public law system of the United States, with an emphasis on structural issues and governmental processes, especially the creation of regulations and the political and judicial controls over this important activity.  Changes resulting from the Trump administration will be an important element.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4326V/LL5326V/LL6326V Administrative Justice: Perspectives from the U.S","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4328","ModuleTitle":"Sports Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Sports  Law  is  a  very  broad  field,  encompassing  several areas  of  law  unique  to  the  sporting  industry,  as  well  as several traditional areas of law applied to the field of sport.This course will focus on the existing and evolving private and  public  international  sports  law  systems,  (where appropriate) the national sports law of several jurisdictions (including  Australia,  USA,  UK  and  to  a  lesser  extent, Singapore)  and  provide  avenues  of  multi-jurisdictional comparative analysis. The social, political, commercial and economic  influences  on  the  development,  content  and structure of sports law globally will also be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4328V/LL5328V/LL6328V Sports Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4329","ModuleTitle":"Cross-Border Litigation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The focus of this course is on the litigation of cross-border disputes in the fields of tort, contract, consumer protection and intellectual property including in the online context.  The subject will examine the key doctrinal principles and scholarly debates in the area as well as problems commonly encountered in practice. Material will be drawn from leading common law jurisdictions, including Singapore, Australia, England, Hong Kong and Canada. The course is recommended for those with an interest in international dispute resolution, conflict of laws, litigation or international commerce.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4329V/LL5329V/LL6329V Cross-Border Litigation;\nLL4030V/LL5030V/LL6030V; LL4030/LL5030/LL6030 International Commercial Litigation; \nLL4049V/LL5049V/LL6049V; LL4049/LL5049/LL6049 Principles of Conflict of Laws","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4330","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Trusts Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The first part of the course explores how trusts are used to manage family wealth, with emphasis on developments in the ‘offshore world’. We will discuss how trusts may be used to  protect  assets,  how  trustees’  discretions  may  be controlled, the rights of objects of trusts, and purpose trusts. The   second   part   concerns   trusts   in   commercial transactions.  We  will  explore  creditor  trusts,  constructive trusts,  bonds  and  intermediated  holding  of  securities, equitable   assignments  and  equitable  charges.  By comparing commercial trusts with private trusts, we will also ask whether there are any significant contextual differences in relation to the trust device.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4330V/LL5330V/LL6330V Advanced Trusts Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4331","ModuleTitle":"The Rule of Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course explores the ideal of the rule of law: its value, limitations, costs, and relationship with distinct social aspirations. The teaching is based on leading texts, comparative case law, and video documentaries. The course is divided into nine modules: (1) the meaning and value of the rule of law, (2) emergencies, (3) the relationship(s) between the rule of law, the obligation to obey the law, and the rule of good law, (4) the modern welfare state, (5) criminal law vs. private law, (6) international law, (7) corporations and liberal democracy, (8) colonialism and developmental transitions, and (9) defences for disobedience.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4331V/LL5331V/LL6331V The Rule of Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4332","ModuleTitle":"Fair Use in Theory and Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The copyright laws of Singapore and the United have in common a general, flexible, open exception designated by the term “fair use.”  During the last 25 years, the U.S has had extensive experience with this concept, both in the courts and in fields of practice as diverse as art, filmmaking, education, technology, and journalism.  Not only have judicial opinions about fair used cohered into a “unified field theory” of the doctrine, but awareness of its potential applications has increased dramatically among members of relevant communities.  The last development has been attributable in part to the development of community-specific Codes of Best Practices for the responsible application of fair use – an effort in which the instructor for this module has been active.   The course will explore the legal background of fair use, its doctrinal evolution over the past 25 years, and a variety of practical situations in which it has been successful employed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4332V/LL5332V/LL6332V Fair Use in Theory and  Practice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4334","ModuleTitle":"Law and Society in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to increase students’ breadth of empirical knowledge and depth of theoretical understanding of issues of law, justice, and society. With urbanization and industrialization, modern societies have increasingly depended upon law to regulate the behaviour of their members and the activities of their institutions. It will explore issues in law and society in SE Asia, with an emphasis on how sexuality, ethnic and religious diversity are handled, and how justice is conceived; as well as\nissues in the Singaporean justice system, where other examples will be used to compare Singapore’s unique approach to addressing justice and society issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent","Preclusion":"LL4334V/LL5334V/LL6334V Law and Society in Southeast Asia (5MCs)\nSC4883 Selected Topics in Law and Justice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4338V","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Practicum in International Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to the real-life practice of international commercial and treaty arbitration from beginning to end: from clause drafting/treaty jurisdiction, to arbitrator selection, to emergency proceedings, through the written and hearing phases, to award and enforcement strategy.  Emphasis will be on primary materials:  case law, statutes, institution rules, treaties, commentary, and “soft law” guidelines.  Using complex factual scenarios, students will take part in strategy, drafting and advocacy exercises.  On the commercial arbitration side, the focus will be on the ICC Court and SIAC; on the treaty side, ICSID and the PCA/UNCITRAL.  Ethics issues will be front burner.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. \nLL4029/LL5029/LC5262/LL6029; \nLL4029V/LL5029V/LC5262V/LL6029V International \nCommercial Arbitration; OR \nLL4285/LL5285/LC5285/LL6285; \nLL4285V/LL5285V/LC5285V/LL6285V International \nDispute Settlement; OR their equivalent at another university","Preclusion":"LL4338/LL5338/LL6338 Advanced Practicum in International Arbitration","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4396","ModuleTitle":"University Research Opportunities Program","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides students with the opportunity to do a substantial research paper under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. The topic for directed research must not have been studied in another course. Students may not do a research paper on a topic if they have previously done a research assignment on that topic for another course. Students interested in doing Directed Research are advised to seek the provisional approval of their proposed supervisor before opting for the subject. Copies of the Directed Research Guidelines are available from the Dean's office or on the Faculty Home Page http://law.nus.edu.sg/ug/dr/index.htm","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"To refer to the guidelines on the UROP form.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4397","ModuleTitle":"University Research Opportunities Program","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides students with the opportunity to do a substantial research paper under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. The topic for directed research must not have been studied in another course. Students may not do a research paper on a topic if they have previously done a research assignment on that topic for another course. Students interested in doing Directed Research are advised to seek the provisional approval of their proposed supervisor before opting for the subject. Copies of the Directed Research Guidelines are available from the Dean's office or on the Faculty Home Page http://law.nus.edu.sg/ug/dr/index.htm","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"To refer to the guidelines on the UROP form.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4398","ModuleTitle":"University Research Opportunities Program","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides students with the opportunity to do a substantial research paper under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. The topic for directed research must not have been studied in another course. Students may not do a research paper on a topic if they have previously done a research assignment on that topic for another course. Students interested in doing Directed Research are advised to seek the provisional approval of their proposed supervisor before opting for the subject. Copies of the Directed Research Guidelines are available from the Dean's office or on the Faculty Home Page http://law.nus.edu.sg/ug/dr/index.htm","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"To refer to the guidelines on the UROP form.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4399","ModuleTitle":"University Research Opportunities Program","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides students with the opportunity to do a substantial research paper under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. The topic for directed research must not have been studied in another course. Students may not do a research paper on a topic if they have previously done a research assignment on that topic for another course. Students interested in doing Directed Research are advised to seek the provisional approval of their proposed supervisor before opting for the subject. Copies of the Directed Research Guidelines are available from the Dean's office or on the Faculty Home Page http://law.nus.edu.sg/ug/dr/index.htm","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"To refer to the guidelines on the UROP form.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4402","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Insolvency Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Insolvency law is relevant to virtually all aspects of commercial activity involving the provision of credit. This course will explore its key concepts in the context of a winding up u the moratorium, powers of recovery, the pari passu principle, the external manager, avoidance of transactions, proof of debts and set-off. We will then review receivership, judicial management and schemes of arrangement as alternative procedures to the liquidation of a company in a winding up. We conclude with a brief examination of informal debt restructurings. This course will be taught principally through seminars for which prior preparation and participation are required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"1-4-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"(a) NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. (b) Company Law (LLB2008) or its  equivalent in a common law jurisdiction (may be taken concurrently).","Preclusion":"Corporate Insolvency & Rescues I (LLA4038); Corporate Insolvency & Resuces II (LLA4039)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4403","ModuleTitle":"Family Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The course covers the non-Muslim family law in Singapore including the areas of the formation and termination of marriage, legal regulation of the husband-wife and the parent-child relationships and legal regulation of the economic aspects of family life. It also introduces students to the relationship between this law and the Muslim family law in Singapore as well as the issues that arise from contacts with foreign marriage laws. The course is aimed at senior law students. Teaching is through discussion of assigned reading materials over two seminars each week. Students must make substantial preparation before classes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"1-4-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL4405A","ModuleTitle":"LAW OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (A)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Students will first be provided with an overview of what the various intellectual\r\nproperty (IP) rights in Singapore are. Thereafter, this module will launch into the specifics of the main IP rights including copyright, patents and trade marks. For each of these IP rights, selected issues relating to their subsistence (how does it arise; is registration needed; what are the registration criteria) and infringement (what exclusive rights the IP owner has; what defences are available) will be examined very closely. Students will also be encouraged to explore the inter-relationship between these IP rights on specific issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-6-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4405B/LL5405B/LL6405B Law of IP & LL4070/LL5070/LC5070/LL6070 Foundations\r\nof IP Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5003V","ModuleTitle":"China, India and International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the rise of China and India and it’s impact on the international legal order. In particular, students will be led to discuss issues concerning (1) the origin and history of the relationship between developing\r\ncountries and international law; (2) the rise of China and India and its challenge to the existing international legal order and legal norms; (3) China, India, and the multilateral trading system; (4) China, India and international investment; (5) the international law aspects of domestic policies in China and India; and (6) the international law aspects of competition and disputes between China and \r\nIndia. The course will also concentrate on demonstrating the interaction between international relations and international law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5003.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5006V","ModuleTitle":"Banking Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to familiarise the student with the key principles relating to the modern law of banking. Four main areas will be covered: the law of negotiable instruments, the law of payment systems, the banker customer relationship and bank regulation. Students who wish to obtain a basic knowledge of banking law will benefit from this course. It is also recommended that those who wish to specialize in banking law take this course as a foundational course, prior to studying the more advanced banking courses.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5006.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5008BV","ModuleTitle":"Charterparties","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will focus on charterparties, which are contracts between the shipowner and the charterer for the hire of the vessel, either for a specific voyage (voyage charterparties) or over a period of time (time charterparties). There are in addition, other variants of these basic types, which will also be referred to. This\r\ncourse will examine the standard forms for each of the charterparties being studied and examine the main terms and legal relationship between shipowners and charterers. This dynamic and important aspect of the law of carriage of goods by sea is frequently the subject of arbitral proceedings and court decisions. This course will be of importance to individuals contemplating a carrier in shipping law and underlines Singapore’s role as a major global port and maritime hub.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5008B.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5012V","ModuleTitle":"Comparative Constitutional Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This discussion-based seminar will focus on issues of comparative constitutional adjudication in common law systems, with particular emphasis on the experiences of India, Singapore and South Africa.  The course will therefore focus primarily on the institutional mechanisms of judicial review and the challenges for constitutionalism that are posed within this particular institutional setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5012","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5013V","ModuleTitle":"Comparative Environmental Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Environmental Law is emerging as a distinct field of law in every nation and region.  Legislatures establish environmental laws based upon the need to address perceived environmental problems in their territory or in a region of shared resources such as a river basin or coastal marine regions or the habitats for migratory species.  In some instances, national legislation is stimulated by the negotiation and adherence to multilateral environmental agreements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5013","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5014V","ModuleTitle":"Construction Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to introduce students to the legal principles that form the foundation of construction law and to the common practical problems that arise in this field. Topics will include: (a) general principles of construction law, including completion, defects, retention and certification; (b) basic provisions of construction contracts; (c) claims procedure & dispute resolution, including arbitration procedure; and (d) relevant provisions of standard form building contracts. This course will be of interest to students interested in construction practice or a practical approach to the study of law. This course is taught by partners from the Construction Practice Group of Wong Partnership.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5014","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5029V","ModuleTitle":"International Commercial Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to equip students with the basic understanding of the law of arbitration to enable them to advise and represent parties in the arbitral process confidence.  Legal concepts peculiar to arbitration viz. separability, arbitrability and kompetenze-kompetenze will considered together with the procedural laws on the conduct of the arbitral process, the making of and the enforcement of awards.  Students will examine the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention, 1958.  This course is most suited for students with some knowledge of the law of commercial transactions, shipping, banking, international sale of  goods or construction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5029","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5030V","ModuleTitle":"International Commercial Litigation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Globalisation has made it more important for lawyers to be knowledgeable about the international aspects of litigation. This course focuses on the jurisdictional techniques most relevant to international commercial litigation: in personam jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, interim protective measures, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, public policy, and an outline of choice of law issues for commercial contracts. The course, taught from the perspective of Singapore law, based largely on the common law, is designed to give an insight into the world of international litigation. These skills are relevant to not only litigation lawyers, but also lawyers planning international transactions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5030","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5034V","ModuleTitle":"International Regulation of Shipping","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the global regime governing the international regulation of commercial shipping. It will examine the relationship between the legal framework established in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the work of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN specialized agency responsible for the safety and security of international shipping and the prevention of pollution from ships. The course will focus on selected global conventions administered by the IMO, including those governing safety of life at sea (SOLAS), the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) and the training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers (STCW). It will also examine the liability and compensation schemes that have been developed for pollution damage caused by the carriage of oil and noxious substances by ships, as well as the conventions designed to ensure that States undertake contingency planning in order to combat spills of oil and other noxious and hazardous substances in their waters. In addition, the course will examine the schemes that have been developed to enhance the security of ships and ports in light of the threat of maritime terrorism. It will also examine the role of the IMO in the prevention of pollution of the marine environment from dumping waste at sea and from seabed activities subject to national jurisdiction. One of the themes of the course will be to consider how the IMO is responding to increased concern about the protection and preservation of the marine environment, including threats such as invasive species and climate change. Another theme will be to consider how the responsibility to enforce IMO Conventions is divided between flag States, coastal States, port States and the IMO. This course will be useful to persons who intend to practice shipping law or work in the private or public maritime sector.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Core Law Curriculum or its equivalent. Students who have completed a course in Law of the Sea or Ocean Law & Policy may have a slight advantage.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5034.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5044V","ModuleTitle":"Mediation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is a skills-based workshop and is designed to assist participants in learning about and attaining a basic level of competency as a mediator and mediation advocate. Topics covered include: Interest-based mediation vs Positions-based mediation; The Mediation Process; Opening Statements; Co-Mediation; Preparing a client for mediation; and Mediation advocacy. This workshop is targeted at self-motivated Year 3 & 4 students interested in learning and developing interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"Not open to students who have successfully completed Mediation.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5050V","ModuleTitle":"Public International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This foundational course introduces the student to the nature, major principles, processes and institutions of the international legal system, the relationship between international and domestic law and the role of law in promoting world public order. Students will acquire an understanding of the conceptual issues underlying this discipline and a critical appreciation of how law inter-relates with contemporary world politics, its global, regional and domestic significance. Topics include the creation and status of international law, participation and competence in the international legal system, primary substantive norms such as the law regulating the use of force and enforcement procedures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5050.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5051","ModuleTitle":"PRINCIPLES OF RESTITUTION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5054V","ModuleTitle":"Domestic and International Sale of Goods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of domestic and international sale of goods under the Singapore law. With regard to domestic sales, the course will focus on the Sale of Goods Act. Topics to\r\nbe studied will include the essential elements of the contract of sale; the passing of title and risk; the implied conditions of title, description, fitness and quality; delivery and payment, acceptance and termination, and the available remedies. With particular reference to a seller’s delivery obligations, the course will also cover substantial aspects of the international sale of goods under the common law, such as FOB and CIF contracts and documentary sales. This course will be of interest to students intending to enter commercial practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5056BV","ModuleTitle":"Tax Planning And Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This foundation course seeks to acquaint participants with a basic working knowledge of income tax and goods and services tax issues faced by companies and individuals. It will illustrate the extent to which tax avoidance is acceptable under the rules for deductions, capital allowances and losses. In addition, the taxation of income from employment income, trade and investments will be highlighted. Tax planning opportunities arising from the differences in tax treatment of sole proprietors, partnerships and companies will be highlighted. On policy issues, concepts including economics of taxation, international trends and tax reform will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"(a) NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. (b) Company Law (LC2008) or its equivalent in a developed common law jurisdiction","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5063V","ModuleTitle":"Business & Finance For Lawyers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"To provide law students who intend to read commercial law electives with a foundation in accounting, finance and other related business concepts.   It covers topics such as interpretation and analysis of standard financial statements, the types of players and instruments in the financial markets and the basic framework of a business investment market.The course will employ a hypothetical simulation where lawyers advise on several proposals involving the acquisition and disposal of assets by a client. The issues covered in the hypothetical will include asset valuation models, financing options and techniques, and compliance with accounting and regulatory frameworks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"(a) NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.  \r\n(b) Company Law or its equivalent in a common law jurisdiction (may be taken concurrently)","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5063.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5070V","ModuleTitle":"Foundations Of Intellectual Property Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course seeks to introduce students to the general principles of intellectual property law in Singapore, as well as, major international IP conventions. It is aimed at students who have no knowledge of IP law but are interested in learning more about this challenging area of law. It will also be useful for students intending to pursue the advanced courses in IP/IT by providing them with the necessary foundation on IP law. Students will be assessed based on open book examination, 1 written assignment and 1 class presentation. (Class presentation is subject to change depending on student subscription).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"The Law of Intellectual Property. Students who are taking or have taken LL5070.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5077V","ModuleTitle":"IT Law II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the legal and policy issues relating to information technology and the use of the Internet. The focus of this course will be on the intellectual property issues such as copyright in software and electronic materials, software patents, electronic databases, trade marks, domain names and rights management information.  Students who are interested in the interface between law, technology, policy and economic rights will learn to examine the sociological, political, commercial and technical background behind these rules, evaluate the legal rules and policy ramifications of these rules, and formulate new rules and policies to address these problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent..","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5077.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5094AV","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5094BV","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5094CV","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5094V","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5097V","ModuleTitle":"Islamic Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Course will introduce history and basic concepts of traditional Islamic law, followed by an account of reforms during the 19th and 20th centuries. The reform period will be covered topically, beginning with method and philosophical foundations, and moving to a variety of issues of positive and procedural law. Finally, some themes related to law and modernity will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5097.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5099V","ModuleTitle":"Maritime Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will provide an understanding of the legal issues arising from casualties involving ships. It will examine aspects of the law relating to nationality and registration of ships, the law relating to the management of ships, ship sale and purchase, and the law of collisions, salvage, towage, wreck and general average. Students successfully completing the course will be familiar with the international conventions governing these issues, as well as the domestic law of Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5099.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5133V","ModuleTitle":"Human Rights in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Firstly, to impart a solid grounding in the history, principles, norms, controversies and institutions of international human rights law.  Secondly, to undertake a contextualized socio-legal study of human rights issues within Asian societies, through examining case law, international instruments, policy and state interactions with UN human rights bodies.  'Asia' alone has no regional human rights system; considering the universality and indivisibility of human rights, we consider how regional particularities affect or thwart human rights. <br><br> \r\nSubjects include: justiciability of socio-economic rights, right to development and self-determination, political freedoms, religious liberties, indigenous rights, national institutions, women's rights; MNC accountability for rights violations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5133.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5140V","ModuleTitle":"Ocean Law & Policy in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Ocean Law & Policy issues are of crucial importance to Singapore and Asia.  This course will examine the evolving global legal regime governing the oceans by examining current issues in Asia.  It replaces the course on Ocean Law & Policy, which does not have a specific regional focus.  This course is also on the list of modules available in the specialized LLM in Asian Law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5140","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5150V","ModuleTitle":"Arbitration of Investment Disputes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"With increasing flows of foreign direct investment in the region, settlement of disputes arising from such investments made with state owned corporations is becoming frequent. Such arbitration is provided for in the contract but increasingly, the investment treaties provide for recourse to such arbitration. A distinct body of case law has developed as a result of a multiplicity of such arbitrations in recent times. The aim of this course is to study the developments that have taken place in the area. It deals with the types of arbitration clauses used in the contracts, court supervision and assistance of such arbitration, the law that is applied in settling disputes, the nature of the award and the problems associated with the enforcement of the award.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5150","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5155","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Law & Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This seminar will explore several key topics at the intersection of law and economics. It will commence with an exploration of the concept of rationality as employed in\r\n(positive) micro-economic theory. It will also explore the Coase theorem as a means of understanding the importance of legal rules and institutions. These theoretical tools will then be used as a lens for examining, amongst other topics, tort, contract and insolvency law; company law; financial regulation, and the role of law and legal institutions in economic development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.\r\nTertiary-level module in Microeconomics.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5158V","ModuleTitle":"Climate Change Law and Policy in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides a comprehensive overview of international climate change law as well as examines the legal and regulatory responses of Asian jurisdictions to climate change. The first part of the course will examine the rules and institutions established by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. The second part will focus on climate governance beyond the UN climate regime, particularly the role of cities and international financial institutions in governing climate change. In the final part, we examine how selected Asian jurisdictions, including Singapore, have adopted laws and regulatory frameworks for climate change mitigation and adaptation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4158/LL5158/LL6158; LL4221/LL5221/LL6221; LL4221V/LL5221V/LL6221V Climate Change Law & Policy","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5161V","ModuleTitle":"Intelligence Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5161","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5175V","ModuleTitle":"Global Legal Orders: Interdisciplinary Perspectives","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The development of new types of legal phenomena in the global arena has outgrown established understandings of law, and conventional classifications of legal materials. At the point of needing a theoretical underpinning for the novel concerns of academic law occasioned by globalization, fresh considerations of interdisciplinary perspectives on law are opened up, questioning the extent to which a distinctively legal approach to global issues is possible. This course engages with these challenges by exploring the global interconnectedness of law, morality, politics and economics, and considers what contribution legal theory might make to illuminating complex policy issues with a global reach.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5175.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5178V","ModuleTitle":"International Legal Protection of Investment Flows","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the treaties used by States to protect the interests of their investors when making investments abroad. It will pay particular attention to investor-State arbitration, which is increasingly becoming widespread in Asia and a growing part of international legal practice. It will examine not only the legal and theoretical underpinnings of these treaties and this form of dispute settlement, but also their practical application having regard to concrete cases.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5195V","ModuleTitle":"International Economic Law & Relations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the international law and international relations dimensions of the current international economic systems and discuss the various possibilities for future reforms in light of the past and recent global economic crises. While the discussion will be based on the Bretton Woods System (the GATT/WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank), the course will focus mainly on the international regulatory framework of finance and investment. The purpose of the course is to let the students develop a bird’s eye view of the legal aspects of the international economic architecture as well as the reasons – or the international political economy – behind its operation. Students will also be exposed certain fundamentals of international law and international relations concerning global economic affairs. Further, the course will examine the experiences of several countries’ economic development and their use of international economic law to achieve economic growth.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5195.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5202V","ModuleTitle":"ASEAN Economic Community Law and Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"ASEAN leaders agreed to create a single market – the ASEAN Economic Community – by 2015. Due to sovereignty concerns, ASEAN leaders did not create a single supranational authority to regulate this market. This course examines how ASEAN member states and institutions are filling in the vacuum through  formal and informal means. Students will understand how regional policymaking affects domestic laws and policies within ASEAN.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent..","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5202.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5203","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5203A","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5203B","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5203C","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5205V","ModuleTitle":"Maritime Conflict of Laws","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"An examination of conflict of laws issues in the context of maritime law and admiralty litigation. The course will provide an introduction to conflicts theory and concepts before focusing on conflict of jurisdictions, parallel proceedings and forum shopping in admiralty matters; role of foreign law in establishing admiralty jurisdiction; recognition and priority of foreign maritime liens and other claims; choice of law and maritime Conventions; conflicts of maritime Conventions;  security for foreign maritime proceedings; and recognition and enforcement of  oreign maritime judgments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5205.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5208V","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Criminal Legal Process","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The course encompasses the theoretical and practical concepts underpinning the entire criminal litigation process, from pre-trial to post-conviction. Coverage will include the role of the charge, drafting of charges, plea-bargains, guilty pleas, trials, consequential orders and appeals. Common evidential issues arising in trials will also be discussed. The aim is to provide both a holistic overview of the entire process as well as detailed examination of specific areas. The course will cover criminal procedure and evidence as well as include advocacy exercises in common criminal proceedings and a practical attachment at the Criminal Justice Division.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5208.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5209V","ModuleTitle":"Legal Argument & Narrative","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module will focus on the advanced argumentative techniques possible with legal narrative, which refers to how information is selected and organised to construct a persuasive view of the facts. Fact construction plays a particularly prominent role in litigation, but it also appears in methods of alternative dispute resolution and justifications of policy positions. This module will analyze \r\nthe pervasive reach of fact construction in the law, examine why fact construction is such an effective tool of legal persuasion, and explore advanced techniques of fact\r\nconstruction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5209.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5221","ModuleTitle":"Climate Change Law & Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will explore legal and policy developments pertaining to climate change. Approaches considered will range in jurisdictional scale, temporal scope, policy orientation, regulatory target, and regulatory objective. Although course readings and discussion will focus on existing and actual proposed legal responses to climate change, the overarching aim of the course will be\r\nto anticipate how the climate change problem will affect our laws and our lives in the long run.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5233V","ModuleTitle":"European Company Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"European company law can be understood in two ways. It can indicate the EU’s approach to company law and thereby lead to an analysis of the harmonized standards for 28 European nations. It can also be understood as a comparative approach to the different legal systems on the European continent.  \r\n\r\nThis course includes both aspects. It will first concentrate on EU legislation and jurisdiction, followed by a comparison of the legal systems of the two most important continental European jursidictions, France and Germany. It will lead to an understanding of shared principles of civil law jurisdictions and emphasize important differences to common law systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL5233.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5235V","ModuleTitle":"Government Contracts: Int'l & Comparative Perspectives","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Today, many governments, like individuals and business entities, enter into contracts. The growing phenomenon of government contracts, especially contracts concluded with foreign nationals, refutes the traditional belief that contract is the domain of private law. This course offers an in-depth examination on how the presence of a government as a proper party to a contract moves the entire analysis on contract formation, performance, breach and dispute settlement to the domains of public law and general international law. It also offers critical perspectives on the mooted confluence of comparative public law and international law to obtain bespoke rules and principles for the regulation of government contracts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Nil but students are strongly encouraged to take Public International Law and Arbitration of Investment Disputes, both currently convened by Professor M Sornarajah in order to enhance their appreciation of the topics covered in this course."},{"ModuleCode":"LL5237V","ModuleTitle":"Law, Institutions, and Business in Greater China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to explore the interaction between legal institutions and economic/business development in Greater China (i.e. China, Taiwan, HK), with focus on China. How has China been able to offset institutional weaknesses at home while achieving impressive economic results worldwide? Have China’s experiences indicated an unorthodox model as captured in the term “Beijing Consensus”? To what extent is this model different from\r\nEast Asian models and conventional thinking in economic growth? This course reviews theories about market development in the context of Greater China, including securities, corporate regulations, capital markets, property, sovereign wealth funds, foreign investment, and anticorruption etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5242S","ModuleTitle":"Financial Regulation and Central Banking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The module familiarizes students with the world of financial institutions and services, looks at the reasons for and the details of regulation and discusses the roles of central banks. This includes the general approaches and reasons for the regulation of financial markets, institutions and services. In a more detail-concentrated part, the course will focus on banks as the most strictly regulated and monitored financial institutions.\n\nCentral banks are essential for financial stability in all jurisdictions. The course discusses the reasons, objectives and tasks of central banks and their monetary policies. Examples will be central banks from Singapore, China, Japan and Europe.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"Students who have taken or are taking the modules\n- Banking Law [LL4006/LL5006/LL6006; LL4006V/LL5006V/LL6006V]\n- Law of Central Banking [LL4242V/LL5242V/LL6242V]","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5242V","ModuleTitle":"Financial Regulation and Central Banking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The course will include various aspects of financial regulation. The focus will be on the regulation of credit institutions and the role of central banks. Other forms of regulation of financial intermediaries and financial markets will be discussed in less detail. Since the focus will be on credit institutions, it will be important that the students understand what distinguishes credit institutions from other providers of financial services and how the regulatory approaches differ.\r\n\r\nThe part on the regulation of credit institutions will include requirements for their\r\nauthorization, their permanent supervision and rescue scenarios in situations of insolvency and default. These aspects will be discussed from a comparative perspective with the Basel requirements at the core of the discussion, complemented by the implementing norms in important jurisdictions, above all in Singapore. For resolution and restructuring the European Union has taken on a leading role, and, as a consequence, these EU approaches will be analysed in detail.\r\n\r\nThe roles of central banks will remain a core part of the course. Their tasks and objectives will be discussed from a comparative perspective. Their essential role in crisis management, their co-operation with supervisory agencies and their monetary policy will remain essential components of the course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who have read the following module are precluded:\r\n(1) Financial Stability and the Regulation of Banks [LL4241/LL5241/LL6241;LL4241V/LL5241V/LL6241V]","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5246","ModuleTitle":"International Carriage of Passengers by Sea","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module will give students a broad understanding of the law relating to the international carriage of passengers by sea. Topics to be covered include formation of contract, regulation of cruise ships, State jurisdiction over crimes\r\nagainst the person on board a ship, liability for accidents, limitation of liability, the Athens Convention 1974/1990, and conflict of laws/jurisdictional issues relating to passenger claims. This module will be useful for those who\r\nare intending to: practice law in a broadly focussed shipping practice; work within the cruise and ferry industry; or otherwise are likely to deal with passengers and/or their claims.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5258V","ModuleTitle":"Personal Property Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of key personal property concepts. Topics to be studied will include: types of personal property; personal property entitlements recognised at common law, notably, possession, ownership, title and general and special property, with some reference also to equitable entitlements; the transfer of such entitlements; the conflict between competing entitlements; the protection given by law to such entitlements; the assignment of things in action; security interests over personal property.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who have read: LL4047/LL5047/LL6047/ LL4047V/LL5047V/LL6047V Personal Property I – Tangible; LL4168/LL5168/LL6168/ LL4168V/LL5168V/LL6168V Personal Property Law II – Intangible & LL4411/LL5411/LL6411 Personal Property Law (8MC) are precluded.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5259V","ModuleTitle":"Alternative Investments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the legal issues that arise in alternative investment from both a practical and theoretical perspective. The topics that will be covered include private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, crowdfunding and REITs. The course will discuss selected partnership and corporate issues of alternative investment vehicles. The course will focus on China and will provide relevant comparisons on alternative investment in Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4314/LL5314/LL6314; LL4314V/LL5314V/LL6314 Private Equity and Venture Capital: Law and Practice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5263V","ModuleTitle":"Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module examines in interaction between IPRs and competition policy\r\nfrom two broad perspectives: the endogenous operation of competition policy\r\nfrom within IPR frameworks (copyright, designs, trade marks and patents),\r\nand the exogenous limitations placed by competition law rules on an IP\r\nholder’s freedom to exploit his IPRs. Students enrolled in this module are\r\nexpected to have completed a basic intellectual property module – an\r\nunderstanding of what IPRs protect, the nature of the exclusive rights they\r\nconfer and how they may be exploited will be presumed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"IP and Competition Law (LL4075V/LL5075V/LL6075V;\r\nLL4075/LL5075/LL6075)","Corequisite":"Law of Intellectual Property A (LL4405A/LL5405A/LL6405A/LC5405A)  Law of Intellectual Property B (LL4405B/LL5405B/LL6405B/LC5405B)  Foundations of IP Law (LL4070V/LL5070V/LL6070V/LC5070V; LL4070/LL5070/LL6070/LC5070]"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5286V","ModuleTitle":"Transnational Terrorism and International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"While terrorism is not a new phenomenon, the sheer scale and transnational nature of that practice in recent years have challenged some of the core tenets of international law. This seminar investigates the role that international law can play, along with its shortcomings, in suppressing and preventing terrorism. It examines the manner in which terrorism and counterterrorism laws and policies have affected the scope and application of diverse international legal regimes including UN collective security, inter-State use of force, the law of international responsibility, international human rights, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5292V","ModuleTitle":"State Responsibility: Theory and Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The law governing the responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts is absolutely central in public international law and cuts across various sub-fields of that discipline. This seminar investigates the fundamental tenets of the law of State responsibility, both from theoretical and practical standpoints, while tracing some of its historical roots. More broadly, the seminar will provide\r\nan overview of different doctrines of State responsibility and different theories and approaches to liability under international law. More importantly, the later sessions of the seminar will engage critically with the role that the law\r\nof State responsibility can play in specific areas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4292/LL5292/LL6292 State Responsibility: Theory and\r\nPractice","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5293S","ModuleTitle":"Business Torts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course concerns tort liability in the course of business. The first part of the course deals with professional negligence, examining the liability of solicitors, auditors, builders/architects, and banks/financial institutions. The second part of the course deals with intentional infliction of economic harm, where individuals or entities deliberately cause economic harm in the course of business. Some of the\ntopics to be covered include inducing breach of contract, unlawful interference with trade, intimidation, conspiracy and deceit. The course will touch on the intersections between torts and other areas of the law, including the law of contract, competition law and intellectual property law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"No","Preclusion":"No","Corequisite":"No"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5295","ModuleTitle":"Conflict of Laws in Int’l Commercial Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will focus in detail on the instances in which resort to conflict of laws is necessary in the international arbitration context. The objective of this course is to allow participants to realise on how many occasions both State courts and arbitrators will need to report a conflict of laws analysis despite the claim that conflict of laws issues are not relevant in the international commercial arbitration context. Participants will first be taught to identify what conflict of laws rules may apply and will then be given hypothetical cases and will be asked to critically examine whether a solution can be found that does not require a conflict of laws approach.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent","Preclusion":"LL4295V/LL5295V/LL6295V Conflict of Laws in Int’l Commercial Arbitration","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5299","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Issues in the Law & Practice of Int’l Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This intensive course is designed for students and\npractitioners already acquainted with the fundamentals of\ninternational arbitration, and may be particularly useful for\nthose who may have an inclination to specialize in the\npractice or study of international dispute resolution. Focus\nwill be placed on topics of practical and academic interest\nin all aspects of the international arbitration process,\nlooking in particular to recent trends and evolutions in the\nfield of international dispute settlement.\nThrough seminar discussions, student presentations and\nmoot court sessions, this course will expose students to\ncontemporary controversies in the field of international\ncommercial and investment arbitration. An international\napproach will be adopted in relation to the subjects\nconsidered: students can expect to review a substantial\namount of comparative law sources, including academic\ncommentaries and jurisprudence from France, Singapore,\nSwitzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, as\nwell as public international law sources and international\narbitral practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4299V/LL5299V/LL6299V Advanced Issues in the Law & Practice of Int’l Arbitration","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5308V","ModuleTitle":"Behavioural Economics, Law & Regulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Law is a behavioural system. Most law seeks to regulate, incentivize and nudge people to behave in some ways and not in others – it seeks to shape human behavior. Traditional economic analysis of law is committed to the assumption that people are fully rational, but empirical evidence suggests that people very often exhibit bounded rationality, bounded self-interest, and bounded willpower. This course about behavioural law and economics, with an emphasis on regulation, looks at the implications of actual, not hypothesized, human behaviour for the law. It considers, in particular, how using the mildest forms of interventions, law can steer people’s choices in welfarepromoting\r\ndirections.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4308/LL5308/LL6308 Behavioural Economics, Law & Regulation","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5309","ModuleTitle":"The Practical Realities of Dispute Resolution in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation are three forms of resolving commercial disputes. However, resolving disputes through either of these methods makes absolutely no sense if they do not yield a result that is effectively enforceable. The Asean Region, China and India have different cultures to dispute resolution. The New York Convention for enforcing international arbitral awards has been ratified by more than 150 countries but not been harmoniously interpreted by State Courts. The region is also famously known for Guerrilla tactics to scuttle effective dispute resolution. This course aims to set out the practical realities of enforcing court judgments, arbitral awards and mediation settlements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4309V/LL5309V/LL6309V The Practical Realities of Dispute Resolution in Asia","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5310V","ModuleTitle":"International Organisations in International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This seminar-style module critically examines the impact of international organisations on the formal structures of international law. Do international organisations create and enforce international law? What type of norm-creating activity takes place inside and across international organisations? Does the reality of global governance give rise to concerns about legitimacy or accountability? What  are the legal and policy responses to such concerns? Case studies used will range from traditional institutions such as the UN and its specialised agencies, to newer institutions such as the Financial Action Task Force and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4310/LL5310/LL6310 International Organisations in International Law;\nLL4275/LL5275/LL6275 International Institutional Law;\nLL4275V/LL5275V/LL6275V International Institutional Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5315S","ModuleTitle":"China's Tax Law and International Tax Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"China’s tax law and international tax policy play an important role in influencing cross-border transactions. Chinese tax system and treaty network could affect both business structure and profits derived from the transaction, while Chinese tax administration measures and the way to resolve tax disputes are factors for assessing business risk. This course will cover these Chinese tax issues\r\nthrough providing lectures, practical exploration and peer-learning in a seminar environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5318V","ModuleTitle":"Public Health Law and Regulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides an introduction to important topics in public health law and regulation. It explores the use of law as an important tool in protecting the public’s health, responding to health risks and implementing strategies to promote and improve public health. The course reviews the nature and sources of public health law, and regulatory strategies that law can deploy to protect and promote public health. It considers these roles in selected areas within the field: for example, acute public health threats like SARS and pandemic influenza, tobacco control, serious sexually transmitted diseases, and non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4318/LL5318/LL6318 Public Health Law and Regulation; \nA similar course in another faculty or law school anywhere else.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5319V","ModuleTitle":"Current Problems in International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course examines current problems in international law relating, for instance, to the use of force, human rights, international environmental law and foreign investment law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4319/LL5319/LL6319 Current Problems in International Law","Corequisite":"Public International Law is recommended."},{"ModuleCode":"LL5326","ModuleTitle":"Administrative Justice: Perspectives from the U.S.","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to the public law system of the United States, with an emphasis on structural issues and governmental processes, especially the creation of regulations and the political and judicial controls over this important activity.  Changes resulting from the Trump administration will be an important element.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4326V/LL5326V/LL6326V Administrative Justice: Perspectives from the U.S","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5328","ModuleTitle":"Sports Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Sports  Law  is  a  very  broad  field,  encompassing  several areas  of  law  unique  to  the  sporting  industry,  as  well  as several traditional areas of law applied to the field of sport.This course will focus on the existing and evolving private and  public  international  sports  law  systems,  (where appropriate) the national sports law of several jurisdictions (including  Australia,  USA,  UK  and  to  a  lesser  extent, Singapore)  and  provide  avenues  of  multi-jurisdictional comparative analysis. The social, political, commercial and economic  influences  on  the  development,  content  and structure of sports law globally will also be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4328V/LL5328V/LL6328V Sports Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5329","ModuleTitle":"Cross-Border Litigation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The focus of this course is on the litigation of cross-border disputes in the fields of tort, contract, consumer protection and intellectual property including in the online context.  The subject will examine the key doctrinal principles and scholarly debates in the area as well as problems commonly encountered in practice. Material will be drawn from leading common law jurisdictions, including Singapore, Australia, England, Hong Kong and Canada. The course is recommended for those with an interest in international dispute resolution, conflict of laws, litigation or international commerce.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4329V/LL5329V/LL6329V Cross-Border Litigation;\nLL4030V/LL5030V/LL6030V; LL4030/LL5030/LL6030 International Commercial Litigation; \nLL4049V/LL5049V/LL6049V; LL4049/LL5049/LL6049 Principles of Conflict of Laws","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5330","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Trusts Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The first part of the course explores how trusts are used to manage family wealth, with emphasis on developments in the ‘offshore world’. We will discuss how trusts may be used to  protect  assets,  how  trustees’  discretions  may  be controlled, the rights of objects of trusts, and purpose trusts. The   second   part   concerns   trusts   in   commercial transactions.  We  will  explore  creditor  trusts,  constructive trusts,  bonds  and  intermediated  holding  of  securities, equitable   assignments  and  equitable  charges.  By comparing commercial trusts with private trusts, we will also ask whether there are any significant contextual differences in relation to the trust device.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4330V/LL5330V/LL6330V Advanced Trusts Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5331","ModuleTitle":"The Rule of Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course explores the ideal of the rule of law: its value, limitations, costs, and relationship with distinct social aspirations. The teaching is based on leading texts, comparative case law, and video documentaries. The course is divided into nine modules: (1) the meaning and value of the rule of law, (2) emergencies, (3) the relationship(s) between the rule of law, the obligation to obey the law, and the rule of good law, (4) the modern welfare state, (5) criminal law vs. private law, (6) international law, (7) corporations and liberal democracy, (8) colonialism and developmental transitions, and (9) defences for disobedience.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4331V/LL5331V/LL6331V The Rule of Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5332","ModuleTitle":"Fair Use in Theory and Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The copyright laws of Singapore and the United have in common a general, flexible, open exception designated by the term “fair use.”  During the last 25 years, the U.S has had extensive experience with this concept, both in the courts and in fields of practice as diverse as art, filmmaking, education, technology, and journalism.  Not only have judicial opinions about fair used cohered into a “unified field theory” of the doctrine, but awareness of its potential applications has increased dramatically among members of relevant communities.  The last development has been attributable in part to the development of community-specific Codes of Best Practices for the responsible application of fair use – an effort in which the instructor for this module has been active.   The course will explore the legal background of fair use, its doctrinal evolution over the past 25 years, and a variety of practical situations in which it has been successful employed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4332V/LL5332V/LL6332V Fair Use in Theory and  Practice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5334","ModuleTitle":"Law and Society in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to increase students’ breadth of empirical knowledge and depth of theoretical understanding of issues of law, justice, and society. With urbanization and industrialization, modern societies have increasingly depended upon law to regulate the behaviour of their members and the activities of their institutions. It will explore issues in law and society in SE Asia, with an emphasis on how sexuality, ethnic and religious diversity are handled, and how justice is conceived; as well as\nissues in the Singaporean justice system, where other examples will be used to compare Singapore’s unique approach to addressing justice and society issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent","Preclusion":"LL4334V/LL5334V/LL6334V Law and Society in Southeast Asia (5MCs)\nSC4883 Selected Topics in Law and Justice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5338V","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Practicum in International Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to the real-life practice of international commercial and treaty arbitration from beginning to end: from clause drafting/treaty jurisdiction, to arbitrator selection, to emergency proceedings, through the written and hearing phases, to award and enforcement strategy.  Emphasis will be on primary materials:  case law, statutes, institution rules, treaties, commentary, and “soft law” guidelines.  Using complex factual scenarios, students will take part in strategy, drafting and advocacy exercises.  On the commercial arbitration side, the focus will be on the ICC Court and SIAC; on the treaty side, ICSID and the PCA/UNCITRAL.  Ethics issues will be front burner.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. \nLL4029/LL5029/LC5262/LL6029; \nLL4029V/LL5029V/LC5262V/LL6029V International \nCommercial Arbitration; OR \nLL4285/LL5285/LC5285/LL6285; \nLL4285V/LL5285V/LC5285V/LL6285V International \nDispute Settlement; OR their equivalent at another university","Preclusion":"LL4338/LL5338/LL6338 Advanced Practicum in International Arbitration","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5396","ModuleTitle":"UNIVERSITY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMME","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"UNIVERSITY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMME","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5396V","ModuleTitle":"International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students enrolled in the LLM (IADR) degree with the opportunity to do a substantial research paper not exceeding 10,000 words under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. Students\r\nmay not do a directed research on topics that they have studied in other courses or have previously done research assignments on. Students interested in doing the Directed Research are advised to seek the provisional approval of their proposed supervisor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"LC5262V/LL4029V/LL5029V/LL6029V & LC5285V/LL4285V/LL5285V/LL6285V"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5397","ModuleTitle":"UNIVERSITY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMME","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5397V","ModuleTitle":"International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students enrolled in the LLM (IADR) degree with the opportunity to do a substantial research paper not exceeding 10,000 words under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. Students\r\nmay not do a directed research on topics that they have studied in other courses or have previously done research assignments on. Students interested in doing the Directed Research are advised to seek the provisional approval of their proposed supervisor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"LC5262V/LL4029V/LL5029V/LL6029V & LC5285V/LL4285V/LL5285V/LL6285V"},{"ModuleCode":"LL5398","ModuleTitle":"UNIVERSITY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMME","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5399","ModuleTitle":"University Research Opportunities Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5402","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Insolvency Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5403","ModuleTitle":"FAMILY LAW","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL5405A","ModuleTitle":"LAW OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (A)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-6-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6003V","ModuleTitle":"China, India and International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the rise of China and India and it’s impact on the international legal order. In particular, students will be led to discuss issues concerning (1) the origin and history of the relationship between developing\r\ncountries and international law; (2) the rise of China and India and its challenge to the existing international legal order and legal norms; (3) China, India, and the multilateral trading system; (4) China, India and international investment; (5) the international law aspects of domestic policies in China and India; and (6) the international law aspects of competition and disputes between China and \r\nIndia. The course will also concentrate on demonstrating the interaction between international relations and international law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6003.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6006V","ModuleTitle":"Banking Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to familiarise the student with the key principles relating to the modern law of banking. Four main areas will be covered: the law of negotiable instruments, the law of payment systems, the banker customer relationship and bank regulation. Students who wish to obtain a basic knowledge of banking law will benefit from this course. It is also recommended that those who wish to specialize in banking law take this course as a foundational course, prior to studying the more advanced banking courses.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6006.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6008BV","ModuleTitle":"Charterparties","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will focus on charterparties, which are contracts between the shipowner and the charterer for the hire of the vessel, either for a specific voyage (voyage charterparties) or over a period of time (time charterparties). There are in addition, other variants of these basic types, which will also be referred to. This\r\ncourse will examine the standard forms for each of the charterparties being studied and examine the main terms and legal relationship between shipowners and charterers. This dynamic and important aspect of the law of carriage of goods by sea is frequently the subject of arbitral proceedings and court decisions. This course will be of importance to individuals contemplating a carrier in shipping law and underlines Singapore’s role as a major global port and maritime hub.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6008B.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6012V","ModuleTitle":"Comparative Constitutional Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This discussion-based seminar will focus on issues of comparative constitutional adjudication in common law systems, with particular emphasis on the experiences of India, Singapore and South Africa.  The course will therefore focus primarily on the institutional mechanisms of judicial review and the challenges for constitutionalism that are posed within this particular institutional setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6012","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6013V","ModuleTitle":"Comparative Environmental Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Environmental Law is emerging as a distinct field of law in every nation and region.  Legislatures establish environmental laws based upon the need to address perceived environmental problems in their territory or in a region of shared resources such as a river basin or coastal marine regions or the habitats for migratory species.  In some instances, national legislation is stimulated by the negotiation and adherence to multilateral environmental agreements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6013","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6014V","ModuleTitle":"Construction Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to introduce students to the legal principles that form the foundation of construction law and to the common practical problems that arise in this field. Topics will include: (a) general principles of construction law, including completion, defects, retention and certification; (b) basic provisions of construction contracts; (c) claims procedure & dispute resolution, including arbitration procedure; and (d) relevant provisions of standard form building contracts. This course will be of interest to students interested in construction practice or a practical approach to the study of law. This course is taught by partners from the Construction Practice Group of Wong Partnership.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6014","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6029V","ModuleTitle":"International Commercial Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to equip students with the basic understanding of the law of arbitration to enable them to advise and represent parties in the arbitral process confidence.  Legal concepts peculiar to arbitration viz. separability, arbitrability and kompetenze-kompetenze will considered together with the procedural laws on the conduct of the arbitral process, the making of and the enforcement of awards.  Students will examine the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention, 1958.  This course is most suited for students with some knowledge of the law of commercial transactions, shipping, banking, international sale of  goods or construction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6029","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6030V","ModuleTitle":"International Commercial Litigation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Globalisation has made it more important for lawyers to be knowledgeable about the international aspects of litigation. This course focuses on the jurisdictional techniques most relevant to international commercial litigation: in personam jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, interim protective measures, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, public policy, and an outline of choice of law issues for commercial contracts. The course, taught from the perspective of Singapore law, based largely on the common law, is designed to give an insight into the world of international litigation. These skills are relevant to not only litigation lawyers, but also lawyers planning international transactions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6030","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6034V","ModuleTitle":"International Regulation of Shipping","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the global regime governing the international regulation of commercial shipping. It will examine the relationship between the legal framework established in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the work of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN specialized agency responsible for the safety and security of international shipping and the prevention of pollution from ships. The course will focus on selected global conventions administered by the IMO, including those governing safety of life at sea (SOLAS), the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) and the training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers (STCW). It will also examine the liability and compensation schemes that have been developed for pollution damage caused by the carriage of oil and noxious substances by ships, as well as the conventions designed to ensure that States undertake contingency planning in order to combat spills of oil and other noxious and hazardous substances in their waters. In addition, the course will examine the schemes that have been developed to enhance the security of ships and ports in light of the threat of maritime terrorism. It will also examine the role of the IMO in the prevention of pollution of the marine environment from dumping waste at sea and from seabed activities subject to national jurisdiction. One of the themes of the course will be to consider how the IMO is responding to increased concern about the protection and preservation of the marine environment, including threats such as invasive species and climate change. Another theme will be to consider how the responsibility to enforce IMO Conventions is divided between flag States, coastal States, port States and the IMO. This course will be useful to persons who intend to practice shipping law or work in the private or public maritime sector.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Core Law Curriculum or its equivalent. Students who have completed a course in Law of the Sea or Ocean Law & Policy may have a slight advantage","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6034.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6044V","ModuleTitle":"Mediation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is a skills-based workshop and is designed to assist participants in learning about and attaining a basic level of competency as a mediator and mediation advocate. Topics covered include: Interest-based mediation vs Positions-based mediation; The Mediation Process; Opening Statements; Co-Mediation; Preparing a client for mediation; and Mediation advocacy. This workshop is targeted at self-motivated Year 3 & 4 students interested in learning and developing interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"Not open to students who have successfully completed Mediation.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6050V","ModuleTitle":"Public International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This foundational course introduces the student to the nature, major principles, processes and institutions of the international legal system, the relationship between international and domestic law and the role of law in promoting world public order. Students will acquire an understanding of the conceptual issues underlying this discipline and a critical appreciation of how law inter-relates with contemporary world politics, its global, regional and domestic significance. Topics include the creation and status of international law, participation and competence in the international legal system, primary substantive norms such as the law regulating the use of force and enforcement procedures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6050.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6051","ModuleTitle":"Principles Of Restitution","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to the central concepts and disputes in the law of restitution, centring on unjust enrichment as an organising theme.  The prevention of unjust enrichment as an independent legal principle, capable of founding causes of action, gained currency as an independent branch of the common law only as recently as in 1991.  This course covers the operation of key restitutionary concepts in common law and equity, including their relationships to the law of contract, torts, and property, as well as to equitable principles.  A selection of topics, which may vary from year to year, will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"(a) NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. (b) Property II (LL3601A) or an equivalent course on Equity & Trusts.","Preclusion":"Remedies in Contract, Tort & Restitution (LL4651D), (LLB4078/LMB4078/LDB4078/LSB4078).  &#9827; Subject not offered to Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law students.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6054V","ModuleTitle":"Domestic and International Sale of Goods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of domestic and international sale of goods under the Singapore law. With regard to domestic sales, the course will focus on the Sale of Goods Act. Topics to\r\nbe studied will include the essential elements of the contract of sale; the passing of title and risk; the implied conditions of title, description, fitness and quality; delivery and payment, acceptance and termination, and the available remedies. With particular reference to a seller’s delivery obligations, the course will also cover substantial aspects of the international sale of goods under the common law, such as FOB and CIF contracts and documentary sales. This course will be of interest to students intending to enter commercial practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6056BV","ModuleTitle":"Tax Planning And Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This foundation course seeks to acquaint participants with a basic working knowledge of income tax and goods and services tax issues faced by companies and individuals. It will illustrate the extent to which tax avoidance is acceptable under the rules for deductions, capital allowances and losses. In addition, the taxation of income from employment income, trade and investments will be highlighted. Tax planning opportunities arising from the differences in tax treatment of sole proprietors, partnerships and companies will be highlighted. On policy issues, concepts including economics of taxation, international trends and tax reform will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"(a) NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. (b) Company Law (LC2008) or its equivalent in a developed common law jurisdiction","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6063V","ModuleTitle":"Business & Finance For Lawyers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"To provide law students who intend to read commercial law electives with a foundation in accounting, finance and other related business concepts.   It covers topics such as interpretation and analysis of standard financial statements, the types of players and instruments in the financial markets and the basic framework of a business investment market.The course will employ a hypothetical simulation where lawyers advise on several proposals involving the acquisition and disposal of assets by a client. The issues covered in the hypothetical will include asset valuation models, financing options and techniques, and compliance with accounting and regulatory frameworks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"(a) NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.  \r\n(b) Company Law or its equivalent in a common law jurisdiction (may be taken concurrently)","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6063.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6070V","ModuleTitle":"Foundations Of Intellectual Property Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course seeks to introduce students to the general principles of intellectual property law in Singapore, as well as, major international IP conventions. It is aimed at students who have no knowledge of IP law but are interested in learning more about this challenging area of law. It will also be useful for students intending to pursue the advanced courses in IP/IT by providing them with the necessary foundation on IP law. Students will be assessed based on open book examination, 1 written assignment and 1 class presentation. (Class presentation is subject to change depending on student subscription).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"The Law of Intellectual Property. Students who are taking or have taken LL6070.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6077V","ModuleTitle":"IT Law II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the legal and policy issues relating to information technology and the use of the Internet. The focus of this course will be on the intellectual property issues such as copyright in software and electronic materials, software patents, electronic databases, trade marks, domain names and rights management information.  Students who are interested in the interface between law, technology, policy and economic rights will learn to examine the sociological, political, commercial and technical background behind these rules, evaluate the legal rules and policy ramifications of these rules, and formulate new rules and policies to address these problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent..","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6077.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6094AV","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6094BV","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6094CV","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6094V","ModuleTitle":"Law & Practice - The Law Clinic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the acquisition and development of legal skills through working on live cases under the supervision of qualified lawyers.  Developed as an extension to the NUS Legal Skills Programme, the NUS CLE programme has a strong pro bono emphasis.  Students will undertake legal work including civil and family litigation through the Legal Aid Bureau; criminal defence; and transactional, structuring, and governance advice for social service organisations, charities and NGOs.  Clinical staff with teaching and practice experience supervise students individually.  This course is offered through the year in tranches, including during university vacation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.\nNUS Legal Skills Programme or equivalent, in particular, Legal Analysis, Research and Communication or its equivalent. Singapore Legal System or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have been in practice as qualified lawyers in the local or other jurisdictions are precluded.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6097V","ModuleTitle":"Islamic Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Course will introduce history and basic concepts of traditional Islamic law, followed by an account of reforms during the 19th and 20th centuries. The reform period will be covered topically, beginning with method and philosophical foundations, and moving to a variety of issues of positive and procedural law. Finally, some themes related to law and modernity will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6097.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6099V","ModuleTitle":"Maritime Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will provide an understanding of the legal issues arising from casualties involving ships. It will examine aspects of the law relating to nationality and registration of ships, the law relating to the management of ships, ship sale and purchase, and the law of collisions, salvage, towage, wreck and general average. Students successfully completing the course will be familiar with the international conventions governing these issues, as well as the domestic law of Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6099.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6133V","ModuleTitle":"Human Rights in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Firstly, to impart a solid grounding in the history, principles, norms, controversies and institutions of international human rights law.  Secondly, to undertake a contextualized socio-legal study of human rights issues within Asian societies, through examining case law, international instruments, policy and state interactions with UN human rights bodies.  'Asia' alone has no regional human rights system; considering the universality and indivisibility of human rights, we consider how regional particularities affect or thwart human rights. <br><br> \r\nSubjects include: justiciability of socio-economic rights, right to development and self-determination, political freedoms, religious liberties, indigenous rights, national institutions, women's rights; MNC accountability for rights violations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6133.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6140V","ModuleTitle":"Ocean Law & Policy in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Ocean Law & Policy issues are of crucial importance to Singapore and Asia.  This course will examine the evolving global legal regime governing the oceans by examining current issues in Asia.  It replaces the course on Ocean Law & Policy, which does not have a specific regional focus.  This course is also on the list of modules available in the specialized LLM in Asian Law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6140","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6150V","ModuleTitle":"Arbitration of Investment Disputes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"With increasing flows of foreign direct investment in the region, settlement of disputes arising from such investments made with state owned corporations is becoming frequent. Such arbitration is provided for in the contract but increasingly, the investment treaties provide for recourse to such arbitration. A distinct body of case law has developed as a result of a multiplicity of such arbitrations in recent times. The aim of this course is to study the developments that have taken place in the area. It deals with the types of arbitration clauses used in the contracts, court supervision and assistance of such arbitration, the law that is applied in settling disputes, the nature of the award and the problems associated with the enforcement of the award.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6150","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6155","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Law & Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This seminar will explore several key topics at the intersection of law and economics. It will commence with an exploration of the concept of rationality as employed in (positive) micro-economic theory. It will also explore the Coase theorem as a means of understanding the importance of legal rules and institutions. These theoretical tools will then be used as a lens for examining, amongst other topics, tort, contract and insolvency law; company law; financial regulation, and the role of law and\r\nlegal institutions in economic development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.\r\nTertiary-level module in Microeconomics.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6158V","ModuleTitle":"Climate Change Law and Policy in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides a comprehensive overview of international climate change law as well as examines the legal and regulatory responses of Asian jurisdictions to climate change. The first part of the course will examine the rules and institutions established by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. The second part will focus on climate governance beyond the UN climate regime, particularly the role of cities and international financial institutions in governing climate change. In the final part, we examine how selected Asian jurisdictions, including Singapore, have adopted laws and regulatory frameworks for climate change mitigation and adaptation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL4158/LL5158/LL6158; LL4221/LL5221/LL6221; LL4221V/LL5221V/LL6221V Climate Change Law & Policy","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6161V","ModuleTitle":"Intelligence Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6161","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6175V","ModuleTitle":"Global Legal Orders: Interdisciplinary Perspectives","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The development of new types of legal phenomena in the global arena has outgrown established understandings of law, and conventional classifications of legal materials. At the point of needing a theoretical underpinning for the novel concerns of academic law occasioned by globalization, fresh considerations of interdisciplinary perspectives on law are opened up, questioning the extent to which a distinctively legal approach to global issues is possible. This course engages with these challenges by exploring the global interconnectedness of law, morality, politics and economics, and considers what contribution legal theory might make to illuminating complex policy issues with a global reach.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6175.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6178V","ModuleTitle":"International Legal Protection of Investment Flows","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the treaties used by States to protect the interests of their investors when making investments abroad. It will pay particular attention to investor-State arbitration, which is increasingly becoming widespread in Asia and a growing part of international legal practice. It will examine not only the legal and theoretical underpinnings of these treaties and this form of dispute settlement, but also their practical application having regard to concrete cases.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6195V","ModuleTitle":"International Economic Law & Relations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the international law and international relations dimensions of the current international economic systems and discuss the various possibilities for future reforms in light of the past and recent global economic crises. While the discussion will be based on the Bretton Woods System (the GATT/WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank), the course will focus mainly on the international regulatory framework of finance and investment. The purpose of the course is to let the students develop a bird’s eye view of the legal aspects of the international economic architecture as well as the reasons – or the international political economy – behind its operation. Students will also be exposed certain fundamentals of international law and international relations concerning global economic affairs. Further, the course will examine the experiences of several countries’ economic development and their use of international economic law to achieve economic growth.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6195.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6202V","ModuleTitle":"ASEAN Economic Community Law and Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"ASEAN leaders agreed to create a single market – the ASEAN Economic Community – by 2015. Due to sovereignty concerns, ASEAN leaders did not create a single supranational authority to regulate this market. This course examines how ASEAN member states and institutions are filling in the vacuum through  formal and informal means. Students will understand how regional policymaking affects domestic laws and policies within ASEAN.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent..","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6202.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6203","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6203A","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6203B","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6203C","ModuleTitle":"International Moots and Other Competitions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6205V","ModuleTitle":"Maritime Conflict of Laws","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"An examination of conflict of laws issues in the context of maritime law and admiralty litigation. The course will provide an introduction to conflicts theory and concepts before focusing on conflict of jurisdictions, parallel proceedings and forum shopping in admiralty matters; role of foreign law in establishing admiralty jurisdiction; recognition and priority of foreign maritime liens and other claims; choice of law and maritime Conventions; conflicts of maritime Conventions;  security for foreign maritime proceedings; and recognition and enforcement of  oreign maritime judgments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6205.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6208V","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Criminal Legal Process","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The course encompasses the theoretical and practical concepts underpinning the entire criminal litigation process, from pre-trial to post-conviction. Coverage will include the role of the charge, drafting of charges, plea-bargains, guilty pleas, trials, consequential orders and appeals. Common evidential issues arising in trials will also be discussed. The aim is to provide both a holistic overview of the entire process as well as detailed examination of specific areas. The course will cover criminal procedure and evidence as well as include advocacy exercises in common criminal proceedings and a practical attachment at the Criminal Justice Division.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6208.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6209V","ModuleTitle":"Legal Argument & Narrative","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module will focus on the advanced argumentative techniques possible with legal narrative, which refers to how information is selected and organised to construct a persuasive view of the facts. Fact construction plays a particularly prominent role in litigation, but it also appears in methods of alternative dispute resolution and justifications of policy positions. This module will analyze \r\nthe pervasive reach of fact construction in the law, examine why fact construction is such an effective tool of legal persuasion, and explore advanced techniques of fact\r\nconstruction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6209.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6221","ModuleTitle":"Climate Change Law & Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will explore legal and policy developments pertaining to climate change. Approaches considered will range in jurisdictional scale, temporal scope, policy orientation, regulatory target, and regulatory objective. Although course readings and discussion will focus on existing and actual proposed legal responses to climate change, the overarching aim of the course will be\r\nto anticipate how the climate change problem will affect our laws and our lives in the long run.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6233V","ModuleTitle":"European Company Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"European company law can be understood in two ways. It can indicate the EU’s approach to company law and thereby lead to an analysis of the harmonized standards for 28 European nations. It can also be understood as a comparative approach to the different legal systems on the European continent.  \r\n\r\nThis course includes both aspects. It will first concentrate on EU legislation and jurisdiction, followed by a comparison of the legal systems of the two most important continental European jursidictions, France and Germany. It will lead to an understanding of shared principles of civil law jurisdictions and emphasize important differences to common law systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LL6233.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6235V","ModuleTitle":"Government Contracts: Int'l & Comparative Perspectives","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Today, many governments, like individuals and business entities, enter into contracts. The growing phenomenon of government contracts, especially contracts concluded with foreign nationals, refutes the traditional belief that contract is the domain of private law. This course offers an in-depth examination on how the presence of a government as a proper party to a contract moves the entire analysis on contract formation, performance, breach and dispute settlement to the domains of public law and general international law. It also offers critical perspectives on the mooted confluence of comparative public law and international law to obtain bespoke rules and principles for the regulation of government contracts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Nil but students are strongly encouraged to take Public International Law and Arbitration of Investment Disputes, both currently convened by Professor M Sornarajah in order to enhance their appreciation of the topics covered in this course."},{"ModuleCode":"LL6237V","ModuleTitle":"Law, Institutions, and Business in Greater China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to explore the interaction between legal institutions and economic/business development in Greater China (i.e. China, Taiwan, HK), with focus on China. How has China been able to offset institutional weaknesses at home while achieving impressive economic results worldwide? Have China’s experiences indicated an unorthodox model as captured in the term “Beijing Consensus”? To what extent is this model different from\r\nEast Asian models and conventional thinking in economic growth? This course reviews theories about market development in the context of Greater China, including securities, corporate regulations, capital markets, property, sovereign wealth funds, foreign investment, and anticorruption etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6242V","ModuleTitle":"Financial Regulation and Central Banking","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The course will include various aspects of financial regulation. The focus will be on the regulation of credit institutions and the role of central banks. Other forms of regulation of financial intermediaries and financial markets will be discussed in less detail. Since the focus will be on credit institutions, it will be important that the students understand what distinguishes credit institutions from other providers of financial services and how the regulatory approaches differ.\r\n\r\nThe part on the regulation of credit institutions will include requirements for their\r\nauthorization, their permanent supervision and rescue scenarios in situations of insolvency and default. These aspects will be discussed from a comparative perspective with the Basel requirements at the core of the discussion, complemented by the implementing norms in important jurisdictions, above all in Singapore. For resolution and restructuring the European Union has taken on a leading role, and, as a consequence, these EU approaches will be analysed in detail.\r\n\r\nThe roles of central banks will remain a core part of the course. Their tasks and objectives will be discussed from a comparative perspective. Their essential role in crisis management, their co-operation with supervisory agencies and their monetary policy will remain essential components of the course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who have read the following module are precluded:\r\n(1) Financial Stability and the Regulation of Banks [LL4241/LL5241/LL6241;LL4241V/LL5241V/LL6241V]","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6246","ModuleTitle":"International Carriage of Passengers by Sea","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module will give students a broad understanding of the law relating to the international carriage of passengers by sea. Topics to be covered include formation of contract, regulation of cruise ships, State jurisdiction over crimes\r\nagainst the person on board a ship, liability for accidents, limitation of liability, the Athens Convention 1974/1990, and conflict of laws/jurisdictional issues relating to passenger claims. This module will be useful for those who\r\nare intending to: practice law in a broadly focussed shipping practice; work within the cruise and ferry industry; or otherwise are likely to deal with passengers and/or their claims.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6258V","ModuleTitle":"Personal Property Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of key personal property concepts. Topics to be studied will include: types of personal property; personal property entitlements recognised at common law, notably, possession, ownership, title and general and special property, with some reference also to equitable entitlements; the transfer of such entitlements; the conflict between competing entitlements; the protection given by law to such entitlements; the assignment of things in action; security interests over personal property.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who have read: LL4047/LL5047/LL6047/ LL4047V/LL5047V/LL6047V Personal Property I – Tangible; LL4168/LL5168/LL6168/ LL4168V/LL5168V/LL6168V Personal Property Law II – Intangible & LL4411/LL5411/LL6411 Personal Property Law (8MC) are precluded.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6259V","ModuleTitle":"Alternative Investments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the legal issues that arise in alternative investment from both a practical and theoretical perspective. The topics that will be covered include private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, crowdfunding and REITs. The course will discuss selected partnership and corporate issues of alternative investment vehicles. The course will focus on China and will provide relevant comparisons on alternative investment in Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4314/LL5314/LL6314; LL4314V/LL5314V/LL6314 Private Equity and Venture Capital: Law and Practice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6263V","ModuleTitle":"Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module examines in interaction between IPRs and competition policy\r\nfrom two broad perspectives: the endogenous operation of competition policy\r\nfrom within IPR frameworks (copyright, designs, trade marks and patents),\r\nand the exogenous limitations placed by competition law rules on an IP\r\nholder’s freedom to exploit his IPRs. Students enrolled in this module are\r\nexpected to have completed a basic intellectual property module – an\r\nunderstanding of what IPRs protect, the nature of the exclusive rights they\r\nconfer and how they may be exploited will be presumed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"IP and Competition Law (LL4075V/LL5075V/LL6075V;\r\nLL4075/LL5075/LL6075)","Corequisite":"Law of Intellectual Property A (LL4405A/LL5405A/LL6405A/LC5405A)  Law of Intellectual Property B (LL4405B/LL5405B/LL6405B/LC5405B)  Foundations of IP Law (LL4070V/LL5070V/LL6070V/LC5070V; LL4070/LL5070/LL6070/LC5070]"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6286V","ModuleTitle":"Transnational Terrorism and International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"While terrorism is not a new phenomenon, the sheer scale and transnational nature of that practice in recent years have challenged some of the core tenets of international law. This seminar investigates the role that international law can play, along with its shortcomings, in suppressing and preventing terrorism. It examines the manner in which terrorism and counterterrorism laws and policies have affected the scope and application of diverse international legal regimes including UN collective security, inter-State use of force, the law of international responsibility, international human rights, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6292V","ModuleTitle":"State Responsibility: Theory and Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The law governing the responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts is absolutely central in public international law and cuts across various sub-fields of that discipline. This seminar investigates the fundamental tenets of the law of State responsibility, both from theoretical and practical standpoints, while tracing some of its historical roots. More broadly, the seminar will provide\r\nan overview of different doctrines of State responsibility and different theories and approaches to liability under international law. More importantly, the later sessions of the seminar will engage critically with the role that the law\r\nof State responsibility can play in specific areas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4292/LL5292/LL6292 State Responsibility: Theory and Practice","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6295","ModuleTitle":"Conflict of Laws in Int’l Commercial Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will focus in detail on the instances in which resort to conflict of laws is necessary in the international arbitration context. The objective of this course is to allow participants to realise on how many occasions both State courts and arbitrators will need to report a conflict of laws analysis despite the claim that conflict of laws issues are not relevant in the international commercial arbitration context. Participants will first be taught to identify what conflict of laws rules may apply and will then be given hypothetical cases and will be asked to critically examine whether a solution can be found that does not require a conflict of laws approach.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent","Preclusion":"LL4295V/LL5295V/LL6295V Conflict of Laws in Int’l Commercial Arbitration","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6299","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Issues in the Law & Practice of Int’l Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This intensive course is designed for students and\npractitioners already acquainted with the fundamentals of\ninternational arbitration, and may be particularly useful for\nthose who may have an inclination to specialize in the\npractice or study of international dispute resolution. Focus\nwill be placed on topics of practical and academic interest\nin all aspects of the international arbitration process,\nlooking in particular to recent trends and evolutions in the\nfield of international dispute settlement.\nThrough seminar discussions, student presentations and\nmoot court sessions, this course will expose students to\ncontemporary controversies in the field of international\ncommercial and investment arbitration. An international\napproach will be adopted in relation to the subjects\nconsidered: students can expect to review a substantial\namount of comparative law sources, including academic\ncommentaries and jurisprudence from France, Singapore,\nSwitzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, as\nwell as public international law sources and international\narbitral practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4299V/LL5299V/LL6299V Advanced Issues in the Law & Practice of Int’l Arbitration","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6308V","ModuleTitle":"Behavioural Economics, Law & Regulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Law is a behavioural system. Most law seeks to regulate, incentivize and nudge people to behave in some ways and not in others – it seeks to shape human behavior. Traditional economic analysis of law is committed to the assumption that people are fully rational, but empirical evidence suggests that people very often exhibit bounded rationality, bounded self-interest, and bounded willpower. This course about behavioural law and economics, with an emphasis on regulation, looks at the implications of actual, not hypothesized, human behaviour for the law. It considers, in particular, how using the mildest forms of interventions, law can steer people’s choices in welfarepromoting\r\ndirections.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4308/LL5308/LL6308 Behavioural Economics, Law & Regulation","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6309","ModuleTitle":"The Practical Realities of Dispute Resolution in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation are three forms of resolving commercial disputes. However, resolving disputes through either of these methods makes absolutely no sense if they do not yield a result that is effectively enforceable. The Asean Region, China and India have different cultures to dispute resolution. The New York Convention for enforcing international arbitral awards has been ratified by more than 150 countries but not been harmoniously interpreted by State Courts. The region is also famously known for Guerrilla tactics to scuttle effective dispute resolution. This course aims to set out the practical realities of enforcing court judgments, arbitral awards and mediation settlements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4309V/LL5309V/LL6309V The Practical Realities of Dispute Resolution in Asia","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LL6310V","ModuleTitle":"International Organisations in International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This seminar-style module critically examines the impact of international organisations on the formal structures of international law. Do international organisations create and enforce international law? What type of norm-creating activity takes place inside and across international organisations? Does the reality of global governance give rise to concerns about legitimacy or accountability? What  are the legal and policy responses to such concerns? Case studies used will range from traditional institutions such as the UN and its specialised agencies, to newer institutions such as the Financial Action Task Force and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4310/LL5310/LL6310 International Organisations in International Law;\nLL4275/LL5275/LL6275 International Institutional Law;\nLL4275V/LL5275V/LL6275V International Institutional Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6318V","ModuleTitle":"Public Health Law and Regulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course provides an introduction to important topics in public health law and regulation. It explores the use of law as an important tool in protecting the public’s health, responding to health risks and implementing strategies to promote and improve public health. The course reviews the nature and sources of public health law, and regulatory strategies that law can deploy to protect and promote public health. It considers these roles in selected areas within the field: for example, acute public health threats like SARS and pandemic influenza, tobacco control, serious sexually transmitted diseases, and non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4318/LL5318/LL6318 Public Health Law and Regulation; \nA similar course in another faculty or law school anywhere else.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6319V","ModuleTitle":"Current Problems in International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course examines current problems in international law relating, for instance, to the use of force, human rights, international environmental law and foreign investment law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4319/LL5319/LL6319 Current Problems in International Law","Corequisite":"Public International Law is recommended."},{"ModuleCode":"LL6326","ModuleTitle":"Administrative Justice: Perspectives from the U.S.","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to the public law system of the United States, with an emphasis on structural issues and governmental processes, especially the creation of regulations and the political and judicial controls over this important activity.  Changes resulting from the Trump administration will be an important element.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4326V/LL5326V/LL6326V Administrative Justice: Perspectives from the U.S","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6328","ModuleTitle":"Sports Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Sports  Law  is  a  very  broad  field,  encompassing  several areas  of  law  unique  to  the  sporting  industry,  as  well  as several traditional areas of law applied to the field of sport.This course will focus on the existing and evolving private and  public  international  sports  law  systems,  (where appropriate) the national sports law of several jurisdictions (including  Australia,  USA,  UK  and  to  a  lesser  extent, Singapore)  and  provide  avenues  of  multi-jurisdictional comparative analysis. The social, political, commercial and economic  influences  on  the  development,  content  and structure of sports law globally will also be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4328V/LL5328V/LL6328V Sports Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6329","ModuleTitle":"Cross-Border Litigation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The focus of this course is on the litigation of cross-border disputes in the fields of tort, contract, consumer protection and intellectual property including in the online context.  The subject will examine the key doctrinal principles and scholarly debates in the area as well as problems commonly encountered in practice. Material will be drawn from leading common law jurisdictions, including Singapore, Australia, England, Hong Kong and Canada. The course is recommended for those with an interest in international dispute resolution, conflict of laws, litigation or international commerce.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4329V/LL5329V/LL6329V Cross-Border Litigation;\nLL4030V/LL5030V/LL6030V; LL4030/LL5030/LL6030 International Commercial Litigation; \nLL4049V/LL5049V/LL6049V; LL4049/LL5049/LL6049 Principles of Conflict of Laws","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6330","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Trusts Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The first part of the course explores how trusts are used to manage family wealth, with emphasis on developments in the ‘offshore world’. We will discuss how trusts may be used to  protect  assets,  how  trustees’  discretions  may  be controlled, the rights of objects of trusts, and purpose trusts. The   second   part   concerns   trusts   in   commercial transactions.  We  will  explore  creditor  trusts,  constructive trusts,  bonds  and  intermediated  holding  of  securities, equitable   assignments  and  equitable  charges.  By comparing commercial trusts with private trusts, we will also ask whether there are any significant contextual differences in relation to the trust device.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4330V/LL5330V/LL6330V Advanced Trusts Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6331","ModuleTitle":"The Rule of Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course explores the ideal of the rule of law: its value, limitations, costs, and relationship with distinct social aspirations. The teaching is based on leading texts, comparative case law, and video documentaries. The course is divided into nine modules: (1) the meaning and value of the rule of law, (2) emergencies, (3) the relationship(s) between the rule of law, the obligation to obey the law, and the rule of good law, (4) the modern welfare state, (5) criminal law vs. private law, (6) international law, (7) corporations and liberal democracy, (8) colonialism and developmental transitions, and (9) defences for disobedience.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4331V/LL5331V/LL6331V The Rule of Law","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6332","ModuleTitle":"Fair Use in Theory and Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The copyright laws of Singapore and the United have in common a general, flexible, open exception designated by the term “fair use.”  During the last 25 years, the U.S has had extensive experience with this concept, both in the courts and in fields of practice as diverse as art, filmmaking, education, technology, and journalism.  Not only have judicial opinions about fair used cohered into a “unified field theory” of the doctrine, but awareness of its potential applications has increased dramatically among members of relevant communities.  The last development has been attributable in part to the development of community-specific Codes of Best Practices for the responsible application of fair use – an effort in which the instructor for this module has been active.   The course will explore the legal background of fair use, its doctrinal evolution over the past 25 years, and a variety of practical situations in which it has been successful employed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.","Preclusion":"LL4332V/LL5332V/LL6332V Fair Use in Theory and  Practice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6334","ModuleTitle":"Law and Society in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to increase students’ breadth of empirical knowledge and depth of theoretical understanding of issues of law, justice, and society. With urbanization and industrialization, modern societies have increasingly depended upon law to regulate the behaviour of their members and the activities of their institutions. It will explore issues in law and society in SE Asia, with an emphasis on how sexuality, ethnic and religious diversity are handled, and how justice is conceived; as well as\nissues in the Singaporean justice system, where other examples will be used to compare Singapore’s unique approach to addressing justice and society issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent","Preclusion":"LL4334V/LL5334V/LL6334V Law and Society in Southeast Asia (5MCs)\nSC4883 Selected Topics in Law and Justice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6338V","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Practicum in International Arbitration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to the real-life practice of international commercial and treaty arbitration from beginning to end: from clause drafting/treaty jurisdiction, to arbitrator selection, to emergency proceedings, through the written and hearing phases, to award and enforcement strategy.  Emphasis will be on primary materials:  case law, statutes, institution rules, treaties, commentary, and “soft law” guidelines.  Using complex factual scenarios, students will take part in strategy, drafting and advocacy exercises.  On the commercial arbitration side, the focus will be on the ICC Court and SIAC; on the treaty side, ICSID and the PCA/UNCITRAL.  Ethics issues will be front burner.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. \nLL4029/LL5029/LC5262/LL6029; \nLL4029V/LL5029V/LC5262V/LL6029V International \nCommercial Arbitration; OR \nLL4285/LL5285/LC5285/LL6285; \nLL4285V/LL5285V/LC5285V/LL6285V International \nDispute Settlement; OR their equivalent at another university","Preclusion":"LL4338/LL5338/LL6338 Advanced Practicum in International Arbitration","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6396","ModuleTitle":"UNIVERSITY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMME","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6397","ModuleTitle":"UNIVERSITY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6398","ModuleTitle":"University Research Opportunities Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6399","ModuleTitle":"University Research Opportunities Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6402","ModuleTitle":"Corporate Insolvency Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6403","ModuleTitle":"Family Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LL6405A","ModuleTitle":"LAW OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (A)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-6-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LLD5034V","ModuleTitle":"International Regulation of Shipping","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the global regime governing the international regulation of commercial shipping. It will examine the relationship between the legal framework established in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the work of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN specialized agency responsible for the safety and security of international shipping and the prevention of pollution from ships. The course will focus on selected global conventions administered by the IMO, including those governing safety of life at sea (SOLAS), the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL) and the training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers (STCW). It will also examine the liability and compensation schemes that have been developed for pollution damage caused by the carriage of oil and noxious substances by ships, as well as the conventions designed to ensure that States undertake contingency planning in order to combat spills of oil and other noxious and hazardous substances in their waters. In addition, the course will examine the schemes that have been developed to enhance the security of ships and ports in light of the threat of maritime terrorism. It will also examine the role of the IMO in the prevention of pollution of the marine environment from dumping waste at sea and from seabed activities subject to national jurisdiction. One of the themes of the course will be to consider how the IMO is responding to increased concern about the protection and preservation of the marine environment, including threats such as invasive species and climate change. Another theme will be to consider how the responsibility to enforce IMO Conventions is divided between flag States, coastal States, port States and the IMO. This course will be useful to persons who intend to practice shipping law or work in the private or public maritime sector.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Core Law Curriculum or its equivalent. Students who have completed a course in Law of the Sea or Ocean Law & Policy may have a slight advantage","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LLD5034.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LLD5054V","ModuleTitle":"Domestic and International Sale of Goods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of domestic and international sale of goods under the Singapore law. With regard to domestic sales, the course will focus on the Sale of Goods Act. Topics to\r\nbe studied will include the essential elements of the contract of sale; the passing of title and risk; the implied conditions of title, description, fitness and quality; delivery and payment, acceptance and termination, and the available remedies. With particular reference to a seller’s delivery obligations, the course will also cover substantial aspects of the international sale of goods under the common law, such as FOB and CIF contracts and documentary sales. This course will be of interest to students intending to enter commercial practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LLD5099V","ModuleTitle":"Maritime Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This course will provide an understanding of the legal issues arising from casualties involving ships. It will examine aspects of the law relating to nationality and registration of ships, the law relating to the management of ships, ship sale and purchase, and the law of collisions, salvage, towage, wreck and general average. Students successfully completing the course will be familiar with the international conventions governing these issues, as well as the domestic law of Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LLD5099.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LLD5140V","ModuleTitle":"Ocean Law & Policy in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"Ocean Law & Policy issues are of crucial importance to Singapore and Asia.  This course will examine the evolving global legal regime governing the oceans by examining current issues in Asia.  It replaces the course on Ocean Law & Policy, which does not have a specific regional focus.  This course is also on the list of modules available in the specialized LLM in Asian Law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LLD5140","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LLD5205V","ModuleTitle":"Maritime Conflict of Laws","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"An examination of conflict of laws issues in the context of maritime law and admiralty litigation. The course will provide an introduction to conflicts theory and concepts before focusing on conflict of jurisdictions, parallel proceedings and forum shopping in admiralty matters; role of foreign law in establishing admiralty jurisdiction; recognition and priority of foreign maritime liens and other claims; choice of law and maritime Conventions; conflicts of maritime Conventions;  security for foreign maritime proceedings; and recognition and enforcement of  oreign maritime judgments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who are taking or have taken LLD5205.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LLD5246","ModuleTitle":"International Carriage of Passengers by Sea","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"This module will give students a broad understanding of the law relating to the international carriage of passengers by sea. Topics to be covered include formation of contract, regulation of cruise ships, State jurisdiction over crimes\r\nagainst the person on board a ship, liability for accidents, limitation of liability, the Athens Convention 1974/1990, and conflict of laws/jurisdictional issues relating to passenger claims. This module will be useful for those who\r\nare intending to: practice law in a broadly focussed shipping practice; work within the cruise and ferry industry; or otherwise are likely to deal with passengers and/or their claims.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUS Compulsory Core Curriculum or its equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LLD5396","ModuleTitle":"UNIVERSITY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMME","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LLD5397","ModuleTitle":"UNIVERSITY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMME","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LAW","Department":"LAW","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM1102","ModuleTitle":"Molecular Genetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module covers topics on (i) the patterns of inheritance, (ii) the molecular properties of genes and chromosomes, (iii) transcription and translation, (iv) genetic methods and technology, and (v) genetic analysis of individuals and populations. This will include an in-depth understanding of mendelian patterns of inheritance and variations that could occur due to multiple alleles, lethal genes, chromosomal variations, linkage, gene interaction and other genetic phenomena. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of the underlying molecular and biochemical basis of inheritance. Quantitative and population genetics will also be discussed with the emphasis of understanding the processes and forces in nature that promote genetic changes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"GCE 'A' Level or H2 Biology or equivalent, or LSM1301 or LSM1301X","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM1105","ModuleTitle":"Evolutionary Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Evolutionary biology covers the history of life on our planet and the processes that produced the multiple life forms of Earth. Topics include: the origins of life, the eukaryotic cell, and multicellularity; the generation of genetic variation and the sorting of that variation through random processes and through natural and sexual selection; the origin of new traits, new life histories, and new species; the origins of sex, sociality, and altruism; the evolution of humans; and applications of evolutionary biology to solving modern-day problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"GCE 'A' Level or H2 Biology or equivalent, or LSM1301 or LSM1301X","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM1106","ModuleTitle":"Molecular Cell Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"BIOCHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"The objective is to provide the student with a firm and rigorous foundation in current concepts of the structure and functions of biomolecules in molecular cellular biology. These fundamental concepts form the basis of almost all recent advances in biological and the biomedical sciences. The lectures will introduce various cellular organelles as models to gain insights into how structures and functions of classes of biomolecules participating in important cellular processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-2-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘A’ Level or H2 Biology or equivalent, or LSM1301 or LSM1301X","Preclusion":"LSM1101","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM1301","ModuleTitle":"General Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory module that explores what a living thing is, the basics of life, and the science behind it. The course will introduce the chemistry of life and the unit of life. The question of how traits are inherited will be discussed and the field of biotechnology, including its applications and the ethical issues involved be will introduced. The diversity of life on earth will be explored, with discussions how life on earth possibly came about and how biologists try to classify and make sense of the diversity. The course will also introduce the concept of life functions from cells to tissues and from organs to systems. The concept of how organisms maintain their internal constancy and organisation of major organ systems will be discussed. The focus will be to introduce the unifying concepts in biology and how they play a role in everyday life.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GCE `A’ Level or H2 Biology or equivalent, or LSM1301X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM1301X","ModuleTitle":"General Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory module that explores what a living thing is, the basics of life, and the science behind it. The course will introduce the chemistry of life and the unit of life. The question of how traits are inherited will be discussed and the field of biotechnology, including its applications and the ethical issues involved will be introduced. The diversity of life on earth will be explored, with discussions how life on earth possibly came about and how biologists try to classify and make sense of the diversity. The course will also introduce the concept of life functions from cells to tissues and from organs to systems. The concept of how organisms maintain their internal constancy and organisation of major organ systems will be discussed. The focus will be to introduce the unifying concepts in biology and how they play a role in everyday life.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-1-1-2","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GCE `A’ Level or H2 Biology or equivalent, or LSM1301","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM1303","ModuleTitle":"Animal Behaviour","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Understanding animal behaviour awakens the individual to the complexity of daily phenomenon in the animal kingdom - how animals live and survive in their environment. Much of this occurs around us every day and everywhere we go. But the city-dweller lives in increasing isolation of animals and understands little of the world around them. This module will highlight behaviours such as learning, sociality, territoriality, predation and defense, courtship and communication, with examples from across animal diversity. How behaviors have evolved to fit specific ecological conditions will be examined. Students will gain understanding of and empathy for animals, appreciate the value of scientific approach to animal care, human-animal conflict and conservation, and a better insight into our own behavior.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-1.5-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Life Sciences Major/Minor and student from Bachelor of Environmental Studies Programme","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM1401","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Biochemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide student with a strong background in the fundamental aspects of biochemistry including selected topics in cell biology, microbial systems and molecular genetics, with an emphasis on their applications to chemical and pharmaceutical industries as well as engineering practices (in particular bioengineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering, and  engineering science). Upon completing this module, the student is expected to have sufficient knowledge in fundamental life processes in order to appreciate and relate the importance of biochemistry in industry as well as in everyday life. The student should also be well prepared to take up higher level modules for which biochemistry is the prerequisite.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-1-0-6.5","Prerequisite":"GCE 'A' Level or H2 Chemistry or equivalent, or CM1417 or CM1417X","Preclusion":"Not for Life Sciences major/minor and student must not have read LSM1101 or its equivalent.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2191","ModuleTitle":"Laboratory Techniques in Life Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the theory and practical applications of techniques used in molecular biology and protein biochemistry. Factual knowledge in recombinant DNA techniques, such as RNA isolation, reverse transcription, polymerase chain reaction, recombinant DNA construction and recombinant protein expression; and in protein purification, such as liquid chromatography, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and western blotting, will be integrated with laboratory practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-3-2-4","Prerequisite":"LSM1102 or LSM1106","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2211","ModuleTitle":"Metabolism and Regulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"BIOCHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Overview of the biosynthesis and catabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids in the context of human health and disease. Emphasis on the integration and regulation of metabolic pathways in different tissues and organs. Principles of bioenergetics and mitochondrial energy metabolism, free radicals, enzyme deficiencies in metabolic disorders will also be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1106","Preclusion":"LSM2101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2231","ModuleTitle":"General Physiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with “General Physiology” and its theme is “Biological Transducers and Energy Transformation”. This module will start with bioenergetics which stresses on the application of thermodynamics to physiological processes in both animals and plants.  Six types of energy will be dealt with, concerning (1) the transformation of light energy to chemical energy by plants, (2) the transformation of chemical energy to chemical potential energy of ions and water across bio-membranes, (3) the transformation of chemical potential energy to electrical energy by plasmalemma with special emphasis on neurons, (4) the transformation of chemical energy to mechanical energy by muscle, and (5) the production and release of heat during energy transformation. Since neurons and muscle tissues require a relatively constant extracellular environment for them to function properly, the important concept of homeostasis will be discussed.  Emphasis will be on extracellular fluid volume and composition.  In addition, mechanisms involved in the balance of heat gain and heat loss to maintain a constant body temperature will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-1.5-2-5","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘A’ Level or H2 Biology or equivalent, or LSM1301 or LSM1301X","Preclusion":"LSM1104","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2232","ModuleTitle":"Genes, Genomes and Biomedical Implications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the structure, organization and function of  genes and genomes in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes (e.g. DNA topology, hierarchy of packaging of DNA in chromosomes and relationship to gene activity and genome dynamics). The functional roles of DNA regulatory cis-elements and transcription factors  involved in gene expression will be examined. The molecular events in the control and regulation of transcription; post-transcriptional modifications and RNA processing; temporal and spatial gene expression will be examined in detail.  The cause and/or effect of dysfunction of gene expression in diseases will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1102 and LSM1106","Preclusion":"LSM2102","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2233","ModuleTitle":"Cell Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"BIOCHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a comprehensive understanding of sub-cellular structures, functions and interactions in unicellular and multi-cellular systems. Emphasis is on cellular functions. Topics include structures and functions of organelles, organelle biogenesis (including organelle inheritance and import of proteins into organelles), intracellular protein trafficking, the cytoskeleton, and cell movements. In addition, students will be introduced to the current concepts of intercellular and intracellular signalling, molecular basis of cell proliferation and apoptosis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1106","Preclusion":"LSM2103","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2234","ModuleTitle":"Physical Concepts in Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces important basic physical concepts in cell and developmental biology. It aims at providing students with quantitative biophysical skill set to apply to\nbiological processes, and is suitable for all Life Sciences students regardless of background in the physical sciences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"GCE `A’ Level H2 Biology or equivalent, or LSM1301 or LSM1301X","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2251","ModuleTitle":"Ecology and Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the science of ecology and its role in understanding environmental processes. It covers both the major concepts and their real-world applications. Topics will include models in ecology, organisms in their environment, evolution and extinction, life history strategies, population biology, ecological interactions, community ecology, ecological energetics, nutrient cycling, landscape ecology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-1-5","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘A’ Level H2 Biology or equivalent, or LSM1301 or LSM1301X","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2252","ModuleTitle":"Biodiversity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"The course aims to inculcate in students an understanding for the need of a diverse and intricate balance of nature and the morality of conservation. It involves an introduction to the diversity of major groups of living organisms, and the importance of maintaining diversity in natural ecosystems. Emphasis is on the need for conservation of biodiversity to maintain a balance of nature. The course will highlight to the students the biodiversity in the major habitats and vegetation types in and around Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-1.5-2-5","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘A’ Level H2 Biology or equivalent, or LSM1301 or LSM1301X","Preclusion":"LSM1103","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2253","ModuleTitle":"Applied Data Analysis in Ecology and Evolution","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Research design and analysis of ecological data are fundamental skills for evolutionary and environmental biology. This module will provide students with the skills and knowledge to design and perform statistical analyses on typical research projects in environmental biology, ecology and evolution. Students will also learn to conduct analysis using R. This will allow them to analyze and address ecological information quantitatively which is an important skill set in the Life Sciences disciplines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-2-4","Prerequisite":"ST1232","Preclusion":"LSM3257","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2254","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Plant Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to contemporary plant\nbiology. It focuses on the flowering plants (angiosperms),\none of the most successful plant groups that sustains all\nlife on earth, and examines how they are organized, grow,\nand respond to the environment. A major theme that the\nmodule will highlight is that plant growth is highly dynamic\n– plants control growth and development through\nintegrating intrinsic and external signals to best adapt to\nthe changing surroundings. The concepts and techniques\nof gene manipulation for studying plants, as well as their\napplications in plant biotechnology, will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-2-1-4","Prerequisite":"LSM1102 OR LSM1106","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2288","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Life Sciences I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"LSM1102 or LSM1105 or LSM1106; and departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2289","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Life Sciences II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"LSM1102 or LSM1105 or LSM1106; and departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM2291","ModuleTitle":"Fundamental Techniques in Microbiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module gives an overview of microbial diversity, the biological properties of microbes, methods and approaches in the study of microbiology. At the end of the module, students should have fundamental knowledge of microbiology, including tools in the study of cells and microbes and the awareness of biosafety, and students should be excited by the microbial world and wishing to know more.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0.5-2.5-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1102 or LSM1106","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3201","ModuleTitle":"Research and Communication in Life Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the philosophy, principles and processes of life sciences research and communication. It aims to equip students with the essential knowledge that complements the hands-on research training which students undertake for UROPS and Honours projects’ requirements. The module covers the essentials of scientific research including: importances and pitfalls of problem formulation and hypothesis generation; essentials of experimental designs; practical tips and pitfalls during experimental execution; good and bad practices of data collection, analysis and evaluation; form and function of scientific communication; and research ethics. This module will complement and enhance the experience and quality of undergraduate research training.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-2-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"LSM2288 Basic UROPS in Life Sciences I; LSM3288 Advanced UROPS in Life Sciences I; LSM4199 Honours Project in Life Sciences"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3211","ModuleTitle":"Fundamental Pharmacology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHARMACOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide basic principles of pharmacological science with emphasis on drug action from the molecular and cellular levels to tissue, organ and whole animal including human using lectures and practicals. The lectures will start with the classical drug receptor theory followed by molecular pharmacology of drug receptors and their regulation including receptor-mediated signal transduction and membrane ion channel function. Autonomic pharmacology (sympathetic and parasympathetic) will be introduced. The module also focuses on the pharmacodynamics of autacoids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, corticosteroids and other immunosuppressants, anti-asthma drugs, anti-thrombotic agents and nitric oxide.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-1.5-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2101 or LSM2103","Preclusion":"GEK2501","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3212","ModuleTitle":"Human Physiology: Cardiopulmonary System","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHYSIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The heart and lungs are central to the maintenance of homeostasis in the human body by bringing essential materials to and removing wastes from the body?s cells. This module covers the basic physiology of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems using exercise to illustrate the onset of homeostatic imbalances and the body's responses to restore homeostasis. Students will be able to identify the benefits that exercise imparts to cardiorespiratory fitness and overall health.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-2-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3214","ModuleTitle":"Human Physiology - Hormones and Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHYSIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module covers several human physiological systems using hormonal control of homeostasis as a basis for understanding normal function and health. The student will be able to appreciate the interactions occurring amongst the endocrine, digestive, renal, and reproductive systems, and be able to relate them to the body's biological rhythms (or clocks), growth, responses to stress, and reproductive processes. Major Topics Covered: endocrine system, central endocrine glands, peripheral endocrine glands, digestive system, digestive processes, energy balance, urinary system, fluid processing, fluid balance, reproductive system, male reproductive physiology, female reproductive physiology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2101 and LSM3212","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3216","ModuleTitle":"Neuronal Development and Diseases","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHYSIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module will focus on key events that take place in different stages of vertebrate nervous system development including neural induction, neurogenesis, glial biology, neuronal growth and polarity, axonal guidance, synapse formation, and regeneration.  Pathological states such as muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases will be studied, both in terms of understanding the deficits as well as examining potential solutions to improve the outcomes of these neuronal diseases.  Latest findings will be discussed, allowing students to learn the current state of research in developmental neurobiology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-2-4","Prerequisite":"LSM2102 Molecular Biology AND \r\nLSM2103 Cell Biology","Preclusion":"LSM3213 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3218","ModuleTitle":"Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHARMACOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on drugs used to treat cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. It provides an understanding of the pharmacological basis of cardiovascular therapeutics, and addresses the pharmacological properties of clinically useful drugs for cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. This module demonstrates the scientific basis of the therapeutic applications of these drugs, and these foundation principles will enhance understanding of safe and rational use of drugs in cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-0-6","Prerequisite":"LSM3211","Preclusion":"LSM3221","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3219","ModuleTitle":"Neuropharmacology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHARMACOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the pharmacological treatment of nervous system. It covers the actions of drugs and how they affect cellular function in the nervous system, and the neural mechanisms through which they influence behavior.\r\nExamples of drugs used to treat diseases and disorders of the nervous systems will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-0-6","Prerequisite":"LSM3211","Preclusion":"LSM3221","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3222","ModuleTitle":"Human Neuroanatomy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"ANATOMY","ModuleDescription":"A working knowledge of human neuroanatomy is essential for many fields of biomedical science, practice and research. The purpose of this module is to cover the basic functional neuroanatomy of the human nervous system, including overview, neurohistology, peripheral nervous system, autonomic nervous system and central nervous system. It takes a regional-systemic approach to understanding human nervous system structure and function - that parallels the core knowledge used in clinical practice. Emphasis is placed on the unique anatomical features and neurochemistry of different parts of the central and peripheral nervous system, while demonstrating their synaptic connectivity and interrelatedness of their functions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-1-1-4","Prerequisite":"LSM1102 or LSM1106","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3223","ModuleTitle":"Immunology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course provides the central concepts of immunology and the foundation for understanding how immunity functions. The subjects of innate immunity and haematopoiesis introduce the origin and role of different cell types in immunity. The mechanics of how the body protects itself from disease are explored in relation to T and B cell biology, monoclonal antibodies, cytokines, major histocompatibility complex and antigen presentation. Other topics include hypersensitivity, immunodeficiencies, tolerance, autoimmunity, resistance and immunization to infectious diseases.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-3-2-4","Prerequisite":"LSM2103","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3224","ModuleTitle":"Molecular Basis of Human Diseases","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"BIOCHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students primarily with in-depth knowledge of the basic molecular mechanisms of common human diseases, such as cancer, atherosclerosis, obesity, diabetes, and muscle wasting conditions; and to prepare them for future translational research. There will be extensive discussion on results from current cutting-edge research. Since the focus of this module is on the current molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of each disease, prospective students should have basic knowledge of molecular and cell biology, genetics and general human physiology before registering for this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-1.5-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2101 and LSM2103","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3225","ModuleTitle":"Molecular Microbiology in Human Diseases","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"With the application of advanced technologies in molecular biology to the study of microorganisms, there are many implications on how we can identify and detect microbes, as well as treat and prevent diseases caused by both existing and newly emerged pathogens. In this course, the students will be taught the molecular principles of the physiological processes involved in the life cycle of different types of microbes and how these affect human health and disease.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-2-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2101 or LSM2102 or LSM2103","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3226","ModuleTitle":"Medical Mycology and Drug Discovery","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"BIOCHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"With the growing aging population and number of immunocompromised patients, fungal infections are increasingly becoming relevant. This module will re-examine Koch’s postulates in relation to the roles opportunistic and primary fungal pathogens play in mycoses. Issues surrounding the molecular, physiological and biochemical aspects of fungal cells that make them successful microbial pathogens will be discussed. Key mechanisms of anti-fungal resistance in relation to challenges facing the discovery of new therapeutics will be examined. Students will have the opportunity to design and conduct a typical drugsusceptibility screen and drug discovery process.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-2.5-1-4","Prerequisite":"LSM2233 or LSM2252 or LSM2291","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3232","ModuleTitle":"Microbiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Principles of Microbiology, with emphasis on the properties, functions and classification of the major classes of microorganisms, especially bacteria, fungi and viruses. Understanding microbial activities and their influence on microbial diseases, industrial applications, ecology, food and water quality.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-3-2-4","Prerequisite":"LSM2101 or LSM2102 or LSM2103","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3241","ModuleTitle":"Genomic Data Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces practical, real-world genomic data analysis: when a genomic experiment is performed, and bioinformatics analysis is required, how is it done? In “Data Access and Integration”, students will learn how to distinguish databases and integrate data. In “Genomics and NGS”, students will learn practical analysis of microarray and next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. Students will learn how to map sequencing data to genomes in a variety of problem settings and interpret results. In “Integrative Analysis”, students will learn how approaches including pathway analysis and analysis of gene regulatory networks can add power to interpretation of genomic experiments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-2-3-2","Prerequisite":"LSM2102 and LSM2241","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3242","ModuleTitle":"Translational Microbiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the underlying principles and wide-ranging industrial,\nenvironmental, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications of microbiology. The objectives are (a) to gain an understanding of the role of microorganisms for biotechnology applications in the fields of medicine, agriculture, organic chemistry, synthetic biology, public health, biomass conversion, and biomining; and (b) to review advances in genetics and molecular biology of industrial microorganisms, enzyme engineering, environmental microbiology, food microbiology, and molecular biotechnology. A particular focus will be on the meaning and impact of microbiology on human health and the development of new therapeutic approaches.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-2-1-4.5","Prerequisite":"LSM2102 and either LSM2101 or LSM3232","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3243","ModuleTitle":"Molecular Biophysics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a physical background of macromolecular conformations and a description of biophysical techniques for studies of structure, dynamics and interactions of biomolecules. Topics will include conformation of biological macromolecules, protein folding, protein-ligand interaction, biological membrane, and biophysical techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3247","ModuleTitle":"Practical Synthetic Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"BIOCHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Synthetic biology is the science of engineering biology, and is very much an experimental science. Building on the basic principles of synthetic biology introduced in the theoretical module LSM3246, this module aims to\r\nemphasize on the experimental techniques required for the design and construction of synthetic metabolic pathways and genetic circuits in living cells. The module also introduces advanced experimental protocols including\r\nCRISPR-Cas genome editing tools that are revolutionising fields in life and biomedical sciences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-3-2-4","Prerequisite":"LSM2191","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3255","ModuleTitle":"Ecology of Terrestrial Environments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module will introduce students to principles of terrestrial ecology. Major topics will include diversity and distributions of terrestrial environments, soils and nutrient\r\ncycling, animal-plant interactions [pollination, seed dispersal, herbivory], disturbance ecology and succession, energy flow and food webs, population biology, and fragmentation. The course will have a strong quantitative\r\nfocus. The module will also cover ecological processes in rural (agricultural) and urban terrestrial environments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2251","Preclusion":"LSM3271","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3256","ModuleTitle":"Tropical Horticulture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the fundamentals of tropical horticulture, with emphasis on the situation in Singapore, a tropical garden city. Topics include plant\r\ngrowth and development and factors affecting them, pests and diseases and their control, growing media, plant nutrition, tropical urban horticulture of ornamentals,\r\nvegetable and fruit crops, and native plants, vertical and roof greening, turf grass management, landscape design, organic methods and impact of horticulture on\r\nconservation. Field trips, demonstrations, and projects will enable students to enjoy hands-on experience in cultivating plants.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-1.5-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1103 and LSM1104","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3259","ModuleTitle":"Fungal Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an overview of the diversity of fungi which include the mushrooms, yeasts, molds, rusts, and toadtsools. Fungal symbionts such as lichens and mycorrhizae are also covered. Fungi are one of the four main eukaryotes on Earth (the other three being animals, plants and protists). Without fungi, decomposition and nutrient recycling will be severely impacted. Almost all land plants form symbiotic relationships with fungi which help the living plants absorb scant minerals such as phosphates and nitrates and to protect the hosts from diseases. Fungi are exploited for food, medicine, bioremediation and biotechnology. Economic losses from fungal infections will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-1.5-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1103","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3262","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Animal Physiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to examine the physiological and biochemical adaptations of animals which permit them to thrive in diverse environments. It focuses on how animals adapt to natural (e.g. oxygen availability, salinity changes, water availability) and anthropogenic (e.g. greenhouse effect, UV radiation and oxidative stresses, xenobiotics) environmental challenges. This module hopes to offer students clues to what are the fundamental ways in which basic biological structures and functions of living systems are actively modified to allow organisms to exploit the full range of natural environments and to maintain the radically different modes of life we see in nature. Efforts will be made to teach how environmental physiology can be applied to biomedicine, agriculture, ecology and environmental conservation in the last part of the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-2-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1104 or LSM1201","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3267","ModuleTitle":"Behavioural Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an in-depth coverage of the relationships that organisms have with each other and with the environment. Key concepts in organismal interactions, illustrated with examples from general diverse animals and ecological systems, to ultimate and proximate explanations of animal interactions and other life history characteristics, will be covered. Students will be given the opportunity to assimilate and critically evaluate contemporary literature on relevant current issues. Experimental studies will be designed, proposed and carried out by students to improve the understanding of animal behaviour and to appreciate the significance of behaviour in ecology as well as other related disciplines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2251 Ecology and Environment","Preclusion":"LSM4253","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3272","ModuleTitle":"Global Change Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to promote an understanding of Global Change Biology from a multidisciplinary approach. Students will discuss and explore selected themes of prevailing environmental, biological, socio-economical and technological issues and solutions through lectures based on literature reviews and documentaries of relevant themes, field trips and group projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM1103","Preclusion":"ENV2101 Global Environmental Change","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3288","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Life Sciences I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3289","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Life Sciences II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3311","ModuleTitle":"Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"In addition to having an academic science foundation, students with good soft skills and some industrial attachment or internship experiences often stand a better chance when seeking for jobs. This module gives Science students the opportunity to acquire work experience via internships during their undergraduate study.\r\n\r\nThe module requires students to compete for position and perform a structured internship in a company/institution for 10-12 weeks during Special Term.\r\n\r\nThrough regular meetings with the Academic Advisor (AA) and internship Supervisor, students learn how knowledge acquired in the curriculum can be transferred to perform technical/practical assignments in an actual working environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed 3 regular semesters of study, have declared Life Sciences as first major and have completed a minimum of 32 MCs in Life Sciences major at time of application.","Preclusion":"XX3311 modules offered in Science, where XX stands for the subject prefix for the respective major.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM3312","ModuleTitle":"Enhanced Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"In addition to having an academic science foundation, students with good soft skills and some industrial attachment or internship experiences often stand a better chance when seeking for jobs. This module gives Science students the opportunity to acquire work experience via internships during their undergraduate study.\r\n\r\nThe module requires students to compete for position and perform a structured internship in a company/institution for 16-20 weeks during regular semester.\r\n\r\nThrough regular meetings with the Academic Advisor (AA) and internship Supervisor, students learn how knowledge acquired in the curriculum can be transferred to perform technical/practical assignments in an actual working environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed 3 regular semesters of study, have declared Life Sciences as first major and have completed a minimum of 32 MCs in Life Sciences major at time of application.","Preclusion":"XX3312 modules offered in Science, where XX stands for the subject prefix for the respective major.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4199","ModuleTitle":"Honours Project in Life Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Undertake a year-long research project and submit a written thesis for examination.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"For Life Sciences major students with overall CAP of 3.50 or more are eligible to enrol for this module (for Cohort 2011 and before). For Life Sciences major students with overall CAP of 3.20 or more are eligible to enrol for this module (for Cohort 2012 and after).","Preclusion":"LSM4299","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4214","ModuleTitle":"Cancer Pharmacology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHARMACOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module will introduce students to the general principles of\r\n\r\ndrug actions that underpin their therapeutic applications\r\n\r\nagainst cancers, from conventional (non-specific)\r\n\r\nchemotherapy to target-specific drugs. It will provide details of\r\n\r\ndrugs used in specific cancer types, ranging from those with\r\n\r\nproven efficacy in clinics (e.g. Gleevec) to experimental agents\r\n\r\nin trials. Conceptual and theoretical targets (e.g. RNAi and\r\n\r\ngene therapies) will also be introduced.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"LSM3211","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4215","ModuleTitle":"Extreme Physiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHYSIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module describes how the human body responds to exposure and exercise in environmental extremes such as hypoxic and hyperbaric conditions, thermal stressors, microgravity and trauma. Latest research findings, including some of the controversial topics, will be presented and discussed. Students will understand what the physiological changes are under extreme conditions and how acute and chronic adaptations occur in response to these stresses. This will allow students to appreciate how the human body adapts to changing environments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-2-4","Prerequisite":"LSM3212 Human Physiology: Cardiopulmonary System \r\nAND \r\nLSM3214 Human Physiology – Hormones and Health","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4217","ModuleTitle":"Functional Ageing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHYSIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Populations around the world are rapidly ageing and it is important to understand the functional decline in ageing populations. Functional age is defined as a combination of chronological, biological and psychological ages. Molecular processes governing ageing will be covered during the first half while the second half will be on societal perception, burden of disease, healthy ageing interventions and ageless society. The ageing process will be explained based on the experimental and epidemiological studies. This module will integrate biology and sociology of ageing which will provide avenues for better understanding of ageing in a society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"LSM3217 OR LSM 3224","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4221","ModuleTitle":"Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHARMACOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module will cover the stages that a drug that is developed for clinical use goes through before it is marketed: discovery/synthesis, preclinical studies, clinical drug trials, registration and post-market surveillance. The different phases of clinical drug trials and the guidelines for ethics and good clinical practice will be discussed. Students are also divided into groups to design clinical trials. At the end of the course the students will have an overview of the processes involved in bringing a drug from the laboratory to the market.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"LSM3211","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4222","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Immunology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This objective of this course is to provide students with a current and up to date view of immunology.  Breakthrough areas will certainly vary from year to year, but the broad subject matter will remain.   Among the highly competitive areas of immunology research focuses on innate immunity, dendritic cell biology, antigen processing and presentation, lymphocyte development and differentiation, induction of tolerance, mechanism of autoimmunity and allergy, and vaccine development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM3223","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4225","ModuleTitle":"Genetic Medicine in the Post-Genomic Era","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"BIOCHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended to provide a good foundation and stimulate students’ interest in specialized topics in Genetics and Genomics related to translational research.  The module will provide students with knowledge of current practices in Genetic Medicine.  Students will also know how gene identification, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are formulated and performed.  They will also be expected to show how to translate new genetic and genomic discoveries into novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Major topics covered are gene identification, genetic diagnosis, and gene therapy.  Ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) in genetic medicine will also be covered.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"LSM2102","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4226","ModuleTitle":"Infection and Immunity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims at providing an in-depth knowledge in the field of host-pathogen interactions, i.e how the immune system deals with pathogens, and how the pathogens deal with the host’s immune system. An introductory lecture\r\nseries covers the basics in microbiology (bacteriology, virology, parasitology), immunology, vaccinology, and general principles of host-pathogen interactions. Selected diseases illustrate host-pathogens interactions along with\r\nthe consequences for vaccine and drug design. The following set of lectures covered by clinicians and professionals focus on patient management, field study, as well as safety aspects when working with pathogens in a research lab. Tutorials are broken into “journal club”, “article write-up exercise” and “problem-based study” and are directly related to the topics developed during the lectures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM3223 and either LSM3225 or LSM3232","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4227","ModuleTitle":"Stem Cell Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide a detailed and critical introduction in the biology of stem cells and regenerative medicine. Students will investigate the origin of embryonic and adult stem cells and learn biological concepts relating to pluripotency, self-renewal, transdifferentiation, reprogramming and regeneration. The cell-fate determination and differentiation of selected types of cells, with a focus on their potential biological and medical applications, will be presented. Specialized topics on cancer stem cells, wound healing and tissue regeneration will provide a glimpse of how mankind's future could be further shaped.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2102 and LSM2103","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4229","ModuleTitle":"Therapeutic and diagnostic agents from animal toxins","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Toxins are thought as villains as they cause death and debilitation. In reality, they have contributed more to improving our lives than cause death. This module will introduce the contributions of toxins to our knowledge in biomedical and pharmacological fields. Toxin research has helped in understanding molecular mechanisms of a number of processes such as neurotransmission, blood coagulation and platelet aggregation. Toxins have been useful in the development of therapeutic agents, diagnostic reagents and research tools. The module will examine the recent advances and future prospects in toxin research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM3211 or LSM3231","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4231","ModuleTitle":"Structural Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an overall view on the structure determination of protein molecules, protein complexes, protein ? DNA complexes and viral assemblies.  Topics will include the theory and practice of the three major methods ? electron microscopy (EM), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and X-ray crystallography.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2103","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4234","ModuleTitle":"Mechanobiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to mechanobiology, an emerging field of life sciences that explores mechanical regulation and implications underlying numerous biological events from prokaryotes to higher organisms. It covers regulation of cell functions by cytoskeletal networks, mechanics of movement of tissue/cell/sub-cellular\r\norganelle, cellular/molecular force-sensing, mechanical modulation of biochemical signaling, physical landscapes of peri-/trans-/intra-nuclear events including transcription,\r\nand mechanical control of multicellular living organization.\r\nIt also refers to physical and engineering aspects of\r\nphysiological or pathological backgrounds of human health\r\nand diseases. In addition, students learn cutting-edge\r\ntechnologies to dissect mechanical/physical aspects of\r\ncellular/molecular functions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2102 and LSM2103","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4235","ModuleTitle":"Nuclear Mechanics and Genome Regulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to develop an understanding of the relationship between physico-chemical constraints that underlie chromosome organization and its impact on regulating genetic information within the 3D nuclear architecture. In addition, mechanisms of nuclear mechanotransduction and its coupling to mechanofeedback genetic circuits during differentiation, development and in diseases will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2102","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4241","ModuleTitle":"Functional Genomics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"BIOCHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce selected topics on functional genomics. Areas covered include : the assignment of functions to novel genes following from the genome-sequencing projects of human and other organisms; the principles underlying enabling technologies: DNA microarrays, proteomics, protein chips, structural genomics, yeast two-hybrid system, transgenics, and aspects of bioinformatics and its applications; and to understand the impact of functional genomics on the study of diseases such as cancer, drug discovery, pharmacogenetics and healthcare.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM3231","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4243","ModuleTitle":"Tumour Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHYSIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the understanding of processes that regulate cell growth and proliferation, and the intricate mechanism(s) that result in abnormal proliferation and oncogenesis. Molecular basis of immortalization and the acquisition of the neoplastic phenotype, namely oncogene activation, immune evasion, potential for local and distant spread, and resistance to cell death etc. will be discussed.  Role of DNA damage/repair, telomere/telomerase in genome instability and tumourigenesis will be examined. A brief session on target therapies including gene therapy approaches will also be included.  Tumour immunology role of inflammation in tumours will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2103","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4244","ModuleTitle":"Oncogenes and Signal Transduction","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"BIOCHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Oncogenes are key drivers of cancer development. They do so by deregulating signalling cascades that control biochemical events such as transcription, protein turnover, metabolism, and cellular activities such as cell cycle, cell adhesion, movement and invasion through extracellular matrix. The module will primarily focus on basic concepts and central dogmas associated with each major signalling\r\npathway. Many oncogenes have been discovered in the past few decades and new ones continue to be unearthed. In addition to well-established oncogenes, the module will cover scientific knowledge on newer oncogenes and associated signalling pathways.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2103","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4252","ModuleTitle":"Reproductive Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the events and mechanisms leading to the development and differentiation of gonads and sexes in animals and humans, and eventually to the reproduction and propagation of a new generation. It describes the use of invertebrate (Drosophila, C. elegans) and vertebrate models (fish, mouse) in reproduction research, and discusses selected topics to highlight the current trends in animal and human reproduction. This includes new trends in hormonal control of human reproduction (endocrinology), cellular mechanisms and genetic control underlying gonad differentiation, and diseases of the reproductive system. One section of the module will discuss the effects of ageing on the reproductive system in various animal model species, and the role of reproduction in the evolution of ageing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM3233","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4261","ModuleTitle":"Marine Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Main focus on the understanding and appreciation of marine environment, the diversity of marine life, and the constant interaction between man and the sea. Marine biology as the scientific study of marine animals and the marine environment. Fundamentals of oceanography. The range of marine environments and variety of organisms inhabiting them. Benefits of the marine environment and its resources to humans. The impact of exploitation and human activities on the oceans.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM3254","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4262","ModuleTitle":"Tropical Conservation Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Conservation and the loss of biodiversity and natural ecosystems are currently regarded as one of the most pressing problems facing mankind. The course will highlight the impact of habitat loss on biodiversity and the basis for formulation of effective conservation management strategies. The course will also introduce students to the theory of current conservation biology as illustrated by applications in tropical areas, species conservation issues, ecological challenges, role of zoological gardens, legal challenges etc. Conservation of tropical biota, management of local and regional environmental problems, appreciation and consideration of the socio-economic issues will also be treated. Conservation priorities and developmental needs at the national level will also be discussed, with emphasis on Singapore and SE Asia. The course will have guest lecturers from overseas as well as managers and conservation-players from the local environment. It will also involve a special round-table discussion on specific conservation issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"LSM3272 OR ENV2101","Preclusion":"ULS2204","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4264","ModuleTitle":"Freshwater Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Freshwater is essential to life, yet constitutes less than 3% of Earth’s total water. With many freshwater ecosystems under threat, understanding the biology of freshwaters is fundamentally important to their management, conservation and restoration. This module introduces the study of inland waters, with emphasis on aquatic ecology, structure and function, and aquatic conservation. Topics discussed will include diversity and ecology of freshwater habitats and aquatic organisms, and aquatic conservation issues including policies, regulation and management of freshwater resources in local and international contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"LSM3254","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4265","ModuleTitle":"Urban Ecology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the ecology of urban areas, with a focus on tropical cities. It will deal with terrestrial, freshwater and coastal marine environments in which urbanization is the key ecological factor. Topics\r\ncovered will include the origins of cities, urbanization as a process, urban landscapes, urban environments (soils, hydrology, climates and pollution), urban biodiversity, alien species, landscape design, urban greenery, pest and\r\nvector control, ecological footprints, and the sustainable city. Students will undertake a small-group research project involving the design, implementation, analysis and presentation of an urban ecology study.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-1-5","Prerequisite":"LSM2251 and LSM3255","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4266","ModuleTitle":"Aquatic Biodiversity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Aquatic biodiversity is a fundamental component of aquatic environments and ecosystems. Hence, its study is essential for conservation and management of such environments. This module aims to enhance students’ knowledge and familiarity of tropical aquatic biodiversity through directed studies led by experts in freshwater and marine organisms. Biota in Singapore, in particular, will be\r\nhighlighted. Emphasis will be on organismal diversity as well as taxonomy and classification, on top of a range of other topics such as structure and function, ecology, conservation, and economic importance to be covered within the context of selected organismal groups. Learning outcomes include appreciation of the importance of aquatic biodiversity as well as knowledge, familiarity, and understanding of selected groups of aquatic biodiversity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-0-6","Prerequisite":"LSM1103 Biodiversity","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"LSM4299","ModuleTitle":"Applied Project in Life Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"For Bachelor of Science (Honours) students to participate full-time in a six-month-long project in an applied context that culminates in a project presentation and report.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Students must be reading the Bachelor of Science degree.\nStudent must have met Honours eligibility requirements for specific major and passed SP1001 Career Planning & Preparation or NCC1001 Headstart Module (A Career Development Programme) or NCC1000 Stepup Module (A Career Development Programme) or CFG1001 Headstart Module or CFG1000 StepUp Module.","Preclusion":"LSM4199","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA1101R","ModuleTitle":"Linear Algebra I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is a first course in linear algebra.  Fundamental concepts of linear algebra will be introduced and investigated in the context of the Euclidean spaces R^n.  Proofs of results will be presented in the concrete setting.  Students are expected to acquire computational facilities and geometric intuition with regard to vectors and matrices.  Some applications will be presented. Major topics: Systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, Euclidean spaces, linear combinations and linear span, subspaces, linear independence, bases and dimension, rank of a matrix, inner products, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, linear transformations between Euclidean spaces, applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-0-6","Prerequisite":"GCE 'A' LEVEL MATHEMATICS OR H2 MATHEMATICS OR MA1301 OR MA1301FC OR MA1301X","Preclusion":"EG1401, EG1402, MA1101, MA1311, MA1506, MA1508, MA1508E, MA1513 FOE students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA1102R","ModuleTitle":"Calculus","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a course in single-variable calculus. We will introduce precise definitions of limit, continuity, the derivative and the Riemann integral.  Students will be exposed to computational techniques and applications of differentiation and integration.  This course concludes with an introduction to first order differential equations.  \r\n\r\nMajor topics: Functions, precise definitions of limit and continuity. Definition of the derivative, velocities and rates of change, Intermediate Value Theorem, differentiation formulas, chain rule, implicit differentiation, higher derivatives, the Mean Value Theorem, curve sketching.  Definition of the Riemann integral, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.  The elementary transcendental functions and their inverses. Techniques of integration: substitution, integration by parts, trigonometric substitutions, partial fractions. Computation of area, volume and arc length using definite integrals.   First order differential equations: separable equations, homogeneous equations, integrating factors, linear first order equations, applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-0-6","Prerequisite":"GCE 'A' LEVEL MATHEMATICS OR H2 MATHEMATICS OR MA1301 OR MA1301FC OR MA1301X","Preclusion":"EE1401, EE1461, EG1401, EG1402, CE1402, MA1102, MA1312, MA1505, MA1505C, MA1507, MA1521, MA1511, CEC students, COM students who matriculated on and after 2002 (including poly 2002 intake), FoE students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA1301","ModuleTitle":"Introductory Mathematics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module serves as a bridging module for students without 'A' - level mathematics. Its aim is to equip students with appropriate mathematical knowledge and skill so as to prepare them for further study of mathematics-related disciplines. At the end of the course, students are expected to attain a level of proficiency in algebra and calculus equivalent to the GCE Advanced Level. Major topics: Sets, functions and graphs, polynomials and rational functions, inequalities in one variable, logarithmic and exponential functions, trigonometric functions, sequences and series, techniques of differentiation, applications of differentiation, maxima and minima, increasing and decreasing functions, curve sketching, techniques of integration, applications of integration, areas, volumes of solids of revolution, solution of first order ordinary differential equations by separation of variables and by integrating factor, complex numbers, vectors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Pass in O-level Additional Mathematics or AO-level or H1 Mathematics\r\n","Preclusion":"THOSE WITH A-LEVEL OR H2 PASSES IN MATHEMATICS OR WHO HAVE PASSED ANY OF THE MODULES MA1101R, MA1102R,MA1301FC, MA1301X, MA1505, MA1506, MA1507, MA1508, MA1521, MA1311, MA1312, MA1421, MPE STUDENTS.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA1301X","ModuleTitle":"Introductory Mathematics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module serves as a bridging module for students without 'A' - level mathematics. Its aim is to equip students with appropriate mathematical knowledge and skill so as to prepare them for further study of mathematics-related disciplines. At the end of the course, students are expected to attain a level of proficiency in algebra and calculus equivalent to the GCE Advanced Level. Major topics: Sets, functions and graphs, polynomials and rational functions, inequalities in one variable, logarithmic and exponential functions, trigonometric functions, sequences and series, techniques of differentiation, applications of differentiation, maxima and minima, increasing and decreasing functions, curve sketching, techniques of integration, applications of integration, areas, volumes of solids of revolution, solution of first order ordinary differential equations by separation of variables and by integrating factor, complex numbers, vectors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"Pass in O-level Additional Mathematics or AO-level or H1 Mathematics","Preclusion":"Those with A-level or H2 passes in Mathematics. Student must not have passed MA1301 or MA1301FC","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA1312","ModuleTitle":"Calculus with Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module contains the main ideas of calculus that are often encountered in the formulation and solution of practical problems. The approach of this course is intuitive and heuristic. The objective is to develop a competent working knowledge of the main concepts and methods introduced. This module is also designed for students who intend to do a minor in mathematics or for those who are keen to pick up some mathematical skills that might be useful in their own areas of studies. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMajor topics: Real numbers and elementary analytic geometry. Functions, limits, continuity and derivative. Trigonometric functions. Trigonometric functions. Applications of the derivative. Optimization problems.  Inverse functions. The indefinite integral. The definite integral. Applications of the definite integral: arc length, volume and surface area of solid of revolution.  Logarithmic and exponential functions. Techniques of Integration. Taylor's Formula. Differential equations. Some applications in Business, Economics and Social Sciences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"AO-Level Mathematics or H1 Mathematics or MA1301 or MA1301FC or MA1301X","Preclusion":"MA1102R, MA1505, MA1505C, MA1521, MA1511, FoE students,","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA1505","ModuleTitle":"Mathematics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Refer to link at \r\n\r\nhttp://ww1.math.nus.edu.sg/undergrad.aspx?file=stu-modules","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-2-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"GCE 'A' LEVEL MATHEMATICS OR H2 MATHEMATICS OR MA1301 OR MA1301X","Preclusion":"MA1102R, MA1312, MA1507, MA1511, MA1521, MA2311, MA2501, EE1461, PC2174","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MA1508E","ModuleTitle":"Linear Algebra for Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The module is targeted at students from the Faculty of Engineering and it provides the basic fundamental principles of Linear Algebra relevant to the field of Engineering. Topics include: System of linear equations and their solutions. Gaussian elimination. Matrices, matrix operations and invertibility. Determinant of a matrix. Euclidean space and vectors. Subspaces, linear combinations and linear span. Linear independence, basis and coordinate vectors. Dimension of a vector space. Rank and nullity theorem for matrices. Linear approximation and least squares solution to a linear system. Orthogonal projection. Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and diagonalization. Complex numbers. Applications of eigenvalues and eigenvectors to differential equation","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-2-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘A’-Level or H2 Mathematics or equivalent, or MA1301 or MA1301X","Preclusion":"MA1101R, MA1311, MA1506, MA1508, MA1513","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"MA1511","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Calculus","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a seven-week module specially designed for students majoring in Engineering. It introduces the basic concepts in one variable and several variable calculus with applications in engineering. Main topics: One variable calculus. Power series. Partial differentiation. Multiple integrals. Vector Calculus.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"3-2-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘A’-Level or H2 Mathematics or equivalent, or MA1301 or MA1301X","Preclusion":"MA1102R, MA1312, MA1505, MA1506, MA1507, MA1521, MA2311, MA2501, EE1461, PC2174","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MA1512","ModuleTitle":"Differential Equations for Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a seven-week module specially designed for students majoring in Engineering. It introduces the basic concepts in differential equations with applications in engineering. Major topics: First order ordinary differential equations and applications. Second order ordinary differential equations and applications. Partial differential equations and applications. Laplace transforms and applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"3-2-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘A’-Level or H2 Mathematics or equivalent, or MA1301 or MA1301X","Preclusion":"MA1506, MA1507, EE1461, PC2174","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MA1513","ModuleTitle":"Linear Algebra with Differential Equations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a six-week module specially designed for students majoring in Engineering. It introduces the basic concepts in linear algebra with applications in engineering. Major topics: Matrix algebra, linear system of equations, vector spaces, linear independence, basis, orthogonality, rank, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, linear systems of differential equations, linearization of nonlinear systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"3-2-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘A’-Level or H2 Mathematics or equivalent, or MA1301 or MA1301X","Preclusion":"MA1101R, MA1311, MA1506, MA1508, MA1508E","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"MA1521","ModuleTitle":"Calculus for Computing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a basic foundation for calculus and its related subjects required by computing students. The objective is to train the students to be able to handle calculus techniques arising in their courses of specialization. In addition to the standard calculus material, the course also covers simple mathematical modeling techniques and numerical methods in connection with ordinary differential equations. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMajor topics: \r\n\r\nPreliminaries on sets and number systems. \r\n\r\nCalculus of functions of one variable and applications. \r\n\r\nSequences, series and power series.   \r\n\r\nFunctions of several variables. Extrema.\r\n\r\nFirst and second order differential equations. \r\n\r\nBasic numerical methods for ordinary differential equations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"GCE 'A' LEVEL MATHEMATICS OR H2 MATHEMATICS OR MA1301 OR MA1301FC OR MA1301X","Preclusion":"MA1102R, MA1312, MA1505, MA1507, MA2501, MA1511, FoE students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA2101","ModuleTitle":"Linear Algebra II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of MA1101 Linear Algebra I intended for second year students. The student will learn more advanced topics and concepts in linear algebra. A key difference from MA1101 is that there is a greater emphasis on conceptual understanding and proof techniques than on computations.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMajor topics: Matrices over a field. Determinant. Vector spaces. Subspaces. Linear independence. Basis and dimension. Linear transformations. Range and kernel. Isomorphism. Coordinates. Representation of linear transformations by matrices. Change of basis. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Diagonalizable linear operators. Cayley-Hamilton Theorem. Minimal polynomial. Jordan canonical form. Inner product spaces. Cauchy-Schwartz inequality. Orthonormal basis. Gram-Schmidt Process. Orthogonal complement. Orthogonal projections. Best approximation. The adjoint of a linear operator.  Normal and self-adjoint operators. Orthogonal and unitary operators.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA1101R or MA1506 or MA1508 or MA1508E or MA1513","Preclusion":"MA2101S, MA2101H, MA2201, MA2203, MQ2201, MQ2101, MQ2203","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA2101S","ModuleTitle":"Linear Algebra II (S)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to develop the learning capabilities and hone the problem solving skills of talented students at a mathematically deeper and more rigorous level. In addition to the classes of the regular module, one extra special hour each week will be devoted to solving challenging problems and studying some additional topics and those topics briefly mentioned in the regular module.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe contents of this module will consist of those in the regular module (MA2101) and the following additional topics: proofs of Jordan Normal Form Theorem, Cayley Hamilton Theorem, introductory module theory, further applications of linear algebra.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-2-0-0-8","Prerequisite":"(MA1101R or MA1506 or MA1508 or MA1508E or MA1513) and departmental approval","Preclusion":"MA2101, MA2101H, MA2201, MA2203, MQ2201, MQ2101, MQ2203","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA2104","ModuleTitle":"Multivariable Calculus","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a module on the calculus of functions of several real variables, applications of which abound in mathematics, the physical sciences and engineering. The aim is for students to acquire computational skills, ability for 2- and 3-D visualisation and to understand conceptually fundamental results such as Green’s Theorem, Stokes’ Theorem and the Divergence Theorem. Major topics: Euclidean distance and elementary topological concepts in Rn, limit and continuity, implicit functions.  Partial differentiation, differentiable functions, differentials, chain rules, directional derivatives, gradients, mean value theorem, Taylor’s formula, extreme value theorem, Lagrange multipliers.\nMultiple integrals and iterated integrals, change of order of integration, applications, Jacobian matrix, change of variables in multiple integrals. Line integrals and Green’s theorem. Surface integrals, Stokes’ Theorem, Divergence Theorem.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA1102R or MA1505 or MA1511 or MA1521","Preclusion":"MA1104, MA2311, MA1507, MPE students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA2108","ModuleTitle":"Mathematical Analysis I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to introduce the student to the contents and methods of elementary mathematical analysis. The course develops rigorously the following concepts arising from calculus: the real number system, sequences and series of constant terms, limit and continuity of functions. The emphasis is on logical rigour. The student will be exposed to and be expected to acquire the skills to read and write mathematical proofs.  Major topics: Basic properties of real numbers, supremum and infimum, completeness axiom. Sequences, limits, monotone convergence theorem, Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem, Cauchy's criterion for convergence. Infinite series, Cauchy's criteria, absolute and conditional convergence, tests for convergence.  Limits of functions, fundamental limit theorems, one-sided limits, limits at infinity, monotone functions. Continuity of functions, intermediate-value theorem, extreme-value theorem, inverse functions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA1102R or MA1505 or MA1511 or MA1505C or MA1507 or MA1521","Preclusion":"MA2108S, MA2206, MA2208, MA2221, MA2311, MQ2202, MQ2102, MQ2203, CN2401, EE2401, ME2492","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA2108S","ModuleTitle":"Mathematical Analysis I (S)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to develop the learning capabilities and hone the problem solving skills of talented students at a mathematically deeper and more rigorous level. In addition to the classes of the regular module, one extra special hour each week will be devoted to solving challenging problems and studying some additional topics and those topics briefly mentioned in the regular module.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe contents of this module will consist of those in the regular module (MA2108) and the following additional topics: conditions equivalent to the completeness axiom, rearrangement of series, trigonometric series.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-2-0-0-8","Prerequisite":"(MA1102R or MA1505 or MA1511 or MA1505C or MA1507 or MA1521) and departmental approval","Preclusion":"MA2108, MA2206, MA2208, MA2221, MA2311, MQ2202, MQ2102, MQ2203, CN2401, EE2401, ME2492","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA2216","ModuleTitle":"Probability","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to give an elementary introduction to probability theory for science (including computing science, social sciences and management sciences) and engineering students with knowledge of elementary calculus. It will cover not only the mathematics of probability theory but\r\nwill work through many diversified examples to illustrate the wide scope of applicability of probability. Topics covered are: counting methods, sample space and events, axioms of probability, conditional probability, independence, random variables, discrete and continuous distributions, joint and marginal distributions, conditional distribution, independence of random variables, expectation,\r\nconditional expectation, moment generating function, central limit theorem, the weak law of large numbers. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the prerequisite. It is an essential module for Industrial and Systems Engineering students.","CrossModule":"ST2131","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA1102R or MA1312 or MA1507 or MA1505 or MA1505C or MA1511 or MA1521","Preclusion":"ST2131 (Cross-listing), ST2334, CE2407","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA2219","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Geometry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module gives a first introduction to various kinds of\r\n\r\ngeometries ranging from elementary Euclidean geometry\r\n\r\non the plane, inversive geometry on the sphere, as well as\r\n\r\nprojective geometry and Non-Euclidean geometry. Topics\r\n\r\ncovered include: Conics, Quadric surfaces, Affine\r\n\r\ngeometry, Affine transformations, Ceva's theorem,\r\n\r\nMenelaus' theorem, Projective geometry, projective\r\n\r\ntransformations, homogeneous coordinates, cross-ratio,\r\n\r\nPappus' theorem, Desargues' theorem, duality and\r\n\r\nprojective conics, Pascal's theorem, Brianchon's theorem,\r\n\r\nInversions, coaxal family of circles, Non-Euclidean\r\n\r\ngeometry, Mobius transformations, distance and area in\r\n\r\nNon-Euclidean geometry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA1100 or MA1101R or MA1506 or MA1508 or MA1508E or MA1513 or MA1102R or MA1505 or MA1507 or MA1511 or CS1231","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MA2288","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Mathematics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is entirely project based. It allows the student the opportunity to engage in independent learning and research. It also affords the student the chance to delve into topics that may not be present in the regular curriculum. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"MA1101R and departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA2289","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Mathematics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This provides a continuation of work done in MA2288 and the project should be of two semester's duration. Please see section 4.4.3.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"MA1101R and departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3110","ModuleTitle":"Mathematical Analysis II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a continuation of MA2108 Mathematical Analysis I. The objective of this module is to introduce the student to the contents and methods of elementary mathematical analysis. The course develops rigorously the following concepts arising from calculus: the derivative, the Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions. The emphasis is on logical rigour. The student will be exposed to and be expected to acquire the skills to read and write mathematical proofs. Major topics: Differentiation: the derivative, Mean Value Theorem and applications, L'Hospital rules, Taylor's Theorem. The Riemann integral: Riemann integrable functions, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, change of variable, integration by parts. Sequences of functions: Pointwise and uniform convergence, interchange of limits and continuity, derivative and integral, the exponential and logarithmic functions, the trigonometric functions. Series of functions: Cauchy criterion, Weierstrass M-test, power series, radius of convergence, term-by-term differentiation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA2108 or MA2108S","Preclusion":"MA2118, MA2118H, MA2205, MQ3202, MA3110S, ST2236.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3111","ModuleTitle":"Complex Analysis I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is a first course on the analysis of one complex variable.  In this module, students will learn the basic theory and techniques of complex analysis as well as some of its applications.  Target students are mathematics undergraduate students in the Faculty of Science.  Major topics: complex numbers, analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations, harmonic functions, contour integrals, Cauchy-Goursat theorem, Cauchy integral formulas, Taylor series, Laurent series, residues and poles, applications to computation of improper integrals.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"(MA1104 or MA2104 or MA1507) and (MA3110 or MA3110S)","Preclusion":"MA3111S, EE3002, MPE students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3111S","ModuleTitle":"Complex Analysis I (S)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to develop the learning\r\n\r\ncapabilities and hone the problem solving skills of talented\r\n\r\nstudents at a mathematically deeper and more rigorous\r\n\r\nlevel. The contents of this module will consist of those in\r\n\r\nthe regular module (MA3111 Complex Analysis I) and the\r\n\r\nfollowing additional topics: Casorati-Weierstrass Theorem,\r\n\r\ninfinite products of analytic functions, normal families of\r\n\r\nanalytic functions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-2-0-0-8","Prerequisite":"(MA1104 or MA2104 or MA1507) and (MA3110 or MA3110S) and departmental approval","Preclusion":"MA3111, EE3002, MPE students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3201","ModuleTitle":"Algebra II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to provide the essentials of ring theory and module theory. Major topics: rings, ring isomorphism theorems, prime and maximal ideals, integral domains, field of fractions, factorization, unique factorization domains, principal ideal domains, Euclidean domains, factorization in polynomial domains, modules, module isomorphism theorems, cyclic modules, free modules of finite rank, finitely generated modules, finitely generated modules over a principal ideal domain.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"(MA2202 or MA2202S) and (MA2101 or MA2101S)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3227","ModuleTitle":"Numerical Analysis II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of MA2213 Numerical Analysis I. It introduces and\r\nanalyzes important numerical methods for solving linear and nonlinear systems,\r\ntwo-point boundary value problems, as well as Monte Carlo methods and their\r\napplications in such fields as quantitative finance and physics. The module aims at\r\ndeveloping students’ problem-solving skills in emerging applications of modern\r\nscientific computing, and is intended for mathematics and quantitative finance\r\nmajors and students from engineering, computer science and physical sciences.\r\nMajor topics: Iterative methods for systems of linear equations and their\r\nconvergence analysis, numerical solutions of systems of nonlinear equations,\r\nmethods for solving two-point boundary value problems, Monte Carlo methods\r\nand their applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"MA2213 and (MA1104 or MA2104 or MA1506 or MA1507 or MA1505 or MA1511 or MA2311) and (MA2101 or MA2101S) and (MA2216 or ST2131 or ST2334)","Preclusion":"ME3291","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MA3233","ModuleTitle":"Combinatorics and Graphs II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a continuation of MA2214 Combinatorics and Graphs I. The objective is to introduce to students fundamental principles and techniques in Graph Theory. Major topics: Connectivity, Eulerian Multigraphs and Hamiltonian Graphs, Matching, Covering and Independence, Vertex Coloring (including basics of Planar Graphs), Digraphs, Basic Spectral Graph Theory (including Eigenvalues of Graphs and Graph Laplacians).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA2214","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3238","ModuleTitle":"Stochastic Processes I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the concept of modelling dependence and focuses on discrete-time Markov chains. Topics include discrete-time Markov chains, examples of discrete-time Markov chains, classification of states, irreducibility, periodicity, first passage times, recurrence and transience, convergence theorems and stationary distributions.  This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"ST3236","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"{MA1101 or MA1101R or MA1311 or MA1508 or GM1302} and {MA2216 or ST2131}","Preclusion":"ST3236.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3252","ModuleTitle":"Linear and Network Optimisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to work on optimization problems which can be formulated as linear and network optimization problems. We formulate linear programming (LP) problems and solve them by the simplex method (algorithm). We also look at the geometrical aspect and develop the mathematical theory of the simplex method. We further study problems which may be formulated using graphs and networks. These optimization problems can be solved by using linear or integer programming approaches. However, due to its graphical structure, it is easier to handle these problems by using network algorithmic approaches. Applications of LP and network optimization will be demonstrated. This course should help the student in developing confidence in solving many similar problems in daily life that require much computing. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMajor topics: Introduction to LP: solving 2-variable LP via graphical methods. Geometry of LP: polyhedron, extreme points, existence of optimal solution at extreme point. Development of simplex method: basic solution, reduced costs and optimality condition, iterative steps in a simplex method, 2-phase method and Big-M method. Duality: dual LP, duality theory, dual simplex method. Sensitivity Analysis. Network optimization problems: minimal spanning tree problems, shortest path problems, maximal flow problems, minimum cost flow problems, salesman problems and postman problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA1101R or MA1306 or MA1311 or MA1508 or MA1506 or MA1508E or MA1513","Preclusion":"MQ2204, CS3252, IC2231, DSC3214, DSN3701, MA3235, BH3214, ISE students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3259","ModuleTitle":"Mathematical Methods in Genomics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introduction to methods and popular software tools for solving computational problems in genomics. It studies exact algorithms for those problems that can be solved easily and approximation and/or heuristic algorithms for hard problems. The objective is to develop competitive knowledge in formulating biological problems in computational terms and solving these problems\r\nusing algorithm approach. This module is for students with interests in computational molecular biology and bioinformatics. Major topics: Sequence analysis, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetic analysis, genome sequencing, gene prediction and motif finding, genome rearrangement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA2216 or MA3233 or MA3501 or ST2131 or ST2334 or LSM2241","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3266","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Fourier Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to introduce the ideas of Fourier analysis, which permeate much of the present day mathematics, and to develop some of its applications in analysis and partial differential equations. The emphasis of the module is on methods and applications. Major topics: Fourier Series and Basic Properties. Convergence of Fourier Series. Partial Differential Equations of Physics. Boundary Value Problems and the Fourier Method; Fourier Integrals and Applications. OrthogonalSystems. Sturm-Liouville Problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"(MA1101R or MA1506 or MA1508 or MA1508E or MA1513) and (MA1104 or MA2104) and MA3220","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3288","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Mathematics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is entirely project based. It allows the student the opportunity to engage in independent learning and research. It also affords the student the chance to delve into topics that may not be present in the regular curriculum. Projects registered under MA3288 are intended to be at a more advanced level than those under MA2288/9. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3289","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Mathematics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a continuation of work done in MA3288 and the project should be of two semesters' duration. Please see section 4.4.3.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA3312","ModuleTitle":"Enhanced Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"In addition to having an academic science foundation, students with good soft skills and some industrial attachment or internship experiences often stand a better chance when seeking for jobs. This module gives Science students the opportunity to acquire work experience via internships during their undergraduate study.\r\n\r\nThe module requires students to compete for position and perform a structured internship in a company/institution for 16-20 weeks during regular semester.\r\n\r\nThrough regular meetings with the Academic Advisor (AA) and internship Supervisor, students learn how knowledge acquired in the curriculum can be transferred to perform technical/practical assignments in an actual working environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed 3 regular semesters of study, have declared Mathematics or Applied Mathematics as first major and have completed a minimum of 32 MCs in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics major at time of application.","Preclusion":"XX3312 modules offered in Science, where XX stands for the subject prefix for the respective major.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4199","ModuleTitle":"Honours Project in Mathematics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The Honours project is intended to give students the opportunity to work independently, to encourage students develop and exhibit aspects of their ability not revealed or tested by the usual written examination, and to foster skills that could be of continued usefulness in their subsequent careers. The project work duration is one year (including assessment).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-30-0","Prerequisite":"Only for students matriculated from 2002/2003, subject to faculty and departmental requirements","Preclusion":"XFS4199M","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4207","ModuleTitle":"Mathematical Logic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory mathematical course in logic. It gives a mathematical treatment of basic ideas and results of logic, such as the definition of truth, the definition of proof and Godel's completeness theorem. The objectives are to present the important concepts and theorems of logic and to explain their significance and their relationship to other mathematical work.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMajor topics: Sentential logic. Structures and assignments. Elementary equivalence.  Homomorphisms of structures. Definability. Substitutions. Logical axioms. Deducibility.  Deduction and generalization theorems. Soundness, completeness and compactness theorems. Prenex formulas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA3110 or MA3110S or MA3205 or MA3219","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4211","ModuleTitle":"Functional Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This course is for students who are majors in pure mathematics or who need functional analysis in their applied mathematics courses. The objective of the module is to study linear mappings defined on Banach spaces and Hilbert spaces, especially linear functionals (real-valued mappings) on L(p), C[0,1] and some sequence spaces.  In particular, the four big theorems in functional analysis, namely, Hahn-Banach theorem, uniform boundedness theorem, open mapping theorem and Banach-Steinhaus theorem will be covered.  \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMajor topics: Normed linear spaces and Banach spaces. Bounded linear operators and continuous linear functionals. Dual spaces. Reflexivity. Hanh-Banach Theorem. Open Mapping Theorem. Uniform Boundedness Principle. Banach-Steinhaus Theorem. The classical Banach spaces : c0, lp, Lp, C(K). Compact operators. Inner product spaces and Hilbert spaces. Orthonormal bases. Orthogonal complements and direct sums. Riesz Representation Theorem. Adjoint operators.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA3207H or MA3209","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4221","ModuleTitle":"Partial Differential Equations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this introductory course is to provide the basic properties of partial differential equations as well as the techniques to solve some partial differential equations. Partial differential equations are the important tools for understanding the physical world and mathematics itself. This course will cover three types of partial differential equations and will provide a broad perspective on the subject, illustrate the rich variety of phenomena and impart a working knowledge of the most important techniques of analysis of the equations and their solutions.\r\n\r\nMajor topics: First-order equations.  Quasi-linear equations.  General first-order equation for a function of two variables.  Cauchy problem.  Wave equation.  Wave equation in two independent variables.  Cauchy problem for hyperbolic equations in two independent variables.  Heat equation.  The weak maximum principle for parabolic equations.  Cauchy problem for heat equation.  Regularity of solutions to heat equation.  Laplace equation.  Green's formulas.  Harmonic functions.  Maximum principle for Laplace equation.  Dirichlet problem.  Green's function and Poisson's formula.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA3220","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4229","ModuleTitle":"Approximation Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The central theme of this course is the problem of interpolating data by smooth and simple functions. To achieve this goal, we need to study interesting families of functions. The basic material covered deals with approximation in normed linear spaces, in particular, in Hilbert spaces. These include Weierstrass approximation theorem via Bernstein polynomials, best uniform polynomial approximation, interpolation, orthogonal polynomials and least squares problems, splines and wavelets.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMajor topics: Basics in approximation theory. Weierstrass approximation theorem via Bernstein polynomials. Best uniform polynomial approximation and Haar condition. Polynomial interpolation. Orthogonal polynomials and least squares problems. Splines. Wavelets.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"(MA2101 or MA2101S) and (MA3110 or MA3110S)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4251","ModuleTitle":"Stochastic Processes II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module builds on ST3236 and introduces an array of stochastic models with biomedical and other real world applications. Topics include Poisson process, compound Poisson process, marked Poisson process, point process, epidemic models, continuous time Markov chain, birth and death processes, martingale. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA3238 or ST3236","Preclusion":"MA3237, MA3239, GM3310, ST4238, ISE students.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4255","ModuleTitle":"Numerical Methods in Differential Equations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Ordinary and partial differential equations are routinely used to model a variety of natural and social phenomena. This course is concerned with the basic theory of numerical methods for solving these equations. Through the study of this module, students will gain an understanding of (1) various numerical integration schemes for solving ordinary differential equations, and (2) finite difference methods for solving various linear partial differential equations. Major topics: (ODE) One-step and linear multistep methods, Runge-Kutta methods, A-stability, convergence; (PDE) Difference calculus, finite difference methods for initial value problems, boundary value problems, and initial-boundary value problems, consistency, stability analysis via von Neumann method and matrix method, convergence, Lax Equivalence Theorem.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"{MA2213 or DSA2102} and MA3220","Preclusion":"ME4233","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MA4260","ModuleTitle":"Stochastic Operations Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a stochastic operations research module and has many applications in production planning, warehousing and logistics. This module gives an introduction on how operations research models (with emphasis on optimization models) are formulated and solved. Many inventory and queuing models are derived to cater for different situations and problems in the real world. The solutions of these models can be obtained analytically. The tools of dynamic programming, heuristics and simulation are also introduced to derive the solutions. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMajor topics: The basic economic order quantity model and its extension. Dynamic lot sizing models. Inventory models with uncertain demands: single-period decision models, continuous review and periodic review policies. Recent developments in inventory theory. Modelling arrival and service processes. Basic queuing models. Cost considerations in queuing models. Queuing network. Simulation of inventory and queuing models.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"{MA2216 or ST2131 or ST2334} and {MA3236 or MA3252 or DSC3214 or DSN3701}","Preclusion":"ISE students.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MA4261","ModuleTitle":"Coding and Cryptography","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Error-correcting codes and security codes are very important in the data communication and storage. The focus of this module is the mathematical aspect of coding theory and cryptography. Upon completing this module, the student will have a basic appreciation of some key issues in coding theory and cryptography, some understanding of the basic theory concerning codes and ciphers and\r\na good knowledge of some well-known codes and ciphers. Major Topics: Communication channels and Shannon’s theorem, block codes and linear codes, maximum-likelihood decoding and syndrome decoding, bounds on codes and optimal codes, cyclic codes, BCH codes, encoding and decoding of cyclic codes. Public-key cryptography, RSA cryptosystem, public-key cryptosystems based on the discrete logarithm problem, elliptic curve cryptosystems, factorization algorithm and pseudoprime.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA3201 or MA3218 or MA3265","Preclusion":"EEE students, CEG students, CPE students.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4264","ModuleTitle":"Game Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Game theory provides a mathematical tool for multi-person decision making. The aim of this module is to provide an introduction to game theory, studying basic concepts, models and solutions of games and their applications.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMajor topics: Games of normal form and extensive form; Applications in Economics; Relations between game theory and decision making. Games of complete information: Static games with finite or infinite strategy spaces, Nash equilibrium of pure and mixed strategy; Dynamic games, backward induction solutions, information sets, subgame-perfect equilibrium, finitely and infinitely repeated games. Games of incomplete information: Bayesian equilibrium; First price sealed auction, second price sealed auction, and other auctions; Dynamic Bayesian games; Perfect Bayesian equilibrium; Signaling games. Cooperative games: Bargaining theory; Cores of n-person cooperative games; The Shapley value and its applications in voting, cost sharing, etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"(MA3236 or MA3252 or DSC3214 or DSN3701) and (MA2216 or ST2131 or ST2334)","Preclusion":"EC3312.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4266","ModuleTitle":"Topology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The (point-set) topology covered in this module is an abstraction of metric space concepts, and was largely developed in the first half of last century. It forms the basis for much modern mathematics, especially in geometry and analysis, and beyond mathematics is important in computer science, mathematical economics, mathematical physics and robotics. Major topics: metric and topological spaces, continuous maps, bases, homeomorphisms, subspaces, sum, product and quotient topologies, orbit spaces, separation axioms, compact spaces, Tychonoff's theorem, compactness in metric spaces, Urysohn's lemma, Tietze Extension Theorem, connected and path-connected spaces, components, locally compact spaces, function spaces and the compact-open topology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"MA3209","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4270","ModuleTitle":"Data Modelling and Computation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This course aims at presenting important mathematical concepts and computational methods that are often used for modelling and analysis of big data sets and complex networks. The emphasis is on mathematical modelling and computational methods for practical problems in data science. Major topics include: basics on convex analysis, numerical methods for large-scale convex problems, dimensionality reduction, numerical methods for machine learning, kernel methods for pattern analysis, sparse coding and dictionary learning.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"{MA2213 or DSA2102} and {MA2216 or ST2131 or ST2334}","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA4271","ModuleTitle":"Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Students of this module will learn how to apply their knowledge in advanced calculus and linear algebra to the study of the geometry of smooth curves and surfaces in the three dimensional Euclidean space. Major topics: theory of smooth space curves, differentiable structures on a smooth surface, local theory of the geometry of smooth surfaces, the first and second fundamental form, Guass map, parallel transport, geodesics, global properties of surfaces: triangulation, Euler number and orientation, global Gauss-Bonnet formula and its applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"(MA1104 or MA2104 or MA1507 or MA1505 or MA2311) and (MA2101 or MA2101S)","Preclusion":"MA3215","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA5198","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINAR MODULE IN MATHEMATICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"A theme or one or several topics in mathematics, which may vary from semester to semester, will be chosen by the lecturer-in-charge or students enrolled in the module. Students will take turns to give seminar presentations on the chosen topics. Students will also be required to provide verbal critique and submit written reports on selected presentations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-1-7","Prerequisite":"Only for graduate research students in the Department of Mathematics who matriculated in 2004 or later.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MA5206","ModuleTitle":"Graduate Analysis II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module covers basic functional analysis and selected applications. It is intended for graduate students in mathematics. Major topics:\r\n(1) Norms and seminorms, Banach and Fréchet spaces, Hahn-Banach and separation theorems, Uniform Boundedness Principle, Open Mapping and Closed Graph Theorems.\r\n(2) Dual spaces, uniformly convex and reflexive spaces, Radon-Nikodým Theorem and the dual of Lp, Banach-Alaoglu’s Theorem, Mazur’s Theorem, adjoint operators.\r\n(3) Compact operators, compactness of adjoint, spectral theory and Fredholm alternative for compact operators, application to differential equations.\r\n(4) Hilbert space and operators on Hilbert space, Lax-Milgram Theorem, Fourier series, spectral theorem for compact self-adjoint operators, application to differential equations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"MA4211 and {MA4262 or MA5205}, or departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MA5209","ModuleTitle":"Algebraic Topology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module studies topology using algebraic methods. It covers the following major topics: \r\nFundamental groups, covering spaces, computation of fundamental groups, van Kampen Theorem, the classification of covering spaces, braid groups, simplicial complexes, simplicial homology, simplicial approximation, maps of spheres, classification of surfaces, Brouwer Fixed-point Theorem and Lefschetz Fixed-point Theorem.\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"MA3251 or MA4215 or MA4266\r\n","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA5216","ModuleTitle":"Differential Geometry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The module is a course on differential geometry aimed at  students who have had some exposure to differentiable manifolds. Major topics include: Riemannian metrics, connections, curvatures, warped products, Hyperbolic spaces, metrics on Lie Groups, Riemannian submersions, geodesic and distance, sectional curvature comparison, Killing fields, Hodge Theory, harmonic forms, curvature\r\ntensors, curvature operators.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"MA5210 or Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MA5218","ModuleTitle":"Graduate Algebra IIB","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introduction to representation theory of finite groups and other related topics. The first third of the course is devoted to the study of semisimple rings and algebras, culminating in the Wedderburn-Artin structure theorem. The remainder of the course is devoted to representation theory of finite groups, character theory and applications such as Burnside’s theorem. If time permits, further topics may be discussed, such as Artin’s and Brauer’s theorems, rationality questions or representations of compact groups","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"MA5203 or departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA5220","ModuleTitle":"Logic and Foundation of Mathematics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for graduate students in mathematics, and students in computer science and philosophy who have sufficient mathematical background. The course will be devoted to prove the consistency and independence of Continuum Hypothesis (CH) as well as Axiom of Choice.  The topics include Gdels constructible universe and Cohens forcing method.  This course will provide the students not only some basics in modern Set Theory, but also deeper understanding of fundamental phenomena in logic, such as constructibility and independence.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"MA3205 and MA4207, or departmental approval","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA5232","ModuleTitle":"Modeling and Numerical Simulations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for graduate students in mathematics.  It focuses on modeling problems in real life and other disciplines into mathematical problems and simulating their solutions by scientific computing methods.  Major topics covered include modeling and numerical simulations in selected areas of physical and engineering sciences, biology, finance, imaging and optimization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA5238","ModuleTitle":"Fourier Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for graduate students in mathematics. It covers the following major topics: Fourier series, Fourier transform on R^n, distributions\r\nand generalized functions, Sobolev spaces and their applications to partial differential equations. Introduction to singular integrals.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"MA5205 or MA3266 or MA3266S or departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA5240","ModuleTitle":"FINITE ELEMENT METHOD","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module studies the finite element method. It covers the following topics: variational principles, weak solutions of differential equations, Galerkin/Ritz method, Lax-Milgram theorem, finite element spaces, stiffness matrices. Shape functions, Barycentric coordinates, numerical integration in Rn, calculation of stiffness matrices, constraints and boundary conditions, iterative methods and approximate solutions, error estimates. The course is for mathematics graduate students with interest in finite element method and its applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"MA5233 or departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MA5295","ModuleTitle":"DISSERTATION FOR MSC BY COURSEWORK","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Student is expected to conduct research on a topic or area in mathematics, write a report and give an oral presentation on it.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-20-0","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval (for students in 2006/07 and later cohorts who are enrolled in M.Sc. in Mathematics by course work)","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MA6201","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Algebra and Number Theory I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Selected topics in algebra and number theory are offered","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval\r\n","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA6235","ModuleTitle":"TOPICS IN FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Selected topics in financial mathematics are offered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MA6252","ModuleTitle":"TOPICS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Topics offered will be of advanced mathematical nature and will be selected by the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MA6292","ModuleTitle":"TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"Topics offered will be of advanced mathematical nature and will be selected by the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MB5102","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Mechanobiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"MECHANOBIOLOGY INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"To provide a working understanding of basic problems of mechanobiology. In practical terms, we will present to the students a number of important problems relevant to force-generation and force-sensing in living systems, and how the cells interpret the mechanical cues for regulation of their functions. The teaching will primarily involved the discussion of the studies that are performed at MBI and reading original literatures under the guidance of MBI investigators. The \nassignment will involve writing of several science features devoted to the studies conducted at MBI, 1 mini-review devoted to selected mechanobiology field analysed indepth and an oral presentation of the mini-review in class.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-3-5","Prerequisite":"Basic Physical Chemistry, Calculus, Biology, Graduate\r\nstanding, MB5101 or approval of the module coordinator.","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"MB5105","ModuleTitle":"Microfabrication for Biologists","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"MECHANOBIOLOGY INSTITUTE","ModuleDescription":"This modules aims at teaching the basic principles of soft lithography techniques that are classically used by biologists. Although clean room techniques will be presented to help understand the whole fabrication process and limitation, a strong emphasis will be placed on post processing that is often performed at the bench such as surface treatment, protein adsorbtion, UV treatment, polymerization. The modules will be articulated around \ni- a theoretical description of fabrication process, polymerization schemes and surface treatment scheme.\nii- Practical fabrication work at the bench in small groups. We will study both “classic” devices and processes as well as “custom” devices proposed by students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"2-0-1-0-2","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"MCI5006","ModuleTitle":"CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"Only students enrolled in the Master of Clinical Investigation (MCI) programme can apply. All other students will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and approval has to be sought from both the module coordinator and the MCI programme director","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MCI5007","ModuleTitle":"SCIENTIFIC WRITING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"Only students enrolled in the Master of Clinical Investigation (MCI) programme can apply. All other students will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and approval has to be sought from both the module coordinator and the MCI programme director","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MCI5008","ModuleTitle":"Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MCI5009","ModuleTitle":"Health Services Research Methods for Clinicians","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces health services research topics and methods most relevant to clinical researchers. The research methods covered include assessment of patient-reported outcomes, economic evaluation, analysis of qualitative data, and systematic review. The model integrates elements of epidemiology, statistics, health economics, and incorporates a diverse range of subjects\nincluding survey methods, decision analysis, and cost effectiveness analysis. Students will also be taught to design their own health services research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"35-0-0-0-90","Prerequisite":"N/A","Preclusion":"N/A","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5102","ModuleTitle":"TECHNIQUES IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5108","ModuleTitle":"BIOSTATISTICS FOR BASIC RESEARCH","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5205","ModuleTitle":"NEUROSCIENCE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5215","ModuleTitle":"APPLIED BIOETHICS AND BIOLAW","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"Advancements in medicine and the biosciences are often, if not always, co-produced with ethical, economics and legal/regulatory norms. For this reason, the ability to understand and articulate what these normative conditions (and requirements) are is just as critical to being an effective researcher as technical excellence. This module initiates students to the normative components (i.e. ethical, legal and to a more limited extent economic norms and determinants) of biomedical sciences and technologies. It also aims to help students develop skills of critical thinking and ethical analysis; to explore the impact of developments in medicine and the biosciences; and to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue. Key components of this module will relate to:\r\n\r\n• Introduction to Ethical and Legal Theories (as well as Economic theories to a more limited degree);\r\n• Ethics, Medicine and Biotechnology;\r\n• Regulatory norms and practices in Singapore and key scientific jurisdictions; and\r\n• Key Issues in Research Ethics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-3-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5222","ModuleTitle":"Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip students with the fundamental concepts in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The curriculum approaches the diseases from both the scientific and clinical perspectives with lecturers who are practising clinicians and cardiovascular scientists. Students will have the opportunity to visit the cardiac catheterization laboratory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Students should preferably working on a research project related to cardiovascular or metabolic diseases.","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5224","ModuleTitle":"Animal Models of Human Diseases","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"This 2MC module is designed to introduce students to commonly-used animal replica of key human diseases including cancer, muscular diseases, neurological and immune disorders. Major topics to be covered include nonmammalian models as well as rodent and non-human primate models of human diseases, with an emphasis of mammalian disease models. The final lecture will be conducted by a representative from the Pharmaceutical industry (e.g. GSK-Singapore) on how animal disease models are used in drug discovery.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"4-0-0-0-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5227","ModuleTitle":"Bio-Innovation & Entrepreneurship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"This course covers comprehensively the important elements required to build and develop a bio-business through a series of lectures and highly interactive tutorials, workshops and panel discussions with experts. A diverse team of lecturers will bring in expert practitioners’ experience and knowledge on  different aspects of a biobusiness. The course will guide the students through the process of generating an idea and developing it to a business pitch.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-1.5-3-4","Prerequisite":"Open to students from Life Sciences, Dental, Medicine, School of Public Health, Nursing (ie. Life Sciences, BDS, MBBS, BSc (Pharm), BNursing), and Biomedical Engineering. In teamwork students must be able to develop and present a business-idea & -plan in the biotech\r\nor life sciences field.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5232","ModuleTitle":"Case studies in the biotechnology industry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"The unique aspect of this module is that it allows students to meet successful members of the local biotechnology community. This provides an opportunity to learn directly from industry leaders about commercially viable technologies, and about the job roles and lifestyles of industry scientists. This will be done by examining specific companies as “case studies”. Each case study will involve the evaluation of the company’s technology and the market environment. This module is ideal for students considering industry or alternative (non-research) careers, and would like to make contacts and gain insight into such roles.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0.5-0-0-3.5","Prerequisite":"Open to all NUSMed postgraduate students","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5233","ModuleTitle":"Current Topics in Drug Design and Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"Introduction to a range of existing and emerging therapy\nmodalities including drug mechanism of action, drug\ndelivery and drug metabolism specific to each class of\ndrug. Additionally, an emphasis on advanced techniques\nfor drug design and development specific to each class of\ndrug will also be given.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5234","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module (CBmE)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"PhD and MSc candidates may undertake independent study of a topic in bioethics under the supervision of a Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE) faculty. They can formulate a topic of interest in advance and approach their prospective supervisor (with relevant research interests) to discuss and write a proposal for the Independent Study Module (ISM). They are advised to start working on the project several weeks before the start of the semester so that they can have sufficient time for any project revision if necessary. Students and supervisors are required to submit the CBmE ISM Contract agreeing to a plan of work and assessment. Students may check with CBmE to check for the list of ISM projects and prerequisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"Please refer to CBmE for the ISM prerequites.","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5236","ModuleTitle":"PRINCIPLES & CONCEPTS IN TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"This course covers the various pathways from fundamental\nto applied research in the biomedical field. Using major\ndiseases as a backdrop, dynamic researchers with\nestablished track records in interdisciplinary and\ntranslational research will teach on various topics, with the\nobjective of illustrating the evolution of projects from bench\nto bedside/ industry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-1-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"Open to students from Life Sciences, Dental, Medicine,\nSchool of Public Health, Nursing (ie. Life Sciences, BDS,\nMBBS, BSc (Pharm), BNursing), and Biomedical\nEngineering. In teamwork students must be able to\ndevelop and present an applied research proposal in the\nbiotech or life sciences field.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5238","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Pharmacology I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to prepare students (in particular, the Master of Nursing students) with the general principles and concepts of pharmacokinetics (body’s handling of drug) and pharmacodynamics (principles/mechanism of drug action) in humans. A sound understanding of these foundation principles, which constitute the scientific basis of therapeutics, will promote the safe and rational use of drugs in disease conditions. The module will then progress to the study of the pharmacological properties of various classes of clinically useful drugs, starting with autonomic and central nervous systems, pain management and followed by gastrointestinal system. These topics will be covered by faculties in Department of Pharmacology. In addition, it will cover legal and ethical principles underpinning the advanced practice nurse’s role in administration of drugs and will be covered by ALCNS faculty.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NUR5102 Applied Pathophysiology or NUR5602 Applied Pathophysiology (Paed)"},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5240","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module –Innovation Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of the ISM is for the students to engage and promote self-study, critical thinking and independent research abilities, to a real-world problem focused on clinical health issues. The team-based project, from solving\r\na real-world clinical health issue to commercialising the product or process, must be relevant to industrial and clinical areas. Students will work in small teams on a project which must be approved by the module coordinator before\r\nthay are allowed to proceed. The students should identify a supervisor/mentor who is willing to oversee the projects and obtain their approval before submitting the proposal for consideration.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-5-0","Prerequisite":"MDG5236 Principles and Concepts in Translational Research or MDG5237 Biomedical Innovation Capstone","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MDG5771","ModuleTitle":"Graduate Research Seminar and Workshop","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME2101","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals Of Mechanical Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the student with the fundamental knowledge to do calculations on design components like bolts, fasteners, joints, welds, springs, gears, brakes, cluthes. Other areas covered will include material selection, fatigue, bearings, shafts, as well as design mechanisms like linkages and cams. This is a compulsory module with no final exam. Assessment will be based purely on continuous assessment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-7-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME2101E","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Mechanical Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the student with the fundamental knowledge to do calculations on design components like bolts, fasteners, joints, welds, springs, gears, brakes, clutches. Other areas covered will include material selection, fatigue, bearings, shafts, as well as design mechanisms like linkages and cams. This is a compulsory module with no final exam. Assessment will be based purely on continuous assessment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TM2101, TME2101","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ME2102","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Innovation and Modelling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the students to the various\nstandards and techniques of sketching, prepare\nengineering drawings and specifications, and interpreting\ndrawings. Students also get to use advanced commercial\nCAD software to do 3D solid modeling. Above all, this\nmodule expands the students’ creative talent and enhances\ntheir ability to communicate their ideas in a meaningful\nmanner. Major topics include: Principles of projections;\nIsometric; Orthographic and Isometric sketching; 3D solid\nmodeling; Sectioning and Dimensioning; Drawing\nstandards; Limits, Fits and Geometrical Tolerances.\nThis module also provides the student with the fundamental\nknowledge to do calculations on design components like\nbolts, screws, fasteners, weld joints, springs, gears,\nmaterial selection, fatigue, bearings and shafts.\nThis is a 100% CA core module for all Mechanical\nEngineering students.\nThis module is also open to cross-faculty students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-2-1-3.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME2103","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Visualization & Modeling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module enables students to learn the various standards and techniques of geometrical sketching, prepare engineering drawings and specifications, and interpreting drawings. Students also get to use advanced commercial CAD software to do 3D solid modeling. Above all, this module expands the students' creative talent and enhances their ability to communicate their ideas in a meaningful manner. Major topics include: Principles of projections; Isometric and Auxiliary views; Interpenetration of solids and Development of surfaces; 3D solid modeling; Sectioning and Dimensioning; Machine and Assembly drawings; Drawing standards and Limits and Tolerances. This is a core module for all Mechanical Engineering students and is also open to all cross-faculty students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-3-2-0.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME2114","ModuleTitle":"Mechanics of Materials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"ME2114 will introduce the concepts of yield criteria, combined stresses and failure, and evaluation of residual stresses in a structure which would include experimental stress analysis. It will also introduce concept of instibilty of column and energy methods. This is an elective module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3.0-0.5-0.5-2.0-4.0","Prerequisite":"ME2112 Strength of Materials","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME2114E","ModuleTitle":"Mechanics of Materials II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course provides for a further understanding of concepts and principles of solid mechanics and its applications to engineering problems. The topics covered are: Two-dimensional systems; Combined stresses; Energy methods; Columns; Experimental stress analysis; Inelastic behaviour.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-1.5-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TM1111, TME2114","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ME2121","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Thermodynamics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course develops a good understanding of the basic concepts and application of thermodynamics required for the analysis, modeling and design of thermal-fluid systems in engineering practice. Major topics include: Review of First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics and their applications; Reversible and Irreversible processes; Entropy; Non-flow and flow processes; Cycles involving entropy changes; Power/refrigeration and air cycles; Ideal gas mixtures; Psychrometry and applications; Fuels; Combustion and First Law applied to combustion. This is a core module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.25-2-4.25","Prerequisite":"PC1431/PC1431FC/PC1431X","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME2135","ModuleTitle":"Intermediate Fluid Mechanics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce fundamentals of fluid dynamics covering notions of the continuum hypothesis, flow kinematics, mathematical tools for flow visualization, material derivative, fluid acceleration, conservation laws, Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations, inviscid flows, potential flows, viscous flows, creeping flows and boundary layer flows. Review of relevant mathematical tools to support the theory will accompany the topics when and where it is required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ME2134","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME2135E","ModuleTitle":"Fluid Mechanics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the students to the operating principles of\r\nhydraulic pumps and turbines, their applications and methods of selecting pumps to match system requirements and how to avoid cavitation damage. We also focus on the mathematical theory of potential (non-viscous) fluid flow as well as the structure of basic vortices.\r\n\r\nThis is followed by treatment of the fundamentals of viscous fluid flow and boundary layers. The major topics covered therein are the Navier-Stokes equations and some of their exact solutions, boundary layer flow theory, estimation of drag force on a flat plate, boundary layer separation and control, equations of motion for turbulent flow and turbulent boundary layers, turbulent models and velocity profiles in turbulent boundary layers. Boundary layer with transition. Flow around bluff and streamlined bodies: their flow patterns, drag and lift.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3.0-1.0-0.5-0-5.5","Prerequisite":"ME2134E","Preclusion":"TM2131, TME2135","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ME2142","ModuleTitle":"Feedback Control Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is a compulsory module and it introduces students to various fundamental concepts in control system analysis and design. Topics include mathematical modeling of dynamical systems, time responses of first and second-order systems, steady-state error analysis, frequency response analysis of systems and design methodologies based on both time and frequency domains. This module also introduces computer simulation as a means of system evaluation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0.5-2-4","Prerequisite":"MA1506","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME2143E","ModuleTitle":"Sensors and Actuators","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Primarily a core subject for mechanical engineering students, this course introduces the basic principles and characteristics of various sensors for the measurement of mechanical quantities such as position, velocity, acceleration, force, and temperature. Topics that are also introduced are actuators for achieving motion, primarily various types of electric motors. This course also covers the generalised measurement and instrumentation system, the associated electronics, drivers and power supplies for the processing of the signals from the sensors and transducers and for driving the various actuators. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge required for the application of these sensors and actuators rather than on their design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TM2141, TME2143","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME3000","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME3001","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME3103","ModuleTitle":"Mechanical Systems Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module consists of a project which is either (i) an industrysponsored project, (ii) an in-house project linked to external competitions, or, (iii) a project according to a prescribed theme proposed by a group of students. The students will work in\ngroups to complete the design of a mechanical product/system in the first half of the semester to be followed by the fabrication/testing of prototype(s) in the second half. In the course of project work, students will be exposed to the working of team\ndynamics, the engineering design process, report writing, oral presentation and project management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"1-1-8-2-3","Prerequisite":"ME2101 Fundamentals of Mechanical Design\nME2103 Engineering Visualisation and Modelling","Preclusion":"ME3101 Mechanical Systems Design I\nME3102 Mechanical Systems Design II","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"ME3112","ModuleTitle":"Mechanics Of Machines","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course covers the fundamental engineering principles on kinematics and kinetics. The topics of rigid body dynamics and vibration will be covered, including the theoretical development and practical application to mechanisms and machinery. The salient features of dynamics to be applied for each instance will be clearly explained and the interpretation of the results obtained will be highlighted.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-2-4","Prerequisite":"PC1431/PC1431FC/PC1431X","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME3122E","ModuleTitle":"Heat Transfer","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course covers the key concepts related to the different modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation) and principles of heat exchangers. It develops the students’ proficiency in applying these heat transfer concepts and principles, to analyse and solve practical engineering problems involving heat transfer processes. Topics include introduction to heat transfer; steady state heat conduction; transient heat conduction; lumped capacitance; introduction to convective heat transfer; external forced convection; internal forced convection; natural/free convection; blackbody radiation and radiative properties; radiative exchange between surfaces; introduction to heat exchangers and basic calculation of overall heat transfer coefficient.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"TM2122, TME3122","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"ME3221","ModuleTitle":"Sustainable EnergyConversion","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This elective module provides an introduction to advanced topics in engineering thermodynamics and their applications to engineering thermal processes. The following topics are covered: Efficiency improvement of steam power cycles through the use of regeneration and binary fluids processes; Real gases: equation of state, enthalpy and entropy; Available energy and available energy changes in thermal processes, Second Law efficiency; Combustion processes; Analysis of energy and work interactions of basic mechanical engineering thermal processes such those of reciprocating and centrifugal compressors and axial flow turbines. This module is for students who wish to extend their understanding of engineering thermodynamics beyond the first course, and understanding and appreciation of the operation, efficiency and energy conversion of mechanical engineering thermal processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2121","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME3232","ModuleTitle":"Compressible Flow","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2134 Fluid Mechanics I","Preclusion":"ME3231","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME3233","ModuleTitle":"Unsteady Flow in Fluid Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2134 Fluid Mechanics I","Preclusion":"ME3231","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME3233E","ModuleTitle":"Unsteady Flow in Fluid Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"systems typically encountered in Mechanical Engineering applications. Unsteady flow fluid theories, real-life unsteady flow problems and practical design solutions will be described, explained and analysed in this course. These include Analysis and Designs of Water pumping stations and their distribution systems, petroleum products (i.e. crude oil and natural gas) transportation pipelines systems, Oil and Gas flow systems, Thermal Power Stations flow systems etc","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2135/ME2135E or equivalent","Preclusion":"ME3233 Unsteady Flow in Fluid Systems\nTME3233","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME3241","ModuleTitle":"Microprocessor Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students are taught how the microprocessor/microcomputer is applied as the brain in an intelligent mechatronic system. Major topics include: Basic operations of the microprocessor; Introductory assembly language programming; High-level language programming; Basic interfacing with external devices and working with real-time devices. Upon successful completion, students will be able to have the confidence to design and implement smart products and systems, including intelligent robotic devices and machines, and intelligent measurement systems. This is a technical elective with the main target audience being mechanical engineering students in their third year of study. Examples of application, tailored specifically for mechanical engineers, are used to illustrate the principles.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"ME2143, ME2143"},{"ModuleCode":"ME3241E","ModuleTitle":"Microprocessor Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students are taught how the microprocessor/microcomputer is applied as the brain in an intelligent mechatronic system. Major topics include: Basic operations of the microprocessor; Introductory assembly language programming; High-level language programming; Basic interfacing with external devices and working with real-time devices. Upon successful completion, students will be able to have the confidence to design and implement smart products and systems, including intelligent robotic devices and machines, and intelligent measurement systems. This is a technical elective with the main target audience being mechanical engineering students in their third year of study. Examples of application, tailored specifically for mechanical engineers, are used to illustrate the principles.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-0-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TM3241, TME3241","Corequisite":"ME2143E"},{"ModuleCode":"ME3251E","ModuleTitle":"Materials For Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module equips students with basic knowledge in materials selection for mechanical design. The major topics are: Classification of engineering materials; Materials properties in design using case studies; Ferrous alloys (carbon and low-alloy steels, tool steels, stainless steels, cast irons); Non-ferrous alloys (Cu-, Al-, Mg-, Ti-, Zn-, Ni-alloys, etc.); Engineering plastics and composites; Engineering ceramics; Surface engineering and coating techniques; Joining processes; Material selection in design; Product costing and case studies. The module is aimed at students who want to specialise in mechanical product design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2151E","Preclusion":"TM3251, TME3251","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ME3281","ModuleTitle":"Microsystems Design And Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module generates an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of Microsystems and their impact on technology. Secondly, it enables students to apply engineering principles that have been learnt earlier in other modules. The major topics include: An overview of the principles, fabrication and system-level design and applications of Microsystems; Properties of semiconductor; Fundamentals of dynamics and vibration; Piezoelectricity; Piezoresistivity and applications in sensors; Electrostatics and Capacitance; Electromagnetism; Thermal sensors; Biosensors; Fabrication in MEMS; The target students are those with a good grasp and have a keen interest in both mechanical and electrical engineering subjects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0.5-2.5-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME3291","ModuleTitle":"Numerical Methods In Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This elective module introduces students to fundamental concepts of numerical analysis as a powerful tool for solving a wide variety of engineering problems. The topics covered include numerical solution of linear systems of algebraic equations, numerical solution of nonlinear algebraic equations and systems of equations, elementary unconstrained optimization techniques, regression and interpolation techniques, numerical differentiation and integration, as well as the numerical solution of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE). Applications are drawn from a broad spectrum of diverse disciplines in Mechanical Engineering. The module will also introduce the use of scientific computing software packages for the numerical solution of practical engineering problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"MA1505, MA1512 and MA1513.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4101","ModuleTitle":"Bachelor Of Engineering Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module consists mainly of an industrial or research-based project carried out under the supervision of one or more faculty members. It introduces students to the basic methodology of research in the context of a problem of current research interest. The module is normally taken over two consecutive semesters, and is a core requirement of the B.Eng. (Mech) program.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-15-0","Prerequisite":"Stage 4 standing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4101A","ModuleTitle":"Bachelor Of Engineering Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module consists mainly of a research-based project carried out under the supervision of one or more faculty members. It introduces students to the basic methodology of research in the context of a problem of current research interest. The module is normally taken over two consecutive semesters, and is a core requirement of the B.Eng. (Mech) programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Stage 4 standing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4212","ModuleTitle":"Aircraft Structures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module deals mainly with: the theory and analysis of plates in particular circular and rectangular plates; the theory of thin shells with emphasis in the stress analysis of pressure vessels; the analysis of thin-walled structures; and the application of energy methods to instability problems in columns and plates. This is an elective module and is intended to accommodate the needs of students who have an interest in the design and analysis of plate and shell structures. The materials in this module are applicable to the chemical, civil, mechanical, aeronautical engineering and engineering mechanics curricula.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2114","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4213","ModuleTitle":"Vibration Theory And Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module develops students' understanding of various methods used to determine the shock and vibration characteristics of mechanical systems and instills an appreciation of the importance of these characteristics in the design of systems and their applications in vibration isolation, transmission, and absorption problems; Natural frequencies and normal modes; Dynamic response and stability. Single and multiple-degree-of-freedom systems will be treated using continuous and discrete system concepts, including Lagrange's equations. Approximation methods for solution as well as instrumentation for vibration measurement will be discussed. Examples will be drawn mainly from mechanical disciplines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-1-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4213E","ModuleTitle":"Vibration Theory & Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module develops students’ understanding of various methods used to determine the shock and vibration characteristics of mechanical systems and instills an appreciation of the importance of these characteristics in the design of systems and their applications in vibration isolation, transmission, and absorption problems; Natural frequencies and normal modes; Dynamic response and stability. Single and multiple-degree-of-freedom systems will be treated using continuous and discrete system concepts, including Lagrange’s equations. Approximation methods for solution as well as instrumentation for vibration measurement will be discussed. Examples will be drawn mainly from mechanical disciplines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-1-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"ME3112E","Preclusion":"TM3213, TME4213","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ME4225","ModuleTitle":"Applied Heat Transfer","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The main topics include: 2D steady state heat conduction; transient heat conduction; turbulent heat transfer, boiling; condensation; heat exchangers with phase change; mass transfer","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME3122","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4225E","ModuleTitle":"Applied Heat Transfer","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This elective module extends the basic heat transfer principles covered in earlier modules to engineering applications. Although some important new physical processes are introduced, the main emphasis is on the use of these to the design-analysis of industrial systems. The use of empirical data for situations where detailed analysis is difficult will be demonstrated through the solution of design examples. The main topics include: Heat exchangers with phase change; Boiling; Condensation; Combined heat and mass transfer; Heat transfer enhancement; Cooling of electronic equipment; and Design examples.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME3122E","Preclusion":"TM4225, TME4225","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"ME4227","ModuleTitle":"Internal Combustion Engines","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a detailed introduction to the working principle of all kinds of internal combustion (IC) engines, the major components and their functions of spark-ignition and compression-ignition engines, the parameters and\r\ncharacteristics used to describe IC engine operation, the necessary hermodynamics and combustion theory required for a quantitative analysis of engine behavior, the measurement of IC engine performance, the design of\r\ncombustion chamber and its effect on the performance of IC engines, the formation of emissions and their control, supercharging, heat transfer and heat losses, friction and lubrication etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ME4241","ModuleTitle":"Aircraft Performance and Stability","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4246","ModuleTitle":"Modern Control System","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is a second module on control of linear dynamical systems. It focuses on analysis and synthesis of controllers in the time domain. The module introduces students to the techniques and analysis of dynamical systems using state-space models. The major topics covered are: Introduction to State-Space Model; Solution of State-Space Model; Canonical Forms of State-Space Model; Controllability and Observability; State Feedback and State Estimation; Linear Quadratic Optimal Control, Stability; Discrete Time Systems; Controller Design of Discrete-Time Systems. Students are required to have knowledge of basic classical control theory and linear algebra.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2142","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4253","ModuleTitle":"Biomaterials Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module educates students in the ways of applying fundamental materials science and engineering principles in order to solve challenging problems in medical related fields such as in implant and medical devices. It targets at students who wish to ensure a broad-based curriculum. Life science topics are introduced. Students gain an appreciation of a multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving. Topics include biological materials, metals, polymers, ceramics and composites use in implants, host-tissue response, materials selection, relationship between structure-composition-manufacturing process, mechanical testing and evaluation of implants and numerous case studies ranging from heart valves to tissue engineering of bones. A series of guest lectures from clinicians are included in this course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2151","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4255","ModuleTitle":"Materials Failure","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module addresses the failure of engineering systems governed by the end service conditions. Commonly encountered service conditions are introduced in this module, including their impact on the service life of the individual components as well as the assembly of components. This module enables students to understand the deterioration of materials due to service conditions and how to minimize them. The topics are covered: Introduction to failure of materials; Service failure analysis practice; Failure due to overloading; Failure due to cyclic loading; Failure due to corrosion; Failure due to friction and wear; Failure at elevated temperatures, Failure of weld joints; Inspection and remaining life prediction techniques; and case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2151","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME4261","ModuleTitle":"Tool Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"All mechanical engineering students need the basic knowledge of metal machining and tool design for mass production and the design of cutting tools. This module provides the fundamental understanding of metal machining and tool design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"ME3162"},{"ModuleCode":"ME4261E","ModuleTitle":"Tool Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"All mechanical engineering students need the basic knowledge of metal machining and tool design for mass production and the design of cutting tools. This module provides the fundamental understanding of metal machining and tool design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TM4261, TME4261","Corequisite":"ME3162E"},{"ModuleCode":"ME4262","ModuleTitle":"Automation In Manufacturing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a comprehensive introduction to automation technologies applied in discrete part manufacturing. It also introduces essential principles and provides analytical tools for manufacturing control. Major topics covered include: Economic justification of automated systems; Fixed and transfer automation; Automated material handling and automated storage/retrieval systems, Flexible manufacturing systems, Internet-enabled manufacturing, Group technology, Process planning, Automated assembly and Automated operation planning for layered manufacturing processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"ME2162","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"ME3162"},{"ModuleCode":"ME4262E","ModuleTitle":"Automation in Manufacturing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a comprehensive introduction to automation technologies applied in discrete part manufacturing. It also introduces essential principles and provides analytical tools for manufacturing control. Major topics covered include: Economic justification of automated systems; Fixed and transfer automation; Automated material handling and automated storage/retrieval systems, Flexible manufacturing systems, Internet-enabled manufacturing, Group technology, Process planning, Automated assembly and automated operation planning for layered manufacturing processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TM4262, TME4262","Corequisite":"ME3162E"},{"ModuleCode":"ME5001","ModuleTitle":"Mechanical Engineering Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module involves supervised project over two semesters, on a topic approved by the Programme Manager of Department. The project work should relate to one of the areas of Mechanical Engineering: Applied Mechanics, Control & Mechatronics, Energy and Bio-Thermal Systems, Fluid Mechanics, Manufacturing and Materials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ME5103","ModuleTitle":"PLATES AND SHELLS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Students learn to analyse the deformation and stresses developed in plates and shell structures under load. They are able to apply the fundamental concepts in solid mechanics to the analysis of these structures, model the structural problem using mathematical techniques and obtain solutions to deformation and stress distributions. Topics: Basic concepts of mechanics. Plate bending theory. Circular and rectangular plates. Elements of shell theory. Membrane and bending stresses in shells. Axis-symmetric shells with general meridian. This is an elective module and the target students are engineers engaged in structural analysis of mechanical components.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CE5512\nCE5514","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5106","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Acoustics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Noise is recognised as a source of annoyance since antiquity. However, its economic impact due to work lost caused by noise-induced health hazard was not realised until recently. Common remedy of using barriers is frequently not the most cost-effective way of combatingthis and an understanding of the noise-producing mechanism and changing it to a quieter process is always preferred if applicable. This course will lead the students from the basic fundamentals of acoustics through various noise-producing mechanismsand finally control measures that can be applied to different circumstances. The empahsis will be on the physical picture rather mathematical.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5205","ModuleTitle":"ENERGY ENGINEERING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to approach the study of energy conversion systems from an overall thermo-economic perspective. Students will gain the ability to integrate the various energy related topics covered in the undergraduate programme to evaluate the performance and make economic decisions on energy systems. The module will cover the following topics: energy perspectives, energy sources, thermodynamic aspects of energy conversion systems, performance evaluation of energy systems, improvement of energy efficiency, energy management, environmental aspects of energy use, thermo-economics, future trends in energy conversion, introduction to energy policy issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5300A","ModuleTitle":"Special Project in Computation and Modelling I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module will be an independent study based on an industry or internal project related to computation and modelling. The 1st semester works will be focusing on thorough literature survey on papers, problems and issues, and proposing some likely methods to resolve the problems. Some analysis, simulation or computation may be needed to verify the solutions proposed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Complete at least three (3) core modules from the core module list.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5300B","ModuleTitle":"Special Project in Computation and Modelling II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"As a continuation from ME5300A, the 2nd semester works will be focusing on realising the proposed solutions identified from ME5300A, and continuing on detail analysis, computation and modelling.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"ME5300A Special Project in Computation and Modelling I","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5361","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This is an advanced module on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) at the graduate level. The module introduces some newly-developed numerical techniques for simulation of fluid flows as well as convective heat transfer problems. Major topics covered in this module include: high-order numerical approaches for solving boundary-layer and Navier-Stokes equations; boundary integral method for linear systems; upwind and Godunov-type schemes for compressible flow simulation; lattice Boltzmann method for incompressible flow simulation. There is a compulsory Term Paper project for this module. The module is recommended for research students and engineers who intend to do research project in the CFD area.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5402","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED ROBOTICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The aim of the course is for students to develop an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of robotics at an advanced level. It is targeted towards graduate students interested in robotics research and development. The focus is on in-depth treatments and wider coverage of advanced topics on (a) kinematics, (b) trajectory planning, (c) dynamics, and (d) control system design. At the end of this module, the student should have a good understanding of all the related topics of advanced robotics, and be able to derive the kinematics and dynamics of a given robot, plan appropriate path, and design advanced control systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Background knowledge in linear algebra & feedback control are required","Preclusion":"MCH5209, EE5106/EE5106R","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5404","ModuleTitle":"NEURAL NETWORKS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"In this module students will learn various neural network models and develop all the essential background needed to apply these models to solve practical pattern recognition and regression problems. The main topics that will be covered are: single and multilayer perceptrons, support vector machines, radial basis function networks, Kohonen networks, principal component analysis, and recurrent networks. There is a compulsory computer project for this module. This module is intended for graduate students and engineers interested in learning about neural networks and using them to solve real world problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EE5904/EE5904R, MCH5202","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5506","ModuleTitle":"Corrosion of Materials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5516","ModuleTitle":"Emerging Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module provides an overview of emerging technologies for environment-friendly power generation and large-scale storage, focusing on post-silicon (organic) photovoltaics, fuel cells, and electrochemical batteries. The science behind each technology will be taught and related to the long-term economic viability, including resource limitations when going from small to large scale production, and externalities. The course will consider the link between the technology and economics of intermittent (solar, wind) energy production and those of storage as well as financial factors determining the final cost of energy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5600A","ModuleTitle":"Project in Advanced Manufacturing I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module will be an independent study based on an industry project related to biomedical, healthcare or key  local industry sectors. The 1st semester works will be focusing on thorough literature survey on patents, papers, problems and issues, and proposing some likely methods to resolve the problems either on processes or designs. Some analysis, simulation or simple experiments may be needed to verify the solutions proposed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-1-0-5-4","Prerequisite":"ME5608 Additive and Non-Conventional Manufacturing\r\nProcesses, and\r\nME5612 Computer Aided Product Development or\r\nME6505 Engineering Materials in Medicine","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5600B","ModuleTitle":"Project in Advanced Manufacturing II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"As a continuation from ME5600A, the 2nd semester works will be focusing on realising the proposed solutions identified from ME5600A by prototyping, implementation or design improvement. 3DP techniques will be adopted for realising such solutions, methods and designs. Evaluation, improvement and final solution will be concluded for likely commercialisation or industry use.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-1-3-3-3","Prerequisite":"ME5600A Project in Advanced Manufacturing I","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5611","ModuleTitle":"SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DESIGN & MANUFACTURING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5612","ModuleTitle":"COMPUTER AIDED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Product development relates to the processes and techniques employed in the design and manufacture of a product. This course will focus on the early (conceptual) stages of design and development of mainly mechanical products, looking at the technologies available to convert new ideas into a manufactured reality. Emphasis will be on the practical implications, constraints and in-depth analysis, with an integrated assignment that encourages student groups to investigate the technologies for generation of a product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"ME6606","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"ME5666","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Attachment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides engineering research students with\nwork attachment experience in a company.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME5999","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME6204","ModuleTitle":"CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to introduce advanced topics in convection heat transfer. Students will gain a deeper understanding of convection and will develop the ability to formulate and solve convection related heat transfer problems. The topics include: conservation principles, fluid stresses and flux laws, differential equations of the laminar and turbulent boundary layer, integral equations of the boundary layer, momentum and heat transfer for laminar flow, momentum and heat transfer for turbulent flow, introduction to micro-scale convective heat transfer, heat transfer in micro-channels and micro heat exchangers, heat transfer in thin liquid films.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ME6504","ModuleTitle":"DEFECTS & DISLOCATIONS IN SOLIDS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module deals with defects and dislocations in solids, with emphasis on physical understanding of the geometry and arrangement of dislocations. Basic features of the geometry, movement and elastic properties of dislocations are first described. Properties of dislocations associated with their movement, intersections with other dislocations, jogs and multiplication of dislocations will be considered. Effects of defects and dislocations on properties will also be discussed. The main topics include fundamentals of crystallography, types of defects in solids, thermodynamics of defects, dislocations and strength of crystalline solids. 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Other related topics include consumer behaviour, market segmentation and targeting, marketing research and information system, marketing planning, implementation and control, and public issues in marketing.  This is a foundation module for business students and provides the basis for later concentration in the marketing area.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have taken EC3230/(EC2210) or CS3261/(IC3243) or PR4201 or BK2003 or BZ1003 or BH1003 are not allowed to take MKT1003.\n \nAll BSc(Real Estate) students are not allowed to take MKT1003.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT1003B","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Marketing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to provide knowledge, techniques and understanding of marketing principles. 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Students are encouraged to apply marketing concepts, tools and techniques in the analysis of marketing situations and problems and in the development of marketing strategies and programs. \n\n\n\nTopics include the roles of planning in marketing, the reasons for planning, the pitfalls in planning, environmental analysis, market analysis, customer analysis, competitive analysis, company analysis, SWOT analysis, issue analysis, objective setting, strategy development, assembling of marketing mix, marketing implementation and control, and marketing evaluation and audit. \n\n\n\nThe module is taught with a practical and applied orientation. Cases are used to a large extent for class discussion, supplemented by computer simulated marketing games, projects, exercises and lectures.\n\n\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-6-3","Prerequisite":"MKT1003 or BH1003 or BZ1003 or BK2003\r\n","Preclusion":"BH2401 or BZ3601 or BK3200 or MKT2401B or MKT2401\r\n","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT2401B","ModuleTitle":"Asian Markets And Marketing Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"The primary objective of this module is to acquaint students with the marketing planning and marketing management process. Students are encouraged to apply marketing concepts, tools and techniques in the analysis of marketing situations and problems and in the development of marketing strategies and programs. \n\n\n\nTopics include the roles of planning in marketing, the reasons for planning, the pitfalls in planning, environmental analysis, market analysis, customer analysis, competitive analysis, company analysis, SWOT analysis, issue analysis, objective setting, strategy development, assembling of marketing mix, marketing implementation and control, and marketing evaluation and audit. \n\n\n\nThe module is taught with a practical and applied orientation. 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By understanding the research process, he can better judge the suitability, reliability and the validity of a research study in his decision-makings. Students will learn by doing in this course. While we will use class time to discuss appropriate research topics, students are required to do lots of activities by themselves in order to facilitate their learning by doing. In doing so, this course incorporates an experimental element in marketing research and consulting. As a marketing information provider, students will be assisting a firm by collecting and interpreting market data as a means toward the development of a superior marketing plan. At the same time, students will conduct tutorial activities that will provide opportunities for students to practice the key topics covered in the class. This course is intended to acquaint students with the fundamental marketing research process. More specifically, this course aims: (i) To familiarise the student with the fundamental marketing research skills of problem formulation, research design, questionnaire design, data collection, data analysis, and report presentation and writing. (ii) To have the student gain perspective and practice in applying these skills through a research project. (iii) To develop an understanding of decision making in marketing, its inherent difficulties and pitfalls and the importance of information in marketing research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"MKT1003 or BH1003 or BZ1003 or BK2003","Preclusion":"BH2413 or BZ3614 or BK3202 or MKT2413A or MKT2413B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT3402A","ModuleTitle":"Consumer Behaviour","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"Consumers make decisions regarding the acquisition, use and disposal of a variety of\n\nproducts, services and experiences. In this course, we seek to understand and appreciate\n\nconsumers as unique individuals and as members of their social and cultural groups. We\n\nwill examine the many facets of consumer behavior (e.g., from the experiential\n\nperspective, incorporating insights from sociology and anthropology), with an emphasis\n\non symbolic forms of consumption, and the use of qualitative research methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-3 (tentative)","Prerequisite":"MKT1003 or BH1003 or BZ1003 or BK2003","Preclusion":"BH3402 or BZ3602 or BK3201 or MKT3402A or MKT3402B\r\n","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT3402B","ModuleTitle":"Consumer Behaviour","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This course provides an overview of consumer behavior concepts, theories, research, and applications. It is designed to develop knowledge and skills that will facilitate an understanding of buyer behavior which can be integrated into the formulation of marketing strategies. This will be accomplished by surveying the social science foundations of consumer behavior, in particular, the contributions from psychology and sociology.\n\n\n\nDuring the course, various types of consumer research will be introduced. While students should learn to recognize what types of consumer research are valuable for specific marketing decisions, the course does not focus on the technical aspects of research design. Rather, its emphasis is on the content and logical application of concepts and theories in the analysis of consumer behavior for solving marketing management problems.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-3 (tentative)","Prerequisite":"MKT1003 or BH1003 or BZ1003 or BK2003","Preclusion":"BH3402 or BZ3602 or BK3201 or MKT3402A or MKT3402B\r\n","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT3415","ModuleTitle":"Marketing in a Digital Age","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to wire the students to the digital economy and provides students with Web tools and e-marketing knowledge to compete effectively in the e-business world.  Emphasis will be placed on tapping the enormous potential of the Internet as a new marketing medium and exploring the unique characteristics of computer-mediated marketing environments that distinguish them in significant ways from traditional, terrestrial markets of opportunity.  Course content includes detailed assessment of issues related to: information economy, e-marketing research, shopping bots and consumer behavior, permission marketing and viral marketing, Internet shopping and e-tailing models, auctions and affiliate marketing, Net community and CRM (customer relationship management), clickstream analysis and online personalisation, and public policy and e-business ethics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"MKT1003","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT3417","ModuleTitle":"Customer Relationship Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"Customer Asset Management focuses on acquiring, retaining, and winning back customers. It highlights the need to move from merely satisfying customers to building strong bonds with them. Apart from the theoretical perspectives, this course also utilises software to analyse customer purchase data so as to differentiate customers and develop different relationship strategies for different customer groups.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MKT1003 Marketing or MKT1003X Marketing","Preclusion":"CS4266","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT3418","ModuleTitle":"Product And Brand Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This module aimed at developing skills towards the management of new and existing products, where products cover both tangible goods as well as intangible services.  Possible topics to be covered include: the changing role of the product manager; product portfolio management; product planning and concept testing; test marketing and new product introduction; and packaging.  Several teaching methods will be used.  Apart from lectures, students may be given assigned readings and cases to develop their skills.  In addition, students may have the opportunity to apply their skills in group projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"MKT1003 or BH1003 or BZ1003 or BK2003 \r\n","Preclusion":"BH3418 or BZ3603 or MKT3418A or MKT3418B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT3420","ModuleTitle":"Advertising & Promotion Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the use of communication to influence consumer decision making.  The module will address the principles and practice of advertising, sales promotion, personal selling and public relations.  Possible materials to be covered include setting promotional objectives; copy development and execution; media decisions; consumer and trade promotion; and sales force management.  In addition to lectures, students will also be exposed to published research in promotion.  Case studies as well as group projects involving the development and execution of a promotional campaign may also be used to allow students apply their knowledge and skill.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"MKT1003 Marketing or MKT1003X Marketing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT3421","ModuleTitle":"Marketing Analysis & Decision Making","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to show you the benefits of using a systematic and analytical approach to marketing decision-making, and to build your skills and confidence in undertaking such analyses and decision making. An\r\nanalytical approach will enable you to: (1) identify alternative marketing options and actions, (2) calibrate the opportunity costs associated with each option, and (3) choose one or more options that have the highest likelihood of helping you achieve your business goals. By completing this course, you will be well on your way to making the ROI case for marketing expenditures that companies are increasingly asking of their executives. \r\n\r\nThis course follows up on the marketing core course by operationalizing several marketing concepts such as segmentation, targeting, positioning, and marketing resource allocation. By the end of this course, you will learn how to segment customers, recognize different ways to segment markets, understand the data required for segmentation, identify attractive customers to target, determine the best positioning of your brand in customers’ minds, and develop new products that add value to consumers and firms.\r\n\r\nThe course is designed for students who have extensive background in or understanding marketing research and marketing principles, and who know or are prepared to learn to build “smart” spreadsheets in EXCEL. Using market simulations and related exercises tied to PC-based computer software, students will develop marketing plans in varying decision contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT3429","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study in Marketing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for students with the requisite background to work closely with an instructor on a well-defined project in the respective specialization areas. Students will be exposed to individual-based \r\nresearch and report-writing while tackling a business issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic. In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA/BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MKT4413","ModuleTitle":"Pricing Strategy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"Pricing is one of the important decisions that a marketing manager must make.  In fact a firm's profitability critically depends on how its products or services are priced.  Pricing decisions however are difficult to make and can be quite complex.  Effective pricing decisions draw upon a variety of disciplines such as economics, marketing, psychology and law.  The purpose of the course will be to introduce students to some of the key concepts and practical issues involved in making effective pricing decisions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"MKT2401 Asian Markets & Marketing Management","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT4419","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Independent Study in Marketing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"Advanced Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for senior students who are in the BBA and BBA(Acc) honors programs with the requisite background to work closely with an instructor on a well-defined project in the respective specialization areas. (The modules may also be made available to students who are eligible for\r\nadmission into the honors programs but choose to pursue the non-honors course of study.) Students will hone their research and report-writing skills while tackling a business issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic. In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA/BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MKT4420","ModuleTitle":"Marketing Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"The digital age has fundamentally altered the manner we collect, process, analyse and disseminate market intelligence. Driven by advances in hardware, software and communications, the very nature of market research is rapidly changing. New techniques are emerging. The increased velocity of information flow enables marketers to respond with much greater speed to changes in the marketplace. Market research is timelier, less expensive, more actionable and more precise ... all of which makes it of far greater importance to marketers.\r\n\r\nApplied Market Research is primarily designed for marketing professionals to train them to use market knowledge for day-to-day marketing decisions. It will provide good understanding of many prevalent research techniques and their application.\r\n\r\nThe course will be taught in an application-oriented fashion through lectures, class discussions and case studies. Students will acquire critical analysis and decision making abilities to prepare them to tackle the marketing and business issues they are likely to confront in a career in marketing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MKT2401 Asian Markets & Marketing Management","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MKT4421","ModuleTitle":"Marketing Practice and Impact","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to provide a diagnostic framework to better understand broader business context confronting a company, which are needed before one can effectively apply classical marketing tools. It seeks to arm marketer with the lens of Business Stakeholders and helps anchor marketing solutions and value propositions on solving top priorities of the company, as opposed to pursuing its silo metrics. Just as Market Research helps define the consumer, and the competitive and channel landscape, this module enables marketer to map the company’s priorities, pressure points, culture and legacy to incorporate these insights into an impactful set of marketing solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MKT1003/MKT1003X/MKT1705/MKT1705X Principles of Marketing","Preclusion":"BMS5502/BMS5502A Marketing Practice & Impact","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE1002","ModuleTitle":"Materials Science & Engineering Principles & Practice II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Oral communication situations relevant to engineering practice. Diffusion in solids; phase diagrams, inclusive of Gibbs phase rule, binary phase diagram and equilibrium diagrams. Metals, properties and processing. Ceramics, properties and processing. Polymers, properties and processing. Composites, properties and processing. Corrosion & materials degradation. How to choose the best material? Matching materials to design. Selecting a Manufacturing process. Aspects beyond the technical domain in materials selection & design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"0-2-6-0-7","Prerequisite":"N/A","Preclusion":"N/A","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"MLE2103","ModuleTitle":"Phase Transformation and Kinetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Diffusion in solid-state: Ficks first and second laws of diffusion, diffusion mechanisms; Diffusional & diffusionless transformations: solidification, phase transformation in solid, nucleation and growth, solidification of alloys and eutectics, TTT diagram, equilibrium and non-equilibrium states, spinodal transformation, martensitic phase transformation; Applications of phase transformations: precipitation, grain growth, devitrification, development of microstructures and nanostructures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-0.5-0-0.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"MLE2102 or MLE1111","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE2104","ModuleTitle":"Mechanical Properties of Materials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Stress and strain of material; Elastic deformation: Young’s modulus,\nPoisson’s ratio, stress-strain relation, stiffness/compliance matrix; Dislocations: Edge/screw/mixed dislocation, burgers vectors, twining, stress field of dislocation, dislocation interaction; Plastic deformation of single and polycrystalline materials: Schmid’s law, plastic flow; Inelastic deformation:\nViscosity, deformation of inorganic glasses, deformation of noncrystalline and crystalline polymers; Mechanical fracture: ductile and brittle facture, creep, fatigue; Testing methods, Introductory mechanics of materials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-0.5-6","Prerequisite":"EG1109FC/EG1109 or MLE1101 or MLE2101 or MLE1111","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MLE2105","ModuleTitle":"Electronic Properties of Materials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Overview of quantum mechanics and band structures; conductivities in materials: metal, semiconductor, insulator and ionic conductors; electrical conductivity in metals: resistivity of metals and alloys, Matthiessens rule, Sommerfelds model; semiconductors: intrinsic, extrinsic, doping effect, p-n junction, bipolar transistors and MOSFETs; optical properties of materials: light emitting, fluorescence, luminescence and phosphorescence.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-0.5-0-0.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"MLE1101 or MLE2101 or MLE1111","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MLE3101","ModuleTitle":"Materials Characterization Laboratory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Optical Microscopy; Scattering, diffraction and absorption of X-ray and electron; Braggs law, lattice parameter, peak profile analysis, grain size and strain analyses, diffraction of powder, thin film and single crystal, structure of biomolecules; Electron microscopy: SEM; TEM; Scanning probe microscopy: AFM, MFM, STM.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0.5-0-6-0-3.5","Prerequisite":"MLE1101 or MLE2101","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MLE3102","ModuleTitle":"Degradation and Failure of Materials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Corrosion of metals and alloys: Economics of corrosion, Thermodynamics and electrochemistry of corrosion, Types of corrosion, Environmental effects on corrosion, Corrosion of selected metals and alloys, Corrosion protection, Corrosion monitoring; Degradation of nonmetallic materials: Biological, chemical and photodegradation of polymers, Environmental degradation, Photocorrosion of semiconductors; Failure mechanisms of materials. Failure analysis and Non-destructive testing: techniques and\r\n\r\nmethodology, case histories.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-0.5-6","Prerequisite":"MLE1101 or MLE2102 or MLE1111","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MLE3104","ModuleTitle":"Polymeric and Composite Materials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Classification of polymers, polymer structure, molecular weight distribution; Basic synthetic and characterisation methods; Amorphous state and glass transition, crystalline state; General properties of polymers: physical, chemical, mechanical and electrical; Engineering and specialty polymers: processing and applications; Polymer-based composite materials: fabrication, structure and properties.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-0.5-6","Prerequisite":"MLE1101 or CM1121 or CM1501 or MLE1111","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MLE3105","ModuleTitle":"Dielectric and Magnetic Materials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Polarisation mechanisms; ferroelectricity and piezoelectricity; domain structure and hystereisis;\n\npermittivity and dielectric loss; optical properties of dielectric materials; fundamental of magnetism: magnetic moment, magnetic coupling and magnetic anisotropy; technical magnetisation: domain structure, magnetic hysteresis; introduction to magnetic materials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-0.5-6","Prerequisite":"MLE1101 or MLE2105 or MLE1111","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MLE3111","ModuleTitle":"Materials Processing Laboratory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Laboratory class in which students will conduct hands on experiments","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"0-0-4.5-3-0","Prerequisite":"MLE2101 or MLE2111","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE3202","ModuleTitle":"Materials for Biointerfaces","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Introduction to the interdisciplinary nature of biomedical materials; biology, chemistry, and materials science and engineering. Classes and properties of materials used in medicine and dentistry. Biological and biochemical properties of proteins, cells and tissues. Biocompatibility and host reactions to biomedical implant materials. Testing of biomedical materials. Degradation of biomedical materials. Past, present and future applications of materials in medicine and dentistry. Learning objectives: Introductory knowledge on biomedical materials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-0-5-6","Prerequisite":"MLE1101 or MLE1111","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MLE3203","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Materials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on engineering materials – metals and ceramics. Crystalline structure of important industrial metals and ceramics. Mineral processing and materials fabrication. Phase formation and development and\r\nmicrostructure optimization for engineering applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-0-6.5","Prerequisite":"MLE1111 “Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering I” or MLE1001 “Materials Engineering Principles & Practise I” or MLE2102 Thermodynamics of Materials & Phase diagrams.","Preclusion":"MLE2106 Metallic Materials & Processing\r\nMLE2107 Ceramic Materials & Processing","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE4101","ModuleTitle":"B.Eng. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Every student majoring Materials Science and Engineering is assigned a research project, which is normally over 2 semesters. This project is carried out under the supervision of an academic staff of the Department and is closely related with the research activities in the Department with the two focus areas of Biomateirals and Nanomaterials/Nanotechnology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-9-6","Prerequisite":"MLE2103 and MLE2104 and MLE2105 and MLE3101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE4101R","ModuleTitle":"Integrated B.ENG./B.SC. 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Biocompatibility issues; Biodegradable polymeric materials; Application of polymeric biomaterials in medicine will be discussed with emphasis on drug delivery systems and tissue engineering application.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0-1-6.5","Prerequisite":"MLE3104 and BN3301","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE4206","ModuleTitle":"Current topics on Nanomaterials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with an understanding of the size effect of properties; students will learn unique properties of nanomateirals: mechanical, electronic, magnetic and optical. This module is designed for students who has materials science and engineering background and interested in properties of nanomaterials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0-1-6.5","Prerequisite":"MLE2104 and MLE2105","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE4207","ModuleTitle":"GROWTH ASPECTS OF SEMICONDUCTORS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Semiconductor surfaces and structures; Aspects of epitaxy in the growth of low dimensional III-V and Si based semiconductor materials; In-situ characterisation techniques and monitoring epitaxial growth by molecular beam epitaxy; Structural, kinematic theory of LEED and application of RHEED; Surface topography, composition and growth modes probed by STM, XPS and Auger spectroscopy; Layer by layer, layer-island and island growth; Problems of sensitivity and selectivity in the study of surfaces and interfaces.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0-1-6.5","Prerequisite":"MLE2101","Preclusion":"EE4436 Semiconductor Process Technology","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE4210","ModuleTitle":"Materials for energy storage and conversion","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Starting from a summary of solid state defect chemistry, electrochemistry and nanotechnology the module will introduce the basics of designing and processing materials for energy storage and conversion, their integration into batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells as well as methods for the performance characterisation and optimisation of these devices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"MLE2107 CERAMIC MATERIALS AND PROCESSING and MLE2105 ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE5666","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Attachment Module","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides engineering research students with work attachment experience in a company.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE5999","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE6101","ModuleTitle":"THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF MATERIALS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module teaches thermodynamics and kinetics of different engineering materials including metals, ceramics and polymers.  The major topics cover: Equilibrium and non-equilibrium. Introduction to statistical thermodynamics, Transition state theory and field effects, Solution theory, Phase diagrams. Diffusion mechanisms, Nucleation in condensed phases, Surface energy, Crystal growth, Defects in crystals, Phase transformation theories, Formation of nanostructures: nano-dots, nano-wells, nano-wires and nano-tubes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3.5-3.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE6103","ModuleTitle":"STRUCTURES OF MATERIALS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Periodic trends in atomic properties, bonding generalization based on periodic trends, generalization about crystal structures based on periodicity.  Structural concepts: crystal lattice, reciprocal lattice, diffraction, crystal structures, lattice dynamics, and energy band structure.  Examples of effects of structure on physical and chemical properties are discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3.5-3.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MLE6999","ModuleTitle":"DOCTORAL SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO1001A","ModuleTitle":"Management And Organisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This module addresses the essence of what managers do.  To understand this, we begin by focusing on the two basic building blocks in organisations; the individual and the group.  The broader environment in which managers and organisations will also be addressed.  Lectures, case studies and experiential learning are used as tools for learning when appropriate.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have taken BE2106, EG1423, CS1303, BK2002 or BZ1001 or BH1001 are not allowed to take MNO1001. Students who took or are taking HR2001, HR2101, HR3111 or HR3308 cannot take MNO1001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO1001B","ModuleTitle":"Management And Organisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This module addresses the essence of what managers do.  To understand this, we begin by focusing on the two basic building blocks in organisations; the individual and the group.  The broader environment in which managers and organisations will also be addressed.  Lectures, case studies and experiential learning are used as tools for learning when appropriate.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have taken BE2106, EG1423, CS1303, BK2002 or BZ1001 or BH1001 are not allowed to take MNO1001. Students who took or are taking HR2001, HR2101, HR3111 or HR3308 cannot take MNO1001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO1001C","ModuleTitle":"Management And Organisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This module addresses the essence of what managers do.  To understand this, we begin by focusing on the two basic building blocks in organisations; the individual and the group.  The broader environment in which managers and organisations will also be addressed.  Lectures, case studies and experiential learning are used as tools for learning when appropriate.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have taken BE2106, EG1423, CS1303, BK2002 or BZ1001 or BH1001 are not allowed to take MNO1001. Students who took or are taking HR2001, HR2101, HR3111 or HR3308 cannot take MNO1001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO1001X","ModuleTitle":"Management And Organisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This module addresses the essence of what managers do.  To understand this, we begin by focusing on the two basic building blocks in organisations; the individual and the group.  The broader environment in which managers and organisations will also be addressed.  Lectures, case studies and experiential learning are used as tools for learning when appropriate.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have taken BE2106, EG1423, CS1303, BK2002 or BZ1001 or BH1001 are not allowed to take MNO1001. Students who took or are taking HR2001, HR2101, HR3111 or HR3308 cannot take MNO1001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO1706A","ModuleTitle":"Organisational Behavior","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to introduce students to human behavior in organizational contexts. The study of organizational behavior involves examining processes at the individual, group and organizational levels. Both\ntheoretical and applied approaches will be developed. Instructional methods include lectures, experiential exercises, group activities, videos and case studies. Extensive class participation is expected.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MNO1001; MNO1001X; PL3239","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO1706B","ModuleTitle":"Organisational Behavior","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to introduce students to human behavior in organizational contexts. The study of organizational behavior involves examining processes at the individual, group and organizational levels. Both\ntheoretical and applied approaches will be developed. Instructional methods include lectures, experiential exercises, group activities, videos and case studies. Extensive class participation is expected.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MNO1001; MNO1001X; PL3239","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO1706C","ModuleTitle":"Organisational Behavior","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to introduce students to human behavior in organizational contexts. The study of organizational behavior involves examining processes at the individual, group and organizational levels. Both\ntheoretical and applied approaches will be developed. Instructional methods include lectures, experiential exercises, group activities, videos and case studies. Extensive class participation is expected.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MNO1001; MNO1001X; PL3239","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO1706X","ModuleTitle":"Organisational Behavior","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to introduce students to human behavior in organizational contexts. The study of organizational behavior involves examining processes at the individual, group and organizational levels. Both\r\ntheoretical and applied approaches will be developed. Instructional methods include lectures, experiential exercises, group activities, videos and case studies. Extensive class participation is expected.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MNO1001; MNO1001X; PL3239","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO2007A","ModuleTitle":"Leadership and Ethics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"In this module we explore the age-old question of the relationship between ethics and leadership. We begin by examining the theoretical underpinnings of  leadership and ethics. We then move to consider how ethics and leadership are intertwined, especially in work organizations. Organizations are “strong situations” which exert considerable influence on leaders’ perceptions, interpretations, judgements, decisions and behaviours. We consider how leaders can enhance ethical awareness, make decisions with ethics in mind, organize for ethical behaviour and face ethical challenges at the organizational level.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO1001 Management and Organization","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MNO2007B","ModuleTitle":"Leadership and Ethics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"In this module we explore the age-old question of the relationship between ethics and leadership. We begin by examining the theoretical underpinnings of  leadership and ethics. We then move to consider how ethics and leadership are intertwined, especially in work organizations. Organizations are “strong situations” which exert considerable influence on leaders’ perceptions, interpretations, judgements, decisions and behaviours. We consider how leaders can enhance ethical awareness, make decisions with ethics in mind, organize for ethical behaviour and face ethical challenges at the organizational level.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO1001 Management and Organization","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MNO2007C","ModuleTitle":"Leadership and Ethics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"In this module we explore the age-old question of the relationship between ethics and leadership. We begin by examining the theoretical underpinnings of  leadership and ethics. We then move to consider how ethics and leadership are intertwined, especially in work organizations. Organizations are “strong situations” which exert considerable influence on leaders’ perceptions, interpretations, judgements, decisions and behaviours. We consider how leaders can enhance ethical awareness, make decisions with ethics in mind, organize for ethical behaviour and face ethical challenges at the organizational level.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO1001 Management and Organization","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MNO2009","ModuleTitle":"Entrepreneurship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to provide an introduction to the venture creation process. The course provides an overview of the major elements of entrepreneurial activity including evaluating and planning a new business, financing, team building, related marketing and management issues and exit strategies. The course utilises class discussions, in-class exercises and participation in a competitive simulation project to achieve the course objectives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO1001 Management and Organisation","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO2302","ModuleTitle":"Human Resource Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the fundamentals of human resource management (HRM), and it provides a foundation for more advanced modules that focus on specific aspects of HRM. It aims to provide students with general understanding of the core areas of HRM, including HR planning, job analysis, recruitment and selection, performance management, training and development, compensation, employee relations, and HRM in an international context. These issues will all be addressed from the perspective of general managers, HRM specialists, and individual employees. Students will be challenged to consider the implications of integrated HR systems, as well as specific HRM policies and implementation procedures, for individual and organisational performance. They will also consider the practical implications of the changing nature of work and the employment relationship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO1001 or BH1001 or BZ1001 or BK2002 or HR2001 or HR2101 or HR3111 or HR3308 \r\n","Preclusion":"BH2302 or BZ3504 or BK3300 or MNO2302A/B or PL3239 or PS3245","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO2706","ModuleTitle":"Business Communication for Leaders (ACC)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"The primary purpose of this course is to cultivate a mindset shift – to be an effective leader, one has to be an effective communicator. This course weighs heavily on oral communication skills, and is centred on real-life business examples to facilitate students’ understanding of the factors that are critical for business communication.\n\nThe ability to communicate effectively affects one’s employability and career success. Achieving success in one’s career depends on one’s ability to develop relationships, collaborate across teams, present ideas clearly, ask thoughtful questions and listen skillfully.\n\nThis course is for students pursuing the Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Students who are required to read ES1000 Basic English must pass it before taking MNO2706","Preclusion":"ES2002","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"MNO3301","ModuleTitle":"Organisational Behaviour","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This course deals with the study of human behavior in organisations: how people influence organisational events and how events within the organisation influence people's behaviour.  Organisational behavior is a field that draws ideas from psychology, social psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, and management and applies them to the organisation.  The field of organisational behaviour covers a wide range of topics: organisational culture, motivation, decision making, communication, work stress and so on.  In the end, the field of organisational behavior asks two questions: (1) why do people behave as they do within organisations? (2) how can we use this information to improve the effectiveness of the organisation?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO1001 or BH1001 or BZ1001 or BK2002 or HR2001 or HR2101 or HR3111 or HR3308","Preclusion":"BH3301 or BZ3501 or BK3309M or PS3243","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO3303","ModuleTitle":"Organisational Effectiveness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to introduce students to the field of organisational theory - which applies concepts from various disciplines such as management studies, sociology, psychology, political sciences and economics to study organisations.  The course is designed to encourage students to actively and critically use these concepts to make sense, diagnose, manage and respond to the emerging organisational needs and problems.  The course covers topics such as organisational goals, strategy and effectiveness; dimensions of organisational structure; organisational design and environments; technology and organisational change; and organisational decision-making.  The emphasis of this course is on the practical value of organisation theory for students as future members and managers of organisations.  Developing an understanding of how organisations (should) operate is effectively critical so that students will able to fulfill their roles as future managers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO1001 or BH1001 or BZ1001 or BK2002 or HR2001 or HR2101 or HR3111 or HR3308\r\n\r\n","Preclusion":"BH3303 or BZ3502 or BK4309D or BK3309N","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO3313J","ModuleTitle":"TILHCM: Employee and Organizational Misbehaviours","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This module examines deviant behaviors at the workplace, corporate misconduct and organizational ethics. Both the employee and organization will be the focus of our analysis. Topics examined include the role of personality and situation in explaining employee and organizational deviance, employee theft, deceit, lying and whistle-blowing among others.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO1001: Management and Organisation","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MNO3329","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study in Leadership & Human Capital Mgmt","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for students with the requisite background to work closely with an instructor on a well-defined project in the respective specialization areas. Students will be exposed to individual-based\r\nresearch and report-writing while tackling a business issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic. In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA/BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MNO3331","ModuleTitle":"Business with a Social Conscience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"Whether, how, and to what degree businesses use social considerations to inform their goals, strategies, behaviours, and profits is contestable in Asia and globally. This course\r\ncritically examines a host of issues related to these questions including corporate charitable giving, product development, market placement, pricing strategies, labour\r\nrelations, strategic and venture philanthropy, public policy, advocacy, environmental sustainability, investing, and sponsorships. Students will better understand and\r\nevaluate the ways in which national and multinational corporations affect large-scale changes in Asian societies via their practices and the tradeoffs associated with\r\nvarious means these companies employ as they seek to positively impact society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO3332","ModuleTitle":"Leading Groups and Teams","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"Groups and Teams are among the most important work formats in our modern organization. This module’s objective is to focus on evidence-based management to try and understand what drives the behaviour of groups and their members. Our job is to try and understand when, if, and how phenomena change as we place people in\nsituations where they need to rely on others to get the job done. The module will loosely follow Tuckman’s (1965) forming, storming, norming, and performing model of group development. However, much of our attention will be focused on the forming stage, as everything that follows depends on successfully building the team.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO4313D","ModuleTitle":"SILHCM: Corp Entrepreneurship & Busi Model Evaluation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This class emphasizes the cultivation of each student’s ability to evaluate business models and their appropriateness for development in a corporate setting. As an advanced course the content is designed to improve students analytical, creative and communication skills. In a competitive environment, entrepreneurship is an essential and indispensable element in the success of every business organisation - whether small or large, new or long-established. This course focuses on corporate entrepreneurship with a special emphasis on the role of venture capital and spin-offs. Although corporate entrepreneurship encompasses a wide range of organisational activities, this course focuses primarily on managerial efforts aimed at the identification, development and exploitation of technical and organisational innovations and on effective new venture management in the context of large corporations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"MNO1001 Management and Organisation","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO4316","ModuleTitle":"Experiencing Work: Effects on Behavior and Well-Being","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"This module gives an overview of the ways in which work demands and experiences influence employee behaviour and well-being, and also explores the mechanisms that organizations and employees can use to minimize the negative effects of work demands on well-being as well as maximize the positive effects of certain work experiences on\r\nwell-being.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"MNO1001 Management and Organizational Behaviour","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MNO4319","ModuleTitle":"Adv Independent Study in Leadership & Human Capital Mgt","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION","ModuleDescription":"Advanced Independent Study Modules (ISMs) are for senior students who are in the BBA and BBA(Acc) honors programs with the requisite background to work closely with an instructor on a well-defined project in the respective specialization areas. (The modules may also be made available to students who are eligible for\r\nadmission into the honors programs but choose to pursue the non-honors course of study.) Students will hone their research and report-writing skills while tackling a business issue under the guidance of the instructor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Vary according to project topic. In general, however, students will have to have completed the core modules of the BBA/BBA(Acc) curriculum.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MS1102E","ModuleTitle":"Malays - Tradition, Conflict and Change","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Foundation module on the Malays that outlines their history, culture and institutions. It introduces some of the major areas of research and scholarship on the study of the Malays. It highlights and evaluates dominant views expounded by colonial and post colonial scholars and alternative discourse on the subject. The themes covered in this module provide the basis for further exploration in greater depths in other modules offered by the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"MS1101E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS2210","ModuleTitle":"Malay Culture & Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The main theme of this module is processes of change in Malay cultures and societies and how attempts at creating certainties are made. Part 1 introduces students to approaches in studying Malay culture and society. Malay culture and society does not exist in vacuum. In Part 2, we look at how in encountering &quot;others&quot; Malay culture and society has historically gone through and is going through massive changes. Part 3 highlights aspects of changes in contemporary Malay society including ethnicity and Malay identity, new Malay rich, Malay woman and femininity as well as national development and the indigenous people.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS2211","ModuleTitle":"Criticism in Modern Malay Literature","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module adopts the approach of literary criticism. It looks at modern Malay literature both in terms of literary creativity as well as ideas and content. This evaluation is set against the social-historical background which had inspired and shaped that literature, bringing out the contextual meanings of major works in modern Malay literature. A general assessment of modern Malay literature would be attempted, examining its role, achievement and direction for the future. This module is designed for students interested in literature and the sociology and history of ideas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS3209","ModuleTitle":"The Malays of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Who are the Malays of Singapore? How are they perceived and how do they perceive themselves? These and other related questions will be raised in this module. To answer these questions we will discuss the Malays in the socio-economic and political context they live in. The module is divided into five topics:  Topic 1 looks at the socio-history of the Malays. Topic 2 introduces approaches in studying Malays of Singapore. Topics 3, 4 and 5 look at different dimensions of their life in Singapore i.e. as Singapore citizens, as part of the Malay &quot;community&quot; and as members of &quot;Malay families&quot;.","CrossModule":"SSA3203","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"SSA3203","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MS3210","ModuleTitle":"Modern Indonesian Literature","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module studies the development of modern Indonesian literature, highlighting major themes and thought. The achievement of modern Indonesian literature in expressing the aspirations of the Indonesians would be evaluated. The dynamics between art, literature and society would be inquired into in the light of literary and cultural theories. The module aims not only at an understanding and appreciation of modern Indonesian literature but also the historical, cultural and intellectual experience of Indonesia as an evolving nation as reflected in literature. The module is beneficial for both students of Southeast Asian literature as well as its society and culture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS3211","ModuleTitle":"Political Culture of the Malays","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module will examine the nature and origins of the current day Malay political behaviour as observed. It will focus on the Malay concepts regarding government (kerajaan); consensus building (musyawarah) authority/power; dissent; patronage; territoriality, loyalty; and leadership. Close attention will be given to the role of the traditional and modern political elites in the shaping of Malay political culture. Relevant theoretical perspectives will also be provided. This module is targeted for FASS students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS3213","ModuleTitle":"Ideology & Ideas on Malay Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module seeks to expose students to the thinking of Malay elite on Malay development. In discussing the ideas of the elite, various ideologies and styles of thought would be identified and examined as to their influence on development philosophy. A critique of the thinking of the Malay elite would be attempted. The conditioning of feudalism, colonialism, Islam, nationalism and capitalism on development thinking would be critically analysed. The module is designed for students interested in issues of Malay development and intellectual history.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS3216","ModuleTitle":"Gender in Malay Societies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module looks at gender relations of Malay women and men in different socio-cultural and institutional contexts in Malay societies. The focus is on social constructions and re-production of Malay femininities and masculinities. Students will be provided with a theoretical framework to examine issues concerning Malay women and men including how Malay women and men are represented in literature and media as well as contestations with regards to womans and mans roles in development projects, family and in the work place. Students will also explore the contributions of experiences of Malay women and men to academic discourses on gender relations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS3550","ModuleTitle":"Malay Studies Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within organisations or companies. All internships are vetted and approved by the Department of Malay Studies, have relevance to the major in Malay Studies, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed.\r\n\r\nAvailable credited internships will be advertised at the beginning of each semester. In exceptional cases, internships proposed by students may be approved by the department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"This module is open to Malay Studies Major students only. Students should have completed a minimum of 24 MC in Malay Studies; and have declared Malay Studies as their Major.","Preclusion":"Any other XX3550 internship modules(Note: Students who change major may not do a\r\nsecond internship in their new major)","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MS4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"For the Honours Thesis, students are required to carry out a research under the supervision of a staff member from the Department. Topics will be chosen by students in consultation with and approved by the staff member. Students will learn how to do research based on primary and secondary data and write a thesis of 10,000 to 12,000 words. Honours Thesis is equivalent to three modules.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-37.5-0","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of MS major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of MS major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.","Preclusion":"MS4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module allows for student to define a topic and a list of readings under the guidance of an academic staff of the Department leading to a project work. Students are required to write a paper of 5,000 to 6,000 words. The Independent Study is equivalent to one module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in MS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in MS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in MS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"MS4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS4880B","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Malay Culture & Globalisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the encounters between Malay culture and globalization. Dimensions of these encounters include the dissolving of frontiers and divisions of Malay culture associated with global consumer citizenship, the active interpenetration and combination of cultural elements as a consequence of human flows and availability of information and, developments revolving around rejection or turning away from changes that have come out of global integration. Empirical cases drawn from the Malay world in the areas of media, internet, tourism, popular culture and music etc will be discussed towards understanding the factor of diversity and difference in the Malay cultural experience of global modernity. Particular emphasis is given to the economic and cultural dimensions of globalization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in MS or 28MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards:\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in MS or 28MCs in SC or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS5201","ModuleTitle":"CRITIQUES IN MALAY STUDIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the state of Malay Studies through critiques of existing works, aiming towards theoretical refinement, as well as the building up of research materials. The module aims towards placing Malay Studies on stronger foundation, both theoretically and substantively. It is also the objective to identify new areas of research that could be developed. The module is relevant to students interested in understanding the socio-cultural history of the Malays, as well\r\nas appreciating the state of the social sciences in Southeast Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Malay Studies in\r\n\r\ndepth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed upon topic, readings and assignments for the module. A formal written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a\r\n\r\nclear account of the topic, number of contact hours, assignments, evaluation, and other relevant details. The Head’s and/or Graduate Coordinator’s approval is required. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MS6660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS6201","ModuleTitle":"Literature and Art in Malay Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module examines Malay literature and art through the perspective of the sociology and history of ideas. Emphasis would be placed both on form and essence of Malay literature and art with the aim of understanding the world view which had given expression to them. The module investigates the relationship between literature and art as an expression of the cultural identity of the Malays, both from the point of view of aesthetics as well as cultural meanings. The module is relevant for students interested in cultural history and sociology of art in general.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Malay Studies in depth The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed upon topic, readings and assignments for the module. A formal written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, number of contact hours, assignments, evaluation, and other relevant details. The Head’s and/or Graduate Coordinator’s approval is required. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MS6770","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2004/2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters and will be graded &quot;Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory&quot; on the basis of student presentation and participation","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MST5002","ModuleTitle":"MATERIALS CHARACTERISATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT2001","ModuleTitle":"Experiencing Engineering Leadership","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"Leadership is a learnable skill developed through experiencing, reflecting and\r\ninternalizing. Crafted specifically for students from engineering disciplines, in\r\nthis module, students will be provided with a foundational knowledge of\r\nleadership theories and principles as guiding tools as they find their own path\r\ntowards becoming leaders in engineering. Varied opportunities will then be\r\nprovided for students to use this knowledge to learn what it means to be an\r\nengineer-leader including reflection on experience sharing from engineer-leaders who have made a difference, experiential workshops to sharpen communication and soft-skills, as well as project work to start putting these skills to use.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Engineering students only","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT4001","ModuleTitle":"Innovation and Entrepreneurial Strategy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This experiential and case-based learning module will provide an innovation and entrepreneurial strategy framework for students who are interested to engage in innovation-based entrepreneurship. The module aims to provide an in-depth understanding of technological innovations, strategic choices confronting innovators interested in start-ups and commercialization, and a\r\nframework for the development and implementation of entrepreneurial ventures and business plans in dynamic environments. Major topics such as leveraging open innovation, selecting an appropriate market, innovation and IP strategy, as well as strategic learning and experimentation in entrepreneurial strategy will be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT4003","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Product Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"Companies live or die by their ability to successfully launch new products into the market place. The basic tenets are: know your market, know your customers and develop products that will delight your customers. The objective of this module is to acquaint students with the theory and practice of New Product Development and New Product Introduction (NPI) methods. The module\r\nexplores various NPI systems, frugal innovation, disruptive innovation and portfolio management skills. Students will gain insight into how to influence multi-disciplinary teams with engineering best practices and design thinking for NPI.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"[TR3001 New Product Development] & [EE3031 Innovations & Enterprise 1]","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5002","ModuleTitle":"Management of Industrial R&D","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The first part of this module will introduce the 3rd-generation R&D practice which is used currently by successful industrial organizations. The strategic role of R&D in innovation, organization issues in R&D and the evaluation of returns and risks will be presented. The second part of this module will introduce the emerging 4th-generation R&D practice which will augment the current practice in addressing news issues due to discontinuous innovation, increasing importance of tacit knowledge and the need to embrace knowledge management in R&D.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5005","ModuleTitle":"IP LAW FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The fields of science and engineering have a direct correlation to the creation and protection of intellectual property (IP). This course intends to offer the engineering and science students at graduate-level, but senior undergraduates can be considered, an introduction of Intellectual Property Law, emphasizing more on patent related subjects. It aims to equip the students with a practical IP knowledge which leads to a handy resource for them to use in the professional career. The main topics are: (i) the Overview of IP Law, (ii) Technological Aspects of Patent Law and Practice, and (iii) Business Aspect of IP Management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5007","ModuleTitle":"MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this course is to help students develop a strong conceptual foundation for managing technological innovation. It introduces concepts and frameworks for how firms can create, commercialize and capture value from technology-based products and services. The course is designed for business managers and engineers who are involved in the research and development, marketing, acquisitions, and strategic assessments of new technologies. Topics covered include (i) the evolution of industries; (ii) technological discontinuities and vertical disintegration; (iii) network effects and standards; (iv) profiting from innovation and intellectual property (IP); (v) R&D management; and (vi) managing knowledge and learning.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5008","ModuleTitle":"CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"Entrepreneurship is to the company what speed is to the athlete. In the quest for sustainable competitive advantage, companies are finding that lower costs, higher quality and better customer service are not enough - they must be faster, more flexible, more aggressive and more innovative. Most managers acknowledge this, but few seem to understand how to make it happen. Thus, the focus of this course will be on creating work environments where entrepreneurship is not the controversy, and students will be challenged to develop and defend their opinions regarding these matters. Students will take their ideas, concepts, tools and frameworks to which they are exposed and apply them both in a series of real world cases to perform an entrepreneurial audit of the company they are working for, and also come up with proposals of how their company could become more entrepreneurial.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5010","ModuleTitle":"TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE & IP STRATEGY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip students with strategic insights and analytical skills of technology, intellectual property (IP) and business competition. Effective collection and transformation of information into competitive intelligence requires a comprehensive awareness of enterprise niches and alternatives, as well as the search and analytical skills of data/information. It needs a thorough understanding of the strategic frameworks and decisions with regard to business, technology and IP. This module covers four main topics: (i) Theory and practice of strategic analysis, (ii) Technology competition models, (iii) In-house IP management and strategy, and (iv) Hands-on training of information search and intelligence analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5011","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Business Finance Fundamentals","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is to prepare students to be future engineering leaders and technopreneurs. It is an interdisciplinary introduction to business finance with engineering students learning basic accounting and finance\r\nconcepts, which are fundamental tools to understand various business issues such as business models, disruptive innovation, fund raising, taxes, transfer pricing, borrowing, IPO, valuations, stock options, foreign exchange risks,\r\netc. Complementary skills such as teamwork, problems identification and solving, information gathering and data analysis will also be cultivated through group projects and case studies on international and Singaporean engineering and technology companies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5016","ModuleTitle":"Business Models for Hi-Tech Products","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this course is to help students create business models for high-technology products and services. A successful business model includes consistency among choice of customers, value proposition, scope of activities, method of value capture, and method of strategic control.\r\nThis course uses examples from a broad set of industries and detailed cases to help students understand the elements of a business model and the importance of consistency among them. It uses group projects, individual papers, and class participation (particularly in cases) to assess student performance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MT5900","ModuleTitle":"MOT RESEARCH PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module involves independent research work by students on a relevant topic in MOT. The aim is to promote self-study, critical thinking, independent research and initiative on the student. The student will learn how to plan and implement a research project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MT5910 LaunchPad: Experiential Entrepreneurship & SDM5990 SDM Research Project","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5901","ModuleTitle":"Management Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-5-0-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5902","ModuleTitle":"Management Extended Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students will either write a business plan based on the proposed commercialization of a product invention by one of science / engineering R&D groups in NUS, Research Institute or company, or a practical consulting report based on an actual study of a technology management issue in a company. The students may work in a small group of not more than 3. Students from the NUS MBA, MSc (MOT) and PhD research programmes are encouraged to form such\r\ninterdisciplinary groups, Supervisors from Faculty of Engineering and Business School will be appointed accordingly.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MT5911","ModuleTitle":"Venture Funding","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on venture fund raising to support NUS technology teams that are raising money. This module will equip the project team members with fund raising know-how and skills. The project team will work closely with the faculty members and mentors to raise venture funding and other forms of financing to support the growth of their technology ventures.\r\n\r\nThe module requires participation in weekly discussions, talks, case studies, market research, hands-on workshops, project team presentations to prepare for fund raising.\r\n\r\nThe project team will reach out to the various sources of funding in Singapore as they focus on corporate milestones and deliverables. The project outcome will be measured by progress of fund raising, knowledge and skills demonstrated during the fund raising process and lesson learnt.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Candidate must demonstrate strong interest and passion in entrepreneurship"},{"ModuleCode":"MT5912","ModuleTitle":"Frugal Innovation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"Frugal Innovation is a unique action-learning experience that assembles cross-disciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students from Engineering and Business at NUS into focused projects. The objective of the projects is to build solutions for specific problems in the emerging Asian markets such as India and Indonesia. These problems usually require new frugal solutions that are \r\nsimple, cost-conscious and “good enough” – requirements that existing technologies do not satisfy. Frugal Innovation challenges students to apply out-of-the-box thinking, deep creativity and ability to combine technologies in a unique way to design such solutions.\r\n\r\nIn this course students work closely with customers to discover what is simple & “good enough”, design the product to address customer needs and validate a business model that can sustain the roll-out of the product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Product development courses are a plus","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5913","ModuleTitle":"TechLaunch - Experiential Entrepreneurship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"TechLaunch - Experiential Entrepreneurship is a unique experiential module in which students develop a start-up based on a selected technology created at NUS. Students will work in cross-disciplinary teams of graduate and Ph.D. students from the Faculty of Engineering & School of Business. In this module students will spend most of their time talking to customers, partners, competitors in search for the right market and the right business model that can leverage the uniqueness of a technology. Students will experience the typical creative and often unstructured start-up process that will challenge their innovation and leadership skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5966","ModuleTitle":"Overseas Industrial Project and Attachment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"In this one-semester module, students will be placed in a\ncompany abroad working on selected topics which are\nimportant to engineering and technology management. The\nstudents will be jointly supervised by a team comprising\nNUS academic staff, the company’s appointed manager,\nand an academic staff from the overseas partner\nuniversity.\nAssessments will be done periodically (every 2 months),\nleading to a project report and presentation at the end of\nthe attachment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-30-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MT5666 Industrial Attachment (8 MC), MT5900 MOT Research Project (8MC), MT5901 Management Practicum (2MC), MT5902 Management Extended Practicum (4MC)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT5999","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MT6999","ModuleTitle":"DOCTORAL SEMINARS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1102","ModuleTitle":"Composition Major Study 1B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1107","ModuleTitle":"Large Ensembles 1A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Provides comprehensive orchestral training and performance experience exposing students to music of the 17th through 21st centuries for chamber orchestra. Each year the Conservatory Orchestra will perform a cross-section of the standard orchestral repertoire, supplemented by new works and lesser-known compositions. Seating assignments in the orchestra are rotated as much as possible. Placement is by audition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1108","ModuleTitle":"Large Ensembles 1B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Provides comprehensive orchestral training and performance experience exposing students to music of the 17th through 21st centuries for chamber orchestra. Each year the Conservatory Orchestra will perform a cross-section of the standard orchestral repertoire, supplemented by new works and lesser-known compositions. Seating assignments in the orchestra are rotated as much as possible. Placement is by audition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1109","ModuleTitle":"Foundations for String Chamber Music","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The study and performance of selected literature where enrolled students cover in groups at least two contrasting foundational movements by different classical composers (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and/or Schubert). Students would be assessed on their active participation in the studio class, covering a range of foundational movements which provide an overview of the foundational dimensions of small ensemble material relevant to string players. Students are expected to participate in at least one public performance and final examination on one of the prepared movements. Students should offer reflections of process in their e-portfolio and post a video of at least one movement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1110","ModuleTitle":"Chamber Ensemble 1B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The study and performance of selected literature for specific instrumental groups and combinations, including orchestral instruments and keyboard instruments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1111","ModuleTitle":"Piano Ensemble 1A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Undergraduate piano majors are required to take this module as part of the chamber music programme. It is designed to develop reading skills an understanding of written music to foster accuracy and facility in performance at sight. The module is offered in conjunction with four-hand piano literature to acquire ensemble and performance experience through the piano-ensemble repertory of different periods and styles. The course also includes basic analysis and score reading.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1112","ModuleTitle":"Piano Ensemble 1B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Undergraduate piano majors are required to take this module as part of the chamber music programme. It is designed to develop reading skills an understanding of written music to foster accuracy and facility in performance at sight. The module is offered in conjunction with four-hand piano literature to acquire ensemble and performance experience through the piano-ensemble repertory of different periods and styles. The course also includes basic analysis and score reading.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1116","ModuleTitle":"Accompanying/Sight-Reading II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1150","ModuleTitle":"Practical Skills for the Versatile Percussionist B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This class is a continuation of MUA1149 Practical Skills for the Versatile Percussionist A. Practical methods are introduced and developed such as head-clearing and tuning, mallet-making, efficient construction of multiple percussion setups, and general instrument maintenance. Classes are a mix of theoretical and hands-on instruction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-1-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"MUA1180 Basic Mechanics of Percussion A (BMPC-A)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1154","ModuleTitle":"Noon Recital Series 1B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"These recitals offer student performances covering all historical periods and a variety of genre. Attendance is compulsory for all students throughout the course of the undergraduate programme. Students need to maintain a 80% attendance rate in order to receive a S (Satisfactory) designation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1156","ModuleTitle":"First Year Woodwinds Class B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"A continuation of MUA1180 First Year Woodwinds Class\r\nA, First Year Woodwinds Class B is a class designed to\r\nfurther introduce and familiarize the student with the skills\r\nand knowledge necessary for professional-level\r\nwoodwinds playing. The course will consist of two primary\r\ncomponents divided over 10 sessions throughout the\r\nsemester. One: “Learning through Listening,” will be\r\nclassroom based and will introduce the history and\r\nliterature of orchestral woodwinds playing. Two: “Applied\r\nWoodwinds Techniques,” will be playing based and will\r\nutilize in-class “woodwinds lab” activities to apply basic\r\nwoodwinds playing and woodwinds ensemble techniques\r\nin a group setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0.75-0-0.75-1.5-2","Prerequisite":"MUA1180 First Year Woodwinds Class A","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1157","ModuleTitle":"Solfege 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module presents the practical study of solfege as taught in many conservatories around the world. The class will be exposed to many sight-reading opportunities from single line melodies to orchestral scores. The texts used are George Dandelot’s “Manuel Practique”, Dannhauser’s sight-singing books and Pasquale Bona’s “Rhythmical Articulation.” Students will be learning Fixed Do solfege as the main subject but the Moveable Do system will also be covered but to a lesser extent (as a preparation for future teaching situations). Four of the seven clefs used in music reading and transposition will also be covered. These are the Treble, Bass, Alto and Tenor clefs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-1-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1161","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 1A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1162","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 1B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"MUA1161","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1163","ModuleTitle":"The Profession of Music 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1166","ModuleTitle":"Music and Computing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The module introduces ways in which basic programming tools - iteration, randomization, conditions, amongst others - can be used to create music. It also includes an introduction to sample manipulation, sound synthesis tools, usage of common audio effects, and importation of MusicXML into music notation software. Students create two short compositions - an electronic collage composition and a scored composition created from algorithmically-generated components.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"2-0-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1167","ModuleTitle":"The Profession of Music 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This foundation module introduces first year music degree students to a wide variety of concepts necessary for the professional musician to succeed. It offers students a chance to engage with current practitioners and professionals in music and related fields. This module builds on topics discussed in the Profession of Music I, offering in-depth discussions on a new set of related topics and issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"2-3-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1171","ModuleTitle":"Basic Recording 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Continuing from Basic Recording 1 this course will introduce students to the basics of loudspeaker design and the principles and operation of outboard signal processing equipment. The development of surround sound recording and reproduction technology and related microphone techniques will be also be introduced. Students will participate in recording all YSTCM events and studio sessions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-3-3","Prerequisite":"Prerequisite: Basic Recording 1","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1181","ModuleTitle":"First Year Brass Class B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"A continuation of MUA1117 First Year Brass Class A, First Year Brass Class B (FYBC) is a class designed to further introduce and familiarize the student with the skills and knowledge necessary for professional-level brass playing. The course will consist of two primary components divided over 10 sessions throughout the\r\nsemester. One: “Learning through Listening,” will be classroom based and will introduce the history and literature of orchestral brass playing. Two: “Applied Brass\r\nTechniques,” will be playing based and will utilize in-class “brass lab” activities to apply basic brass playing and brass ensemble techniques in a group setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0.75-0-0.75-1.5-2","Prerequisite":"MUA1180 First Year Brass Class A","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1191","ModuleTitle":"Applied Voice Major Studies 1B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Individual voice lessons specially designed for second semester, freshmen year performance majors. Technical skills, competency and suitable repertoire are expected at the appropriate levels. An individual performance will be required\r\nduring the second semester of every academic year.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-2-1.5-8","Prerequisite":"MUA 1190 or Permission of Instructor","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1192","ModuleTitle":"Chamber Singers 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Required for voice majors during the first 4 semesters of enrollment, these modules allow students to learn about music through participation in a vocal performance ensemble. Choral music is a vibrant and vital part of many traditions and cultures world wide and has played a major role in western music throughout history. Students will participate in regular rehearsals, and will learn and perform choral music from the Renaissance to the Twentieth-century. Through these courses, students will gain knowledge of diverse repertoire, composers, genres, styles, and period performance practices. Students will also learn fundamentals of vocal production and choral technique and will experience working together in a unique team ensemble.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-4-0-0-1","Prerequisite":"Open to Voice Majors","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA1193","ModuleTitle":"Chamber Singers 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Required for voice majors during the first 4 semesters of enrollment, these modules allow students to learn about music through participation in a vocal performance ensemble. Choral music is a vibrant and vital part of many traditions and cultures world wide and has played a major role in western music\r\nthroughout history. Students will participate in regular rehearsals, and will learn and perform choral music from the Renaissance to the Twentieth-century. Through these courses, students will gain knowledge of diverse repertoire, composers, genres, styles, and period performance practices. Students will also learn\r\nfundamentals of vocal production and choral technique and will experience working together in a unique team ensemble.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2102","ModuleTitle":"Composition Major Study 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2107","ModuleTitle":"Large Ensembles 2A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Provides comprehensive orchestral training and performance experience exposing students to music of the 17th through 21st centuries for chamber orchestra. Each year the Conservatory Orchestra will perform a cross-section of the standard orchestral repertoire, supplemented by new works and lesser-known compositions. Seating assignments in the orchestra are rotated as much as possible. Placement is by audition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2108","ModuleTitle":"Large Ensembles 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Provides comprehensive orchestral training and performance experience exposing students to music of the 17th through 21st centuries for chamber orchestra. Each year the Conservatory Orchestra will perform a cross-section of the standard orchestral repertoire, supplemented by new works and lesser-known compositions. Seating assignments in the orchestra are rotated as much as possible. Placement is by audition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2109","ModuleTitle":"Chamber Music I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The study and performance of selected literature covering an entire work which is considered central to an instrumental area (ie strings, wind, brass). Students would be assessed on their active participation in the studio class, providing an overview of the most significant works relevant to the genre. Students would also be expected to participate in at least one public performance as well as in a final examination of sections of two of the prepared work. They should offer reflections of process in their e-portfolio as well as posting a video of at least one movement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"MUA1109","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2110","ModuleTitle":"Chamber Music in Mixed Ensemble","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The study and performance of selected literature for an entire work involving a mixed ensemble (across different instrumental families). Students would be assessed on their active participation in the studio class, providing an overview of the most significant works relevant to the genre. Students would also be expected to participate in at least one public performance as well as in a final examination of sections of two of the prepared work. They should offer reflections of process in their e-portfolio as well as posting a video of at least one movement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"MUA1109","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2120","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Repertoire for Double Bass 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Orchestral Repertoire for Double Bass is an orchestral repertory class designed to give orchestral playing experience to the Double Bass majors of YSTCM.  In 13 sessions throughout the semester, the class will read and rehearse significant orchestral repertoire for Double Bass. Repertoire selected in this module will build on and complement repertoire studied in MUA2119. As with MUA2119, Double Bass students are expected to demonstrate aptitude in large ensemble playing including: orchestral concepts in sound, intonation, and blend, as well as a professional attitude in working with conductors and colleagues. This module also teaches them essential audition techniques and skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"MUA2119 Orchestral Repertoire for Double Bass 2A","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2128","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds is an orchestral repertory class designed to give orchestral playing experience to the woodwinds majors of YSTCM.  In 13 sessions throughout the semester, the class will read and rehearse significant orchestral repertoire for woodwinds. Repertoire selected in this module will build on and complement repertoire studied in MUA2127. As with MUA2127, woodwinds students are expected to demonstrate aptitude in large ensemble playing including: orchestral concepts in sound, intonation, and blend, as well as a professional attitude in working with conductors and colleagues. This module also teaches them essential audition techniques and skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"MUA2127 Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds 2A","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2131","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Music Performance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The module introduces contemporary music repertoire in solo, chamber, and larger (sinfonietta) ensemble settings for all orchestral instruments and piano. Students work\nwith coaches in repertoire appropriate for their instrument, learning new techniques necessary for the performance of contemporary work. Participation in rehearsals and\nconcerts by OpusNovus, the conservatory’s contemporary music ensemble, is required. \n\nThis module is mandatory for all students majoring in performance on an orchestral instrument or piano. For those students, the module is generally taken Year 2, Semester 2 or in Year 3 of study","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2153","ModuleTitle":"Noon Recital Series 2A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"These recitals offer student performances covering all historical periods and a variety of genre. Attendance is compulsory for all students throughout the course of the undergraduate programme. Students need to maintain a 80% attendance rate in order to receive a S (Satisfactory) designation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2154","ModuleTitle":"Noon Recital Series 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"These recitals offer student performances covering all historical periods and a variety of genre. Attendance is compulsory for all students throughout the course of the undergraduate programme. Students need to maintain a 80% attendance rate in order to receive a S (Satisfactory) designation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2155","ModuleTitle":"Collaborative Piano Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2156","ModuleTitle":"Collaborative Piano Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2161","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 2A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module revolves around individual instrumental/composition lessons specially designed for performance majors. It continues and consolidates processes initiated in the previous semester with a view to the presentation of a major performance portfolio at the end of the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"MUA1162","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2162","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module revolves around individual instrumental/composition lessons specially designed for performance majors. It builds on processes begun in previous major study modules and further develops each student’s individual musical identity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"MUA2161","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2163","ModuleTitle":"Leading and Guiding Through Music","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This is a compulsory module for all second year YSTCM students. In this module students will work in a group to create and facilitate a creative, hands-on music making activity to be implemented with other people, i.e., students in a school, community centre, or any other setting. Aspects of music pedagogy covered will include classroom teaching concepts, lesson planning and practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2171","ModuleTitle":"Multitrack Recording 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide students with extensive practical hands-on experience to consolidate the theory and skills they learned in modules up to and including Multitrack Recording 1. Students will work with local Pop, Rock or Jazz bands to finish at least 5 professional multi-track recording projects the course of the semester. Lectures and lab sessions will introduce and expand upon relevant course topics in microphone use, signal processing, digital audio, musical acoustics, and mixing console operation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-3-3-0","Prerequisite":"Multitrack Recording 1","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2174","ModuleTitle":"Musical Acoustics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module will cover the acoustics of musical instruments, with additional introductory coverage of room acoustics, and perception and cognition of music. Understanding the physical mechanisms of sound generation, propagation, and perception/cognition will form the underlying basis for further studies in audio production and post-production.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-3-3-0","Prerequisite":"Acoustics and Psychoacoustics","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2175","ModuleTitle":"RAS Project 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The module provides the basic concept of the sound of the classical music and some basic stereo microphone techniques for the live classical music concert. Students will be requested to finish at least 2 hours live concert recording each week, at least 20 hours of total recording time.\r\n\r\nIn this module, students need to finish each project session with the module supervisor together. Each project session should be fully under the direction of the module supervisor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-6-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2176","ModuleTitle":"RAS Project 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Beside continually handling the live concert recording, RAS Project 2 also provides the critical concept and skills of classical music production in the recording studio environment. Students will learn how to set up main stereo microphone and spot microphones in the recording studio for generating both studio and live concert style sound.\r\n\r\nIn this module, students will be requested to finish at least 20 hours live concert recording, and at least 4 studio sessions.\r\n\r\nIn this module, students need to finish each project session with module supervisor together. Each project session should be fully under the direction of the module supervisor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-6-0","Prerequisite":"MUA2175 RAS Project 1","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2181","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Repertoire for Brass 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Orchestral Repertoire for Brass is an orchestral repertory class designed to give orchestral brass playing experience to the brass majors of YSTCM. This class is required for all MUS2 brass majors but is also open to all brass-playing\r\nstudents at the conservatory committed to intensive study of orchestral brass playing techniques and repertoire. As a continuation of MUA2117, in 10 sessions throughout the semester, the class will read and rehearse significant\r\norchestral repertoire for brass. Brass students are expected to demonstrate aptitude in large ensemble playing including: orchestral concepts in sound, intonation, and blend, as well as a professional attitude in working with conductors and colleagues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"MUA2180 Orchestral Repertoire for Brass 2A","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2183","ModuleTitle":"Percussion Audition Techniques 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"In this module, the art and science of orchestral percussion auditions is imparted in a blend of theory and mock auditions.  Audition strategies and techniques are related and reinforced, including defeating physical manifestations of nervousness (such as cold or shaking hands), goal-oriented training in a wide variety of instruments, and performing at peak levels on all families of percussion instruments on any given day.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"MUA2182 Orchestral Repertoire for Percussion 2A","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2187","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Repertoire for Harp 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Orchestral Repertoire for Harp is an orchestral repertory class designed to give orchestral playing experience to the Harp majors of YSTCM. In 13 sessions throughout the semester, the class will read and rehearse significant orchestral\r\nrepertoire for Harp. Repertoire selected in this module will build on and complement repertoire studied in MUA2186. As with MUA2186, Harp students are expected to demonstrate aptitude in large ensemble playing including: orchestral\r\nconcepts in sound, intonation, and blend, as well as a professional attitude in working with conductors and colleagues. This module also teaches them essential audition techniques and skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"MUA2186 Orchestral Repertoire for Harp 2A","Preclusion":"N/a","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2191","ModuleTitle":"Applied Voice Major Study 2B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Individual voice lessons specially designed for first semester, sophomore year performance majors. Technical skills, competency and suitable repertoire are expected at the appropriate levels.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-2-1.5-8","Prerequisite":"MUA 2190 or Permission of Instructor","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2192","ModuleTitle":"Chambers Singers 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Required for voice majors during the first 4 semesters of enrollment, these modules allow students to learn about music through participation in a vocal performance ensemble. Choral music is a vibrant and vital part of many traditions and cultures world wide and has played a major role in western music\r\nthroughout history. Students will participate in regular rehearsals, and will learn and perform choral music from the Renaissance to the Twentieth-century. Through these courses, students will gain knowledge of diverse repertoire, composers, genres, styles, and period performance practices. Students will also learn fundamentals of vocal production and choral technique and will experience working together in a unique team ensemble.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-4-0-0-1","Prerequisite":"Open to Voice Majors","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2193","ModuleTitle":"Chambers Singers 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Required for voice majors during the first 4 semesters of enrollment, these modules allow students to learn about music through participation in a vocal performance ensemble. Choral music is a vibrant and vital part of many traditions and cultures world wide and has played a major role in western music\r\nthroughout history. Students will participate in regular rehearsals, and will learn and perform choral music from the Renaissance to the Twentieth-century. Through these courses, students will gain knowledge of diverse repertoire, composers, genres, styles, and period performance practices. Students will also learn fundamentals of vocal production and choral technique and will experience working together in a unique team ensemble.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-4-0-0-1","Prerequisite":"Open to Voice Majors","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2196","ModuleTitle":"Diction for Singers 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module will address diction for singing in German and French. Students will study and acquire the rules for pronouncing these languages through use of the\r\nInternational Phonetics Alphabet (IPA). The class will be taught in two sections; the first section will be the study of the rules of IPA and the second will be the application of this study through in-class performances which will be\r\nevaluated by the instructor and class members.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"2-0-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2201","ModuleTitle":"Keyboard Literature I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Keyboard Literature explores the great composers and their greatest works for keyboard instruments. The keyboard music that forms the core repertory of contemporary conservatory curriculums and concert programs will be the primary focus. Semester 1 slightly emphasizes music from the Baroque through Classical period, but works from all periods will be covered. Works for harpsichord, clavichord, organ and fortepiano will be examined, and practical experience performing on period instruments (especially the harpsichord and fortepiano) will allow the students to experience the sound world of the composer. (Non-Conservatory students that can read music may take this course as a free elective.)","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2208","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Contemporary Music Performance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Students in this module rehearse and perform with OpusNovus, the conservatory’s new music ensemble.  Students will perform contemporary works for solo, chamber, and large ensemble settings. Students work with coaches in repertoire appropriate for their instrument, learning new techniques necessary for the performance of contemporary work.  Performance of learned repertoire is the main form of assessment.\n\nAs this module is an elective ensemble in which students perform contemporary solo and chamber music, they are encouraged to propose works they would like to learn in the module, planning with their respective coach an appropriate set of pieces to work on over the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-0-2","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2209","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Contemporary Music Performance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Students in this module rehearse and perform with OpusNovus, the conservatory’s new music ensemble.  Students will perform contemporary works for solo, chamber, and large ensemble settings. Students work with coaches in repertoire appropriate for their instrument, learning new techniques necessary for the performance of contemporary work.  Performance of learned repertoire is the main form of assessment.\n\nAs this module is an elective ensemble in which students perform contemporary solo and chamber music, they are encouraged to propose works they would like to learn in the module, planning with their respective coach an appropriate set of pieces to work on over the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-0-2","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2210","ModuleTitle":"Rhythmical Devices in Performance 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The continuing practical study of rhythmic subdivisions and groupings covered in MUA 2205 (Rhythmical Devices in Performances). These concepts are the foundation for a thorough understanding of how rhythm works in composed\nmusic, improvised music and interactive musical performance. The devices learned include a system of rhythmic counting based on South Indian Konnakkol and its applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-1-3","Prerequisite":"MUA 2205 Rhythmical Devices in Performance","Preclusion":"Only open to students at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2255","ModuleTitle":"Applied Secondary A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA2256","ModuleTitle":"Applied Secondary B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3102","ModuleTitle":"Composition Major Study 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Composition Major Study 3B","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3105","ModuleTitle":"Conducting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3107","ModuleTitle":"Large Ensembles 3A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Provides comprehensive orchestral training and performance experience exposing students to music of the 17th through 21st centuries for chamber orchestra. Each year the Conservatory Orchestra will perform a cross-section of the standard orchestral repertoire, supplemented by new works and lesser-known compositions. Seating assignments in the orchestra are rotated as much as possible. Placement is by audition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3108","ModuleTitle":"Large Ensembles 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Provides comprehensive orchestral training and performance experience exposing students to music of the 17th through 21st centuries for chamber orchestra. Each year the Conservatory Orchestra will perform a cross-section of the standard orchestral repertoire, supplemented by new works and lesser-known compositions. Seating assignments in the orchestra are rotated as much as possible. Placement is by audition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3109","ModuleTitle":"Chamber Music II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The study and performance of selected literature for specific instrumental groups and combinations, including orchestral and keyboard instruments. Students would be assessed on their active participation in the studio class, providing an overview of the most significant works relevant to the genre. Students would also be expected to participate in at least one public performance as well as in a final examination of sections of two of the prepared work. They should offer reflections of process in their e-portfolio as well as posting a video of at least one movement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-8-0","Prerequisite":"MUA2109","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3110","ModuleTitle":"Chamber Ensemble 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The study and performance of selected literature for specific instrumental groups and combinations, including orchestral instruments and keyboard instruments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3115","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Studies for Pianists","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"An in-depth, compulsory module for all conservatory piano majors covering the skill sets associated with the learning and performing of orchestral repertoire. The class ensemble will be known as the Yong Siew Toh Electone Orchestra (YSTEO). Using the Conservatory’s newly acquired Stagea Electones, students will be assigned additional projects, such as score reading and memorisation of the standard excerpts their instrumentalist counterparts typically prepare for orchestral auditions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-4-0-4","Prerequisite":"The module is compulsory for conservatory piano majors, however admission to the YSTEO would be possible through audition by the Head of Keyboard Studies.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3120","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Repertoire for Double Bass 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Orchestral Repertoire for Double Bass is an orchestral repertory class designed to give orchestral playing experience to the Double Bass majors of YSTCM. In 13 sessions throughout the semester, the class will read and rehearse significant orchestral repertoire for Double Bass. Repertoire selected in this module will build on and complement repertoire studied in MUA3119. Double Bass students consolidate and further develop technical, musical, and stylistic skills and knowledge essential to this repertoire’s effective execution. This module continues to develop professional audition performance techniques and skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"MUA3119 Orchestral Repertoire for Double Bass 3A","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3128","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds is an orchestral repertory class designed to give orchestral playing experience to the woodwinds majors of YSTCM. In 13 sessions throughout the semester, the class will read and rehearse significant orchestral repertoire for woodwinds. Repertoire selected in this module will build on and complement repertoire studied in MUA3127. Woodwinds students consolidate and further develop technical, musical, and stylistic skills and knowledge essential to this repertoire’s effective execution. This module continues to develop professional audition performance techniques and skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"MUA3127 Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds 3A","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3130","ModuleTitle":"Percussion Audition Techniques 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"In this module, the art and science of orchestral percussion auditions is imparted in a blend of theory and mock auditions.  Audition strategies and techniques are related and reinforced, including defeating physical manifestations of nervousness (such as cold or shaking hands), goal-oriented training in a wide variety of instruments, and performing at peak levels on all families of percussion instruments on any given day. The contents of this module will build on and complement MUA3182 Percussion Audition Techniques 3A.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"MUA3129 Orchestral Repertoire for Percussion 3A","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3132","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Excerpts for Strings 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-2-0-0-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3133","ModuleTitle":"Compositional Discourse","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The module develops skills in discourse on contemporary music composition. It serves as a pedagogy requirement for YSTCM composition majors. Through surveying a broad repertoire of compositional approaches, students develop analytical skills and awareness of differing aesthetic approaches so to critically evaluate aesthetically diverse works in terms of design, concepts, and craft. Additionally, the module introduces strategies for communicating with performers about one’s compositional ideas during rehearsal and writing program notes to communicate with audiences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-3-5","Prerequisite":"Student must be majoring at YSTCM in music composition.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3153","ModuleTitle":"Noon Recital Series 3A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"These recitals offer student performances covering all historical periods and a variety of genre. Attendance is compulsory for all students throughout the course of the undergraduate programme. Students need to maintain a 80% attendance rate in order to receive a S (Satisfactory) designation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3154","ModuleTitle":"Noon Recital Series 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"These recitals offer student performances covering all historical periods and a variety of genre. Attendance is compulsory for all students throughout the course of the undergraduate programme. Students need to maintain a 80% attendance rate in order to receive a S (Satisfactory) designation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3155","ModuleTitle":"Collaborative Piano Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3156","ModuleTitle":"Collaborative Piano Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3161","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 3A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module revolves around individual instrumental/composition lessons specially designed for performance majors. It continues and consolidates processes initiated in previous semesters with a view to the presentation of a Junior Recital (performers and composers) at the end of the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-1-0-2-12","Prerequisite":"MUA2162","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3162","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module revolves around individual instrumental/composition lessons specially designed for performance majors. It continues and consolidates processes initiated in previous semesters with a view to the presentation of a Junior Recital (performers and composers) at the end of the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"0-1-0-2-12","Prerequisite":"MUA3161","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3163","ModuleTitle":"Musical Pathways","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"To introduce to students with emerging artistic identities different musical career pathways and skillsets necessary for success in this sector through awareness of the arts ecosystem, and sector specific skills musical and managerial leadership,\npresentation, promotion, administration and production and conducting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"MUA 1163 Introduction to Professional Development","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3173","ModuleTitle":"Electroacoustics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This course module covers electroacoustic transducers and systems. Transducers commonly used in audio recording and production include a variety of types of\r\nmicrophones and speakers including dynamic moving coil, condenser, ribbon, piezo, and electrostatic. Electroacoustic systems will be explored including the basics of analog and digital electronics for recording, amplification, signal processing, and reproduction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-2-2-2-0","Prerequisite":"Acoustics and Psychoacoustics","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3174","ModuleTitle":"Audio Mastering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Audio mastering is the final creative step in producing recordings for distribution. This module will introduce the aesthetic and technical concepts, issues, and strategies\r\nemployed in final mastering for pop, rock, jazz, and classical genres. Topics will include frequency balance, stereo and multi-channel imaging, dynamics and overall program level control, signal path for analog and digital mastering, file formats and storage for distribution and replication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-3-3-0","Prerequisite":"Audio Mixing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3175","ModuleTitle":"RAS Project 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module covers fundamentals of large format digital console design and applications. The module will also provides concepts, skills and hands on experience with regards to close miking techniques. The module will also cover some basic audio editing skills on Protools software. Students will be requested to finish at least 40 hours of recording studio sessions, and submit one 5 tracks CD with technical description. In this module, students need to finish each project session with module supervisor together. Each project session should be fully under the direction of the module supervisor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-6-0","Prerequisite":"MUA2176 RAS Project 2","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3176","ModuleTitle":"RAS Project 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with the theory and skills required for audio recording and editing techniques for the video programs. Students will be requested to finish at least 2 projects of audio production for video programs.\r\n\r\nIn this module, students need to finish each project session with module supervisor together. Each project session should be overviewed by the module supervisor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-6-0","Prerequisite":"MUA3175 RAS Project 3","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3187","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Repertoire for Harp 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Orchestral Repertoire for Harp is an orchestral repertory class designed to give orchestral playing experience to the Harp majors of YSTCM. In 13 sessions throughout the semester, the class will read and rehearse significant orchestral\r\nrepertoire for Harp. Repertoire selected in this module will build on and complement repertoire studied in MUA3186. Harp students consolidate and further develop technical, musical, and stylistic skills and knowledge essential to this repertoire’s effective execution. This module continues to develop professional audition performance techniques and skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"MUA3186 Orchestral Repertoire for Harp 3A","Preclusion":"N/A","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3190","ModuleTitle":"Applied Voice Major Study 3B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Individual voice lessons specially designed for first semester, junior year performance majors. Technical skills, competency and suitable repertoire are expected at the appropriate levels. An individual performance will be required during the second semester of every academic year.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-2-1-6","Prerequisite":"MUA 2191 or Permission of Instructor","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3191","ModuleTitle":"Junior Recital in Voice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Presented at the end of the junior year, students will be required to present 20-30 minutes of music in performance in a wide variety of styles in Italian, English and either German or French. Combined with private lessons, the performance will comprise one half of the final grade.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"1-0-2-0-12","Prerequisite":"MUA 3190 or Permission of Instructor","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3206","ModuleTitle":"Jazz Study and Performance 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the performance and study of more contemporary jazz approaches including modal interchange, scale derivations, pentatonic scales, additional forms and stylistic considerations pertaining to jazz music as practiced in the USA from the 1950s to the present day. There will be some exploration into latin-music influenced jazz as well as blues, rock, and funk music. Creative projects include leadsheet style compositions and arrangements of jazz standards or popular music. There will be a listening list of about 80 well-known jazz pieces.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"MUA3205 Materials of Jazz 1 (or equivalent)","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3214","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Pedagogy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module seeks to introduce students to a variety of core strategies for teaching music from Primary to Secondary level in classroom and individual settings.\nThrough discussion, reading, understanding of different pedagogies, presentations and teaching excerpts, the module will expose students to diverse approaches to teaching, develop workshop skills and enhance students’ ability to develop creativity and skills needed to produce an interesting music curriculum underpinned by appropriate music pedagogical approaches.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-3-1-2-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3216","ModuleTitle":"Performance and Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This is a third and fourth year elective module for all YSTCM students. This module seeks to develop the students’ technical and artistic capacity for performance\nand communication in a variety of formal and non-formal contexts. The students will engage in performances in a community setting, ranging from a local Singaporean one to a larger one that includes the South East Asian region.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3218","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Piano Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This project-based module will teach the basic theory of piano acoustics, piano tuning and piano repair.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"Students will be expected to have knowledge of music theory, ear training and keyboard skills.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3219","ModuleTitle":"World Music Ensemble","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Balinese Gamelan Ensemble offers an opportunity to learn and perform traditional Balinese music. Students are also introduced to other dimensions of Balinese culture and\r\nrelated arts. Fundamental playing techniques and theory are introduced and participants partake in a short performance at the end of the semester. The gamelan orchestra allows for varying levels of experience. No previous gamelan experience is necessary.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-0-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3220","ModuleTitle":"World Music Ensemble","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Balinese Gamelan Ensemble offers an opportunity to learn and perform traditional Balinese music. Students are also introduced to other dimensions of Balinese culture and\r\nrelated arts. Fundamental playing techniques and theory are introduced and participants partake in a short performance at the end of the semester. The gamelan orchestra allows for varying levels of experience. No previous gamelan experience is necessary.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-0-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3221","ModuleTitle":"Intensive Music Engagement Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The main focus of this module is the completion of a major project of significant career impact. The project should be directly connected to the student’s future goals beyond graduation. Projects are expected to involve internship, international competitions, festivals or other similarly significant events of high rigour and visibility.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-1-0-2-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3222","ModuleTitle":"SEAsian Regional Creative Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This course has a local and overseas component. The overseas component will take place during the recess weeks at NUS typically between weeks six and seven.\nStudents will prepare for the project in the first six weeks, complete the project during the recess week, then return to NUS for follow up activities related to the project that can be done locally as well as reflection of their overseas experiences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students will apply directly to the instructor seeking permission to join. The Professional Integration faculty and administration will decide who is admitted based on their work and drive in other courses and activities. Students must demonstrate genuine interest and capacity for the goals of the course to be considered. Travel to the country where the project is to take place is required, so students must willing and able to travel to the specified country.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3224","ModuleTitle":"Intermediate Keyboard Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module presents the study of intermediate piano repertoire and application of harmony at the keyboard. Students learn various important keyboard skills and techniques that enhance their understanding of and experience in making music. Such skills include harmonization, transposition, figured bass, improvisation, piano techniques, score reading, musical interpretation, solo and ensemble playing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"Audition. Approximate four years of piano studying with sight-reading skill.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3225","ModuleTitle":"Early Advanced Keyboard Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of MUA 3204 Intermediate Keyboard Studies. It presents the study of early advanced piano repertoire and application of more advanced harmony at the keyboard. Students continue to develop various important keyboard skills and techniques that enhance their understanding of and experience in making music. Such skills include harmonization, transposition, figured bass, improvisation, piano techniques, score reading, musical interpretation, solo and ensemble playing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"MUA3204. Or audition. Approximate five years of piano studying with sight-reading skill.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3226","ModuleTitle":"Collaboratory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Through self-designed projects, Collaboratory allows students to pursue interests in experimental music realization, collaborative composition, free and structured improvisation, electronic music, or the realization of a student composer work. Students must select a mentor and receive his/her agreement. The project proposal must be approved by both the mentor and the module coordinator by the end of the semester prior to starting the project. Projects should include consistent meetings (weekly or fortnightly), guided by the mentor, and a public presentation of the final musical result.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-1-0-4","Prerequisite":"BMus student at YSTCM","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3228","ModuleTitle":"Analysis from a Keyboard Perspective","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This elective offers an in-depth analysis of selected piano\nrepertoire from various periods and styles. Students will\nstudy elements of music such as form, harmony and\ntexture as part of a process of internalizing and interpreting\nworks for the piano.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-2-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"This is an elective open to Conservatory piano students\nand all NUS students. Students are required to be fluent in\nharmony (functional harmony and chromatic harmony) as\nthe class offers an application of (rather than an\nintroduction to) harmony. As such, NUS students would be\nadvised to have taken either MUA 3224 or MUA 1201. For\nthose seeking direct entry MEP study at Junior College\nwould offer sufficient background as well.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3255","ModuleTitle":"Applied Secondary C","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3256","ModuleTitle":"Applied Secondary D","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3260","ModuleTitle":"Internship in Music Related Pathways","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The internship module provides opportunity for hands-on learning in a professional context. Students will intern in a Singapore based music related company or agency. The knowledge and experiences gained will be documented in a final self reflective submission.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3261","ModuleTitle":"Career Development Group Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The main focus of this module is the completion of a major project of community outreach. The project should in some way be connected to the student’s future goals beyond graduation. The student(s) enrolled will develop the project and therefore will be unique by design. Students will identify a faculty mentor to guide them in the project production.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-0-5-4","Prerequisite":"Musical Pathways, Leading and Guiding through Music.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA3264","ModuleTitle":"Career Development Independent Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Building on previously completed professional development modules, students will design, develop and implement a music-related project in an external\nenvironment. Students will also incorporate strategies and materials for promoting their careers using traditional and new media.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-0-5-4","Prerequisite":"Pre-requisite of 5 MCs of Professional Development\r\nmodules","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4107","ModuleTitle":"Large Ensembles 4A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Provides comprehensive orchestral training and performance experience exposing students to music of the 17th through 21st centuries for chamber orchestra. Each year the Conservatory Orchestra will perform a cross-section of the standard orchestral repertoire, supplemented by new works and lesser-known compositions. Seating assignments in the orchestra are rotated as much as possible. Placement is by audition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4108","ModuleTitle":"Large Ensembles 4B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Provides comprehensive orchestral training and performance experience exposing students to music of the 17th through 21st centuries for chamber orchestra. Each year the Conservatory Orchestra will perform a cross-section of the standard orchestral repertoire, supplemented by new works and lesser-known compositions. Seating assignments in the orchestra are rotated as much as possible. Placement is by audition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4153","ModuleTitle":"Noon Recital Series 4A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"These recitals offer student performances covering all historical periods and a variety of genre. Attendance is compulsory for all students throughout the course of the undergraduate programme. Students need to maintain a 80% attendance rate in order to receive a S (Satisfactory) designation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4154","ModuleTitle":"Noon Recital Series 4B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"These recitals offer student performances covering all historical periods and a variety of genre. Attendance is compulsory for all students throughout the course of the undergraduate programme. 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Students will intern in a local radio or TV station, recording studio, production\r\nhouse, A/V support company, live sound company, or other approved audio-related business. The knowledge and experiences gained will be documented in a final\r\nessay of substantial length.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"4th year standing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4174","ModuleTitle":"Audio for Media 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Continuing with the skills and knowledge attained in MUA4173 Audio for Media 1, MUA4174 Audio for Media 2 provides students more hands on experience of audio recording and editing techniques for the video programs. Students will be requested to finish at least 2 projects of audio production for video programs within the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-6-0","Prerequisite":"MUA4173 Audio for Media 1","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4175","ModuleTitle":"RAS Final Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"2nd major RAS students need to finish the final project under supervision. Students will be requested to finish one CD production with at least 3 multitrack productions that should focus on pop, jazz and rock music and at least 2 tracks stereo recordings that should focus on the classical music. Students will also need to finish the technical description of their recordings. The description should include the information of equipment operation like microphone set up and parameter adjustment on the outboard equipment, and some consideration about the acoustics.\r\n\r\nStudents should finish the final project individually. Module instructor will be present in the session if necessary.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-2-6-0","Prerequisite":"MUA3176 RAS Project 4","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4177","ModuleTitle":"Music Production and Marketing II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module offers students knowledge about music production promotion, music production skills on protools, and internet video and audio technology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"MUA4176 Music Production and Marketing I","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4191","ModuleTitle":"Senior Recital in Voice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Presented at the end of the senior year, students will be required to present a full-length recital (45-55 minutes of music) in a wide variety of styles in Italian, English, German and French. Students may petition the Head of Vocal Studies to present a thematic, chamber music or other recital and, based upon the students’ individual background and performance experiences, this may be allowed. Combined with private lessons, the performance will comprise three fourths of the final grade.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"1-0-2-0-22","Prerequisite":"MUA 4190 or Permission of Instructor","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4203","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Conducting I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Designed for the student who desires more intensive study in conducting. Literature will be sequenced with the more difficult works in the Advanced Conducting course.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"MUA4105","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4205","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Conducting II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Designed for the student who desires more intensive study in conducting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"MUA4203 or MUA4204","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4219","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Chamber Ensemble","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This ensemble is devoted to the study and performance of experimental musical works representative of the 20th century and contemporary compositions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4220","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Chamber Ensemble","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This ensemble is devoted to the study and performance of experimental musical works representative of the 20th century and contemporary compositions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4228","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Chamber Ensemble","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4229","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Chamber Ensemble","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4231","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Excerpts for Strings 4A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-2-0-0-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA4232","ModuleTitle":"Orchestral Excerpts for Strings 4B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-2-0-0-3","Prerequisite":"MUA4231 Orchestral Excerpts for Strings 4A","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MUA5115","ModuleTitle":"Ensemble Study 5A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module revolves around chamber / orchestral and related ensemble study specially designed for performance / composition majors. 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Students gain greater responsibility in their roles within the ensembles, including assuming leadership and organizational roles where applicable.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-4-6","Prerequisite":"MUA5115 Ensemble Study 5A","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA5161","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 5A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module revolves around individual instrumental / composition lessons specially designed for performance / composition majors. It consolidates and hones technical and musical skills appropriate to a varied range of musical\r\nstyles and professional performance contexts. It develops confidence, independence, self-reliance and self-reflection in preparation for advanced study and a life of changing professional expectations and demands.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-1-0-2-22","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA5162","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 5B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module revolves around individual instrumental / composition lessons specially designed for performance / composition majors. It continues to consolidate and hone processes initiated in the previous semester, with a view to the presentation of a preliminary major Public Recital during the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-1-0-2-22","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA6115","ModuleTitle":"Ensemble Study 6A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module further consoldates and hones experience around chamber / orchestral and related ensemble study specially designed for performance / composition majors. In addition to greater responsibility in their roles within the\r\nensembles, students also develop extended repertoire acquisition and experiences in a variety of ensemble contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-4-6","Prerequisite":"MUA5116 Ensemble Study 5B","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA6116","ModuleTitle":"Ensemble Study 6B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The final graduate ensemble module brings to a summation a wide range of training and experience relevant to the professional instrumentalist’s / composer’s abilities and success within a professional music context in the realms of chamber music, orchestral music, and related ensemble combinations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-4-6","Prerequisite":"MUA6115 Ensemble Study 6A","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA6161","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 6A","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module revolves around individual instrumental / composition lessons specially designed for performance / composition majors. It continues to consolidate and hone technical and musical skills appropriate to a varied range of musical styles and professional performance contexts. It develops confidence, independence, self-reliance and selfreflection in preparation for advanced study and a life of changing professional expectations and demands.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-1-0-2-22","Prerequisite":"MUA5162 Major Study 5B","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUA6162","ModuleTitle":"Major Study 6B","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module revolves around individual instrumental / composition lessons specially designed for performance / composition majors. It continues to consolidate and hone processes initiated in previous semesters, with a view to\r\nthe presentation of a final major Public Recital during the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-1-0-2-22","Prerequisite":"MUA6161 Major Study 6A","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUH1101","ModuleTitle":"Foundations for Musical Discovery","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"An academic introduction to the study of music, necessary for success as a music student and professional musician in the 21st century. Focusing on research, communication and critical thinking, students will acquire a shared vocabulary to talk and write about music, and an understanding of musical concepts, periodicity, and genres. Students will also study music as a cultural and social phenomenon and contrast historical and present performance practice, with emphasis on works currently being performed in the Conservatory. This module is mandatory for all BMus students at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory during the first semester of study.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUH3203","ModuleTitle":"Opera and its History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Opera is a vibrant and vital practice in both historical and modern culture. This module explores the themes, sources, forms, styles and nature of opera from its beginnings in the late Renaissance to its ongoing development by modern composers, with particular emphasis on issues of performance practice, production, and social context. Through seminars, class discussion of reading and listening, and creative projects, students will explore stylistic and social developments in the history of opera and will sample representative works and composers in recorded and live performance. This module is open to all NUS students as a free elective. Students of musical, literary and theatre backgrounds will especially benefit from exploring the historical development, major works and composers, stylistic trends and social contexts of Opera.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUH4203","ModuleTitle":"Music Criticism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module will investigate the skills involved in both writing and commenting critically about music and look at the various platforms for such criticism (i.e. print and broadcast media, social networking, assessment reportwriting).\r\nIt will also study how performers and audiences react to criticism and assess its effect on music in performance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-1.5-3","Prerequisite":"A second-year sequence of modules in either Music History or the history of a related Arts discipline","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUH4204","ModuleTitle":"Music History for Post-Graduate Placement","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"An intensive western music survey designed to prepare students for graduate school placement exams. Students will review and study in detail genres, musical styles, periodicity, composers lives and times, patrons, and many other aspects associated with the creation of music. Students will complete extensive reading, listening, writing, and other assessements commonly used in graduate schools today.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUL1106","ModuleTitle":"Italian for Singers II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module serves as the second semester of Italian language studies for Voice Majors in the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Basic grammar, morphology, syntax and conversation will be emphasized. Open to YSTCM students only.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-1.5","Prerequisite":"LAI 1731 or MUL1105","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUL1108","ModuleTitle":"French for Singers 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module will serve as the second semester of French language studies for Voice Majors in the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Basic grammar, morphology, syntax and conversation with emphasis on situations which a musician in France will encounter will be emphasized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUL1110","ModuleTitle":"German for Singers 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module will serve as the second semester of German language studies for Voice Majors in the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Basic grammar, morphology, syntax and conversation with emphasis on situations which\r\na musician in Germany will encounter will be emphasized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT1201","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Classical Music Composition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The module uses the online course Write Like Mozart available on the Coursera platform as the basis of its content. It introduces students to strategies for style writing of European art music. Issues of harmonic progression, voice leading, and texture are addressed as are relevant compositional concepts like repetition, variation, and elaboration. A blended learning module with video lectures and demonstrations, class time is dedicated to hands-on workshops. Simple compositions in the style of common practice European music form the bulk of the assessment. A familiarity with musical rudiments is highly recommended. Prior experience with composition is not required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-1.5-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT2201","ModuleTitle":"Harmonic Practices","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module provides Conservatory students with an introduction to Western modal, tonal and post-tonal practices from 15th – 20th centuries. The module surveys modal practices in the Renaissance period, tonal practices in the 18th-20th centuries, including jazz harmony, and post-tonal practices.\r\n\r\nThe module includes both theoretical and practical components. Students analysis works to further their understanding of module topics and compose short works to demonstrate their comprehension of module content.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-2-3-2","Prerequisite":"MUT1101: Introduction to Musical Concepts and Materials","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT2202","ModuleTitle":"Counterpoint Through the Ages","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module explores counterpoint as a major compositional technique in music of different genres through the ages. The various topics range from the birth of polyphony to high renaissance polyphony, and the development of counterpoint during the common practice period through the 20th century.\r\n\r\nThe module aims to bridge compositional thinking with performance and interpretative analysis. Because of this, analysis, composition, and performance are equally represented as modes of learning. Major assessment is in the form of analytical work and music compositions that are performed in class and/or public concerts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"MUT1101: Introduction to Musical Concepts and Materials","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT2203","ModuleTitle":"Texture and Timbre","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module explores common textures found in music, such as monophony, homophony, polyphony and heterophony, and examines the influence of textural and timbral elements on a work’s overall shape and character.\r\n\r\nThe module also includes an introduction to basic orchestration techniques. Students will examine different combination of instruments in various textural settings, write for combinations of instruments with attention to timbre, range, performance techniques and instrumental idioms. There will be exercises comprising formal analysis of musical works -- the aim of which is to show how composers shape melody, harmony and timbre to create large-scale musical structures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-2-3-2","Prerequisite":"MUT1101 Musical Concepts and Materials","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT3212","ModuleTitle":"Modal Counterpoint","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Modal Counterpoint focuses on the music of Palestrina and his contemporaries, which is a largely linear style. In this course, students will study how melodic lines create harmony, as opposed to the concept of yielding melody from harmony.\r\n\r\nA progressive and musical approach is taken in this course. It begins with the introduction of elements of style and an aural immersion. The course gradually proceeds from two-voice counterpoint to three, and even four-voice counterpoint.\r\n\r\nDue to the vocal nature of this style, compositional work would be complemented with in-class choral singing, and supported by interpretative analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-2-3-2","Prerequisite":"MUT1101: Introduction to MCM;\r\n3 Core Compositional Engagement (Theory) Electives and/or permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT3213","ModuleTitle":"Romantic Styles","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module begins with an overview of Beethoven’s music and his influence on contemporaneous and later 19th century composers.\r\n\r\nThe heart of this course explores the divide between absolute and programme music. ‘Leipzigerisch’ composers (Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms) versus the ‘New German School’ (Berlioz, Liszt). Nationalism is included.\r\n\r\nThe final weeks are devoted to the Opera genre by examining the works of Wagner, Verdi and Puccini. It extends to Strauss and Mahler, who represent the final flowering of musical Romanticism. With the model of a Romantic composer/performer, Romantic Styles is designed to bridge compositional work with performance, supported by interpretative analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-2-3-2","Prerequisite":"MUT1101: Introduction to Musical Concepts and Materials 3 Core Compositional Engagement (Theory) Electives and/or permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT3215","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Composition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module looks at recent approaches to form, melody, harmony, rhythm, and texture. It is appropriate for students who are interested in exploring music  composition in more depth but are not majoring in music composition. It encourages individual creative writing while exploring contemporary techniques of music from\n1920 to present. \n\nClass meetings will include a combination of lectures, private composition lessons and group tutorials. The first half of the semester focuses on solo writing while the\nsecond half focuses on chamber writing. Students will look into some models for composition in preparation for their two projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Completion of Core Curriculum in Analysis and Composition (MUT1121 + 3 core electives)\n\nFor students on older curriculum: MUT 1121, MUT 1122, MUT 2117, MUT 2118","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT3223","ModuleTitle":"Early Twentieth-Century Music","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the compositional ideas developed in the early twentieth century (1900-1945). It provides students the skills and techniques for analysing this repertoire and composing music in this style. Perspectives will include not only the musical materials of these works but also some insights into their cultural context and historical placement.\r\n\r\nClass meetings will include a combination of lectures and group tutorials. The first half of the semester focuses on organizations of pitch, rhythm, form, texture and orchestration in the early twentieth century while the second half focuses on pitch-class set theory and twelve-tone theory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-0-3-5","Prerequisite":"Completion of Core Curriculum in Analysis and Composition (MUT1121 + 3 core electives)\r\n\r\nFor students on older curriculum: MUT 1121, MUT 1122, MUT 2117, MUT 2118","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT3224","ModuleTitle":"Teaching Music Online","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"Students will learn the current methods and pedagogical approaches to teaching music over the Internet. Students will practise and apply their knowledge by teaching music students around the world in a variety of settings.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-1-1-2","Prerequisite":"Second year status in music or permission of instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MUT4201","ModuleTitle":"Graduate Theory Preparation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"The module reviews key concepts and skills commonly assessed on graduate music school theory entrance exams. These include 4-part voice leading, 18th century contrapuntal techniques, post-tonal analysis, and common forms. This module assumes students are already familiar with these skills but are in need of reviewing them before entering graduate school. It is, therefore, appropriate for fourth year conservatory students whose future plans include graduate level studies in music.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-1.5-1.5-4-3","Prerequisite":"Core Compositional Engagement modules (MUT1101 Intro to MCM + 3 core elective modules). Student must have 4th (final) year status.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"MW5200","ModuleTitle":"MSc Science Communication Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"The students will complete a project related to a topic in science communication. The project may be a combination of a written thesis, material for teaching/outreach, and IT components. The project will be assessed (when\r\napplicable) on scientific accuracy, quality of teaching/outreach material and presentation of findings.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-30-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"MW5203","ModuleTitle":"Frontier Topics in Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This is a proposed third module for the ANU-NUS Joint Master Programme in Science communication, Frontier topics in Science. It is a module that will present the latest and upcoming trends in scientific discovery with an emphasis to recognise and understand the scientific ideas behind cutting age discovery. The materials used in this module are those that non-specialised audience can relate\r\nto or has an impact on society. The scientific ideas in the development of the latest scientific technology and how they impact human society will be illustrated.\r\n\r\nEach individual topic will be presented by either an expert scientist or the lecturer from an academic scientist point of view. The subject material will be pitched at the level where students of different scientific background or discipline can\r\nunderstand. Classes will be conducted in a seminar style, followed by a focus group discussion session on the impact of the science on society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"For students enrolled in the MSc Science Communication programme only. Students outside the MSc in Science Communication Programme may be considered on a caseby-case basis.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM1101E","ModuleTitle":"Communications, New Media and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces fundamentals of study in communications and new media, exploring ways in which people create and use the variety of emerging networked, mobile, and social media channels to communicate meaning in globalized world. It explores organizational and societal contexts in such areas as games, health, politics, business, public relations, design and activism, with attention paid to creating applications with social impact. Phenomena such as relationships and social life in cyberspace, activism for social change, performance art, deviant behaviour online, communication and community, new business paradigms and economic models of organizing and issues in humancomputer interaction are explored in-depth.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM1101X","ModuleTitle":"Communications, New Media and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module explores ways in which people create and use the variety of emerging networked, mobile and social media channels to communicate meaning in a globalized world. It explores organizational and societal contexts in such areas as games, health, politics, business, public relations, design and activism, with attention paid to creating applications with social impact. Phenomena such as relationships and social life in cyberspace, activism for social change, performance art, deviant behaviour online, communication and community, new business paradigms and economic models of organizing and issues in human-computer interaction are explored in-depth.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"NM1101E or NM1101FC","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM2101","ModuleTitle":"Theories of Communications and New Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This is a foundational course introducing students to theories and analytical frameworks essential for understanding developments in communications and new media. Students will be introduced to, amongst others, media effects theory, media representations, semiotics, systems theory, agenda-setting theory and computer-mediated communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2008 and before:\r\nNil.\r\n\r\nCohorts 2009 to 2011:\r\nObtain a grade of B- or above in NM1101E Communications, New Media and Society (applies to students from ALL faculties except School of Computing). Students who fail to meet the B- criterion in NM1101E will have the opportunity to take a department conducted test, which will act as an alternative prerequisite.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nNil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"NM2103","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Research Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module is to help students understand what quantitative research is (more specifically, how they can develop testable research questions and hypotheses), how to conduct the research and how to interpret the results. It covers fundamental concepts in research design, instrumentation, data collection, and data analysis. This module also introduces basic concepts of statistics such as descriptive statistics, sampling distribution, hypothesis testing. A set of computer lab assignments will give students extensive opportunities to become familiar with the relevant computer software package and experience at computing the various statistics reviewed in the class.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM2104","ModuleTitle":"Qualitative Communication Research Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to help students understand what qualitative communication research is, the role it plays in the development of communication theories and applications, and the steps in carrying out qualitative research projects. It covers fundamental concepts in qualitative research design, sampling strategies and protocol development, data collection, data analysis, and evaluation. This module also introduces basic concepts of qualitative methods such as interpretation, meaning making, co-construction, and performance. A set of field-based experiences will be designed to give students opportunities to become familiar with specific forms of qualitative data gathering such as in-depth interviews, focus groups, and ethnography.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM2201","ModuleTitle":"Intercultural Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on intercultural and inter-personal communication. Managing intercultural communication in the business context will be emphasised, exploring issues such as ethnocentrism, conflict and negotiation in intercultural settings and the impact of new media on intercultural communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM2203","ModuleTitle":"Social Media in Communication Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"The focus of this course is on the dynamics and management of social media and how it has changed communication management, especially in the fields of public relations and advertising. Topics examined include the impact of digital influence, the relationship between traditional and social media, social media trends, pitfalls in the use of social media, management and evaluation of social media, the future of social media and the “internet of things”. This course will also touch on current issues affecting the industry due to the rise of social media and the resultant implications for both industry and society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM2207","ModuleTitle":"Computational Media Literacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Communication (and most scientific and corporate endeavours today) is deeply entwined with the world of computing. From social media to public relations campaigns, from game design to website layout, from business decision-making to news, from democratic participation to interactive art – the ability to understand and make creative use of computational media is of fundamental importance. This module is a hands-on introduction to essential concepts in computational media including internet architecture, mediated communication, interactive systems, animation, visualization, big data, and creative design. JavaScript and other common technologies that power the web are introduced to empower non-programmers to explore these concepts independently.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM2207Y","ModuleTitle":"Computational Media Literacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Communication (and most scientific and corporate endeavours today) is deeply entwined with the world of computing. From social media to public relations campaigns, from game design to website layout, from business decision-making to news, from democratic participation to interactive art – the ability to understand and make creative use of computational media is of fundamental importance. This module is a hands-on introduction to essential concepts in computational media including internet architecture, mediated communication, interactive systems, animation, visualization, big data, and creative design. JavaScript and other common technologies that power\r\nthe web are introduced to empower non-programmers to explore these concepts independently.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.3-1.1-0-0-4.1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NM2207","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM2209","ModuleTitle":"Social Psychology of New Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Theories of social psychology can be applied to our understanding of how new media is produced, marketed, resisted, adopted and consumed. This module highlights these key stages in the developmental trajectory of new media and introduces relevant theories, while considering issues such as why some technologies succeed where others fail, how marketers should promote new technology, which services are likely to become tomorrow's killer applications and what goes through the minds of new media adopters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM2212","ModuleTitle":"Visual Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an introduction to the principles and theories of visual design. Students will be exposed to the history and influences of visual design, and learn to appreciate the principles underlying visual design practice. Upon completing this module, students will be able to analyse, critique, and evaluate visual designs from both an aesthetic and a social and cultural perspective.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM2219","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Communication Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to introduce students to the field of communication management and to the organizational, societal and legal contexts in which the profession takes place. Emphasis is placed on ethics, social responsibility, the role of mass communication in the formation of public opinion, the role of organizational communication in democracy, the global practices of communication management and major influences that affect organizational behaviour. This is the foundation module for students pursuing careers in communication management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM2220","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Media Writing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This introductory module provides instruction and practice in writing for the mass media, including the Internet. It explores the similarities and differences in writing styles for all mass media and for the professions of journalism, public affairs, public relations, advertising and telecommunications. It emphasizes accuracy, responsibility, clarity and style in presenting information through the various channels of mass communication. It surveys communication theories of various professions that communicate via the mass media, establishing the basis for advanced studies in writing and communication. It helps students acquire the writing skills they need in communication management careers","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM2302","ModuleTitle":"Mobility and New Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the relationship between mobile communications and new media. The first half covers the socio-cultural, political, spatial and economic forms of mobility facilitated and enhanced by new media: the rise of the information economy, digital divides, political mobilisation, cultural globalisation and migration. The second half concentrates on media platforms and devices that give rise to emergent forms of mobile communication and social connection: issues of privacy/publicness, surveillance, immersiveness and information overload that have arisen with the intensifying use of locative media; and possibilities for sociability/intimacy, disembodiment and virtual mobility via identity experimentation.  ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-1.5-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM2303","ModuleTitle":"Fake News, Lies and Spin: How to Sift Fact from Fiction","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to teach students to critically evaluate and analyse relevant public relations and news reports. It will teach students to identify and critique fake news, “alternative facts” and spin in news reporting and public relations. Students will learn fundamental concepts, theories, and analytical strategies for evaluating and verifying news and PR content and sources. They will hone their fact-checking skills by analysing media information in fake news, fake experts, public relation tactics, infotainment, hoaxes, click bait, spin, and bias.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM3203","ModuleTitle":"Copyright and New Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce students to fundamental principles of copyright law in the field of new media. The module will focus on copyright issues as they apply to content producers confronted with ongoing technological developments in information and communications technologies. It will review copyright issues from a socio-economic, legal and policy perspective, and will cover issues such as fair-use exceptions, the open-source movement, digital rights management and anti-circumvention and peer-topeer file sharing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NM3880A","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3204","ModuleTitle":"E-Learning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to help students understand and appreciate the importance of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and how they can be effectively integrated into educational and organisational settings. It introduces students to practical aspects such as planning, designing, implementation and management of new ICTs in both educational and organisational contexts. The course is mounted for students throughout NUS with interest in the uses and effects of new ICTs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3205","ModuleTitle":"Digital Culture and Art","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"In this module we will explore the creative aspects of emergent media and technologies. They are creative tools with which we shape our culture, community, and personal lives. Students in this module will learn about the strategies and the aesthetic values involved in artistic experiments with new technologies and their relation to visual arts, film studies, visual studies, aesthetics, semiotics, cultural studies and other unique perspectives on contemporary digital culture and arts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3210","ModuleTitle":"Cybercrime and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This third year module discusses the growing problem of the use of ICTs for illegal activities. Students will learn about threats to information resources - such as hacking, illegal surveillance, identity theft, online fraud, destruction and modification of data, distortion and fabrication of information. They will also learn about countermeasures used by governments and organisations - such as authentication, encryption, auditing, monitoring, intrusion detection, firewalls, and law enforcement surveillance - as well as what are the limitations of those countermeasures. The module will also examine the problem of online obscenity and child pornography. For CNM, FASS and SoC students","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3211","ModuleTitle":"News Reporting and Editing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module builds on the skills and knowledge learned about journalistic writing in Introduction to Media Writing. It emphasises accuracy, responsibility, clarity and style in reporting through the various news media, including online news. Students are expected to learn how to find and present news about issues and events that are relevant to the public and the political process. Students will be presented with real-life type situations where they will have to explore journalism ethics and responsibilities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-4-2","Prerequisite":"NM2220 Introduction to Media Writing.  Read and pass a minimum of 80 MCs.","Preclusion":"NM2221","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM3215","ModuleTitle":"Advertising Strategies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module places advertising within the integrated marketing communications (IMC) framework and develops an understanding and appreciation of the role that advertising plays in business organizations in the local and international context. Students will learn about the advertising process, as well as how to plan, implement and control IMC campaigns. In addition, students will learn to recognise the social responsibility as well as ethical implications of advertising in the context of a global community, especially with the advent of new media technologies. The highlight of the module will be the advertising campaign that students will work in groups to develop.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"MKT3420 Promotional Management","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3217","ModuleTitle":"Design for Strategic Communications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the principles of communication design that meet strategic communications objectives and engage the student in communicating effectively through a visual literacy in addition to verbal messaging skills. With emphasis on communication management research and planning, the course is designed to help students understand theories and concepts of visual communication and the design and production processes. The course aims to (1) communicate through visual media used by communications professionals; (2) recognise and apply principles of design in print and online publications; and (3) plan and manage the design process, from initial development to the final product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-4-2","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3219","ModuleTitle":"Writing for Communication Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module teaches students to write for internal and external organizational communication vehicles using traditional and new media. These include business proposals, memoranda, backgrounders, position statements, crisis communication plans, stakeholder newsletters, news releases, fact sheets, speeches, persuasive and informative pieces to key publics, annual reports and campaigns. Students will design and execute polished, audience-directed, professional communication pieces intended for traditional and new media. The module involves extensive comprehensive research and writing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-5-1","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3222","ModuleTitle":"Interactive Storytelling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Interactive storytelling is a new field of research and experimentation with great potential for changing the face of game and new media industries in entertainment and education. The objective of the course is to discuss, in theoretical and abstract terms, basic concepts of interactive storytelling, and explore new perspectives on narrative and narrativity as a \"conversation\" between the interactive story environment and the user. The course will consider the creative and technical challenges to implementing interactive storytelling within virtual story worlds.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3230","ModuleTitle":"Photographic and Video Storytelling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"The most compelling media content makes use of evocative images, and sometimes an image itself is the story. Knowing how to make, edit, and communicate with images are key skills in the digital age. Students enrolled in this module will be introduced to the skills, theories and methods around communicating with both moving and still imagery. The course will focus on using digital tools to capture, edit and present images as data and for storytelling, communicating with visual imagery in the digital age, and the study and use of visual images for research and communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM3231","ModuleTitle":"Physical Interaction Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module explores issues that arise in the design of media that involve physical interaction. Such media respond to tactile interaction and are physically embodied in such things as electronic toys, robotic pets, tangible interfaces, and digital textiles. Students will learn explore the factors that distinguish such media, how to critically evaluate them, and how to situate them within a larger theoretical and historical context.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-5-1","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3232","ModuleTitle":"Strategic Communication: Concepts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Effective organizations adopt a strategic approach to communication management. Using case studies, this module will discuss how communication can be a potent strategic tool in enabling organizational objectives through harnessing traditional and emergent media across private, public and non-profit sectors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3232Y","ModuleTitle":"Strategic Communication: Conce","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Effective organizations adopt a strategic approach to communication management. Using case studies, this module will discuss how communication can be a potent strategic tool in enabling organizational objectives through harnessing traditional and emergent media across private, public and non-profit sectors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-3-0-1-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NM3232","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM3233","ModuleTitle":"Strategic Communication: Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the principles of strategic communication management with an emphasis on the application of social research to strategic decision making to meet organizational goals and objectives. Built on the theoretical foundation of strategic communications and applied social research, students will learn to evaluate, analyze and monitor research programs, and to design solutions in public, non-profit and for-profit organizations. Emphasis is placed on learning and conducting assessments of organizational need, performing situational analysis, analyzing message design, evaluating media choice, exploring traditional and emerging media tools, and planning effective communication strategies for the respective organizations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NM3220 Research for Communication Management","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3237","ModuleTitle":"Health Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This seminar is designed to introduce students to a wide range of scholarship in health communication. The seminar will address such issues as doctor-patient interactions, illness narratives, cultural understanding of health, social support, and health campaigns, mass media theories, technologically-mediated health delivery, and socially constructed health meanings to offer an insight into developing more meaningful communicative practices of healthcare. With an emphasis on application, the course equips students with a foundational understanding of the ways in which health communication projects can be conceptualized and delivered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NM4880D Health Communications\r\nNM4220 Health Communications","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM3550","ModuleTitle":"Communications & New Media Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within organisations or companies, are vetted and approved by the Communications and New Media Programme, have relevance to the major in NM, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed. Available credited internships for each semester will be advertised at the beginning of the semester before. Internships proposed by students will require the approval of the department. Student must apply for and be accepted to work in the company/organization offering the internship for a duration of 6 months (together with INM3550), on full time basis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3 months at the place of work on full time basis.","Prerequisite":"(1) For NM Major only,\r\n(2) Read and pass a minimum of 80 MCs AND\r\n(3) Must read INM3550 concurrently\r\n","Preclusion":"Any other series-internship modules\r\n(Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM3550Y","ModuleTitle":"Communications & New Media Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within organisations or companies, are vetted and approved by the Communications and New Media Programme, have relevance to the major in NM, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed. Available credited internships for each semester will be advertised at the beginning of the semester before. Internships proposed by students will require the approval of the department. Student must apply for and be accepted to work in the company/organization offering the internship for a duration of 20 weeks on full time basis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"(1) For NM Major only,\r\n(2) Read and passed a minimum of 80 MCs (of which 24 MCs of NM modules)","Preclusion":"NM3550\r\nINM3550","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4102","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Communications & New Media Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module is to help honours students conduct independent empirical research using the key social science research methods. Students will learn detailed procedures and executable techniques of selected research methods such as survey research, experimental design, in-depth/focus group interviews, and content analysis. The module adopts a Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach, as students will select their own research topics, develop research questions and hypotheses, and design the structure of research activities including measurement, sampling, data collection, and data analysis. Key issues in each step (e.g., instrument development for multi-dimensional constructs) will be discussed through presentations, Q &amp; As, and lectures. The module focuses more on applications and practices than theories, and explains how different types of data and methods can be used to answer research questions relevant to communications and new media.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\n(1) Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n(2) NM2102 or NM2103 or NM2104.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: \r\n(1) Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in NM or 28MCs in GL or GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. \r\n(2) NM2101 or NM2103 or NM2104","Preclusion":"NM4101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4204","ModuleTitle":"Ethical Issues in Emergent Technologies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module will explore the prime ethical issues in an age where new media technologies are becoming increasingly ubiquitous. Central topics addressed will be privacy, surveillance, access, censorship, hacking, intellectual property, mediated identity, and digital rights. The question of how the concept of ethics has changed in the advent of the information society through humanist notions of technological instrumentalism, justice and dignity, and democracy, will be tackled as well. Through a strong focus on critical thinking, students will learn to engage with ethical ambivalences and controversies around everyday new media practices, as well as around the larger impact of communications processes and information technologies on society as a whole.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\n(Not applicable to SOC students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\n(For SOC students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.50.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\n(For SOC students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM4209","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Game Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This is an interactive media design capstone module that explores particular game design themes or issues. Students will learn relevant advanced theory and design practices relevant to a particular theme or genre, such as computer-supported cooperative play or persuasive games. The module includes a studio component that involves the analysis of existing games, as well as the design and evaluation of an original computer-based game.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\n(Not applicable to SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\n(For SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.50.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\n(Not applicable to SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\n(For SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4210","ModuleTitle":"User Experience Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This is an interactive media design capstone module that explores \"user experience design\" (UXD), where main concern is design and evaluation of overall quality of the interactive experience a person has when interacting with a product or a system. Students will learn relevant theory and design techniques as well as engage in sustained design and evaluation activities. Concepts introduced include user-centric design, desirability, affordance (real and perceived), emotion design -- as well as related concepts and insights from psychology, computer science, semiotics, and marketing research. The module includes a studio component that involves semester-long design and evaluation of original prototype.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\n(Not applicable to SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs , including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\n(For SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.50.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\n(Not applicable to SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs , including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\n(For SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM4219","ModuleTitle":"New Media in Health Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the impact of new media content in health communication, particularly theories and concepts about health behavior outcomes, and strategic use of media channels for interventions in an environment of user-generated media and blogs. It examines the implications for public health of profound changes in the media marketplace, including the shift from unidirectional, expert-controlled communication to consumer-initiated and interactive communication; the growth of social networking, and the proliferation of media sources. It focuses on how new media can be leveraged to build grassroots engagement, promote policy advocacy, and build environments that are supportive of healthy behavior change.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised nonlanguage modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM4221","ModuleTitle":"Writing for Health Communication and New Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to writing for health communication. Creating effective health messages is a critical process that equips the public with essential information to respond appropriately to health issues. Increasingly, health communicators are addressing audiences on new media platforms, using techniques that have transformed traditional writing practices. This advanced writing seminar will explicate the task of writing strategic health messages using new media. By the end of this course, students will know to write and design effective messages for health promotion and interventions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-7-2.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM4223","ModuleTitle":"New Media and Organizations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a broad understanding of organizational communication. It will examine the process of communication as individuals work, collaborate, build relationships, and influence each other within organizations. It will also explore the impact that new media has on communicative processes within organizations.  In this module, “organizations” include corporations, governments, non-profit organizations, religious groups, social movements, political parties, universities, communities, and families. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"2-1-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NM5213 and NM5213R","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4226","ModuleTitle":"Interactive Media Design Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Interactive entertainment, interactive art, and humancomputer interaction (HCI) design all deal with the ways in which people interact with technology. They\r\ndo so, however, from very different and often contradictory perspectives. This module explores the tensions at the intersection of these related approaches to thinking about, designing, and analyzing interactive media. Issues will be explored\r\nthrough a combination of case studies, theoretical discussions, and project work situated at the intersection of entertainment, art and HCI.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-5.5-4","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\n(Not applicable to SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\n(For SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.50.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\n(Not applicable to SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\n(For SOC/SDE/ENG students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4230","ModuleTitle":"Communication for Social Change","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module will discuss the foundation of participatory communication by challenging the modernization paradigm and the traditional communication\r\napproaches for social change that have been widely used by government agencies and for-profit and non-profit organizations. Examples include social marketing, behaviour change models, and entertainment education. This module aims to provide an overview of critical theories and to critically examine the role of collective learning, information sharing, public participation, and dialogue in designing, implementing, and evaluating communication strategies for social change. Students will have the opportunity to apply the\r\nparticipatory communication approach to conducting community-based projects and assessing its social impact.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4231","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Photographic and Video Storytelling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to deepen the knowledge of students who have foundational photographic and filmmaking storytelling experience. Students will obtain deeper conceptual understanding and technical skills in narrative storytelling elements such as story sequencing and visual exposition, lighting, style, production and editing. The culmination of the module will be a final\r\nportfolio project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-1-7.5-1","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or been on the Honours track.\r\nNM3230","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4238","ModuleTitle":"Software Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Software has worked its way in to almost every aspect of our lives. Code is not just neutral technology, but is subject to cultural, economic, and political interests. Similarly our cultural lives are profoundly influenced by software – by its development and dissemination (collaboration and open-source), how we work (the paperless office, outsourcing), communicate (friends networks), conduct transactions (bitcoins), enact subversion, its reflection of race and gender divisions, its expressive capabilities (new media art), and reconceptualization of knowledge in programmatic form. This course approaches software from the perspective of humanities and social sciences to critically examine the relationship and interdependencies between culture and software.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n(For SOC students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.50.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\r\n(For SOC students)\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"NM3238","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Each student is required to conduct an independent research project on an approved topic under the supervision of a faculty member.  The student may select a topic in any field of Communications and New Media.  The topic may entail a technical aspect of Communications and New Media or an aspect which explores the application of Communications and New Media to an area of the Humanities and Social Sciences.  The project will be submitted as an Honours Thesis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\n(1) Completed 110 MCs including 60 MCs of NM major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n(2) Pass NM4101 or NM4102\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\n(1) Completed 110 MCs including 44 MCs of NM major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n(2) Pass NM4101 or NM4102","Preclusion":"NM4660","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and Honours Coordinator's approvals of the written agreement are required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"NM4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4881A","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Media Studies: Social Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Social media is everywhere and is affecting many aspects of social, cultural, economic and political life. This module will allow students to explore advanced topics in the design, communication and impact of social media, while also encouraging them to experiment with real social media platforms before and during each class. There is no need for prior experience with social media or social network sites to successfully complete this module. The emphasis will be on the analysis of contemporary social media practice and the design of social media platforms. The pedagogical focus will be on learning by doing and theory-informed design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM4881C","ModuleTitle":"Critical Theory and Cultural Studies in New Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce students to the theoretical foundations of cultural studies, examining popular culture, media audiences, consumer culture, and communication practices in new media contexts. The course will offer an overview of the different approaches to cultural analysis, with an emphasis on the ways in which culture runs through the practices of production, circulation, and reception of new media.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM or 28 MCs in GL or GL\r\nrecognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.2 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"NM4881E","ModuleTitle":"Photography, Visual Rhetoric, and Public Culture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Scholarship in rhetorical and media studies has investigated photography’s role in influencing audiences’ attitudes towards issues requiring public response, such as environmental harm, social injustice, and military conflict. These photographs are rhetorical, making persuasive appeals to activate audiences to address such problems. This course examines questions that can be raised about the political, ethical, and persuasive power of such photos: are they objective documents or misleading propaganda? Do they unite audiences through sympathy or disempower them through compassion fatigue? What ethical responsibilities do photographers have toward their subjects? And how have citizens employed images to make their own public arguments?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012 onwards:\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4883D","ModuleTitle":"New Media Production and Public Engagement","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module will train students in the theory and practice of production processes to create new media platforms for public engagement based on an immersive project in collaboration with an industry partner. The module provides guided practice in creating, designing and running an online public engagement platform, producing editorial and video content driven by user engagement. It aims to expose students to the practices of creating editorials, writing commentaries, producing news content and developing digital engagement platforms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs and obtain a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM4883G","ModuleTitle":"Financial Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"The module examines the nature, practices and framework of financial communication.  With an emphasis on analysis of financial markets, it outlines the communication strategies for addressing financial issues and addressing finance publics.  Focusing on the role of framing, relationship building, relationship management, and agenda setting, it examines the nuts and bolts of financial communication, the challenges and problems financial communicators work with, and the communication strategies for addressing these problems.  Emphasis will be placed on analysing investors, developing strategies for communicating financial products, financial news writing and media relations, and financial crisis response strategies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012 onwards:\n(1) Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in NM or 28MCs in GL/GL\nrecognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or\nbe on the Honours track.\n(2) NM2219","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM5201","ModuleTitle":"State and Civil Society in the Information Age","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module will expose students to advanced topics in state-society relationship and governance within the context of rapid changes in information and communication technologies (ICTs). It addresses how the notions of `community', 'citizenship', and 'democracy' have been changed by the creation of a transnational public sphere due to ICTs. The module will also address how the emergence of an informational economy changes the role of the state, especially in terms of preparing society for the challenges ahead. Works of John Urry, Manuel Castells, Bob Jessop, Frank Webster and David Lyon, among others, will be discussed and critiqued.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IF4880A, IF5201","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM5201R","ModuleTitle":"State and Civil Society in the Information Age","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"State and Civil Society in the Information Age","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"(a) For CNM major who has accumulated 120 MCs\r\n(b) For CNM, FASS, and SoC graduate students.","Preclusion":"IF4880A, IF5201","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM5205","ModuleTitle":"Cognition and Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce important theories on how people process information from the media and how media affects individuals. Based on empirical social science research, this course will examine the effects of mass media on user’s cognition, attitude, and behaviour. While the focus of the course will be on how media, both traditional and new media, affects individual users, the effects of mass media on groups and society will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM5205R","ModuleTitle":"Cognition and Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce important theories on how people process information from the media and how media affects individuals. Based on empirical social science research, this course will examine the effects of mass media on user’s cognition, attitude, and behaviour. While the focus of the course will be on how media, both traditional and new media, affects individual users, the effects of mass media on groups and society will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"For CNM major who has accumulated 120 MCs.\r\nFor CNM, FASS, and SoC graduate students","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NM5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Communications and New Media in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IF5660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NM6103","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Research Methods in Communications and New Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This course will prepare graduate students for their thesis  writing by  delving  into  selected quantitative research  methods  in  depth  in  the  area  of communications and new media. Students will have hands-on experience in developing their own research agenda, designing methodologies and conducting independent research work. It will give an  introduction  to  a  variety  of  quantitative  and research  methods  including  survey  research, experimental  design,  content  analysis,  and  social network  analysis.  Students will also learn how to analyse empirical data using appropriate statistics and analytical tools.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"NM6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Communications and New Media in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IF6660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR1107A","ModuleTitle":"Nursing Practice Experience 1.1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module enables students to integrate theory and clinical knowledge in caring for patients with alterations  in cardiovascular and respiratory functions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-80-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NUR1107 Clinical Practicum 1.1","Corequisite":"NUR1114 Fundamentals of Nursing"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR1118","ModuleTitle":"Anatomy and Physiology II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module will develop knowledge and understanding of the normal structure and function of the human body. Following an introduction to the basic principles of anatomy and physiology, learning will take a ‘cell to organ-systems’ approach to guide students learning. Body systems covered include: reproductive, human development, genes and inheritance, digestive, urinary, musculoskeletal, nervous including special senses. Knowledge of these systems is fundamental to, and underpins, the nursing practice modules including Medical/Surgical Nursing I in Year 1 Semester 2.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-1-0-5","Prerequisite":"NUR1117 Anatomy and Physiology I","Preclusion":"AY1104 Anatomy\r\nPY1105 Physiology I\r\nPY1106 Physiology II","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR1119","ModuleTitle":"Medical-Surgical Nursing I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the therapeutic management of patients with alterations in cardiovascular, respiratory, hematological, endocrine, visual and dermatological function. It equips students with knowledge and skills to provide safe care to meet the needs of patients in medical and surgical settings.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-2-2-3","Prerequisite":"NUR1114 Fundamentals of Nursing to replace existing pre-requisite of NUR1108.","Preclusion":"NUR2114 Medical/Surgical Nursing is precluded.","Corequisite":"NUR1120 Comprehensive Health Assessment to replace existing co-requisites of NUR2106 and NUR2117."},{"ModuleCode":"NUR1120","ModuleTitle":"Comprehensive Health Assessment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"Providing a holistic framework for contemporary nursing practice, the module encourages students to use critical thinking and problem solving skills to apply knowledge and skills of comprehensive health assessment to diverse clinical situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-3-2-4","Prerequisite":"NUR1118 Anatomy and Physiology II is removed.","Preclusion":"NUR2115 Comprehensive Health Assessment is precluded.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR1121","ModuleTitle":"Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurses I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module will focus on developing knowledge in both pathophysiology and pharmacology relevant for nursing practice. Students will gain an understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management of some major disease states or disturbances in homeostasis. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding in the principles of drug action and the application of these principles to the different drugs discussed in disease management within this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NUR2117 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I is precluded.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR2121","ModuleTitle":"Maternal and Child Health Nursing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on normal pregnancy and childbirth; and normal growth and development of infants, children and adolescents. It also includes collaborative medical and nursing management for patients with alteration in reproductive function; and infants, children and adolescents with alterations in health status. It also introduces students to medication administration.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-2-0-5","Prerequisite":"NUR1114 Fundamentals of Nursing","Preclusion":"NUR1115 Maternal and Child Health Nursing","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR2122","ModuleTitle":"Psychology for Nurses","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This introductory module aims to provide health professionals with an understanding of psychological concepts underpinning health, illness and well being. It explores the foundations of health and behavior, factors affecting health and behavior, psychophysiological aspects of health, and prevention of illness and promotion of health.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NUR1116","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR3116A","ModuleTitle":"Transition to Professional Practice Experience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-0-0-400-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NUR3116 Transition-to-Practice is precluded.","Corequisite":"NUR3118 Consolidated Clinical Simulation Nursing Practice is now a co-requisite."},{"ModuleCode":"NUR3118","ModuleTitle":"Consolidated Clinical Simulation Nursing Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to assist students to make a successful\ntransition into the practice environment as a registered\nnurse. A multi-mode simulation will be used in order to\npresent a realistic clinical environment. Multiple scenarios\nwill be incorporated into the simulation sessions to\nsimulate a series of clinical situations. Students are\nrequired to demonstrate their core competencies\nassociated with the care of the simulated patients.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"0-1-3-2.5-1","Prerequisite":"NUR3105A Nursing Practice Experience 3.1","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"NUR3114 Leadership and Management NUR3116A Transition to Professional Practice Experience"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR4101","ModuleTitle":"Evidence-based Health Care Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with the knowledge and skills on how to change their practice based on up-to-date evidence-based practice. It will also challenge students to critically appraise the literature to provide the information needed to answer specific clinical questions. Major topics covered include qualitative and quantitative systematic review processes, models of evidence-based implementation, barriers to implementation and strategies to overcome these barriers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-2-0-8-8","Prerequisite":"NUR3109","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR4102A","ModuleTitle":"Consolidated Clinical Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module conducted over two semesters enables students to integrate theory and clinical knowledge through experience in the clinical setting. Students will focus on planning, implementing and evaluating care using evidence based practice in their selected area of interest.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-160-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NUR4102","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR4103A","ModuleTitle":"Applied Research Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the grounding for students to apply research in nursing. Major topics include an introduction to research; framing a research question; collection and analysis of quantitative data, qualitative data collection and analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-4-0-4-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NUR4103 Applied Research Methods is precluded","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR4104","ModuleTitle":"Honours Project in Nursing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"In this module, the student draws together the clinical experiences, theoretical knowledge and research skills gained through the programme to conduct a supervised research project. The student will design a research project (protocol), apply for ethical approval, and undertake a clinically focused research project under the supervision of an academic staff member and a clinical advisor.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe student will undertake a clinically focussed, six month research project under the supervision of an academic staff member and clinical advisor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"0-2-0-18-20","Prerequisite":"Module codes of Consolidated Clinical Practicum and Applied Research Methods will be updated to NUR4102A and NUR4103A respectively.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5002","ModuleTitle":"Statistics for Health Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an overview of descriptive and inferential statistics used in health care research. Emphasis is placed on how and when to use statistical techniques as well as interpretation of statistics. Computer applications also are explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5003","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This elective module involves an individual programme of study undertaken in conjunction with an overseas university with which NUS has a signed collaborative agreement. Students will be expected to use the visit to the overseas host institution to build networks and ascertain similarities and differences in health care practices, models of service delivery, and policies between Singapore and the host country. The minimum placement will be two consecutive weeks. On return to Singapore students will present an oral seminar on outcomes of the visit and write a 2000 word critical review of key issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-5-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5009","ModuleTitle":"Principles & Practice of Palliative Care","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with an understanding of the philosophy, principles, goals and development of palliative care. It will also enhance the cognitive, affective and psychomotor abilities of students in the provision of\r\nholistic care to patients and families with life-threatening disease.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5013","ModuleTitle":"Grant Writing and Writing for Publications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide students a practical approach in appraising the process, steps and rigor in academic writing; grant writing and writing for publications. It will enable students to draft funding proposals for their graduate\r\nstudies, and draft manuscripts for publications. The topics include principles of academic writing, common problems in academic writing, and good style in academic writing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5101","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide a thorough understanding of health assessment and to develop advanced skills in performing history taking and physical examination. These skills are essential for diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making. Principles and techniques from the physical, health, and behavioural sciences are utilised to obtain health assessment data and make differential diagnoses and subsequently, the final diagnosis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-0-6-0-11","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"Advanced Pathophysiology"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5102","ModuleTitle":"Applied Pathophysiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to provide a comprehensive, scientific basis for the assessment, evaluation and advanced nursing management of processes resulting form the manifestation of disease. A brief review of normal anatomy and physiology will be included, however, if should be noted this is an advanced module. Emphasis will be on the pathophysiology of selected disorders and diseases as examples of alterations of body systems when normal anatomy and physiology are impaired.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NUR5101 Advanced Health Assessment"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5203","ModuleTitle":"Evidence-based Healthcare","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with the theoretical underpinnings of evidence-based practice. It explores different levels of evidence, importance of critical analysis of evidence, understanding the processes of locating evidence, and leading practice changes, based on best evidence. Students will learn to evaluate, integrate and implement best evidence into nursing practice to achieve better patient outcomes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"1-2-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5207","ModuleTitle":"Ethics in Healthcare","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5301","ModuleTitle":"Approaches to Clinical Symptom","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module emphasis on clinical approaches for the common clinical symptoms, signs and abnormal laboratory results.  Students can utilise the knowledge and skills learnt from advanced health assessment and pathophysiology to identify the common causes of the presented clinical problems, as well as to recognise the “red flag” during the evaluation and initiate the appropriate immediate investigations and specific managements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5303","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Primary and Community Care (Adult Health)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge in the specialty area of primary and community care in order to manage patients either independently or collaboratively in consultation with other healthcare professionals.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"NUR5101 Advanced Health Assessment\nNUR5102 Applied Pathophysiology\nNUR5301 Approaches to Clinical Symptoms and Signs\nNUR5302 Advanced Gerontological Nursing (Adult Health)\nNUR5011 Clinical Pharmacology I","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5311","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Practicum I (AH, AC & MH)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module allows the students make connection between their theory learning and clinical practicum. The students will apply the skills of history taking, physical examination, and clinical decision into the clinical practice, therefore exercise their ability to formulate appropriate clinical diagnoses, order and interpret common investigations with rationale, as well as work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to develop plan of care based on the evidence based practice. The clinical practicum will reinforce the clinical and professional competencies as required by Singapore Nursing Board (SNB).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5312","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Practicum II (AH, AC & MH)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This is a continuous practicum module of Clinical Practicum I. It allows the students continue their clinical practicum to achieve the clinical learning outcome. At the end of this clinical practicum module, the students need to demonstrate their clinical competencies by successful pass through the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"NUR5101 Advanced Health Assessment\nNUR5102 Applied Pathophysiology\nNUR5301 Approaches to Clinical Symptoms and Signs\nNUR5311 Clinical practicum 1 (AH, AC & MH)","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5402","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Psychosocial Interventions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide the conceptual and theoretical foundations of selected psychosocial interventions in the management of individuals with mental health problems/disorders across life span. Major emphases are on individual, group, and family interventions. Stress management and motivational interviewing are included.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NUR5301 Approaches to Clinical Symptoms and Signs\nNUR5401 Advanced Psychopathology","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5602","ModuleTitle":"Applied Pathophysiology (Paediatrics)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to provide a comprehensive, scientific basis for the assessment, evaluation and advanced nursing management of processes resulting from the manifestation of disease. A review of normal anatomy and physiology will be included, however, emphasis will be on the applied pathophysiology adopting an introductory, system-based approach utilising general physiological principles and evaluation of treatment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"NUR5601"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5606","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Primary and Community Care for Paediatrics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge and competencies in the collaborative management of children in the primary and community setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NUR5601 Advanced Health Assessment (Paediatrics)","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NUR5602 Applied Pathophysiology (Paediatrics)"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5608","ModuleTitle":"Management of the Acute Paediatric Patients","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide the Advanced Practice Nurse with exposure to the integrated care of critically ill pediatric and neonatal patients. The Advanced Practice Nurse can utilise the knowledge and skills learnt to identify and assist with the initial stabilisation of the critically ill child and neonate as well as continued management of the child in Critical Care setting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"NUR5601 Advanced Health Assessment (Paediatrics)\r\nNUR5602 Applied Pathophysiology (Paediatrics)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5611","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Practicum I (PAED)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"The module aims for students to implement advanced practice skills in patient/family assessment, develop and implement a management plan and evaluate the plan’s effectiveness. Care of paediatric patients with approaches to symptoms (SNB developmental milestone for paediatric APN internship) within 3 care settings:\r\n- General paediatric medical and/or surgical wards on acute management\r\n- Emergency care on triaging/early assessment\r\n- Critical care on interventions, resuscitation and stabilization of the critically ill patients. \r\nAspects of health promotion and maintenance appropriate to these patients and families will also be emphasized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"NUR5601 and NUR5602"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR5612","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Practicum II (Paediatrics)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"The module aims for students to implement advanced practice skills in patient/family assessment, develop and implement a management plan and evaluate the plan’s effectiveness. Care of paediatric patients with approaches to symptoms (SNB developmental milestone for paediatric APN internship) in the setting of general paediatric medical and/or surgical wards. Health promotion, health protection, and health restoration appropriate to these patients and families will be emphasized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"NUR5601 Advanced Health Assessment (Paediatrics)\nNUR5602 Advanced Pathophysiology (Paediatrics)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR6001","ModuleTitle":"Graduate Research Seminar","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with opportunities to gain and apply the knowledge and  skills needed to understand the research process, prepare for the written components of a PhD thesis, and present research findings in a professional forum. Content is broad and provides students with independent elements of  study (attendance at a series of seminars of the students choosing) as well as structured sessions and guidance to produce a PhD research proposal and obtain ethical approval, and opportunities to present preliminary work.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"NUR6003","ModuleTitle":"Research Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module will spread over two semesters providing students with the opportunity of analysing the processes involved in nursing research and evaluating different research methodologies. It will enable students to develop\r\na research proposal for their graduate studies. The topics include quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods research designs, methods of sampling and sample size planning, data collection as well as methods of quantitative\r\nand qualitative data analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"4-2-0-0-14","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"NUR6005","ModuleTitle":"Measurement Theory and Instrument Validation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"NURSING/ALICE LEE CTR FOR NURSING STUD","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an overview of the psychometric measurement theory and the best practice in measurement. The module will cover the topics of essential concepts of measurement, essential tools and characteristics of\r\npsychological measurement, development and validation of instrument, and application of measurement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5001","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module involves independent study over two semesters, on a topic in Offshore Technology approved by the Programme Management Committee. The work may relate to a comprehensive literature survey, and critical evaluation and analysis, design feasibility study, case study, minor research project or a combination.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"OT5001A & OT5001B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5001A","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module: Subsea Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module involves independent study over two semesters, on a topic related to subsea engineering in Offshore Technology approved by the Programme Management Committee. The work may relate to a comprehensive literature survey, and critical evaluation and analysis, design feasibility study, case study, minor research project or a combination.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"OT5001 & OT5001B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5001B","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module: Petroleum Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module involves independent study over two semesters, on a topic related to petroleum engineering in Offshore Technology approved by the Programme\r\nManagement Committee. The work may relate to a comprehensive literature survey, and critical evaluation and analysis, design feasibility study, case study, minor research project or a combination.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"OT5001 & OT5001A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5203","ModuleTitle":"Design of Floating Structures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is concerned with the design of floating offshore structures and elements. Floating structures dealt with in this module include semi-submersibles, FPSOs, spar platforms, floating jack-up structures and elements such as reinforced (hull) plating and mooring turntables. The important design parameters for floating structures will be highlighted. Also covered are the methods of analysis and criteria in design such as wave loading and motion in waves, floating stability, (dynamic) positioning, structural strength and fatigue. Safety assessment and codes in relation to design will also be treated.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"OT5201 Marine Statics and Dynamics (as of AY2011/12 onwards) or an equivalent, or CE5887 Topics in Offshore Engineering: Marine Statics & Dynamics (in AY2010/2011)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5204","ModuleTitle":"Moorings & Risers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module will cover various mooring and riser systems; hydrodynamics and vortex-induced vibrations; moored object dynamics; design of deepwater moorings and risers; design codes and criteria; material selection; fatigue and structural intergrity; offshore installation and practical applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"CE5307 or OT5201","Preclusion":"N/A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5205","ModuleTitle":"Offshore Pipelines","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module is concerned with the design, fabrication, installation and operations of offshore pipelines. Students will be learn advanced concepts on various aspects of offshore pipelines, 16 including material selection; loads; hydrodynamic and on-bottom stability; collapse & buckling; pipeline design & evaluation; fabrication; installation methods and controls; pipeline operations; risk and safety","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CE4 standing","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5206","ModuleTitle":"Offshore Foundations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is concerned with the analysis and design of foundations for offshore structures. Students will learn the principles, concepts and design considerations that are peculiar to the offshore environment. The major topics covered include: offshore design considerations; foundations for jack-up rigs and offshore gravity platforms; offshore pile foundations installation, analysis and design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CE2112 Basic Undergraduate Soil Mechanics","Preclusion":"TCE5206","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5301","ModuleTitle":"Subsea Systems Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for persons interested in the subsea systems engineering in offshore oil and gas production. Its contents are focused on giving an overview and understanding of subsea systems employed in the\r\nsubsea production and processing of oil & gas. Contents to cover subsea systems, equipment and their architecture, offshore exploration, drilling, well completion, subsea processing of oil & gas, subsea control systems, flowline,\r\npipline and risers, etc. A structured programme of lectures, seminars, term papers, mini-projects and a final examination are included in this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"OT5403B","ModuleTitle":"Downhole Measurements for Petroleum Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Together with OT5403A, this module introduces the commonly used downhole measurements of petroleum reservoirs. The module will cover electrical, acoustic, nuclear, NMR, and seismic measurements. The module will cover the physics, hardware, data processing and interpretation of each kind of measurement. Both wireline and Logging While Drilling measurements will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-0.5-3.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5406A","ModuleTitle":"Petroleum Production Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module will cover basic concepts of Petroleum Production Systems including inflow-outflow, skin concept, production from undersaturated oil reservoirs two-phase reservoirs and natural gas reservoirs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-0.5-3.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5407","ModuleTitle":"Petroleum Geomechanics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course will provide basic as well as advanced concepts related to Geomechanics and Rock Mechanics issues in the exploitation of Oil and Gas Petroleum. Topics covered will include: 1) Fundamentals of Petroleum Geomechanics, with review of rock strain and stress, impact of fluid pressure; Rock deformation and failure; deformation of natural fractures and stresses in\r\ndepth earth. 2) Rock mechanical characterisation, from laboratory core testing to field data collection. 3) Key subsurface processes involving the principles of\r\nGeomechanics – borehole stability while drilling, predicting rock failure behaviour during production, analysis of reservoir compaction and subsidence,\r\nmechanics of injection from hydraulic fracturing in unconventional resources to waterflooding in deep water reservoirs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5883B","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Petroleum Engineering: Petroleum Reservoir","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module will cover the fundamental of petroleum reservoir engineering which is a foundational subject for petroleum engineering. Topics cover will include primary and secondary recovery and decline curve analysis of conventional reservoirs. Students will learn to use the state-of-the-art petroleum softwares on material balance and reservoir simulation. In addition, the module will highlight the reservoir engineering aspects of unconventional reservoirs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"OT5883C","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Petroleum Engineering: Geophysical Inverse methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the theory and applications for inverse problems in geophysical imaging, with a strong emphasis on the practical aspects and hands-on experiments. Topics include linear and nonlinear inversion, constrained and\nunconstrained inversion, convex and nonconvex inversion, deterministic and stochastic inversion techniques. It is intended for students to gain knowledge and use of inversion techniques for applications in geophysical imaging and general engineering context.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"Basic programming and mathematics are required.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PA1113","ModuleTitle":"Basic Pharmacology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHARMACOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This is a team-taught module that aims to prepare pharmacy students with the fundamental principles in how drugs influence human body and how human body handles these agents. These principles are key to introducing system pharmacology here which includes major topics: autonomic, corticosteroid, steroid hormone and immune-pharmacology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"6-2-4-0-2","Prerequisite":"AY1130","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"PY1131"},{"ModuleCode":"PC1141","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Classical Mechanics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module presents the fundamental principles of classical mechanics. It covers such topics as kinematics, Galilean transformation, Newton's laws of motion, dynamics of a particle with generalization to many particle systems, conservation laws, collisions, angular momentum and torque, motion of a rigid body, gravitation and planetary motion, static equilibrium, oscillatory motion and vibrational modes, waves, Doppler's effect and fluid mechanics. The module also has a practical component consisting of five experiments designed to enhance students' understanding of some of the concepts discussed in lectures. This module is targeted at science students who wish to acquire a working knowledge of mechanics, and is an essential for physics majors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-1.5-2-3","Prerequisite":"‘A' level or H2 pass in Physics or PC1221/PC1221FC/PC1221X & PC1222/PC1222X","Preclusion":"STUDENTS WHO HAVE PASSED PC1431 OR PC1431FC or PC1431X OR PC1433 ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE THIS MODULE.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1143","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Electricity & Magnetism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the fundamentals of electricity and magnetism: electric fields, electric flux and Gauss's law, electric potential; capacitance, dielectrics, current and resistance; DC circuits; magnetic fields, magnetic effect of currents, Ampere's law, electromagnetic induction; AC circuits; magnetism in matter; electromagnetic waves. The module also has a practical component consisting of five experiments designed to enhance students' understanding of some of the concepts discussed in lectures. This module is targeted at science students who wish to acquire a working knowledge in electricity and magnetism, and is an essential for physics majors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-1.5-2-3","Prerequisite":"‘A' level or H2 pass in Physics or PC1221/PC1221FC/PC1221X & PC1222/PC1222X","Preclusion":"Students who have passed PC1432/PC1432X are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1144","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Modern Physics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the ideas of modern physics to students, with an emphasis on conceptual understanding. Topics covered are a) Einstein's theory of special relativity, including time dilation, length contraction, and his famous equation E=mc2, b) Quantum physics, where the observed phenomena of black body radiation, the photoelectric effect and Compton scattering, leading to the quantization of angular momentum and energy, atomic transitions and atomic spectra, c) Introduction to quantum mechanics, introducing the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, wave-mechanics and wave particle duality, and the use of wavefunctions in predicting the behaviour of particles trapped in potential wells, d) Nuclear physics, introducing radioactivity and decay processes, nuclear interaction and binding energy, fission and fusion, and e) Sub-atomic elementary particles and their classification. The module is targeted at science students who are interested in learning about the more recent developments in physics, and is an essential for physics majors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-1.5-2-3","Prerequisite":"‘A' level or H2 pass in Physics or PC1221/PC1221FC/PC1221X & PC1222/PC1222X","Preclusion":"Students who have passed PC1432/PC1432X are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1221","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Physics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to bridge the gap between O level physics and 1st year university physics level. The module covers the fundamentals of two branches of physics: mechanics and thermodynamics. Topics included in the part on mechanics are linear motion, curvilinear motion, relative motion, circular motion, Newtons laws of motion, work and energy, conservation of energy, linear momentum and conservation, rotational kinematics, torque and moment of inertia, rotational dynamics, conservation of angular momentum, gravitation and planetary motion, static equilibrium, oscillatory motion and fluid mechanics. The part on thermodynamics encompasses topics such as temperature and zeroth law of thermodynamics, temperature scales, thermal expansion, heat and internal energy, thermal processes, first law of thermodynamics, ideal gas laws and kinetic theory of gasses.  .","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-1.5-2-3","Prerequisite":"'O' level pass in Physics or Combined Science (Physics & Chemistry OR Physics & Biology).","Preclusion":"A' LEVEL OR H2 PASS IN PHYSICS OR PC1141, OR PC1142 OR PC1431 OR PC1431FC or PC1431X OR PC1221FC or PC1221X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1221X","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Physics 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to bridge the gap between O level physics and 1st year university physics level. The module covers the fundamentals of two branches of physics: mechanics and thermodynamics. Topics included in the part on mechanics are linear motion, curvilinear motion, relative motion, circular motion, Newtons laws of motion, work and energy, conservation of energy, linear momentum and conservation, rotational kinematics, torque and moment of inertia, rotational dynamics, conservation of angular momentum, gravitation and planetary motion, static equilibrium, oscillatory motion and fluid mechanics. The part on thermodynamics encompasses topics such as temperature and zeroth law of thermodynamics, temperature scales, thermal expansion, heat and internal energy, thermal processes, first law of thermodynamics, ideal gas laws and kinetic theory of gasses.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-1.5-1.5-3","Prerequisite":"'O' level pass in Physics or Combined Science (Physics & Chemistry OR Physics & Biology) or its equivalent","Preclusion":"A' level or H2 pass in Physics or PC1141, or PC1142 or PC1431 or PC1431FC or PC1431X or PC1221 or PC1221FC","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1222","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Physics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to bridge the gap between O level Physics and first year university physics level. The module covers the fundamentals of three branches of physics: electricity &amp; magnetism, optics and modern physics. Topics included in the part on electricity &amp; magnetism are Coulombs law, electric field and potential, capacitance, current and resistance, DC circuits, magnetic fields, magnetic effects on current, electromagnetic induction, AC circuits and electromagnetic waves. The part on optics encompasses topics such as reflection and refraction, systems of lenses, optical instruments, interference, diffraction, grating and polarization. Topics covered in the part on modern physics are blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, atomic transitions and spectra, the uncertainty principle, wave-particle duality, radioactivity and decay processes, binding energy and fusion energy and fusion &amp; fission.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-2-3","Prerequisite":"'O' level pass in Physics or Combined Science (Physics & Chemistry OR Physics & Biology).","Preclusion":"'A' Level OR H2 Pass in Physics or PC1143, or PC1144 or PC1432/PC1432X","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1222X","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Physics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to bridge the gap between O level Physics and first year university physics level. The module covers the fundamentals of three branches of physics: electricity & magnetism, optics and modern physics. Topics included in the part on electricity & magnetism are Coulombs law, electric field and potential, capacitance, current and resistance, DC circuits, magnetic fields, magnetic effects on current, electromagnetic induction, and electromagnetic waves. The part on optics encompasses topics such as reflection and refraction, systems of lenses, optical instruments, interference, diffraction, grating and polarization. Topics covered in the part on modern physics are blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, atomic transitions and spectra, the uncertainty principle, wave-particle duality, radioactivity and decay processes, binding energy and fusion energy and fusion & fission.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-1.5-1.5-3","Prerequisite":"'O' level pass in Physics or Combined Science (Physics & Chemistry OR Physics & Biology) or its equivalent","Preclusion":"'A' level or H2 pass in Physics or PC1222 or PC1143, or PC1144 or PC1432 or PC1432X","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PC1322","ModuleTitle":"Understanding the Universe","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The first part of the module covers the observations of celestial objects and their influences on the ancient cultures. Students will learn how calendars and astrology were developed, and how the fundamental laws of nature were discovered. The second part covers the use of telescopes and space missions to explore the universe. Discoveries of stars and galaxies and their impact on mankind's perceptions of the Universe will be explored. Students will learn how Earth formed as a planet that develops and sustains life. There will be a discussion on the latest developments in searching for Earth-like extraterrestrial objects, and explore their impacts on the societies.","CrossModule":"GEK1520","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"GEH1031. Students majoring in Physics are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1431","ModuleTitle":"Physics IE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module is designed to provide a clear and logical introduction to the concepts and principles of mechanics and thermodynamics, with illustrations based on applications to the real world. Topics covered include motion in one dimension; curvilinear motion; circular motion; relative motion; Newton's laws; friction; work and energy; conservative forces, conservation of energy; linear momentum and conservation, collisions; rotational kinematics; moment of inertia and torque; rotational dynamics; conservation of angular momentum; gravitational force, field and potential energy; planetary motion; temperature and the zeroth law, temperature scales; thermal expansion of solids and liquids; heat and internal energy, specific heat capacities, enthalpy and latent heat, work for ideal gases, first law of thermodynamics; equipartition of energy, mean free path; entropy and the second law, heat engines; entropy changes for reversible and irreversible processes. The module is targeted essentially at Engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-2-4","Prerequisite":"Students from FOE (i.e. Civil Eng, Environmental Eng, Common Engineering, Mechanical Eng, Bioengineering, Industrial & Systems Eng and Material Science & Eng) with ‘A’ level or H2 pass in Physics; or 'A' level or H2 pass in Physics; or PC1221/PC1221FC/PC1221X & PC1222/PC1222X","Preclusion":"Students majoring in Physics or students who have passed in PC1141 or PC1142 or PC1433 or PC1431FC or PC1431X are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1431X","ModuleTitle":"Physics IE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module is designed to provide a clear and logical introduction to the concepts and principles of mechanics and thermodynamics, with illustrations based on applications to the real world. Topics covered include motion in one dimension; curvilinear motion; circular motion; relative motion; Newton's laws; friction; work and energy; conservative forces, conservation of energy; linear momentum and conservation, collisions; rotational kinematics; moment of inertia and torque; rotational dynamics; conservation of angular momentum; temperature and the zeroth law, temperature scales; heat and internal energy, specific heat capacities, work for ideal gases, first law of thermodynamics; equipartition of energy, entropy and the second law, heat engines; entropy changes for reversible and irreversible processes. The module is targeted essentially at Engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-1-3","Prerequisite":"Students from FOE (i.e. Civil Eng, Environmental Eng,  Common Engineering, Mechanical Eng, Bioengineering, Industrial & Systems Eng and Material Science & Eng) with ‘A’ level or H2 pass in Physics; or 'A' level or H2 pass in Physics","Preclusion":"Students majoring in Physics. Students must not have passed PC1431 or PC1431FC.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1432","ModuleTitle":"Physics IIE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces fundamental concepts of physics and is illustrated with many practical examples. Topics covered include a) Electricity and magnetism, where the basic concepts of electric and magnetic fields, forces on charged particles, electric potential, electromotive force, work and energy, are described. The properties of basic electrical circuits comprising resistors, inductors and capacitors are discussed, along with analysis of their transient and steady-state behaviour. Understanding the role of Maxwell's equations in electromagnetism is emphasized; b) Waves, introducing properties of waves, including geometric optics, propagation, interference and diffraction, and electromagnetic waves; and c) Quantum physics, where new physics concepts which led to the quantization of energy are introduced, leading to an explanation of atomic transitions, atomic spectra and the physical and the chemical properties of the atom. The uncertainty principle, wave-mechanics and wave particle duality concepts are covered, together with the use of wavefunctions in predicting the behaviour of trapped particles. The module is targeted essentially at Engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-2-4","Prerequisite":"Students from FOE ( i.e. Computer Eng, Common Engineering, Bioengineering, Industrial & Systems Eng and Material Science & Eng) with ‘A’ level or H2 pass in Physics; or 'A' level or H2 pass in Physics; or PC1221/PC1221FC/PC1221X & PC1222/PC1222X","Preclusion":"Students majoring in Physics or students who have passed in PC1143 or PC1144 or PC1432X are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC1432X","ModuleTitle":"Physics IIE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces fundamental concepts of physics and is illustrated with many practical examples. Topics covered include a) Electricity and magnetism, where the basic concepts of electric and magnetic fields, forces on charged particles, electric potential, electromotive force, work and energy, are described. The properties of basic electrical circuits comprising resistors, inductors and capacitors are discussed, along with analysis of their transient and steady-state behaviour. Understanding the role of Maxwell's equations in electromagnetism is emphasized; b) Waves, introducing properties of waves, including geometric optics, propagation, interference and diffraction, and electromagnetic waves; and c) Quantum physics, where new physics concepts which led to the quantization of energy are introduced, leading to an explanation of atomic transitions, atomic spectra and the physical and the chemical properties of the atom. The uncertainty principle, wave-mechanics and wave particle duality concepts are covered, together with the use of wave functions in predicting the behaviour of trapped particles. The module is targeted essentially at Engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-2-4","Prerequisite":"Students from FOE ( i.e. Computer Eng, Common\nEngineering, Bioengineering, Industrial & Systems Eng and Material Science & Eng) with ‘A’ level or H2 pass in Physics; or 'A' level or H2 pass in Physics; or PC1221/PC1221FC/PC1221X & PC1222/PC1222X","Preclusion":"Students majoring in Physics or students who have passed in PC1143 or PC1144 or PC1432 are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC2130","ModuleTitle":"Quantum Mechanics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a rigorous introduction to quantum mechanics. It covers the following list of topics: Description of quantum systems: Hilbert space; observables, eigenfunctions, the statistical interpretation, the uncertainty relations; pure and mixed states using “density matrices” and the Dirac\r\nnotation. Two-level systems are discussed as an example, considering Stern-Gerlach interferometer. Then the Schrödinger equation and stationary states are discussed, using the free particle, the square well, barriers and the harmonic oscillator as examples. Furthermore, problems in three dimensions are discussed: spin and orbital angular momentum; the Schrödinger equation in spherical coordinates; the hydrogen atom and the addition of angular momenta","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Students who have either passed (PC1144 or PC1432/PC1432X) and either (MA1505 and MA1506) or (MA1101R and MA1102R) or equivalent.","Preclusion":"Students who have passed PC2130B are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC2130B","ModuleTitle":"Applied Quantum Physics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Introductory aspects of quantum physics. Two state quantum systems. The wave function and Schrodinger equation. Quantum harmonic oscillator; hydrogen atom; spherical harmonics. Atomic spectra. Scattering theory. Applications such as semiconductors, lasers, quantum dots and wires.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-0.5-6","Prerequisite":"Students who passed one of the following modules. PC1144 or PC1432/PC1432X or PC1433","Preclusion":"Students who passed PC2130 cannot take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC2133","ModuleTitle":"Applied Solid State Physics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Structure of solids, practical determination of structure, elasticity, phonons and latticevibration; thermal propertire of insulators, free electron gas; semiconductor crystals. Transport properties.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed either PC1144 or PC1433.","Preclusion":"Students who have passed PC3235 are not allowed to take PC2133","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC2193","ModuleTitle":"Experimental Physics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a comprehensive training of both experimental and analytical skills in mechanics, thermal physics, electronics, magnetism, nuclear physics, semiconductors, optics and lasers. In particular, emphasis is placed on the measurement skill that will be required in the industries of semiconductors, optical communications and life sciences. While this module is mainly targeted at physics majors, it is also suitable for science and engineering students who are interested in a career in the above-mentioned industries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-6-1-3","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed one of these modules PC1141, PC1142, PC1143, PC1144, PC1431, PC1431FC, PC1431X, PC1432/PC1432X or PC1433.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC2230","ModuleTitle":"Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introductory course in statistical and thermal physics, and is a prerequisite to advanced statistical mechanics. The topics to be covered include: mathematical background, laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamics functions, chemical equilibrium and phase transitions, kinetic theory, postulates of statistical mechanics, independent particle approach of statistical mechanics, basic distributions, ideal gases, paramagnetism, equipartition theorem, etc.  Science and engineering students with a background knowledge of general physics are the targeted students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"PC1142, PC1144, PC1431, PC1431FC, PC1431X or PC1433 and MA1505 or MA1507","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC2232","ModuleTitle":"Physics for Electrical Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This 2000 level module is designed to give students an indepth grounding in fundamental aspects of modern physics. The module concentrates on modern optics and quantum mechanics (QM), with a focus on the applications of these two topics in electrical engineering.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-0-5.5","Prerequisite":"EE2011","Preclusion":"N.A.","Corequisite":"N.A."},{"ModuleCode":"PC2239","ModuleTitle":"Special Problems in Undergrad Physics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module is intended for a small cohort of undergraduates who have a strong aptitude for physics and who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship. The problems will be assigned on a case-by-case basis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"to be designed on consultation","Prerequisite":"Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC2288","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Physics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Please note that only 4MCs can be accredited towards major requirements in case that a student undertakes 8MCs for both PC2288 and PC2289.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"To be designed on consultation","Prerequisite":"PC1141 or PC1142, and Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC2289","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Physics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Please note that only 4MCs can be accredited towards major requirements in case that a student undertakes 8MCs for both PC2288 and PC2289.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"PC1141 or PC1142; and Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3130","ModuleTitle":"Quantum Mechanics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module continues from PC2130 and completes the basic formation of the student in quantum mechanics. Description of composite systems: tensor product, two-particle entanglement; systems of N identical particles. Perturbation theory: time-independent, both non-degenerate and degenerate; example: Zeeman effect. Time-dependent: Fermi golden rule; example: atom in a classical e-m field. Discussion of stimulated and spontaneous emission.\r\nOther approximation schemes: the variational principle; the WKB approximation and the “classical” region, tunneling and the connecting formula; the adiabatic approximation. Scattering: partial wave analysis and the Born approximation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed either PC2130 or PC2130B, and PC2134 or equivalent","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3193","ModuleTitle":"Experimental Physics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This continuous assessment module is intended to provide training in experimental techniques and analytical skills. Experiments are based on various areas of physics such as spectroscopy, nuclear physics, laser physics, optics and electronics. Some experiments involve the use of research-grade equipment like the electron microscope, the atomic force microscope and the FTIR spectrophotometer. Project-type experiments are also available. The module is targeted at science and engineering students who have a foundation in Level 2 experimental physics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-6-1-3","Prerequisite":"PC2193","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3232B","ModuleTitle":"Applied Nuclear Physics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module explores elements of nuclear physics and its applications for students who are not physics majors, beginning with a concise introduction to the relevant elements of quantum mechanics. After a discussion of basic nuclear properties (masses, radii, spins, binding energies), elements of nuclear structure are introduced (liquid drop, Fermi gas and Shell model). Then alpha, beta and gamma decays, their selection rules and transition probabilities are discussed. The general properties of nuclear reactions, their conservation laws and energetics and the general features of the different reaction mechanisms are illustrated.The various interactions between radiation and matter are discussed, and an introduction to radiation detectors and technological applications (nuclear medicine, PET, accelerators, fusion, fission) are covered, and lastly the basics of radiation protection are discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC1144 or PC1432/PC1432X or PC2232 or PC2130B","Preclusion":"PC3232","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3233","ModuleTitle":"Atomic & Molecular Physics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module presents the basic concepts and principles of atomic and molecular physics. In particular, the module revolves around the energy level schemes of atoms and molecules which are essential to the interpretation of atomic and molecular spectra. Topics covered include the hydrogen\r\nand helium atoms, spin-orbit coupling schemes, hyperfine interaction, Lamb shift, atoms in magnetic fields, multi-electron atoms, Pauli exclusion principle, Hund's rules, diatomic molecules, Born-Oppenheimer approximation, electronic, vibrational, rotational and rotational-vibrational spectra; The module is targeted at students who have background in quantum mechanics and want to build the foundations for studying the interactions of matter and light in modern atomic physics contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC2130 or PC2130B","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3236","ModuleTitle":"Computational Methods in Physics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module presents basic computational methods useful for physics and science students. The lectures cover: (1) Basic numerical methods - differentiation, integration, interpolation, root-finding and random number generators, (2) Differential equations - finite difference method, shooting method and relaxation method; applications to chaotic dynamics of a driven pendulum, one-dimensional Schr&#246;dinger equation, and fast Fourier transform, (3) Matrices - Gaussian elimination scheme for a system of linear equations, eigenvalues of Hermitian matrices;  Hartree-Fock approximation, (4) Monte Carlo simulations - sampling and integration; random walk and simulation of diffusion equation, stochastic differential equation, Brownian dynamics; variational Monte Carlo simulation; Metropolis algorithm and Ising model, and (5) Finite element methods - basic concepts; applications to the Poisson equation in electrostatics. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed MA1505 and MA1506, or PC2174 or equivalent.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3238","ModuleTitle":"Fluid Dynamics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces physics students to the fundamental aspects of fluid dynamics. The Navier-Stokes equations are derived from first principles. After a discussion of the various versions of Bernoulli's equation and the concept of vorticity, the study of fluid flows starts with the potential flows, with an application to the theory of airfoils. The theory of irrotational water waves is then presented to illustrate dispersive wave propagation and the hyperbolic tendency to form shocks. The balance of these two tendencies produces soliton solutions. The concept of flow similarity is applied to the study of boundary layer. The phenomenon of boundary layer separation is discussed. The concept of hydrodynamic instability is illustrated with the Rayleigh-Benard convection problem. The chaotic dynamics of the related Lorenz equation is then presented. A brief introduction to turbulence closes the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed either PC2174 or (MA1505 and MA1506) or PC3236 or equivalent.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3241","ModuleTitle":"Solid State Devices","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce students to solid state devices. The topics covered include: introduction to semiconductors, charge carrier concentrations, drift of carriers in electric and magnetic fields, diffusion and recombination of excess carriers, p-n junction physics, junction diodes, tunnel diodes, photodiodes, light emitting diodes, bipolar junction transistors, junction field effect transistors (JFET), metal-semiconductor contacts metal-insulator-semiconductor interfaces, basic MOSFET.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC2131 or PC2231 or PC3235 or MLE2104 or PC2133 or EE2005.","Preclusion":"EE2004","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3243","ModuleTitle":"Photonics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is a first course on photonics that combines fundamentals with important applications, and is targeted at students interested in modern optical technology. The course covers planar dielectric waveguides, basics of optical fibre communication, optical properties of crystals and semiconductors, interband transitions and radiative recombination, semiconductor detectors, stimulated emission and population inversion, diode laser threshold and output power, argon and YAG lasers, Q-switching and mode-locking, electro-optics modulators and flat panel displays. The course strives to maintain succinctness in physical meaning and simplicity in approach with generous allotment of numerical examples to help in understanding the equations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC2131 or PC2231 or PC3130 or PC3241 or PC3235 or PC2133 or EE2005","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3246","ModuleTitle":"Astrophysics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the application of physics to astronomy. The students will be introduced to some astronomical phenomena, and they will learn to understand these fascinating phenomena by using basic physics. The module allows the physics students to review, and to extend their knowledge. The module cover two basic classes of celestial objects: the stars and planets. The topics include Kepler’s laws, telescopes, binary stars, stellar spectra, stellar interiors, stellar formation and evolution, solar magnetic field, planetary tidal forces, planetary atmospheres, and Newtonian cosmology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC2130 or PC2132\r\n","Preclusion":"N.A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3251","ModuleTitle":"Nanophysics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The changes to physical properties (electronic, optical and magnetic) due to formation of structures at the nanoscale will be the main emphasis of this module. Properties differing from the bulk due either to an increase in surface area/volume ratio or quantum confinement will be studied in structures ranging from quantum wells, wires and dots to self-assembled mono-layers and heterostructure formation. The kinetics and thermodynamics driving the formation of these nanostructured surfaces and interfaces will be discussed. The module will also highlight current and potential applications of these nanoscale systems. Examples of materials systems will include metals, oxides, III-V, II-VI, CNT, SiC and SiGe systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"SP2251","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3267","ModuleTitle":"Biophysics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce the principles and approaches of physics in the area of molecular biophysics. It includes molecular complexes of biomolecules; physical and symmetrical relationships between biomolecules; physical and structural characteristics of proteins and amino acids; symmetric and statistical descriptions of nucleic acids; first law and second law of thermodynamics in biological systems; bonding and non-bonding potentials, and stabilizing interactions in biomacromolecules, and the correlation to macromolecular structures; molecular mechanics in biological systems; bio soft condensed materials, bio-membrane and biomembrane structure, principles of molecular self assembly of biomolecules. There is a lab component included in this module.  This module is targeted at both physics and non-physics students who already have basic knowledge in physics and life sciences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-2-4","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed either PC2131 or PC2267 or EE2011 or Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3288","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Physics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Please note also that only 4MCs can be accredited towards major requirements in case that a student undertakes 8MCs for both PC3288 and PC3289.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"To be designed on consultation","Prerequisite":"Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3289","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Physics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"Please see section 4.4.3.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3294","ModuleTitle":"Radiation Laboratory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module provides hands-on experience with modern detectors, electronics, data acquisition systems, radiation sources and other nuclear physics equipment that forms the basis for the applications of nuclear physics to medical physics, radiation protection and other fields. The module will be restricted to the students in the Medical Physics minor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-4-6-0","Prerequisite":"PC3232 or PC3232B","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC3312","ModuleTitle":"Enhanced Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"In addition to having an academic science foundation, students with good soft skills and some industrial attachment or internship experiences often stand a better chance when seeking for jobs. This module gives Science students the opportunity to acquire work experience via internships during their undergraduate study.\r\n\r\nThe module requires students to compete for position and perform a structured internship in a company/institution for 16-20 weeks during regular semester.\r\n\r\nThrough regular meetings with the Academic Advisor (AA) and internship Supervisor, students learn how knowledge acquired in the curriculum can be transferred to perform technical/practical assignments in an actual working environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed 3 regular semesters of study, have declared Physics as first major and have completed a minimum of 32 MCs in Physics major at time of application.","Preclusion":"XX3312 modules offered in Science, where XX stands for the subject prefix for the respective major.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC4199","ModuleTitle":"Honours Project in Physics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"For Cohort 2011 and before- At least an overall CAP of 3.50, on fulfillment of 100 MC or more; and major requirements under the B.Sc. programme. For Cohort 2012 and after- At least one major at B.Sc./B.Appl.Sc. level; and minimum overall CAP of 3.20 on completion of 100 MCs or more.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC4199R","ModuleTitle":"Integrated B.ENG./B.SC. (Hons) Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"Nil","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC4242","ModuleTitle":"Electrodynamics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This advanced module presents the fundamentals of classical electrodynamics in much depth. It covers the following topics: relativistic formulation of the electromagnetic field, covariance of electrodynamics, conservation laws, radiation by moving charges, Lienard-Wiechert potentials, Larmor's formula, angular distribution of radiation, spectral properties of radiation, Cherenkov radiation, Bremsstrahlung, synchrotron radiation, multipole expansions, and applications. A good mathematical foundation is required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC3231","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC4243","ModuleTitle":"Atomic & Molecular Physics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to provide students with a background to the important developments in atomic physics over the last 30 years that have now become standard techniques utilized in many laboratories around the world. The lectures provide a detailed description of the interaction of atoms with electromagnetic fields and applies this analysis to a number of applications such as laser spectroscopy, laser cooling, and magnetic and optical trapping. The course will provide students with a comprehensive background to the tools of modern atomic physics","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC3233","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC4245","ModuleTitle":"Particle Physics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory course on the fundamental constituents of matter and their basic interactions; important concepts and principles, recent important experiments, underlying theoretical tools and calculation techniques in elementary particles physics will be expounded. The topics covered are: basic properties of elementary particles and the standard model, relativistic kinematics; symmetries: isospin and SU(3), quark model;  parity and CP violation; Feynman diagrams and rules; quantum electrodynamics; cross sections and lifetimes: deep inelastic scattering; and introductory gauge theories and unified models. This module is mainly targeted at physics majors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed either PC3232 or PC3130","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC4253","ModuleTitle":"Thin Film Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The scope of the course embraces the basic principles of thin-film deposition techniques such as chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition as well as their applications in the microelectronics industry. The basic principles include vacuum technology, gas kinetics, adsorption, surface diffusion and nucleation. These are the fundamental features which determine the film growth and the ultimate film properties. Common thin-film characterization methods which measure film composition and structure as well as mechanical and electrical properties are also covered. This course is for senior physics students with an interest in pursuing a career in industry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed either PC3235 or PC3241 or PC3242","Preclusion":"EEE or CPE or CEG or MLE5201 students are not allowed to take this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC4262","ModuleTitle":"Remote Sensing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the physics behind the chain of events that leads to the acquisition of remote sensing images. Topics covered include: satellite orbital dynamics, radiometry, scattering of EM waves, radiative transfer in the atmosphere, ocean and vegetation canopy, various types of sensors, and examples of remote sensing applications. Skills in image processing and analysis of remote sensing images will be gained through project works. This module is targeted at students who are interested in applying physics to real-life situations. The students should already have a basic knowledge of physics and mathematical methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC3231","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC4264","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Solid State Devices","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This course is a follow-up of PC3241 Solid State Devices and is designed for those intending to join the semiconductor industry. The course is intended to give the students an understanding of the physics behind selected devices and that of some of their fabrication technologies. Devices examined are: MOSC & MOSFET, CCD, majority carrier diodes, transferred electron devices, non-volatile memory devices, thyristors and heterojunction devices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC3241","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC4274","ModuleTitle":"Mathematical Methods in Physics III","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces advanced mathematical methods that are essential in many areas of theoretical physics. The topics covered are: tensor analysis, applications to classical mechanics, electrodynamics, and relativity; differentiable manifolds, curved manifolds, tangent and dual spaces, calculus of differential forms, Stokes' theorem, and applications to electromagnetic theory; symmetries of manifolds, Lie derivatives and Lie groups, and their physical applications. The module is targeted at students who wish to study theoretical physics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed PC3274","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC5198","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINAR MODULE IN PHYSICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2004/2005. The main purpose of this module is to help graduate students to improve their presentation skills and to participate in scientific seminars/exchanges in a professional manner. The activities of this module include giving presentations during the lecture hours and attending seminars organised by the Department. Students are also required to write summaries of some departmental seminars attended. The grade of this module will be \"Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory\" based on student's talk presentations, participation of seminars and the summary writing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC5202","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED STATISTICAL MECHANICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module presents an introduction to phase transitions and fluctuations. For phase transitions, the course starts with the treatment of Landau and mean field. Exact Ising model results are then discussed. Critical exponents are introduced and their relations obtained using the scaling hypothesis and Kadanoff's scheme. Real space renormalization is then used to show how the critical exponents can be calculated. For fluctuations, Langevin, Fokker-Planck equations will be used. Time dependence and fluctuation dissipation theorem then follow. Brownian motion will be used as an example. This module is targeted at physics graduate students with at least one year of statistical mechanics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed PC4241 or departmental approval.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC5203","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Solid State Physics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to give graduate students additional training in the foundations of solid state physics and is intended to prepare them for research work and other graduate coursework modules. Topics to be covered include: translational symmetry and Bloch's theorem, rotational symmetry and group representation, electron-electron interaction and Hartree-Fock equations, APW, OPW, pseudopotential and LCAO schemes of energy band calculations, Boltzmann equation and thermoelectric phenomena, optical properties of semiconductors, insulators and metals, origin of ferromagnetism, models of Heisenberg, Stoner and Hubbard, Kondo effect. Students are expected to read from a range of recommended and reference texts, and will be given an opportunity to present their reading as part of the regular lessons.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"PC3130 and PC4240 (Solid State Physics II) or Departmental Approval.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC5204B","ModuleTitle":"Selected Topics in Physics: Analytic Approximations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module covers advanced mathematical methods for obtaining approximate analytical solutions to physical problems. It is designed to help graduate students build the skills necessary to analyse equations, integrals, and series that they encounter in their research. Topics include local analysis of differential equations, asymptotic expansion of integrals, and summation of series.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-5-1","Prerequisite":"PC3274 or PC4274 or department approval.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC5210","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Dynamics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to understand Lagrangian mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics, and basic ideas of nonlinear dynamics and chaos. Topics discussed are: variational principle and Lagrangian mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics, the Hamiltonian formulation of relativistic mechanics, symplectic approach to canonical transformation, Poisson brackets and other canonical invariants, Liouville theorem, the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, Hamilton's characteristic function, action-angle variables,  integrable systems, transition from a discrete to continuous system, relativistic field theory, Noether's theorem, Lie groups and group actions, Poisson manifolds, Hamiltonian vector fields, properties of the Hamiltonian fields, conservative chaos, the Poincare surface of section, KAM theorem, Poincare-Birkhoff theorem, Lyapunov exponents, global chaos, effects of double dissipation and fractals.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed both PC3274 and PC3130, or Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC5212","ModuleTitle":"Physics of Nanostructures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module provides an introduction to the scientific foundations of the function, fabrication and characterization of nano-structured materials and nano-devices. The topics covered are: reviews of quantum mechanics in reduced dimensions and solid state physics, common techniques for nano-structure fabrication and characterization, transport in low-D systems, optoelectronics of nanostructures, nanotubes and nanowires, clusters and nano-crystallites, molecular electronics, magnetic nano-structures. This module is designed for postgraduate students who are interested in nanoscience and nanotechnology research and applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3.5-0.5-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed one of these modules. PC4130, PC4240, PC4201 (old code), PC4214 (old code), or Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC5213","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Biophysics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on theories and techniques used in some important areas of biophysics and life sciences. The topics covered are: quantum mechanical approach of light and transition; absorption spectroscopy; linear and circular dichroism of biological molecules; emission spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and applications to biomacromolecules; NMR; equilibria of macromolecular solutions; biomembrane structure and transport of macromolecules and transport across biomembranes; kinetics and techniques of protein crystallization; biomineralization/demineralization in human body. This module also includes a lab component. This module is targeted at both physics and non-physics students who already have a basic knowledge in physics, thermodynamics and molecular biology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-2-4","Prerequisite":"Students who have passed either PC4267 or PC4268, or Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC5247","ModuleTitle":"Photonics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"The module is intended to provide detailed treatment of the principles of lasers and working knowledge of major optical techniques used in manipulating laser spatial mode properties and their temporal and spectral characteristics. The topics being covered include laser beams, laser theory, laser survey, modulation techniques, non-linear optics, and fiber optics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-2-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"PC3247: Modern Optics, or equivalent.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Familiar with electromagnetism (including Maxwell’s equations), and with the mathematics of differential equations, complex number, basic Fourier transform theory."},{"ModuleCode":"PC5288","ModuleTitle":"M.SC COURSEWORK THESIS FOR PHYSICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PC5289","ModuleTitle":"M.SC.(COURSEWORK) THESIS FOR APPLIED PHYSICS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHYSICS","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF1103","ModuleTitle":"Digital Construction","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to provide an overview of the concepts and applications of digital construction. The concepts of computational thinking will form the theoretical basis of this module and will be incorporated to teach how computation can be used to accomplish a variety of goals.  It will also provide students with a brief introduction to programming skills with applications to digital construction. The major topics include basics of computational thinking, basic coding, and applications in digital construction such as Building Information Modelling (BIM).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF1104","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Science for Building","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"The module covers the basic science relating to projects in the context of sustainable development, with a focus on the elements of the scientific principles relevant to buildings. The major topics include external and climatic effects such as various forms of pollution, humidity and condensation, heat transfer, comfort conditions, comfort zones and indices, air movement, Sick Building Syndrome and solar radiation; lighting such as daylighting and artificial lighting; and building acoustics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF1105","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Facilities Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"The module covers the design, planning, equipping, maintenance, protection, assessment, benchmarking and effective management of different types of real\r\nassets. It explores the principles that underpin sustainable facilities management and the perspectives of stakeholders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-6-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PF2103","ModuleTitle":"Measurement (Building Works)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the fundamental principles for the measurement of work items on projects with special focus on building works. It also covers the writing of specifications for such items. It develops students' skills in conventional and e-measurement of building works covering foundations, frame, building envelope, fenestration and architectural finishes. Students are recommended to take PF1102 Visualisation in Design and Technology before taking this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF2105","ModuleTitle":"Research Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"The module covers the basic principles relating to scientific modes of inquiry and research methodologies. It also covers the fundamental quantitative tools that are needed to undertake research in project and facilities management. Major topics include principles of modelling, operations research, systems dynamics, decision analysis, risk analysis and sensitivity analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Students who have read research methodology.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF2108","ModuleTitle":"Project Cost Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the basic principles relating to estimating of items of the work to be undertaken on projects, and tendering. Major topics are quantitative techniques in cost analysis, cost planning, approximate estimating and tendering procedures. The principles governing the pricing of items and building up rates for items of work are also covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF2203","ModuleTitle":"Quality and Productivity Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"The module enables students to develop knowledge of the role of management in improving quality andproductivity in projects and within firms. Major topics covered include managementprinciples, models and tools that have the potential to improve the level of quality and productivity at the project and corporate levels.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF2304","ModuleTitle":"Operations and Maintenance Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"The module covers the fundamental principles of operations and maintenance of facilities such as organization of O&M team, O&M planning, execution and management, O&M of Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Fire Protection Systems and O&M management systems","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF2503","ModuleTitle":"M&E Engineering Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the mechanical and electrical systems in modern facilities, with special focus on a building. It considers the principles and design of major systems such as: heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, power generation and distribution, vertical and horizontal transportation systems, fire fighting systems, and communication and security systems. This module also covers the engineering principles and key factors influencing the thermal environments and quantification of these factors, functional requirements of utilities, and the design of systems to local codes. Students are recommended to take PF1104 Environmental Science for Building before taking this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PF2104","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PF2504","ModuleTitle":"Materials Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the properties, characteristics, selection, specfication, assembly and inter-relationship of materials utilised in modern facilities, focusing on construction materials. Major topics are materials suitable for application in relation to weather resistance, stability, durability, damp prevention, insulation, energy conservation and fire protection. Principles relating to the weathering and corrosion of materials, especially building materials, are also covered. The coverage includes practical tests to evaluate the behaviour of selected materials under various conditions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PF3201","ModuleTitle":"Measurement (Specialist Works)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module develops further the students' skills in the measurement of items of work on projects, with a special focus on the quantification of specialist building works.  Major topics are measurement of fluid flow systems, specialist and civil engineering construction works and building services.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"PF2503 M&E Engineering Systems (AY2014/15 intake and after)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF3207","ModuleTitle":"Project Management Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the fundamental principles relating to the various legal relationships in a project; laws relevant to procurement, contract administration, termination and insolvency; and professional negligence and concurrent liability. Students are recommended to take PF2101 Project and Facilities Management Law before taking this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PF3304","ModuleTitle":"Facilities Management Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the fundamental principles relating to the various legal aspects and laws required to operate and manage facilities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF3305","ModuleTitle":"Facilities Planning and Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the fundamental principles of planning and designing of facilities such as space allocation, planning and implementation.  The topics include: space projections, date inventories, space allocation; computer-aided facilities design and drafting; selection of systems, phased implementation, and facilities management organisation; and computer-aided facilities management including planning, implementation and vendor evaluation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"PF2501 Structural Systems","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF3501","ModuleTitle":"Intelligent Facilities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"Intelligent facilities are hallmarks of modern cities; they are designed and operated to help to enhance the quality of living and work. The module explores the concept of intelligence of facilities from various perspectives, and covers how a pragmatic approach can be adopted in translating the desirable features into reality in facilities through technology. Smart technologies, sensor technologies, building control and automation systems, and human-systems relationships are explored. Case studies constitute an integral part of the module. Students are recommended to take PF2503 M&E Engineering Systems before taking this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF4101","ModuleTitle":"Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students demonstrate their research, analytical and communication skills by investigating a topic of interest to them, and of relevance to the programme. The student is expected to demonstrate an ability to pursue unaided investigations relevant to the topic chose, to communicate the findings clearly, concisely and with detachment, to draw relevant conclusions, and to offer suitable recommendations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF4203","ModuleTitle":"Project Dispute Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the fundamental legal principles relating to disputes on projects in the various stages of preparation of documents, formation of contract, contract administration including documentation and issues of evidence; methods of dispute resolution including contractual mechanism, summary judgment, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), statutory adjudication, arbitration; enforcement and insolvency; and legal approaches to disputes with third parties.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PF4207","ModuleTitle":"Project Risk Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"The module provides students with knowledge of the principles of risk management which include the common analysis techniques, and their application to projects.  The major topics are: types and sources of project risks; risks affecting budgeting decisions and cost estimates; risk management cycle; risk analysis techniques; and risk allocation arrangements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF4305","ModuleTitle":"Green Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This studio-based module is about environmentally responsive development integrating construction and ecology. The emphasis is on how environmental\r\nconsiderations affect the entire project cycle in site planning, feasibility study, building designs, approvals, construction, and occupancy in an integrated manner.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-2-0-8","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PF4308","ModuleTitle":"Event Management Case Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an understanding of how knowledge of Event Management is applied in the industry. Relevant case studies on different types of events, and contemporary issues in event feasibility, planning, marketing, procurement and management are also considered. Students are recommended to take PF4307 Event Management before taking this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-6-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PF4501","ModuleTitle":"Total Building Performance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on systems integration and performance of buildings by developing an appreciation of, and methodologies to facilitate the evaluation and integration of various building systems. It seeks to foster an understanding of the inter-relationships among the design, construction, operation and maintenance processes of buildings and develop a total approach to building performance and evaluation. An overview of the main building systems is provided with emphasis on how they affect and contribute to building performance. Case studies illustrate the process and the outcome of the total building performance approach.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH2207","ModuleTitle":"Hume and Kant","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"Two major philosophers are studied in this module: David Hume, in the first half, and Immanuel Kant, in the second. We will try to determine what each philosopher's fundamental approach to philosophy consists in, and how it gives rise to his views on the nature of causation, the external world, the self, and the limits of knowledge. As Kant's first Critique was a response to Hume's philosophical scepticism, we will pay close attention to his diagnoses of Hume's difficulties and his proposed solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH2208","ModuleTitle":"Applied Ethics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module considers some of the significant normative ethical theories in the history of moral philosophy and examines how their principles may be applied to ethical issues of practical concern. There is a wide range of topics that are typically understood to come under the category of applied ethics. These include ethical issues pertaining to the family, food, race relations, poverty, punishment, conduct in war, professional conduct in general, and so on. The specific topics to be dealt with may vary from semester to semester, and the selection will be announced at the start of the semester in which the module is offered.","CrossModule":"GEK2029","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEK2029","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PH2212","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Continental Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to some of the main figures and movements of Continental European Philosophy. The purpose is to provide a broad synoptic view of the Continental tradition with special attention paid to historical development. Topics to be discussed include phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, hermeneutics, Critical Theory, and post-structuralism/post-modernism. Thinkers to be discussed include Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Levi-Strauss, Derrida, Gadamer, Habermas, Lyotard and Levinas. The main objective is to familiarize the student with the key concepts, ideas and arguments in the Continental tradition.","CrossModule":",GEK2030","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"EU2214, GEK2030","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PH2241","ModuleTitle":"Philosophy of Mind","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"What is the nature of mind and its relation to physical body? The mental realm is among the last great unknowns in the modern view of sentient beings and their place in the Universe and is a fertile field of philosophical inquiry. This module examines central conceptual issues surrounding the idea of mind and its relation to physical body. These include the distinction between the mental and the physical, the nature of consciousness, personal identity, disembodied existence, mental representation, and the attempt to tame the mental in purely physical terms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PH3212 Philosophy of Mind","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH2242","ModuleTitle":"Philosophy of Language","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"Topics in the philosophy of language, especially concerning truth, meaning and\r\nreference. In particular, we will consider questions such as but not limited to whether language is mediated by convention or intention, whether understanding a language is tacitly knowing a theory of that language, whether the meaning of a name is simply its referent, whether mathematical and moral statements are true in virtue of meaning and whether sentences such as ‘breaking promises is wrong’ are statements of moral fact or simply expressions of emotion.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PH3210","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH2243","ModuleTitle":"Epistemology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"Epistemology is the study of knowledge. Epistemologists want to know what\r\nknowledge is, how we acquire it, and how we should respond to arguments for philosophical scepticism, according to which there is very little that we know. We shall read the works of philosophers who have grappled with such perennial issues in philosophy, and explore and discuss various theories of knowledge. Along the way, we shall also discuss related issues having to do with justification, rationality, and the reliability of memory, testimony, intuition, sensory perception, and inductive reasoning.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PH3211 Theory of Knowledge","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH3204","ModuleTitle":"Issues in Indian Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"ISSUES IN INDIAN PHILOSOPHY","CrossModule":"SN3272","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"SN3272","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PH3206","ModuleTitle":"Recent Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module looks at the development of twentieth century analytic philosophy through the works of some of its major exponents.  These include Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Moore, Austin and Quine.  The fundamental assumption in analytic philosophy is the idea that all philosophical problems are really problems of language and may be solved either by reformulating them in a perfect language or by a better understanding of the language that we actually speak.  One of the aims of this course is to show how certain problems in ethics, metaphysics and epistemology may be solved (or dissolved) through the careful analysis of language and meaning.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH3216","ModuleTitle":"Comparative Environmental Ethics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines how various traditions, both East and West, perceive the relationship between humans and the natural world. It will compare how, e.g., Christianity, the secular West, Hinduism, Taoism and Confucianism conceive of this relation. Commonalities and differences in the respective approaches will be discussed and \r\nhighlighted. Environmental issues are now in the forefront of global attention. Our current environmental problems may arguably be said to ultimately trace their roots to (implicit) metaphysical assumptions, to cultural or religious attitudes towards the natural world, to ethical \r\nperspectives that do not accord moral consideration to non-humans.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PH3217","ModuleTitle":"Women in Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with philosophy by women (eg Christine de Pisan, Hildegaard von Bingen, Mary Wollstonecraft, Ban Zhao, Iris Murdoch, Martha Nussbaum) and philosophy about women, to counter the perceived neglect of these in many philosophical discourses.  Students are encouraged to reflect critically about their own experiences as men and women who live in a gendered world, to think through the implications of gender: how women's experience may challenge some fundamental assumptions regarding human nature, femininity and masculinity, sexuality and the body, public and private life, subjectivity and representation.  We will explore how these challenges to philosophy may be met.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"One PH module","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH3230","ModuleTitle":"Normative Ethical Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module is a study of the main contending\n\ncontemporary views about goodness and virtue,\n\nprinciples of moral evaluation, and moral\n\ndecision-making. These include deontological,\n\nconsequentialist, and contemporary virtuebased\n\nand contractarian theories. Emphasis will\n\nbe placed on securing a thorough understanding\n\nthe arguments used to derive fundamental\n\nmoral principles and to justify claims about our\n\nmoral obligations. Such study aims to reveal the\n\nkinds of issues that are involved in analyzing\n\nwhat constitutes rational considerations for\n\nmoral action, and the strengths and weaknesses\n\nof the rival theories.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH3246","ModuleTitle":"Paradoxes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module is a survey of classic paradoxes, ancient and modern. No mere brain-teasers, these riddles have exercised some of history’s best minds, often with startling results. How is motion possible? What is a gamble at given odds worth? Is time travel possible? Why do nations honor their treaty obligations? What are numbers? The contemplation of paradoxes drives the search for answers to these questions and more, and by grappling with the paradoxes, students gain familiarity with key techniques and concepts of decision theory and logical analysis which are useful both in philosophy and other fields of inquiry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"PH2110/GEM2006","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH3261","ModuleTitle":"Kant's Critique of Pure Reason","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"Kant is widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers, if not the greatest, and his Critique of Pure Reason is widely considered his greatest work. This course will delve into this work, entering into the intricate framework of Kant’s Transcendental Idealism. Major topics include Space and Time, the Categories, the Analogies (focusing on causation) and the Antinomies (focusing on the issue of freedom). Although the course focuses primarily on Kant’s metaphysics and epistemology, this grounding is expected to improve one’s understanding of the basis of Kant’s ethics, particularly when dealing with the Transcendental Dialectic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Must have completed a minimum of 4 MC in PH.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH3301","ModuleTitle":"Classical Chinese Philosophy II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This is the second part of a two part course\r\n\r\nwhich offers an introduction to philosophical\r\n\r\ndebate in the Warring States period of ancient\r\n\r\nChina, the Classical Age of Chinese Philosophy\r\n\r\nand the seedbed from which grew all of the\r\n\r\nnative currents of thought that survived from\r\n\r\ntraditional China. Continuing from Part I, we\r\n\r\nwill be discussing Later Mohist Logic, Gongsun\r\n\r\nLong and other ‘Sophists’, Zhuangzi, Xunzi and\r\n\r\nHanfeizi in this module. The approach of the\r\n\r\ncourse will be both historical and critical, and\r\n\r\nwe will attempt to both situate Classical\r\n\r\nChinese philosophical discourse in its\r\n\r\nintellectual-historical context and to bring out\r\n\r\nits continuing relevance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"PH2301 or GEK2038","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH4203","ModuleTitle":"Issues in Moral Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines different issues in meta-ethics or normative ethics. It asks questions such as: Can ought be derived from is? Are there natural laws? Is morality about an agent’s character or actions? Are actions morally justified by consequences or compliance with moral laws or principles? It may also examine and assess different schools of moral philosophy, such as utilitarianism, Kantian ethics or virtue ethics, or a current debate among moral philosophers, for example, the nature and role of intuition, or emotions, in acting morally.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PH or 28 MCs in NM, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28 MCs in PH or 28 MCs in NM, or 28MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH4205","ModuleTitle":"Topics in East Asian Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"Specific topics from in East Asian Philosophy (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean) will be discussed in the module. The aim is to introduce students to a more in depth study of traditional East Asian Philosophical texts and issues debated in them. The texts selected will focus on specific topics and traditions and will vary from year to year.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PH, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. PH2301 or PH2302. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28 MCs in PH, or 28MCs in PS, or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised nonlanguage modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. PH2301 or PH2302.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH4210","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Western Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with specific topics of current interest and controversy in Western philosophy. The topics to be discussed may be in, but are not limited to, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, philosophy of psychology, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, or social and political philosophy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PH or 28 MCs in EU/LA (French/ German)/recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2012-2014: Completed 80MCs, including 28 MCs in PH, or 28MCs in PS, or 28 MCs in EU/LA (French/German)/ recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2015 onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28 MCs in PH, or 28MCs in PS, or 28 MCs in EU/LA (French/German/ Spanish)/recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH4241","ModuleTitle":"Issues in Philosophical Logic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module will explore in depth some advanced topics in philosophical logic. Possible topics include extensions to classical logic, such as modal logics and\r\nhigher order logics, non-classical logics, such as intuitionistic, many-valued and relevant logics, or philosophical questions about logic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2006 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, of which at least 28 MCs are PH shared major requirements.\r\n\r\nCohort 2007 onwards: \r\nCompleted 80MC, including 28 MCs in PH, with a minimum CAP of 3.5 or be on the Honours track. PH2110/GEM2006.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH4262","ModuleTitle":"Nietzsche","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module will focus on the philosophy of the\r\n\r\n19th Century German philosopher Friedrich\r\n\r\nNietzsche. It will proceed chronologically\r\n\r\nthrough Nietzsche's most significant writings,\r\n\r\nsuch as The Gay Science; Thus Spoke\r\n\r\nZarathustra; Beyond Good and Evil; On the\r\n\r\nGenealogy of Morality. Most of the attention\r\n\r\nwill be on primary sources. All materials will be\r\n\r\nin English.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PH or 28 MCs in EU/LA (French/ German)/recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012-2014: Completed 80MCs, including 28 MCs in PH, or 28MCs in PS, or 28 MCs in EU/LA (French/ German)/ recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2015 onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28 MCs in PH, or 28MCs in PS, or 28 MCs in EU/LA (French/German/Span ish)/recognised modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"A dissertation on an approved research topic not exceeding twelve thousand words.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-1-0-0-36.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of PH major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of PH major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.","Preclusion":"PH4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH4550","ModuleTitle":"Internship: Philosophy for Teaching","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"Students will intern in an educational organization approved by the Department. (e.g. Logic Mills, which specializes in courses on analytical thinking skills to\r\nschools and other educational organizations). During the internship, they will learn to use their philosophical skills to teach, and through practice, reflect on the usefulness of Philosophy in education practice and intellectual development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-3-2-1-3.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in PH, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. (Students will apply to Department to read this module and qualified applicants will be selected through\r\nan interview). \r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in PH, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. (Students will apply to Department to read this module and qualified applicants will be selected through an interview).","Preclusion":"Any other internship module.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PH4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in PH, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in PH, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in PH, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"PH4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH5660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Philosophy in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH6211","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Epistemology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module will explore an advanced topic in epistemology in depth. Some possible topics are the problem of scepticism, including realist and anti-realist\r\nresponses to it, the nature of certainty and the relationship of knowledge to chance and credence, the internalism versus externalism debate about the\r\nnature of knowledge and justification, and the definability of knowledge in terms of truth, belief, justification and their cognates. The module may also explore a problem from formal epistemology, such as the lottery paradox, the problem of logical omniscience, or probabilistic approaches to the problem of induction.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH6241","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Philosophical Logic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module will explore in depth some advanced topics in philosophical logic. Possible topics include extensions to classical logic, such as modal logics and higher order logics, non-classical logics, such as intuitionistic, many-valued and relevant logics, or philosophical questions about logic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH6320","ModuleTitle":"TRADITIONS IN ASIAN PHILOSOPHY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"The module will intensively examine philosophical traditions from the histories of Chinese or Indian Philosophy. Traditions may\r\ninclude (but is not restricted to) Confucianism, Taoism, neo-Confucianism, Legalism from Chinese Philosophy and Vedanta, Indian Buddhism, Nyaya, modern Indian philosophy from the Indian tradition. The emphasis will be on the building of a solid foundation in the philosophical grammar of a non-Western\r\nphilosophical tradition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PH6660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Philosophy in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"Offered to Graduate students only and admission of others by permission of instructor ","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PH6770","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2004/2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters and will be graded \"Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory\" on the basis of student presentation and participation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL1101E","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces psychology as an empirical, behavioural science. The aim is to provide students with a broad overview of the different fields in psychology. The emphasis of the course is two-fold: first, so that students appreciate the diversity and richness of the psychology discipline; second, to acquaint students with the important principles, theories, concepts and findings in psychology. Topics covered include the biological bases of behaviours, developmental psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, and abnormal psychology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL2131","ModuleTitle":"Research and Statistical Methods I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is aimed at equipping students with the critical thinking and analytical skills necessary as a foundation for evaluating or carrying out empirical research in psychology. It is an essential module for psychology major students. It consists of two sections: the first deals with the design of psychological research; the second covers basic descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Students will be taught how to design their own empirical study, to carry out appropriate statistical analyses on the data collected so as to draw valid conclusions, and how to write up their findings. Ethical aspects of psychological research are covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-1-1-6","Prerequisite":"Obtained a minimum grade of 'C6' in G.C.E. 'O' level Mathematics, or passed at least IB Mathematical Studies SL, or equivalent.","Preclusion":"UQF2101B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL2132","ModuleTitle":"Research and Statistical Methods II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module builds on the methodological and statistical base prepared by PL2131. An essential module for psychology major students, it aims to provide knowledge and experience in conducting a psychological study. Methods of data collection in laboratory and field settings are taught alongside commonly-used statistical techniques for data analysis. Students are introduced to issues of design and analysis in factorial experiments and correlational studies. Students also do experiments in class and learn the use of computer statistical packages for data analysis. A group empirical project is required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-4-2","Prerequisite":"At least a B- in both PL1101E and PL2131, OR has declared Psychology as a major. Students who fail to meet the B- criterion in either of the modules, or both, will have the opportunity to take a department-conducted test, which will act as an alternative prerequisite.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3231","ModuleTitle":"Independent Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module allows students to undertake an individual research project under staff supervision. Students wishing to take this module are advised to obtain additional details from the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and consent of Supervisor. Students must have at least a &quot;C&quot; grade in one of the prerequisites.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3232","ModuleTitle":"Biological Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course provides a general one-semester introduction to the relationship between brain and behaviour. Although no background knowledge is assumed other than from the introductory psychology course, those with an interest in biological bases of behaviour or neuroscience will be advantaged.  The course is intended primarily for students doing a single major in Psychology, and is designed as an introduction to those wishing to pursue advanced courses in Cognitive Neuroscience (PL3285 &amp; PL4206). The course will focus on key questions asked about the brain, such as: How is the brain organised? How do drugs affect our behaviour? How does the brain see, hear and produce movement? How does it learn and think? Clinical topics, such as Parkinson's Disease and schizophrenia will be integrated into the course, as will fMRI research methods and findings.  Emphasis will be given to the key principles of nervous system function, however, the course still requires a lot of factual information to be assimilated and memorized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PL1101E","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3233","ModuleTitle":"Cognitive Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the psychological study of human information processing; learning and memory; acquisition, retrieval, and forgetting; and general knowledge, concepts, reasoning, and related issues in cognition. The impact of computational approaches on cognition is considered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PL1101E","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3234","ModuleTitle":"Developmental Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is primarily for psychology major students, for whom it is a core area. It aims to provide an overview of the major issues in developmental psychology, with a main focus on\n\ninfancy and childhood. The development of individual differences is reviewed. Stage and process theories of cognitive, social and linguistic development are evaluated. The extent to which research findings have pan-cultural and local application is considered throughout the course. The importance of empirical research is stressed, and students are recommended to take PL2131 before reading this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PL1101E","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3235","ModuleTitle":"Social Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course provides a broad foundation for the study of human social behaviour. Topics such as attitudes, social cognition, interpersonal relations and group processes are discussed. One aim of this course is to introduce students to the theories and research of social psychology. A second aim is to help students appreciate how the findings of social psychologists are relevant and applicable to the day-to-day situations in our lives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PL1101E","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3236","ModuleTitle":"Abnormal Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This core module covers most of the common mental health problems identified for children and adults, e.g. eating disorders, behavioural problems, attention deficits, learning disabilities, schizophrenia, anxiety, stress, depression, personality disorders, sexual adjustment, substance abuse, suicide, and dementia. The lectures and discussion groups provide an introduction to clinical intervention, but emphasis is placed on the theoretical formulation of problems. Whenever possible, films and case studies are used to supplement the textbook and readings, and a visit to the local Institute of Mental Health will usually be arranged.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PL1101E","Preclusion":"SW3217","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL3239","ModuleTitle":"Industrial and Organisational Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended to expose students to applications of the facts and principles of scientific psychology to industrial and organisational settings. Topics include the structure and function of organisations; selection and training; management of efficiency (motivation, working conditions, and coping attitudes); and group processes in organisations. Lectures build the knowledge base of the students; case discussions encourage applications of their knowledge.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131 and PL2132","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3249","ModuleTitle":"Memory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The course will examine contemporary theories of human memory. Topics range from sensory memory all the way to long-term memory. Evidence for different types of memory systems such as episodic, generic, implicit, and procedural will be discussed. Biological and developmental bases for human memory will also be covered. The course will use these topics to explore the link between research, theory, and data on human memory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL3232 and PL3233","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3251","ModuleTitle":"Atypical Development and Language","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"In this module, we will focus on areas of development in infants and young children: these include cognitive, language, and emotional development. This module aims to give students who are interested in child development a chance to examine in further depth aspects of child development, as well as some areas of atypical development. In particular, we will explore how current research informs our understanding of normal development in infants and children. Topics covered include developmental disorders such as autism, atypical language such as speech language impairment and aspects of parent-child attachment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"PL1101E and PL3234","Preclusion":"PL3880A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3252","ModuleTitle":"Social-Cognitive Perspectives on Emotion","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module offers an exploration of current socialcognitive research on emotions. Emotions are complex, multiply-determined states that influence our experiences, biochemistry, thinking, actions, relationships, motivations, and behaviours, as well as our health. Topics to be covered in this module include 'what is the nature of emotion?', 'what functions, if any, do specific emotions serve?', 'what are their antecedents and their consequences?', among others. The discussion of emotion will stretch across various sub-disciplines in psychology, such as developmental psychology, biological psychology, social and personality psychology, cognitive neuroscience, social-cognition, cross-cultural psychology and evolutionary psychology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PL1101E and PL3235","Preclusion":"PL3880B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3254","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Trauma Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an overview of current psychological theories and research in the understanding of abnormal and maladaptive human responses to psychological trauma and life adversities. Topics include self-mutilation, suicide, pathological grief, acute stress reactions, and post-traumatic stress disorders resulting from interpersonal and family violence, sexual victimization, traumatic loss and death, disaster, and other critical life events. Resilience and post-traumatic growth in the face of life challenges will also be discussed. This module has a special focus on cultural and gender issues in relation to human traumatic stress reactions and resilient functioning.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"PL1101E and PL3236","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3258","ModuleTitle":"Decision Neuroscience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Decision Neuroscience is the study of the neural mechanisms of human decision making. This module will provide a broad introductory examination of this topic, to facilitate an intermediate understanding of cognitive neuroscience. This module builds upon the introductory level Biological Psychology module and helps prepare students for honours level discussion modules in the area.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and PL3232","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3260","ModuleTitle":"Moral Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module will introduce students to the study of the origins, development and cognitive processing of morality. The module will cover the beginnings of moral psychology, the early theories of moral development, the contemporary developmental research on infants’ and children’s moral decision-making, and the influence of society (e.g., media, law, parenting) on children’s moral development. Through lectures, discussions, course readings, and essay writing we will analyse and debate whether morality is innate, adaptive, and unique from other aspects of cognitive development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131 and PL2132.","Preclusion":"YSS4221","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3281A","ModuleTitle":"Lab in Perception and Attention","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The focus of this lab will be perception and attention. Students will be introduced to the different methodologies used in cognitive research such as classical psychophysics, signal detection theory, and reaction time paradigms. Selected topics on perception and attention will be used to illustrate these methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-3-4-3","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and PL3233","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3281B","ModuleTitle":"Lab in Memory and Cognition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Students will be introduced to the different methodologies for assessing memory performance such as simple and complex memory spans, direct and indirect tests of memory. Selected techniques in manipulating encoding and studying retrieval in short-term memory, working memory, and long-term memory will be covered. Students will work in small groups to design and conduct an experiment using these methodologies and submit individual research reports. Prior background and interest in cognitive psychology will be very helpful.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-3-4-3","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and PL3233.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3282","ModuleTitle":"Lab in Social Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This laboratory is intended to expose students majoring in psychology with both correlational and experimental approaches to research on how people feel, think, and act in relation to others. Studies will include topics such as attitudes and social cognition (e.g., beliefs, attitudes and values, social influence, attribution and impression formation) and interpersonal and group relations (e.g. aggression, altruism, attraction, prejudice and discrimination, followers and leaders). Both laboratory and field methods of testing hypotheses will be covered. Importance of using personality and culture of people as moderators of their social behaviors will be emphasized.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-3-4-3","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and PL3235","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3282A","ModuleTitle":"Lab in Interpersonal Relationships","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This first half of the module will explicate different methods and paradigms in social psychology with interpersonal relationships studies. The design aims to provide students a broad overview of methodologies as well as a deeper understanding of the important issues in interpersonal relationship research. In the second half of the module, students would carry out group projects, applying their knowledge to conducting a research study. They will have hands-on experiences at different research stages, from how a research study is formulated, crystallized and carried out to data analysis, results presentation and writing-up.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-3-4-3","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and PL3235","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3283A","ModuleTitle":"Lab in Adolescent Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module seeks to give students a practical introduction to some of the concepts, methods, and techniques used in research or practical interventions involving adolescents. The aim of the module is to cover essential conceptual, methodological, ethical, and practical issues of importance when conducting research or designing practical interventions on adolescents, especially in Singapore and Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-3-4-3","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and PL3234","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL3284","ModuleTitle":"Lab in Applied Psychology (Scale Construction)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to provide psychology majors with hands-on experience using research designs and methods commonly used in applied psychology such as health, engineering, education, and industrial/organizational psychology. Students will work in teams to carry out research exercises on specific topics in applied psychology. Topics to be covered will vary depending on the specific application of psychology. The focus will be an understanding the rationale, design, and interpretation of empirical research in the specific application. Target students are psychology majors who intend on a career in psychology or to pursue a postgraduate degree.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-3-4-3","Prerequisite":"PL1101E, PL2131 and PL2132","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL4202","ModuleTitle":"History and Systems of Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The course aims to provide students with an integrated overview of the development of modern psychology since around 1850. Special attention will be given to the emergence of biological, behavioural, cognitive and social theoretical approaches. The intention is to help students appreciate the paradigm changes that have taken place in the last 150 years, and thus also appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of current paradigms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4203","ModuleTitle":"Cognition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the student to the fundamental issues of cognitive science. Specifically, the main concern is how we might model cognition. The topics include the modes of representation, issues relating to the processing of information, and the nature of cognitive architectures. Both classical models of cognition and connectionist models will be considered. There will be several sessions of computer simulation of basic connectionist models. This course is mounted for students interested in how we might study how the mind works.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3233, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3233, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4206","ModuleTitle":"Cognitive Neuroscience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces recent research findings in Cognitive Neuroscience - in particular, functional brain imaging (fMRI and ERP). We will explore whether brain imaging techniques have illuminated what each part of the brain actually does, and how these different parts interact functionally, before finally discussing recent applications of such findings. Two currently popular application areas are brain-machine/computer interfaces (using brain-waves to directly control robotic devices) and creating new &quot;sensory abilities&quot; in those people who have sensory impairments (e.g., the blind or deaf). The style of the course will be an informal one, and the &quot;lectures&quot; should be treated more like seminars/discussions. The emphasis will therefore rely heavily on preparation work outside the lectures that culminates in a fruitful debate during the lectures. To facilitate this style, several lectures will begin with students' critiques of research articles before &quot;opening up the floor&quot; for general discussion.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1-8.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3232, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3232, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4214","ModuleTitle":"Evolutionary Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this course is to give students an understanding of evolutionary theory and its implications for psychological theory. The idea that behaviour, like physical structure, is evolved in response to selection pressures carries implications for understanding phenomena in a range of diverse fields such as logical reasoning, altruism, competition, mate selection, aggressive behaviour, attachment and child maltreatment. Pitfalls and limitations in the speculative use of evolutionary explanations will be considered, and the way in which such explanations complement those couched in terms of psychological processes or mechanisms will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"UAS3006","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4219","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Abnormal Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course is an advanced course in Abnormal\r\n\r\nPsychology. It builds on the fundamental concepts\r\n\r\nintroduced in PL3236, by focusing on some specific\r\n\r\nareas, e.g., mood, psychotic and anxiety disorders.\r\n\r\nThe role of stress and emotion in psychopathology,\r\n\r\nand the treatment of these disorders, with drug\r\n\r\ntherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy will be\r\n\r\nconsidered. The student will be introduced to recent\r\n\r\nadvancement in research and practice in these and\r\n\r\nother cognate domains. The focus of the seminars will\r\n\r\nbe discussion of current basic and clinical research\r\n\r\npapers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1.5-8","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"PL4880A","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4222","ModuleTitle":"Neuroscience of Memory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the neural underpinnings of memory. This course will cover the biological bases of the different memory systems and how these may interact with biological systems that support other cognitive functions like attention, language etc. Additionally, the various neuroscience methods that are used to study these will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3232 and PL3233, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3232 and PL3233, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4224","ModuleTitle":"Child Abnormal Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course is an advanced course in child abnormal psychology. It is intended to build a foundation of knowledge and concepts necessary in the specialized area of child clinical psychology, by focusing on theory, research and clinical application in the area of childhood psychological disorders. Theories that will be highlighted include developmental psychopathology, the diathesis-stress model and cultural diversity models. Psychological disorders relevant to the following periods of development will be discussed: infancy/early childhood; school age; adolescence. The seminars will consist of lectures, as well as in-class, small-group discussion of current clinical topics and selected research papers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4226","ModuleTitle":"Correctional Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course seeks to equip students with an understanding of criminal behaviour and the criminal justice agencies’ response to offending in the local settings. Students will be introduced to psychological theories of criminal behaviours, psychopathology associated with offending, offender assessments, offender programming, re-entry initiatives, professional practice and research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4228","ModuleTitle":"Criminal Forensic Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Criminal forensic psychology is the intersection between psychology and the criminal justice system, which involves the understanding of criminal law in the relevant jurisdictions in order to interact appropriately\r\nwith the legal professionals. The course will introduce students to the relevant sentencing and evidentiary\r\nissues, as well as the literature on the assessment andmanagement of violent and sexual offending\r\nbehaviours, amongst other problem behaviours. In addition, the course will explore areas relating to eyewitness testimony in children. Further, the association between personality disorders and offending behaviours, as well as the relevant assessment and management issues will be examined.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3235 and PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3235 and PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4229","ModuleTitle":"Psychological Therapies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce students to the main orientations of psychological therapy including psychodynamic psychotherapy, behavioural and cognitive therapies, and systemic therapies, amongst others. Theoretical underpinnings, specific therapeutic techniques, applications to particular psychiatric disorders or psychological problems, methods of evaluation, levels of empirical support, mechanisms of change, and ethical and professional issues will be covered. Seminars will include didactic teaching, class discussions, clinical case studies, selected articles, and where possible, video footage.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4230","ModuleTitle":"Mindful Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Mindful Psychology is an integration of Western and Buddhist psychology, mindfulness and neuroscience. This unique integration takes essential elements of these disciplines and blends them into a new way of understanding the human psyche, emotional suffering and healthy psychological development.\r\n\r\nThe aim of this course is to address questions such as: What is Mindful Psychology and how does mindfulness practice relate to healthy psychological development? What are the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of this emerging discipline? This course will introduce students to the scientific research, applications and future trends in Mindful Psychology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted a minimum of 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted a minimum of 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4231","ModuleTitle":"Personality Biology, Economics and Wellbeing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Personality measures have gained traction in Economics, Psychiatry and Health Psychology as potential predictors of wellbeing and social and economic achievement. Students will read key article showing the relationship between personality, economics, wellbeing and social success. The student\r\nwill explore through interactive discussions the role of hard wiring mediated by genetic polymorphisms, as well as environment, in shaping individual personalities and how personality impacts individual trajectories across the life span.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132, PL3241 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3235 and PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132, PL3241 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3235 and PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL4233","ModuleTitle":"Psychology of Negotiation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide an overview of the science of negotiation, drawing largely upon the theories and research in organizational psychology and social\r\npsychology. Students will learn basic and classic issues in the field including distributive and integrative bargaining, as well as the cognitive, motivational, and\r\nemotional processes that inhibit or facilitate effectiveness in negotiating. Students will also be introduced to complex issues including multi-party\r\nnegotiations, third-party negotiations, agency and ethics, and cross-cultural negotiations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132, PL3239 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132, PL3239 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"SW3208","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL4236","ModuleTitle":"Autism Spectrum and Related Conditions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Autism Spectrum Conditions affect social and communication development in approximately 1 in 100 individuals. This module will cover the history, presentation, diagnostic process and challenges, genetics and neurobiology, etiological theories, assessment and evidence-based interventions for individuals with Autism Spectrum and related neurodevelopmental conditions across the life-span. Emphasis will be given to recent research and empirically validated neurobiological, developmental and psychological theoretical perspectives and understanding the high comorbidity in ASC. This module will also explore the presentation of autistic traits in the general population, family and relatives of those with ASC and in those with other disorders (“the autism continuum”).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3234 and PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3234 and PL3236, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL4241","ModuleTitle":"Exploring Consciousness – Theory and Neuroscience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Perceptual consciousness allows us to interact with the world that we live in through touch, sight, sound, smell and taste. In addition, conscious decision-making (free will) allows us to interact with our surroundings in ways that fulfil our goals and desires. In this course, we will discuss neuroscientific, psychological and philosophical investigations on conscious perception and decision-making. We will discuss the methods used to study it, and importantly, highlight the limitations of our current understanding in the field.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3232 and PL3233, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), which should include PL3232 and PL3233, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Each student selects a topic for research and works under the supervision of a member of the teaching staff. The research work is presented as a thesis for examination. The Honours Thesis carries an equivalent weight of three modules. Please register PL4401 manually with the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-37.5-0","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs, including 60 MCs of PL major requirements, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs, including 44 MCs of PL major requirements, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.","Preclusion":"PL4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL4501","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The Integrated Thesis is a single thesis that satisfies both the Master’s thesis and Honours thesis requirements of the Psychology Concurrent Degree Programme. The Integrated Thesis is pitched at the Master’s level and should thus entail original  research that contributes to new knowledge. Similar to PL4401 Honours Thesis, the Integrated Thesis carries an equivalent weight of three 4000-level modules and is done under the supervision of a member of the teaching staff.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-37.5-0","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs, including 60 MCs of PL major requirements, with a minimum CAP of 3.50. Students should be enrolled in the Concurrent Degree Programme and be in good standing. Registration is subject to departmental consent.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs, including 44 MCs of PL major requirements, with a minimum CAP of 3.50. Students should be enrolled in the Concurrent Degree Programme and be in good standing. Registration is subject to departmental consent.","Preclusion":"PL4401","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in PL, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in PL, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in PL, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"PL4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL4880G","ModuleTitle":"Positive Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Positive Psychology is the study of how people thrive  despite external obstacles and their own human frailties. The aim of this course is to address questions such as: What are the positive psychological mind-states and action sequences that promote flourishing lives, and how can we live life well? What are the behaviours and cognitions that undermine wellbeing? This course will introduce students to the scientific research and issues in positive psychology, and will explore the meaning and implications of positive psychology towards a global understanding of wellbeing.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3235, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), in which one must be PL3235, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4880L","ModuleTitle":"Applying Cognitive Psychology to Learning & Instruction","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module will explore the cognitive processes that underlie learning in educational contexts. We will examine: (i) the factors that influence effective encoding, organisation, and subsequent retrieval of knowledge, (ii) how learners monitor and regulate their learning, and (iii) how expertise is acquired. We will also delve into the scientific literature to evaluate the effectiveness of various study/instructional strategies, and compare the research findings against our own intuitions (i.e., how we learn best may not correspond to how we think we learn best). We will consider the implications of cognitive science research for enhancing educational practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 – PL3236), in which one must be PL3233, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 – PL3236), in which one must be PL3233, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PL4880P","ModuleTitle":"Psychology of Religion","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Religion is ubiquitous across cultures and highly influential in many individuals’ lives, society, and history. This module examines religion through cognitive, developmental, social, and evolutionary psychology. Key questions that will be examined are: Why do people believe in gods and perform rituals? What psychological processes support religious beliefs, behaviours, and experiences? What are the social effects of religion? What is the relationship between religion and morality? The module also examines methods and issues in studying religion empirically.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 – PL3236), with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs of which student must have passed PL1101E, PL2131, PL2132 and 4 out of the 5 core modules (PL3232 - PL3236), with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PL5222","ModuleTitle":"Multivariate Statistics in Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the use of multivariate methods for the analysis of psychological data. Included among the methods to be covered may be canonical correlation, discriminant function analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. Emphasis will be placed on the development of skills for multivariate data analysis through hands-on analysis and interpretation of datasets.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"PL2101Y/PL2131 and PL2102Y/PL2132 or consent of Instructor","Preclusion":"PL4204","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL5222R","ModuleTitle":"Multivariate Statistics in Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the use of multivariate methods for the analysis of psychological data. Included among the methods to be covered may be canonical correlation, discriminant function analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. Emphasis will be placed on the development of skills for multivariate data analysis through hands-on analysis and interpretation of datasets.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"PL2101Y/PL2131 and PL2102Y/PL2132 or consent of Instructor","Preclusion":"PL4204","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL5225","ModuleTitle":"STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module with introduce the ideas of structural equation modeling and its relationship to other current statistical models. Specifically, regression analysis, path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis will be formulated within the general framework of structural equation modeling. Advanced topics, such as ordinal data analysis, missing data, multiple-group analysis and latent growth models, will also be covered. After the course, students are expected to know how to conduct the analysis and interpret the results themselves.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"PL2101Y/PL2131, PL2102Y/PL2132 and PL5221, or consent of the instructor","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PL5225R","ModuleTitle":"STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module with introduce the ideas of structural equation modeling and its relationship to other current statistical models. Specifically, regression analysis, path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis will be formulated within the general framework of structural equation modeling. Advanced topics, such as ordinal data analysis, missing data, multiple-group analysis and latent growth models, will also be covered. After the course, students are expected to know how to conduct the analysis and interpret the results themselves.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"PL2101Y/PL2131, PL2102Y/PL2132 and PL5221, or consent of the instructor","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PL5303","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module surveys recent advances in cognitive psychology and is targeted at graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have an interest in cognitive science. Students will be introduced to the foundations and basic philosophy behind contemporary approaches to cognition such as the symbolic, connectionist, ecological, dynamic, and embodied movements. We will examine the applications of these approaches to recent research in selected topics from the areas of perception, memory, language, creativity, consciousness, and intelligent behaviour. Prior exposure to cognitive psychology at the undergraduate level is required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"PL3233 or consent of instructor","Preclusion":"PL6222","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL5303R","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module surveys recent advances in cognitive psychology and is targeted at graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have an interest in cognitive science. Students will be introduced to the foundations and basic philosophy behind contemporary approaches to cognition such as the symbolic, connectionist, ecological, dynamic, and embodied movements. We will examine the applications of these approaches to recent research in selected topics from the areas of perception, memory, language, creativity, consciousness, and intelligent behaviour. Prior exposure to cognitive psychology at the undergraduate level is required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"PL3233 or consent of instructor","Preclusion":"PL6222","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Psychology in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PL5220","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL6208","ModuleTitle":"Empirical Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The ability to conduct independent psychological research is a prerequisite for embarking on a doctoral dissertation. As such the module is aimed at advancing the research skills of doctoral students prior to their qualifying examinations. They will achieve this advancement by working on a research project under the close supervision of their doctoral supervisor. All doctoral students must take this\r\nmodule.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Admission to the NUS psychology PhD program","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PL6215","ModuleTitle":"SELECTED APPLICATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Various modules requiring applied expertise in the selected fields of psychology will be offered from time to time by visiting or local staff.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Consent of instructor","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PL6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Psychology in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PL6220, PL6220A, PL6220B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PL6888","ModuleTitle":"Selected Topics in Social and Cognitive Neuroscience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to cover selected topics in social and cognitive neuroscience, which include, but are not limited to, affective neuroscience, decision making neuroscience, and neuroscience of attention and/or memory. The topic(s) to be covered in any particular year that the module is offered will depend on student demand, faculty expertise, and faculty availability. This module will follow a seminar format, requiring high levels of student participation, writing-intensive assignments, and analytic skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Admission to the NUS psychology graduate program or approval by the lecturer.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PLB1201","ModuleTitle":"Psychology in Everyday Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The module is designed to equip students who are not planning to major in psychology with basic literacy in the discipline. Students will acquire basic understanding of common human experiences, such as sleep, dreams, learning, and memory from a psychological perspective; and apply psychological knowledge to understand some of the common problematic behaviours we encounter, such as forgetfulness, sleep problems, addiction, eating disorders, depression, and mental retardation. Students will also learn about some of the practical issues, such as whether it is beneficial to boost one’s self-esteem, whether subliminal persuasion works, and how we could find happiness.","CrossModule":"GEK1064","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK1064 and PL1101E. Students who take PLB1201 and subsequently go on to major in Psychology will not be able to count PLB1201 towards their graduation requirements.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PLC5003","ModuleTitle":"Health across the lifespan","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended to facilitate acquisition of knowledge and expertise on: 1) normal and abnormal developmental issues affecting health and mental health across one’s lifespan with specific focus on early childhood and adolescent stages, midlife crisis, aging and gero-psychological issues; 2) basic concepts of mind-body interactions and psychoneuroimmunology; 3) role of clinical psychologists in the identification, assessment, and treatment of mental health and health problems across lifespan; 4) psychological management of chronic health and mental health conditions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"Admission to Clinical Psychology programme or with permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PLC5006","ModuleTitle":"Ethics and Professional Issues","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Through this module, students will develop an understanding and appreciation of ethical principles in clinical psychology practice. The module aims for students to (i) be familiar with international ethical standards and their application in Singapore, (ii) demonstrate awareness of potential ethical dilemmas across different contexts and approach these using appropriate\ndecision-making strategies, (iii) understand the importance of developing and maintaining professional skills and competencies, (iv) demonstrate good insight into ethical obligations as professional clinical psychologists, (v) appreciate the importance of practising with cultural sensitivity, and (vi) understand the Ministry of Health’s code of conduct for public healthcare staff.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PLC5011 (Clinical Placement 1)","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PLC5009","ModuleTitle":"RESEARCH PROPOSAL","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Admission to Clinical Psychology training programme","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PLC5010","ModuleTitle":"Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to help students prepare a scholarly report of their proposed applied research project submitted in PLC5009 Research Proposal. Under the supervision of a member of the faculty, students will make appropriate modifications to the planned design, complete data collection and analyses, and prepare draft reports. Students will also receive comments and feedback from other faculty, clinical supervisors and peer students. Students then present their completed research projects orally and submit the final draft of the report as a thesis of about 20,000 words in APA style for examination.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"1-1-0-10-8","Prerequisite":"Research Proposal","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PLC5011A","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Placement 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"PLC5004 (Psychological Intervention and Therapy), PLC5001 (Psychological Assessment and Diagnosis)","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PLC5012B","ModuleTitle":"CLINICAL PLACEMENT 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides professional practice experience related to the theoretical foundations on clinical psychopathology covered in coursework modules. Students will undertake direct clinical experience either in a hospital or a community setting, under the close supervision of an experienced clinical psychologist. The focus of this second placement is on the gradual development of the clinical skills required for assessing, describing, diagnosing and treating adult and/or paediatric psychological disorder.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PLC5013C","ModuleTitle":"CLINICAL PLACEMENT 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PSYCHOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides professional practice experience related to the theoretical foundations of clinical psychopathology, assessment, diagnosis and intervention covered in coursework modules. Students will undertake an intensive block (40 days) of direct clinical experience either in a hospital or a community setting, under the supervision of an experienced clinical psychologist.  The focus of this third placement will be on the continued development of clinical skills in planning and carrying out intervention with psychiatric patients with minimal guidance. If considered appropriate by their supervising clinician, students may progress to independent management of clients by the end of the placement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"0-0-0-250-70","Prerequisite":"PLC5012 (Clinical Placement 2); Pass on the Professional Competency Examination","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PM5000","ModuleTitle":"DISSERTATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"Objective - This graded module provides students with the opportunity to conduct independent research under the guidance of a supervisor. Students are required to submit a 10,000-word written dissertation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PM5101","ModuleTitle":"PROJECT MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"Objective - The module offers an overview of project management. It covers the strategic use of projects as part of business strategy, the project cycle in terms of its conception, planning, and execution, and the factors that underpin the success of projects. The project manager as an effective leader in managing projects is emphasized at each stage of the cycle.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PM5105","ModuleTitle":"DEVELOPMENT FINANCE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"Objective - This module introduces capital budgeting, project finance, and risk analysis. It covers the capital allocation framework, project cash flows, investment criteria, cost of capital, financial risk analysis, and how various types of projects are financed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PM5107","ModuleTitle":"TIME AND COST MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"Objective - This module focuses on management of the construction project from the perspective of the contractor. It covers tendering and estimating, material and equipment procurement, subcontracting, and cost and financial control of projects incorporating cash flow analysis, financial reporting, and project scheduling.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PM5109","ModuleTitle":"PROJECT MANAGEMENT LAW","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"Objective - This module provides an understanding of aspects of construction law and mechanisms for resolving disputes. It covers the law of contract, the duties and liabilities of different parties in a project, negligence, claims, procurement, risk allocation, and remedies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PM5111","ModuleTitle":"SPECIAL TOPICS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"Objective - This module is designed to allow students to conduct independent studies on special topics in project management under the guidance of a team of staff members. Students are required to submit a 6,000-word report.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PM5115","ModuleTitle":"Project Finance Contracts and Agreements","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"BUILDING","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an understanding of aspects of different project finance contracts and agreements. It covers the issues of risk management through\r\ncontractual terms, duties and liabilities of lenders and borrowers, dispute management and contractual remedies, and issues relating to international contracts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5105","ModuleTitle":"Cost Benefit Analysis in Public Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5110A","ModuleTitle":"POLICY ANALYSIS EXERCISE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"POLICY ANALYSIS EXERCISE","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5136","ModuleTitle":"Applied Public Sector Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course is concerned with economic analysis of the public sector. It covers topics such as economic boundaries of the state, public choice theory, government budgeting systems and their implications, economic effects of various taxes, the role of user charges, fiscal incentives, government expenditure policies, tax and expenditure reform, and economics of multilevel government. The course also examines the privatisation phenomenon.  This module is mounted for MPP students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MP5136","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5138","ModuleTitle":"Econometrics for Public Policy Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this course is to prepare students for becoming both critical consumers and competent producers of quantitative evidence used in the public policy arena. This course provides students with a solid grounding on economic theory and statistical techniques used to analyze public policy. At the end of the course, students will be able to use advanced econometric tools on real world policy problems and draw policy implications. The major topics covered include: inference and hypothesis testing, simple regression analysis, multiple regression analysis, non-linear regression models, binary dependent variable models, program evaluation, panel data analysis, and time series analysis and forecasting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5141","ModuleTitle":"Post-Crisis Economics and Policy Implications for Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course takes a multi-disciplinary, practitioner-driven approach to analyse Singapore’s public policies. It does this by integrating and applying three conceptual lenses, namely standard economics, the cognitive sciences, and organisation behaviour. We will first examine policies in Singapore through the lens of market failures and how economists have traditionally viewed the role of governments. We then examine the cognitive limits of economic agents and consider how behavioural economics offers the possibility of better policy design by taking into account people’s cognitive biases and limitations. In the third segment, we analyse the Singapore government through the lens of organisation behaviour. Throughout the course, we apply these lenses to various policy successes and failures in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5142","ModuleTitle":"Liveable and Sustainable Cities - A Singapore Case-study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"An unprecedented level of urbanization is expected worldwide, presenting immense resource challenges as well as opportunities for cities. \r\n\r\nIt is critical that the future city leaders learn from urban pioneers and case examples, to gain insights into the urban development challenges of cities, and to make informed decisions based on the principles and practice of dynamic urban governance. \r\n\r\nSingapore is an example of a very dense city that is also highly liveable. The module will therefore focus on Singapore, analysed through the lens on the Liveability Framework, and brought to life by experts in various fields of urban development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5147","ModuleTitle":"Asian Global Cities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"In today’s globalization, many of the policy challenges are becoming urban issues, especially in the rapidly urbanizing Asia. This module focuses on examining the new policy challenges and opportunities of Asian global cities that are increasingly strengthening their presence in the world. It studies a number of rising and transforming global cities in East, Southeast and South Asia, in order to understand their experiences of globalization and urban policy priorities. A number of key policy-related topics will be covered, including global urban networks, urban gateways, megaprojects, privatization, land governance, housing development, informal economy, and participatory development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5150","ModuleTitle":"Social Welfare in East Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"How is social welfare organised in East Asia? What are the unique strengths and vulnerabilities? This course examines the origins, structure, and performance of social welfare systems in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Korea, and analyses their distinctiveness relative to the mature welfare states of Europe and other developed economies. Students will be trained to combine major theoretical perspectives such as developmentalism, neoliberalism, and welfare regimes with empirical understanding of country cases using a critical and comparative approach.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5156","ModuleTitle":"Moral Reasoning in the Policy Process","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course discusses the fundamentals of logic, moral philosophy and the art of policy communications. It has a theoretical component in political and moral philosophy and a practical component in policy communications. It provides a foundation for the tool of moral reasoning, the processes of public decision-making and the critical and analytical tools for public discourse.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5165","ModuleTitle":"Market Failures and Government Intervention","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended for individuals who are interested\nin the functions of the market in modern economies and\nwho in the course of their careers may be in positions of\nregulating market behaviour for public policy purposes.\nThe focus is to identify what makes the market imperfect or\ncause market failures. The course will also examine the\nappropriate form of governmental intervention.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"No pre-requisite. Required economic concepts would be taught as part of the course.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5176","ModuleTitle":"China and the Global Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"In recent years, China has emerged as a major global economic power. Moreover, China has become increasingly integrated with the rest of the global economy. It is important to have a good understanding of China’s increasing importance to global economic growth. This course is intended to provide students with an intensive overview of China’s growing role in the global economy with focus on the interactions between China’s domestic economic reform and its cross-border trade and investment. The impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative on both domestic economic growth and other developing, as well as developed economies are also discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5187","ModuleTitle":"The Foreign Policy of Global Business","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"In an interconnected and interdependent world with business, governments and civil society institutions converging and collaborating on projects and solving issues, with international corporations expected to share leadership, new mindsets, new tools and new narratives are required. This course is an opportunity to learn more about public diplomacy as a conceptual tool linked to other disciplines such as public relations, public affairs, corporate responsibility, strategy, sustainability, social psychology and governance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5188","ModuleTitle":"Social Entrepreneurship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This is a course for changemakers – those committed to addressing world issues, interested in learning tools and concepts to maximize positive impact with limited resources by focusing on value creation. The course helps students get familiarized with social entrepreneurship concepts and practices, and build awareness of their multiple applications in the public and the private sectors. Topics include: problem and solution identification, business model innovation, piloting, impact assessment, scaling impact, funding, pitching, social entrepreneurship ecosystems and public policies. This is an applied course: students will choose a real-world social venture project and work on it in teams during the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5192","ModuleTitle":"Data Analytics: Science, Art and Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"Data analytics is a scientific approach to help organisations solve problems, make better decisions, and increase productivity. Despite its business origins, analytics has been applied in governments, hospitals, and even museums, spurning a $125 billion market. However, a significant number of analytics projects fail due, in part, to poor science (techniques), art (e.g., implementation, change management) or both. This module covers the critical success factors for organisations embarking on their analytics journeys with topics spanning: project scoping, psychometrics, statistical modelling, text analytics, and applications in government, people, and healthcare analytics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5193","ModuleTitle":"Asian International and Strategic Thought","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module will introduce students to international and strategic thought in four Asian countries – China, India, Japan, and Singapore. As world power shifts towards Asia, it is vital to provide students with insights into how key Asian societies have thought about the nature of international life and how to deal with the threats and opportunities to their countries. Students will read key texts and thinkers, will make comparisons across the four sets of thinkers and will critically assess the relevance of the ideas they encounter for contemporary foreign and security policy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5194","ModuleTitle":"Natural Disasters, Environment and Climate Change","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to provide students with a knowledge of natural disasters and climate change. It begins by establishing a link between climate-related disasters and human activity. It then considers the joint challenges of disaster risk reduction and management, and provides lessons for policy and investments. The module likewise examines the issue of climate change as an externality that can be addressed through policy tools geared towards mitigation and adaptation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Basic economics","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5220","ModuleTitle":"Innovation and Technology Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5223","ModuleTitle":"Population Ageing, Public Policy, and Family","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course covers policy issues of modern ageing societies, with special emphases on families and comparisons between Asian and Western countries. To tackle the complex issues, we discuss both relevant theories and empirical evidence from various disciplines. The first part investigates demographic causes of population ageing–decreased fertility and extended\r\nlongevity. The second part reviews public old-age support programs and discuss their challenges. We also describe policy options to mitigate the consequences of population ageing, and assess the effectiveness of the policies. The third part examines why families provide elder support, and how public and private old-age provisions are interrelated.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5224","ModuleTitle":"Value- Focused Negotiations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course explores systematic ways to negotiate with a focus on value. It aims to help students increase awareness of the negotiation process as well as their own assumptions and behaviours, and to improve negotiation and influencing skills and results by developing systematic approaches to prepare and conduct negotiations. This is an experiential course, where students will engage in negotiation exercises, role plays and discussions. Other sources of learning include lectures, readings, videos and journals.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5226","ModuleTitle":"Social Policy Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The module offers a critical introduction to essential concepts, approaches, and analytical tools in social policy from a comparative perspective with the purpose of improving the design of social policies. It will focus on the substance and context of social policies, the forms in which they are delivered and financed, and how they might be improved. Adopting a problem-solving approach from a design perspective, we will first understand the scope and magnitude of a number of social problems and then explore ways to address them effectively. To maintain focus, we will concentrate on education, health, housing, and pension in select countries in East, South and Southeast Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5228","ModuleTitle":"Evidence-Informed Policy Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The module will address the salient aspects of how evidence informs policy making, covering the following areas: needs assessment; evidence generation and synthesis; presentation of evidence in an appropriate, useful and\r\nactionable manner; strengthening evidence generating and presenting capacity in low income countries; barriers and aids to use of evidence by policy-makers; engaging the public; and effectiveness of methods and processes to achieve evidence-informed policy. Health policy is used to illustrate concepts and practice, but principles are equally applicable to policy development in other sectors. The module will emphasize case studies from real policy situations but will also address the importance of sound conceptual frameworks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"None required. Statistics or research methods background can be helpful.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5229","ModuleTitle":"Education policy in Singapore: comparative perspectives","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"Education is a significant area in public policy impacting individuals, families specific communities and society as a whole. It is widely seen as crucial to economic competitiveness, social cohesion and human development. In this module, students will learn about policy dilemmas, choices and consequences both in Singapore and in East Asia. Topics covered include access and equity issues, medium of institution, values and citizenship education and higher education.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5236","ModuleTitle":"Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to get an understanding of what is poverty, how to measure poverty, who is poor, what causes poverty, and what are the policy responses to poverty alleviation. In addition, the module will also examine the concept of inequality and its interlinkages with poverty. The module will combine theory, measurement, and policy with an emphasis on policy examples from Asia.\r\n\r\nIn addition to introducing students to mainstream conceptualizations of poverty and inequality such as predetermined poverty lines and Gini index, this module will bring in contemporary and alternative paradigms such as multi-dimensional poverty, capability deprivation, and inequality of opportunity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5239","ModuleTitle":"Understanding and Managing Corruption","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"Ethics and good governance are essential to the continuing development of the public sector, in developing as well advanced nations. This module will help you to develop authentic moral positions on public management issues and essential competencies for ethical leadership. You will approach this through first exploring the underlying concepts and philosophical underpinnings of ethical governance and the threats facing it. You will then develop your skills and ethical standpoints by putting your learning into practice with assignments and practical exercises, many of which involve actual cases and dilemma trainings used in professional programs all over the world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5242J","ModuleTitle":"Effective Implementation: Learning from Effective Implementers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PP5249","ModuleTitle":"Media, Public Opinion & Public Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5257","ModuleTitle":"Urban Water Policy and Governance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5266","ModuleTitle":"GLOBAL HEALTH POLICY AND ISSUES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The changing social, economic, technological and political conditions across the diverse countries and populations of Asia, and the world mean that there is a need for policy professionals to have an overview of global health policies and associated issues. To do that, this module examines the roles and relationships among major players at the global level, and different approaches taken by various international organizations and national governments in tackling health and related problems in the context of the post-2015, post-MDG development agenda. The module will also compare and contrast global health policies with international policy instruments in other areas related to health. The module will examine global health trends and issues using a macro policy framework. Significant challenges in the organization of global health programmes and the complexities involved in international cooperation and the implementation of international policy instruments will be analysed through selected case-studies. Topics on current issues will include: role of international health organizations, international aid and development assistance, emerging epidemics and disasters, non-communicable diseases (including tobacco use), health impacts of climate change, cross-border health issues (e.g. food security), migration of health human resources (brain drain), international trade in health services, global health diplomacy, international health law and the future of global health.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5273","ModuleTitle":"POLITICAL ISLAM AND GOVERNANCE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5278","ModuleTitle":"HEALTH ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5279","ModuleTitle":"Clusters and National Competitiveness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5401","ModuleTitle":"Policy Challenges","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This year-long module is designed to get students to think in a practical, problem-oriented, and multidisciplinary way through critical lenses and analytical tools available in the disciplines of Public Management and Leadership, Political Science and International Relations, and Economics, all pillars of a traditional Public Policy education. Students will be presented with an Asia-focused wicked problem, a\r\ncomplex case study, or a hypothetical situation through which they can engage, throughout the year and in a sustained way, central ideas and tools associated with each discipline. The module will be team-taught and enhanced through flipped classroom approaches.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5407","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Research Methods for Public Policy 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"Policy evaluation is critical in helping to decide\nwhether to expand, modify, or terminate a program or\npolicy. The objective of this module is to provide\nstudents with the knowledge and skills required to\nunderstand and conduct policy evaluation. The\nmodule will build on the foundational analytical skills\ntaught in PP5406.\nThe focus is on rigorous quantitative evaluation tools.\nThese will be taught using case studies and datasets\nthat will allow students to identify the strengths and\nweaknesses of these methods and learn how to\napply them to a policy problem of their choice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-3-0-2-2","Prerequisite":"PP5406","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5408","ModuleTitle":"Qualitative Research Methods for Public Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"How can qualitative research methods be used to\nanswer questions about public policy development\nand outcomes? How do we overcome concerns\nabout objectivity and representativeness? This\ncourse introduces students to the conceptual\nfoundations of qualitative research in the social\nsciences. It covers a wide range of techniques for\nconducting research with policy makers and the\npublic, and on country cases. The course will\nprepare students to consume and conduct\nqualitative research by combining both theoretical\nand procedural understanding.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5507","ModuleTitle":"Policy Innovation Lab","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This project-based module allows students to develop\ninnovative solutions to real-world policy problems.\nStudents work in teams with external partners\n(government, corporate, incubators, non-profit\norganizations, foundations, etc.) to develop a concrete\ninnovative “product\" that addresses a specific public policy\nissue. Students work with their partner on a project. They\nparticipate in workshop-style lectures on key issues related\nto innovation including diffusion, disruption, and policy\napplication, and on practical skills for policy innovation\nincluding design thinking, human-centered design,\nstakeholder analysis, and problem-solving processes.\nExternal partners reserve the right to select the student\nteams working on their proposed projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5508","ModuleTitle":"Regional Integration - the cases of ASEAN and EU","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course addresses regional integration through the\nASEAN and the EU in a comparative manner, including\nhistorical origins, basic structures, decision-making\nprocesses and main policy domains, both internal and\nexternal. The course also examines bi-regional relations\nbetween the EU and ASEAN as well as future challenges\nfor the two regions and regionalism overall.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5509","ModuleTitle":"Critical Issues in the Design of Pensions Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course looks at pension systems design and public policy issues associated with retirement income provision in Singapore and internationally. It provides students with an understanding of different models of social security systems, the economics and finance of pensions, governments’ role in pension provision, and reform options. Topics covered include: rationale for state involvement; types of pension schemes; plan design and policy choices; Singapore’s Central Provident Fund scheme; fiscal sustainability of pension systems; distributional issues and risk sharing; recent reforms and policy developments; and international comparisons;. A special focus is given to the implications of population ageing on pension policy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY MODULE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5701","ModuleTitle":"Economic Applications for Public Organizations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The main objective of this module is to describe how basic concepts in economics are applicable at different levels in public administration. The module commences with a presentation of the basic concepts and then illustrates the applicability and relevance of these concepts to decision making by recourse to a set of case\r\nstudies as well as widely cited examples in public administration. Topics covered include: Markets and Pareto Efficiency; Markets and Property Rights; Market Failure; Natural Monopolies; Strategic Outcomes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PP5702","ModuleTitle":"Public Administration in Theory and Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the key concepts relating to the theory and practice of public administration. The module is organised around four themes: foundations (key concepts and contexts of public administration); core functions (different types of public organisation); key processes; values; and challenges. The module\r\nuses both a comparative approach and case studies from Asia to link theory to real-world practice of public administration. Upon completion of the module, students will be familiar with the key issues in public administration and will be able in better position to relate the various components of their degree programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PP5705","ModuleTitle":"Comparative Public Policy and Management: Singapore and Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a coherent analysis of Singapore’s development experiences focusing on the economic outcomes, political leadership, policy design and implementation, institutions and the interaction between these components. The objective is to provide students with greater insights into the policies that have shaped Singapore’s economic development, sharpen their understanding of policy making and implementation in Singapore and encourage them to reflect on its relevance to their own country and organisations. The module will draw upon the expertise of senior government policy- and decision-makers as well as those who have been involved or researched in policy-making. It will involve visits to relevant institutions in Singapore and a short attachment to a government agency in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PP5802","ModuleTitle":"Policy Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"Public sector managers are frequently confronted with decisions about whether or not to initiate, continue, modify, or terminate policies or programs, and the knowledge and skills in policy analysis and program evaluation are essential for them to make intelligent choices. The module will cover important considerations in conducting policy analysis and evaluation, such as identifying policy problems, establishing criteria, assessing policy alternatives, choosing among policies, and evaluating policy impacts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-2-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5803","ModuleTitle":"Public Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"Public managers are answerable to various groups of people including those within hierarchical structures, political parties and politicians, citizens and civil society groups and also international actors and organizations. Also public managers are often caught in policy dilemmas and are tasked to carry out policy promises in very challenging contexts. This course aims to introduce students to key concepts in the discipline of public administration. Students will explore various ways to think about these public management problems. Students will be able to understand theoretical concepts and appreciate their applicability to real-world practices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-1.5-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5804","ModuleTitle":"Governance Study Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The Governance Study Project (GSP) is a year-long team- based project. Consisting of a study trip at the end of the first semester, a seminar, and a final conference the end of the special term, the GSP connects the beginning to the end of the degree programme, requiring students to put to use the knowledge and skills learnt in each module. Through projects that are real public problems, students will acquire skills related to analysis of complex managerial\r\nproblems, basic research, and writing and other presentational modes. The  GSP also aims to develop team building and a strong sense of cohort.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-0-5-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP5905","ModuleTitle":"Foreign Policy Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course focuses on how states formulate and implement their foreign policies. It is structured based on different levels of analysis: systems, state, leaders, bureaucracies/institutions, and society. The course analyses the various constraints that each of these actors face, how they interact with each other, and the processes and mechanisms through which they resolve their differences and formulate policy. It also examines the conditions in the implementation process that impact policy outcomes. Major themes include the state as rational actor, the role of personalities and their psychology, the impact of ideas and cultures, bureaucratic politics, and the role of interest groups and coalitions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PP5906","ModuleTitle":"International Economic Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"All emerging economies face common challenges: usually,\ninadequate resources; otherwise, waste and distortion;\noften, corruption and technological deficiency. Developed\nnations can demonstrate best practice. But they can also\nfoist on developing countries restrictions on favoured\npathways to success: tight boundaries between state and\nmarket; interpretations of political freedoms; intellectual\nproperty rights regimes; open capital markets; a\nconstraining carbon-sensitive global environment -\nconditions that, while claimed universalist, did not operate\nwhen today's advanced economies started their climb to\nsuccess. All these problems test Asia's emerging\neconomies: this course develops economic models to help\npolicymakers understand and deal with these challenges.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP6702","ModuleTitle":"FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY: THEORIES AND METHODS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PP6703","ModuleTitle":"Foundations of Public Administration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course examines emerging directions in policy research in the contemporary literature in public administration and public management. It focuses on the\r\nidentification and critique of the research strategies and methodological choices made by prominent contemporary scholars in the field. It prepares students for Ph.d-Level comprehensive examinations in the subject","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PP6705","ModuleTitle":"The Politics of Public Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"Doctoral-level research seminar on institutional theory, emphasizing: (i) frontiers of research on institutionalism (from the fields of public administration, organizational\r\nsociology, and political economy) and (ii) new research directions. The aim is to train students in theory-building and the conduct of original research in institutional analysis and design, which requires developing an ability to critique extant literature and identify open questions that are ripe for investigation. Open to masters students with instructor's permission. The course begins with an\r\ninvestigation of current frontiers in research, and ends with positing new directions for inquiry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PP5268 Institutional Design and Analysis","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PP6706","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This is the second in a two-module series in research methods in public policy. This module provides a more in-depth understanding of the theory and practice of empirical methods, both quantitative and qualitative, used to study the\r\ncausal effects of policy on observed outcomes. It focuses on the applications of econometric techniques to policy research with real world data sets. Students apply these techniques to real-life case studies and present analyses in class.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"PP6701 Research Methods for Public Policy I","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"PP6770","ModuleTitle":"PUBLIC POLICY GRADUATE SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","Department":"LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR1120","ModuleTitle":"Microbiology in Pharmacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module gives an insight into the nature of microorganisms, with greater emphasis on bacteria and their significance to the pharmaceutical industry and medicine. The fundamentals of basic microbiology, such as the characteristics, morphology, classification, cultivation, enumeration and identification of bacteria, as well as fungi and viruses, will be discussed. Concepts of disinfection and sterility, disinfectants and sterilization methods will also be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-2.5- 1-2.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR2115","ModuleTitle":"Medicinal Chemistry for Drug Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the basic principles of medicinal chemistry for drug design, with the emphasis on the relationship between structure, physicochemical properties and the molecular basis of drug action. Students will learn to apply various synthetic reaction mechanisms to construct organic molecules. They will also learn to apply computational methodologies to derive lead compounds from\ndatabases, derive pharmacophore from bioactive compounds and rationalise the optimal drug-target interaction through docking experiments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0.5-2-0-3.5","Prerequisite":"PR1110 or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR2122","ModuleTitle":"Biotechnology for Pharmacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Students will gain knowledge of the various techniques in biotechnology and their applications in the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals and biomedical research, the physicochemical properties, pharmacology and the formulation of commonly used biopharmaceuticals, as well as the principles of the mechanism of some biotechnologically derived diagnostic aids/tests. Major\r\ntopics to be covered include biotechnologically derived therapeutics such as insulin, growth hormones, cytokines, enzymes, monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, blood products, diagnostic aids/tests for urine analysis, plasma glucose, plasma lipids, HIV and pregnancy, gene therapy, transgenic technology and RNA interference technology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-3-1-2.5","Prerequisite":"PR1111","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR2134","ModuleTitle":"Self Care","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Self-care is a continuum of behaviour initiated by a patient to establish and maintain health, prevent and deal with illness. In this module, students will be taught to integrate knowledge of non-prescription medications and non-pharmacological measures to counsel patients on the appropriate options for self-care management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1.5-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"PX2108, PA1113, PR1140","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR2135","ModuleTitle":"Pharmacotherapeutics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to familiarize students with the epidemiology, clinical presentation and diagnosis of disease states including rheumatological conditions, renal diseases, clinical nutrition, heart failure, ischemic heart disease and thromboembolic disorders. In addition, the pharmacotherapeutic management and pharmacology of drugs used in the management of the above disease states will be covered, emphasizing on the monitoring of the clinical outcomes in terms of the efficacy and safety of each drug used.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-2-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"PX2108, PA1113","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR2143","ModuleTitle":"Pharmaceutical Analysis for Quality Assurance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to train students in the principles and practical capability of pharmacopeia assays and various analytical instruments for pharmaceutical analysis. In particular, students will apply the analytical techniques in the characterization of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), the quality assurance of dosage forms and the analysis of biological fluids, coupled with hands-on experience with instrumentation and real-life problem solving.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-3-0-3","Prerequisite":"PR1110","Preclusion":"CN4233E and CN4233R","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR2288","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Pharmacy I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Please see section 4.4.3.  Target students: Pharmacy Year Two or Year Three and Science","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"PR1110 and Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR2289","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Pharmacy II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Please see section 4.4.3.  Target students: Pharmacy Year Two or Year Three and Science","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"PR1110 and Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR3136","ModuleTitle":"Pharmacotherapeutics IV","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This is a team-taught module that aims to prepare pharmacy students in the management of noncommunicable diseases through the integration of\r\npharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics. Major topics include psychiatry, neurology and oncology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"PR2135","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR3137","ModuleTitle":"Pharmacy Professional Skills Development III","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This is a practical-based module that builds on the knowledge gained from other clinical and practice modules to enable students to integrate and apply what they have learnt in the pharmacy practice laboratory sessions. This\r\nmodule is focused on the provision of pharmaceutical care and involves a partnership between the patient, pharmacist and other healthcare providers to promote safe and efficacious use of medications to achieve desired patient outcomes. Students will undergo simulated practice-based training, and work individually and collaboratively to hone their knowledge and skills in dispensing, patient counselling, medication therapy management, and handling drug information requests, in preparation for pre-registration training.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-2-0-4","Prerequisite":"PR2131, PR2134, PR3124, PR3146","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"PR3136 Pharmacotherapeutics IV"},{"ModuleCode":"PR3144","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Research Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides pharmacy students with a comprehensive understanding on the basic principles, concepts and methodology in clinical and pre-clinical research, including applying statistical knowledge in research design. Research examples are chosen to illustrate and facilitate the learning process. Major topics include: selection and formulation of research hypothesis, study designs used in pharmacy practice and clinical research, hierarchy of evidence, potential biases associated with various designs, data acquisition and handling approaches, statistical data analyses, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, general methodology in basic science research, and techniques in scientific communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"GER1000","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR3145","ModuleTitle":"Compliance & Good Practices in Pharmacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides pharmacy students with the foundation in various aspects of good practices, regulation and accreditation standards in pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical industries. It serves to emphasize the pharmacist’s obligation to ensure consumer/patient safety in the supply and use of medicines and health products.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-1-4","Prerequisite":"PR2143","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR3288","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Pharmacy I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Please see section 4.4.3.  Target students: Pharmacy Year Three and Science","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"By permission or PR2288 or PR2289","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR3289","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Pharmacy II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Please see section 4.4.3.  Target students: Pharmacy Year Three and Science","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"By permission or PR2288 or PR2289","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR3301","ModuleTitle":"Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Learning objectives: This module will introduce the principles of formulation, manufacturing technology and product quality assurance of a range of commonly used pharmaceutical dosage forms. Students will learn a body of technical knowledge and acquire practical skills in the manufacture and product quality evaluation of solutions, emulsions, suspensions, ointments, gels, suppositories, sterile products, microcapsules, capsules, tablets, inhalation products, powders and controlled-release products. Target students: Candidates without a Bachelor degree in Pharmacy will have to read this module as a Bridging Module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Pharmacy Major","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR3312","ModuleTitle":"Enhanced Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"In addition to having a good academic record and technical foundation, students with good soft skills and some industrial attachment or internship experiences often stand a better chance when seeking for jobs. This module gives non-Applied Science students the opportunity to embark on internships during their undergraduate study.\r\n\r\nThe module requires students to compete for position and perform a structured internship in a company/institution for 16-20 weeks during regular semester. Through regular meetings with the Academic Advisor and internship Supervisor, students explore how knowledge learnt in the curriculum can be transferred to perform technical assignments in an actual working environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"SP1001 Career Planning & Preparation or NCC1001 Headstart Module (A Career Development Programme) or NCC1000 Stepup Module (A Career Development Programme) or CFG1001 Headstart Module or CFG1000 StepUp Module; students must have completed 3 regular semesters of study, have declared Pharmacy as first major and have completed a minimum of 32 MCs in Pharmacy major at time of application.","Preclusion":"XX3312 modules offered in Science, where XX stands for the subject prefix for the respective major.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PR4138","ModuleTitle":"Pharmacy Professional Skills Development IV","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module will cover contemporary drug information skill and medication therapy management, with focus on geriatric medicine, hormones and contraception, travel medicines, weight managements, complementary medicines/herbal products, and the regulation of pharmaceutical products in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1-0-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"PR3137 \nPR3136 \nPR3146 \nPR2134","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR4196","ModuleTitle":"Pharmacy Research Project and Scientific Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to nurture the passion of final year Pharmacy students for inquiry and knowledge creation through fostering their intellectual rigor in tackling research questions related to pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, and developing their academic communication skills. It also aims to not only provide hands-on research experience gained through project work, but also to develop students’ higher order thinking skills, such as the critical evaluation of information, as well as hone students’ written and oral academic communication skills in the context of pharmaceutical sciences and practice. Students will carry out their projects under the supervision of Pharmacy academic staff, and will attend seminars/ tutorials offered by the Centre for English Language Communication (CELC) that aim to equip them with knowledge and skills for successful research communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"0-4-0-18-18","Prerequisite":"Completion of Pharmacy Year 3 requirement and subject to departmental approval. Students who are required to read ES1000 Basic English and/or ES1102/ES1103 English for Academic Purposes must pass these modules.","Preclusion":"Students from non-Pharmacy majors, PR4199","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PR4197","ModuleTitle":"Pharmacy Internship I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"The 12 week programme provides an opportunity for pharmacy undergraduates to undertake experiential learning in work environments and situations of different pharmacy practice sectors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"PR2134, PR2133, PR2135 and PR3146","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR4198","ModuleTitle":"Pharmacy Internship II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"The 12 week programme provides an opportunity for\r\npharmacy undergraduates to undertake experiential\r\nlearning in work environments and situations of different\r\npharmacy practice sectors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"PR2134, PR2133, PR2135 and PR3146","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR4201","ModuleTitle":"Pharmaceutical Marketing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Learning objectives: To understand the systems and principles of marketing.  To acquire an overview of the global pharmaceutical industry. To appreciate the unique features of pharmaceutical marketing namely, the players, the types of competitions, international regulations and technology innovation. Major topics: Marketing decisions. Understanding and identifying a market. Creating and managing a product. Assigning value and delivering a product. Communicating about a product. Emphasis is placed on marketing issues pertaining to pharmaceutical/healthcare products and services.Target students: Pharmacy Final Year","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-2-0-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"PR1103 ","Preclusion":"BH1003 or MKT1003 or CS3261","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR4206","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Pharmacy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Learning objectives: To understand that the total control of quality in drug industry is a plant-wide activity and involves careful attention to a number of factors including the selection of quality components and materials, adequate product and process design, and control (statistical) of process through in-process and end-product testing. Major topics: Good Manufacturing Practices. Statistical quality control. Microbiological quality control\n\ntechniques. Target students: Pharmacy Final Year","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-2-1-4","Prerequisite":"Pass PR2103 and PR3102 OR PR3301","Preclusion":"CN4233E and CN4233R","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR4207","ModuleTitle":"Applied Pharmacokinetics and Toxicokinetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Learning objectives? To enhance and broaden students' knowledge of pharmacokinetics and its application in toxicology. To enable students to develop critical thinking in optimization of pharmacotherapy for patients. To serve patients better with evidence-based judgement in future clinical practice. To learn the principles of pharmacokinetics, toxicokinetics and pharmacogenomics. To learn how to apply these principles for the understanding of drug response (efficacy and toxicity)Major topics? Principles of clinical pharmacokinetics. Principles of clinical toxicokinetics.  Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling. Kinetics of drug interactions. Interspecies pharmacokinetic scaling. Bioactivation of drugs and toxicity relevance. Genomics and variable drug response.  Management of patients with adverse drug events and drug toxicityTarget students ? Pharmacy Final Year","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-2-0-2-3","Prerequisite":"PR3106 Pharmacokinetics and Drug Disposition","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5113","ModuleTitle":"CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS & THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to develop the students’ ability to apply the basic knowledge of pharmacokinetics to the clinical situation and to understand the importance of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in patient care. Emphasis is placed on the adjusting dosage regimen as well as on patient monitoring with respect to plasma drug levels, efficacy, adverse events, drug interactions, and disease and population interactions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1.5-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the PharmD programme or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5130","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Pharmacotherapy I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Learning objectives: The objective of this module is to provide students with an understanding of the pharmacotherapy management of infectious diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the PharmD programme or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5133","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Pharmacotherapy in Special Populations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module is aimed at having students gain a fundamental understanding of the diagnosis and therapeutic management of disease states and/or conditions unique to paediatric and geriatric population groups.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"2-0-0-0-3","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the PharmD programme or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5136","ModuleTitle":"PHARMD SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module includes presentations by graduate students, faculty members, and guest speakers. Students make an oral presentation on a preselected topic agreed upon by the instructor. The ability to create and deliver a lecture or seminar is fundamental to PharmD student and future practitioners. Topics include those related to research, clinical and pharmacy practice. Issues dealing with complex drug therapy decision-making will be explored using case presentations and current literature. Requires active student participation in resolution of therapeutic controversies. This module is intended to improve the student’s ability to make in-class presentations and to become effective preceptors to pre-registration pharmacists and residents.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"1.5-0-0-1-2.5","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the PharmD programme or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5150","ModuleTitle":"Ambulatory Care Clerkship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This is a 5-week full time clinical clerkship. Students will integrate their knowledge of therapeutics and pathophysiology to effectively provide pharmaceutical care in an ambulatory patient care environment while a licensed preceptor supervises them. Their activities will include: evaluate, assess and monitor pharmacotherapy of acute and chronic diseases in addition to providing drug information to patients and health care professionals. This is a compulsory clerkship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the Pharm.D. program or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5151","ModuleTitle":"Acute Care Medicine Clerkship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This 5-week, full-time clinical clerkship is designed to develop the student’s clinical knowledge and skills in the area of acute care medicine. Students will be able to apply this knowledge to the management of patients with a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions. This is a compulsory clerkship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the Pharm.D. program or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5152","ModuleTitle":"Adult General Medicine Clerkship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This 5-week, full-time clinical clerkship is designed to develop the student’s clinical knowledge and skills in the area of adult general medicine. Students will be able to apply this knowledge to the management of patients with a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions. This is a compulsory clerkship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the Pharm.D. program or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5153","ModuleTitle":"Critical Care Clerkship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Critical care clerkship is a 5-week full time clerkship that is designed to train students to practice pharmaceutical care in a critical care setting. The aims are to provide patient care services to patients in a critical care area, to effectively communicate with patients and/or their caregivers and to be an effective member of the critical care team. This is a compulsory clerkship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the Pharm.D. program or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5154","ModuleTitle":"Drug Information Clerkship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This 5-week, full-time clerkship is designed to develop the student’s knowledge and skills in the area of drug information. After this five weeks clerkship, students should be able to retrieve, analyze, and communicate appropriate information on medications and healthcare issues to physicians, patients, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals. This is a compulsory clerkship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the Pharm.D. program or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5198","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINAR MODULE IN PHARMACY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Lectures on literature survey, writing and assessing manuscripts and research proposals, as well as techniques in seminar and poster presentations will be introduced. The lectures and the corresponding assignments and tutorials in writing and reviewing manuscript/research proposal will serve to facilitate the fulfilment of the main objective in developing the skill set needed, including critical thinking, for effective scientific writing and communication. In addition, additional lectures for covering research methodology, ethics in basic and clinical sciences as well as basic concepts in Intellectual Property (IP) will be added to the module as these are fundamentally important concepts that must be understood by research students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Enrolment in Graduate Studies by research programme (Pharmacy)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5213","ModuleTitle":"PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESS VALIDATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5214","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCES IN TABLET TECHNOLOGY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Learning objectives? To gain advanced knowledge in the area of tablet technology, with special emphasis on R&D work in pharmaceutical industries.Major topics? Direct compression; Slugging; Compaction Theories; Instrumentation studies. Advances in agglomeration processes (eg. Low, medium, high shear, aqueous and non-aqueous granulations) and other processing technologies (eg. coating) and their effects on product quality. Recent trends in the development of raw materials, e.g. characterization of raw materials, influences of the properties of raw materials on tableting processes and product quality. Measurement of tablet characteristics and quality control.Target students? Postgraduates with permission","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1.5-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"PR3104 or by special permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5216","ModuleTitle":"ADVANCES IN DRUG DELIVERY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"Learning objectives? To critically examine the innovative approaches taken by pharmaceutical industries and scientists to develop optimized drug delivery systemsMajor topics? Concept of optimized drug delivery systems. Cellular mechanisms of drug absorption. Basic pharmacokinetics. Biological and physiochemical factors influencing drug bioavailability. Challenges in delivering biopharmaceuticals. Design, principles, merit and disadvantages of selected innovative delivery systems for biopharmaceuticalsTarget students? Postgraduates with permission","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1.5-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"PR4205 or by special permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5221","ModuleTitle":"Molecular Targets in Drug Discovery","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is to equip students with a better understanding of the molecular basis of modern drug discovery, with a special focus on drug target selection and\r\nvalidation. In this module, we will discuss intracellular signaling cascades, cell to cell signaling and pharmacological intervention in these processes. The use of animal models to select and validate molecular targets will also be covered. Students will gain an enhanced understanding of the drug discovery process which will complement their technical expertise in the field.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PR3104 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology or by special permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5230","ModuleTitle":"Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to help students develop skills to interpret and evaluate pharmacoeconomics and quality-of-life literature and use this information to make pharmaceutical products and health service decisions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the PharmD programme or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5239","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Pharmacy Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to help students develop skills for clinical research. Areas covered include formulation of research ideas into protocols for clinical studies, gathering, analysis and presentation of clinical data.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-30-0","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the PharmD programme or by permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5250","ModuleTitle":"Elective Clerkship I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module consists of one 5-week, full-time clerkships, and is designed to further develop the students’ knowledge and skills in a variety of practice settings. Students will be able to select from a variety of patient care and non-patient care clerkship sites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the Pharm.D. program or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5251","ModuleTitle":"Elective Clerkship II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module consists of one 5-week, full-time clerkships, and is designed to further develop the students’ knowledge and skills in a variety of practice settings. Students will be able to select from a variety of patient care and non-patient care clerkship sites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the Pharm.D. program or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5252","ModuleTitle":"Elective Clerkship III","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module consists of one 5-week, full-time clerkships, and is designed to further develop the students’ knowledge and skills in a variety of practice settings. Students will be able to select from a variety of patient care and non-patient care clerkship sites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Acceptance in the Pharm.D. program or by permission","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PR5302","ModuleTitle":"REGULATION OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module is aimed at reviewing the drug discovery and drug development processes with an emphasis on the regulatory aspects of these activities. Animal pre-clinical research and human clinical research are discussed, along with the three phases of human clinical trials. The chemistry manufacturing and control (CMC) aspects of drug development are presented. The ICH documentation requirements and the application of manufacturing process analytical technologies will also be discussed. The course will conclude with a brief overview of patents and international regulatory issues. Target students: Enrolment in M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology) programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1.5-0-2-3.5","Prerequisite":"(PR2101, PR3102 and PR4106) or PR3301","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PR5303","ModuleTitle":"GOOD REGULATORY PRACTICES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"PHARMACY","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide an overview of the FDA and ICH regulations on good manufacturing, good laboratory and good clinical practices. The meaning of these regulations, the globalisation of the practices and the roles and responsibilities of the various professionals implementing these regulations are addressed. Target students: Enrolment in M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology) programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1.5-0-2-3.5","Prerequisite":"(PR2101, PR3102 and PR4106) or PR3301","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS1101E","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of this module is to impart a preliminary overview of political science and its sub-fields so that students have a basic orientation of the discipline. It briefly explains the scope and components of each of the four sub-fields (political theory, comparative politics, international relations and public administration) and familiarises students with the major issues and arguments related to power, justice, political culture, national identity, accountability, ethics and world order. It also focuses on key political institutions. The module will be of interest to students across the university who want to gain a basic understanding of politics.","CrossModule":"GEK1003","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1003K, GEK1003, PS1101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS2204","ModuleTitle":"Modern Western Political Thought","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores major political ideas and concepts from the modern Western tradition. Key political constructs such as power, authority, justice, liberty and democracy are examined in intellectual and historical context. Reading Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan and John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government, among other influential writings, students will be exposed to the broader themes and ideas that have shaped political life in the West since 1600.","CrossModule":"EU2204","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EU2204","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS2234","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Comparative Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces to students some major approaches to comparative politics, including system perspective, case study, comparative approach, rational choice, and cultural approach. Specific cases are used to illustrate how people have applied these approaches in research. It also covers selected topics in comparative politics, such as democratisation and democratic consolidation, revolution, and ethnic conflicts. Much of the discussion will be based on specific cases. This introductory module is offered to students who want to gain basic knowledge of comparative politics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PS2204B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS2244","ModuleTitle":"Public Administration in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with major themed and issues in public administration with specific reference to Singapore. It covers relevant domains of the city-state government and explores issues such as the relationship between politics and administration, meritocracy and performance, combating corruption, grassroots administration, and e-governance. It also discusses administrative trends and challenges in contemporary Singapore.","CrossModule":"SSA2222","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSA2222","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS2245","ModuleTitle":"Southeast Asian Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module will serve an introduction to the nature and dynamics of government and politics in Southeast Asia, especially state-society relations.  Hence, the module will look at government and politics in countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Burma. This module is aimed at students across all faculties and at all levels interested in learning about political dynamics in Southeast Asia.  Its primary objective is to expose students to the region, and provide a basic foundation in government and politics of Southeast Asia from which students can further acquire/develop specialised knowledge.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PS2215B, SE2213","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS2248","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course is an introduction to contemporary Chinese politics. After a survey on China's political culture and tradition, the rise of modern China and Chinese Communism, it discusses a range of nation-building issues in the People's Republic of China. These include the role of ideology, developmental strategies, political institutions, and state-society relations. Having examined the domestic political issues, the course proceeds to analyse Chinese foreign policy. Topics to be dealt with include China's relations with the U.S., Japan, Russia, European Union, and ASEAN. The problems related to the reunification of mainland China and Taiwan are also covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"PS3205B, PS3250","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS2249","ModuleTitle":"Government and Politics of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines a number of areas in Singapore's domestic politics with the following objectives: identify the key determinants of Singapore's politics; understand the key structural-functional aspects of Singapore's domestic politics; examine the extent to which nation building has taken place in Singapore; and analyse the key challenges facing Singapore and its future as far as domestic politics is concerned. The course examines both the structural-functional aspects of domestic politics as well as issues related to nation building, state-society relations and the likely nature of future developments and challenges.","CrossModule":",SSA2209","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK2003, GEM2003K, PS1102, PS2101, PS2101B, SS2209PS, SSA2209","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS2250","ModuleTitle":"International Politics of Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the evolution of Southeast Asia as a region in international politics. The emphasis of the module is on the impact of external actors on Southeast Asia, albeit the module will also deal with regional developments and indigenous initiatives. Initially, the module will deal with past developments that affected the region. The second half will deal with more contemporary regional developments, some of which are still ongoing. This module will be extremely useful for students who would like to understand regional political issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"PS3215, GEM3003K, PS3211B, PS3241","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS3237","ModuleTitle":"Women and Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module examines established political theories and ideologies in addressing gender equality and representation in politics. It also presents various traditions in feminist political thinking and evaluates their intellectual contributions to politics. The second part of the module examines the practical dimensions of gender politics such as women's movements and national and international conventions and institutions. It analyses the relationship among gender, class, and ethnicity, and examines the cultural and religious perceptions of these identities. The module is available to all year 1-3 students at NUS.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"PS3207B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS3238","ModuleTitle":"International Political Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course presents a broad overview of international political economy (IPE). It introduces the student to main theoretical approaches, concepts and substantive issues in the IPE field, and help him/her better understand the relationship between power and wealth and the interplay of economics and politics in the world arena. After a critical evaluation of major theoretical perspectives on IPE, this course examines the politics in some core issue areas, such as economic interdependence, international division of labor, international trade, multinational corporations, regional cooperation, and North-South relations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEK3001, GEM3001K, PS3207, PS3208B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS3240","ModuleTitle":"International Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module examines key issues pertaining to international security including: the various approaches to studying international security, the nature of interaction among various levels (national, regional, international) of security, and the major security threats caused by the expansion of conventional arms, proliferation of nuclear arsenal and the spread of biological and chemical weapons. The rise of non-traditional security threats in world politics, especially Southeast Asia, and of Asia, particularly China, as a security concern internationally is also analysed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PS3210B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS3257","ModuleTitle":"Political Inquiry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the theories of knowledge and\n\nmethods of inquiry appropriate to studying politics. It\n\nintroduces students to alternative understandings of\n\nthe social sciences and to the empirical, critical, and\n\nanalytical skills they imply. It pays particular attention\n\nto helping students understand the basics of good\n\nresearch and to acquire skills essential to conducting\n\ntheir own research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Completed 20 MCs in Political Science","Preclusion":"PS2102, PS2102B, PS2231B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS3258","ModuleTitle":"Research Methods in Political Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a survey of different methodological approaches to the study of political science: single case studies, qualitative comparative analysis, and a variety of quantitative methods. The module focuses more on applications than theories, and explains how political questions can be investigated using different types of data and methods. All students are expected to have completed PS2102B (Political Inquiry) or an equivalent introductory research methodology module. Students are required to work on group research projects and present their findings at the end of the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"PS3257","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS3262","ModuleTitle":"Managing Non-Profit Organisations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module presents a broad overview of non-profit organization management. Based on public administration and strategic management theory, it focuses on practical problem-solving ideas. Topics to be considered include: 1) shaping an organisation’s vision and mission, 2) SWOT analysis, 3) decision-making, 4) establishing strategic management capacity, 5) inter-organizational cooperation and partnership, and 6) other management techniques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS3267","ModuleTitle":"German Political Thought","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module studies German political thought since the Enlightenment. Reading selections in English translation from the political writings of nineteenthcentury\r\nluminaries such as Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche together with important twentieth-century thinkers such as Weber, Heidegger and Habermas, it introduces\r\nstudents to the major thinkers, ideas and problems of the modern German political tradition. Among the topics covered are the intellectual origins of German\r\nidealism and communism, Weimar politics, Nazism, the Frankfurt School and Habermas’s theory of deliberative democracy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS3272","ModuleTitle":"The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The module examines the insertion of Sub-Saharan Africa into the world, and looks at both intra-African international relations, as well as how African states\nhave interacted with various external actors. Students will examine the implications of issues such as governance, security, and development aid for Africa’s international relations. They will also learn about the international relations of key African states with countries outside Africa.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PS3550","ModuleTitle":"Political Science Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within an organisation, are vetted and approved by the Department’s internship advisor, have relevance to the\r\nmajor in Political Science, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed.\r\n\r\nAvailable credited internships (if any) will be advertised at the beginning of each semester. In exceptional cases, internships proposed by students may be approved by the Department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"NA","Prerequisite":"Students should:\r\n- have completed a minimum of 24 MC in Political Science; and\r\n- have declared Political Science as their Major.","Preclusion":"Any other XX3550 internship modules\r\n(Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major)","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PS3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP )","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project. UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed. UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4202","ModuleTitle":"Political Parties & Elections","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module covers political parties and electoral systems in both established and new democracies. In the West, political party systems reflect highly institutionalised electoral systems and are relatively stable. In much of the world, however, political parties are less institutionalized and more responsive to volatile electorates than those in the West, and many new democracies have failed to develop even minimally stable party systems. The aim of the module is to provide students with a good grasp of the issues and current research on political parties and elections in the West, in Asia, and around the world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4205","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Politics of Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to highlight contemporary issues besetting countries in this part of the world with the goal of helping students to better understand the myriad problems and challenges confronting Southeast Asian states, as well as assess their relative effectiveness in dealing with these challenges. This module will discuss the politics of key nationbuilding issues such as ethnicity, religion, and class and examine how the governments manage other pressing challenges such as the forging of national identity, globalization and new security threats. This module is targetted at students in the advanced years, specifically the Honours Year.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in SE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in SE or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4216","ModuleTitle":"The Study of War","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Traditionally, as a discipline, International Relations has treated war as the use of the military instrument by states. This module aims to introduce students to an elementary comprehension of war as a form of politics. A philosophical approach will be taken towards an exposition of general theories of war, as well as land, air, sea, guerrilla and nuclear warfare. It will round off by inquiring whether war studies should necessarily encompass human security today. In this way, the field becomes open to Critical Theory and Postmodern perspectives as well. Students are strongly encouraged to read PS2237 Introduction to International Relations before signing up.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4217F","ModuleTitle":"Major Political Thinkers: Hobbes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Hobbes stands next to Machiavelli in the popular imagination as the author of a grim view of human nature whose political solution was even worse than the\r\nproblem. Modern scholarship has been slowly dismantling this myth, revealing Hobbes as one of the most profound thinkers in the English language. His metaphysical understanding of reality as matter in motion underpinned a systematic philosophy of the natural world and the place of human beings in it which gave particular attention to the linguistic and ethical problems which needed to be overcome in order to create a political community; the notorious ‘Leviathan’.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\n(1) Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in\nEU/LA [French/German]/recognised modules, with a\nminimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n(2) PS2204/EU2204\n\nCohort 2012-2014:\n(1) Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in\nEU/LA [French/German]/recognised modules, with a\nminimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\n(2) PS2204/EU2204\n\nCohort 2015 onwards:\n(1) Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in\nEU/LA [French/German/Spanish]/recognised modules,\nwith a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.\n(2) PS2204/EU2204","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4218","ModuleTitle":"European Foreign Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The European Union is often viewed as an economic\r\n\r\nsuperpower but a military pygmy. This module aims to\r\n\r\nprovide students with tools to evaluate whether the EU, as\r\n\r\na non-state actor, can have a coherent and effective\r\n\r\nforeign policy. It considers theories and debates\r\n\r\nconcerning the institutionalisation of the EU's Common\r\n\r\nForeign and Security Policy (CFSP), and includes case\r\n\r\nstudies of EU objectives and actions on selected issues\r\n\r\n(international trade, ethics, human security), in selected\r\n\r\nregions (Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa),\r\n\r\nand in relations with international organizations such as the\r\n\r\nUN.","CrossModule":"EU4228","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in SC or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"EU4228","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PS4219","ModuleTitle":"Comparative Political Thought","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course will explore the emerging field of comparative political theory by considering to what extent it stands as a coherent, independent subfield, and what if any are the questions it is specifically poised to answer. Our treatment will be both topical and methodological. We will begin by reading the work of contemporary scholars who explicitly situate themselves within “comparative” as opposed to mainstream canonical political theory, and/or who use comparison as a tool for elucidating particular political problems. In the second part of the course, we will read primary sources that undertake comparative or synthetic perspectives on formulating theory in the modern world, but from selfconsciously “indigenous” perspectives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track","Preclusion":"PS3201B, PS3231","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"PS4224","ModuleTitle":"State and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to some of the\r\n\r\nmajor themes of comparative political sociology\r\n\r\nthrough the lens of a clearly established literature\r\n\r\nthat draws from a variety of national and subnational\r\n\r\ncase studies. It focuses on the relationship\r\n\r\nbetween civil society and the state and on the\r\n\r\ninstitutions and processes that mediate that\r\n\r\nrelationship. Topics covered include contemporary\r\n\r\ntheories of the modern state; political culture and\r\n\r\ncivil society; revolutionary and non-revolutionary\r\n\r\npolitical regime change; clientelism; and corporatist\r\n\r\nand non-corporatist forms of interest group\r\n\r\nintermediation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"PS4204","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4227","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Politics  ","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to competing concepts and arguments in environmental politics. The module will enhance students’ understanding of the ways in which political and economic institutions, regimes, culture, and norms interact with environmental outcomes at local, regional, and global levels. Students will also learn the roles different actors and institutions play in global environmental governance.   ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4230","ModuleTitle":"Public Sector Reforms in China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Chinese leaders in the reform era face a distinct governance challenge: economic transition requires major revamps in the ways China is managed while an overhaul of the political system is not a viable option. Against the backdrops, Chinese leaders have carried out substantial reforms in public sector organizations. This module examines the content, rationale, and outcomes of public sector reforms in China. Major topics include reforms on cadre personnel management, public finance, healthcare, education and enterprise systems. It helps students understand the significant role of public sector reforms in China’s transition, and the new challenges caused by these reforms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards:\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in SC or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4233","ModuleTitle":"Existentialist Political Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is an in-depth study of Friedrich Nietzsche’s, Jean-Paul Sartre’s and Albert Camus’s political ideas. Reading selections from Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Sartre’s Being and Nothingness, as well as Camus’s The Rebel and Myth of Sisyphus, this module introduces students to the major political ideas, concepts and problems of existentialist philosophy. Among the topics covered will be Kafka and Kierkegaard’s Nietzschean critique of democracy and Camus’s famous break with Sartre over Stalinist-Leninism. This module is for students with a background in political philosophy and an interest in existentialism and democratic theory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in PS with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4234","ModuleTitle":"Identity Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This is a course that explores the origins, reproduction, and effects of social identity from a variety of perspectives. The sources of identity that are\r\ninvestigated include the self, group, society, and state, as well as their more complicated combinations. The identities whose origins, maintenance, and effects we study are nation, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, and race. The approaches we take to make sense of identity politics include writings in political science, social psychology, sociology, history, anthropology,\r\nand cultural and post-colonial studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in PS or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4235","ModuleTitle":"War Termination and the Stability of Peace","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines some of the issues and\nchallenges pertaining to the causes of, and the\nconditions associated with, conflict continuation and\ntermination. The course surveys some of the major\ntheoretical approaches to war termination and\nexamines how some of the major wars have ended in\nthe past century. In addition, this course also examines\nhow other forms of conflict in the international\nsystem, such as civil wars, insurgencies, international\nrivalries and terrorism, have terminated. Lastly, policy\nand operational challenges linked to war termination\nare also examined.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in PS or 28MCs in\nGL/GL recognized non-language modules, with a\nminimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This is basically a research and writing exercise to be supervised by a Department staff. Those who qualify are expected to select a research topic in any subfield of Political Science, conduct research on the topic, collect and analyse data, present arguments, complete the thesis, and submit it within the stipulated deadline. The length of the thesis should not exceed 10,000 words. Each thesis is assessed by two examiners (including the supervisor), and it is meant only for Honours Year students in Political Science.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs, including 60 MCs of PS major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs, including 44 MCs of PS major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"PS4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 100 MCs including 60 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 100 MCs including 60 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 100 MCs including 44 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"PS4401, PS4401S","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS4882I","ModuleTitle":"Topics in IR: International Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"International society is classically defined as a group of states that are associated in respect of common norms, values, and institutions. This module explores the historical development of international society, from its Christian and European origins to its gradual expansion into a genuinely global political\r\narrangement. It also explores fundamental institutions, such as war, diplomacy, international law, great powers, and the balance of power. Particular attention will be given to the role of culture in international society (western and non-western), theories of empire, the revolt against the west, and alternatives to a society of states.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in PS or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS5316","ModuleTitle":"SEMINAR IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This is seminar is designed for graduate students in any\r\nsubfield of political science. The module examines the\r\nintellectual history of public administration and the basic\r\nissues that confront it today. The seminar pays particular\r\nattention to administrative responsibility and ethics and to\r\nthe formulation and implementation of public policy. To this\r\nend, it will emphasize the nexus of public administration\r\nand politics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS5316R","ModuleTitle":"SEMINAR IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This is seminar is designed for graduate students in any subfield of political science. The module examines the intellectual history of public administration and the basic issues that confront it today. The seminar pays particular attention to administrative responsibility and ethics and to the formulation and implementation of public policy. To this end, it will emphasize the nexus of public administration\r\nand politics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS5321","ModuleTitle":"Seminar in Chinese Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This seminar addresses some major questions of politics in China in recent decades. These include leadership succession, economic privatization, new forms of social stratification, representation and elections, civil society, changing rural governance,\r\ncorruption, protest politics, the role of the Internet, and ethnic politics. The module will review current scholarship and provide a foundation for masters and doctoral students planning to undertake research on Chinese politics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"PS6316","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PS5321R","ModuleTitle":"Seminar in Chinese Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This seminar addresses some major questions of politics in China in recent decades. These include leadership succession, economic privatization, new forms of social stratification, representation and elections, civil society, changing rural governance,\r\ncorruption, protest politics, the role of the Internet, and ethnic politics. The module will review current scholarship and provide a foundation for masters and doctoral students planning to undertake research on Chinese politics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"PS6316","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PS5506","ModuleTitle":"Globalization and Public Governance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This graduate module explains how the powerful forces or actors of globalization led to pro-market neoliberal reforms in the nature of state formation and introduced changes in public governance (policy and administration). In particular, it analyses the neoliberal mode of public management, known as the reinvention or new public management (NPM) model. The module examines major elements of NPM - type reforms (e.g.privatization, outsourcing, public-private partnership, managerial autonomy, and financial decentralization) in East and Southeast Asia. It evaluates the impact of globalization-led neoliberal reforms on democracy, citizen-administration relations,and corruption by using a politic-economic perspective on globalization, state formation, and governance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS5506R","ModuleTitle":"Globalization and Public Governance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This graduate module explains how the powerful forces or actors of globalization led to pro-market neoliberal reforms in the nature of state formation and introduced changes in public governance (policy and administration). In particular, it analyses the neoliberal mode of public management, known as the reinvention or new public management (NPM) model. The module examines major elements of NPM - type reforms (e.g.privatization, outsourcing, public-private partnership, managerial autonomy, and financial decentralization) in East and Southeast Asia. It evaluates the impact of globalization-led neoliberal reforms on democracy, citizen-administration relations,and corruption by using a politic-economic perspective on globalization, state formation, and governance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PS5603","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Qualitative Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introduction to qualitative methods in political science. After a review of the main competing epistemological approaches we concentrate on the most prevalent qualitative method in political science: the comparative case-study.  We then turn to interpretivism, ethnography, and discourse analysis, and their respective applications in political science.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PS5603R","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Qualitative Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module investigates the logic and the practice of qualitative research. It covers qualitative research designs such as case studies, comparative historical\r\nanalysis, problems of interpretation, process tracing and systematic process analysis, analytic narratives, and “fuzzy set” analysis based on Boolean algebra.\r\nThe module also covers practical techniques that researchers frequently employ to collect data in the field such as interviews, participant observation and ethnography, textual analysis, focus groups, and archival research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"PS6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Political Science in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"PY1131","ModuleTitle":"Human Anatomy & Physiology II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"PHYSIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The module encompasses core material on aspects of human anantomy and physiology with reference to relevant clinical examples. Topics for the module include the following human systems: 1. gastrointestinal, 2. nervous, 3. renal and acid base 4. reproductive","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-2-2-0-2","Prerequisite":"AY1130","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"QF3101","ModuleTitle":"Investment Instruments: Theory and Computation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to present the student with the basic paradigms of modern financial investment theory, to provide a foundation for analysing risks in financial markets and to study the pricing of financial securities. Topics will include the pricing of forward and futures contracts, swaps, interest rate and currency derivatives, hedging of risk exposures using these instruments, option trading strategies and value-at-risk computation for core financial  instruments.  A programming project will provide students with hands-on experience with real market instruments and data. This module targets all students who have an interest in quantitative finance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"(MA1104 or MA1505 or MA1507 or MA2104) and (MA2222 or  QF2101 or MA3269)","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"QF3312","ModuleTitle":"Enhanced Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"In addition to having an academic science foundation, students with good soft skills and some industrial attachment or internship experiences often stand a better chance when seeking for jobs. This module gives Science students the opportunity to acquire work experience via internships during their undergraduate study.\r\n\r\nThe module requires students to compete for position and perform a structured internship in a company/institution for 16-20 weeks during regular semester.\r\n\r\nThrough regular meetings with the Academic Advisor (AA) and internship Supervisor, students learn how knowledge acquired in the curriculum can be transferred to perform technical/practical assignments in an actual working environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed 3 regular semesters of study, have declared Quantitative Finance as first major and have completed a minimum of 32 MCs in Quantitative Finance major at time of application.","Preclusion":"XX3312 modules offered in Science, where XX stands for the subject prefix for the respective major.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"QF4199","ModuleTitle":"Honours Project in Quantitative Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"The Honours project is intended to give students the opportunity to work independently, to encourage students develop and exhibit aspects of their ability not revealed or tested by the usual written examination, and to foster skills that could be of continued usefulness in their subsequent careers. 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Examples from current and/or past developments in financial markets will be chosen to provide illustrations so that students may understand the various types of risk and learn the methods to handle the management of risks.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"QF5204","ModuleTitle":"Numerical Methods in Quantitative Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for graduate students in quantitative finance. It covers the programming methodology, techniques, data structures and algorithms used by practitioners in finance in the valuation of investment instruments. Numerical methods and implementations will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"QF5205","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Quantitative Finance I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for graduate students in quantitative finance. The \r\n0bjective of this module is to introduce students to some selected topics in quantitative finance not covered by other modules in the quantitative finance programme. The lectures will demonstrate how various mathematical instruments, such as stochastic analysis, stochastic control, partial differential equations, numerical methods, etc, can be used to solve practical problems in quantitative finance. Modeling, numerical implementation and the interplay between theoretical and modeling approaches will be emphasized. In particular, examples from current and/or past developments in financial markets will be chosen for illustrations of applications of theory and modeling techniques introduced. The actual topics covered may vary from year to year, and will be decided by the lecturers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"QT5198","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINAR IN QUANTUM INFORMATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SPECIALITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES","Department":"CENTRE FOR QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE1704","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Real Estate Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module helps students build up the foundation for the economic analysis of cities and real estate markets. In addition to introducing basic micro- and macro- economic concepts, this module combines microeconomic theories\r\nwith application in urban topics and real estate markets. It also elaborates on relevant macroeconomics concepts to understand housing cycles, urban planning, and regional economic growth in the real estate market.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EC1301 Principles of Economics\r\nEC1101E Introduction to Economic Analysis","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE1705","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Finance and Accounting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module equips students with the basic financial skills and knowledge necessary for further studies in real estate finance and investment track. The topics include an introduction to financial markets and financial institutions; understanding various interest rates; risks and returns; capital budgeting;\r\naccounting and financial statement analyses; financial securities; and shareholder and capital structures. Students will also have spreadsheet laboratory sessions to develop quantitative data processing skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"RE1101 Fundamentals of RE Finance\r\nStudents from Business School and those doing a Business Minor","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE1706","ModuleTitle":"Design and Construction","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"The first part covers the development of the building form in terms of the design, functionality, structural and construction issues including building materials and technology, and major building elements and services. The second part comprises the fundamental principles and practice of design and\r\nconstruction for real estate developments by examining the key building elements and technologies, how design and construction affect property value, maintainability, function and use. Students will acquire skills in the interpretation of building drawings and appreciation of construction methods and materials.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"RE1105 Design and Construction","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE1901","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Wealth Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"Real estate assets form the largest component of household wealth (and debt) in our nation. While the media tends to focus on the wealth created through real estate investment (speculation), there is much less discussion of the real estate wealth management (REWM) process. This module aims to provide a\r\ngeneral understanding of the REWM. Impact of economic, social and policy factors on household property wealth including a review of general economic principles such as market supply and demand, the impact of government financial and regulatory policies as well as demographic considerations such\r\nas an ageing population will be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"RE1301 Real Estate Wealth Management","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE2104","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module examines real estate finance institutions and instruments. It equips students with essential skills to analyze and evaluate real estate financing decisions. The topics include: institutional landscape real estate financing; mortgage mechanics; different mortgage instruments; residential financing analysis and borrower choices; residential underwriting and lending policies; development and project financing; and housing financing innovations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"RE1101 Fundamentals of Real Estate Finance","Preclusion":"RE2281 Real Estate Asset Market I","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE2105","ModuleTitle":"Land Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"The module covers basic concepts in Land Law, including the doctrine of estates and tenures, rights in land, transfer of title, strata law, landlord and tenant law and estate agency. Through content knowledge, students will gain an appreciation of legal analysis and reasoning, as well as the rationale for the current state of real estate law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"RE1182 Principles of Law\r\nRE2180 Fundamentals of Real Estate Law\r\n","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE2106","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Marketing & Negotiation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the fundamentals of real estate marketing and negotiation. The first half of the module focuses on the concepts, principles, and practices in marketing and leasing of various types of real estate developments. The second half of the module emphasises the nature of real estate conflicts and disputes, negotiation theory and principles, negotiation skills, negotiation practice and applications. Case studies in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region will be used extensively in the discussions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"RE3190 Real Estate Marketing","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE2107","ModuleTitle":"PROPERTY TAX AND STATUTORY VALUATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module applies valuation theory to various types of valuation problems in Singapore with a special focus on valuation for property tax and other statutory purposes. It is aimed at helping students to understand the application of various methods of valuation to different types of properties under the Property Tax Act. In addition, statutory valuation for compulsory purchase and acquisition, stamp duty, GST, development charge, differential premium and upgrading premium will also be covered under this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"RE1104 PRINCIPLES OF REAL ESTATE VALUATION","Preclusion":"RE4390 Advanced Real Estate Valuation","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE2301","ModuleTitle":"GIS for Real Estate","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"The module provides students with the basic concepts, skills, and applications of the Geographic Information System (GIS) to urban analysis. Students will be taught the principles of database structures behind a GIS, operational skills for data capturing and manipulations, and knowledge of GIS project design, implementation and administration. Students will have the opportunity to develop\r\nan application of GIS relevant to local area planning.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"RE3490 GIS for Real Estate","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE3105","ModuleTitle":"Regional Real Estate Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module intends to cover more advance issues in real estate development, strategies formulation and decision making processes. Entrepreneurial of real estate developers in converting raw lands into the highest and best uses will be discussed. Topics include real estate development ideas, strategies, and creative designs; maximizing land use values; international/regional real estate and township development projects; integrated resorts and theme parks developments; project financing and management; land bidding and banking strategies; and success stories real estate developers. The module will be structured as case-based and problem-based learning with real life cases. Students are expected to conduct an integrated project as part of the requirement of this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"RE3103 Real Estate Development","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE3106","ModuleTitle":"Residential Property Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module covers both private and public residential real estate management. The first part covers the management of high-rise high density private condominium, which covers issues of common property management, Land Title Strata Act, responsibilities of management councils and managing agents. The second part of the modules covers public real estate polices and management. Topics include role of government and its agencies in public housing markets, market failure and public intervention; town councils, management of public housing estates; asset enhancement, upgrading schemes, and selective enbloc redevelopment scheme (SERS); and social and political aspects of public estate management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"RE2106 Real Estate Marketing & Negotiation","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE3201","ModuleTitle":"Research Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"Students will be introduced to the mechanics and process of research. This module covers topics such as:  problem identification and formulation, statement of research objectives, literature review, development of relevant hypothesis, research design and methodologies, data collection, statistical analyses, report writing and presentation.\r\n\r\nStatistical techniques such as descriptive and inferential statistics, time series, and multivariate statistical methods will be introduced. The emphasis is on the application of the statistical tools to real estate research questions. Students will also learn to apply basic statistical tools with hands-on practices on software like SPSS and Eview.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"RE2101 Real Estate Market Analysis, RE2104 Real Estate Finance","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"RE3211","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Finance Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the legal aspects of conducting and participating in the business of investing organizations as well as joint venture agreements. Students will also gain an understanding of the regulatory framework that governs real estate lending institutions and mortgages, real-estate backed securities and other forms of real estate financing. The original Trust concept and its adaptation to business trusts and real estate investment trusts (REITS) will also be discussed from the legal perspective.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"RE2105 Land Law","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE3212","ModuleTitle":"CORPORATE INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module examines strategic dimensions of real estate in property companies and business firms. Topics include the business, financial and stock market\r\nperspectives of real estate as well as case studies. Students will learn basic theories, techniques and practices of corporate finance and asset management\r\napplicable to property companies and business portfolios.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"RE3104 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ANALYSIS","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"RE3221","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Development Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the legal issues that affect real estate development. It examines the regulatory framework for real estate development and taxation. It also deals with the regulations pertaining to the acquisition of land for public and private developments. Topics to be covered include: land use planning and zoning, development and building controls, betterment value and development charge, property tax, stamp duty, income tax, and goods and services tax.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"RE2105 Land Law","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE3222","ModuleTitle":"URBAN DESIGN AND CONSERVATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the principles and concepts of urban design and urban conservation. The module introduces students to the essential concepts of urban\r\nform, urban imaging, massing and how basic elements of urban design enhance urban functions and aesthetics. As an appreciation module, it will not be studio- or designbased, but students would undertake a project that requires critical understanding of how the concepts are applied in a given urban context. Urban Conservation would be introduced, with an emphasis on its role and\r\nimplementation in the planning process, as well as an understanding of basic architectural / historical / design and typological references.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"RE3102 ADVANCED TOPICS IN URBAN PLANNING","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"RE4000","ModuleTitle":"Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims at developing students’ capability in conducting research. Students are expected to formulate a research problem, and to demonstrate the ability to pursue unaided investigations relevant to their research problem, in data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the results.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-0-20","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"RE4181 Dissertation","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE4001","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Case Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims at developing students’ capability in analysing and evaluating case studies. Students are expected to select a real estate development as a case study, examine the pertinent issues involved, collect relevant data relating to the case, analyse the case facts, and recommend appropriate solutions to problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"RE4182 Real Estate Project/Case Study","Preclusion":"RE4182 Real Estate Project/Case Study","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE4210","ModuleTitle":"REAL ESTATE FINANCE SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"Institutional investment into real estate has increased both in scale and sophistication in recent years. This module is designed to enable student to study flows of fund into real estate markets and different instruments in structured real estate financing. Topics include real estate capital market private real estate funds, real estate hedge funds, mutual and close-end funds, fund of funds, Islamic financing and issues in\r\ncross border real estate investment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"RE4211 REIT MANAGEMENT, RE4212 REAL ESTATE SECURITIZATION.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE4213","ModuleTitle":"REAL ESTATE RISK ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the concepts, principles, theories, techniques and practices of risk analysis and management in real estate investments. Topics include concept of real estate market risks; real estate strategic risk management; Value-at-Risk (VaR); sensitivity and scenario analyses; Monte Carlo simulation; risk hedging and property derivatives; option pricing theory and real options.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"RE3104 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ANALYSIS, RE4211 REIT MANAGEMENT, RE4212 REAL ESTATE SECURITIZATION","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE4221","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Urban Planning Theories and Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to expose students to global urbanisation trends that urban planning must respond to.  Topics chosen for discussion in class are directly relevant to the Singapore context such as smart nation, resilience, urban farming  and compact vertical garden city developments. The course hopes to bridge theory and practice and adopts a flip learning model which emphasizes self learning and discovery by project works and interactions with practitioners and researchers in the field.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"RE3102 ADVANCED TOPICS IN URBAN PLANNING","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE4223","ModuleTitle":"URBAN PLANNING IN ASIAN CITIES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a comparative and evaluative study of Asian cities, highlighting different planning regimes, regulatory processes and institutional environments. The\r\naim is to provide a better understanding of urban planning and how it interacts with economic, social, cultural and political dynamics to shape cities. The module uses a case study and narrative approach, and may include a field study to enhance the appreciation of planning responses to the dynamics of city growth and change at different stages of urban development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"RE3102 ADVANCED TOPICS IN URBAN PLANNING","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5000","ModuleTitle":"Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"The dissertation offers the opportunity for candidates to individually conduct independent research work on a topic of interest and relevance to the program. The dissertation will be graded.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-20-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5005","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module examines how real estate can be financed. Students will learn the theories, techniques and practices of corporate finance applicable to property company portfolios. Major topics covered include: sources of finance, financial statement analysis, corporate growth and market valuation, net asset discount, the impact of leverage and dividend policy on capital structure decisions, corporate governance and transparency. In addition, the module deals with the implications of different arrangements such as partnerships, joint-venture structuring, sale-leaseback and other forms of  development financing, both bridging and permanent, on deal viability.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5006","ModuleTitle":"Portfolio and Asset Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module develops an understanding of the tools for assessing real estate investment opportunities at the macro or portfolio level, as well as the micro or asset level. It covers modern portfolio theory before examining the role of property in an institutional investment portfolio with particular attention given to property portfolio performance analysis, diversification benefits and investment strategy. Real estate asset management involves optimizing the cash flows generated from real estate assets by a direct real estate owner, investor or an organization which incidentally heads, owns or leases real estate to support its corporate mission. This module examines how direct real estate should to be managed proactively to enhance property value or the worth of the business operations the property facilitates.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5010","ModuleTitle":"Special Seminar","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This seminar elective examines the latest trends and issues that impact the local and international real estate markets. Staff and guest lecturers including overseas Visiting Professors would be invited for focused discussion.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5011","ModuleTitle":"INTERNATIONAL FIELD STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides exposure to the structure and organization of real estate markets in emerging and developed markets globally, with a particular emphasis on Asia. It involves organizing and participating in a field trip to another country to study the unique institutional features, market trends, investment opportunities in the particular foreign real estate market. Assessment of the module is based on written assignment and field study report. Students should gain an in-depth appreciation of the institutional and market economy aspects of the subject country such as real estate regulation, investment practices and development procedures as well as craft proposals for structuring a cross-border venture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"1-1-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5012","ModuleTitle":"INTEGRATIVE FIELD PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"In this course, students will work as interns in selected firms or institutions that have business dealings in the specialised domain.  They will complete a written report on business problems of strategic importance to the firms.  The scope of each project will be defined by the student in consultation with, and under the supervision of, an assigned company mentor and a faculty supervisor.  The company mentor and/or its representatives will provide the student with specific information and briefings pertaining to the problem investigated.  The student is required to provide regular progress reports to the company mentor and faculty supervisor.  Upon completion of the project, the student is required to perform an oral presentation of his/her recommendations to the representatives of the company and the faculties.  The students are expected to make amendments as required by the faculty supervisor and submit a professional prepared management report to the company and to the faculties.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5016","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Securitisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"The course covers innovations in debt capital markets, mainly the design of mortgage contracts and the development of real estate securitisation and structured financing products globally. Students will acquire a toolkit that allows them to understand mortgage mathematics, term structure models and the pricing of embedded options in real estate debt instruments. The module also covers credit analysis and the role of credit rating for real estate debt. Emphasis will be placed on the investment characteristics and pricing of secondary real estate instruments such as Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), Collateralised Mortgage Obligations (CMOs), asset-backed securitisation deals, as well as publicly traded debt paper.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5017","ModuleTitle":"Real Estate Case Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims at developing students’ capability in analysing and evaluating case studies. Students are expected to select a real estate problems as a case study, examine the pertinent issues involved, collect relevant data relating to the case, analyse the case facts, and recommend appropriate solutions to problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-2-8","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5018","ModuleTitle":"Statutory Valuation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip the participants with in-depth knowledge and different techniques used in the valuation of real estate for a wide range of purpose such as acquisition or disposal of properties, financial reporting, taxation and other statutory purposes.  There will be sharing and discussion of many case examples and case studies of valuation assignments that valuation professionals in both private and public sectors might encounter.  The participants will be able to gain insights into the various valuation issues and challenges, some of which are truly unique and interesting.\r\n\r\nThe module is prepared and taught by a term f very experienced valuation professionals from IRAS, including the former Chief Valuer, who have gained mastery in property valuation in valuing almost all types of properties in Singapore for statutory purposes and in providing valuation consultancy for the State.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-1.5-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"RE5009 Commercial Real Estate Appraisal","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE5770","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE6004","ModuleTitle":"RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN REAL ESTATE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended to provide research students with necessary knowledge and skills on how to carry out real estate research. The module includes two parts. First, students will be taught the mechanics and process of research like reviewing literature, defining research questions, designing research methodology, analyzing research findings, and writing academic papers. It hopes to provide students with adequate knowledge to differentiate good research from a bad one. Statistical techniques will be introduced in the second half of the module. The emphasis, however, is on the application of the statistical tools to real estate research questions. As part of the module to get students to apply relevant statistical tools, instruction and hands-on practice on some sophisticated softwares will also be included. Students will be asked to read papers on selected applications of the tools, and they would also be given an assignment, which will require them to apply relevant tools to selected research questions. Student will also be required to do paper critiques.\r\n\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE6005","ModuleTitle":"REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an overview of theoretical and empirical research focusing on real estate markets and urban economics. It is designed to provide research students with (1) an improved ability to read and criticize theoretical and empirical papers in the field, (2) enhanced skills needed to undertake and present theoretical and empirical research and (3) an appreciation of the main econometric tools and theoretical modeling strategies that have been applied in recent research. The topics covered are intended to expose students to some major contributions in real estate research as well as a consideration of the current trends and methodological advances in recent papers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"RE6770","ModuleTitle":"PHD SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"REAL ESTATE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SA4101","ModuleTitle":"Software Analysis and Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"- Fundamentals of Programming using C#\r\n- Object Oriented Programming using C#\r\n- User Interface Development with Visual Studio Net and C#\r\n- SQL Programming &amp; DBMS\r\n- Enterprise System Development using .Net Framework\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"3-1-2-4.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SA4102","ModuleTitle":"Enterprise Solutions Design and Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"- Application Development Life Cycle I\r\n- Application Development Life Cycle II\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"5-1-3-6-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SA4104","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"- Application Development Life Cycle III\r\n- Project Management\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"16.5-8-0-8-0; 20-0-6-6.5-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SA4105","ModuleTitle":"Web Application Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"- Java Programming\r\n- Java Object Persistence\r\n- Web-based J2EE Applications\r\n- Wireless Technology\r\n- J2EE Project\r\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"3-1-2-4.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SA4106","ModuleTitle":"AD Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"- Application Development Project\r\nThis is a pre-internship project where the students will work in a team to apply the project management, analysis, design, business communications and programming skills learnt earlier in the course. Based on a User Requirement Statement given to the students, they will go through a complete software development life cycle to develop and deliver the required system. The students will capture requirements through user interviews, produce a feasible design of the system, code, test and implement the solution in a distributed platform. This project provides a simulation of the real-life IT working environment, and tests their strengths in working closely as a project team.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"0-0-0-15-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SA4107","ModuleTitle":"INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-30-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SA4108","ModuleTitle":"Mobile Application Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this elective course is to allow students of the Graduate Diploma in Systems Analysis (GDipSA) to specialise in mobile application development. Students will acquire the mobile-related skill-sets required by an increasing number of employers who need developers for their mobile-related projects. Students will learn to design and develop mobile applications using the Android and iOS platforms and the associated Java and Objective C programming languages. The course includes classroom teaching, lab exercises and hands-on design and development projects using both platforms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"5.0-1.0-2.0-6.0-6.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC1101E","ModuleTitle":"Making Sense of Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Students are introduced to the concepts used in Sociology and Anthropology. The main objective is to train students to use Sociology in analyzing social institutions and processes. For this reason, students are encouraged to relate their experiences in society to the discipline of Sociology and Anthropology. The topics covered in the module are the logic and methods of social investigation; family, work and organization; power and the state; social inequality (including gender and ethnicity); mass communication and popular culture; values and beliefs; and deviance and social control.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2101","ModuleTitle":"Methods of  Social Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory course to the basic concepts and tools of social research, covering the areas of research of problem definition, research design, measurement, and data collection, processing, and analysis. Students are given in-depth understanding of what qualitative, eg participant observation, in-depth interviewing, and quantitative, eg survey, data collection techniques involve. In addition, students are introduced to qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques. Students are taught the important aspects of making a good presentation of research findings. This module is mounted for all students in NUS with interest in research methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2205","ModuleTitle":"Sociology of Family","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course challenges you to look at the family through the sociological eye. We begin the course by looking at the fundamental principles at work within the family. As the course progresses, we focus on specific issues/phenomena that affect the contemporary family. Throughout the course, you will be asked to critically evaluate assumptions we have about the family. This module is mounted for all NUS students, in particular, those with a keen interest in Sociology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2208","ModuleTitle":"Population & Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"As an introductory module in social demography, it provides a critical overview of the major theories dealing with fertility, mortality, and other core topics in population studies. It examines the structures of human populations and the processes of change in relation to socio-economic, cultural, and environmental factors. Population issues are analyzed in the context of specific social and ideological systems. This course is mounted for students throughout NUS with interest in social demography.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2211","ModuleTitle":"Medical Sociology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module will examine the relationship between society and health-related issues. The differing notions of \"illness\" and \"wellness,\" and how societies influence the type, definition and distribution of disease and illness will be examined. The social organization of medicine, the social functions of health-care institutions in society will also be explored. Special emphasis will also be given to the role of the state in providing health-care as well as the relationship between the state and the health industry. This course is mounted for students throughout NUS with interest in society and health-related issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2212","ModuleTitle":"Sociology of Deviance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to the sociological study of deviance and social control, distinguishing it as a field of research from biological and psychological explanations of deviance. It will trace the historical development of sociological theories on deviance and introduce students to contemporary approaches to deviance and crime. These perspectives will be utilized and illustrated through a study of the changing patterns of defining and controlling deviance in modern societies with reference to selected substantive issues. Students who have a keen interest in issues of social order, social control and conformity will find this course attractive.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2214","ModuleTitle":"Media and Culture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Mass communications should be understood in the context of their production and consumption. In particular, we have to look at macro-structures like economy and politics as well as the legal framework in which mass media systems operate. This module analyses those relationships and looks at some key issues in media such as propaganda, media ethics, sociology of looking, celebrities and media stereotypes. This course is mounted for students throughout NUS with an interest in culture and politics, but some background in Sociology is important. It provides a good foundation for those who wish to read Ethnographic Analysis of Visual Media in the third year.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IF2214","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2215","ModuleTitle":"The Sociology of Food","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Food is a social phenomenon: what constitutes food and, therefore, what can be eaten; how it is to be prepared, presented, and consumed; with whom you eat and so forth express complex relationships to class, ethnicity and gender. This course will uncover the complexity behind an everyday life material that affects and effects multiple social networks, wherein food is both the material and symbol by which class, race/ethnicity, sex/gender are socially constructed. This module is mounted for all students throughout NUS with interest in food and society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2216","ModuleTitle":"Emotions and Social Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module will explore the connections between emotions, social life and social identities. It will examine the prevalent sociological and anthropological literature on emotions, morality and consciousness. Attention will be given to the concept of personhood and the cultural meanings circulating through the expression of emotions. We will see how cultural practices serve to organize particular emotional responses to particular social and cultural environments; why collective emotional experiences are regularly mediated by the means of symbolic representations. This course is mounted for all students who are interested in studying the relationships between emotional responses and social experiences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2217","ModuleTitle":"Sociology of Tourism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course looks at the development of tourism in the past and in the modern world. Looking at tourists as the \"typical modern person\", this course will explore what it means to be a tourist, the different kinds of tourist and the place of tourism in globalization. More importantly, it looks at the influence of tourists and tourism in various places of the world. What happens to culture and heritage when it becomes a tourism object? What happens to local communities and the relations between people because of tourism? This course is mounted for students interested in Sociology and Anthropology","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2220","ModuleTitle":"Gender Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces the topic of gender by using basic concepts like biological sex, nature, nurture, roles, norms and culture. The meaning of gender categories is examined in relation to difference, exchange, reproduction, knowledge and social change. Although the main perspective is ethnographic, this course is intended to be an exercise in interdisciplinary thinking. Understanding gender provides a foundation to analyze social structures (power and inequality), social institutions (family, kinship, education, economy, the state, health) and cultural issues (science, food, emotions, popular culture).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2221","ModuleTitle":"Humans and Natures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Did nature make the human, or have humans made nature? Or, are both continuously co-evolving, each changing in relation to the other? This module explores the socio-political dynamics and stakes of the practices and institutions through wind contemporary societies endeavor to understand and appropriate the natural world. We use concepts from environmental sociology and ecological anthropology, to look not only at how different societies engage with nature, but also at how these engagements have in turn shaped social thought. Topics include urban ecology and infrastructure, biotechnology, bio-capitalism, international energy politics, climate change, ‘natural’ disasters, global environmental inequality, conservation and environmentalism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC2222","ModuleTitle":"Sociology of Sports","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course explores the ways in which the realm of sports converges with various historical, political, economic, and cultural processes taking place from different levels of social interaction and theoretical interpretation: from the social-psychological to the global. The course will demonstrate the use of conceptual and methodological tools in understanding some of the issues that plague modern sports throughout its history. Students will learn to apply general principles of sociology to the analysis of particular sports issues which will enable them to critically evaluate their relevance to larger historical, social, and cultural contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3101","ModuleTitle":"Social Thought & Social Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This is a critical examination of central problems in classical social theory, with emphasis on the multifaceted analysis of the larger social processes in the making of modern society. The module will concentrate on the original contributions of major theorists such as Marx, Weber, and Durkheim and explore how their works continue to influence current Sociology. This course is mounted for all students throughout NUS with an interest in classical social theories.","CrossModule":"EU3224","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"EU3224","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3202","ModuleTitle":"From Modernization to Globalization","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the interrelationships between the issues of modernization, globalization and the socio-economic forces that have embroiled the various countries in Southeast Asia. This course focuses on the sociological and anthropological descriptions and explanations of these processes and helps students to critically understand why some societies have been able to successfully engage with global capitalism while others appear worse off.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3206","ModuleTitle":"Urban Sociology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The module will look into the various external and internal forces shaping the development of cities. The following themes will be examined: the development and role of cities in Southeast Asia, cities and the new international division of labour (economic roles of cities in linking their respective countries to the global economy), and the social organization (culture, community, housing, social-economic opportunities) of cities.  This course is mounted for all students throughout NUS with an interest in the development and social organization of cities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3209","ModuleTitle":"Data Analysis in Social Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to equip students with the basic tools for doing social research and data analysis. The module is divided in two parts. The first part focuses on data analysis, and introduces students to statistics which are best suited for different types and levels of data. During lab sessions, students will use SPSS to analyze both small and large data sets. The second part of the module focuses on methodology, and recaps the guiding principles of conducting and managing a large-scale survey. The module is mounted for NUS students with a keen interest in doing social research.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"SC2101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3211","ModuleTitle":"Science, Technology & Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Science and technology shape our lives from the beginning to the end. Sociologists, being scientists themselves, observe the observations which scientists make about the world, look at the ways in which technologies change and shape that world, and try to make sense of processes which, as Weber claims, have divested the world of any meaning whatsoever. In this course, classical and contemporary approaches to the sociology of science, technology and society will be introduced, discussed and exemplified by several case studies.  This course is mounted for students throughout NUS with an interest in the influence of science and technology on society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3213","ModuleTitle":"Ethnographic Analysis of Visual Media","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module teaches a critical appreciation of visual media (photography, film, video) as important documentary resources in the social sciences, and as distinctive modes of representation. A wide range of ethnographic films will be analyzed. The powers of a visual language to say things differently from text, or to show things that cannot be said in writing, will be examined. This module will not only help enhance the marketability of our students but also encourage them to take on the post-graduate programme where a more hands-on module is offered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IF3213","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3216","ModuleTitle":"Self and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is about the anthropology and sociology of understanding what it means to be a ‘self’ in ‘society,’ that is, to be a ‘social self.’ This course is NOT about a psychological study of the self. It analyses important theoretical debates about and ethnographic studies on the relationship between society and the self. Particular attention will be paid to examining how ideas about the self are socially constructed and re-constructed by various processes, especially the roles played by the state and its institutions in shaping perceptions and practices the self in relation to ethnicity, the family, gender, marriage, work, leisure and friendship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3219","ModuleTitle":"Sexuality in Comparative Perspective","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Sex, sexuality and sexual orientations are cultural forms rather than purely &quot;natural&quot; states. This course examines the variety of social dimensions that shape human sexuality.  A range of theoretical perspectives and cross-cultural comparisons are drawn in order to unravel the complexities of sexualities and to see how sexualities are shaped by historical norms, social scripts, political structures, global forces and commodification. Students are required to read historical materials, anthropological research and be familiar with political economy and social constructionist paradigms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3222","ModuleTitle":"Social Transformations in Modern China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"China’s transition from a command economy to\n\na market economy has brought fundamental\n\nand rapid changes in its social structure and\n\nsocial relationships among members of\n\ndifferent subgroups in society. The objective of\n\nthis course is to offer an overview of emerging\n\nsocial issues in contemporary China, focusing\n\non changes after 1949. This module offers\n\nsociological perspectives to examine topics\n\nsuch as changes and new challenges in Chinese\n\nfamilies, gender roles, demographic structure\n\nand distribution, social safety net, and\n\nenvironment. The class will combine lectures,\n\nacademic readings, films, sources from the\n\nmass media, and discussions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3226","ModuleTitle":"Markets and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module offers a survey of economic life from a macro-sociological and historical viewpoint. The module will introduce students to important\r\nsociological contributions on the organization of economic life, with particular emphasis on industrialization, the rise of market society, employment systems, property rights, fiscal sociology, ideational sources of economic organization, and sociology of firm. The focus of the module is on (1) illustrating the institutional and social foundations of economy, and (2) the consequences of different institutions for the organization of economic life across the world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3230","ModuleTitle":"Civil Society and Civic Engagement","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Civil society is not possible without voluntarily engaging citizens and the culture of civic engagement in the form of volunteerism is hard to grow in a milieu that lacks a tradition of democratic civil society. Given that civic engagement and volunteerism are perceived as a crucial indicator of liveable society, it has been a concern of many countries including Singapore to increase voluntary associations and promote volunteering among citizens. This module thus pursues three main themes: (1) the relationship between civil society and civic engagement, (2) the precursors of volunteers (i.e., what makes people volunteer?), and (3) the outcomes of volunteerism (e.g., life satisfaction, health, or status attainment).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project. UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a\r\nfew involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed. UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SC4201","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Social Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module maps out the main currents of contemporary social theories ranging from the legacy of the classical tradition, comparative-historical sociology, interpretative sociology, functionalism and neo-functionalism, rational choice, globalization theories and the macro-micro debates. In exploring the nature and status of social scientific theories we deal with the universalism/relativism debate and link it to the problems of globalized vs. indigenized social theories. This module is mounted for students with a keen interest in social theories.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC, or 28MCs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4202","ModuleTitle":"Reading Ethnographies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Ethnography (the description of a social context) involves both fieldwork, and writing about it - a process recently subject to intense debate and critique. We examine the tensions between fieldwork, the crafting of the text (the ethnography), and its reception within the discipline of anthropology. Following the `writing culture' debate, we aim to understand how ethnographers `construct' data, frame their analysis, and produce a text. We examine ethnographic `realism' as a style, how styles have changed over time, and how differently some researchers have written about the same culture area. The course will heighten students' critical skills and their awareness of how any representation of social reality has been put together.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC or 28 MCs in MS, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC or 28 MCs in MS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4203","ModuleTitle":"Sociology of Organizations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with exciting theoretical and practical issues in the sociology of organizations. Some of the questions addressed are (1) What kind of 'animal' is this creature called organization? (2) What are its key characteristics: structure, culture, environment? (3) Who created this 'animal', or what goals, and with what strategies to achieve the goals set? (4)How does it influence the orientation and action of participants? (5) Is democracy possible within organizations? This module is mounted for students with interest in one of the most important social entities influencing key aspects of social, political, and economic life in modern societies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC, or 28MCs in PS, or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4210","ModuleTitle":"Sociology of Migration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with the main contemporary issues and problems that have their roots in migration and its consequences at the individual, societal, and global level. It will focus on the following issues and processes: the migratory process and the formation of ethnic groups; postwar migration patterns, the globalization of international migration; new migration in the Asia-Pacific; migrants and minorities in the labour force; the migratory process: Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei compared; new ethnic minorities and society; immigration policies and politics; and migration in the New World order. This module is mounted for students with interest in human migration and its implications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4212","ModuleTitle":"Social Memory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module examines new studies on memory as a social phenomenon. Not just for individuals, but for all kinds of social groups, memory is an indissoluble part of identity.  Remembering is always a selective reconstruction, hence always political. 'Popular' (often oral) memory interacts with 'official' history, while itself containing differences relating to generation, class, gender and ethnicity. Memories of traumatic events of the C20th shape our moral universe and are driving developments in international human rights law. Our explorations of the politics of memory will be grounded in case studies of both regional and global relevance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4217","ModuleTitle":"Social Movements and Collective Behaviour","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The course focuses on developing a framework for constructing and rethinking factors (be they economic, political, cultural) that have led to the emergence, development, and maintenance of certain forms of collective behaviour. It will also examine these theories through various case studies of social movements such as historical revolutions, and the \"new\" social movements of Europe. Topics covered include the rationality of collective action; history of social movement theory; the role of individuals, social groups and institutions in social movements; and their impacts. This module is mounted for students with interest in social movements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC, or 28MCs in PS, or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4218","ModuleTitle":"Religions, Secularity, Post-Secularity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to develop a nuanced understanding of forms of religiosity in the present. One aim of the module is to explore connections between the realms of religion and politics, particularly within the framework of secular states. The module examines the notions of ‘secularity’ and ‘post-secularity’ and queries their relevance for the contemporary moment, within a comparative, historical perspective. Is it useful to invoke the concept of ‘secularism’ to make sense of encounters between religious and political domains? Do the ideas\r\nof the ‘separation of church and state’ and ‘state non-interference in religion’ help in these efforts?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC, or 28MCs in PS, or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SC4223","ModuleTitle":"Health and Social Behaviour","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The module explores interactions between a variety of social forces and the phenomenon of health/illness. First, an important goal of the module is to clarify the extent to which mental and physical health/illness have been socially constructed and unevenly distributed in society. The module further identifies\r\nthe effects of such social conditions as socioeconomic status, education, gender, and social networks on patterns of health inequality. Finally, it delves into\r\nspecific issues like social epidemiology, stress process, and health care where possible causal relationships between a variety of social forces and health/illness\r\nare explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"SC4214A Health and Social Behaviour","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4226","ModuleTitle":"Cultural Production: Power, Voice, Policies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module considers cultural production as an arena of contestation for voice and visibility. It explores how creative performances and productions have been\r\nused to express, subvert, or redefine social realities and values, constitute publics, and initiate change. A variety of forms, such as street theatres, music,\r\ncartoons, community and online media, will be explored through an anthropological engagement with the everyday politics of recognition, narration,\r\nbelonging, and indeed the valuation of one’s voice. Power, performance, agency, creativity, audiences, art worlds and aesthetics are among the key concepts explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: \r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4227","ModuleTitle":"Gender, Sex and Power","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"All societies are organized around gender and sexuality. Everywhere, the sex/gender system has implications for the relative power of men and women in society. Human societies have a tendency toward patriarchy. Some societies are relatively gender-egalitarian. Others are strongly patriarchal. But none are strongly matriarchal. This module examines the social, cultural, psychological and biological arguments, including feminist and non-feminist theories for how and why sex and gender relate to the distribution of power in society. It examines these questions in terms of broad comparison across cultures, in evolutionary history, in modern state societies and in today’s transnational, globalizing world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module requires students to conduct an independent research project on an approved topic under the supervision of an academic staff. The research project, which usually includes some fieldwork, will be submitted as an Honours Thesis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-24-13.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of SC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of SC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"SC4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"SC4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4880B","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Sociological Analysis of Singapore Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The topic is an advanced sociological analysis of Singapore society. Throughout the undergraduate years, sociology students would have read and thought about Singapore society in almost all the substantive modules they have taken. This module provides an opportunity to bring further focus and reflection on students’ knowledge of Singapore society. It aims to examine in depth the historical and ongoing developments of various social cultural institutions, public policies and everyday practices of contemporary Singapore society, including globalization, multiracialism, real estate speculation, family, NGOs and consumerism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC or 28 MCsin GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC4882B","ModuleTitle":"Citizenship, Nation and Globalization","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"The concept of citizenship has been understood as the mechanisms through which the individual is linked to the nation, involving a variety of processes, such as rights, culture, or race.  There are new claims that with globalization, there has been the re-definition of the idea of the citizenship and the nation, leading to new concepts such as flexible citizenship and de-territorialized nation-states. This course will examine how that movement of people, capital, and ideas are affecting citizenship, and how this affects the relation between state and society. This module is mounted for students throughout NUS with interest in the concept of citizenship.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC, or 28MCs in PS, or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"SC4215B Citizenship, Nation and Globalization","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SC4883","ModuleTitle":"Selected Topics in Law and Justice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to increase students' breadth of empirical knowledge and the depth of their theoretical understanding on issues of law, justice and society. With urbanization and industrialization, modern societies have increasingly depended upon law to regulate the behaviour of its members and the activities of its institutions. In contemporary Singapore society, law underpins social policies from housing to marriage, political behaviour and economic activities. Among the wide variety of significant topics are policing theories, state violence and social justice, crime and punishment to the legal profession. This module is mounted for students with interest in law and justice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track. \n\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SC, or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"SC4216 Selected Topics in Law and Justice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC5103","ModuleTitle":"Qualitative Data Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Increasingly, more qualitative research work is being under-taken in its own right rather than as preliminary research for subsequent quantitative surveys. This explains the broadening of the range of qualitative research techniques. In addition to dealing with the traditional fieldwork and participant observation methods, the module will examine a number of qualitative approaches. These include techniques of analyzing data generated by laypersons (as in life-documents: diaries, journals, travelogues) communications materials, material artifacts, and visual information. This course is open to postgraduate students with an interest in qualitative research methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC5103R","ModuleTitle":"Qualitative Data Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC6102","ModuleTitle":"Sociological Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Modern society is highly complex and differentiated. Sociological theories help us to make sense of this complexity, to understand and penetrate realities at all levels of social aggregation ? at the micro-level of individual interaction and of small collective units (such as the family), at the meso-level of organizations and intermediate institutions (such as business firms) and at the macro-level of society's basic structure. They enlighten us about hidden forces, principles and interests which shape our daily lives and the reproduction of social structures. This module aims to demonstrate the usefulness and limitations of different theories both as tools of analysis and as concrete guides to social practices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC6215","ModuleTitle":"RELIGION IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course investigates the importance of religion in the contemporary world, cross-culturally, relying on the most recent conceptual and methodological frameworks. Despite a focus on the present, a historical perspective is nonetheless necessary to ground analyses of religious phenomena in the contemporary world. The course explores the variety of socio-cultural, political, economic and technological forces and processes that impact the manifold expressions and manifestations of religion and vice-versa. This is facilitated by scrutinizing the `secularisation-sacralisation-resecularisation? debates in the theoretical literature. The emphasis is not only empirical, but also theoretical in drawing together contributions on the subject from a variety of sociological and anthropological perspectives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SC6216","ModuleTitle":"THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine concepts that have been prominent in the development of anthropology as a distinctive discipline. Concepts such as culture, cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, ethnography, participant observation, and social structure, will be analyzed in the context of their development and use by anthropologists over the past century. Other themes will include the historical relationship between anthropology and colonialism, critiques that have been made of anthropology in recent decades over questions of ethnographic authority, and the construction of anthropological objects and subjects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SC6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Sociology in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, number of contact hours, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"Sociology Masters students are not allowed to read SC6660 to fulfill their coursework requirement. If they wish to read SC6660 in addition to the required coursework component, permission must first be sought from the Department’s Graduate Chair.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SDM5002","ModuleTitle":"SYSTEMS ENGINEERING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"Systems Engineering is an interdisciplinary approach to realize the successful creation of systems that meet customer and stakeholders requirements with due consideration of the system’s performance and impact over the entire life-cycle. The module covers the fundamental methods and concepts of this approach including those to surface system requirements; architect options and alternatives; model systems; evaluate performance; and analyze tradeoffs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SDM5003","ModuleTitle":"KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"As the knowledge economy and globalization intensifies, the field of knowledge management is becoming crucial to corporate competitiveness. Knowledge Management (KM) is a relatively new subject area which is in this course conceptualized as a strategy for improving organizational performance through a set of processes, tools and incentives designed to help people create, share, and integrate knowledge. The main idea is that knowledge can be purposefully managed in order to improve knowledge transfer, its re-use, adaptation to rapidly changing environments, and the creation of innovative new products and services. Module covers: (i) basic concepts of the nature of knowledge and its creation; (ii) organizational culture and learning organisations (iii) explicit and tacit knowledge as well as knowledge artifacts; (iv) technology and its role in knowledge creation, sharing, and management; (v) the information professional and ethical considerations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SDM5004","ModuleTitle":"Systems Engineering Project Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"Systems engineering project management shows how generic project management concepts and methods are used in the context of the systems engineering process to realize techno-centric systems. The module also develops the need for plans to manage change in systems development projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"IE5208 Systems Approach to Project Management\r\nDTS5720 Systems Engineering Project Management","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SE1101E","ModuleTitle":"Southeast Asia: A Changing Region","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Description Southeast Asia has been described as one of the 'crossroads of the world' - a place where people from many cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds meet. The intermingling of people, the exchange of ideas and international commerce have been part of Southeast Asian life for centuries. This module surveys the broad currents of conflict, change and continuity across the region from a multidisciplinary perspective. It looks at how Southeast Asian societies and political systems have changed over time in response to the pressures of ecology, colonialism, nationalism, urbanization and globalization. The module also looks at the way ethnic, religious, national and regional identities have been constructed, used and altered over time. The overall objective is to provide students with an introduction to different ways of exploring Southeast Asia and different experiences of living in the region.","CrossModule":",SSA1202","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEK1008, GEM1008K, SSA1202, SS1203SE","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SE2212","ModuleTitle":"Cities and Urban Life in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Are Southeast Asian urban models unique from those of the West? This module uses historical and emerging developments to re-evaluate debates on Southeast Asian urbanisation. The particularities of Southeast Asian urbanisation will be examined both in terms of its intertwined history with the rest of the world as well as the politics of time and space. The module aims at developing a critical understanding of the interaction between historical, political-economic, and cultural processes that constitute urbanization in Southeast Asia. \n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE2218","ModuleTitle":"Changing Economic Landscape of SE Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The Southeast Asian economies and the region as a whole have experienced a significant change in their economic landscapes in terms of high growth rates, rising income levels, improvement in the. standards of living, and the changing structures of production and trade. What accounts for this\r\ntransformation? We seek to answer this question by examining the experiences and problems of the various Southeast Asian economies in the context of the leading development models and policies that they have pursued in promoting and developing their domestic sectors (agriculture, manufacturing and services) and external sectors (trade, foreign capital and regionalism).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE2218T","ModuleTitle":"Changing Economic Landscape of Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The Southeast Asian economies and the region as a whole have experienced a significant change in their economic landscapes in terms of high growth rates, rising income levels, improvement in the standards of living, and the changing structures of production and trade. What accounts for this transformation? We seek to answer this question by examining the experiences and problems of the various Southeast Asian economies in the context of the leading development models and policies that they have pursued in promoting and developing their domestic sectors (agriculture, manufacturing and services) and external sectors (trade, foreign capital and regionalism).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"NIl"},{"ModuleCode":"SE2221","ModuleTitle":"Old and New Music in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the variety of music in Southeast Asia, from traditional to pop, and contributes to students' understanding of the region. Lectures with audiovisual illustrations, which will emphasize cultural and contextual approaches, will be complemented by practical instruction in playing Javanese gamelan music. We will study the different musical aesthetics, changing cultural and social contexts and functions (from village and palace rituals to arts academies, the cassette industry, and concerts), musical and cultural interaction, and the changing musical ?landscape? of Southeast Asia. The course is appropriate both for students interested in Southeast Asian culture, and anyone who likes music.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE2223","ModuleTitle":"Doing Research In Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces different approaches to studying the region, with the aim of developing students’ independent research skills. It covers issues such as identifying a research question, the role of theory in research, and selecting an appropriate research design. By looking at a range of exemplary works in Southeast Asian studies as well as explicit methodological discussions, students will gain understanding of theoretical debates and practical issues related to doing research in Southeast Asian\r\nStudies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SE2225","ModuleTitle":"Forbidden Pleasures: Vice in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"From the betel popular across the region for millenia, to colonial opium regimes, to Bangkok’s Soi Cowboy, vice has always been a part of life in Southeast Asia. In this module, students investigate the economic, political, social, ecological, and cultural significance of a variety of substances and activities, from drugs like opium, alcohol and caffeine, to activities like paid sex and gambling. Students use a range of texts, including scholarly articles, memoirs, movies, and first-hand observation to investigate the ways illicit substances and behaviors are deeply imbricated in everyday life in Southeast Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SE2229","ModuleTitle":"Southeast Asia as a Field of Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce students to the rich intellectual heritage that has led to the development of Southeast Asian Studies as a distinct field of\r\nscholarly inquiry. We shall explore the critical debates, seminal texts and theoretical currents within the field in determining how different scholars have engaged with and conceptualized the region. We shall also consider the epistemological challenges of carrying out research in the region, and how Southeast Asians themselves have contributed new voices towards the\r\nevolution of the field.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"SE1101E: Southeast Asia: A Changing Region","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE3218","ModuleTitle":"Industrialising Singapore and SE Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Industrialisation involves the promotion and development of the industrial sector. Why have some countries industrialised faster than others? In particular, the manufacturing industries in some countries have remained backward and depended heavily on the use of labour while in other countries, they have become more advanced and relied more on the use of capital. This module discusses the theory and concepts that relate to industrialisation. It also investigates the industrial experiences of other countries and the lessons from them. Focus will be on Singapore, and how it compares with other SE Asian countries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"SE2215","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE3224","ModuleTitle":"Thai Drawing and Painting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the art of Thai painting and drawing through an analysis of both scholarly texts and hands-on sessions. The module takes students on a visual journey through all the major periods of Thai classical art. Emphasis will also be placed on regional and folk styles of painting as well as with new forms of traditional art. The module focuses primarily on the Rama 3 style of Thai painting as developed in nineteenth century Bangkok and which has become the most common form of Thai classical art seen in the country today. Students enrolled in the class will be taught not only how to appreciate traditional Thai painting but also how to draw, create compositions and critique art works.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-5-1","Prerequisite":"As the emphasis of the class is on practical approaches to art as a way of appreciating and understanding Southeast Asian Studies, students should ideally have genuine interests in drawing, painting, and the creative arts.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SE3228","ModuleTitle":"The Universe Unraveling: Narratives of War in Indochina","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The module takes students from the origins of revolutionary anticolonial movements in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in the 1920s, through the years of\r\nwar in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s to their legacies in today’s diasporic communities. In addition to a core text, students will read a variety of first-person\r\naccounts written by anyone from revolutionary leaders to foot soldiers to children to doctors to Buddhist monks.  The objective is to see the wars from multiple\r\nperspectives and to investigate how first-person accounts may complement, complicate, or even contest orthodox narratives of revolution and war.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE3231","ModuleTitle":"Colonial Southeast Asia Through European Literature","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Through a critical reading of European fiction set in Southeast Asia, students will gain a richer understanding of the region in the colonial period, as\r\nwell as European experiences and images of Southeast Asia. The module will also reflect on the medium of fiction – is there something that one can express better through fiction than through academic writing? How do the conventions of academic writing limit what is thought and said? As part of the assessment, students will write short stories. In addition to fiction, we will examine paintings, photographs and watch movies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE3233","ModuleTitle":"Martial Arts in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the study of martial arts in Southeast Asia from an academic and experiential perspective. Students analyse journal articles, books and materials from the social media in order to understand how various social, political, economic and historical forces impacted on the production and performance of martial arts in the region. Student’s learning will be complemented with hands-on sessions that further their understanding of complex historical, sociological and cultural dimensions of various combat genres. Student assignments such as essays and group video projects will reveal new ways in how Southeast Asia can be understood from multi-disciplinary perspectives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SE3880B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE3550","ModuleTitle":"Southeast Asian Studies Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length and take place within organisations or companies located in Singapore or Southeast Asian countries. Internships with organisations or companies in Southeast Asian countries will occur during the semester-in-SEA programme at the SEASP. \n\nAll internships are vetted and approved by the SEASP, have relevance to the major in Southeast Asian Studies, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed. Available credited internships will be advertised at the beginning of each semester. Internships proposed by students will require the approval of the department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"All internships must include a minimum of 120 hours, accumulated during one period.","Prerequisite":"Students should:  have completed a minimum of 24 MC in Southeast Asian Studies; and  have declared Southeast Asian Studies as their Major.","Preclusion":"Any other XX3550 module. [Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE4210","ModuleTitle":"Ancient Kingdoms of Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Historical sources (writing) and archaeology (material culture) give very different perspectives on the development of civilisations. This module follows the development of classical civilisations in Southeast Asia from the first to the 16th centuries A.D. Data from archaeological excavations are utilised to create a picture of the achievements of early historic peoples of the region in such areas as the formation of kingdoms and cities; trade; architecture; and warfare. Relations with China and India are also analysed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: \r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on Honours track. \r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: \r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SE or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Students are required to conduct research on a Southeast Asian topic under the supervision of a member of staff. Topics will be chosen by students in consultation with staff. The length of the honours thesis should not exceed 12,000 words. The honours thesis is equivalent to three modules.\n\n\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-37.5-0","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of SE major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of SE major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.","Preclusion":"SE4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-10-2.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in SE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in SE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in SE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"SE4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5201","ModuleTitle":"Supervised Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is a dedicated research module for MA coursework students designed to enable them to complete a research-based thesis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-20-0","Prerequisite":"i. Approval of Departmental Graduate Coursework Selection Committee.\r\nii. Must achieve “B” grade in SE5151.\r\niii. Must have completed at least 4 modules with minimum CAP of 4.0.","Preclusion":"SE5660 Independent Study","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5229","ModuleTitle":"ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO SE ASIA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This course looks at the relationship between culture, society and politics in Southeast Asia from an anthropological perspective. It highlights the main shifts in anthropological approaches to culture and society that have emerged with the newer understandings about power and history in social sciences. In particular, it examines changes within the interpretive perspective - a perspective most closely associated with Clifford Geertz, a celebratory figure in Southeast Asian anthropology ? to bring out the problems in the anthropological construction, interpretation and representation of culture to enable a more critical conceptualization of culture and society in Southeast Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5229R","ModuleTitle":"Anthropological Approaches to SE Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Anthropological Approaches to SE Asia","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5242","ModuleTitle":"Country Studies: Thailand","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to study contemporary and recent economic, social and political trends in Thailand. In doing so, it will draw upon models and interpretations of Thai socio-economic and power structures which have been developed by political scientists and anthropologists. Topics for study will include the role of key institutions and interest groups - the monarchy, Buddhist Sangha, bureaucracy and military, political parties and the new middle class.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"For SE Honours students with a minimum CAP of 3.20","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5242R","ModuleTitle":"Country Studies: Thailand","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"For SE Honours students with a minimum CAP of 3.20","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5244","ModuleTitle":"Country Studies: The Philippines","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5244R","ModuleTitle":"Country Studies: The Philippines","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5294","ModuleTitle":"THE POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENT IN SE ASIA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The growth and development that has taken place not only in the Southeast Asian region but also in the rest of the world is commonly viewed to have a negative impact on the environment in the region. Is it necessarily true? Are there positive effects as well? This module will evaluate the link between the developmental process and the environment including an analysis of the problems, the proposed solutions, and the actual policies implemented.The module provides not only a Southeast Asian perspective on the environmental and the developmental\r\nissues facing the region, but also a geographical outlook. This emphasises the sharing of natural areas and resources among nation-states and their peoples in Southeast Asia given the historical background of the region with its impact on national borders and the composition of both the population and society. The outcome on nature and society relations seen in Southeast Asia reflect conditions specific to the region and its geography. This module is aimed at understanding both these specific conditions and the wider as well as external factors that have an impact on environment in Southeast Asia.","CrossModule":"GE5215","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GE5215","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5294R","ModuleTitle":"THE POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENT IN SE ASIA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"The growth and development that has taken place not only in the Southeast Asian region but also in the rest of the world is commonly viewed to have a negative impact on the environment in the region. Is it necessarily true? Are there positive effects as well? This module will evaluate the link between the developmental process and the environment including an analysis of the problems, the proposed solutions, and the actual policies implemented.The module provides not only a Southeast Asian perspective on the environmental and the developmental\r\nissues facing the region, but also a geographical outlook. This emphasises the sharing of natural areas and resources among nation-states and their peoples in Southeast Asia given the historical background of the region with its impact on national borders and the composition of both the population and society. The outcome on nature and society relations seen in Southeast Asia reflect conditions specific to the region and its geography. This module is aimed at understanding both these specific conditions and the wider as well as external factors that have an impact on environment in Southeast Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Southeast Asian Studies in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SE5201 Supervised Research Project","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE5880","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Southeast Asian Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to cover specialized topics in Southeast Asian Studies. The topic(s) to be covered will depend on the interest and expertise of regular or visiting staff members.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Southeast Asian Studies in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE6770","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2004/2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters and will be graded \"Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory\" on the basis of student presentation and participation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SE6880","ModuleTitle":"Topics in Southeast Asian Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to cover specialized topics in Southeast Asian Studies. The topic(s) to be covered will depend on the interest and expertise of regular or visiting staff members.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG4101","ModuleTitle":"Basic Software Engineering Discipline","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"SG4001-1 Introduction to Software Engineering\r\nThis is a general introduction to the SE Programme. It gives students the course overview, course rules and regulations. Details of student administration are given, and an introduction to the SE core units and the SE electives units is given. This module is compulsory for all SE students.\r\n\r\nSG4001-2 Software Engineering Process\r\nThe objective of this course is to teach how to understand software engineering processes, and how to model these processes using a derivative of the SADT methodology. This module looks at Software development life cycle processes, processes for planning and controlling software development and Quality management processes. This module is compulsory for all SE students.\r\n\r\nSG4001-3 Introduction to Object -Oriented Programming\r\nThe objective of this module is to introduce students to the basic concepts of object orientation. The course covers the topics of basic object modeling and OO programming. This is illustrated with the Java Language and development environment. Detailed concepts such as classes and instances, static and packages are covered. Java language concepts such as inheritance, exceptions, basic library classes, Java Collections, and input and output mechanisms will be described. There will be a Java programming assignment. This module is compulsory for all SE students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-1-1-9.2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG4205","ModuleTitle":"Information Systems Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of this course is to provide learners with a holistic foundation in information systems security. An organization?s security is only as strong as its weakest link. Without a holistic approach to security that takes into account people, processes and technology, an organization may lull itself into a false sense of security. This e-learning course seeks to teach various IS security issues, including security management practices, cryptography, network security, application development security, security architecture, access control, operations security, physical security, security incident investigation and business continuity planning. There will be an assignment on IS security issues. This course is intended for IT professionals who need to ensure the security of their IT systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5*-0.5-0.5-3-1.8","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG4207","ModuleTitle":"MOBILE WIRELESS SOLUTION DESIGN","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG4210","ModuleTitle":"Enterprise .NET","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to design and develop Enterprise Applications using state-of-the-art computing principles and practices. The module teaches important software engineering patterns with an emphasis on the critical analysis of their applicability to large enterprise systems under specific platforms. By exploring the various challenges in real-life enterprise situations, the module would prepare students to devise novel approaches of problem solving for implementing reusable software components. The module would use a sequence of practical business cases to train students in implementing a wellengineered web-based, component-oriented application\r\non the .NET platform.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3-2","Prerequisite":"While there is no module pre-requisites, the student is expected to have knowledge in the following topics:\r\n- Basic Software Engineering\r\n- Object Oriented Analysis and Design\r\n- Working knowledge of .NET and C# language","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SG4211","ModuleTitle":"Cloud Computing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Cloud computing are pools of virtualized computing resources that can be dynamically re-configured to accommodate variable load, optimize resource utilization and support pay-per-use business model. The module teaches the practical aspects of cloud computing and emphasizes on the critical analysis of the\r\nvarious platforms and their applicability to large enterprises such as:\r\no Various business models available\r\no Typical Stakeholder concerns\r\no The Cloud computing architecture\r\no Different cloud computing platforms.\r\no Software Engineering aspects.\r\nBy exploring the various challenges of cloud computing, the module would prepare students to assess and understand the business drivers and implement cloud\r\ncomputing solutions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.75-0.75-3-2","Prerequisite":"While there is no module pre-requisites, the student is expected to have some Working Knowledge on Enterprise Applications","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SG5012","ModuleTitle":"Architecting Reliable Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this course is for the students to learn how to architect systems that are reliable. Topics that will be covered are Safety, Reliability, Availability, Resilience, Security, Performance and Maintainability issues in building software systems. The benefits of using Formal methods to ensure these parameters in a software will be discussed. This course is appropriate for all software engineers who are developing highly reliable software systems and who wish to apply Formal Methods. The course combines theory, simple practice exercises, and real-world applications or case studies. The main themes will be covered by an inverse pedagogy, viz., case study first, then class discussion, then the relevant theory, and finally a workshop, takeaway, or both. Main areas of application of the principles and concepts will be aligned to the needs of the nation, e.g. transport, health, defence and embedded systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-6-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5013","ModuleTitle":"SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEURSHIP","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The overall objective of the course is to help the student understand the business of software, i.e. how to build and sell software for profit. The main topics covered within the course are these: Marketing - the concept of the market; market research, selection and targeting; pricing, promotion, sales and distribution; customer service and support; dealing with the competition; feedback from markets to product development. Product Development - the place of technology in the human world; designing for the user community; turning a prototype into a product; product quality and customer satisfaction; turning a product into a product line; internationalization. Key Business Issues - business structure and organization; business finance; the legal background; business plans and their purpose; strategic partnerships. There will be a marked assignment. This course is suitable for all IT professionals who wish to create and sell IT products and services.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-5-2.3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5015","ModuleTitle":"ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"After taking this course, the student should be able to: Understand the architecture of modern E-Business solutions and bridge the gap between business strategy and technical deployment. Participate effectively in the architectural analysis and design for an E-business solution as part of the architecture team on a project. Identify possible architectural options in a variety of design scenarios, and assess their relative advantages and disadvantages to determine the most suitable option. Understand how to plan and manage the technical development of large-scale E-business systems in a structured manner. Topics covered in the course include: The Architecture Process; Technical Architecture: Building the E-Business Platform; Application and Data Architectures: Providing Functionality; Security Architecture: Securing an E-Business Architecture; E-Business Architecture Workshop; Operations Architecture: Ensuring Architecture Liveliness. There is an in-course assignment. This course is appropriate for all software engineers who are developing e-Business applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-5-2.3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5016","ModuleTitle":"Business Transformation Through Technology Innovation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Technology innovation enables organisations to identify and develop tools and methods to grow new lines of revenue; or to solve operational productivity challenges. However, when combined with other business process improvements, and coupled with judicious use of technology, organisations can sometimes revolutionise their business transformation.\r\n\r\nThis course shows how a mix of business methods and technology can be ingredients in the process of change; and the ability of organisations to manage such a change is the basis for business transformation. It provides the participants with various approaches, tools and techniques to transform their organisation and a methodology to manage change.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5017","ModuleTitle":"Software Product Line Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course teaches participants to transform the processes, methods and techniques employed by their software development organization so that they can move from developing customer-oriented systems to market driven products. The key motivation is to provide the means to significantly improve the productivity and product quality. This is achieved through software reuse at a large scale, beyond the levels achievable using the traditional reuse strategies based on object-oriented mechanisms, design patterns and frameworks. The course covers the processes, methods and techniques required to instrument and harvest from reuse. It also highlights the necessary transformations required in the management of the organization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5018","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in Software Process Improvement","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Top-performing organisations succeed in obtaining value from IT by adopting and implementing effective IT governance practices to support their strategies and business processes. This course is designed to explain IT governance and its role in the organisation, apply methodologies to assess IT governance practices and maturity, establish closer linkages between IT and corporate governance for greater effectiveness and elevate the role of IT within the organisation, develop and execute IT governance and compliance implementation plan (including compliance related issues like SARBANES-OXLEY and BASEL 2) for their business environment, show how to lead and direct a governance and compliance implementation team and manage IT governance and control competencies. Key topics include foundations of IT governance, linking IT governance and corporate governance, key IT decisions and making IT a strategic asset, frameworks for IT governance and control (COBIT, ITIL etc.), IT governance implementation guidelines, IT governance structures and mechanisms, IT performance management and the Balanced IT Scorecard, assessing IT governance practices and governance maturity models, information security governance and its role in IT governance, building service oriented capabilities, IT portfolio and investment management, IT control and audit, audit and compliance process in an IT environment, and assessing risks in IT operations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3-1.8","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SG5102","ModuleTitle":"Software Project Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"SG5002-1 Basic Project Management Techniques\r\nThe objectives of this module are to teach basic project management skills The course covers project planning techniques including selecting the appropriate software development Life cycles, assessing and controlling risks, constructing Work Breakdown Structures, basic effort estimating, network and precedence analysis and, project scheduling The course also includes producing project plans and quality plans and techniques for project monitoring and control. There are project planning and Project control assignments. This module is compulsory for all SE students.\r\n\r\nSG5002-2 Software Economics\r\nThe objectives of this module are to explore the economic issues associated with Software engineering. The module focuses on the use of parametric models in software cost estimation, in particular using the COCOMO model as an example. Issues associated with software sizing are also discussed and the technique of function point counting (FPC) is described in detail. The subject of overall project costing is also covered. This module is compulsory for all SE students.\r\n\r\nSG5002-3 OO Development Management\r\nThe objectives of this module are to explore the particular issues associated with Management of technically innovative Object Oriented Projects. It examines how specific issues associated with OO projects are resolved in planning the project, and how technical leadership is performed when carrying out OO projects. This module is compulsory for all SE students.\r\n\r\nSG5002-4 Advanced Project Management Topics\r\nThe objectives of this module are to describe advanced project management issues and Techniques. The subject of Software requirements management is explored, with topics such as managing project scope, organizing requirements and change management  being explored. This module is compulsory for all SE students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"3-1-1-9.2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5116","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5117","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering Overseas Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The Software Engineering Overseas Practicum is designed to allow students to experience entrepreneurial enterprises, such as high technology start-up companies, in rapidly developing economies, such as Israel and China, and\r\ncontribute to those companies by playing a significant role in the development of an advanced software product.\r\n\r\nThe practicum allows students to apply their knowledge in a real world context, demonstrating their mastery of a range of Software Engineering skills, such as project management, requirements analysis, architecture and design, software construction, verification and validation.\r\n\r\nThis module is conducted in collaboration with the NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0.0-0.0-0.0-30.0-0.0","Prerequisite":"Before commencing the Software Engineering Overseas Practicum, the students must successfully complete the four MTech SE core courses:\r\n\r\nSG4101 Basic Software Engineering Discipline\r\nSG5101 Object Oriented Analysis and Design\r\nSG5102 Software Project Management\r\nSG5103 Software Quality Management\r\n\r\nIn addition, they must demonstrate in the electives they have taken and/or in their work experience that they have the technical background for the project being offered by NOC.","Preclusion":"Students that select SG5116 Software Engineering Project cannot also select the Software Engineering Overseas Practicum and vice versa.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5214","ModuleTitle":"SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The overall objective of the course is to teach the student to collect and manage User requirements. At the top level, the course is divided into seven components. The content of each of these components is briefly as follows: Overview - The Software Development Process and the Role of the Requirement; Users and their Needs; The Requirements Engineering Process; The Requirements Engineering Team.  Requirements Elicitation - Techniques of Requirements Elicitation; Example of Requirements Elicitation; Domains, Problems and Terminology. Requirements Analysis - Review of Quality Function Deployment; Requirements Organisation and Prioritisation; Requirements Dependencies and Conflicts; Constraints on the Requirement; Requirements Quantification. From Requirement to Specification - Requirements Review; Requirements Verification and Validation; Planning Implementation Strategies. Requirements Risk Analysis - Principles of Software Technical Risk; Requirements-Based Risk Analysis; Managing Requirements Risk.  Study of Specific Methods - Object Oriented Analysis; Structured Requirements Definition; Specification and Description Language. Requirements Evolution - Why Requirements Evolve; Assessing Requirements Volatility; Managing Requirements Volatility. There is also an in-course graded assignment. This course is suitable for all software developers who must determine and manage user requirements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5220","ModuleTitle":"Independent Work 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Independent Work 1","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-1-1-5-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5221","ModuleTitle":"Independent Work 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Independent Work 2","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-1-1-5-1","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5231","ModuleTitle":"Agile Software Project Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the practice of Agile software project management. The course is very relevant today as leading organizations are adopting Agile. Hence, it is imperative that aspiring and practicing project managers are taught Agile techniques so that they are able to effectively manage such projects in industry.\r\n\r\nWhile existing frameworks like SCRUM and DSDM cover certain aspects related to developing a product solution, they do not define an end to end approach for managing Agile projects. This course addresses this short coming by providing a holistic understanding of Agile project management.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3.0-2.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5232","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Software Estimation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of software estimation concepts. The estimation topics introduced in the MTech SE core curriculum are related to only one scientific method (Function Point Counting). This\r\nelective helps the students to advance their knowledge by providing an in-depth coverage of multiple scientific and heuristic estimation models.\r\n\r\nThe course covers in detail several estimation concepts and techniques suitable for a wide variety of projects. It addresses not only the estimation techniques but also the management aspects that are important for estimators and managers such as cost estimation, budget management, and the psychology of estimation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3.0-2.0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5233","ModuleTitle":"Internet of Things Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"The lowered cost of peripherals and System on a Chip (SOC) computer boards over recent years has fuelled the utilisation and increased return on investment (ROI) of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and related mobileenabled applications. This course is geared to meet the increasing interest in building applications using such devices. The aim of this course is to teach the embedding of sensors and switches into enterprise systems via low priced SOC boards such as the Raspberry PI and/or Arduino Uno. The course pre-requisite is knowledge of the\nPython programming language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3-2","Prerequisite":"There are no hard prerequisites in terms of existing courses, but students are expected to have knowledge of the Python programming language. Online resources will be provided to enable students to acquire this knowledge through self-study prior to the start of the course.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5234","ModuleTitle":"Digital User Experience Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"With the rapid growth of digital consumption and proliferation of various interfaces and technological devices, software development is constantly challenged to provide seamless experiences across various platforms\nand devices. Digital User Experience Design provides a variety of best practices under-pinned by design principles that help to address this issue. It is a holistic, multidisciplinary approach that leads to the development of useful and usable digital solutions.\nThe course focuses on the discovery, analysis, design and evaluation of the needs of the various stakeholders and the role of user experience design throughout the software development lifecycle to deliver useful and usable\nsystems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1.5-0.5-0.5-3.0-2.0","Prerequisite":"There are no hard prerequisites in terms of existing courses, but students are expected to have basic knowledge of software development techniques and the software development lifecycle.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SG5235","ModuleTitle":"Scaling Agile","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"Agile scaling frameworks offer ideas or techniques that can help in organizations with anywhere from 2 to tens of Agile teams that need to work together. The course has a two pronged focus. Initially it delivers in depth knowledge by discussing the challenges faced in Scaling Agile. After providing the Scaling Agile concepts and frameworks, the course focuses on applying these frameworks, to solve problems pertaining to Scaling agile in the form of case studies. The course will teach the students to adopt scaling frameworks based on organizational set up (both collocated and distributed environments inclusive). On the highly sought after practical industrial focus, this course provide the students with necessary skills to deal with a range of real world Scaling frameworks. In summary the course takes a balanced approach in solving Scaling agile problems by applying appropriate frameworks to different\r\norganisational situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-5-1","Prerequisite":"Students must know basics of Agile and must have read scrum primer or guide.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SH5003","ModuleTitle":"FUNDAMENTALS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The course provides basic environment protection knowledge for safety, health and environment protection practitioners. It will cover air emission control and assessment, water emission control and assessment, waste minimization, energy conservation, product stewardship, trade effluent, toxic industrial waste, theories behind current thinking on the effects of pollution on the environment to include ozone destroying CFCs, volatile organic compounds, particulates, oxides of sulphur and nitrogen etc. Other topics will include waste disposal techniques including incinerators, environmental impact assessments and the dispersion effects of pollutants on ecosystems and the public at large.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students who have obtained degrees or post-graduate diplomas in Environmental\r\nEngineering, Environmental Sciences or their equivalent","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SH5105","ModuleTitle":"Noise and Other Physical Hazards","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This course will cover the health effects, measurements methods, regulations, and control technologies related to common physical health hazards encountered in occupational settings. The emphasis of the course will be placed on the identification, evaluation and management of the hazards of noise, temperature extremes, extreme pressures, vibration and lighting in the industry. The hierarch of control will be used to demonstrate the strategy of reducing the risk to the level of as low as reasonably practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SH5108","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Hazard Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the chemical hazards mitigation, control and management principles on chemicals selection, use, storage, handling, hazard communication to workers, administrative measures, transportation and disposal. The proper implementation of engineering controls & selection, administrative control, and selection, use and limitations of respirators for personal protective equipment are discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"SH5004 Fundamentals in Industrial Hygiene","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SH5109","ModuleTitle":"Biostatistics and Epidemiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module covers principles, methods, and quantitative techniques building on basic concepts of epidemiology. It prepares students to research in and interpret published reports from the specialized areas of occupational induced diseases and physiological conditions in the workplace as well as the use of statistical methods in the analysis of outcome studies and quality improvement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SH5110","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Hazard Evaluation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is on concepts and techniques related to the evaluation of occupational exposure to gases, vapors, and aerosols. Covered topics include air flow measurements, aerosol science, particulate sampling with and without size separation, optical microscopy, active and passive sampling of gases and vapors, direct reading instruments, sampling strategy and statistical evaluation of exposure data, occupational exposure limits and threshold limit values.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"SH5004: Fundamentals in Industrial Hygiene","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SH5201","ModuleTitle":"HAZARD IDENTIFICATION & EVALUATION TECHNIQUES","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"Different types of hazard identification techniques, factors influencing selection, methods for using qualitative results in decision-making and use of PC software will be covered. The following techniques are a sample of those that will be covered in the course. Hazard and Operability Analysis, What-if analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Event Tree Analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SH5203","ModuleTitle":"EMERGENCY PLANNING","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SH5403","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SH5404","ModuleTitle":"Safety Health and Environmental Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SLP5109","ModuleTitle":"PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SLP5110","ModuleTitle":"INTERVENTION AND MANAGEMENT - CHILDREN 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SLP5111","ModuleTitle":"INTERVENTION AND MANAGEMENT - ADULTS 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SLP5112","ModuleTitle":"RESEARCH PROJECT 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SLP5113","ModuleTitle":"PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 3","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module provides professional practice experience related to the theoretical foundations of intervention and management covered in SLP 5110 and SLP 5111 and previous modules. Students will undertake an intensive block (5-6 weeks) of direct clinical experience in one clinic, either in a hospital or a community setting, under the supervision of an experienced speech and language pathologist. The focus of this third placement will be on the continued development of clinical skills in planning and carrying out intervention with adult and/or paediatric clients with communication and/or swallowing impairment. If considered appropriate by\r\ntheir supervising clinician, students may progress to independent management of one client at entry level by end of placement.In addition, students will participate in a 30-hour direct clinical experience involving assessment and clinical management of clients, from one of a range of specific client groups over an approximately 6 week period.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"SLP 5101- SLP 5112 or equivalent with permission of the\r\nProgramme Director","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SLP5118","ModuleTitle":"PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 4","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"management of majority of caseload at entry-level competence by\r\nend of placement","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"SLP 5101- SLP 5117 or equivalent with permission of the\r\nProgramme Director","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SN1101E","ModuleTitle":"South Asia : People, Culture, Develop'm","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to contemporary South Asia in terms of the significant features of social, cultural and economic life. It will discuss the physical and human resources of the region and give an overview of developments at the outset of the new century. The films, the literature and the arts of the region will be introduced throughout the module to provide a wealth of illustration of the changing patterns of life of the people of the seven nations of South Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN2213","ModuleTitle":"Governance and Politics in South Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on governance and political processes in South Asia. It looks at institutions, political behaviour, party systems, identities and state-society relations. It considers questions of political accountability, corruption and empowerment. It also looks at bases of authoritarianism and democracy in the region. Using a comparative framework, the module explores the diversity in political systems among different countries and analyses on-going political and economic transformations in the region. The module will enable students to think critically about the region's political architecture, and empirically analyse the positive and negative aspects of governance in South Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"PS2247 South Asia: Politics and Foreign Policy","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN2271","ModuleTitle":"Religion and Society in South Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the student to the scientific and comparative study of religion in general and to South Asian religions in particular. After an introduction into the discipline of Comparative Study of Religion, the history of this discipline, and the different approaches it offers, the great variety of South Asian religions will be described chronologically and studied from a comparative perspective. For each tradition a survey of the relevant original literature will be given. Further themes to be covered are the co-existence of different religious traditions, and the social and psychological implications of religious values, beliefs and rituals.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN2277","ModuleTitle":"Indian Communities in Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The Indian presence has had considerable influence\n\non the development of Southeast Asian societies: in\n\nterms of its economic, commercial and political\n\ninfluence; and its role in the everyday life of Southeast\n\nAsian multicultural societies. Adopting a multidisciplinary\n\napproach, this module seeks to examine\n\nthe historical, political, social and economic\n\ndevelopment of the people from the Indian\n\nsubcontinent who have come to settle in Southeast\n\nAsia. \n\n\n\nThe module will provide students with the\n\nnecessary framework to analyse the historical\n\nand socio-economic development of these\n\ncommunities and their identity concerns. The\n\nmodule will develop critical and analytical skills\n\nguiding students in the process of social scientific\n\nenquiry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN2280","ModuleTitle":"Marriage, Sex, Love in South Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"In South Asia, marriage is classically understood as an alliance between families or social groups for economic, social and political reasons. However, as recent studies show, the notions of love, marriage and sex intersect with political, and legal structures, on the one hand, and notions of gender, morality, and modernity on the other. Through this course, we critically analyse such regnant claims and examine how love and sex are shaped politically, culturally, legally and ideologically. Moreover, by studying the intersecting fields of ‘marriage, love, and sex,’ we unpack such dualities as ‘private/public,’ \r\n‘individual/community, and ‘modern/ traditional’ in South Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN3272","ModuleTitle":"Issues in Indian Philosophy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"PHILOSOPHY","ModuleDescription":"ISSUES IN INDIAN PHILOSOPHY","CrossModule":"PH3204","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"PH3204","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SN3274","ModuleTitle":"South Asian Cinema","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module begins with a historical overview of cinema in South Asia. It then focuses on the regional production centres and their specific specialisations. Other topics covered are 'Genres of SA Cinema' and their stylistic elements, and 'Cinema and Local Politics in South Asia'. Important films will be viewed and discussed as case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN3275","ModuleTitle":"Tamil Culture and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The module is designed to study the Tamil society and culture through various texts and visual media about Tamil world(s) such as films, documentaries, scholarly articles and books. The module is designed to incorporate students who both want to follow Tamil studies as a language course and students who want to learn about Tamil culture and society through the English language. The students will be assessed in either Tamil or English. At the end of the course, all students would have learned and gained advanced knowledge about Tamil culture and society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Pass in O/A level Tamil or O Level Higher Tamil In Singapore or Pass in \r\nSecondary/Higher Secondary Tamil in India","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN3550","ModuleTitle":"Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Internships vary in length but all take place within organisations or companies, are vetted and approved by the South Asian Studies Programe, have relevance to the major in South Asian Studies, involve the application of subject knowledge and theory in reflection upon the work, and are assessed. Available credited internships will be advertised at the beginning of each semester. Internships proposed by students will require the approval of the department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"Please see remarks","Prerequisite":"Students should have completed a minimum of 24 MCs in SN coded and SN recognised modules; and have declared South Asian Studies as their Major","Preclusion":"Any other XX3550 internship modules (Note: Students who change majors may not do a second internship in their new major)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN4221","ModuleTitle":"Regional Conflict & Cooperation in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The module will provide a comparative understanding of the problems and challenges that are faced in promoting regional cooperation and development in South and Southeast Asia. It will look at regional conflict and cooperation in a comparative perspective. It will examine issues in conflict in South Asia and the factors that have impeded regional cooperation. It will then contrast the dynamics of regionalism in Southeast Asia. It will also look at intra-regional and inter-regional ties that have been evolving between South and Southeast Asia in the context of multilateral trading arrangements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1-11","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SN, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SN or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SN4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The Honours Thesis will normally be done in the second semester of the student’s final year. A qualified student intending to undertake the Honours Thesis will be expected to consult a prospective supervisor in the preceding semester for guidance on the selection of a topic and the preparation of a research proposal. The research proposal will be in an area of South Asian Studies in which the student has the necessary background and will be discussed with the supervisor. The supervisor will provide guidance to the student in conducting researching and writing the thesis of 10,000 to 12,000 words.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-37.5-0","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2015 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of SN major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of SN major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.","Preclusion":"SN4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN5660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in South Asian Studies in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"NA-NA-NA-NA-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in South Asian Studies in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"NA-NA-NA-NA-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SN6770","ModuleTitle":"SOUTH ASIA GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This is a required module for all research Masters and PhD students admitted from AY2004/2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters and will be graded \"Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory\" on the basis of student presentation and participation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SP1230","ModuleTitle":"NUS H3 Science Research Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"The SRP is a talent development programme. It is meant for very capable students who aspire to a higher level of challenge than that offered through the mere application of scientific and mathematical concepts in the classroom. Highly motivated students are involved in concentrated research and are mentored by practising mathematicians, scientists, medical researchers and engineers from the Faculties of Science, Medicine and Engineering of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and participating Research Centres/Institutes such as the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, the Tropical Marine Science Institute, the Defence Science & Technology Agency, and the Singapore Botanic Gardens.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Currently taking relevant H2 subjects.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SP1541","ModuleTitle":"Exploring Science Communication through Popular Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"The SP1541 module aims to equip students with the relevant knowledge and skills of how to communicate complex scientific content in ways that are comprehensible and accessible to non-experts. The module presents principles and strategies to deepen students’ understanding of the differences between scientific academic texts such as research reports and popular science genres such as science news articles (Haupt, 2014). Students will be exposed to popular science texts in various scientific disciplines, which will serve as the basis for group discussions, individual presentations and the writing of science news articles targeted at the educated non-specialist audience.","CrossModule":"ES1541","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"This module is meant for students from Cohort 2015 and after. If students are required to take ES1000 (Basic English) and ES1102/ES1103 (English for Academic Purposes), they must complete them before taking SP1541.","Preclusion":"Those who have taken SP1203, ENV1202, SP2171, ES1541, UTown and USP writing modules, ES1601 are precluded from taking SP1541.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SP2171","ModuleTitle":"Discovering Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This module is a series of lectures conducted to improve students’ computational, modelling and communication skill as an integral part of the Integrated Science\r\nCurriculum. Students are also required to engage in small-group discussions and undertake focused literature surveys on special topics of their choice within the four major themes in the Integrated Science Curriculum of the Special Programme in Science, namely Atoms to Molecules, The Cell, The Earth and The Universe. Students will read this module in Semester I and Semester II of their first year of study, with a 4-MC workload over two semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SP2174","ModuleTitle":"The Cell","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This is the second module of an interdisciplinary program\r\ncovering nature at different scales from “Atoms to\r\nMolecules”, “The Cell”, “The Earth” and “The Universe”. Using simple bacteria as the model organism, key chemical and physical principles underlying several biological processes which cells can integrate and function as an autonomous machine in order to regenerate (selfreplicate), repair and re-program (differentiate), respond (energy harness and utilization) and re-model (community\r\nformation) will be explored. These processes will be examined at single molecule, single cell to multi-cellular levels under their general ability to store, decode and\r\nprocess information (“Information”), to self-assemble, migrate (“Dynamics”) and to harness and utilise energy (“Energy”).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-4-1-3","Prerequisite":"SP2173 Atoms to Molecules","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SP2251","ModuleTitle":"Science at the Nanoscale","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"CHEMISTRY","ModuleDescription":"Many topics debated in nanoscience are frontier and futuristic, although some have immediate technological applications. The fundamental scientific principles of all nanotechnology applications, however, are grounded in basic physics and chemistry. This module thus aims to illustrate and discuss the physics and chemistry that are operative at the nanoscale. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nStudents will be introduced to some fundamental principles of physics and chemistry important to the nanoscale and learn to appreciate what the world is like when things are shrunk to this scale. They will also learn about some basic physical tools that can be used to explore structures at this length scale. On completion of this module, students will learn to appreciate the linkages between the fundamental sciences and practical applications in nanotechnology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-1-0-1-4","Prerequisite":"PC1144\nor PC1432/PC1432X or CM1101 or CM1131\nor PC1321/GEK1509","Preclusion":"N.A.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SP3172","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Science Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This module serves to initiate students into the arena of scientific investigation and is taken concurrently with SP2171. Students get to design and to conduct laboratory experiments under the supervision of mentors.  The focus of this module parallels closely to that of SP2171. Here, students are strongly encouraged to undertake projects that mirror their chosen topics in SP2171. With the inter-disciplinary flavour, this module provides an avenue for students from several disciplines to work together and it also lays the foundation for further work in experimental science.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SP3175","ModuleTitle":"The Earth","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This is the third module in a series of four covering scales from ‘Atoms to Molecules’, through ‘The Cell’ and ‘The Earth’ to ‘The Universe’. This module focuses on the physical, chemical and biological processes that have shaped the development of the Earth. The module takes a systems approach in order to understand the interconnectivity between the various components of the\r\nEarth system, i.e. the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. Using this approach, students will study the impact that anthropogenic activities, such as burning fossil fuels, has had on the Earth system.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-2-4","Prerequisite":"SP2174 The Cell","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SP3176","ModuleTitle":"The Universe","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This is the fourth module of an interdisciplinary program covering nature at different scales from ‘Atoms to Molecules, ‘The Cells’, ‘The Earth’ and ‘The Universe’. This module traces the developments in theoretical and\r\nobservational cosmology, starting from Newtonian cosmology, Hubble’s observations, the Big Bang, formation of stars and black holes to recent ideas in the origin and fate of the Universe.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"SP3175 The Earth","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SP3202","ModuleTitle":"Evidence in Forensic Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to Singapore’s basic criminal laws, evidence and procedures. The module also focuses on the scene of the crime and evidence found there. Topics include crime scene protocols, recognition,  collection and preservation of evidence. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-3-3","Prerequisite":"GEK1542 ","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SP3277","ModuleTitle":"Nano: from Research Bench to Industrial Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This module exposes senior students to nanoscience research and nanotechnology-based industry. This is done through a series of weekly seminars by principal investigators and industrial experts in the field, laboratory and industrial visits, and by completion of nanosynthesis/nanocharacterization-related mini projects. The course culminates in an intensive one-week study tour to Japan, organised in collaboration with La Trobe University and Tokyo University","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"SP2171 (Discovering Science) and SP2173 (Atoms to Molecules), or SP2251 (Science at the Nanoscale)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH2101","ModuleTitle":"Public Health and Epidemiology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"Epidemiology is the study of the patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions in defined human populations. It is the cornerstone of public health, and provides evidence that impact on both personal decisions about our lives and public policy for preventing and controlling diseases in the population. In this module, we will cover key concepts in epidemiology, including how we measure disease burden, how we study risk factors for disease, how we evaluate interventions like new vaccines and therapies, and how to critically appraise research evidence to inform public health policy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SPH2103","ModuleTitle":"Systems and Policies to improve Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module will introduce you to ways we can improve the health of a community through examining the role of the government, healthcare professionals, the health system and the individual. The module will explore common health problems such as obesity, diabetes, influenza and mental health and what we can do about these problems through enacting health policy and programs. We will discuss case studies from Singapore and the region.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SPH2104","ModuleTitle":"Public Health Nutrition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"Public Health Nutrition lies at the intersection of public health and nutritional sciences and is concerned with the “promotion and maintenance of nutrition-related health and wellbeing of populations through the organized efforts and informed choices of society”. Such approaches are required to solve many of the complex nutritional challenges, such as obesity, type-2 diabetes, micronutrient deficiencies, and hunger, which we face today. In this class we will study fundamental concepts related to nutrition, understand frameworks used to examine public health issues, and examine key historical and current public health nutrition challenges and policies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SPH2105","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Global Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"Over the past decade global health has evolved from buzzword to discipline, attracting interest from governments, academic institutions and funding organizations. But, what is “global health”?\r\n\r\nAlthough we have made enormous progress in improving health status over the past 50 years, the progress has been uneven. Why?\r\n\r\nBy examining major global health challenges, programs and policies, students will analyze current and emerging global health priorities, including communicable and noncommunicable diseases, health inequity, health systems, and major global initiatives for disease prevention.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH3102","ModuleTitle":"PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module equips students with the principles and skills to design health communication messages and activities/projects e.g. talks, skills development, telehealth in a variety of settings such as the school, workplace, internet and the community. It emphasizes the critical analysis and application of health communication theory and social marketing principles in the design of messages and communication projects to promote health in the community.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SPH3104","ModuleTitle":"Infectious disease epidemiology and public health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module gives an overview of the epidemiology of infectious diseases and its relevance to public health. It outlines fundamental concepts governing the interaction between microbes and host populations, and how such interactions affect the distribution of disease and the options for surveillance, prevention and control. Epidemiology and principles of prevention and control for several types of infectious diseases will be described, and applied to key diseases of global and local importance including vaccine preventable diseases, food-borne diseases, zoonotic and environment-related infectious diseases, vector-borne diseases, healthcare associated infections and drug resistant organisms, tuberculosis, and HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"SPH2101","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH3109","ModuleTitle":"Designing Public Health Programmes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This skill-based module introduces students to the planning and designing of health interventions and public health programmes. It provides the theoretical constructs that underpin the development of public health programmes, as well as provides students the opportunity to design a real programme for a specific identified health issue for implementation by a local organisation. The theoretical knowledge and practical skills developed in this module include being able to analyse any given health situation or problem, perform a baseline (via real field exercise), identify and prioritise possible interventions, and develop plans for implementation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"1. GEK1900 Public Health in Action; AND \r\n2. SPH2101 Public Health and Epidemiology","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5005","ModuleTitle":"Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module is both a practice as well as a seminar\ncourse. Module requirements are fulfilled by planning and\nconducting a project in cooperation with an advisor over\nthe course of 6 - 12 months. The project should involve\ncollection of primary data, or an in-depth analysis of\nsecondary data, and should be in the student’s selected\nfocus area, if they’ve chosen one.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"1-1-0-12-6","Prerequisite":"SPH5002 Public Health Research Methods; OR\nCO5102 Principles of Epidemiology and \nCO5103 Quantitative Epidemiologic Methods","Preclusion":"CO5210 Practicum","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5101","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Quantitative Methods I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"In this module, the principles of statistical modelling will be\nintroduced, and statistical models such as multiple linear\nregression, logistic regression and Cox proportional\nhazards model will be applied to a variety of practical\nmedical problems. Methods for analysing repeated\nmeasures data, assessment of model fit, statistical\nhandling of confounding and statistical evaluation of effect\nmodification will also be discussed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"1) A minimum grade ‘B-‘ obtained in CO5103\nQuantitative Epidemiologic Methods OR SPH5002 Public Health Research Methods,\n2) and working knowledge of STATA.","Preclusion":"CO5218 Advanced Quantitative Methods I","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5102","ModuleTitle":"Design, Conduct and Analysis of Clinical Trials","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"In this module, issues in clinical trials, including blinding\nrandomisation, sample size, power, ethical, regulatory, and\nquality-of-life issues will be addressed. Interim and\nsequential analyses, analysis of multiple treatments and\nendpoints, stratification and subgroup analyses, as well as\nmeta-analysis of randomised controlled trials will also be\ndiscussed. Although particular emphasis is given to the\nevaluation of treatment in Phase III clinical trials, early\nphase trials studies will also be covered.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"SPH5002 Public Health Research Methods; OR\nCO5102 Principles of Epidemiology and \nCO5103 Quantitative Epidemiologic Methods","Preclusion":"CO5220 Design, Conduct and Analysis of Clinical Trials","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5103","ModuleTitle":"Collection, Management & Analysis of Quantitative Data","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introduction to collection, management\nand data analysis of quantitative surveys in public health\nresearch, with strong emphasis on acquiring hands-on\nexperience for handling public health data with the STATA\nsoftware. It will cover essential concepts such as sampling\nand design of questionnaires as well as practical\ncomponents such as data storage, management, and\nbasic statistical analysis of questionnaire data.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5232 Collection, Management & Analysis of Quantitative Data","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5104","ModuleTitle":"Healthcare Analytics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module will cover major topics in healthcare analytics,\nincluding clinical related analytics (diseases, medication,\nlaboratory test, etc.) and healthcare operations related\nanalytics (resource planning/scheduling, care process\nanalytics and improvement, admission and readmission,\netc.). Students will learn the insights of these different\nhealthcare analytics areas, and how to select the right\nanalytics techniques for these healthcare analytics\nproblems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"SPH5002 Public Health Research Methods; OR\nCO5103 Quantitative Epidemiologic Methods","Preclusion":"CO5237 Healthcare Analytics","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5201","ModuleTitle":"Control of Communicable Diseases","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on infectious diseases of public health concern in Singapore and internationally. The course will cover concepts in the prevention, surveillance and control of infectious diseases, with a focus on vector-borne diseases (in particular dengue and malaria), foodborne diseases, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, acute respiratory illnesses, and nosocomial infections. In addition, students will be exposed to concepts in the evaluation of vaccines and vaccination programmes, and will obtain hands-on experience in outbreak investigation through a simulated outbreak exercise. Students will learn to critically appraise and discuss the application of current control strategies. This module is highly relevant for students who intend to work in infectious disease control in local and international governmental and non-governmental organisations, or who wish to pursue academic research on infectious diseases from a public health perspective.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5201 Control of Communicable Diseases","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5202","ModuleTitle":"Control of Non-Communicable Diseases","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"In this module, the public health approach to non-communicable disease control will be illustrated with integration of epidemiological parameters (i.e. risk factors, prevention, surveillance) and the WHO guidelines of Control of NCDs including life course and common lifestyle approach and evidence based practice. Students will read, critically appraise and discuss the application of some relevant epidemiological studies. Finally, they will perform a literature search to identify relevant community programmes to enhance current control of NCDs in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Principles of epidemiology module","Preclusion":"CO5201 Control of Non-Communicable Diseases","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5203","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Epidemiology I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module covers advanced methods for the design,\nconduct, analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic\nstudies. The main focus is on analytical studies that aim to\nidentify risk factors for diseases particularly case-control\nand cohort studies. Topics include causal inference, study\ndesign, methods of handling confounding and identifying\neffect modification, measurement error and information\nbias, selection bias, lifestyle and molecular epidemiology,\nand meta-analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"SPH5002 Public Health Research Methods; OR\nCO5102 Principles of Epidemiology and \nCO5103 Quantitative Epidemiologic Methods","Preclusion":"CO5215 Advanced Epidemiology I","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5301","ModuleTitle":"Occupational Health Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on knowledge and competencies of occupational health\n(OH) professionals to manage Occupational Health Services (OHS) and\nparticipate in company management activities e.g. the implementation of\nintegrated management systems, health promotion programmes, and\nemergency preparedness.\nIt addresses practical challenges of OH professionals who work in a business\nenvironment by stressing their contributions to the overall business processes\nand goals, its operations and the health of its employees. It aims to enable OH\nprofessionals to play an active part in the management of a company and its\nworkforce.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5304 Occupational Health Practice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5302","ModuleTitle":"Occupational Toxicology and Industrial Hygiene","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"Exposure to environmental hazards such as toxins,\nchemicals, biological agents, noise and radiation are\noftentimes unavoidable, especially in the workplace\nsetting.\nThis module covers basic concepts as well as specific\ntopics on Toxicology and Industrial Hygiene that are\nrelevant to current occupational and public health practice.\nEmphasis will be on the approach to major environmental\nand occupational toxins and hazards. Case studies will be\nused to allow participants the opportunity to practise\neffective problem-solving skills.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5305 Industrial Hygiene\nCO5306 Public Health Toxicology","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5303","ModuleTitle":"Workplace Assessment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"The workplaces to be visited represent common\nmanufacturing industries such as electronics,\nmetalworking, , chemical manufacturing, food, agriculture\nand health care industries. There will also be visits to a\ndiving unit and an aeromedical centre. Reading of the\nwork processes and work activities of the workplace to be\nvisited is expected before each visit, and participants are\nrequired to make observations and assessments of the\nwork environment during the visit. The visits will be\nfollowed by class presentations and discussions and\nsubmission of a report of the workplace visited.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"CO5305 Industrial Hygiene & CO5306 Public Health Toxicology\nor\nSPH5302 Occupational Toxicology and Industrial Hygiene","Preclusion":"CO5317 Workplace Assessment","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5305","ModuleTitle":"Clinical Occupational Medicine","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module serves as a refresher course for practising\nphysicians with emphases on the occupational aspects of\nclinical practice.\nIn addition to lectures, slide quizzes and tutorials, there will\nbe clinical sessions where participants clerk hospital inpatients\nand out patients and present their case histories\nfor class discussion. Participants will also have\nattachments to an occupational medicine referral clinic in\nan outpatient setting.\nThere will be in-depth coverage of occupational\ndermatology, noise-induced hearing loss and occupational\nlung disorders. There will also be practical session on lung\nfunction test, audiogram and Pneumoconosis Chest Xray\nreadings.\nAt the end of the module, participants should be able to\ndiagnose, manage, and understand the principles of\nprevention of occupational and work-related diseases.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Medical graduates with relevant clinical experience.","Preclusion":"CO5307 Clinical Occupational Medicine","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5401","ModuleTitle":"Health Economics and Financing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module addresses the economic and financing\naspects of the production, distribution, and organisation of\nhealth care services and delivery. This includes the\nstructure of health care delivery and insurance markets,\ndemand for and supply of health services, pricing of\nservices, cost of care, financing mechanisms, and their\nimpact on the relevant markets. A special emphasis will be\ngiven to market failures and the role of government in the\nmarket for health services. Through textbook readings and\ndiscussions of seminal articles and more recent empirical\napplications in health economics, students will learn the\neconomic way of thinking. They will be given the\nopportunity to showcase these skills through a series of\nresearch papers written throughout the semester that will\nculminate with a final manuscript that provides an in-depth\nanalysis of a critical health issue.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5204 Health Economics and Financing","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5402","ModuleTitle":"Management of Healthcare Organisations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This practitioner-led module is targeted at participants with\na basic background in management (either through\nacademic study or practice) and equips participants to\nwork with and manage care delivery services. Teaching will\nbe through interactive lectures, group activities and panel\ndiscussions. Participants will be expected to actively share\ntheir experiences and learn collectively.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5205 Management of Healthcare Organisations","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5403","ModuleTitle":"Medical & Humanitarian Emergencies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a practical introduction to disaster\nmanagement.\nMedical and humanitarian emergencies are complex\nchallenges requiring urgent, thoughtful and coordinated\naction. Participants will be equipped with the basic\nknowledge and skills to plan and manage humanitarian\nassistance to disaster-affected populations, in accordance\nwith internationally recognised guidelines in life-saving\nareas of humanitarian response.\nThe course is designed for individuals involved in disaster\nresponse, mitigation or preparedness, in a professional or\nvoluntary capacity, within the regional or international\nhumanitarian and development sectors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"19.5-8.5-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5206 Medical & Humanitarian Emergencies","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5404","ModuleTitle":"Measuring and Managing Quality of Care","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an introduction to the concepts and\ntechniques used to measure and improve the quality of\nhealthcare. It will address current concerns with patient\nsafety and medical errors, and explore systemic\napproaches to harm reduction. Participants will understand\nthe methodologies and instruments for the measurement\nof quality in healthcare, including clinical outcome\nindicators, healthcare professionals’ performance\nmeasurement and patient satisfaction surveys. Strategies\nfor managing quality, including the tools for continuous\nquality improvement in healthcare organisations, will be\npresented.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5208 Measuring and Managing Quality of Care","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5405","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Health Services Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module is an introduction to the various domains of and methods for health services research. It is designed to provide students with a panorama of health services research and its applications and the information for further learning. The module integrates elements of statistics, psychometrics, health economics, and incorporates a diverse range of subjects including patient-reported outcomes, decision analytic modelling, and cost-effectiveness analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"SPH5002 Public Health Research Methods; OR\nCO5102 Principles of Epidemiology and \nCO5103 Quantitative Epidemiologic Methods","Preclusion":"CO5214 Introduction to Health Services Research","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5407","ModuleTitle":"Programme Evaluation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module will equip the students in skills to conduct different forms\nof programme evaluations (formative/summative, process/outcome/impact, cost effectiveness analysis etc) in different contexts (as an internal or external evaluator of a programme). The students will acquire practical skills on how to prepare for an evaluation, conduct an evaluation and appropriately disseminate the evaluation results to the relevant stakeholders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"SPH5002 Public Health Research Methods OR CO5102 Principles of\nEpidemiology and CO5103 Quantitative Epidemiologic Methods","Preclusion":"CO5222 Programme Evaluation","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5409","ModuleTitle":"Qualitative Methods in Public Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"Qualitative methods in Public Health will familiarise students\nwith the range of related data collection and analytic\nmethods, as well as ethical considerations and ways to best\ncommunicate this approach.\nStudents will learn practical techniques to improve the\nquality of data collection, including: In depth interviews,\nfocus groups and observational methods. We will also\nexplore lesser-known approaches such as using photo\nvoice or how to ‘walk through spaces’.\nEmphasis will be given to data management and\ntransparency in analyses, the best ways of doing these,\nusing practical policy relevant methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5233 Qualitative Methods in Public Health","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5410","ModuleTitle":"Developing health proposals using DME skills & tools","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"Two of the most important skills that public health practitioners need to develop are programme design and proposal writing. These two skills are inseparably linked: they are two sides of the same coin. A poorly designed project or programme will have very little chance of successfully competing for funds, while an innovative, well-conceived project will never get funded unless it gets written into a good proposal. A good programme design in a good proposal can lead to better implementation and management, and sets the stage for good monitoring and evaluation. In turn, a project executed well has better chances for re-funding and expansion by donors. This skills building design, monitoring and evaluation (DME) course is designed to introduce the potential proposal writer to the working environment that he will eventually confront repeatedly. It requires living through the process of applying good principles of programme/project design in developing a proposal.\n\nRemarks:\nIt is recommended that students have completed CO5102 Principles of Epidemiology and CO5103 Quantitative Epidemiologic Methods or SPH5002 Public Health Research Methods prior to reading this module","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"10-0-0-10-20","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5234 Developing health proposals using DME skills & tools","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5411","ModuleTitle":"Information Technology in Healthcare","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"Students will learn about use of Information Technology\nin Singapore healthcare. They will gain knowledge and\nskills on managing IT projects in their workplace, learn\nabout key considerations for IT project success, and be\nable to conduct a basic evaluation of healthcare IT\nproducts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5235 Information Technology in Healthcare","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5412","ModuleTitle":"Economic Methods in Health Technology Assessment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to provide an applied introduction to Health Technology Assessment (HTA) research in order to enable students to begin conducting their own research and/or to understand research conducted by others. Health econometrics, cost-effectiveness and economic evaluation in healthcare, and conjoint analysis will be covered. Examples of economic analyses that have been used in all stages of HTA research, starting with quantifying economic burden of illness studies, to cost-effectiveness of particular health technologies, to budget impact and pricing will be included. Prior knowledge of basic statistics is recommended.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CO5236 Economic Methods in Health Technology Assessment","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5501","ModuleTitle":"Public Health Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the design, implementation, and\nevaluation of communication programmes designed to\nchange or reinforce health behaviour. Emphasis will be\non the step-by-step process of\n(1) formative research and analysis (including use of\nconceptual frameworks, audience research, and\nassessment of the media, policy and service\nenvironment),\n(2) theory-based and evidence-based strategic design,\n(3) message development, pretesting, and materials\nproduction,\n(4) implementation and monitoring, and\n(5) theory-based evaluation and dissemination of\nfindings.\nUpon completion of this module, students will be able to\ndevelop a work plan for a health communication project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Students must pass the MPH core module CO5203\nLifestyle and Behaviour in Health and Disease or\nSPH5003 Health Behaviour and Communication","Preclusion":"CO5226 Public Health Communication","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5801","ModuleTitle":"Field Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module allows student to apply theories and concepts\ntaught in various modules to a project within a public health\norganisation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-7-3","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed at least 20 MCs of modules within the MPH programme.","Preclusion":"CO5231 Field Practice","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH5880A","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Epidemiology and Disease Control","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide an opportunity for students to\nlearn about current and emerging topics in one of seven\nkey areas in public health: (a) Epidemiology and Disease\nControl, (b) Quantitative Methods, (c) Environmental /\nOccupational Health, (d) Health Policy and Systems, (e)\nHealth Services Research, (f) Health Promotion and (g)\nGlobal Health.\nSpecific topics will be selected and offered according to\nlearning needs and relevance, and will be taught by faculty\nmembers or visiting experts. 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For time-to-event data analysis involving the Cox proportional hazards model, the proportional hazards assumption will be discussed, and strategies for handling non-proportional hazards, such as via stratification or modelling using time-dependent covariates will be introduced. We also consider the situation where several competing event types define the event of interest in a time-to-event study. Methods for analysing repeated measures data, assessment of model fit, statistical handling of confounding and statistical evaluation of effect modification will also be discussed. 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accordingly","Corequisite":"To be defined accordingly"},{"ModuleCode":"SPH6880C","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Environmental / Occupational Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"To be defined accordingly","Preclusion":"To be defined accordingly","Corequisite":"To be defined accordingly"},{"ModuleCode":"SPH6880D","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Health Policy and Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"To be defined accordingly","Preclusion":"To be defined accordingly","Corequisite":"To be defined accordingly"},{"ModuleCode":"SPH6880E","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Health Services Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SPH6880F","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Health Promotion","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"To be defined accordingly","Preclusion":"To be defined accordingly","Corequisite":"To be defined accordingly"},{"ModuleCode":"SPH6880G","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Global Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","Department":"SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"To be defined accordingly","Preclusion":"To be defined accordingly","Corequisite":"To be defined accordingly"},{"ModuleCode":"SSA1201","ModuleTitle":"Singapore Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIOLOGY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to critical developments in the development of Singapore as a society and nation-state. It enables students to develop skills in understanding and making sense of Singapore society. It also encourages them to develop alternative interpretations of the development of Singapore society. The topics include the following:  the origins of Singapore, ideology and identity, ethnic relations, industrialisation, family, gender, religion, and the state and civil society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1028","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA1202","ModuleTitle":"Southeast Asia: A Changing Region","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Description Southeast Asia has been described as one of the 'crossroads of the world' - a place where people from many cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds meet. The intermingling of people, the exchange of ideas and international commerce have been part of Southeast Asian life for centuries. This module surveys the broad currents of conflict, change and continuity across the region from a multidisciplinary perspective. It looks at how Southeast Asian societies and political systems have changed over time in response to the pressures of ecology, colonialism, nationalism, urbanization and globalization. The module also looks at the way ethnic, religious, national and regional identities have been constructed, used and altered over time. The overall objective is to provide students with an introduction to different ways of exploring Southeast Asia and different experiences of living in the region.","CrossModule":"SE1101E","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEK1008, GEM1008K, SE1101E, SS1203SE, Students majoring in SE are precluded from taking this module.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SSA1203","ModuleTitle":"Singapore, Asia and American Power","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Singapore is a small city-state, the U.S. a continental superpower. There seems to be a huge power imbalance between the two countries, but are things always the way they seem? This module introduces various dimensions of American global power  such as cultural power (Hollywood, for example, or American democracy as an inspirational model), military might and economic size. We investigate how U.S. power affects Singapore and its relations with its Asian neighbours. We also look at how Singapore and the region respond to the global projection of American power, and the ways they may exert power despite apparent imbalances.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GES1018","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA1206","ModuleTitle":"Representing Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"While drawing on methodologies and approaches used in literary studies, this module moves beyond the traditional confines of Singapore Literature. We will thus examine the representation of Singapore, and of contemporary issues of importance in Singapore, in a variety of different popular media. After an initial introduction to the critical reading of cultural representation, we will explore traditional genres such as poetry and drama, as well as more popular ones such as television, film, and popular autobiography. The module is open to all students.\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1023","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA1208","ModuleTitle":"Everyday Life of Chinese Singaporeans: Past & Present (taught in English)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"CHINESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Studies on the everyday life of ordinary people offer an important perspective for understanding human history. This module examines the daily life of Chinese\r\nSingaporeans during the late 19th to 20th centuries, focusing on their cultural expressions and social actions, revolving around eight geo-cultural sites, namely, Singapore River, Chinatown, Chinese temples, clan associations, opera stages, amusement parks, hawker centres, and streets/roads. Students are asked to compare the past and present of these sites through oral history and fieldwork observation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GES1005","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2202","ModuleTitle":"Changing Landscapes of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"This module attempts to understand the rationale of changes in Singapore's urban landscape.  It places these changes within a framework that considers Singapore's efforts to globalise and examines how policies are formulated with the idea of sustaining an economy that has integral links sub-regionally with Southeast Asia while developing new spatial linkages that will strengthen its position in the global network.  Emphasis is also given to recent discussions about how diversity and difference in the perception and use of space pose a challenge to the utilitarian and functional definition adopted by the state.","CrossModule":"GEK2001","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEK2001, GES1003","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2204","ModuleTitle":"Nation-Building in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"This module is about Singapore's emergence from British colonial rule and merger with Malaysia to independence and nation-building.  It covers political events, the economy, education, national service, ethnic relations, and culture and national identity.  Students are encouraged to think through issues central to these topics.  The module is tailored for students in all Faculties at all levels.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"HY2229, GES1010","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2205","ModuleTitle":"Singapore and Japan: Historical and Contemporary Relationships","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"JAPANESE STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to promote a better understanding of Singapore-Japan relations, combining historical, political, economic, social and cultural perspectives. Besides an examination of the history of interactions between people in Singapore and Japan from the late 19th century to the present, the module also helps students grasp issues affecting Singapore‘s position and perception in a wider geographical and cultural context by considering its relations with Japan. Students are actively encouraged to use oral history, fieldwork and internet for their projects.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"JS2224 and GES1015","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2206","ModuleTitle":"Islam and Contemporary Malay Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the kinds of religious orientations that had evolved among the Malays of Singapore and analyzes major socio-historical factors that had shaped such orientations. The ways in which these religious orientations condition the responses of Singaporean Malays and their unique institutions to the challenges and demands of the modern world are then discussed. The module will explore the thought of Muslims thinkers on issues of reform relevant to the Malays of Singapore. A critical analysis and evaluation of the phenomenon of Islamic resurgence and revivalism in Singapore and the extent of its contribution to the progress of the community will also be explored. A theme underlying the topics of the module is the relevance of Islamic values and philosophy in facilitating Singaporean Malays adapt to the demands of social change and the plural society in which they live.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GES1014, MS2205","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2209","ModuleTitle":"Government and Politics of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines a number of areas in Singapore's domestic politics with the following objectives: identify the key determinants of Singapore's politics; understand the key structural-functional aspects of Singapore's domestic politics; examine the extent to which nation building has taken place in Singapore; and analyse the key challenges facing Singapore and its future as far as domestic politics is concerned. The course examines both the structural-functional aspects of domestic politics as well as issues related to nation building, state-society relations and the likely nature of future developments and challenges.","CrossModule":"PS2249","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GEK2003, GEM2003K, PS1102, PS2101B, PS2101, PS2249, SS2209PS. Students majoring in PS are\r\nprecluded from taking this module.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2211","ModuleTitle":"The Evolution of a Global City-State","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"HISTORY","ModuleDescription":"The history of Singapore has traditionally been conceived along internal lines, based mainly, if not solely, on the traditional trajectories of administrative, political and national historical narratives.  Yet, as we all know, the evolution of Singapore, from classical regional emporium to international port city and strategic naval base, has all along been defined by much larger regional and international forces.  After its emergence as a sovereign state in 1965, Singapore continues to project itself as a 'global city-state'.  Our local society has an 'international' make-up, being the product as it were of historical and current diasporic trends.  This module provides an international framework for a study of the history of Singapore, and seeks to examine the historical evolution of Singapore against the contexts of regional and international changes and developments from the 14th to the 20th century.  This module is open to all students throughout NUS interested in Singapore history/studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1011","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2214","ModuleTitle":"Singapore and India: Emerging Relations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to examine the evolving economic linkages between Singapore and India in a post Cold War setting and attempts to explain the factors that have led to their enhanced economic collaboration based on areas of complementarity.  The module will use concepts like economic regionalism, Singapore's regionalization policy and India's \"Look East\" policies to explain the confluence of national interests that has enhanced bilateral economic ties between both countries. In particular it will examine bilateral collaboration in infrastructure development (ports and telecommunications) and services (airline and tourism) industries to explain the success and problems of bilateral economic collaboration. The target audiences are students from various Faculties who would like to have a better understanding of Singapore's evolving foreign economic policy in South Asia in an increasingly globalised economy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1006","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2215","ModuleTitle":"The Biophysical Environment of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"GEOGRAPHY","ModuleDescription":"The module will focus on the functions of the biophysical environment of the city state of Singapore. The topics include geology, soils, river systems, water supply, natural reserves, green areas, land reclamation and coastal environments. The environmental problems that arise from the development of a large tropical city within a limited area, and the possible solutions for such problems will be examined. The module does not require an extensive science or mathematics background.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1004","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2219","ModuleTitle":"South Asia in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The South Asian presence in Singapore is an important part of Singapore?s multicultural society: in terms of the `Indian' community and its economic and commercial influence; its religious and artistic impact; and its role in the everyday life of the nation (eg. cuisine, sport and entertainment). Students will be provided the opportunity to understand the nature of South Asian migration to Singapore, the significance of the South Asian community and its contributions to Singapore's development.  Students will be provided with the necessary framework to study and analyse the historical and socio-economic development of the community and South Asian identity and concerns.  The module will develop critical and analytical skills guiding students in the process of social scientific enquiry. The target students are undergraduates from all Faculties.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GES1007","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2220","ModuleTitle":"Global Economic Dimensions of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce students to the dynamics of the world economy and the impact on Singapore in the last two centuries. It will demonstrate how Singapore grew through continual dependence on the rest of the world in different ways by focusing on major labour, capital and technological factors, in which threats are also seen as\r\nopportunities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"EC2373, PP5215, GES1002, SSA2220T, GES1002T","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SSA2222","ModuleTitle":"Public Administration in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","ModuleDescription":"This module deals with major themed and issues in public administration with specific reference to Singapore. It covers relevant domains of the city-state government and explores issues such as the relationship between politics and administration, meritocracy and performance, combating corruption, grassroots administration, and e-governance. It also discusses administrative trends and challenges in contemporary Singapore.","CrossModule":"PS2244","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"PS2244","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA3201","ModuleTitle":"Singapore English-Language Theatre","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a grand overview of Singapore English Language Theatre as well as an in-depth analysis of its canonical texts. It traces the development of Singapore's cultural identity through her theatre's shifting strategies of representation. Apart from contextualizing the key texts within an awareness of Singapore cultural policy and social rubric, this module also focuses on an understanding of theoretical paradigms from postcolonialism, feminism, interculturalism and postmodernism.","CrossModule":"TS3235","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TS3235. Students who are majoring in TS, or intend to major in TS should not take\r\nSSA3201.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSA3203","ModuleTitle":"The Malays of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"MALAY STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"Who are the Malays of Singapore? How are they perceived and how do they perceive themselves? These and other related questions will be raised in this module. To answer these questions we will discuss the Malays in the socio-economic and political context they live in. The module is divided into five topics:  Topic 1 looks at the socio-history of the Malays. Topic 2 introduces approaches in studying Malays of Singapore. Topics 3, 4 and 5 look at different dimensions of their life in Singapore i.e. as Singapore citizens, as part of the Malay &quot;community&quot; and as members of &quot;Malay families&quot;.","CrossModule":"MS3209","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MS3209. Students majoring in MS are precluded from taking this module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSB1204","ModuleTitle":"Labour Law In Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"The course introduces students to the development of industrial relations and labour laws in Singapore. Students can thus understand why labour relations are the way they are in Singapore. In addition, the course is not purely historical. A substantial part of the course is also aimed at looking at the current legal problems faced by employees and employers in Singapore. This course will be of general relevance to all as students are in all likelihood going to be employees or employers some day.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1000, SSB1204T, GES1000T","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSB1204T","ModuleTitle":"Labour Law In Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The course introduces students to the development of industrial relations and labour laws in Singapore. Students can thus understand why labour relations are the way they are in Singapore. In addition, the course is not purely historical. A substantial part of the course is also aimed at looking at the current legal problems faced by the employees end employers in Singapore. This course will be of general relevance to all as students in all likelihood going to be employees or employers some day. This course is offered to BTech students only.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"SSB1204, GES1000, GES1000T","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SSB2216T","ModuleTitle":"Employee Management In Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to provide insights into the different approaches in employee management adopted by organizations in Singapore. The relationship between organization structures, cultures and human resource practices will be explored. Some contemporary issues and challenges, such as the changing demographic and its implications for the workplace will also be examined. Students reading this course will be able to gain insights into the intricacies of employee management in Singapore, and hence be able to understand the implications for and impact of such practices on their roles in the workplace. This course is offered to BTech students only.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3(sectional)-0-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"MNO2302, SSB2216, GES1001, GES1001T","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSB2217","ModuleTitle":"Taxation and the Singapore Miracle","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"ACCOUNTING","ModuleDescription":"Taxation and the Singapore Miracle\". Description is revised to, \"Singapore's rapid growth and transformation has led it to become one of the world's greatest economic success stories. Widely acclaimed as an economic miracle, Singapore's success can be attributed to a series of deliberate and responsive economic and tax policies which have ensured its sustained macroeconomic stability and attractiveness to foreign investment. Students will be introduced  to the history of Singapore's experience as an open economy seen through the lens of tax policy. The module will enable students to trace the development of Singapore's economic progressas they are given a chronological walk-through of the development of Singapore's tax system. Students will have opportunity to explore the unique and key features of various tax policies (e.g. tax incentives and tax measures) which were integral in promoting the rapid industrialization and growth of specific sectors in the Singapore economy which are still relevant today. The module aims to provide students with insights into the rationale behind these policies and their implementation. This module intends to stimulate critical thinking and engage students in intellectual discourse on the impact and effectiveness of various tax policies and continued relevance of these policies which continue to contribute to Singapore's sustained prosperity and success in the Asean community and on the global stage.\"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1027","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSD2213","ModuleTitle":"Singapore Urban History & Architecture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the urban history and architecture of Singapore from an inter-disciplinary perspective. It will cover the period from the ancient market and settlement of Tanma-hsi or Singapura, to the formation and development of a colonial town, and to the recent post-independence period, until the contemporary debates in Architecture and Urbanism in Singapore. The module, which is targeted at general audiences of undergraduate students, aims to stimulate intellectual discourse and critical thinking by using inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding the city and architecture.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GES1013","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSE1201","ModuleTitle":"Building a Dynamic Singapore - Role of Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & MGT","ModuleDescription":"The focus of the module is to highlight how engineering and technology have contributed to the development of Singapore. The module is structured around case studies such as the creation of Jurong island, one-north, the water story etc. In these case studies, the constraints faced by Singapore (e.g. scarcity of land, lack of water) are overcome through technological, organizational and other forms of innovation. Simple diagrams that can be understood by layman are used to explain some of the innovations (e.g. the water loop).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1017","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSS1207","ModuleTitle":"Natural Heritage of Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES","ModuleDescription":"Located within one of the global centres of biodiversity, Singapore is endowed with a  rich natural heritage that is impacted by expanding urbanisation. Development poses a great challenge to  nature conservation and Singapore is an excellent model to study how a balance can be achieved. Students will be introduced to the country?s natural heritage, its historical, scientific and potential economic value.    You will have the opportunity to explore important habitats, and to think critically about the issues of sustainable development and the nation?s responsibility to posterity and to regional and international conventions related to biodiversity conservation. Students are expected to undertake the field trips on their own and at their own time within the semester; and will be encouraged to ?self-learn?. A special website with information on the places to visit  and their significance serves as a semi-interactive IT-resource. Suggested trails and what can be observed appear on the website. The students? independence and experiential learning aspects are strongly encouraged.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"GES1021","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SSY2223","ModuleTitle":"Western Music within a Singaporean Context","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","Department":"YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC","ModuleDescription":"This module will look at the place of the Western Classical music tradition within the cultural life of Singapore. It will assess the impact of majority cultures (particularly from the Chinese, Malay and Indian communities) on the general reception of Western music, as well as on music written by Singapore-based composers. Students will be introduced to the principal figures in Singapore’s musical development. The module will also chart the growth of music education in Singapore, both in the national schooling system as well as in private institutions and tertiary academies. A prior knowledge of music is helpful but not required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GES1020","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST1131","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Statistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the basic concepts and the methods of statistics. A computer package is used to enhance learning and to enable students to analyse real life data. Topics include descriptive statistics, basic concepts of probability, sampling distribution, statistical estimation,\r\nhypothesis testing, linear regression. This module is targeted at students interested in Statistics who are able to meet the prerequisite. It is also an essential module for students in the following programmes: Industrial and Systems Engineering (FoE); E-Commerce (SoC); Project & Facilities Management and Real Estate (SDE).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘AO’ Level or H1 Pass in Mathematics or its equivalent or MA1301 or MA1301FC or MA1301X","Preclusion":"ST1131A, ST1232, ST2334, CE2407, CN3421, EC2231, EC2303, PR2103, DSC2008. Engineering students except ISE students.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST1232","ModuleTitle":"Statistics for Life Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces life science students to the basic principles and methods of biostatistics, and their applications and interpretation. A computer package is used to enhance learning and to enable students to analyze real life data sets. \r\n\r\nTopics include probability, probability distributions, sampling distributions, statistical inference for one and two sample problems, nonparametric tests, categorical data analysis, correlation and regression analysis, multi-sample inference. This module is essential to students of the Life Sciences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"GCE ‘AO’ Level or H1 Pass in Mathematics or its equivalent","Preclusion":"ST1131, ST1131A, ST2334, CE2407, CN3421, EC2231, EC2303, PR2103, DSC2008.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST2131","ModuleTitle":"Probability","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to give an elementary introduction to probability theory for science (including computing science, social sciences and management sciences) and engineering students with knowledge of elementary calculus. It will cover not only the mathematics of probability theory but\r\nwill work through many diversified examples to illustrate the wide scope of applicability of probability. Topics covered are: counting methods, sample space and events, axioms of probability, conditional probability, independence, random variables, discrete and continuous distributions, joint and marginal distributions, conditional distribution, independence of random variables, expectation,\r\nconditional expectation, moment generating function, central limit theorem, the weak law of large numbers. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the prerequisite. It is an essential module for Industrial and Systems Engineering students.","CrossModule":"MA2216","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"MA1102 or MA1102R or MA1312 or MA1507 or MA1505 or MA1505C or MA1521","Preclusion":"MA2216, ST2334, CE2407","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ST2132","ModuleTitle":"Mathematical Statistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the theoretical underpinnings of statistical methodology and concentrates on inferential procedures within the framework of parametric models. Topic include: random sample and statistics, method of moments, maximum likelihood estimate, Fisher information, sufficiency and completeness, consistency and unbiasedness, sampling distributions, x2-, t- and Fdistributions, confidence intervals, exact and asymptotic pivotal method, concepts of hypothesis testing, likelihood ratio test, Neyman-Pearson lemma. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistic and are able to meet the prerequisite.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"MA2216 or ST2131 or ST2334","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST2137","ModuleTitle":"Computer Aided Data Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the statistical computer packages, with main focus on SAS, Splus and SPSS, that provide the computational tools for performing statistical data analysis using the methodology covered in the prerequisite modules. Topics include data access, transformations, estimation, testing hypotheses, ANOVA, performing resampling methods and simulations. It also equips students with basic computational techniques for maximum likelihood estimation. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the prerequisite.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST1131 or ST1131A or ST1232 or ST2334 or ST2131 or MA2216.","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST2288","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Statistics and Applied Probability I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"ST1131 or ST1232; AND Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"ST2289","ModuleTitle":"Basic UROPS in Statistics and Applied Probability II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"ST1131 or ST1232; and Departmental Approval","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST2334","ModuleTitle":"Probability and Statistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"Basic concepts of probability, conditional probability, independence, random variables, joint and marginal distributions, mean and variance, some common probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing based on a normal population.  This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites. Preclude ME students taking or have taken ME4273.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"MA1102R or MA1312 or MA1505 or MA1507 or MA1521","Preclusion":"ST1131, ST1131A, ST1232, ST2131, MA2216, CE2407, EC2231, EC2303, PR2103, DSC2008. ME students taking or having taken ME4273. All ISE students.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST3131","ModuleTitle":"Regression Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on data analysis using multiple regression models. Topics include simple linear regression, multiple regression, model building and regression diagnostics. One and two factor analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, linear model as special case of generalized linear model. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST2131 or MA2216 or ST2334 ","Preclusion":"ST2335, EC3303","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST3232","ModuleTitle":"Design & Analysis of Experiments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module covers common designs of experiments and their analysis. Topics include basic experimental designs, analysis of one-way and two way layout data, multiple comparisons, factorial designs, 2k-factorial designs, blocking and confounding, fractional factorial design and nested designs. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST2132 or ST2334 ","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST3236","ModuleTitle":"Stochastic Processes I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the concept of modelling dependence and focuses on discrete-time Markov chains. Topics include discrete-time Markov chains, examples of discrete-time Markov chains, classification of states, irreducibility, periodicity, first passage times, recurrence and transience, convergence theorems and stationary distributions.  This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"MA3238","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"(MA1101 or MA1101R or MA1311 or MA1508) and (ST2131 or MA2216)","Preclusion":"MA3238. All ISE students.","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ST3239","ModuleTitle":"Survey Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module gives an introduction to the design of sample surveys and estimation procedures, with emphasis on practical applications in survey sampling. Topics include planning of surveys, questionnaire construction, methods of data collection, fieldwork procedures, sources of errors, basic ideas of sampling, simple random sampling, stratified, systematic, replicated, cluster and quota sampling, sample size determination and cost.  This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"MA2216 or ST2131 or ST2334 ","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST3241","ModuleTitle":"Categorical Data Analysis I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces methods for analysing response data that are categorical, rather than continuous. Topics include: categorical response data and contingency tables, loglinear and logit models, Poisson regression, framework of generalised linear models, model diagnostics, ordinal data. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the prerequisite.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST3131 ","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST3244","ModuleTitle":"Demographic Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This course will provide an introduction to the fundamental principles and methods of demography. The role of demographic data in describing the health status of a population, spotting trend and making projection will be highlighted. Topics include sources and interpretation of demographic data, rates, proportions and ratios, standardization, complete and abridged life tables, estimation and projection of fertility, mortality and migration, Interrelations among demographic variables, population dynamics, demographic models. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST1131","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST3247","ModuleTitle":"Simulation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"The advent of fast and inexpensive computational power has facilitated the description of real phenomenon using realistic stochastic models which can be analysed using simulation studies. This module teaches students how to analyse a model by use of a simulation study and the topics include: pseudorandom number generation, generating discrete and continuous random variables,\r\nsimulating discrete events, statistical analysis of simulated data, variance reduction, Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. It also covers topics in stochastic optimisation such as simulated annealing. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the prerequisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"{ST2131 or ST2334 or MA2216} and {CS1010 or CS1010E or CS1010S or\nCS1010FC or IT1006}","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST3288","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Statistics & Applied Probability I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"Please see section 4.4.3.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"nil","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST3289","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Statistics & Applied Probability II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST3312","ModuleTitle":"Enhanced Undergraduate Professional Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"In addition to having an academic science foundation, students with good soft skills and some industrial attachment or internship experiences often stand a better chance when seeking for jobs. This module gives Science students the opportunity to acquire work experience via internships during their undergraduate study.\r\n\r\nThe module requires students to compete for position and perform a structured internship in a company/institution for 16-20 weeks during regular semester.\r\n\r\nThrough regular meetings with the Academic Advisor (AA) and internship Supervisor, students learn how knowledge acquired in the curriculum can be transferred to perform technical/practical assignments in an actual working environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Students must have completed 3 regular semesters of study, have declared Statistics as first major and have completed a minimum of 32 MCs in Statistics major at time of application.","Preclusion":"XX3312 modules offered in Science, where XX stands for the subject prefix for the respective major.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST4199","ModuleTitle":"Honours Project in Statistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of the course are to develop the basic skills for independent scientific research, and to promote an appreciation of the application of problem solving strategies in science.  On completion of the course, students will be able to demonstrate an appreciation of the current state of knowledge in a particular field of research, to master of the basic techniques required for the study of a research question, and to communicate scientific information clearly and concisely in written and spoken English.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-2-0-0-13","Prerequisite":"For Cohort 2011 and before-  At least one major at B.Sc./B.Appl.Sc. level; and minimum overall CAP of 3.50 on completion of 100 MCs or more. For Cohort 2012 and after- At least one major at B.Sc./B.Appl.Sc. level; and minimum overall CAP of 3.20 on completion of 100 MCs or more.","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST4232","ModuleTitle":"Nonparametric Statistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the theory and methods of making statistical inference based on nonparametric techniques. Students will see the analyses of real data from various areas of applications. Topics include properties of order statistics, statistics based on ranks, distribution-free statistics, inference concerning location and scale parameters for one and two samples, Hajek's projection. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST2132 ","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST4238","ModuleTitle":"Stochastic Processes II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module builds on ST3236 and introduces an array of stochastic models with biomedical and other real world applications. Topics include Poisson process, compound Poisson process, marked Poisson process, point process, epidemic models, continuous time Markov chain, birth and death processes, martingale. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"MA3238 or ST3236","Preclusion":"MA4251","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST4240","ModuleTitle":"Data Mining","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"The module covers statistical techniques and tools such as kernel methods for estimating the density and regression functions, machine learning, hidden Markov Chain, EM algorithm, classification, cluster analysis and support vector machines for analyzing large data sets and for searching for unexpected relationships in the data. It also covers model selection for searching through a large collection of potential local models that describe some aspect of the data in an easily understandable way. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST3131 ","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST4242","ModuleTitle":"Analysis of Longitudinal Data","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This course covers modern methods for the analysis of repeated measures, clustered data, correlated outcomes and longitudinal data, with a strong emphasis on applications in the biological and health sciences. Both continuous and discrete response variables will be considered. The use of generalized estimating equations (GEE) will be emphasized. Topics include introduction to longitudinal studies, exploring longitudinal data, analysis of variance for repeated measures, general linear models for longitudinal data, growth curves, models for covariance structure, estimation of individual trajectories, generalized linear models for longitudinal discrete data, marginal models, generalized estimating equations, random effects models and transition models. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST3131 ","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST4245","ModuleTitle":"Statistical Methods for Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"The module aims to equip students with a repertoire of statistical analysis and modelling methods that are commonly used in the finance industry. Major topics include statistical properties of returns, regression analysis with applications to single and multi-factor pricing models, multivariate analysis with applications in Markowitz's portfolio management, modelling and estimation of volatilities, calculation of value-at-risk, nonparametric methods with applications to option pricing and interest rate markets. Students are assumed to have had no background in finance or economics and will be acquainted with the foundations of finance such as portfolio optimizing and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisite.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST3131","Preclusion":"nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST5198","ModuleTitle":"GRADUATE SEMINAR MODULE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module is a compulsory module for research students matriculated from August 04 onwards. The objectives are to encourage research students to participate in seminars and help to improve their presentation skills.  It is made up of 2 components, seminar attendance and presentation","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST5199","ModuleTitle":"COURSEWORK TRACK II PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of the course are to develop the basic skills for independent scientific research, and to promote an appreciation of the application of problem solving strategies in science. On completion of the course, students will be able to demonstrate an appreciation of the current state of knowledge in a particular field of research, to master of the basic techniques required for the study of a research question, and to communicate scientific information clearly and concisely in written and spoken English.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"0-2-0-0-13","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST5202","ModuleTitle":"APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"Multiple regression, model diagnostics, remedial measures, variable selection techniques, non-leastsquares estimation, nonlinear models, one and two factor analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, linear model as special case of generalized linear model. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"ST5318","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST5208","ModuleTitle":"STATISTICS FOR QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"Statistical process and quality control, response surface, reliability analysis, design of experiments, Taguchi method. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST3235 or Departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST5209","ModuleTitle":"ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES DATA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"Stationary processes, ARIMA processes, forecasting, parameter estimation, spectral analysis, non-stationary and seasonal models. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST3233 or Departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"ST5223","ModuleTitle":"Statistical Models:Theory/Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"Univariate and multivariate regression, graphical displays, normal equations, Gramm-Schmidt orthogonalization and singular value decomposition, model selection and prediction, collinearity and variable selection, diagnostics: residuals, influence, symptoms and remedies, ANOVA, fixed and random effects, nonlinear models including logistic regression, loglinear models and generalized linear\r\nmodels, computations with datasets using statistical computer package.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST5224","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Statistical Theory II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"Confidence intervals, P-values, classical (Neyman- Pearson) tests, UMP tests, Likelihood ratio test, Power, Wald’s test, Rao’s Score test, Application of likelihood ratio tests to regression. Additional topics that can be covered in this module includes resampling methods, Bayes procedures, robustness, times series, empirical and point processes, optimal experimental design, parametric, semiparametric and non-parametric modelling, survival analysis and sequential analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST5215 or Departmental approval","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ST5225","ModuleTitle":"Statistical Analysis of Networks","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"Network data has become increasingly important in both academia and industry. Many interesting questions can be understood and analysed through networks. Applications are found in areas such as sociology (Facebook and Twitter networks), computer science (World Wide Web), and biology (gene and protein interaction networks). With the availability of large network data sets, be it in corporate, governmental or scientific contexts, comes the necessity to work with such data in an appropriate manner. This course gives a practical introduction to the theory of network analysis; topics include statistical network models, descriptive and inferential network analysis, network visualisation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"ST2131 Probability","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Basic Statistical Theory"},{"ModuleCode":"ST5242","ModuleTitle":"Topics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module consists of selected topics which may vary from year to year depending on the interests and availability of staff.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Departmental approval","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"STR1000","ModuleTitle":"Career Creation Starter Workshops","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The Starter Workshops are part of the Career Creation suite of training programmes designed to impart year 1 undergraduates with the core skills needed to prepare for their careers. The workshops take students through early and in-depth career planning and train them in the concrete skills necessary for their eventual internship and job search.\n\nThe Starter Workshops comprise of the following:\n1. Career Planning – How to Create Your Future\n2. Personal Branding – How the World Knows You\n3. Networking – How to Build Your Tribe\n4. Resume Crafting – How to Impress on Paper\n5. Interviewing – How to Showcase Yourself","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"0-3-0-3-0","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"STR2000","ModuleTitle":"Career Creation Starter Clinics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The Starter Clinics are part of the Career Creation suite of training programmes designed to impart year 2 undergraduates in NUS Business School with the core skills needed to plan and prepare for their careers. The workshops will take students through early and in-depth career\nplanning and train them in the concrete skills necessary for their eventual internship and job search.\n\nThe Starter Clinics are conducted in year 2 and serve as practicums for\ntheir learning from year 1. The clinics are\n1. Group Resume Critique\n2. Group Mock Interview","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"0-2-0-2-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW1101E","ModuleTitle":"Social Work: A Heart-Head-Hand Connection","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the enriching experience of being in social work education. Learning includes both cognitive and experiential knowledge on the needs of individuals, families and society, and the social work response in meeting these needs. Included are the mission, values and principles of the social work profession and its roles and functions in contributing to human well-being. As an integral and compulsory part of this module, students will visit social service organization. The module is open to all NUS students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SW2101","ModuleTitle":"Working with Individuals and Families","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module presents the generalist model of social work intervention with individuals, families, groups and communities. Basic knowledge and skills of the problem-solving process, including engagement, assessment, formulation of objectives, intervention, evaluation of outcome, and termination are examined. Using an ecological-systems perspective, the module will emphasize the integration of social science knowledge and social work practice theory in facilitating the bio-psychosocial development of people. The module is for students who major in Social Work.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"Students majoring in Social Work, SW1101E","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SW2104","ModuleTitle":"Human Development over the Lifespan","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an introduction to human development from a lifespan perspective. Major developmental theories and contributions to the field from cross-disciplinary perspectives will be discussed. More specifically, students will look at physical, cognitive, social, psycho-emotional and moral development and gain some understanding of how each developmental domain may be shaped by the forces of nature or nurture. Tutorial assignments provide students with the opportunity to integrate classroom learning with practical concerns.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW2105","ModuleTitle":"Values & Skills for Helping Relationships","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module concentrates on developing foundational skills for professional helping relationships in direct social work practice. It focuses on values and skills for interpersonal communication, relationship building, problem solving and intervention at the various stages of the helping relationship. Experiential learning involving role playing, case studies and the development of self-awareness are employed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Only for students majoring in Social Work, SW1101E","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SW2106","ModuleTitle":"Social Group Work Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"The module will focus on the generalist and specialized methods of group intervention within the context of specific populations and settings. The phases of group work development, group processes, therapeutic factors and role of the leader in facilitating these will be critically examined. Contemporary group work approaches in organisational, residential and community settings are compared and contrasted. Assessment methods of social group work practice are included. ","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"Students from 2008 cohort onwards, who have completed SW1101E and who are majoring in Social Work.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW3101","ModuleTitle":"Social Work Research Methods","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an overview of the research process with specific emphasis on social work research. It deals with the development of scientific inquiry as the basis of social work practice. It covers different elements involved in the research process from problem formulation to designing the research, data collection, data analysis, and interpretation and presentation of the research findings. The module assists students with first-hand experience in writing a research proposal and conducting basic research. It also assists students in understanding and appreciating published research reports.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-1-5","Prerequisite":"SW1101E","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW3103A","ModuleTitle":"Social Work Field Practice (I)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Field Practice consists of 400 hours of full-time fieldwork in an agency or project where students work under professional supervision for the equivalent of 10 weeks from May to August. Students are taught skills in direct and indirect social work, depending on the placement. They also attend compulsory fieldwork seminars during the placement to link classroom theory to professional practice and to discuss social work methods and professional development. Assessment is made on performance in fieldwork and a written assignment on applying theory to practice and the comparative use of literature. The assignment must be submitted by the designated date.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-1-0-31-1","Prerequisite":"SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105. Students from 2007 cohort onwards.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW3104","ModuleTitle":"Social Work Field Practice (II)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Teaching focuses on the development of professional skills for specific contexts, e.g., in a community development setting, in medical social work, in family service centres, residential\r\n\r\nhomes and in the correctional setting. Topics will include specialised knowledge and skills in needs assessments and helping strategies specific to the context the student is placed for practicum. For example, in a hospital setting, topics will include the holistic psycho-social-medical approach to healing\r\n\r\nand wellness, healthcare policies and the dynamics of primary healthcare. It is a field practice module consisting of 400 hours of full-time fieldwork where students receive professional social work supervision for the equivalent of 10 weeks from May to August.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nStudents are assessed on their fieldwork performance and a written assignment that relates theory to practice, with appropriate application of literature. The student assignment must be submitted by the designated date.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-1-0-31-1","Prerequisite":"SW3103A. Students from 2007 cohort onwards.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW3105","ModuleTitle":"Community Work Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide students with an understanding of the theories and practice of community work as a method of social work. Strategies, techniques and skills in community work practice will be examined. The dynamics and challenges of community work in urban societies, particularly in the Singapore context, will be explored.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Students majoring in Social Work, SW1101E. Students from 2008 cohort onwards.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SW3213","ModuleTitle":"Working With Older Adults","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"The module prepares students to understand and work with middle-aged and older people through a combined lifespan developmental approach and ecological perspective. The focus is on the intergenerational issues. Emphasis is also placed on theoretical frameworks related to the ageing process and specific ageing issues such as dementia, and widowhood. Students will be given opportunities to improve their communication and relationship skills through role play in discussion groups and a case study which they conduct as part of their written term assignment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW3216","ModuleTitle":"Urban Youth Work","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the major challenges and issues confronting today's youth. The module examines personal, familial, and societal factors that affect normal growth and development during adolescence. Intervention models and techniques that target specific issues, such as 'youth at risk', social relationships, sexuality, academic performance, and drug and alcohol use are examined and evaluated for their effectiveness. A developmental approach is emphasised.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Students majoring in Social Work or minoring in Human Services, and SW1101E.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW3217","ModuleTitle":"Mental Health and Illness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the nature of mental health and human dysfunction throughout the lifespan. Within an ecological-systems framework, a model of stress-coping-adaptation to modern living is examined. Theories of etiology and treatment of common human disorders in children and adults are also examined.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"PL3236 Abnormal Psychology","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SW3219","ModuleTitle":"Child-centric  Social Work","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"The module enables students to acquire the knowledge base and intervention skills to work with children and their parents.  They will understand the factors that lead to childhood vulnerability, neglect and abuse in the family and community contexts.  They will learn about the history of child welfare and rights, and the social intervention approaches to protect and promote childrens well-being.  They will also review the role of the state and relevant parties in this regard.  The module will include experiential learning in using individual and group work skills in helping children, as well as counselling skills in working with parents.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4101","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Family-Centred Swk Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module follows up from the introduction to family-centred direct social work practice for individuals and families. Students are to examine various social work practice theories in depth and are expected to develop skills in appropriate interventions such as casework, problem solving, family group work, children and youth work, inter-organisational networking and preventive interventions in various settings. Experiential learning and projects are used to develop competence, critical thinking and integration of classroom learning to real life situations. Students are taught to establish ways of engaging in continuous self-learning, self-care and skills development in their professional career as a social worker.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105 and (ii) passed or are concurrently reading SW3104 in the semester they intend to read the SW4000 modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105 and (ii) passed or are concurrently reading SW3104 in the semester they intend to read the SW4000 modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4102","ModuleTitle":"Social Policy and Planning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module covers general theories and issues of social policy, planning and implementation relevant to social work. It examines the roles and processes in public policy and the translation of policy to social service delivery in bringing about social welfare. It analyzes the socio-political contexts and implications of policy development at national and agency levels. Students are expected to carry out small-scale planning or analysis exercises.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105, and SW3103A with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105, and SW3103A with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4103","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Research and Evaluation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the knowledge and skills necessary to perform research and evaluation in human services. The emphasis is on the learning of practical skills in conducting research in social work settings. These skills are in: Scientific reasoning - the logic of ideas; research designs - the structuring of research activities; statistical techniques - quantitative approaches to data; data processing - utilisation of computer technology. Where appropriate, learning is through group or individual projects. This module also deals with advanced techniques of programme evaluation. Various research designs are reviewed, and their relative merits discussed. The use of evaluative techniques in interpersonal practice and professional intervention are also included.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-2-2-5.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105, SW3101, and SW3103A, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105, SW3101, and SW3103A, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4201","ModuleTitle":"Theory Building in Social Work Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module involves the analysis of direct and indirect professional practice in Singapore and includes the study of cross-cultural variations and applications of social work theory. An examination of the process of theory building and the study of different theoretical models for indigenous practice will be made. Students are required to identify and develop a specific knowledge base for local social work practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105 and (ii) passed or are concurrently reading SW3104 in the semester they intend to read the SW4000 modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105 and (ii) passed or are concurrently reading SW3104 in the semester they intend to read the SW4000 modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4202","ModuleTitle":"Special Areas of Social Work Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module provides for the advanced study of the conceptual bases for social work contribution and the application of skills in special areas of social work practice. In any given semester, a selected area of emphasis will be studied such as public education, domestic violence, rehabilitation of offenders, occupational social work, working with AIDS patients, human sexuality, social aspects of public housing, special education, pastoral care, social gerontology, community participation and organisation. Where appropriate, emphasis is given to policy factors influencing the provision of services and the implications of these for individuals, families and the community.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105 and (ii) passed or are concurrently reading SW3104 in the semester they intend to read the SW4000 modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105 and (ii) passed or are concurrently reading SW3104 in the semester they intend to read the SW4000 modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4208","ModuleTitle":"Social Gerontology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module examines the physiological, psychological, socio-cultural contexts of ageing and the attendant implications for individuals, families, and societies. Macro issues such as the impact of longer life expectancy, a greying workforce, and 'feminization of ageing' would be brainstormed in a seminar style of teaching. Social policies, social interventions and the impact of economic and social contexts on the well being of older people would increase the students' awareness and understanding of gerontological issues. Through interactive teaching, the students will learn about the theories of ageing and social policy issues such as income security, health care, housing, and leisure activities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\r\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105, and SW3103A with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards:\r\nCompleted 80MCs, including 28MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105, and SW3103A with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4216","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Studies in Community Work","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This is an applied module where students will be challenged to investigate and explore new trends in social and community development. The module will have a very strong field component where students will be required to conduct independent investigation into new and developing fields. Students will investigate the extent to which theories and hypotheses discussed in class apply in real field settings.  Students will also be required to develop new programmes in the community based on the theories discussed in class. The primary objective is to equip the students with the knowledge and skills in understanding the processes of community change and effecting community change.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105, and SW3103A with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.\r\n\r\nCohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in SW of which (i) student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105, and SW3103A with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4220","ModuleTitle":"Agency Planning and Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the basics of strategic planning for human service agencies and to the specifics of developing programmes. It considers the development of agency mission and goals, how programmes fit into those goals, how these goals and programmes interact with the environment of the agency and how planners work towards their initial acceptance by stakeholders and significant parts of that environment. Included is an analysis of how planners subsequently evaluate and present their outcomes. Bidding for grants and the presentation of information required to gain the support of funding bodies is an essential focus of the module. Processes within the agency to ensure the success of programmes are considered. Local agency examples are used to illustrate the ideas presented.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in SW of which student must have passed SW1101E, SW2101, SW2104, SW2105 and SW3103A with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"The student is required to undertake research, which should have an evaluative and/or policy component and which may require direct social work intervention. The Honours Thesis, which should be of about 12,000 words, is the equivalent of three modules. The student, in consultation with staff of the department, will choose the research topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-37.5-0","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of SW major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of SW major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of SW major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.","Preclusion":"SW4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in SW, with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in SW, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nTo be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in SW, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"SW4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW5106","ModuleTitle":"Social Policy and Welfare Services","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"The aim of this module is for students to understand and assess the social policies in Singapore, especially those concerning welfare services for vulnerable groups. They will learn to do so in the international historical and theoretical context of the welfare state and welfare pluralism, and contemporary international discourses on social well-being and human development. Review of social policy and welfare services in Singapore will focus upon the Singapore’s unique approaches to policy formulation, implementation and monitoring. Welfare services for the vulnerable groups will be assessed within the larger context of social well-being and development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SW5111","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Candidates of MSW who have a Bachelor in Social Work degree are allowed to enrol for ‘SW5111 – Advanced Practicum’. Two specialization tracks are offered:  clinical and supervision track and programme  development  track.  The  learning  goal  is  to  enhance  social  work  practitioners’ competence and capabilities in the chosen track.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-62-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Only for Master of Social Work (course work) students with a Bachelor in Social Work degree.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW5111A","ModuleTitle":"Practicum","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Practicum is a compulsory module for candidates who do not have a Bachelor’s degree in social work or equivalent. This module is designed  to  ensure practice competence by providing  800  hour  first hand, systematic  and supervised  practice experiences in the actual field  together with seminars for integration of social work theories with practice. The stipulated hours should be completed prior to graduation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-62-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Students enrolled in MSW (course work) programme.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW5112","ModuleTitle":"SUPERVISED PROJECT","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Candidates are required to complete a Supervised Project, which will be an independent and original piece of work, which involves innovative and original initiatives such as developing a new social service program/policy or conducting an original piece of field research. Exemption of Supervised Project may only be given to non-social work graduates or other candidates on a case-by-case basis and, in such a case, Supervised Project is replaced by a Practicum.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-5-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Only for M.Soc.Sci (Social Work) Students and/or consent of the Instructor.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW5215","ModuleTitle":"Poverty and Asset-Building Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the meanings of assets, assets poverty, and inclusive asset-building policy for the vulnerable population. It begins with re-examination of\r\npoverty and existing anti-poverty policy. Then, this course discusses meanings of assets and mounting evidence of short- and long-term positive effects of holding assets. This course examines theories of saving and asset accumulation, in particular, institutional saving theory for inclusive asset-building policy in Singapore and\r\nother parts of the world. To increase understanding of asset-building strategies, this course provides a range of asset-building policy and programs throughout the world. Students are also expected to develop new asset-building\r\nprograms for the vulnerable groups in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SW5215R","ModuleTitle":"Poverty and Asset-Building Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the meanings of assets, assets poverty, and inclusive asset-building policy for the vulnerable population. It begins with re-examination of\r\npoverty and existing anti-poverty policy. Then, this course discusses meanings of assets and mounting evidence of short- and long-term positive effects of holding assets. This course examines theories of saving and asset accumulation, in particular, institutional saving theory for inclusive asset-building policy in Singapore and\r\nother parts of the world. To increase understanding of asset-building strategies, this course provides a range of asset-building policy and programs throughout the world. Students are also expected to develop new asset-building\r\nprograms for the vulnerable groups in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SW5219","ModuleTitle":"Palliative and End-Of-Life Care","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This course covers important issues encountered by social workers involved in palliative and end-of-life care. Key topics include 1) assessment and intervention strategies based on the bio-psychosocial-spiritual perspective, 2) potential ethical dilemmas encountered in end-of-life care, 3) impact of personal values and biases on quality of care, 4) grief and bereavement and 5)\r\nend-of-life care for special populations. At the end of the course, students will be able to a) explain influence of personal values and biases on end-of-life (EOL) care, b) implement assessment and intervention strategies for\r\nend-of-life care and c) describe key aspects of the dying process, grief and bereavement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"SW5219R","ModuleTitle":"Palliative and End-Of-Life Care","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This course covers important issues encountered by social workers involved in palliative and end-of-life care. Key topics include 1) assessment and intervention strategies based on the bio-psychosocial-spiritual perspective, 2) potential ethical dilemmas encountered in end-of-life care, 3) impact of personal values and biases on quality of care, 4) grief and bereavement and 5)\r\nend-of-life care for special populations. At the end of the course, students will be able to a) explain influence of personal values and biases on end-of-life (EOL) care, b) implement assessment and intervention strategies for\r\nend-of-life care and c) describe key aspects of the dying process, grief and bereavement.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"SW5660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Social Work in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW5880","ModuleTitle":"SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOCIAL WORK","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Special topics in social work such as sexual abuse, family violence, substance abuse, traumatic disorders, etc will be dealt with in this course. The module will highlight a contemporary issue of social work practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW5880R","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics in Social Work","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Special topics in social work such as sexual abuse, family violence, substance abuse, traumatic disorders, etc will be dealt with in this course. The module will highlight a contemporary issue of social work practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SW6660","ModuleTitle":"INDEPENDENT STUDY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Social Work in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SW6262","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SWD5102","ModuleTitle":"SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS AND COMMUNITY","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the methods and skills of group work and community work. Social work theories related to work with social and community groups in a multicultural context will be critically examined. This module will also include topics such as assessment, understanding of group dynamics, the various stages of group work, intervention skills and roles of the social worker in group and community settings.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SWD5104","ModuleTitle":"Human Development in Context","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"The module will examine human development from a life span perspective with emphasis on some pertinent demands in different contexts. Ecological, cognitive developmental, psychosocial and Freudian theories and perspectives among others will be examined for their relevance in explaining developmental outcomes and trajectories as well as for their implications for social work practice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Not available to undergraduate students","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SWD5120","ModuleTitle":"SOCIAL WORK PRACTICUM","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"Candidates are required to fulfil practicum requirements of 400 fieldwork hours under an approved supervisor and it is equivalent to one module. The candidate is only allowed to take the Social Work Practicum if he/she had already taken or is concurrently taking one of the essential modules specified by the Department of Social Work and Psychology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"SWD5103 Contemporary Social Work Practice","Preclusion":"SW5120","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"SWD5263","ModuleTitle":"FAMILY CENTRED PRACTICE","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"SOCIAL WORK","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TBA2101","ModuleTitle":"Building an Analytics Organisation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of how to develop an organisation for analytics. The module starts by describing how an organisation can transform itself to become an analytics organisation. It will then move on to the methods and techniques for applied analytics, managing and governing data for analytics, reporting of data for key performance indicators, and optimisation and testing with applied analytics. Solutions to address organisational silos are also discussed. Examples will be drawn from various industry domains and organisations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TC1411","ModuleTitle":"Mathematics for Chemical Engineers 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a basic foundation in calculus and its related subjects required by Chemical Engineering students. The objective is to equip students with various calculus techniques for their Chemical Engineering modules in later semesters. The module emphasizes problem solving and mathematical methods in single-variable and multivariate calculus, vector algebra and matrix algebra as well as their applications in Chemical Engineering.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.4-1-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TCN1411","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TC1422","ModuleTitle":"Materials for Chemical Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module starts with an introduction to the fundamental principles of materials science, which include basic structural chemistry and crystal structures. After that, the second part of this module covers typical properties of materials, which include structure imperfection and diffusion, mechanical properties, thermal behavior, electrochemical corrosions, and phase diagrams of metals. The third part describes structural characteristics of materials including ceramic, metallic, polymeric and composite materials. The last part gives a general introduction to more physically related properties, namely electrical and optical properties as well as the environmental aspects of structural materials selection.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TCN1422","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TCE2134","ModuleTitle":"Hydraulics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces the student to basic concepts of fluid\nmechanics and hydraulics. Starting with fluid properties and\nfluid statics, the student would understand how these\nconcepts are used for the calculation of hydrostatic forces\nand the stability of floating bodies. The student is\nintroduced to the concepts of fluid flow, ideal and real fluids\nand their limitations, laminar and turbulent flows, the\nconcept of the boundary layer and flow resistance, the\nconcept of flow separation and the wake, frictional and form\ndrag and lift on immersed bodies. Dimensional analysis and\nthe concept of similitude will help reinforce the fundamental\nconsiderations essential for experiments with fluid\nphenomena. By the end of the course, the student should\nunderstand the concepts of conservation of mass,\nmomentum and energy and how these can be applied to\nflow measuring devices, to the estimation of frictional losses\nfor flows in pipelines, to pumping systems and other\nengineering applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CE2134","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCE3115","ModuleTitle":"Geotechnical Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory module in slope stability and\nearth retaining structures. The topics covered\ninclude slopes and embankments, earth pressure\nand retaining structures, and basic deep\nexcavations. Students will learn how to check\nultimate limit states using limit equilibrium\nmethods and appreciate that such checks are\nnecessary but not sufficient (serviceability to be\ndiscussed in advanced modules). The goal is to\nteach an assessment of force and/or moment\nequilibrium for slopes, calculation of active and\npassive earth pressures, and appreciation of\nvarious important design considerations pertaining\nto earth retaining structures and basic deep\nexcavations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-1-6","Prerequisite":"TCE2112","Preclusion":"CE3115","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN1111","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Engineering Principles","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Students will be introduced to an overview of the chemical process industry and a discussion of several significant examples. The core of the module covers the details of steady state material and energy balance, including recycle, purge, phase change and chemical reaction. The concepts are extended to simultaneous mass and energy balances and unsteady state balances. The module is targeted at first-year part-time chemical engineering students with some working knowledge in the chemical industries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TC1101, CN1111E","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TCN1411","ModuleTitle":"Mathematics for Chemical Engineers 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a basic foundation in calculus and its related subjects required by Chemical Engineering students. The objective is to equip students with various calculus techniques for their Chemical Engineering modules in later semesters. The module emphasizes problem solving and mathematical methods in single-variable and multivariate calculus, vector algebra and matrix algebra as well as their applications in Chemical Engineering.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.4-1-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TC1411","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TCN1422","ModuleTitle":"Materials for Chemical Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module starts with an introduction to the fundamental principles of materials science, which include basic structural chemistry and crystal structures. After that, the second part of this module covers typical properties of materials, which include structure imperfection and diffusion, mechanical properties, thermal behavior, electrochemical corrosions, and phase diagrams of metals. The third part describes structural characteristics of materials including ceramic, metallic, polymeric and composite materials. The last part gives a general introduction to more physically related properties, namely electrical and optical properties as well as the environmental aspects of structural materials selection.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TC1422","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TCN2116","ModuleTitle":"Chemical Kinetics And Reactor Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The module covers the basic principles of chemical kinetics of both homogeneous (single phase) and heterogeneous (multi-phases) reaction systems and reactor design. Module contents include classification of chemical reactions, stoichiometry, chemical kinetics and reaction mechanism of both homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, simple and multiple reactions, selectivity, yield and product distribution, definition and derivation of performance equations of ideal reactors (ideal batch, plug and constant stirred tank reactors), rate data collection and treatment, recycle and multiple reactors, temperature effects, heterogeneous reaction systems (fluid-fluid, fluid solid and catalytic reactions), identification and analysis of rate processes, concentration profile and overall rate equation, pore diffusion in porous catalysts, deactivation, reactor configuration and design, Basic introduction to non-ideal flow and residence time\r\ndistribution analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"TCN1111","Preclusion":"TC2106, CN2116E","Corequisite":"TCN2125"},{"ModuleCode":"TCN2125","ModuleTitle":"Heat And Mass Transfer","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Students will learn the fundamental principles of heat and mass transfer relevant to the chemical engineering discipline. This course considers three modes of heat transfer, namely, conduction, convection, and radiation. For heat conduction, both steady and unsteady states are examined. These are followed by an analysis for convective heat transfer and heat transfer with phase change and subsequently radiation heat transfer. Steady and unsteadystate molecular diffusion is studied, while convective mass transfer is analyzed using exact and approximate integral analysis. Finally, analogies between mass, heat and momentum transfer is discussed to integrate the concept of transport phenomena.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"TCN2122","Preclusion":"TC2115, CN2125E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN3124","ModuleTitle":"Particle Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with the basic concepts for physical processes such as filtration, sedimentation, centrifugation, fluidization, gas cleaning and other topics on flow and dynamics of particulate systems. Particulate solids are characterized in terms of size, size distribution, measurement and analysis and processing such as comminution and mixing. The concept of fluid flow and particle settling are used for design and operation of some important fluid-particle separation methods. The principle of fluidization and its applications as pneumatic transport of solids are also included. This is a core module targeted at the students with background in fluid mechanics in BTech Chemical Engineering program.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0.5-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"TCN2122","Preclusion":"TC3114, CN3124E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN4119","ModuleTitle":"B.Tech. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to provide students with training for scientific/technical research. It involves an assignment of a research project and safety education. Equipment training will be provided, if required. Students need to spend at least ten hours per week on the project under the guidance of a project supervisor and/or co-supervisor. A thesis is required at the end of the project; it will include literature survey, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions and suggestions for further study. An oral presentation is also required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-12-8-0","Prerequisite":"All Level 3000 Essential Modules","Preclusion":"CN4119E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN4205","ModuleTitle":"Pinch Analysis and Process Integration","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a working knowledge of selected techniques and software in pinch analysis and process integration as well as their application to chemical processes. The first part of the module covers pinch analysis for heat integration, including data extraction and energy\r\ntargeting, heat exchanger network design, integration of utilities, heat and power systems, and distillation columns. Application of pinch analysis to maximization of water re-use is also discussed. Another topic is data reconciliation and gross error detection, and their applications. This module is targeted at senior chemical engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"TCN2125 & TCN3421","Preclusion":"CN4205E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN4210","ModuleTitle":"Membrane Science And Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces to students with various membrane sciences, technologies, and applications such as microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), reverse osmosis (RO) for water reuses and desalination, material design and gas separation for energy development, and membrane formation for asymmetric flat and hollow fiber membranes. Introduction of various membrane separation mechanisms will be given.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TC4210, CN4210E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN4227","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Process Control","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The module provides a structured introduction to advanced process control concepts with emphasis on methods and techniques that are relevant for industrial practice. Advanced control strategies including feedforward control, ratio control, cascade control, inferential control, decentralized control systems and model predictive control techniques, as well as the representation of process in discrete-time control system and design of controllers, which will be covered. The learning experience of the students will be enhanced through projects that will require them to design advanced controllers for process systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"TCN3121","Preclusion":"TC4227, CN4227E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN4233","ModuleTitle":"Good Manufacturing Practices in Pharmaceutical Industry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The module covers topics pertaining to regulatory and quality issues associated with pharmaceutical production. The two main components of the module are: regulatory aspects of pharmaceutical manufacture and analytical techniques for quality control. The concept of GMP and its components including standard operating procedures, documentation, validation, organization and personnel, premises, equipment, production and quality control are covered in the first half of the module. The second part of the module introduces the students to the various analytical techniques employed in pharmaceutical industry to assess the quality of protein-based biologics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"TCN2122, TCN2125","Preclusion":"CN4233R, PR2143, PR3145, PR4206, CN4233E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN4240","ModuleTitle":"Unit Operations and Processes for Effluent Treatment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with a working knowledge of unit operations and processes for the control of industrial effluent from the chemical process industries. The module begins with an overview of the characteristics of effluent from the chemical plant operations and its impact on the environment. Concepts on environmental sustainability and green processing particularly pertinent to the chemical industry will be covered, including techniques for waste minimization and pollution prevention. Finally, applications of process (physical, chemical and biological) for the treatment of effluent from plant facilities will be presented. Case studies from various industries will also be presented. This module is targeted at level 4 chemical engineering students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"CN4240E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN4242","ModuleTitle":"Optimization of Chemical Processes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Students will learn the basic theories, methods and software for formulating and solving optimization problems relevant to chemical processes. They will study various methods of linear, nonlinear and mixed-integer linear programming, which would enable them to select and use appropriate algorithm and/or software for solving a given problem. They will also execute the various steps in optimization by solving selected practical problems via various case studies as well as a term project. This is for undergraduate students who wish to learn optimization \nmethodology to solve real-life problems in research and chemical industry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"TCN2411 & TCN3421","Preclusion":"CN4242E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TCN4246","ModuleTitle":"Chemical And Bio-Catalysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The first part of the module focuses on steps involved in catalytic reactions, such as adsorption, desorption and reaction kinetic models, chemical catalysis, biocatalysis, inter-particulate and intraparticulate transport processes involving Thiele modulus and effectiveness factor. The factors and reaction sequences causing the deactivation of solid catalysts will be covered. The second part of the module focuses on the various methods of preparation, characterization and testing of industrial solid catalysts. The module ends with some case studies on how to select and design catalysts for industrially important processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"CN4246E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TE2002","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Mathematics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a follow up module for TE2102. The topics include the following: Vector algebra. Vector function. Directional derivatives. Divergence and curl of vector fields. Line, surface and volume integrals. Jacobian. Gauss' and Stokes' Theorem. Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Partial Differentiation. Partial differential equations. Curve Fitting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"TE2102 or TG1401","Preclusion":"TEE2002","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"TE2003","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Mathematics for Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a follow up module for TE2002. The topics include the following: complex functions, complex differentiation, Cauchy-Riemann equations, singularities and zeros, contour integration, conformal mapping; probability, random variables, probability density function, distributions, applied statistics, random process, responses of linear systems to random inputs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-1-4","Prerequisite":"TE2002","Preclusion":"TE2401, TEE2003","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"TE2101","ModuleTitle":"Programming Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce students to the discipline of computing and the problem solving process. It stresses on good programme design and programming styles, and structured programme development using a higher-level programming language. The topics covered in this module are: Algorithm design process, Programme development/coding/debugging. Programming concepts in a high-level language including programme structure, simple data types and structured types and various control structures (sequencing, loops, conditionals, etc.). Linear data structures such as arrays and linked-lists. The utility of recursion using a variety of sorting algorithms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-0-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"TE1122, TEE2101, TIC1001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TE3201","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Software project planning, requirements analysis, data flow methods. Software development, object-oriented design, portability and re-use. Software quality assurance, testing strategies and techniques. Case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-1.5-3","Prerequisite":"TE2101","Preclusion":"TEE3201","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TE3801","ModuleTitle":"Robust Design Of Electronic Circuits","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This purpose of this module is to learn the effects of, and ways of mitigating, random manufacturing variations and failure of components and systems. This module is targetted at students wishing to pursue careers in electronic manufacturing industries. Topics covered: Review of probability and statistics.  Concepts of tolerance analysis and design. Methods of tolerance design including the Monte-Carlo method. Tolerance sensitivity and its applications. Reliability concepts. Device reliability. System reliability.  Modelling and monitoring reliability. Burn-in and accelerated wear.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0.5-0-4","Prerequisite":"EE2005E or EE2021E & TE2003","Preclusion":"TEE3801","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TE4001","ModuleTitle":"BTech Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students will do a research project over two semesters on a topic of current interest in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Students learn how to apply skills acquired in the classroom and also think of innovative ways of solving problems. Apart from intrinsic rewards such as the pleasure of problem solving, students are able to acquire skills for independent and lifelong learning. The objective of this module is to teach skills, such as questioning, forming hypotheses and gathering evidence. Students learn to work in a research environment.\n\n\n\n","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"Level 4 Standing.","Preclusion":"TEE4001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE2002","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Mathematics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a follow up module for TE2102. The topics include the following: Vector algebra. Vector function. Directional derivatives. Divergence and curl of vector fields. Line, surface and volume integrals. Jacobian. Gauss' and Stokes' Theorem. Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Partial Differentiation. Partial differential equations. Curve Fitting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TE2002","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"TEE2003","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Mathematics for Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a follow up module for TE2002. The topics include the following: complex functions, complex differentiation, Cauchy-Riemann equations, singularities and zeros, contour integration, conformal mapping; probability, random variables, probability density function, distributions, applied statistics, random process, responses of linear systems to random inputs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"TEE2002","Preclusion":"TE2401, TE2003","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE2011","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Electromagnetics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Electromagnetic (EM) and transmission line theory is essential in all disciplines of electrical and computer engineering.  EM theory is the fundamental basis for understanding transmission lines and electrical energy transmission. To understand and solve EM and transmission line problems encountered in electrical and computer engineering, rigorous analytical methods are required. At the end of this module, in addition to being able to solve EM and transmission line problems, the student will be able to design transmission line circuits, design electrical elements with lumped behaviour, and mitigate EM interference.  To enhance understanding, case studies and computer visualisation tools will be used.   Topics covered: Static electric and magnetic fields. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves: plane-wave propagation, behaviour at interface between media, shielding, electromagnetic compatability. Transmission lines. Impedance matching. Radiation.  Case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"TEE2002","Preclusion":"EE2011E","Corequisite":"TEE2003"},{"ModuleCode":"TEE2020","ModuleTitle":"Digital Fundamentals","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a first course that introduces fundamental digital logic, digital circuits, and programmable devices. The course also provides an overview of computer systems. This course provides students with an understanding of the building blocks of modern digital systems and methods of designing, simulating and realizing such systems. The emphasis of this module is on understanding the fundamentals of digital design across different levels of abstraction using hardware description languages.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-1-2-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"EE1002 or equivalent","Preclusion":"EE2020E","Corequisite":"TEE2101"},{"ModuleCode":"TEE2023","ModuleTitle":"Signals and Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a fundamental course in signals and systems. Signals in electrical engineering play an important role in carrying information. Signals going through a system is an inevitable process. It allows engineers to understand the system. Thus in this course the relationship between signals and systems will be taught. The concepts which are important include time and frequency  domain representations, Fourier and Laplace transforms, spectrum of a signal, frequency response of systems (Bode diagrams), sampling theorem, linear time invariant systems, convolution, transfer functions, stability of feedback systems, modulation and filters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"TTG1401","Preclusion":"EE2009E, EE2010E, EE2023E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE2031","ModuleTitle":"Circuit and Systems Design Lab","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module emphasizes on the practical aspects related to modules EE2021E Device and Circuits. It also provides students with an integrated perspective in experiments. Students will first learn about the device characterizations, such as diode, LED, solar cell, transistor, operational amplifiers, etc. They will then proceed to build interesting circuits blocks, involving the devices learnt earlier. With these accumulated knowledge on device and circuit blocks, students will move on to system projects that require the integration of knowledge cross different fields, such as devices and circuits.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"1-0-1.5-1.5-3.5","Prerequisite":"TEE2021","Preclusion":"EE2031E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE2101","ModuleTitle":"Programming Methodology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to introduce students to the discipline of computing and the problem solving process. It stresses on good programme design and programming styles, and structured programme development using a higher-level programming language. The topics covered in this module are: Algorithm design process, Programme development/coding/debugging. Programming concepts in a high-level language including programme structure, simple data types and structured types and various control structures (sequencing, loops, conditionals, etc.). Linear data structures such as arrays and linked-lists. The utility of recursion using a variety of sorting algorithms.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-1-0-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TE1122, TE2101, TIC1001","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TEE3031","ModuleTitle":"Innovation & Enterprise I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is an engineering module that focuses on the conceptualization, design and development of technology oriented new products. It integrates innovation, product planning, marketing, design and manufacturing functions of a company. This module gives students an opportunity to conceptualize and design a product which they will eventually be able to prototype. Thus it is designed for electrical engineering students to experience an integrated learning of innovation and enterprise pertaining to new product development where technology plays a central role. The major topics include innovation, opportunity management, identification of customers’ needs, product specification, design, planning, testing, manufacturing, and commercialization. Intellectual property and its relationship with all facets of new technology product design are also covered.\r\n\r\nGuest speakers from relevant industries will be invited to present practical aspects of innovation and new product development.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Level 3 standing","Preclusion":"TM4209, TME4209, EE3001E, EE3031E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE3104","ModuleTitle":"Intro to RF and Microwave Sys & Circuits","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Wireless communication and sensing systems play an ever increasing role in society. This module introduces the RF and microwave hardware systems and circuits.\r\n\r\nThe applications include: GSM/CDMA, RFID, UWB, WLAN, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Radar and remote sensing","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-1-4","Prerequisite":"TEE2011","Preclusion":"EE3104E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE3201","ModuleTitle":"Software Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Software project planning, requirements analysis, data flow methods. Software development, object-oriented design, portability and re-use. Software quality assurance, testing strategies and techniques. Case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-1.5-3","Prerequisite":"TEE2101","Preclusion":"TE3201","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE3206","ModuleTitle":"Introduction To Computer Vision And Image Processing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the basic concepts and techniques in computer vision and digital image processing. The following topics are taught:  elements of a vision system, image acquisition, 2-D discrete Fourier transform, image enhancement techniques, error-free and lossy compression, segmentation methods, and representation and description methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0.5-1-5.5","Prerequisite":"TEE2023","Preclusion":"CS4243, EE3206E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE3407","ModuleTitle":"Analog Electronics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with essential concepts in electronics to enable them to understand and design complex electronics circuits and systems for processing analog signals.Topics covered: Techniques for implementing specific amplifier frequency response involving poles and time constants; Negative feedback amplifiers; Oscillators: RC, LC and crystal-controlled oscillators; Power amplifiers: Output stage, efficiency and distortion; DC power supply design: Linear and switching regulators, current limiting; Mixer, modulators and demodulators for communication systems; Active filters; Instrumentation amplifiers, CMRR; Applications of current mirror circuits.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"TEE2021","Preclusion":"EE3407E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE3431","ModuleTitle":"Microelectronics Materials and Devices","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Electronic devices are the building blocks of electronic systems, and an understanding of device technology is essential for the electrical engineer. This module discusses the physical foundations with emphasis on topics that are\r\nnecessary for the understanding of the operation of electronic devices. Device concepts are then introduced, and the operational principles of key semiconductor devices are explained, showing how their terminal characteristics are obtained. Additional issues such as dielectric materials used in isolation for devices as well as contacts between metal and semiconductor regions are also included. Topics covered include: structure of solids; dielectric materials; physics of semiconductors; metalsemiconductors contacts; PN junction, bipolar transistors, and field-effect transistors.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1-1-4","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"EE3406E, EE2004E, EE3431E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE3501","ModuleTitle":"Power Electronics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Power electronics forms an integral part of all electronics equipment from household appliances through information technology to transportation systems. This module develops the working knowledge, the foundation theory for generic power electronic circuits and the principles of their design. At the end of this module the student should be able to analyze and evaluate and carry out basic design of power electronics system for a large spectrum of applications. The topics covered are: Power semiconductor switches and characteristics. AC-to-DC converters and their performance. DC-to-DC converters: analysis and performance. DC-to-AC converters; analysis and performance. Switching circuits design and protection.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0.5-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"TEE2021","Preclusion":"EE3501E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE3801","ModuleTitle":"Robust Design Of Electronic Circuits","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This purpose of this module is to learn the effects of, and ways of mitigating, random manufacturing variations and failure of components and systems. This module is targetted at students wishing to pursue careers in electronic manufacturing industries. Topics covered: Review of probability and statistics.  Concepts of tolerance analysis and design. Methods of tolerance design including the Monte-Carlo method. Tolerance sensitivity and its applications. Reliability concepts. Device reliability. System reliability.  Modelling and monitoring reliability. Burn-in and accelerated wear.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0.5-0-4","Prerequisite":"TEE2021 & TEE2003","Preclusion":"TE3801","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE4001","ModuleTitle":"BTech Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students will do a research project over two semesters on a topic of current interest in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Students learn how to apply skills acquired in the classroom and also think of innovative ways of solving problems. Apart from intrinsic rewards such as the pleasure of problem solving, students are able to acquire skills for independent and lifelong learning. The objective of this module is to teach skills, such as questioning, forming hypotheses and gathering evidence. Students learn to work in a research environment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-0-15","Prerequisite":"Level 4 standing","Preclusion":"TE4001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE4112","ModuleTitle":"High Frequency (HF) Techniques","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Radio and microwave systems rely on efficient transmission and distribution of electromagnetic (EM) energy.  Radio and microwave systems need to be immune from external EM interference and need to ensure that they do not cause interference of their own.  To achieve these requirements, microwave and radio engineers need to be able to specify and design wave-guiding systems, shielding and antennas.   Topics covered:  Guided waves: guiding elements and cavities.  Scattering parameters.  Directional couplers and hybrids.  Circulators and isolators.  Antenna parameters.  Wire antennas.  Electromagnetic interference and shielding.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-1.5-1.5-3","Prerequisite":"TEE2011","Preclusion":"EE4112E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE4210","ModuleTitle":"Computer Communications Networks II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The course will enable students to know the basics and theories of Internet-related tenchologies which offer the background knowledge & skills required for computer or network engineers.  Contents covered include Internet Architecture & client/server applications, Client & Server Computing, Internetworking concepts & Architectural Model, Transport protocols:  UDP/TCP, TCP/IP socket programming, Routing protocols, Domain Name System, Mobile IP, and Next Generation IP.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-0.5-0-3.0-4.5","Prerequisite":"TEE3204 or CS2105","Preclusion":"EE4210E, TIC2501","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE4214","ModuleTitle":"Real-Time Embedded Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The objectives of this module are to present the theoretical foundations of real-time systems and to discuss the practical aspects of their implementation. It describes the characteristics of a real-time computing system and students are taught how to design a real-time embedded system using structured data flow methodology. Concepts of time-critical I/O and real-time deadlines are emphasized, as are the important aspects of real-time operating systems, scheduling and the practical implementation of embedded systems and firmware. Other topics covered include deadlock management and process communications. Various case studies on industrial real-time systems will be exhibited to give students a real-world feel for such systems. Students will undertake a mini project involving a real-time embedded system. Topics covered: Introduction to real-time and embedded systems; Time critical I/O handling; Real-time embedded software design; Concurrent programming; Real-time operating systems; Scheduling and time-critical processing; Deadlock management; Process communications; Case studies of real-time embedded systems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-3-3","Prerequisite":"TEE2101 and TE2024","Preclusion":"EE4214E, TIC2401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TEE4415","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Digital Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the students to the design of integrated circuits. It covers basic concepts including integrated circuits fabrication technology, CMOS and nMOS design, inverter design, aspect ratios of pull-up and pull-down transistors, switching characteristics of CMOS and nMOS inverters, latch-up, stick diagram, design rules, mask layout, sub-systems design, ASIC challenges and issues, ASIC design flow, Verilog hardware design language basics, and logic synthesis. Each student will do a design exercise using the EDA tools.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-3-4","Prerequisite":"TEE2020","Preclusion":"EE4415E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TG1401","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Mathematics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module builds and exposes students to the mathematical foundational concepts that are necessary in a variety of engineering disciplines. The topics include the following: Ordinary differential equations. Laplace transform. Matrix algebra. Vector Space. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. Determinants and Inverses. Solution of linear equations. Diagonalisation. Functions of Matrices. Matrix exponential. Matrix differential equations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-3-3.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TE2102 or TM1401 or TTG1401","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TG2415","ModuleTitle":"Ethics In Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module highlights to students the ethical issues they will face working as an engineering professional. The issues covered range from the rationale for an engineering code of practice, risk and safety issues, conflict of interest, ethical issues in research. This module will be offered to second or higher year engineering students as they need their engineering background to better understand the issues involved. Case studies will be presented to cover real life issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0-3-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TTG2415","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TG3001","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for BTech Engineering students.  It leverages on the student’s work experience and focuses the student’s mind on exploring and reflecting on how the concepts and theories gained in the classroom can be translated into industrial practice to enhance his/her work performance. The student is required to complete 3 written reports, 2 oral presentations, and 6 Skills courses.  This module is normally taken over two consecutive regular semesters, and is an Unrestricted Elective Module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-15-0","Prerequisite":"Completed at least 76MC of modules, including Advanced Placement Credits","Preclusion":"TG3002, TTG3002, TTG3001, TIC3901","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TG3002","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module leverages on the student’s work experience and focus the student’s mind on exploring how the concepts and theories gained in the classroom can be translated into industrial practice to enhance his/her work performance and contribute to his/her success at work. The student will write three reports and do two presentations to explain these aspects to peers and academic advisor who is a faculty member. The module will be spread over two semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-1-0-9-0","Prerequisite":"Stage 3 standing.","Preclusion":"TG3001, TTG3001, TTG3002","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TG3101A","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"These module allow individual students to investigate, through independent self-study and research under the guidance of an advisor, into topics of special interest to them. The academic scope, which may be a combination of laboratory-based projects and other academic prescriptions, will be worked out between the student and the advisor amounting to approximately 65/130 for TG3101A/TG3101B hours of work over one or two semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-5-0","Prerequisite":"Level 3 standing and approval from Dean of SCALE","Preclusion":"TTG3101A","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"TG3101B","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"These module allow individual students to investigate, through independent self-study and research under the guidance of an advisor, into topics of special interest to them. The academic scope, which may be a combination of laboratory-based\r\nprojects and other academic prescriptions, will be worked out between the student and the advisor amounting to approximately 65/130 for TG3101A/TG3101B hours of work over one or two semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-5-0","Prerequisite":"Level 3 standing and approval from Dean of SCALE","Preclusion":"TTG3101B","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"TIC1002","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Computing and Programming II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module builds on basic knowledge from TIC1001. Students will learn how to model a problem and how to design and implement solutions to computational problems. TIC1002 also introduces the methodologies and good practices of programming: testing, debugging, assertion, documentation, and tools such as linter, and debugger. Students will be exposed to more complex problems and learn to abstract out the complexities and to compose programmes from smaller, reusable components. Finally, students will be introduced to object-oriented programming paradigm as a powerful way of composing reusable components to form larger, more complex, programmes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-2-2-3","Prerequisite":"TIC1001","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TIC1201","ModuleTitle":"Discrete Structures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces mathematical tools required in the study of computer science. Topics include: (i) Logic and proof techniques; (ii) Relations and functions; (iii) Mathematical formulation of data models (linear model, trees and graphs), and (iv) Counting and combinatorics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"TMA1001","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TIE2100","ModuleTitle":"Probability Models with Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The module builds upon the foundation in ST2131/TS2120/IE2120E and stresses on applications of stochastic modeling.\nTopics include: Review of exponential distribution; Conditional probability and conditional expectation; Discrete time\nMarkov chains; Poisson process; Basic queuing models and continuous time Markov chains and Renewal theory. The\nemphasis of this course will be on model formulation and probabilistic analysis. Students will eventually be conversant\nwith the properties of these models and appreciate their roles in engineering applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"DSC3215, IE2100E","Corequisite":"ST2131/TS2120/IE2120E/TIE2120"},{"ModuleCode":"TIE2130","ModuleTitle":"Quality Engineering I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the fundamental concepts of quality and basic techniques in quality engineering. The topics covered are measures and interpretation of variation, control charts, process capability analysis, and acceptance sampling. The module will also deal with some related issues such as, measurement systems analysis, PDCA, TQM, and industrial case studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TM4271, IE2130E","Corequisite":"MA1505, MA1506 or SA1101, or ST1131, or ST1131A, or ST1232, or ST2334 or TE2102 or TG1401 or TM1401 or TS2120 or IE2120E or TEE2102 or TTG1401 or TIE2120"},{"ModuleCode":"TIE2140","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Economy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the concept of \"the time-value of money\" and the effect that it has on economic decisions in engineering and business. It equips the students with a conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating economic alternatives represented as a set of cash flows over time. Topics covered include cash flow analysis, choice among economic alternatives, effects of depreciation and taxation, replacement analysis, and dealing with risk and uncertainty.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"IE2140E","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TIE2150","ModuleTitle":"Human Factors Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces the basic concepts of human factors engineering and ergonomics. The topics covered include: Human Factors in Systems (Human Error), Implications of Human Functions in performance (Work Physiology), Workstation Design (Guidelines and Norms), Environmental Stressors and Ergonomics Fieldwork (Translation and Application).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"IE2150E","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TIE3010","ModuleTitle":"Systems Thinking and Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This foundation module aims to introduce students to the fundamental concepts and underlying principles of systems thinking, as well as modeling methods and tools that are applicable to the design of industrial systems. The topics in this  module include introductory systems concepts, mental models and causal loop diagrams, while the modeling methods and tools to be covered include that of operations research and data analysis. The application of these topics to simple systems design problems will be illustrated through laboratory sessions. Real-world case studies will be presented to show how these concepts have been applied in industrial contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-1-2-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IE3010E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TIE3100","ModuleTitle":"Systems Design Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The objective of the module is to give students the opportunity to apply concepts learnt to solving real world problems. In this module, each student is assigned to work on a company-sponsored problem that requires application of industrial and systems engineering concepts. The module provides the opportunity for students to identify key problems and craft an objective, scope and deliverable for a piece of work, collect and analyze the relevant data, and apply the appropriate tool to solve the problem. It also enables students to improve their communication skills through report writing and presentation to the various stakeholders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-4-6","Prerequisite":"Level 3 standing","Preclusion":"IE3100E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TIE4220","ModuleTitle":"Supply Chain Modelling","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces the fundamentals of supply chain concepts.  It covers issues and basic techniques of distribution strategies, transportation logistics and supply chain network optimisation models.  Students are equipped with fundamental concepts and quantitative tools that are essential to solving logistics and supply chain problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IE4220E","Corequisite":"IE2100E/TIE2100 & IE2110E/TIE2110"},{"ModuleCode":"TIE4230","ModuleTitle":"Quality Engineering II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Design-in quality versus process control.  Quality function deployment.  Failure mode and effects analysis.  Fractional factorial designs.  Confounding.  Robust design.  Reliability analysis and testing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IE4230E","Corequisite":"IE2130E/TIE2130 & IE3101E/TIE3101"},{"ModuleCode":"TIE4242","ModuleTitle":"Cost Analysis And Management","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the basics of cost management. Concepts relating component items and process\nsteps to value-added functions are introduced as a precursor to the analysis of system cost over the entire life cycle of\nproducts and services. It also deals with tools and approaches to select equipment, materials for cost-effective\noperations. This module enables students to cost out a system and recommend approaches to develop strategies for\nincreasing the cost effectiveness of the system.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-1-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"TIE2140","Preclusion":"IE4242E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TM2401","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Mathematics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The following topics will be covered in detail: Vector algebra, vector functions; Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates; Curves, tangents and lengths; Gradient, directional derivatives; Divergence and curl vector fields; Line, surface and volume integrals, Jacobian.; Green’s theorem, Gauss’ and Stokes’ theorems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-3-3.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TE2002 or TC2401 or TC1402 or TM1402 or TME2401","Corequisite":"TG1401"},{"ModuleCode":"TM3101","ModuleTitle":"Mechanical Systems Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a group-based project that focuses on the design of a complete mechanical design product, emphasizing the design process, analysis and drawings. The major project may be preceded by smaller projects to instill familiarity and experience. Elements of commercialization (e.g. market survey) and form-giving (aesthetics) may be incorporated. Students are required to submit a report, drawings, do a presentation, and take oral examinations. Effective group dynamics and experience of the process and problems involved in translating paper design to prototype are the key objectives of this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"1-2-0-3-2","Prerequisite":"TM2101 or ME2101E","Preclusion":"TME3101","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TM4101","ModuleTitle":"B.Tech. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module consists mainly of a research-based project carried out under the supervision of one or more faculty members. It introduces students to the basic methodology of research in the context of a problem of current research interest. The module is normally taken over two consecutive semesters, and is a core requirement of the B.Tech. programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Senior Level 3 Standing (For AY 2006/2007 intake & earlier); Level 4 standing (For AY 2007/2008 intake onwards)","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TM4102","ModuleTitle":"B.Tech. Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module consists mainly of a research-based project carried out under the supervision of one or more faculty members. It introduces students to the basic methodology of research in the context of a problem of current research\ninterest. The module is normally taken over two consecutive semesters, and is a core requirement of the B.Tech. programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"Stage 4 standing","Preclusion":"TME4102","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TM4264","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Automotive Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the basic principles in various areas of  the automobile. These include various types of petrol engines, diesel engines, rotary engines, electric engines and hybrid engines, and their related issues, various types of transmission systems (manual and automatic), chassis design and their development, and vehicle dynamics (including suspension, steering, brakes), car body design and manufacture, and safety issues. Also covered are fuel, combustion, and emissions, plus examples from the automotive industry and current industrial practices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3.5-0-0-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TME4264","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TMA2101","ModuleTitle":"Calculus for Computing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a basic foundation for calculus and its related subjects required by computing students. The objective is to train the students to be able to handle calculus techniques arising in their courses of specialisation. In addition to the standard calculus material, the course also covers simple mathematical modelling techniques and numerical methods in connection with ordinary differential equations. Major topics: Preliminaries on sets and number systems. Calculus of functions of one variable and applications. Sequences, series and power series. Functions of several variables. Extrema. First and second order differential equations. Basic numerical methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"TMA1001","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TME2101","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Mechanical Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides the student with the fundamental knowledge to do calculations on design components like bolts, fasteners, joints, welds, springs, gears, brakes, clutches. Other areas covered will include material selection, fatigue, bearings, shafts, as well as design mechanisms like linkages and cams. This is a compulsory module with no final exam. Assessment will be based purely on continuous assessment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3- 0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"NIl","Preclusion":"TM2101, ME2101E","Corequisite":"NIl"},{"ModuleCode":"TME2114","ModuleTitle":"Mechanics of Materials II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course provides for a further understanding of concepts and principles of solid mechanics and its applications to engineering problems. The topics covered are: Two-dimensional systems; Combined stresses; Energy methods; Columns; Experimental stress analysis; Inelastic behaviour.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"3","Workload":"2-0.5-0.5-1.5-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TM1111, ME2114E","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TME2135","ModuleTitle":"Fluid Mechanics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces the students to the operating principles of hydraulic pumps and turbines, their applications and methods of selecting pumps to match system requirements and how to avoid cavitation damage. We also focus on the mathematical theory of potential (non-viscous) fluid flow as well as the structure of basic vortices.\n\nThis is followed by treatment of the fundamentals of viscous fluid flow and boundary layers. The major topics covered therein are the Navier-Stokes equations and some of their exact solutions, boundary layer flow theory, estimation of drag force on a flat plate, boundary layer separation and control, equations of motion for turbulent flow and turbulent boundary layers, turbulent models and velocity profiles in turbulent boundary layers. Boundary layer with transition. Flow around bluff and streamlined bodies: their flow patterns, drag and lift.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3.0-1.0-0.5-0-5.5","Prerequisite":"TME2134","Preclusion":"TM2131, ME2135E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TME2143","ModuleTitle":"Sensors and Actuators","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"Primarily a core subject for mechanical engineering students, this course introduces the basic principles and characteristics of various sensors for the measurement of mechanical quantities such as position, velocity, acceleration, force, and temperature. Topics that are also introduced are actuators for achieving motion, primarily various types of electric motors. This course also covers the generalised measurement and instrumentation system, the associated electronics, drivers and power supplies for the processing of the signals from the sensors and transducers and for driving the various actuators. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge required for the application of these sensors and actuators rather than on their design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TM2141, ME2143E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TME2401","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Mathematics II","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"The following topics will be covered in detail: Vector algebra, vector functions; Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates; Curves, tangents and lengths; Gradient, directional derivatives; Divergence and curl vector fields; Line, surface and volume integrals, Jacobian.; Green’s theorem, Gauss’ and Stokes’ theorems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-3-3.5","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"TE2002 or TEE2002 or TC2401 or TC1402 or TM1402","Corequisite":"TTG1401"},{"ModuleCode":"TME3101","ModuleTitle":"Mechanical Systems Design","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This is a group-based project that focuses on the design of a complete mechanical design product, emphasizing the design process, analysis and drawings. The major project may be preceded by smaller projects to instill familiarity and experience. Elements of commercialization (e.g. market survey) and form-giving (aesthetics) may be incorporated. Students are required to submit a report, drawings, do a presentation, and take oral examinations. Effective group dynamics and experience of the process and problems involved in translating paper design to prototype are the key objectives of this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"6","Workload":"1-2-0-3-2","Prerequisite":"TME2101","Preclusion":"TM3101","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TME3122","ModuleTitle":"Heat Transfer","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This course covers the key concepts related to the different modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation) and principles of heat exchangers. It develops the students’ proficiency in applying these heat transfer concepts and principles, to analyse and solve practical engineering problems involving heat transfer processes. Topics include introduction to heat transfer; steady state heat conduction; transient heat conduction; lumped capacitance; introduction to convective heat transfer; external forced convection; internal forced convection; natural/free convection; blackbody radiation and radiative properties; radiative exchange between surfaces; introduction to heat exchangers and basic calculation of overall heat transfer coefficient.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TM2122, ME3122E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TME3233","ModuleTitle":"Unsteady Flow in Fluid Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"systems typically encountered in Mechanical Engineering applications. Unsteady flow fluid theories, real-life unsteady flow problems and practical design solutions will be described, explained and analysed in this course. These include Analysis and Designs of Water pumping stations and their distribution systems, petroleum products (i.e. crude oil and natural gas) transportation pipelines systems, Oil and Gas flow systems, Thermal Power Stations flow systems etc","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-1.5-4.5","Prerequisite":"TME2135 or equivalent","Preclusion":"ME3233, ME3233E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TME3241","ModuleTitle":"Microprocessor Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"In this module, students are taught how the microprocessor/microcomputer is applied as the brain in an intelligent mechatronic system. Major topics include: Basic operations of the microprocessor; Introductory assembly language programming; High-level language programming; Basic interfacing with external devices and working with real-time devices. Upon successful completion, students will be able to have the confidence to design and implement smart products and systems, including intelligent robotic devices and machines, and intelligent measurement systems. This is a technical elective with the main target audience being mechanical engineering students in their third year of study. Examples of application, tailored specifically for mechanical engineers, are used to illustrate the principles.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0.5-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TM3241, ME3241E","Corequisite":"TME2143"},{"ModuleCode":"TME3251","ModuleTitle":"Materials For Engineers","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module equips students with basic knowledge in materials selection for mechanical design. The major topics are: Classification of engineering materials; Materials properties in design using case studies; Ferrous alloys (carbon and low-alloy steels, tool steels, stainless steels, cast irons); Non-ferrous alloys (Cu-, Al-, Mg-, Ti-, Zn-, Ni-alloys, etc.); Engineering plastics and composites; Engineering ceramics; Surface engineering and coating techniques; Joining processes; Material selection in design; Product costing and case studies. The module is aimed at students who want to specialise in mechanical product design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"TME2151","Preclusion":"TM3251, ME3251E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TME4213","ModuleTitle":"Vibration Theory & Applications","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module develops students’ understanding of various methods used to determine the shock and vibration characteristics of mechanical systems and instills an appreciation of the importance of these characteristics in the design of systems and their applications in vibration isolation, transmission, and absorption problems; Natural frequencies and normal modes; Dynamic response and stability. Single and multiple-degree-of-freedom systems will be treated using continuous and discrete system concepts, including Lagrange’s equations. Approximation methods for solution as well as instrumentation for vibration measurement will be discussed. Examples will be drawn mainly from mechanical disciplines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-1-1.5-4","Prerequisite":"TME3112","Preclusion":"TM3213, ME4213E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TME4225","ModuleTitle":"Applied Heat Transfer","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This elective module extends the basic heat transfer principles covered in earlier modules to engineering applications. Although some important new physical processes are introduced, the main emphasis is on the use of these to the design-analysis of industrial systems. The use of empirical data for situations where detailed analysis is difficult will be demonstrated through the solution of design examples. The main topics include: Heat exchangers with phase change; Boiling; Condensation; Combined heat and mass transfer; Heat transfer enhancement; Cooling of electronic equipment; and Design examples.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"TME3122","Preclusion":"TM4225, ME4225E","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TME4261","ModuleTitle":"Tool Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"All mechanical engineering students need the basic knowledge of metal machining and tool design for mass production and the design of cutting tools. This module provides the fundamental understanding of metal machining and tool design.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TM4261, ME4261E","Corequisite":"TME3162"},{"ModuleCode":"TME4262","ModuleTitle":"Automation in Manufacturing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a comprehensive introduction to automation technologies applied in discrete part manufacturing. It also introduces essential principles and provides analytical tools for manufacturing control. Major topics covered include: Economic justification of automated systems; Fixed and transfer automation; Automated material handling and automated storage/retrieval systems, Flexible manufacturing systems, Internet-enabled manufacturing, Group technology, Process planning, Automated assembly and automated operation planning for layered manufacturing processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0.5-0-2-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TM4262, ME4262E","Corequisite":"TME3162"},{"ModuleCode":"TME4264","ModuleTitle":"Fundamentals of Automotive Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module covers the basic principles in various areas of  the automobile. These include various types of petrol engines, diesel engines, rotary engines, electric engines and hybrid engines, and their related issues, various types of transmission systems (manual and automatic), chassis design and their development, and vehicle dynamics (including suspension, steering, brakes), car body design and manufacture, and safety issues. Also covered are fuel, combustion, and emissions, plus examples from the automotive industry and current industrial practices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3.5-0-0-1.5-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TM4264","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TP5001","ModuleTitle":"Research Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module involves independent project work over two semesters, on a topic in Transportation Systems & Management approved by the Programme Management Committee. The work may relate to a comprehensive literature survey, and critical evaluation and analysis, design feasibility study, case study, minor research project or a combination.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TP5026","ModuleTitle":"Transportation Management & Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed to provide senior level undergraduate and graduate students with an overall view of the transportation systems, means of managing and influencing the systems to achieve certain goals.  The topics covered include the characteristics of land, sea and air transportation systems; roles and structure of government agencies in transportation management; environmental and social impact of transportation systems, travel demand management; public transport management; models of financing transportation services; regulation and deregulation of transportation services; roles of intelligent transportation systems in system management and policy implementation; case studies of transportation policies in several countries","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"CE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"TCE5026","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TP5028","ModuleTitle":"Intermodal Transportation Operations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING","ModuleDescription":"The module will critically examine the dimensions of an integrated inter-modal transport system in relation to the changing logistics and supply chain practices of procurement, production and distribution. Themes and issues studied include the analysis of inter-modal choices using the total cost concepts in distribution, the international-domestic interface, advanced technologies in inter-modalism, the role of government in inter-modal integration. The module will also introduce simulation analysis for multi-modal operations, including building, calibration and validating models, output analysis and application programming interface.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"CE4 standing or higher","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR2201","ModuleTitle":"Entrepreneurial Marketing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to introduce students to the core concepts of marketing, with a special emphasis on the marketing of new, innovative products and services where no market previously existed or where the underlying product concepts may be unfamiliar to existing customers.   The pedagogical approach emphasises those market research methods, marketing strategies, pricing analysis and promotional techniques that are particularly useful for entrepreneurial settings.  Particular attention is paid to the innovative use of internet as well as non-conventional techniques such as 'guerilla' marketing.  The usefulness of these analytical tools is illustrated through concrete case studies of successful entrepreneurial marketing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TR3003 ","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR2201Y","ModuleTitle":"Entrepreneurial Marketing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to introduce students to the core concepts of marketing, with a special emphasis on the marketing of new, innovative products and services where no market previously existed or where the underlying product concepts may be unfamiliar to existing customers.   The pedagogical approach emphasises those market research methods, marketing strategies, pricing analysis and promotional techniques that are particularly useful for entrepreneurial settings.  Particular attention is paid to the innovative use of internet as well as non-conventional techniques such as 'guerilla' marketing.  The usefulness of these analytical tools is illustrated through concrete case studies of successful entrepreneurial marketing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TR3003","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR3001","ModuleTitle":"New Product Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"MARKETING","ModuleDescription":"This course focuses on the integration of the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of a company to create products that meet market demand. Topics covered in the course include development processes and organisations, product planning, identifying customer needs, product specifications, concept development, product architecture, industrial design, design for manufacturing, prototyping, product development economics, and managing projects. The students are required to complete a group product development project. The course is targeted at undergraduate students in the Technopreneurship Minor Program.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR3002","ModuleTitle":"New Venture Creation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"Creating a new business is a challenging and complex task. The road to entrepreneurial success is long, winding and strewn with pitfalls, obstacles and blind turns. The risks of starting a new business are high, as illustrated by\r\nthe high failure rates for new ventures. However, as is always the case, the rewards are commensurate with the risk: in addition to the psychic rewards of starting a business, witness the dominance of entrepreneurs in the Forbes 400 list.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TR3004, TR3005","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR3002N","ModuleTitle":"New Venture Creation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to equip students with the knowledge and tools required to start their own successful scalable business.  Students learn through developing a business idea and business plan and presenting it to a panel of judges at the end of the course. Major topics covered include: idea generation and evaluation, value proposition, market analysis, sustainable competitive advantage, marketing strategy, creative problem-solving, innovation, teams, legal issues, financing, valuation and forecasting, managing growth, going global, negotiation and presentation. The course is targeted at all students who are interested in learning how to start a scalable business.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TR3004, TR3005","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR3008","ModuleTitle":"Technological Innovation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This course aims to equip students with strong conceptual foundation for understanding the dynamic process of technological innovation. Students will be introduced to the importance of technological innovation as a driver for value creation and economic growth. The dynamics of technological change will be analyzed through the concepts such as technology life-cycles, dominant design, network externalities, and first-mover advantage. Key technology commercialization processes through which an innovative idea is transformed into a successful product or service in the marketplace will be studied, and the key organizational/management factors and socio-economic/competitive environmental factors that influence the effectiveness of these processes will be highlighted.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"IS3251; TR2202.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR3202","ModuleTitle":"Start-up Internship Programme","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module documents the learning experience from the internship in writing. Taken together with TR3201 Entrepreneurship Practicum, the student will prepare a weekly logbook as well as internship reports which will be used a part of the evaluation of their internship experience.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-15-15","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TR3102","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR3203E","ModuleTitle":"Start-up Case Study & Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module involves the writing of a case study on the start-up process and challenges faced by the internship host companies of the students at the overseas college. Students will apply the concepts and frameworks learned in entrepreneurship courses to document the key processes of companies in the real world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR3203N","ModuleTitle":"Start-up Case Study & Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module involves the writing of a case study on the start-up process and challenges faced by the internship host companies of the students at the overseas college. Students will apply the concepts and frameworks learned in entrepreneurship courses to document the key processes of companies in the real world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TR3103","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR3203P","ModuleTitle":"Start-up Case Study & Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"This module involves the writing of a case study on the start-up process and challenges faced by the internship host companies of the students at the overseas college. 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Students will apply the concepts and frameworks learned in entrepreneurship courses to document the key processes of companies in the real world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-0-0-10-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TR3103","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TR4049N","ModuleTitle":"Seminars in Entrepreneurship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with an opportunity to gain knowledge in the broader range of topics of entrepreneurship. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester and may include innovation, negotiation, social entrepreneurship, law, operations, leadership, strategy, technology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Depends on the topics offered, there can be prerequisite(s) on existing modules offering similar topics for example new venture creation or new product development.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Depends on the topics offered, there can be preclusion(s) on existing modules offering similar topics for example new venture creation or new product development."},{"ModuleCode":"TR4049S","ModuleTitle":"Seminars in Entrepreneurship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with an opportunity to gain knowledge in the broader range of topics of entrepreneurship. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester and may include innovation, negotiation, social entrepreneurship, law, operations, leadership, strategy, technology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Depends on the topics offered, there can be prerequisite(s) on existing modules offering similar topics for example new venture creation or new product development.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Depends on the topics offered, there can be preclusion(s) on existing modules offering similar topics for example new venture creation or new product development."},{"ModuleCode":"TR4049T","ModuleTitle":"Seminars in Entrepreneurship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"STRATEGY AND POLICY","ModuleDescription":"This module provides students with an opportunity to gain knowledge in the broader range of topics of entrepreneurship. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester and may include innovation, negotiation, social entrepreneurship, law, operations, leadership, strategy, technology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Depends on the topics offered, there can be prerequisite(s) on existing modules offering similar topics for example new venture creation or new product development.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Depends on the topics offered, there can be preclusion(s) on existing modules offering similar topics for example new venture creation or new product development."},{"ModuleCode":"TS1101E","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Theatre and Performance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will provide students with foundational knowledge of the\r\ndifferent aspects of, approaches and discursive contexts relating to the study and praxis of theatre and performance. The module will also introduce students to the various forms of classical and contemporary performance practices and their attendant modes of analyses: combining play analysis, theatre history & theory. Using complementary content-centred lectures and practice laboratory, the module creates an environment where students simultaneously engage with module content while investigating its relations to the creation of theatre and performance.","CrossModule":"GEM1003","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-2-2-4","Prerequisite":"Exempted from NUS Qualifying English Test, or passed NUS \r\nQualifying English Test, or exempted from further CELC Remedial English modules.","Preclusion":"GEM1003","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS2217","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Performance Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"From religious rituals to personal identity, propaganda to public protests, media spectacles to interactive artworks, performance is a prevalent feature of\r\ncontemporary societies. Performance Studies draws on anthropology, cultural studies and art theory to explore how these and related phenomena work, what effects they have, and how they relate to each other. This introductory module provides an overview of the key concepts behind a fast-developing discipline, and uses them to interpret a range of social practices and performance events that can be found in Singapore and other highly globalized societies. The module combines\r\nfieldwork, critical thinking, and performance analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"TS1101E or GEM1003","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS2221","ModuleTitle":"Global Theatres","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces theatrical histories and theories across a variety of global traditions. As a broad overview, this module juxtaposes significant traditions to think through how theatre is related to its historical context, how theory has arisen from or shaped practice, and how history itself is constructed by historians. Students will investigate a variety of forms including those transmitted through oral, embodied, and text-based methods.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS2239","ModuleTitle":"Major Playwrights of the 20th Century","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the close reading of dramatic texts in order to study the dynamic relationship between text &amp; performance.  Through the examination of 4 major modern playwrights working in different historical, geographical and cultural contexts, this course will explore the development of modern drama in the 20th century, the significance of text as the basis of theatrical realization, the variety of staging possibilities engendered by the dramaturgy of the play-text, and the synergistic partnership of word and action in creating the huge variety of text-based theatre in the 20th century.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"3-0-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"TS1101E or EN1101E or GEM1003","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS2241","ModuleTitle":"Writing the Short Film","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on screenwriting in short fiction films. It cultivates a critical and practical understanding of the short film form and the process of crafting a narrative, particularly the centrality of characterisation, structure and thematic development. Through practice, analysis and self-reflection, students learn to conceptualise, develop and interrogate their own written short cinematic script.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS2243","ModuleTitle":"Film Genres: Stars and Styles","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on the conventions of a variety of film genres and styles, ranging from Hollywood and Chinese cinemas to Bollywood and animation. It traces the development of each genre, examining its defining characteristics, the role and influence of the star system and individual stars such as actors and directors, and its relations to other film styles and industries. Through a group creative project, students will make a film that involves the practical application of critical ideas.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"GEM2026","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"TS3103","ModuleTitle":"Theatre Lab","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The final practical project in the Theatre Studies curriculum provides students with a structured and guided opportunity to research, develop and produce an original performance piece. Working in a group under the supervision of a guest director, students conduct independent contextual research and contribute creatively to the collaborative process. The performance will be shown to a public audience, and each student will offer a research presentation analysing the process, choices and outcomes of individual work in the context of the group project. This is an essential module for Theatre Studies major students, taken in Year 3 of a student’s enrolment.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"2-8-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"TS major students who have completed a minimum of 80 MCs.","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS3233","ModuleTitle":"Southeast Asian Performance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the rich spectrum of performance practices in Southeast Asia, such as ritual theatre, dance drama, storytelling, and puppetry. The performative heritage of performance traditions and religious theatres in the region will be examined and compared with contemporary iterations. Through key theoretical approaches, students will learn to understand each practice in its changing socio-cultural contexts, and its aesthetics. They will trace the genealogy of Southeast Asian performance practices in relation to their historical entanglements with Asian traditions and Western forms. Students interested in theatre, religious studies, sociology and history may find this module useful.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"TS1101E or GEM1003","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS3234","ModuleTitle":"Performance and Popular Culture","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an introduction to the basic tenets of performance studies (i.e. performance and performativity) and applies them to a study of popular culture in a global arena. Through a variety of texts including films, video games, public speeches, and social media posts, the module teaches how the production and circulation of popular forms can be read as performance: how they are produced or packaged for consumption, how the consumer relates to them and how their success or failure is measured. It will show the pervasiveness and relevance of performativity in everyday physical and online interactions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"TS1101E or GEM1003","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS3235","ModuleTitle":"Singapore English-Language Theatre","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a grand overview of Singapore English Language Theatre as well as an in-depth analysis of its canonical texts. It traces the development of Singapore's cultural identity through her theatre's shifting strategies of representation. Apart from contextualizing the key texts within an awareness of Singapore cultural policy and social rubric, this module also focuses on an understanding of theoretical paradigms from postcolonialism, feminism, interculturalism and postmodernism.","CrossModule":"SSA3201","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"TS1101E or GEM1003","Preclusion":"SSA3201","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS3240","ModuleTitle":"Theatre Criticism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will cover the writing and the critical aspect of theatre criticism  -  the art of writing theatre reviews. The role of the theatre critic will be examined in conjunction with the stylistic and formal contents of theatre criticism. The module will explore the uses and elements of theatre criticism with a heavy emphasis on the practical applications of the techniques and skills of writing play analysis in communicating the theatrical experience to the reader. This module will also explore the different modes of publishing in old and new media and examine how they affect reviewer-reader communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"TS1101E or GEM1003","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS3242","ModuleTitle":"Intercultural Theatre","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module will study the usefulness and relevance of ‘intercultural theatre’ as an approach to productions that combine different theatrical forms and cultures. It aims to explore the critical issues and implications of intercultural theatre, a term largely used by Western critics, from specifically Asian positions to practice, and to assess interculturalism as an approach against other concepts such as adaptation, cultural ownership, and cultural ‘borrowing’. The study of various theoretical approaches and performance texts in this module will be related to broader issues such as (post)colonialism, globalisation, and transnationalism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"TS1101E or GEM1003","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS3245","ModuleTitle":"Professional Theatre Internship","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides Arts 3 students majoring in Theatre Studies with the opportunity of an internship project in theatre organizations. It matches individual students' interests and skills with internship roles in stagecraft, stage production, event planning, theatre in education, research and administration offered by theatre companies.  Through research papers, regular reports, and a final presentation, students are trained to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical application, develop skills in teamwork and problem-solving, and form research parameters and gather data to address issues in theatre practice from a critical perspective.  Students are selected competitively on the basis of interviews and portfolios.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"Total of 150-200 hrs","Prerequisite":"TS1101E. Only for TS Major students who are in or going into their third year.\r\n","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS3551","ModuleTitle":"FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project. UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed. UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"Students must:\nhave declared a Major, completed a minimum of 24 MCs in that Major, and have a CAP of at least 3.20.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"TS4222","ModuleTitle":"Performance as Research in Applied Theatre","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The module trains students to become independent performance-based researchers in applied theatre. Students further develop their critical and creative skills through exposure to key practical approaches and critical theories in the field. To consolidate skills in integrating practice with theory, students will undertake Performance as Research projects of considerable scope with attention given to the social and cultural complexity of specific communities and contexts. Applied theatre as a form of social intervention, community engagement and knowledge production will be examined.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in TS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS4401","ModuleTitle":"Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The Honours Thesis is usually done in the second semester of a student's registration in the Honours Degree Programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-1-0-12-24.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012 and before:\nCompleted 110 MCs, including 60 MCs of TS major requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.\n\nCohort 2013-2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of TS major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50, or with recommendation by the programme committee. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of TS major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50, or with recommendation by the programme committee. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"TS4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS4660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2012-2015:\r\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 60 MCs in TS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.\r\n\r\nCohort 2016 onwards:\r\nCompleted 100 MCs, including 44 MCs in TS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20.","Preclusion":"TS4401","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS4880C","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Performance Practices","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"Live performance is a vibrant and dynamic art form, and innovations in aesthetics and technique mean that it is constantly changing. Over the course of this module, students will conduct a critical assessment of recent developments in performance practice, and of their implications for performance theory and\r\nanalysis. Recent trends in performance and scholarship will be surveyed, informed by a combination of publications, electronic resources, and\r\ntheatre-going. Students will be assessed on their capacity to develop informed responses to the work, to conduct and present independent research into current trends, and to reflect critically on the concept of the ‘contemporary’.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-0-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in TS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"TS5212","ModuleTitle":"ASIAN INTERNATIONAL CINEMA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"In recent years, the vitality and currency of Asian cinema has resulted in texts that can no longer be viewed as merely artifacts of a particular culture or nation. This module looks at how film industries in Asia have engaged with global cinema through various forms of negotiations that assert, compromise or consume national, cultural or conventional distinctions. We assess the implications of a conglomerate Asian cinema by examining the current trend of transnational Asian films, the translatability of conventions and adaptability of ideas within Asia itself as well as between Asia and dominant cinemas like Hollywood.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS5212R","ModuleTitle":"ASIAN INTERNATIONAL CINEMA","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"In recent years, the vitality and currency of Asian cinema has resulted in texts that can no longer be viewed as merely artifacts of a particular culture or nation. This module looks at how film industries in Asia have engaged with global cinema through various forms of negotiations that assert, compromise or consume national, cultural or conventional distinctions. We assess the implications of a conglomerate Asian cinema by examining the current trend of transnational Asian films, the translatability of conventions and adaptability of ideas within Asia itself as well as between Asia and dominant cinemas like Hollywood.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TS5660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Must be registered as a Graduate Student in the University or with the approval of the Department","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TS6660","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Admission to the PhD programme or doctoral competence in the discipline to be determined by the Department upon recommendation by the instruction","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"TTG1401","ModuleTitle":"Engineering Mathematics I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module builds and exposes students to the mathematical foundational concepts that are necessary in a variety of engineering disciplines. The topics include the following: Ordinary differential equations. Laplace transform. Matrix algebra. Vector Space. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. Determinants and Inverses. Solution of linear equations. Diagonalisation. Functions of Matrices. Matrix exponential. Matrix differential equations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2.5-1-0-3-3.5","Prerequisite":"NIl","Preclusion":"TE2102 or TM1401 or TG1401","Corequisite":"NIl"},{"ModuleCode":"TTG2415","ModuleTitle":"Ethics In Engineering","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module highlights to students the ethical issues they will face working as an engineering professional. The issues covered range from the rationale for an engineering code of practice, risk and safety issues, conflict of interest, ethical issues in research. This module will be offered to second or higher year engineering students as they need their engineering background to better understand the issues involved. Case studies will be presented to cover real life issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0.5-0-3-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"TG2415","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TTG3001","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module is designed for BTech Engineering students.  It leverages on the student’s work experience and focuses the student’s mind on exploring and reflecting on how the concepts and theories gained in the classroom can be translated into industrial practice to enhance his/her work performance. The student is required to complete 3 written reports, 2 oral presentations, and 6 Skills courses.  This module is normally taken over two consecutive regular semesters, and is an Unrestricted Elective Module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-15-0","Prerequisite":"Completed at least 76MC of modules, including Advanced Placement Credits","Preclusion":"TG3002, TTG3002, TG3001, TIC3901","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TTG3002","ModuleTitle":"Industrial Practice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"This module leverages on the student’s work experience and focus the student’s mind on exploring how the concepts and theories gained in the classroom can be translated into industrial practice to enhance his/her work performance and contribute to his/her success at work. The student will write three reports and do two presentations to explain these aspects to peers and academic advisor who is a faculty member. The module will be spread over two semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"0-1-0-9-0","Prerequisite":"Completed at least 76MC of modules, including Advanced Placement Credits","Preclusion":"TG3001, TG3002, TTG3001","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TTG3101A","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"These module allow individual students to investigate, through independent self-study and research under the guidance of an advisor, into topics of special interest to them. The academic scope, which may be a combination of laboratory-based projects and other academic prescriptions, will be worked out between the student and the advisor amounting to approximately 65/130 for TG3101A/TG3101B hours of work over one or two semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-0-0-5-0","Prerequisite":"Level 3 standing and approval from Dean of SCALE","Preclusion":"TG3101A","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"TTG3101B","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","Department":"SCHOOL OF CONTINUING & LIFELONG EDN","ModuleDescription":"These module allow individual students to investigate, through independent self-study and research under the guidance of an advisor, into topics of special interest to them. The academic scope, which may be a combination of laboratory-based\nprojects and other academic prescriptions, will be worked out between the student and the advisor amounting to approximately 65/130 for TG3101A/TG3101B hours of work over one or two semesters.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-5-0","Prerequisite":"Level 3 standing and approval from Dean of SCALE","Preclusion":"TG3101B","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UAR2208","ModuleTitle":"From Lab to Stage: Writing the Science Play","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"How do we turn science into art? This creative writing module examines how theatre explores issues of science - - the personal, institutional and social dimensions of scientific inquiry – as students create new original dramatic works. Students read and analyse science plays from a playwright’s perspective, and apply the techniques learned to their own short weekly creative writing exercises based on scientific developments. These will be critiqued by their peers, and will culminate in the research and writing of their own one-act plays.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Not applicable to USP First-Tier modules. USP Advanced modules (Course-Based Modules, CBMs) may state general pre-requisite skills/knowledge. Pre-requisites should not make reference to NUS modules.","Preclusion":"Not applicable to USP modules.","Corequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules."},{"ModuleCode":"UBM2201","ModuleTitle":"Hormesis and Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is a common\nsaying that implies a positive response to external stress.\nYet, beyond the rhetorics, this notion is grounded in\nscientific principles. The goal of this module is to first\ndiscuss the theoretical basis behind this effect, and then to\nexplore the reach of this phenomenon across different\ndisciplines. These include addressing the risk-benefits of\nmedications and health supplements, the effects of\nexercise on the physical body, concept of immunity and\nothers. Beyond that, we hope to generate a platform for a\ndeep dialogue on the potential analogies of the concept in\nfar-reaching domains such as sociology, psychology and\neven economics (antifragility). Through this, we hope to\nadvocate the theories and practice of taking “calculated\nrisk” in life situations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-1-1-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UBM2202","ModuleTitle":"Creating Wolverine in Real Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module serves as an introductory module for students\ninterested in regenerative medicine entrepreneurship and its\nassociated intricacies, including ethical issues and\nsocioeconomic impact. This module will broadly cover the\nfundamental concepts in regenerative medicine such as stem\ncell biology and tissue engineering. With this knowledge,\nexamples of regenerative medicine technologies will be used\nas anchors for discussion throughout the course to enable\nstudents to truly appreciate the complexities involved in\nbringing these typically controversial technologies from bench\nto commercialization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UD5602","ModuleTitle":"URBAN STUDIO DESIGN 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The urban design studio is where the synthesis of theoretical and practical aspects of urban analysis and design takes place. Using urban design projects of different scales that deal with programming, planning and design, the studio encourages the integration of political, social, economic, environmental, and physical concerns in the design of urban spaces. The studio will also analyse successful urban design projects in the form of case studies. Urban Design Studio 2 will include a compulsory international workshop in the form of a field trip to a regional city to work with the relevant local planning/design authority and academic institution (cost of fieldtrip borne by student).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"8","Workload":"4-4-0-4-8","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UD5628","ModuleTitle":"Sustainable Urban Design and Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT","Department":"ARCHITECTURE","ModuleDescription":"The module engages the contemporary issues of urban ecology and its articulation to design and development in urban settings. The new commitment of the co-habitation of nature and built environment has drawn attentions of the architects, urban designers and environmental professionals. The discourses of urban sustainability have to move away from social sufficiency, ecological efficiency to ecosystem compatibility by linking the forms and flows of urban, industrial and natural systems. The new challenges of urban ecological issue require design and environmental professionals to deal with how urban and environment spaces could be analyzed, designed, managed, evaluated, represented and changed for responding to the cutting-edge sustainable issues. Divided by two main categories, Spatial Typologies and Ecological Flows, the series of lecture covers the trends and issues of sustainable urban design and development. Following the introductory lecture based on planning and design history, the Part One Spatial Typologies includes global ecological effects of mega urban form, suburbanization and propositions of sustainable city, downtown urban design, waterfront revitalization and brown field redevelopment. The Part Two Ecological Flows covers the ecological design issues of landscape ecological flow, material and energy flow, water flow and informational flow. The sessions conclude with the discussion of representational dimension of urban and environmental design that is essential to the professional practices of ecologically sound urban and environmental design. By selecting one of the specific sustainable urban issues, students are required to work on a research project, which is to be presented as a team work during the semester and further developed as an individual term paper at the end of semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UHB2204","ModuleTitle":"Virtue And Leadership","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module will examine the Biblical, Confucian, Socratic, and Modern or Machiavellian conceptions of the virtuous leader. The module is aimed at exposing students to the most representative texts of each tradition in order to gain depth of understanding of the competing conceptions of leadership, and their underlying assumptions about the nature of human beings. Students will also be expected to interrogate each tradition with a view to discovering its relevance to contemporary life.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UHB2213","ModuleTitle":"Engaging and Building Communities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the theory and practice of community development (i.e., engagement of communities so that they become empowered agents of social change). The community development models and frameworks that would be discussed in the module include asset-based community development; community capitals framework; networking approach to community development; community empowerment models; sustainable livelihoods models; and radical community development.\r\n\r\nStudents would develop competencies in applying qualitative research techniques that can be used to map communities. Additionally, students would be exposed to community participation, consensus building and design thinking techniques that can be adopted to generate solutions to community issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"This module would be cross listed by the new Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre (CTPCLC) (module code CTP2101). A USP + CTPCLC student would be encouraged to take this module through the USP. Students that have taken UHB2213 will be precluded from CTP2101 and vice versa.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UIS3901","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UIS3901S","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module (ST)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UIS3911EC","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study Module","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ARTS & SOCIAL 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The module aims to provide an introduction to the field of quantum computing. While very much a technology of the future, the module will examine some of the possibilities that the quantum world offers in advancing the capabilities of computers and how our notion of information has evolved. Essentially the module showcases, two major paradigm shifts; one from classical physics to quantum physics and the other from the standard Turing principle in computer science to its modern quantum counterpart.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ULS2202","ModuleTitle":"Evolution","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of Evolution This bold statement by the Russian population geneticist T. Dobzhansky emphasizes the importance of evolution as the only unifying concept in biology. Yet, the theory of evolution is more controversial and opposed by more forces in society than any other theory in science. The module will revisit many of these objections and reveal that they are based on reasoning that is incompatible with the principles of science. We will investigate, why it is \"Neo-Darwinism\" and not \"Intelligent Design\" that is currently the best supported paradigm for explaining \"adaptation.\" We will then challenge the power of the neo-Darwinian paradigm by asking how seemingly incompatible phenomena like altruism and excessive male ornamentation can possibly be explained by natural selection. We will also study several key events in evolution such as the origin of sex and its numerous consequences and the origin of the human species. We will conclude with discussing the importance of the theory of evolution for understanding cultural evolution (\"memes\") and human health and senescence (\"Darwinian medicine\").","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-2-0-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ULS2207","ModuleTitle":"The Biology and Phenomenology of Pain","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"When asked, “what is pain?” many respond: “the response to something painful.” That answer is tautological. To escape tautology, we need to understand pain independent of any stimulus; we need to understand pain subjectively. A subjective focus, however, causes \nproblems. The need for subjectivity might deny pain to the unborn and to animals, and seemingly leads to the conclusion that we can “think” ourselves into, and out of, pain. Consequently, many argue that pain should be understood objectively as the expression of biological changes (hormonal increases, brain activity) that are mobilised to defend the organism from injury.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-1-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ULS2208","ModuleTitle":"Biodiversity and Natural History in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Situated within a megadiverse biodiversity-hotspot, Singapore has drastically-reduced natural areas yet remains surprisingly species-rich. Combined with her colonial legacy, infrastructural capabilities and cultural biases, Singapore offers a unique situation for studying biodiversity. In this module, we study how Singapore’s biodiversity landscape as well as the motivations and methods for studying biodiversity have evolved across Singapore’s history. Retracing how prominent naturalists explored Singapore’s biodiversity in the past, we imagine how they would do it today using current techniques. This module has a strong fieldwork component, imbuing students with naturalist sensibilities which heightens their awareness of Singapore’s diverse but oft-neglected natural heritage.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2/4*-2/4*-2/4*-2/4*-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UNL2206","ModuleTitle":"Nature's Threads","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module seeks to explore the importance of various key ideas in the history of physics by considering a selection of examples each semester as a means of examining the whys and hows of certain scientific revolutions. The theme underlying the choice of topics to be covered will be to explore the evolutionary aspect of scientific understanding which finds inter-connections (often, only much later, sometimes even centuries later) between seemingly unrelated ideas. The student should take away from this module a sense of the revolutionary nature and scientific importance of the ideas explored that semester, as well as the deep inter-connections which science establishes - 'Nature's Threads' as it were.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UPC2206","ModuleTitle":"Nanoscale Science And Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Nanotechnology is a relatively new field, and there is still controversy over its future potential. This module aims to acquaint students with the current topics in nanoscience, while engaging them in a dialogue on future possibilities, as well as the social and environmental implications of nanotechnology. Students will first be introduced to fundamentals of the nanoscale and learn to appreciate what the world is like when things are shrunk to this scale. They will then explore the special tools and fabrication methods required and have some hands-on experience with nano-instrumentation in a group project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-2-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UPI2210","ModuleTitle":"Arts of Memory: Public Recollection & Memory Training","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Before technology created augmented reality, the ancient practice of “memory palaces” combined mental visualization with material environments. Over 2,000 years, this practice split along different paths: (1) an analytical tool and (2) a technique for memorizing large chunks of information.\n\nThe memory palace is method people used for memorizing, organizing, and recalling large amounts of information before there were computers. In this course, students will learn and draw from rhetorical theories of memory to analyse communication. Simultaneously, they will use the memory palace to train for a mini-memory championship, held in the last two weeks of the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UQF2101E","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Reasoning Foundation: Quantifying Our Eco-Footprint","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This topic-based module develops quantitative reasoning skills through a structured analysis of one important but accessible problem, imparting to students the appreciation that, for many questions/issues, a quantitative analysis can provide the insight and clarity that complements and moves beyond what might be gained through a qualitative approach.\r\n\r\nIn this particular iteration of the module, we will learn to make appropriate measurements to quantify the ecofootprint arising out of our current personal lifestyle\r\nchoices, conduct systematic thought/real experiments to explore improvement opportunities, and propose a modelbased sustainable alternative for ourselves, our families or communities such as the USP Residential College.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Not applicable to USP First-Tier modules. USP Advanced modules (Course-Based Modules, CBMs) may state general pre-requisite skills/knowledge. Prerequisites should not make reference to NUS modules.","Preclusion":"Not applicable to USP modules.","Corequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules."},{"ModuleCode":"UQF2101G","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Reasoning Foundation: Quantifying Nuclear Risks","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This topic-based module develops quantitative reasoning skills through a structured analysis of an important but accessible problem, imparting to students the appreciation that, for many questions/issues, a quantitative analysis can \r\nprovide the insight and clarity that complements and moves beyond what might be gained through a qualitative approach.  \r\n\r\nThis module focuses on quantifying aspects of nuclear risks. Students will pose a question related to nuclear risks (e.g. What is the lowest dose of radiation that can lead to cancer?), propose a method to measure the relevant variables, collect the necessary data, and make scientifically justifiable inferences from it. Students will thus perform all aspects of a genuine scientific study, from problem formulation to decision making and final reporting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Not applicable to USP First-Tier modules.","Preclusion":"Not applicable to USP First-Tier modules.","Corequisite":"Not applicable to USP First-Tier modules."},{"ModuleCode":"UQF2101H","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Reasoning Foundation: War and  Democracy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This topic-based module develops quantitative reasoning skills through a structured analysis of an important but accessible problem, imparting to students the appreciation that, for many questions/issues, a quantitative analysis can \r\nprovide the insight and clarity that complements and moves beyond what might be gained through a qualitative approach.  \r\n\r\nThis module focuses on interstate war, and how its likelihood is affected by countries’ regime types.  Does democracy cause peace between states?  Known as the “democratic peace theory,” this hypothesis will be investigated by students using quantitative analyses.  They will survey extant research and build empirical models to test the proposition.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Not applicable to USP First-Tier modules.","Preclusion":"Not applicable to USP modules.","Corequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules."},{"ModuleCode":"UQF2101I","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Reasoning Foundation: Quantifying Environmental Quality","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This topic-based module develops quantitative reasoning skills through a structured analysis of an important but accessible problem, imparting to students the appreciation that, for many questions/issues, a quantitative analysis can provide the insight and clarity that complements and moves beyond what might be gained through a qualitative approach.\r\n\r\nThis module looks at environmental quality and human health. Students will learn how environmental quality is measured, air and water quality parameters, and health effects of pollution. They will apply quantitative analyses in understanding our environment and its link to our wellbeing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Not applicable to USP First-Tier modules.","Preclusion":"Not applicable to USP modules.","Corequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules."},{"ModuleCode":"UQF2101J","ModuleTitle":"Quantitative Reasoning Foundation: Pursuit of Happiness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This topic-based module develops quantitative reasoning skills through a structured analysis of an important but accessible problem, imparting to students the appreciation that, for many questions/issues, a quantitative analysis can provide the insight and clarity that complements and moves beyond what might be gained through a qualitative approach. What factors contribute to positive life outcomes? Is successful living predicated simply by demographics or do social attitudes lead to a happy life? Are these two factors linked? We explore 40 years of data to answer questions surrounding the relationship between demographics, attitude, and the quality of life of individuals.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"UTC1409 Jr Seminar: Pursuit of Happiness, offered by College of Alice and Peter Tan (CAPT)","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"UQR2215","ModuleTitle":"Developing Meaningful Indicators","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Indicators are measured concepts that monitor development and track progress. Indicator reports are an indispensable element in the information system of a democratic society, providing government, researchers, business and the public with data driven evidence to inform policy, research and debate. Developing innovative indicators to monitor the progress of difficult to measure concepts (i.e. sustainability, cultural wellbeing, community cohesion), using novel techniques of data collection and analysis (experience sampling, social media, IoT monitoring), are necessities for a society to thrive in an increasingly complex world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"USE2304","ModuleTitle":"Singapore: The Making Of A Nation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The course serves as an introduction to history in general and the history of modern Singapore in particular. It adopts a wide-angled approach to an understanding of national heritage, history and identity, with due attention to both international and internal developments which have together shaped present-day Singapore. These developments include the formation of a colonial plural society under British rule, the impact of the Japanese Occupation, the rise of nationalism and political contestation, statehood, merger with and separation from Malaysia, the politics and economics of survival, and the governance of an independent city-state.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"USE2312","ModuleTitle":"Nationalism and the Arts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"What makes diverse people a nation? Though no single answer covers all nations or nationalisms, analysts agree that modern nations are less a natural formation than a construction in need of constant upkeep. Art can and does play a role here. This module introduces several theories of nationalism and of art on the understanding that these discourses do not mesh easily. This module fosters probing interdisciplinary comprehension of potential intersections between nation-building and paintings, music, photography, poems and a great deal more.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-2-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"Precludes other modules from the ULT2298(x) \"Topics in Lit. 1\" series.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"USE2317","ModuleTitle":"Multiculturalism in Singapore and Its Contested Meanings","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Multiculturalism is a foundational pillar and defining feature in Singapore’s history and society.  At once celebrated and contested, Singapore’s multiculturalism is imbued with various themes and meanings, and poses many important issues and challenges central to personal, group and national cultural identities as well as to political, economic and social life.  How did it come to be a core principle in nation-building?  What are state imperatives and social processes and state imperatives in its historical making and constant remaking?  Why are race, language and religion its core constitutive elements and how have their saliency evolved over time?   What are its main controversial features and areas of tensions, and how do these affect identities, social relations between individuals, groups and communities, and impact social cohesion, citizenship and belonging? How is it further impacted by massive immigration?  Is its present official form still valid in light of immigration, changing demographics and competing claims of rights and responsibilities?  What does multiculturalism mean in citizens’ memories of the past, experiences in their present everyday lives, and imaginings of the future? This module explores and discusses these central questions and significant dimensions, issues and problems in Singapore’s contested multiculturalism through a combination of lectures, seminars, on-site learning, research projects, class presentations and personal reflections.  It also has a strong research component in which students discover and understand multiculturalism through research on selected topics using a variety of research methods, and relate their research and other observations to readings drawn from various disciplines of anthropology, sociology, history, economics, geography, heritage studies and memory studies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-2-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Not applicable to USP First-Tier modules. \r\nUSP Advanced modules (Course-Based Modules, CBMs) may state general pre-requisite skills/knowledge. Pre-requisites should not make reference to NUS modules.","Preclusion":"Not applicable to USP modules.","Corequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules."},{"ModuleCode":"USR4002A","ModuleTitle":"Intellectual Responsibility in a Complex World","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This course prepares students for intellectual life beyond the university by modelling and asking students to engage in responsible reading, thinking, teaching, writing, and dialogue. The module will be taught by a multidisciplinary faculty of four and will examine a theme from several disciplinary perspectives. Students will be challenged to critically read and productively respond to assumptions, evidence, and methods from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. This module builds upon and expands USP’s goal of developing socially engaged thinkers, readers, and writers with the skills necessary to understand and intervene in debates concentrated in but relevant beyond specific disciplines and academia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-4-2","Prerequisite":"Open to students in years 3 and above","Preclusion":"Not applicable to USP modules.","Corequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules."},{"ModuleCode":"USS2105","ModuleTitle":"University Scholars Seminar","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module requires students to reflect on and further develop the intellectual dimension of their academic, professional or social interests. It revolves around a series of talks given by invited speakers, organised into three strands: (i) the academic strand, which introduces various areas and modes of academic inquiry; (ii) the professional strand, which introduces various professions and looks into the nature of the knowledge society; (iii) the social strand, which examines an individual's intellectual and social engagement with the increasingly interdependent world.  Facilitated by the instructors, students will engage in discussions in small groups. The focus of these discussions need not be on the content of the talks per se, but on the process of intellectual inquiry; and the aim is not to find answers per se, but to ask (good and feasible) questions. The module reinforces skills learnt in Writing and Critical Thinking, and allows students to apply them to a diverse range of issues. Assessed on a CS/CU basis, the 4-MC module is completed in two semesters (student's Semester 2 &amp; 3). Students are required to attend at least nine talks (minimum four per semester), participate actively in discussion, and submit four short response papers and two longer papers. Students will have to perform satisfactorily in each of these assessment modes. No partial MC will be given. \n\nRegistration for this one-year long module will be opened for a new intake of first-year students only in Semester 2 of each academic year.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-0-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1102H","ModuleTitle":"Junior Seminar: C.S.I. 101:  Truth from evidence","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Made popular by TV dramas such as Law and Order and C.S.I., forensics uses science to aid in law enforcement and crime solving.   In this interdisciplinary module, students will be engaged in understanding and discussing the value of various analyses conducted to deduce truth from evidence.  Online activities will be paired with active discussions on the history, use and value of forensic analysis.  Finally, the credibility of forensic evidence will be discussed, and societal expectations regarding the “glamorous and exciting” job of the forensic criminologist in CSI compared with the “messy and morbid” nature of forensics in real life.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1902H%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1102S","ModuleTitle":"Living and Dying in the Internet Age","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Now, more than ever, we live, die and live on through Internet technologies such as Web sites, social networking platforms and gaming environments. But how does this ‘living, dying and living on’ through the Internet relate to our ‘bodily living, dying and living on’? Using different disciplinary perspectives, this module will dwell on two questions: (1) How do we make sense of life, death and after-death in the Internet era? (2) How can we respond, through new ways of thinking, practices, policy or design, to the new challenges and questions associated with life, death and after-death today?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1902S%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1112A","ModuleTitle":"Jr Sem Special Topics: Humanising Technology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The late Steve Jobs, former CEO of the Apple company, has been credited with ‘humanising technology’: recognising that technology design needs to be sensitive to human characteristics. In this Junior Seminar, students will be exploring various ways of thinking about the relationship between the ‘technical’ and the ‘human’. What can these tell us about the organization of social life, and how (if at all) do they contribute to the design of ‘better’ technologies? A central role will be reserved for ethnographic studies of technology-in-use – an\nacademic approach that has gained traction with industry over the past decades. Students will also acquire hands-on experience of this approach by\nstudying technology-in-use among friends, in the home, in the College/University, or workplace.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1912A%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1119","ModuleTitle":"Junior Seminar: Crime and Punishment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Understanding crime is important for those who, through the machinery of the state, would seek to impose punishment upon the criminal. This course gives students the opportunity to consider the nature of crime and punishment from a number of perspectives in philosophy, criminology and fiction. They will examine the justifications for deeming behaviour criminal, the causes of this behaviour, as well as the divergent legal responses to it across time and cultures and with changes in technology. Through the use of case studies, students will test their\nintuitions about when the imposition of punishment is morally acceptable.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1120","ModuleTitle":"Junior Seminar: Emotions and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Everybody feels. Our feelings drive us to do and are indicators of the state of our minds. In this course, we take a broad look at human emotions across cultures.\n\nWe ask: what functions do emotions serve? Do gender differences exist? Are emotions and rationality at odds? How do society and technology affect how we feel, our perception of what we ought to feel, and what feelings we are willing to express? What is the relationship between the feeling mind and the body? What is the role of emotion in artificial intelligence?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1403","ModuleTitle":"Jr Sem: Hidden Communities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"There are various ‘hidden communities’ in Singapore that do not gain much public attention but whose members require special consideration from society. People with disabilities, children with learning difficulties, the elderly or migrant workers are among them. They face distinct challenges to live independent and productive lives. Each semester, the module focuses on one specific group and examines that group’s challenges, and best practices in Singaporean and international contexts. Engaging with hidden communities in Singapore is one of the key features of understanding global issues in a local context, so-called ‘Glocalisation’ (globalisation + localisation) to form active citizenship in a healthy society.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1904","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1411","ModuleTitle":"Jnr Sem: Systems Systems Everywhere","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces and examines the idea of a “system”. It explores systems theory as a way of thinking about the goals, boundaries, complexities, stakeholders, and relationships between parts of a larger network (social, \neconomic, knowledge-based etc). Topics include characteristics of a system, inter-relationships between different parts of a system, the effects of a system on its \nstakeholders and vice versa, and the limits and challenges of systems theory. Different national and community systems will be introduced. Students will also have the opportunity to investigate a system of their choice.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM1914, GEM1915%, GEM1918, GEM1919,GET1011, UTC1700, UTC1701","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1414","ModuleTitle":"Jr Sem: Discovering Singapore’s Natural History and Heritage","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"This multidisciplinary module traces the natural history of Singapore and the region via the Spice Trade, European colonialism and independence. The founding of the Botanic Gardens and LKCNHM are set in this historical context. This module explores the value of science and biodiversity research in the region.\nStudents will apply and share this knowledge with the wider community by conceptualising an educational tour of LKCNHM, and help inspire a new found commitment to the natural world amongst urban Singaporeans.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1415","ModuleTitle":"Jr Sem: Family in a Changing Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"Family is often considered the foundation of society. Families affect the way we live, play, and work, shaping our values and how we relate to others. In this module, students will investigate and engage with issues that surround and\ndefine what it means to be a Singaporean family in the 21st century. They will look at issues such as broken and singleparent families, foster care, family leisure, family businesses etc - through economic, social, and psychological perspectives. The module emphasises experiential learning and application of readings outside the classroom through field trips, guest speakers and discussions/interviews with\nfamilies and communities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"N/A","Preclusion":"N/A","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1702D","ModuleTitle":"Thinking in Systems: Population Dynamics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"Many of the world’s problems are linked to population changes: rapidly aging population, immigration woes, and the threat of environmental degradation to human existence.\r\n\r\nIn this module, students will be introduced to population trends and be equipped to better understand fertility, mortality and migration and how they cause changes in population size, composition and distribution. It  incorporates basic concepts, data sources and tools used in demography into a systems approach to modelling population dynamics.\r\n\r\nStudents will build models of increasing complexity, covering a variety of generic structures and classic system dynamics modelling scenarios.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM-coded:\r\nGEM1914 Jnr Sem: Systems Systems Everywhere\r\nGEM1915% Towards an Understanding of the Complex World\r\nGEM1918 Thinking in Systems: Ecosystems and Natural Resources\r\nGEM1919 Thinking in Systems: Diseases and Healthcare\r\nGE Reform:\r\nGET1011 Towards an Understanding of the Complex World\r\nUTC-coded:\r\nUTC1411 Jnr Sem: Systems Systems Everywhere\r\nUTC1700 Thinking in Systems: Ecosystems and Natural\r\nUTC1701 Thinking in Systems: Diseases and Healthcare\r\nTo be precluded with:\r\nAll other topics offered under the UTC1702 parent module","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1702E","ModuleTitle":"Thinking in Systems: Energy Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"Are energy sources infinite? Do energy policies lead to a sustainable energy development? Would renewables solve our future energy needs, mitigate emissions and protect our environment? Students deal with such energy challenges by learning to understand ‘energy systems’ as a ‘complex\r\nwhole’. This module provides a platform for students to understand the complex behavior arising from interdependent interactions of different actors of energy systems with other economic, political, social, technological and environmental factors. To achieve this, it engages students to learn and apply systems thinking tools to such aforementioned challenges through relevant models, case studies and real-world energy policy/problem scenarios.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM-coded:\r\nGEM1915:Towards an Understanding of the Complex World\r\nGEM1914 Jr Sem: Systems: Systems Everywhere\r\nGEM1915 Towards an Understanding of the Complex World\r\nGEM1918 Thinking in Systems: Ecosystems and Natural Resources\r\nGEM1919 Thinking in Systems: Diseases and Healthcare\r\n\r\nGE Reform:\r\nGET1011 Towards an Understanding of the Complex World\r\n\r\nUTC-coded:\r\nUTC1411: Jr Sem: Systems: Systems Everywhere\r\nUTC1702A: Thinking in Systems: Ecosystems and Natural Resources\r\nUTC1702B:Thinking in Systems: Diseases and Healthcare\r\nUTC1702C: Thinking in Systems: Sustainability and Us\r\nUTC1702D: Thinking in Systems: Population Dynamics\r\n\r\nTo be precluded with: all other topics offered under the UTC1702 parent module","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC1702F","ModuleTitle":"Thinking in Systems: Disaster Resilience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"Disasters like floods, storms, new disease outbreaks are increasing in the world. Climate change adds new hazards and uncertainties to existing risks. But are disasters a result of increasing hazards or are we becoming more vulnerable to them? Will they remain as hazards if we plan for resilience? Is resilience built or managed? Students will critically analyse these questions through a systems approach developing qualitative and quantitative models to understand relations between hazards, vulnerability, policy interventions and development practices. The module will encourage students to analyse case studies and grasp the dynamic complexity between risks, social vulnerability and resilience.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM-coded\r\nGEM1915:Towards an Understanding of the Complex World\r\nGEM1914 Jr Sem: Systems:Systems Everywhere\r\nGEM1918 Thinking in Systems: Ecosystems and Natural Resources\r\nGEM1919 Thinking in Systems: Diseases and Healthcare \r\n\r\nGE Reform\r\nGET1011 Towards an Understanding of the Complex World\r\n\r\nUTC-coded\r\nUTC1411: Jr Sem: Systems: Systems Everywhere\r\nUTC1702A: Thinking in Systems: Ecosystems and Natural Resources\r\nUTC1702B:Thinking in Systems: Diseases and Healthcare\r\nUTC1702C: Thinking in Systems: Sustainability and Us\r\nUTC1702D: Thinking in Systems: Population Dynamics\r\n\r\nTo be Precluded with all other topics offered under the \r\nUTC 1702 parent module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2101","ModuleTitle":"Time and Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"There are few things that impact our lives as much as our sense of time. Singapore is a ‘fast-paced’ city where deadlines, time-saving apps and fertility clocks shape people’s actions and experiences, and where many feel ‘time poor’, even if they are cash rich. In this module, we examine the ways in which we take time for granted through analysing the ways in which our lives are temporally grounded. We do so particularly through tracing connections between individual experience, social life and technologies such as clocks and watches, electric lighting and the internet. Is time-stress inevitable in this day and age? What does it mean to use one’s time well?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2105","ModuleTitle":"Singapore as ‘Model’ City?","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"A ‘global city’, a ‘city in a garden’, a ‘city of 6.9 million’... what do these and other models say about Singapore and its relationship to its past and future? This course facilitates critical and multi-disciplinary engagement with the imagination and organization of Singapore as city. Students will examine visible aspects of the urban environment together with what is (treated as) invisible, and explore what is at stake in meeting Singapore’s ambition within its borders and beyond. The module culminates in a project that allows students to situate ideals of the liveable, sustainable, inclusive (etc.) city in particular urban sites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM2905%\nSSU2004%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2113","ModuleTitle":"Gaming Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Games permeate disparate fields of knowledge and involve cultural practices that are part of everyday life. This module investigates the idea of ‘the game’ to develop an appreciation of gaming life. Games are explored in theoretical and practical ways to develop questions interrelating technology, culture, and human community. Further investigation explores gaming culture, i.e.:strategy, tactics, entanglement, addiction, pleasure, play; and domains such as ‘political’ and ‘academic’ games. Play and practice are central features. Students will engage in the construction, critique, and development of games, applying concepts to broader issues of public concern related to the production of social form.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Usually, Tembusu students should read a Junior Seminar before they read a Senior Seminar. Exceptions can be made for students who enter the College after their first year, or who have other persuasive reasons. This is decided on a case-by-case by the College Academic Review Board.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2400","ModuleTitle":"Community Leadership","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"This interdisciplinary module introduces and examines the idea of ‘community leadership’. It focuses on how ordinary individuals identify social needs in the local community and endeavour to improve the lives of vulnerable groups by\norganising grassroots solutions. These individuals include\nNobel Laureates such as Mother Teresa or Muhammad\nYunus but also ordinary unsung heroes closer to\nSingapore. Students are required to investigate the\nemergence of pioneering community leaders combining\nthe socio-historical contexts, personal psychology,\nnetworking and socialisation processes and social\nentrepreneurship. The teaching methodology incorporates\nlectures, seminar discussion, experiential exercises and\nfield study to interview real-life community leaders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"N/A","Preclusion":"GEM2903%","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2402","ModuleTitle":"Environment and Civil Society in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"How ‘green’ is Singapore and how should we preserve biodiversity on this island? This GEM explores the rise of the conservation ethic in Singapore. It traces the scientific, social and economic conditions that gave rise to the global environmental movement, and to its various expressions in Singapore. Students will engage with stakeholders (scientists, officials, civil society) to understand the \nconflicts and collaborations between advocates of development and conservation. The class will make field trips to evaluate state-civil society partnerships (wildlife \nsanctuaries, green corridors, water catchment etc), and debate choices and dilemmas for the future.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM2906%\nSSU2005%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2404","ModuleTitle":"(Re)Building Communities: Insights from India","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the concepts, practices and issues related to “community development”. It focuses on the building and/or rebuilding of marginalised communities (e.g. women, the poor) in developing Asia, particularly within the context of India. It offers students an interactive learning opportunity that combines development theory, classroom discussions in Singapore, and field visits in India. Students will critically examine\r\ndebates about the nature of community development as well as ethical, social and economic challenges of different models.\r\n\r\nPart 1: Understanding community development and India\r\nPart 2: Field visits (India) \r\nPart 3: Reflection and sharing of insights gained","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"25-0-0-81-28","Prerequisite":"NA","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2405","ModuleTitle":"Emerging Asia: Successes and Challenges","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"Why do certain societies succeed, while others fail? While some countries in East Asia such as Singapore and South Korea have achieved economic success, others in the Middle East (or ‘West Asia’) have undergone a trend of de-development, evident in the post-‘Arab Spring’social unrest . This module explores the contrasting social and economic development models of Asia’s regions. We will explore how states are formed, different economic strategies countries have pursued, weigh the impact of culture, and examine social deprivation and autocratic leadership. We uncover the deep-rooted social and economic reasons behind successful or failed development in different Asian countries.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-3-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2407","ModuleTitle":"Work and Inequality","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the concept of “invisible work” – tasks that are an integral part of everyday life, yet remain unrecognized and devalued by employers, governments, consumers and even workers themselves. Students will learn about different conceptualizations of paid and unpaid work, gendered and racialized labor, and the challenges posed by a global market that increasingly relies on flexible, short-term contracts. Drawing from the disciplines of sociology, geography, and anthropology, readings will discuss domestic and professional care work, the emotional labour of service work, and the “hidden” work of information technology industries and business process outsourcing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2408","ModuleTitle":"Beyond Seeing: Looking at Art","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"Are you curious about the visual arts and their role in society? This senior seminar explores visual perception and the social dimensions of art, examining history,\ncultural values, symbolic meaning, and how these influence ways of seeing in Singapore and beyond. Through interactive activities, guest speakers from the arts\nworld and museum visits, we will find out how some art works changed the world or are highly valued, and why others have gone unnoticed or discarded. Students will explore the socio-economic contexts that create cultural and counter-cultural movements, as well as cross-cultural\nexchanges in the art world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2703","ModuleTitle":"Infectious Diseases: Dynamics, Strategies and Policies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"Waves of infectious diseases like Ebola, SARS, and avian flu have shaken countries in recent years. The complex unpredictable nature of infectious diseases has also been a source of fear and threat to humans and other life forms for several centuries. The origin, spread, prevention and control of infectious diseases involve actors including animals, birds, insects, humans, environment, society and economics. This module will explore the interconnections and interdependencies between these actors as models that involve a “system of systems”. Besides helping to relate model structure to dynamic behaviour, the models will be used to design optimal vaccination and control policies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-1-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2704","ModuleTitle":"Projects in Systems Thinking and System Dynamics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"This module will foster deeper anchoring in Residential College 4’s (RC4s’) theme “Systems Thinking and System Dynamics” through diverse projects related to systems such as energy, environment, health, society, and business. It builds upon the skill sets that RC4 students acquired in junior seminar and senior seminar 1. Students will do individual projects supervised by RC4 fellows; some of them may involve external collaborations, and field work. Intellectual exchanges between supervisors, collaborators, practitioners on the field, and peers will provide a unique experience to students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-4-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2707","ModuleTitle":"Understanding Health and Social Care in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"The rapid growth of the elderly population in Singapore is a source of concern due to the health implications of aging. While people are increasingly avoiding fatal events, they are often not avoiding the physiological changes associated with\naging and the accumulation of chronic conditions and functional disability. Keeping pace with rising healthcare demand poses a key challenge for policymakers. This module explores the complex relationships between health and social care in the context of an aging society, with Singapore as a case. Students will be introduced to concepts and tools for health system-wide analysis of health and social care policies and strategies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-1-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2712","ModuleTitle":"Hard to secure easy to waste - Singapore’s food story","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"A growing population, changing dietary habits and climate change are contributing to the challenge of securing food for Singapore. Singapore imports over 90% of its food supply and uses under 1% of its land area for agriculture.\r\nIn 2015, Singapore was ranked the second most food secure country in the world. On the other hand, Singapore’s food wastage has increased by 50% since 2005 and 1 in 10 people in Singapore is food insecure. This module takes a systems thinking and systems dynamics perspective to analyse and understand this apparent paradox between food security and food waste in\r\nSingapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"UTS2704","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2713","ModuleTitle":"Modelling Singlehood, Marriage & Fertility in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"Singapore has a shrinking and ageing citizen population, owing to its declining fertility rates and longer lifespans, rising singlehood and divorce rates, delay in marriages and family formation. Policies designed to lift its fertility rates\r\nhave had little success. This module will use system dynamics modelling to gain insights into the dynamics and outcomes of population transitions in Singapore and countries facing similar or contrasting demographic\r\nchallenges. It will also explore changing attitudes and expectations associated with singlehood, marriage and childbearing in Singapore and the region, and seek to understand the interplay of factors creating policy resistance in the city-state.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"UTS2705","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2714","ModuleTitle":"A social critique of markets in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"This module is a social critique of markets and market behaviour in Singapore. Markets are often explained with methodological individualism as opposed to broader social systems that underscore behavioural and motivational\r\ndeterminants. This module presents an inter-disciplinary reading of selected economic concepts and critiques them from a social and holistic angle. It is principally a sociohistorical reading of how markets perform. In its application\r\nside, the module will reinterpret the success of Singapore using conceptual tools such as objective value theory, social productivity, the leisure class, and the historically determined social wage.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"UTS2706","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2715","ModuleTitle":"Decoding Complexity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"The world today is not only more interconnected and richer in content than ever before, but also more sensitive to disruption. Just as the proverbial butterfly flapping its wings can cause a tornado, can a small disturbance in a distant connection result in destruction elsewhere? This module focuses on such phenomena that seem to pervade a wide variety of complex issues in sociology, economics, finance, epidemics, terrorism, and science to name a few. Students will be able to debate through complex issues that Singapore and the world faces, model them, and in the process find handles to manage such complexities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-1-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"UTS2707","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2716","ModuleTitle":"Mapping Hidden Connections with Network Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"Networks are powerful representations of real-world systems due to their ability to encapsulate micro-relationships, yet eliciting powerful insights when observed at the macro-level. These capabilities allow network analysis and modelling to be employed at the best technology companies like Google and Facebook. This course is a gentle introduction to network concepts, how it is changing the way we look at the world, and how it can be leveraged to make decisions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC2718","ModuleTitle":"Energy and Singapore: Dynamics, Dilemmas and Decisions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"Energy in Singapore depends mainly on imported fossil fuels/petroleum/natural gas. Obviously, in the quest for alternatives, future energy demand and mix, some challenges/dilemmas arise naturally in Singapore context: would nuclear energy deployment be feasible? Is wind energy a viable option? would a complete switch to solar, biofuels, and waste-to-energy technologies be possible? This module offers a systems and system dynamics approach to deal with such issues and the corresponding dynamics, dilemmas and decisions that arise while addressing them. Students gain insights into the political, socio-economic and environmental aspects of these challenges through relevant case studies/models.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC3100","ModuleTitle":"Third Year Experience Workshops: “Exploring Possibilities”","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The backbone of the Third Year Experience at Tembusu College is a series of workshops designed to help students explore possibilities. From a personal and professional development angle, the workshops offer tools and techniques for cultivating selfawareness as well as foundational skills for dealing with different kinds of situations. Through experiential exercises and sharing with others, students reflect on their intrinsic motivations and examine their habitual thought patterns. This prepares students for the working world, and more broadly lays a foundation for greater self-determination.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC3102","ModuleTitle":"Tembusu Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and sometimes in a team, on an existing research project. A Tembusu UROP may focus on\nresearch related to a particular aspect of life, education or organization at Tembusu College. Alternatively, students may participate in research led\nby a College Fellow or other academic, as long as the project gives the student exposure to forms of expertise and/or interests that go beyond any\nparticular discipline. The aim of the UROP is to help support a student’s academic and professional development through a meaningful research\napprenticeship. The UROP is a graded module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-0-0-7-2","Prerequisite":"Ideally, a student should have completed the University Town Residential Programme of five modules before embarking on this UROP. \r\n\r\nHowever, due to the diverse student population at Tembusu, this is not always possible, and some exceptional students may want the chance to embark on a Tembusu UROP already in their second year. The prerequisite is that students should have completed at least one Junior or Senior Seminar at the College, as well as at least one Ideas and Exposition module or a faculty-based writing course.\r\n\r\nFor student-candidates who meet the prerequisite but who have not finished the five-module UTCP, the prospective supervisor/research leader is required to make a case to the UROP coordinator and/or the Director of Studies. The case should be based on (1) an evaluation of the student’s demonstrated aptitude and motivation for independent research and inquiry, and (2) the student’s demonstrated potential for producing high-quality academic writing.","Preclusion":"GEM3901","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC3400","ModuleTitle":"Independent Study","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"The Independent Study Module (ISM) provides an opportunity for senior undergraduates who are staying at the College of Alice & Peter Tan (CAPT) to do \nindependent critical reading or research work. Unlike a UROP, where the student contributes to an existing research project, an ISM is an individual study \nprogramme conceptualized by the student. ISMs undertaken at CAPT must be inter-disciplinary, multidisciplinary, or trans-disciplinary in topic and/or approach. \nStudent and supervisor need to submit for approval an ISM contract that gives a clear account of the topic, programme of study, evaluation, and other pertinent \ndetails. The ISM is a graded module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-0-10","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM3902","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTC3401","ModuleTitle":"CAPT Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and sometimes in a team, on an existing research project. A CAPT UROP may focus on research  related to a \nparticular aspect of life, education or organization at the College. Alternatively, students may participate in research led by a College Fellow or other academic,  as long as the project gives the student exposure to forms of expertise and/or interests that go beyond any particular discipline. The aim of the UROP is to \nhelp support a student’s academic and professional development through a meaningful research apprenticeship. The UROP is a graded module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-0-0-8-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM3903","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2105","ModuleTitle":"Singapore as ‘Model’ City?","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"A ‘global city’, a ‘city in a garden’, a ‘city of 6.9 million’... what do these and other models say about Singapore and its relationship to its past and future? This course facilitates critical and multi-disciplinary engagement with the imagination and organization of Singapore as city. Students will examine visible aspects of the urban environment together with what is (treated as) invisible, and explore what is at stake in meeting Singapore’s ambition within its borders and beyond. The module culminates in a project that allows students to situate ideals of the liveable, sustainable, inclusive (etc.) city in particular urban sites.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM2905%\nSSU2004%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2114","ModuleTitle":"Technologies and Ageing in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"TEMBUSU COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"With a rapid growth in ageing population, technological advancements offer opportunities to impact the lives of the elderly in Singapore. There is an increasing need to improve the health and social needs of the ageing population. In what ways can we do to help the elderly achieve a sense of worth, confidence and productivity? How do technologies empower and disempower the elderly to have a stronger connection to their community and improved social life? What kind of technologies are required to address the needs of the growing ageing population in the future and how can Singapore develop them?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Usually, Tembusu students should read a Junior Seminar before they read a Senior Seminar. Exceptions can be made for students who enter the College after their first year, or who have other persuasive reasons. This is decided on a case-by-case by the College Academic Review Board.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2400","ModuleTitle":"Identities in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"This course explores identity-formation in Asia from topdown and bottom-up perspectives, by looking at how authorities, communities and individuals construct their collective identities. The concept of ‘identity’ is a contentious site as it deals with issues of belonging, imagining communities and defining one’s trajectory (identity-formation). Looking at historical cases to cross-compare examples among Asian societies, the course aims to encourage students to investigate groups and their relationships to their surrounding communities (families, societies and gender) and to examine the relations between state and identity, and between social activism and identity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSU2002%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2402","ModuleTitle":"Environment and Civil Society in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"How ‘green’ is Singapore and how should we preserve biodiversity on this island? This GEM explores the rise of the conservation ethic in Singapore. It traces the scientific, social and economic conditions that gave rise to the global environmental movement, and to its various expressions in Singapore. Students will engage with stakeholders (scientists, officials, civil society) to understand the \nconflicts and collaborations between advocates of development and conservation. The class will make field trips to evaluate state-civil society partnerships (wildlife \nsanctuaries, green corridors, water catchment etc), and debate choices and dilemmas for the future.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"1-2-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"GEM2906%\nSSU2005%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2405","ModuleTitle":"Work and Inequality","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the concept of “invisible work” – tasks that are an integral part of everyday life, yet remain unrecognized and devalued by employers, governments, consumers and even workers themselves. Students will learn about different conceptualizations of paid and unpaid work, gendered and racialized labor, and the challenges posed by a global market that increasingly relies on flexible, short-term contracts. Drawing from the disciplines of sociology, geography, and anthropology, readings will discuss domestic and professional care work, the emotional labour of service work, and the “hidden” work of information technology industries and business process outsourcing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-0-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2406","ModuleTitle":"Beyond Seeing: Looking at Art","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"Are you curious about the visual arts and their role in society? This senior seminar explores visual perception and the social dimensions of art, examining history,\ncultural values, symbolic meaning, and how these influence ways of seeing in Singapore and beyond. Through interactive activities, guest speakers from the arts\nworld and museum visits, we will find out how some art works changed the world or are highly valued, and why others have gone unnoticed or discarded. Students will explore the socio-economic contexts that create cultural and counter-cultural movements, as well as cross-cultural\nexchanges in the art world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2500","ModuleTitle":"College 3 Capstone Experience","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"COLLEGE OF ALICE & PETER TAN","ModuleDescription":"The Capstone Experience is open to undergraduate members of the College (Year 2 and above) and builds on the first and second year modules of the UTown\nResidential Programme. Students may elect to work individually (e.g. as part of an internship) or in an multidisciplinary group. Together with an external organization,\nand under the guidance of an academic supervisor, they apply disciplinary knowledge and skills to address an issue or question which is authentic and of practical relevance to the community. In the process, students engage\ncommunities and organizations either locally or abroad in planning, implementing and communicating their ideas and concepts, develop collaborative and leadership skills, cultural competency and an awareness of civic values. The\nlearning experience is reflected in well-researched and thoughtful situational analyses, a learning journal, and midterm and final reports or presentations.\nCapstone experiences will be supervised by College faculty with expertise in the chosen area, with the participation of a qualified preceptor from the external\norganization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-0-5-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"SSU2001%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2701","ModuleTitle":"Understanding Health and Social Care in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"The rapid growth of the elderly population in Singapore is a source of concern due to the health implications of aging. While people are increasingly avoiding fatal events, they are often not avoiding the physiological changes associated with\naging and the accumulation of chronic conditions and functional disability. Keeping pace with rising healthcare demand poses a key challenge for policymakers. This module explores the complex relationships between health and social care in the context of an aging society, with Singapore as a case. Students will be introduced to concepts and tools for health system-wide analysis of health and social care policies and strategies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-1-4-3","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2704","ModuleTitle":"Hard to secure easy to waste - Singapore’s food story","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"A growing population, changing dietary habits and climate change are contributing to the challenge of securing food for Singapore. Singapore imports over 90% of its food supply and uses under 1% of its land area for agriculture.\r\nIn 2015, Singapore was ranked the second most food secure country in the world. On the other hand, Singapore’s food wastage has increased by 50% since 2005 and 1 in 10 people in Singapore is food insecure. This module takes a systems thinking and systems dynamics perspective to analyse and understand this apparent paradox between food security and food waste in\r\nSingapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"UTC2712","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2705","ModuleTitle":"Modelling Singlehood, Marriage & Fertility in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"Singapore has a shrinking and ageing citizen population, owing to its declining fertility rates and longer lifespans, rising singlehood and divorce rates, delay in marriages and family formation. Policies designed to lift its fertility rates\r\nhave had little success. This module will use system dynamics modelling to gain insights into the dynamics and outcomes of population transitions in Singapore and countries facing similar or contrasting demographic\r\nchallenges. It will also explore changing attitudes and expectations associated with singlehood, marriage and childbearing in Singapore and the region, and seek to understand the interplay of factors creating policy resistance in the city-state.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"UTC2713","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2706","ModuleTitle":"A social critique of markets in Singapore","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"This module is a social critique of markets and market behaviour in Singapore. Markets are often explained with methodological individualism as opposed to broader social systems that underscore behavioural and motivational\r\ndeterminants. This module presents an inter-disciplinary reading of selected economic concepts and critiques them from a social and holistic angle. It is principally a sociohistorical reading of how markets perform. In its application\r\nside, the module will reinterpret the success of Singapore using conceptual tools such as objective value theory, social productivity, the leisure class, and the historically determined social wage.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"UTC2714","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2707","ModuleTitle":"Decoding Complexity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"The world today is not only more interconnected and richer in content than ever before, but also more sensitive to disruption. Just as the proverbial butterfly flapping its wings can cause a tornado, can a small disturbance in a distant connection result in destruction elsewhere? This module focuses on such phenomena that seem to pervade a wide variety of complex issues in sociology, economics, finance, epidemics, terrorism, and science to name a few. Students will be able to debate through complex issues that Singapore and the world faces, model them, and in the process find handles to manage such complexities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-2-1-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"UTC2715","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTS2709","ModuleTitle":"Energy and Singapore: Dynamics, Dilemmas and Decisions","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE 4","ModuleDescription":"Energy in Singapore depends mainly on imported fossil fuels/petroleum/natural gas. Obviously, in the quest for alternatives, future energy demand and mix, some challenges/dilemmas arise naturally in Singapore context: would nuclear energy deployment be feasible? Is wind energy a viable option? would a complete switch to solar, biofuels, and waste-to-energy technologies be possible? This module offers a systems and system dynamics approach to deal with such issues and the corresponding dynamics, dilemmas and decisions that arise while addressing them. Students gain insights into the political, socio-economic and environmental aspects of these challenges through relevant case studies/models.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-3-0-4-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW1001H","ModuleTitle":"Eating Right(s): The Politics of Food","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"Do you know where your last meal came from? Have you ever wondered how your dietary choices affect communities, species and landscapes worldwide? This interdisciplinary writing course examines some human and ecological impacts of contemporary food-related practices and interactions. Readings from different perspectives focus critical attention on industrial agriculture, factory farming, packaging/distribution networks and international trade agreements in relation to issues of hunger, obesity, food security and environmental sustainability. In small collaborative classes, you will examine the strategies used by individual authors to construct persuasive arguments and learn to incorporate these rhetorical skills into your own writing about food.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Students must have passed/been exempted from the NUS Qualifying\nEnglish Test (QET) or have passed CELC English for Academic\nPurposes modules.","Preclusion":"IEM1201%,\nUTW1001%,\nES1501%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW1001N","ModuleTitle":"Public Persona and Self-presentations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"Public persona is a fundamental yet unarticulated aspect of persuasion in spoken discourse. In this course, students will explore and examine speakers’ public persona with a focus on interactional and social roles in performed presentations before a public audience. What does it mean to perform a public persona? How is public persona shaped, strengthened, or attenuated? Is there such a thing as an \"authentic\" public persona? In seminar-type classes and, subsequently, in writing assignments, students will analyse verbal and nonverbal performance of a speaker or speakers in mediated and/or non-mediated contexts, and develop informed views of their public persona.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Students must have passed/been exempted from the NUS Qualifying\nEnglish Test (QET) or have passed CELC English for Academic\nPurposes modules.","Preclusion":"IEM1201%,\nUTW1001%,\nES1501%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW1001S","ModuleTitle":"Women in Film","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the representation of women in film as a site of ideological struggle. Students will investigate the multi-facetted images of women that appear in selected films and engage in critical debates about the messages that these images convey, as well as the extent to which they are influenced by history and culture. With an understanding of film analysis and the concept of ideology, students will examine how diverse viewpoints are expressed in key scholarly readings and contemporary articles, and develop writing skills that enunciate their own position within the debates.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Students must have passed/been exempted from the NUS Qualifying\nEnglish Test (QET) or have passed CELC English for Academic\nPurposes modules.","Preclusion":"IEM1201%,\nUTW1001%,\nES1501%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW1001U","ModuleTitle":"The Detective","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"The detective genre is well positioned to foreground the rhetorical situation in its concern with the generation of meaning. In this module students are invited to identify with the detective who offers a metaphor for the process of reading carefully for information, distinguishing between valid and inadequate evidence, and constructing a credible argument built on knowledge gleaned from careful observations. Students will engage in debates around what constitutes “knowledge”, how (and whether) “truth” can be arrived at, and how the detective genre can illustrate these debates through an understanding of epistemology, i.e. the theory of knowledge.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Students must have passed/been exempted from the NUS Qualifying\nEnglish Test (QET) or have passed CELC English for Academic\nPurposes modules.","Preclusion":"IEM1201%,\nUTW1001%,\nES1501%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW1001V","ModuleTitle":"Exploring Blogs as a Form of Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"Blogs have become an important part of modern life. Short for weblog, blogs originated as a medium through which authors of personal websites expressed their views on a range of issues. Today, a variety of organizations from universities, the media, business, personal and professional networking sites use blogs to communicate with their target audience. Are institutional and personal blogs performing strategic communication goals such as promoting particular ideologies? Are these blog representations authentic? What other social purposes do blogs serve? In this module, we examine the role of blogs through a critical engagement with the literature and an analysis of blogs from different organizations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Students must have passed/been exempted from the NUS Qualifying English Test (QET) or have passed CELC English for Academic Purposes modules.","Preclusion":"Students who have already read a IEM1201%, UTW1001% and ES1501% module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW1001W","ModuleTitle":"The Online Politician: The Use of Social Media in Political Communication","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"Using social media as a political battleground during the 2011 General Election changed Singapore’s political landscape indelibly.\nIt exemplified an emerging trend: the increasing use of  Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat by politicians to gain greater political support and popularity. In fact, using social media for political communication has gone viral in Singapore, Asia-Pacific and beyond. This module explores the dynamics of social media in political communication, with a focus on Singapore, as well as the United States as case studies. Students will analyse the impact of conventional means of  political communication as opposed to those using social media.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Students must have passed/been exempted from the NUS Qualifying English Test (QET) or have passed CELC English for Academic Purposes modules.","Preclusion":"Students who have already read a IEM1201%, UTW1001% and ES1501% module.","Corequisite":"N/A"},{"ModuleCode":"UTW1001X","ModuleTitle":"Exploring Changing Tourist Destinations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"How has globalization transformed the nature of tourism? Why have abandoned sites, like derelict historical buildings and now-defunct prisons, become places of attraction today? This module examines the reasons for the emergence of ‘new’ tourist destinations, and the implications of these trends on local development and the environment. Using postcolonialism as a lens of analysis, students will explore the changing paradigms of tourist destinations and the resultant conflicts that evolve between different stakeholders, such as human rights organizations, indigenous communities, tourism operators, and tourists themselves. Topics covered include ethnic tourism, heritage tourism, danger (adventure) tourism, and dark tourism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Students must have passed/been exempted from the NUS Qualifying English Test (QET) or have passed CELC English for Academic Purposes modules.","Preclusion":"Students who have already read a WP2201%, IEM1201%, UTW1001%, ES1201G, ES101L or ES1501% module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW2001K","ModuleTitle":"Public Memory, Identity and Rhetoric","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"This research-based writing module examines the intersections of public memory, identity, and rhetoric in contemporary Singapore. In the module, students will consider theories and methodologies drawn from the interdisciplinary field of memory studies and pratice applying them in a variety of Singaporean contexts—considering, for example, the Singapore Memory Project, local museums, plays, political speeches, the preservation and transformation of memorial spaces or historical sites such as Bukit Brown cemetery, and more. Students will use their new knowledge of the rhetorical power of memory to embark on their own research project examining course themes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"IEM1201%,\nUTW1001%","Preclusion":"IEM2201%,\nUTW2001%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW2001M","ModuleTitle":"Sport and Socialization","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"Involvement in professional and amateur sports through competition, ludic activity or spectatorship is a social experience and thus connected to larger social and cultural formations. Students will engage with sociological research and develop their own critical positions grounded within functionalist, interactionist or critical theory frameworks in one of three areas: (1) Socialization into sport; what factors may influence initiation and continuation? (2) Socialization out of sport; in particular what are the causes and effects of burnout or retirement in competitive sport? (3) Socialization through sport; how are dimensions of identity (embodiment, gender, race, social class) developed?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"IEM1201%,\nUTW1001%","Preclusion":"IEM2201%,\nUTW2001%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW2001P","ModuleTitle":"Science Fiction and Empire","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"Science fiction is less about the future than it is about the present. Many science fiction narratives critique contemporary social issues, particularly imperialism and colonialism. This course will introduce students to the theories of colonialism and their importance in a modern context. Armed with this knowledge, students will engage with classic and contemporary science fiction texts in order to understand, as well as question, how such narratives describe and proscribe ways of ordering the world. In developing their original research projects, students will explore how this intersection between popular narrative and ideology influences many of the ways we think about culture today.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"IEM1201%,\nUTW1001%","Preclusion":"IEM2201%,\nUTW2001%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW2001Q","ModuleTitle":"'What's in a word?' Meaning across cultures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"It is often assumed that there is a common understanding of what specific words mean. However, can one assume a common understanding across cultures of words describing colour, such as 'red' or 'maroon,' or emotion, such as 'happiness,' 'pleasure,' or 'disgust'? Are forms of address, such as nicknames, or interjections, such as 'damn' or the 'F' word, used in similar ways across cultures? Are there differences between the ways that speakers of different varieties of English understand the meanings of such words? This module explores how meaning is culture-bound, and helps students understand cultural differences in the choice and use of words.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"I&E I","Preclusion":"(i)\tUSP students may read any I&E module, but not in lieu of a Writing and Critical Thinking module.\n(ii)\tStudents who have already read an I&E II module.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UTW2001R","ModuleTitle":"Discourse, Citizenship, and Society","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"Citizens participate in society through discourse -- talk and texts. How citizens speak and write about social issues in face-to-face and online platforms therefore warrant careful reflection. This course aims to enable students to examine how individuals enact their citizenship through language and other symbols. Students will investigate how citizens mobilize language, voice, body and other resources to deal with issues pertaining to social differences, processes of exclusion, and participation in local, regional and global contexts, among others. By the end of the module, the students should be able to develop critical awareness of\nhow civic discourse shapes public issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"4-0-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"I&E 1","Preclusion":"Students who have already read an I&E 2 module","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"UTW2001T","ModuleTitle":"Nobodiness: The Self as Story","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"CTR FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION","ModuleDescription":"The sense of having a self pervades everyday experience as well as the stories we encounter in fiction, film, television, and video games. On the other hand, the self has been called into question from various scientific, religious, and philosophical perspectives. This module examines the concept of selfhood, considering the possibility that it may be a fabrication, and examines the positive and negative aspects of positing the existence of selfhood. The module culminates in student research projects that apply critiques of the self from cognitive psychology, Eastern religion, and/or continental and analytic philosophy to a text of their choosing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"IEM1201%,\nUTW1001%","Preclusion":"IEM2201%,\nUTW2001%","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UWC2101F","ModuleTitle":"Writing and Critical Thinking: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module teaches writing and critical thinking through forms of human trafficking in the contemporary world. Topics discussed include sex workers, migrant labour, abolitionist and human rights approaches to human trafficking, as well as media representations. The module thus provides the opportunity for students to reflect on the nature of problem in the contemporary world, as well as \ntheir responsibilities as global citizens.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UWC2101G","ModuleTitle":"Writing & Critical Thinking: Apocalyptic Cultures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"This module primarily introduces fundamental skills of writing that are appropriate to the interdisciplinary context of the USP. It does so by advancing various topical questions surrounding our fascination with and anxieties about the portentous and cataclysmic events leading to the end of world. Are these concerns new or culturally specific? Are these apocalyptic visions obsessed with finality or are they genuinely more interested in new beginnings? In exploring these topics, students develop skills necessary in reading primary and secondary texts, to ask focused questions and explain why they matter, and ultimately to respond with well-formed arguments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules.","Preclusion":"Not applicable to USP modules.","Corequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules."},{"ModuleCode":"UWC2101L","ModuleTitle":"Writing and Critical Thinking: Conditions of Happiness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"In this course, we will investigate a fundamental human question: what is happiness, and what do we need to attain it? Is happiness in our own control or does it depend on external circumstances, such as wealth or freedom? Are pleasure or virtue necessary or even sufficient conditions of happiness? What constitutes a meaningful life, and how is meaning related to happiness? To reflect on such questions, we will investigate the arguments of philosophers, psychologists, economists, and other thinkers over the course of three thematic units.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules.","Preclusion":"UTC1409: Jr Seminar: Pursuit of Happiness","Corequisite":"Not applicable to USP modules."},{"ModuleCode":"UWC2101N","ModuleTitle":"Writing & Critical Thinking: Clothing Identities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"The subject students will think, read, and write about in this module is clothing and identities. Do clothes make the man or woman? Most people accept that the clothes we wear say something about us? Particularly about our race, gender, class, and power status. But what do they say, exactly? How do they say this? Why have we learned to see clothes as speaking thus? Furthermore, if clothes say certain accepted things, what happens when people dress in inappropriate ways?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UWC2101R","ModuleTitle":"Writing & Critical Thinking: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on 'Mind'","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"What is \"the mind\" and where does it fit in the interdependent histories of nature and culture on our planet? Does \"mind\" reduce to brain activity? Or is it more than just the electro-chemical exchange between neurons? As minded creatures with brains ourselves, the ways in which we delimit the mind/brain relation has enormous consequences for the ongoing construction of our legal, social, medical and ethical lives. In this module, we will study some of the major approaches to this issue, and attempt to discover what it is that we are really talking about when we are talking about \"mind.\"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"UWC2101U","ModuleTitle":"Writing & Critical Thinking: Technologies of Home","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","Department":"UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME","ModuleDescription":"Domestic life is routinely held up for admiration as pure or natural.  But how many of us experience family time/space in that way?  Challenging the truism that domesticity offers a refuge from the modern world, this module recognises that technology makes it possible for modern people to be, and feel, at home.  Some relevant technologies involve engines or electronics.  But others organise ideas about gender, room, place and belonging.  By enhancing awareness of domesticity’s “constructed nature,” this module deepens understanding of home sweet home.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"VM5104","ModuleTitle":"Psychiatry, Psychosocial Care & Spiritual Issues in Palliative Care","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module covers common psychosocial and spiritual issues in palliative care. Assessment and management of Anxiety and Depression as well as managing patients asking for hastened death will be included. There will be a section on grief and bereavement and caring for caregivers, including healthcare workers. Sexuality and body image and its impact on patients’ psychosocial wellbeing will be covered in the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-12-0-8-100","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"VM5105","ModuleTitle":"Communication and Ethical Issues","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE","Department":"DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL STUDIES","ModuleDescription":"This module covers communication skills in breaking bad news, managing collusion, conducting a family conference and advance care planning. It also covers major ethical dilemmas encountered in palliative care such as withholding and withdrawing life sustaining treatment. Learning will be achieved through use of role plays and case discussions in this module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"0-12-0-8-100","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"WR1401","ModuleTitle":"Workplace Readiness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"NON-FACULTY-BASED DEPARTMENTS","Department":"RIDGE VIEW RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to enhance students’ workplace readiness, personal and interpersonal effectiveness, inner resilience, as well as leadership qualities.  Attributes associated with team spirit and personal effectiveness are developed through camps, sustained sports activities, and career readiness workshops and seminars. Unlike the interdisciplinary and writing and communication modules which are credit-bearing modules, this module is not credit bearing.  It is however compulsory for all students to read.  The module challenges students to venture and explore beyond their comfort zone and places them in situations/contexts where their endurance and resilience are put to test.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"0","Workload":"1-2-2-0-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"XFA4401","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Honours Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"For this module which is applicable to the double honours degree programmes, students are required to write a scholarly report of not more than 40 typed pages (including bibliography and appendices) on a rigorous multi-disciplinary research on current issues, or on theory or methodology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\n(1) Completed 110 MCs including 60 MCs of EC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50\n(2) Passed EC4301/EC4101 or EC4302/EC4102.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of EC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of EC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"EC4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"XFA4402","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"ECONOMICS","ModuleDescription":"For this module which is applicable to the double honours degree programmes, students are required to write a scholarly report of not more than 40 typed pages (including bibliography and appendices) on a rigorous multi-disciplinary research on current issues, or on theory or methodology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\n(1) Completed 110 MCs including 60 MCs of EC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50\n(2) Passed EC4301/EC4101 or EC4302/EC4102.\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 60 MCs of EC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\nCompleted 110 MCs including 44 MCs of EC major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.","Preclusion":"EC4660","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"XFA4403","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES","Department":"COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA","ModuleDescription":"This module allows CNM/Business double degree students to write an honours thesis that integrates their two areas of study—Communications and New\r\nMedia and Business. Students taking this module must conduct an independent research project on an approved topic under the supervision of two faculty members (one from CNM and one from the School of Business). The maximum length of the\r\nthesis is 12,000 words.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-0-37.5","Prerequisite":"Cohort 2011 and before:\n(1) Be in the CNM-Business Double Degree\n(2) Completed 110 MCs, including 60 MCs of NM major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50.\n(3) Passed NM4102\n\nCohort 2012-2015:\n(1) Be in the CNM-Business Double Degree\n(2) Completed 110 MCs, including 60 MCs of NM major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n(3) Passed NM4102\n\nCohort 2016 onwards:\n(1) Be in the CNM-Business Double Degree\n(2) Completed 110 MCs, including 44 MCs of NM major requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.\n(3) Passed NM4102","Preclusion":"NM4660 Independent Study","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"XFB4002","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Honours Dissertation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF BUSINESS","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (BIZ)","ModuleDescription":"The purpose of the Integrated Honours Dissertation is to provide DDP students with an opportunity to select and synthesise research topics from two distinct bodies of knowledge, and to present their findings logically and systematically in a clear and concise prose.\r\n\r\nStudents are expected to demonstrate (i) a good understanding of relevant methodology and literature; (ii) the significance and relevance of the problem; (iii) logical and sound analysis; (iv) clear and effective presentation; and (v) achieve a balance between the learning objectives of both the Business course and the second course of study.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"Vary, depending on specific research topic.","Preclusion":"Integrated honours thesis/dissertation from other faculties","Corequisite":"Vary, depending on specific research topic."},{"ModuleCode":"XFC4101","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Honours Thesis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCHOOL OF COMPUTING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCHOOL OF COMPUTING)","ModuleDescription":"The objective of this module is to enable students to\r\nwork on an individual integrated research project\r\nspanning over two semesters, with approximately\r\n400 hours of workload. Students learn how to apply\r\nskills acquired in the classroom and also think of\r\ninnovative ways of solving problems, and learn to\r\nwork in a research environment. The project\r\ndemonstrates a student’s work ethic, initiative,\r\ndetermination, and ability to think independently. On\r\ncompletion of the project, the student has to submit a\r\ndissertation describing the project work, and give an\r\noral presentation before a panel of examiners.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"12","Workload":"0-0-0-15-0","Prerequisite":"Attain at least 70% of the MC requirement for the\r\nrespective degrees or departmental approval","Preclusion":"CS4101 B.Comp. Dissertation or CS4349 Game Research\r\nProject","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"XFE4401","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Honours Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"ENGINEERING","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (ENGINEERING)","ModuleDescription":"","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"16","Workload":"","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"XFS4199M","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Honours Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"MATHEMATICS","ModuleDescription":"This module is created for Bachelor of Science (Honours) students in the student-designed double degree programme who wish to do an integrated honours project\nbetween his/her major and a non-science discipline, where the non-Science discipline offers an Honours project of 15MCs, which is of higher MCs than that offered by his/her major.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Students must be in a double degree programme and must be reading the Bachelor of Science degree as the primary degree. Students must have met the Honours eligibility requirements for specific majors from both Faculties. Students must seek approval from both Faculties to take up this module with an agreement of a common scheme of assessment.","Preclusion":"MA4199","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"XFS4199S","ModuleTitle":"Integrated Honours Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"STATISTICS & APPLIED PROBABILITY","ModuleDescription":"This module is created for Bachelor of Science (Honours)\nstudents in the student-designed double degree\nprogramme who wish to do an integrated honours project\nbetween his/her major and a non-science discipline, where\nthe non-Science discipline offers an Honours project of\n15MCs, which is of higher MCs than that offered by his/her\nmajor.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"15","Workload":"0-0-0-40-0","Prerequisite":"Students must be in a double degree programme and must\nbe reading the Bachelor of Science degree as the primary\ndegree. Students must have met the Honours eligibility\nrequirements for specific majors from both Faculties.\nStudents must seek approval from both Faculties to take\nup this module with an agreement of a common scheme of\nassessment.","Preclusion":"This module precludes XX4199 as well as XX4299 and vice versa.","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YCC1112","ModuleTitle":"Literature and Humanities 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This is the second semester of a two semester sequence on literature and humanities.  The sequence explores literature and other arts from cultures around the world throughout history.  Special attention is paid to developing skills in written and oral expression.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"1-3-0-8.5-0","Prerequisite":"YCC1111 Literature and Humanities 1 or permission of coordinator","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"YCC1114","ModuleTitle":"Philosophy and  Political Thought 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This is the second module of a two semester sequence exploring philosophy and political thought.  Texts and ideas from many times and many cultures around the world will be explored.  Special attention is given to developing skills of oral and written expression.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"1-3-0-8.5-0","Prerequisite":"YCC1113 Philosophy and Political Thought 1 or permission of instructor","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"YCC1131","ModuleTitle":"Scientific Inquiry 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Scientific Inquiry exposes students to a series of topics across the sciences designed to develop understanding of the process of science.  The module is designed for students of all backgrounds, and addresses questions of what is and is not science, and how scientific theories are created and developed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"1-3-0-8.5-0","Prerequisite":"NIL","Preclusion":"NIL","Corequisite":"NIL"},{"ModuleCode":"YCT1201","ModuleTitle":"Transitions - Understanding College and College Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Transitions is a six-week optional elective module that supports all Yale-NUS first year students in their transition to college. Topics covered include goal setting, time management, maintaining wellness, understanding learning styles, study tips and effective note-taking, formal and informal communication, and understanding academic regulations. Students are expected to further their learning by meeting up with their Deans Fellows outside of class time.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-8-20-2","Prerequisite":"N.A.","Preclusion":"N.A.","Corequisite":"N.A."},{"ModuleCode":"YCT1202","ModuleTitle":"Dialogue: Social Issues in Intergroup Relations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"In a culturally and socially diverse society, discussion about issues of difference, conflict and community are needed to facilitate understanding between social/cultural groups. In this intergroup dialogue, students will actively participate in semi-structured, face-to-face meetings with students from other social identity groups. Students will learn from each other’s' perspectives, read and discuss relevant reading material, and explore their own and other groups’ experiences in various social and institutional contexts. Students will also explore ways of taking action to create change and bridge differences at the interpersonal and social/community levels.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-2-0-1-2","Prerequisite":"Not Applicable","Preclusion":"Not Applicable","Corequisite":"Not Applicable"},{"ModuleCode":"YHU1209","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to the Arts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Students in the Art and Humanities major must take Introduction to the Arts. The course will give students the opportunity to engage with arts practice in several different media (e.g. drawing, painting, sculpture, sound, video, photography, writings and new media etc.) while digging into big questions about art and artistic expression: How can we think about art today? What can artists do in the world? What are the distinctions between forms of art? How does art relate to place? Each year the works taught will be taught thematically. In AY2017-18 the theme is “Art as a Collaborative and Social Medium”.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2203","ModuleTitle":"Masterpieces of Western Art: Renaissance to the Present","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine a number of artistic masterpieces from the Western tradition, ranging  from medieval Byzantine icons to contemporary installation art. We will delve deeply into each of the selected artworks, simultaneously examining  their extraordinary uniqueness and their capacity to represent an entire cultural epoch, both  aesthetically and conceptually. Along the way we \r\nwill ask what makes these works “masterpieces” and debate how and why they came to form the Western artistic “canon.”","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2206","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Mathematical Logic","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This is a first course in formal logic.  Formal logic has had a tremendous success and influence since it was developed in its present form.  It is the inspiration for many artificial languages, including programming languages, and it has been successfully used in mathematics.  Formal logic is also very important in the study of natural languages and in the analysis of valid or invalid forms of argument and reasoning.  We will cover a fairly substantial introduction to these issues.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2211","ModuleTitle":"Roman Literary Cultures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"When and how did Roman authors develop the literary culture that became as dominant as their imperial power? How did Romans distinguish their own literary production from the Greek models that influenced them so greatly? This survey of Roman literary culture from the earliest inscriptional evidence through subversive erotic poetry and martial epic examines the growth and afterlife of one of the world’s most influential literary traditions. We will explore the changing political and cultural contexts of exemplary works from Rome’s long history, and these works’ impact on subsequent art and literature.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1111 Literature and Humanities 1\r\nand\r\nYCC1112 Literature and Humanities 2","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2212","ModuleTitle":"Classical Chinese","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce students to the basic particles and grammatical structure of the classical Chinese language (a.k.a. literary Chinese). Through the close reading of texts from the pre- and early-imperial periods, students will also learn such skills as recognizing syntactic parallelism, the art of reading in context, and understanding rhetorical structures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"YLC2202  Intermediate Chinese II or native equivalency","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2223","ModuleTitle":"Documentary Photography","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Photography is becoming increasingly important in our interconnected\r\nworld. The question needs to be asked has the exponential increase in\r\nimages resulted in a corresponding increase in knowledge or visually literacy?\r\n\r\nThis course will explore the use of photography as a socially conscious art\r\nform, representing, reflecting and commenting on society and our place in the world.\r\n\r\nLearning from the work of photographers of singular importance within the\r\nDocumentary genre as well as those pushing the boundaries of the medium,\r\nstudents will work towards creating a body of work that tells a story through\r\nnarrative, emotion, style and substance.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-1-3-5.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2248","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to 2D Animation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce students to 2D Animation as part of the arts and humanities major Practice category. Students will work with the methods, materials and techniques of 2D animation. Through studio sessions, workshops and talks they will be introduced to the key aspects of 2D Animation and paper cut animation, and become familiar with the techniques and themes involved.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"None.","Preclusion":"None.","Corequisite":"None."},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2263","ModuleTitle":"Living in Sound","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Our ears have the capacity to distinguish the density of substances, volumes of space and the distances between objects. This course seeks to recover the dynamic, multisensorial phenomenon of music and to redirect thinking about sound as object in order to reconceptualise sound as an event that occurs through the practice of vibration.\n\nApproaching music as a vibrational practice offers the opportunity to examine listening practices around sound. This course attempts to awaken deep listening practices of built and natural environments, which students will then present in a public sound exhibition. No prior knowledge of music is required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2278","ModuleTitle":"Music Performance Elective: Introduction to Voice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This is a practical course focusing on vocal literature from its various styles and traditions. Students will work one-on-one with the lecturer, honing in on solo, chamber and choir repertoires. Lectures will consider the historical and social aspects that define the nature of their songs and also focus on the various languages and language syntax of their chosen songs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-0-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2279","ModuleTitle":"Philosophy as a Way of Life","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"In the contemporary world, philosophy is one academic discipline among many. But throughout its history, philosophy has also been conceived as a way of life. This course will explore this alternative conception of philosophy by exploring pre-modern Greco-Roman and Chinese models, and contemporary reflections on the philosophical life. Topics include the relation between theoretical discourse and one’s lived life; philosophy and living well;philosophy as a way of life and “religion”; protreptic arguments for pursuing philosophy; therapeutic arguments; spiritual exercises; and the extent to which this conception of philosophy remains viable today.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1114 Philosophy and Political Thought 2","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2280","ModuleTitle":"Oppression and Injustice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"How should we recognize, understand, and overcome injustices in the world? Philosophers and activists across many times and places have contemplated and confronted this question with respect to such issues as slavery, colonialism, imperialism, racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, ableism, and economic exploitation. This course focuses on the moral and political thought of and in solidarity with oppressed groups, that is, on philosophy born of struggle and aimed at emancipation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0.5-9","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2281","ModuleTitle":"Art and Ethnography","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course will explore the arena of Ethnographic research with a specific focus on digital ethnography, and will combine an exploration in ethnographic research with artistic practice. Students will learn a variety of ethnographic methods and execute a mini research project in which they spend time within a community documenting the community through traditional written methods, as well as digital documentation (photography, audio recording, video recording etc). This course will grapple with art as a tool for preservation and sustainability of cultural heritage. Students explore ethnography through the written word as well as a multi-media form of expression.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-6-3.5","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2282","ModuleTitle":"Can Consciousness Be Explained?","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"To have a conscious experience is to enjoy a technicolor, surround-sound blast that seems to resist full scientific explanation. In this course we consider whether it is possible to explain consciousness at all, and if so, how.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"None. Non-majors and majors are welcome.","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2283","ModuleTitle":"Europe and the Sea: The Making of a Continent","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Europe and the Sea: The Making of a Continent” is a 2000-level survey course with a concentration on the early modern and modern history of the continent. This course offers a survey of European history through a focus on European encounters with the sea. The course examines how the Mediterranean and Nordic seas as well as the Atlantic Ocean, broadened the geographical boundaries of Europe, connecting it with other continents.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Successful completion of the first semester of Common Curriculum modules in Year 1 or with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2285","ModuleTitle":"Writing for the Voice","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The instrument of the voice encompasses a gamut of musical styles and appears in all musical traditions. This course hones song writing skills and deals with matters such as 1) melodic and rhythmic profiling; 2) breathing and phrasing; 3) modes of voicing and mouth shapes; 4) the singing body; 5) nonlinguistic vocal space. \r\n\r\nStudents will be exposed to various musical traditions ranging from medieval to contemporary pop, jazz and non-Western and students may compose for any idiom. The course will involve collaboration with a trained singer who will perform student's original songs. No background knowledge of music is required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2286","ModuleTitle":"Daily Themes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This is course is a writing-intensive course where students are expected to write 300-word essays every weekday for 13 weeks. The course introduces students to the fundamentals of creative/expository writing by focusing on different craft elements such as character development, setting, imagery, surprise, and closure among others. It encourages an expansive repertoire of themes and concerns throughout the semester while building upon the rigor of daily writing practices.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-6-3.5","Prerequisite":"Entrance to this module requires submission of a writing sample of not more than 3,000 words total. This can contain essays (personal and/or academic), poems, stories, a play or a mix of genres.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU2287","ModuleTitle":"Neo-Confucianism and Chinese Buddhism","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course is an introduction to Neo-Confucianism, one of the most influential intellectual movements in East Asia. Neo-Confucianism combines a profound metaphysics with a subtle theory of ethical cultivation. There is also discussion of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism, whose views of the self and ethics are the primary targets of the Neo-Confucian critique.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3201","ModuleTitle":"Drawing Process","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module develops students’ understanding of image-making, through the process of researching artists’ oeuvres. By closely studying the body of works of selected artists, students will analyse the changes and shifts in their art-making, and the developments in their visual works. Students will learn to mimic, to draw inspiration, and to challenge their own preconceptions of artists, art works and art movements. Student will develop and evolve their own works/themes/ideas inspired by artists discussed, and develop an idea and a process into making their own work. The course fulfils the practice requirement within the structure of the Arts & Humanities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-3-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3202","ModuleTitle":"Permeable Boundaries: Music and Cultural Encounter","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Reading theories of hybridity, postcoloniality, and difference, we will explore\r\nthe musical results of cultural interaction in various locations/periods.\r\nThemes of appropriation, representation, globalization, and identity will be\r\nexplored and students will engage in critiquing and developing their own\r\ntheories of musical hybridity/cultural interaction. Case studies may include:\r\nAppalachian Bluegrass – backwoods to hipster; South Asian Bhangra and\r\ndiasporic identity; Mariachi and male/Mexican identity; Indonesian\r\nnationalism and Kroncong; Singaporean Chinese orchestra, Getai, and nonmainland\r\nChinese identities; Malay Mak Yong revival in Singapore;\r\nreconstructions and rediscoveries of (hybrid) authenticity in the form of\r\nIrish/Celtic music and Yo-yo Ma’s Silk Road Project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-9.5-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3205","ModuleTitle":"Ming Imperial Voyages","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"From 1405 to 1433, the Ming admiral Zheng He (Cheng Ho) led seven\r\nextravagant expeditions to kingdoms in Southeast Asia and around the Indian\r\nOcean world, going as far as the African continent. In this Historical\r\nImmersion course, we will examine the life of this eunuch-admiral and\r\nexplore the nature of his voyages. We will also study the policies and\r\nambitions of Zheng He’s patron, the Emperor Yongle, and consider his lasting legacy today.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1.5-8","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3210C","ModuleTitle":"Proseminar in Literary Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The proseminar in literary studies introduces students to the comparative\nstudy of literary form. This year, we will focus on Shakespeare’s plays and\npoetry as a springboard to explore the theoretical and literary critical\napproaches from around the world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1111 Literature and Humanities 1 and YCC1112 Literature and\nHumanities 2, or permission of the instructor.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3211","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Tales of the Strange","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course will examine the Chinese literary genre of “Tales of the Strange,”\r\nfrom its earliest beginnings all the way to its later instantiations in lateimperial\r\ntimes. All the primary readings will be in the original classical\r\nChinese, and these will be supplemented by secondary readings in both\r\nEnglish and Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"YHU2212 Introduction to Classical Chinese, or A-level Chinese Proficiency and/or permission of the instructor.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3221","ModuleTitle":"Nietzsche: An Untimely Thinker and His Times","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"In the 1880s, the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God and called for a new life-affirming philosophy to combat the rise of nihilism. Nietzsche, one of the most provocative thinkers of the nineteenth century, lived in an age of cultural tumult and intellectual transformation. This course provides a window into this period through a close engagement with Nietzsche’s writings, including his philosophical works, his personal correspondence, and his autobiography. Attention will also be paid to his friendship and subsequent disillusionment with the composer Richard Wagner.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-9.5-0","Prerequisite":"None.","Preclusion":"None.","Corequisite":"None."},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3225","ModuleTitle":"Pompeii: Art, Urban Life & Culture in the Roman Empire","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Pompeii provides us with a vivid glimpse into the economic, political, and\r\ncultural life of an ancient Mediterranean city and into that of the Roman\r\nEmpire at large. The long history of Pompeii closely maps onto the evolution\r\nof Rome from an Italian city-state into a cosmopolitan world-empire. In this\r\ncourse, we will discuss the use - and misuse - of literary, documentary,\r\nepigraphic, and archaeological evidence in the practice of pre-modern history. We will cover the high and the low, from taverns, brothels and workshops to\r\nthe business of wealthy merchants, local politicians and members of the\r\nimperial family.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3252","ModuleTitle":"The Age of Nero","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Roman Emperor Nero (AD 54-68) is a fascinating individual but one who is a challenge to reconstruct, tainted as he is by negative posthumous assessments (from cruel Emperor to the anti-Christ himself). Approached via a range of literary and material evidence – particularly the evidence from Nero’s reign itself – students will gain an insight into the political, social and cultural life of Neronian Rome, as well as the personality and ideologies of the Emperor himself. Whether you judge him to be an artist, a visionary, a tyrant, or a madman, is up to you …","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum modules or with permission of the instructor.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3256","ModuleTitle":"1887: Pasteur, Holmes, Yersin, Rizal","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"In this course we will study scientific method, imperialism, anarchism and anti-colonial thought in the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Our starting point is 1887, the year in which the Pasteur Institute was founded; the first Sherlock Holmes novel was published; and the Filipino ophthalmologist and nationalist Jose Rizal published the first of his incendiary anti-colonial novels, Noli Me Tangere. Students will read novels and biographies as historical sources and think about the role of “great men,” global networks, and scientific discovery in the formation of imperialism, and reactions to it, in urban Europe and colonial Southeast Asia.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Common Curriculum modules in the first two years.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3273","ModuleTitle":"Intermediate Oil Painting","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The course fulfils the practice requirement within the structure of the Arts and Humanities. This module will further develop students’ skills in paint handling coupled with a more in-depth knowledge of colour theory. Students will study in greater depth how artists controlled colour from examples in the history of painting. Students will embark on four paintings from start to finish using the skills learned in YHU2266 Introduction to Oil Painting.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-3-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"YHU2266 Introduction to Oil Painting","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3278","ModuleTitle":"Globalization in Southeast Asian History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This interdisciplinary course is designed for students with an interest in ‘globalization’ in Southeast Asia. Approaching this topic through a historical and comparative perspective, it will track the region’s evolving interaction with global forces from early times to the present. Focusing on topics that range from economics to performance and social media, the course will consider the different ways in which Southeast Asian societies have been affected by, and have participated in, the circulation of global influences in an ever-shrinking world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Completed year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum, and preferably one History module at 2000 level OR with the permission of the instructor.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3281","ModuleTitle":"English Women Novelists: the Brontës to George Eliot","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"During the nineteenth century, England produced many important women novelists. Perhaps for the first time in history, women achieved parity with men in their contributions to a significant literary genre. In this coursee, we will consider the galling restrictions on form and content with which female novelists had to contend and how they dealt with those restrictions. We will examine what women novelists had to say about gender, including the contemporary ideologies of “separate spheres” and “the angel in the house”; about colonialism and industrialization; about social class; about sexuality; and about religious faith and religious doubt.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1.5-8","Prerequisite":"YCC1111 Literature and Humanities 1 and YCC1112 Literature and\r\nHumanities 2 or permission of instructor","Preclusion":"NUS module EN4226","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3282","ModuleTitle":"Equiano's Slave Narrative: Texts & Contexts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course uses The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, first published in 1789, to investigate both the invention of a new genre—the Atlantic slave narrative—and the historical context that shaped Equiano’s life. Written by a former slave and key antislavery activist, this multi-layered text personalizes major historical events, including the slave trade in West Africa, the transportation of 12 million Africans to America, and the anti-slavery movement. Combining aspects of the captivity narrative, travel writing, and spiritual autobiography, The Interesting Narrative will be treated as both a historical source and a literary work.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2.5-7","Prerequisite":"Students must complete Year 1 and 2 of the common curriculum before taking the course","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3283","ModuleTitle":"Fundamental Reality","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course begins with the following question: What exists, fundamentally speaking? We will consider how to frame the question, how to answer it, and how to appreciate its significance, using formal methods as appropriate.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"None. We will discuss abstract and challenging philosophical topics that might be of special interest to philosophy majors, but all students are welcome to enrol. Any background material that students might need will be taught in the course itself.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU3285","ModuleTitle":"Rebellion and Revolution in Vietnamese History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Rebellions and revolutions offer us moments through which to examine\nboth disruptions and continuities in nineteenth- and twentieth-century\nVietnamese history. This course studies Vietnam’s past though its own\ncultural production of knowledge, and it investigates Vietnam’s ethnic\nminority revolts, anti-colonial rebellions, and the literary revolution of\nthe 1920s and 1930s. The major historical periods covered in this class\nare: territorial expansion, colonization, independence, and war. We will\nread the political and literary works that emerged during these periods,\nwhich include poems, short stories, novels, manifestos, and films. Note:\nthe works will be studied in translation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"YHU3226 Modern Vietnamese History and Literature","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4101","ModuleTitle":"History Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The History Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the History major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4102","ModuleTitle":"Literature Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Literature Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Literature major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4103","ModuleTitle":"Philosophy Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Philosophy Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Philosophy major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4104","ModuleTitle":"Arts and Humanities Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Arts and Humanities Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Arts and Humanities major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-2-0-5-5.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4206","ModuleTitle":"The History of History","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Practitioners of every discipline benefit from having an understanding of their discipline’s history. This is especially true for historians, whose work demands an acquaintance with the history of the writing practices and the modes of conceptualizing the past to which they are heirs. Through an engagement with foundational texts from the eighteenth century to the present, this course explores the emergence and development of modern historiography. Students will learn about the diverse ways in which the past has been represented, narrated, and interpreted; they will also examine how historians’ interpretations of the past are themselves imbedded in specific historical contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"None but open to fourth year students only.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4215","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Fiction Writing","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course builds upon the processes and models learned in Introduction to Fiction. A further development and refinement of techniques previously learned will be the focus of this course. There will be readings assigned, but this will mainly be a writing course with weekly writing assignments and peer critiques.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"YHU1212 Introduction to Fiction. Entrance into this course requires submission of a portfolio of one or two stories of no more than 3000 words combined.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4227","ModuleTitle":"Ancient Humour: Greece and Rome","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"What kinds of humour endure over time? This course examines the\ndifferent genres of humour in ancient literature and their\ncorresponding forms today: political satire in Attic comedy; sitcoms\nin Hellenistic comedy; farce in Roman comedy; “stand up” in first\nperson Roman satire. What does comedy tell us about the dynamics\nof power and gender in ancient cultures and today?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1111 Literature and Humanities 1, YCC1112 Literature and\nHumanities 2 and one literature elective","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4228","ModuleTitle":"Oceanic Frameworks: Shifting Currents in Lit. Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Examining regional and transnational oceanic frameworks, including\nMediterranean Studies, Transpacific Studies, Transatlantic Studies\n(including the Black Atlantic) and Indian Ocean Studies, this course asks\nwhat these transoceanic perspectives offer students of literature and the\narts. Oceanic frameworks allow for interdisciplinary work, and can be\ncombined with feminist, queer, eco-critical, digital humanities and\npostcolonial approaches. We will also be exploring the idea of hydropoetics,\nthe creative practice of writing about/on water, and thinking\nabout the ocean as an artistic, cultural and creative space. Incorporating\ntheoretical and fictional texts, this course offers students the opportunity\nto produce a creative final project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"YHU3210 Proseminar in Literary Studies OR one literature elective","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4229","ModuleTitle":"Plato on Knowing and Being Good","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Knowing makes you a good person, and seeking to know is morally\nimproving. Plato apparently commits himself to these crazy claims.\nWe will investigate why. What is knowledge such that seeking it is\ngood for us? What effect does inquiry have on character? How\nmust we conceive of the good if knowing is not to be merely\ninstrumentally good? Does it matter, morally, which conception of\nknowledge we have? To address this latter question, we will\nconsider the much different epistemology of the Indian Buddhists, who also consider knowledge to be indispensible to the ultimate good.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completed at least two other Philosophy modules prior to\nenrolment OR with the permission of the instructor.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4230","ModuleTitle":"The Politics of Dress in Pre-Modern Southeast Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module focuses on refashioning identity by the usage of clothes. It\nalso focuses on the history of dress across Southeast Asia during the\ncolonial, post-colonial and early modern periods (late eighteenth to early\ntwentieth centuries). We will explore the way in which the dress of\nvarious Asian elites expressed notions, traditions, ethnic differences,\nidentity, and political power during these historical periods. Hybridized\ndress styles between “traditional” and “modern” were used as political\ntools in reaction to the intense cultural interactions and colonial\nexpansion, as well as the global cosmopolitan influence of the Victorian\nway of life.\nStudents will study history, political and sociology theories.\nThere will be field trips to examine textiles and clothes in private\ncollections and major museums in Singapore.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"YHU1209 Introduction to the Arts OR with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4231","ModuleTitle":"Ancient Economies of the Mediterranean and Western Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This 4000 level module introduces students to one of the most discussed\nfields of ancient history. New work on the ancient economy has called into\nquestion the communis opinio on the social structure of pre-modern\nsocieties, and is key to an emerging consensus on the very high degree of\neconomic, social, and political complexity of the Ancient World. Using a\nvast range of diverse and fragmented sources, the course will further\nintroduce students to all key epistemological issues of ancient history.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2.5-7","Prerequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought or with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4232","ModuleTitle":"Making Performance, Generating Meaning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course provides students a guided experience in the development of\nperformance practice including the selection and sequencing of dramatic\nconventions to generate meaning. Students will revisit, re-examine and\napply the knowledge and skills they acquired, including acting, writing,\ndramaturgy and collaboration and apply these in the creation of\nindividual as well as group devised creative product. Students will\nimmerse in performance development process to produce an original\ndevised performance. Through the process, they will develop knowledge\nof the languages and grammar of performance making as well as creative\nand critical thinking to design and lead extended performance making\nprocess.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1111 Literature and Humanities 1 and YCC1113 Philosophy and Political Thought 1and YCC1121 Comparative Social Institutions and YCC1131 Scientific Inquiry and YHU2275 Implicit body Explicit Action OR with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YHU4233","ModuleTitle":"Violence, Poetry and the Arts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module aims to study creativity in all the circumstances where art and poetry confront violence as a fact of life, whether in the form of violence to oneself or others, or to the environment or to institutions and values. The module draws examples from the history of art and poetry to address a single question: what can art and poetry do about the utter negativity that is violence? The module will aim to study the nature of violence on the scale of the individual and the group, and as having implications for gender, race, sexuality, politics, ideology, and ethics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Common Curriculum courses and at least one module at 2000 and one at 3000 should have been completed for either Arts and Humanities or Literature before enrolling for this module.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YID1201","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Environmental Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module introduces students to the field of environmental studies.  We explore the core concerns of the field, its history, its primary methods of analysis, and a number of pressing environmental challenges to human well-being.  We also examine how insights from the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences can be integrated to analyze environmental problems and generate responses to them.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5.5-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YID2203","ModuleTitle":"Ecology and Ecosystems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Ecology investigates the complex interactions between organisms and their\r\nenvironment, including other organisms. This course asks how life-history\r\nstrategies, environmental conditions, and local biotic interactions (e.g.\r\ncompetition, trophic interactions) shape the structure and dynamics of\r\nnatural communities (e.g. functional composition, diversity, productivity,\r\nstability, and food webs). It also explores how natural communities form metacommunities over larger spatial scales and across ecosystems\r\nboundaries. Students draw on selected case studies to examine (1) links\r\nbetween biodiversity and ecosystem productivity, stability, and resilience;\r\nand (2) management options for biodiversity and ecosystem services in\r\nhuman-dominated landscapes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YID2207","ModuleTitle":"Social Theory and the Environment","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This foundational module in environmental studies introduces students to social theories applicable to socio-ecological problems. It equips students with the theoretical knowledge for social scientific analysis expected in upper-level environmental studies courses and the capstone project. As an interdisciplinary module, students will be introduced to concepts and theories in environmental sociology, environmental anthropology, political ecology, and science and technology studies, among others.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought, and YID1201 Introduction to Environmental Studies","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"YID1201 Introduction to Environmental Studies"},{"ModuleCode":"YID2208","ModuleTitle":"Foundations of Environmental Humanities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course surveys the contribution of humanities disciplines—literature, art, history, religious studies, and philosophy—to understanding the relationships among human beings, nonhuman beings, and the techno-natural world we inhabit. Students will read influential works in ecocriticism and environmental humanities and analyse relevant texts, such as novels, films, art, and music. Specific topics will include the role of art, literature and popular culture in shaping and reflecting beliefs about ‘the environment’; bioregionalism; environmental ethics and values; animals; posthumanism; climate change fiction; and the Anthropocene.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9","Prerequisite":"YID1201 Introduction to Environmental Studies or permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YID3202D","ModuleTitle":"Special Topics: Climate Change and the Future of Energy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course is an interdisciplinary examination of climate change and policy challenges around developing energy systems for a sustainable future. We will analyse existing frameworks of treaties, laws, regulations, and policies -- and the incentivisation of greenhouse gas build-up. What would 21st century frameworks designed to deliver a sustainable energy future and successful responses to climate change look like? Does the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement provide the right foundation for action? How should equity be addressed? How are incentives structured to engage businesses in climate change problem solving and to spur innovation? Students will engage in a consecutive four-day case  competition during recess week.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"YID1201 Introduction to Environmental Studies"},{"ModuleCode":"YID3212","ModuleTitle":"Risk and Geohazard","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The world is a risky place. Every year, natural hazards affect millions of people, with increasingly expensive losses. This course explores risk associated with geophysical phenomena. Are there more hazardous events now than in the past? Are these events somehow more energetic? Or are increasing populations with increasingly disparate incomes being exposed to hazards? What physical, economic, political and social tools can be employed to reduce this risk? We draw on examples from recent disasters, both rapid onset (earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones), and slow onset (climate change, famine) to examine complex and interlinked vulnerabilities in the coupled human-environment system.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6","Prerequisite":"YID1201 Introduction to Environmental Studies or with permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YID4101","ModuleTitle":"Environmental Studies Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Environmental Studies Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Environmental Studies major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-1.5-0-5-6","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YID4202","ModuleTitle":"Applied Environmental Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This seminar in an applied and collaborative problem-solving course that reproduced the dynamics of an innovative environmental-consulting firm while enhancing the ability of students to effectively contribute to multi-disciplinary research teams. The module is required of all students majoring in environmental studies, and is open only to those students.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"Open only to 3rd and 4th year Environmental Studies majors, all of whom must take the course in either Sem One or Sem Two of AY2017-18","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIL1201I","ModuleTitle":"Directed Language Study: Beginning Italian 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Beginning Italian 1 is designed to help students develop a basic ability to read, write, understand, and speak Italian as well as to expand their cultural competency. Since all linguistic skills cannot be fully developed in one semester alone, stress will be placed on the acquisition of basic structures, which will be developed and reinforced in subsequent modules. The course will be conducted in Italian via teleconference from Yale.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YIL1201R","ModuleTitle":"Directed Language Study: Beginning Russian 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Beginning Russian 1 is designed to help students develop a basic ability to read, write, understand, and speak Russian as well as to expand their cultural competency. Since all linguistic skills cannot be fully developed in one semester alone, stress will be placed on the acquisition of basic structures, which will be developed and reinforced in subsequent modules. The course will be conducted in Russian via teleconference from Yale.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIL1201S","ModuleTitle":"Directed Language Study: Beginning Sanskrit","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course offers four hours a week of language instruction in Sanskrit for beginners. Instruction will cover the writing systems, vocabulary, and syntax of classical Sanskrit texts. Students will achieve a basic reading level by the end of the semester. The course will be taught via teleconference.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIL2201R","ModuleTitle":"Directed Language Study: Intermediate Russian 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Intermediate Russian 1 is designed to increase students’ proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and overall comprehension of the language. This module is aimed at students who have completed the beginning sequence or have had significant experience with the language. It offers a combination of listening and speaking practice with a review of key concepts of Russian grammar via targeted reading and writing activities. This module continues to incorporate cultural elements through representative readings and films. The course will be conducted in Russian via teleconference from Yale.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"YIL1202R Directed Language Study: Beginning Russian 2","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3311","ModuleTitle":"Independent Reading and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Independent study in an area of special interest to the student(s), with the close guidance of a faculty member, leading to a final project/product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3311G","ModuleTitle":"Independent Reading and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Independent study in an area of special interest to the student(s), with the\nclose guidance of a faculty member, leading to a final project/product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3312","ModuleTitle":"Independent Reading and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Independent study in an area of special interest to the student(s), with the close guidance of a faculty member, leading to a final project/product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3312G","ModuleTitle":"Independent Reading and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Independent study in an area of special interest to the student(s), with the\nclose guidance of a faculty member, leading to a final project/product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3313","ModuleTitle":"Independent Reading and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Independent study in an area of special interest to the student(s), with the\nclose guidance of a faculty member, leading to a final project/product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3313G","ModuleTitle":"Independent Reading and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Independent study in an area of special interest to the student(s), with the\nclose guidance of a faculty member, leading to a final project/product.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3411","ModuleTitle":"Independent Language Study and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended for an individual or small group of students –\nordinarily 1-2 students– who would like to work with texts and other\nmaterials in a language other than English. Students should clearly\narticulate the goals of their project and what they aim to achieve by\nthe end of the semester. ILSR projects should go beyond reading the\nassigned materials from another course in their original language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"Project proposal with consent of Faculty Supervisor, Language\nCoordinator, Divisional Director, Vice Rector and Dean of Faculty.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3411G","ModuleTitle":"Independent Language Study and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended for an individual or small group of students –\nordinarily 1-2 students– who would like to work with texts and other\nmaterials in a language other than English. Students should clearly\narticulate the goals of their project and what they aim to achieve by\nthe end of the semester. ILSR projects should go beyond reading the\nassigned materials from another course in their original language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"Project proposal with consent of Faculty Supervisor, Language\nCoordinator, Divisional Director, Vice Rector and Dean of Faculty.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3412","ModuleTitle":"Independent Language Study and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended for an individual or small group of students –\nordinarily 1-2 students– who would like to work with texts and other\nmaterials in a language other than English. Students should clearly\narticulate the goals of their project and what they aim to achieve by\nthe end of the semester. ILSR projects should go beyond reading the\nassigned materials from another course in their original language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"Project proposal with consent of Faculty Supervisor, Language\nCoordinator, Divisional Director, Vice Rector and Dean of Faculty.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YIR3412G","ModuleTitle":"Independent Language Study and Research","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended for an individual or small group of students –\nordinarily 1-2 students– who would like to work with texts and other\nmaterials in a language other than English. Students should clearly\narticulate the goals of their project and what they aim to achieve by\nthe end of the semester. ILSR projects should go beyond reading the\nassigned materials from another course in their original language.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1-0-4-0","Prerequisite":"Project proposal with consent of Faculty Supervisor, Language\nCoordinator, Divisional Director, Vice Rector and Dean of Faculty.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YLC1201","ModuleTitle":"Beginning Chinese 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"A Beginning Chinese course in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Modern Standard Chinese. The student will learn pinyin, basic grammar, and a limited set of characters to understand basic everyday conversations and elementary readings. The course is designed for the absolute beginners and intended primarily for non-heritage students with no previous exposure to Chinese.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YLC2201","ModuleTitle":"Intermediate Chinese 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed for students who completed First year Chinese (two\r\nsemesters: YLC1201 & 1202) or have equivalent Chinese proficiency. It\r\nemphasizes on the ability to communicate and function accurately and\r\nappropriately in Modern Chinese. Students will take a placement test. The\r\ncourse aims to develop students by: (1) acquiring basic knowledge and\r\ncommunicative skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing Chinese; (2) gaining solid understanding of the cultural and social context of Chinese; (3)\r\ndeveloping research skill to understand Chinese texts and culture by using\r\nChinese input system and online dictionary, as well as useful online\r\nresources.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-2-6.5","Prerequisite":"YLC1201 Beginning Chinese and\r\nYLC1202 Beginning Chinese 2\r\nor have equivalent Chinese proficiency.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YLC3203","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Chinese 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course, together with Advanced Chinese 2, bridges the gap between our current offerings of intermediate and advanced-level Chinese, serving students who have completed YLC 2202 Intermediate Chinese 2 or equivalent. It continues to develop students’ abilities in speaking, orally comprehending, reading, and writing modern Mandarin Chinese and, concomitantly, also serves to deepen students’ understanding of the social and cultural issues facing China today. Students will be routinely drilled in reading and writing throughout the semester. Systematic discussion, debate, and presentation provide students with ample opportunities to practice and enhance their newly acquired linguistic skills and oral fluency.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-2-6.5","Prerequisite":"YLC2202 Intermediate Chinese 2 or equivalent Chinese proficiency.","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YLC3205","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Readings in Chinese: Cinematic and Literary Texts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course is designed to help students develop critical reading and writing skills through the use of contemporary Chinese cinema and film-related literary works. Students will also have the opportunity to compare and contrast Chinese films with the literature from which they are adapted. These activities, which include speaking, listening, writing, and reading, will provide a rich experience that goes beyond traditional language learning. Class instruction and discussion, conducted only in Chinese, will challenge students to form their own opinions of characters and themes, with less of a focus on grammar.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-2-6.5","Prerequisite":"YLC3204 Advanced Chinese 2 or equivalent Chinese proficiency. A placement test is required before registration","Preclusion":"Students who took the old YLC3201 Advanced Chinese: Cinematic and Literary Texts in AY2016-17 ONLY cannot take this course","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YLG1201","ModuleTitle":"Beginning Ancient Greek","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This is an introductory course of language instruction in ancient Attic Greek for beginners, designed to give students a decent reading level by the end of the semester. It offers four days a week instruction. As well as gaining an introductory familiarity with the syntax and vocabulary of ancient Greek texts, students will develop an associated cultural knowledge in ancient Greek society and literary/ dramatic production.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Students who have successfully completed YLG2201 Intensive Elementary\nGreek are not eligible for this course.","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"YLL1201","ModuleTitle":"Beginning Latin","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This intensive course offers four days a week of language instruction in Attic Latin for beginners.  Instruction will cover the writing systems, vocabulary, and syntax of ancient Roman texts. Students will develop linguistic and cultural knowledge in ancient Mediterranean antiquity, and achieve a basic reading level by the end of the semester.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YLS1201","ModuleTitle":"Beginning Spanish 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Beginning Spanish 1 is the introductory module to the language and culture of the Hispanic world. This course is designed to help you develop a basic ability to read, write, understand, and speak Spanish as well as to expand students' cultural competency. Since all linguistic skills cannot be fully developed in Beginning Spanish 1 alone, stress will be placed on the acquisition of basic structures, which will be developed and reinforced in subsequent modules.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-3-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YLS1202","ModuleTitle":"Beginning Spanish 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of Beginning Spanish 1. Beginning Spanish 2 pays close attention to aural/oral practice while strengthening basic grammar skills, writing, and reading comprehension. The module covers the second half of the eBook used in Beginning Spanish 1 and prepares students for Study Abroad opportunities via CIPE in their second summer at Yale-NUS or beyond.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"YLS1201 Beginning Spanish 1","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YLS2201","ModuleTitle":"Intermediate Spanish 1","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module targets students who have completed the Beginning Spanish sequence or have had significant experience with the language (e.g., Study Abroad during their first summer at Yale-NUS or studied Spanish in high school). It offers a combination of listening and speaking practice with a review of key concepts of Spanish grammar via targeted reading and writing activities. This module continues to incorporate Hispanic cultural elements through representative texts and audiovisual materials from the Spanish-speaking world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"YLS1202 Beginning Spanish 2","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YLS2202","ModuleTitle":"Intermediate Spanish 2","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module is a continuation of Intermediate Spanish 1. Students taking this module will build upon what was covered in the first half and continue to expand their command of written and spoken Spanish. Intermediate Spanish 2 pays close attention to aural/oral practice while strengthening more complex grammar skills (e.g., the subjunctive, passive voice), writing, and reading comprehension. The module covers the second half of the eBook used in Intermediate Spanish 1 (Mas) and prepares students for Study Abroad opportunities via CIPE at Yale-NUS and NUS.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-6","Prerequisite":"YLS2201 Intermediate Spanish 1 or instructor’s approval. A placement exam may be required.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC1206","ModuleTitle":"Conceptual Calculus","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to concepts of calculus, for students who may encounter\r\ncalculus in science and economics courses. Topics include: the analysis of\r\nfunctions and qualitative interpretations of the derivative and definite\r\nintegral; occurrences of derivatives and integrals in geometry, probability,\r\nand physics; the computation of derivatives and antiderivatives of simple functions; computing derivatives and antiderivatives of more complicated\r\nfunctions with the aid of a computer.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-2-0-0-3","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC1207","ModuleTitle":"General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to chemistry emphasizing a microscopic, physical approach. A focus on atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding and reactivity, and physical properties of molecules. Includes laboratory exercises. For students with an interest in the physical sciences, the life sciences, and environmental studies. The material is discussed at an introductory level, and is focused on developing understanding and ability to apply molecular concepts in further study of\nthe sciences.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-3-0-5.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1131 Scientific Inquiry","Preclusion":"None.","Corequisite":"YCC1122 Quantitative Reasoning"},{"ModuleCode":"YSC1212","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Computer Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Computer science has improved human life dramatically in the last 50\nyears. This course explains how computational tasks are solved and\ncomputers are programmed. You will learn how to be a more careful and\nmethodical thinker. Moreover, millions of people around the world enjoy\nprogramming and you can too!","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC1214","ModuleTitle":"Networks","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The main aim of the course is to introduce you to network thinking.\nHow you could understand complex systems in the view of NETWORKS.\nIn this course, we will:\n• explore the universe of technological, social, informational and\nbiological networks around us\n• learn the basic concepts and tools for understanding the properties\nof networks\n• apply network science to gain insights in complex systems","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-0-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC1215","ModuleTitle":"Genetic Engineering for All: An iGEM team for Yale-NUS?","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Genetic engineering is the ability to manipulate DNA sequences to alter the characteristics of an organism. iGEM (international Genetically Engineered Machine) is an annual contest for students to use a toolkit of genetic elements, or additional elements of their own design, to create novel and useful biological systems. This module introduces students to the fundamentals of gene regulation and to the principles of genetic engineering. The kinds of things done by student groups in iGEM will be explored, and the possibility of a Yale-NUS iGEM team discussed. No prior knowledge or expertise is assumed.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-1.5-0-2-1.5","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2202","ModuleTitle":"Biology Laboratory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to the basic techniques used in life science research. Students will pursue a semester-long project examining how genetic and molecular changes affect interactions between proteins. This course will recreate a research lab setting introducing standard molecular techniques and prepare students for independent work in research labs.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-1-8-0-3.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2203","ModuleTitle":"Classical Mechanics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The course discusses the principles of classical mechanics within a rigorous mathematical framework. Topics may include kinematics, conservative forces, central-force motion, small oscillations, rigid bodies, variational problems, the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms, non-inertial frames, and special relativity. This course is a prerequisite for most of the Major modules in Physics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"YSC1121 Applied Calculus or equivalent; AND YSC1213 General Physics: Electronics and Non-Linear Dynamics; OR with the permission of the instructor. Students are requested to consult with the instructor on the equivalency of the calculus course(s) that they have taken previously","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2209","ModuleTitle":"Proof","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Mathematicians and computer scientists write proofs: convincing arguments,\r\ncombining clear and concise language, computations and symbolic manipulation, illustrations and tables. By reading, writing, and revising proofs, students will be prepared for modern topics in analysis, algebra, geometry, and theoretical computer science.\r\n\r\nStudents will write proofs that utilize direct deduction and proof by contradiction,\r\ncomplicated logical structures with cases, and mathematical induction. Students will acquire a thorough knowledge of naïve set theory, including sets and functions, equivalence relations and classes, cardinal and ordinal arithmetic. Topics in discrete mathematics will include the combinatorics of finite structures such as graphs and trees.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-4.5-4","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"YSC1203 (previous module code for Proof)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2210","ModuleTitle":"Data Analysis and Visualization (DAVis) with R","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course teaches how to use the programming language R for analyzing and presenting statistical data. Starting from the fundamentals of R (data types, flow control), students learn how to write their own R scripts and functions. They learn how to extract data from web sites and bring the input into a shape (e.g. using regular expressions) that is suitable for further analysis. Much of the course will focus on R’s graphics features, including network representations and geographic maps. The objective is to present data in ways that are informative, elegant and fun (e.g. as short animated video clips).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-2-2-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1122 Quantitative Reasoning","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2212","ModuleTitle":"Instrumental Analysis with Laboratory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course is an introduction to the laboratory techniques in analytical and organic chemistry with an emphasis on the fundamental principles and utilisation of state-of-the-art instruments.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-4-0-5.5","Prerequisite":"YSC1207 General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity; OR with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"None.","Corequisite":"None."},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2213","ModuleTitle":"Discrete Mathematics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Discrete mathematics is the art of combining and arranging sets that are naturally composed of individual pieces, such as the integers, one’s network of friends, or the internet. This course develops basic techniques for manipulating discrete sets through a host of concrete examples and applications. Key topics include permutations, partitions, recurrences, generating functions, networks, graph algorithms, and rigorous explorations of the Fibonacci and Catalan numbers, the Principle of Inclusion/Exclusion, the Pigeonhole Principle, and Pascal’s Triangle.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2215","ModuleTitle":"Non-linearity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"One striking way the computer has changed our understanding of the world is the (accidental) discovery that minute changes in initial conditions can lead to dramatic, qualitatively different changes to the outcome of a (non-linear) process – the so-called butterfly effect. This raises important issues such as qualitative versus quantitative, accuracy versus precision, determinism versus predictability, and reductionism versus emergence. \r\nTopics may include: strange attractors; power laws that govern the size and frequency of earthquakes, extinction of species and stock market crashes; the spottiness of leopards; origins of life on Earth – and elsewhere?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-3-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Students taking this course may, but need not, take Linearity."},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2218","ModuleTitle":"Survey of High Energy Physics Experiments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Module will feature a survey of selected experiments and facilities\nrelated to research in high energy particle physics, both presently in\noperation (e.g., Large Hadron Collider, CMS, ATLAS, LHCb, Aegis,\nIceCube) and planned (e.g., LBNF, LZ). Following introductory lectures\nand problem sets, students will each be assigned 2 experiments about\nwhich they will make 20-30 min presentations on separate occasions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"1-3-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"A familiarity with high-school-level vector algebra is expected","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2220","ModuleTitle":"Linearity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Many problems in the social and natural world involve transitions. For example, an economy’s state this quarter leads to its condition next quarter. This module explores simple linear mathematical modelling to investigate such phenomena, study their extrapolation further into the future, and explore whether a steady state eventuates. It introduces students to matrices, and shows how their eigenvalues determine the ultimate fate of the balance of forces being studied. Students will gain an appreciation of how mathematics can unify approaches to very diverse problems. Only high-school mathematics, and probability from Quantitative Reasoning, is required background for the module.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-5-2","Prerequisite":"YCC1122 Quantitative Reasoning","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Students taking this course may, but need not, take Non-linearity."},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2221","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Python","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces Python, a widely used high-level programming language. Its popularity is comparable to Java or C/C++. This means Python is practically useful and convenient to program and learn, since there are many resources/communities on the internet and many supporting libraries. Python was designed to be easy to learn, though many serious applications have been built based on it.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"2","Workload":"0-3-0-0-2","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2228","ModuleTitle":"Statistical Thermodynamics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This is a first course in equilibrium statistical thermodynamics. It begins with examining the concepts of probability, microstates and macrostates in understanding thermal phenomena, linking these to entropy, the Boltzmann factor, ensembles, and the partition function. We apply these concepts to elementary physical and chemical models such as classical and quantum gases, solids, phase transitions, chemical reactions, solute-solvent interactions, polymer structure. Within the Physical Sciences major, it will count toward pathways in biophysics, chemistry, chemical physics, materials science, nanoscience, physics, or related fields.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-4.5-4","Prerequisite":"YSC1207 General Chemistry: Molecular Structure and Reactivity; AND YSC1213 General Physics: Electronics and Non-Linear Dynamics; OR With the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"YSC3224 Statistical Thermodynamics (previous code)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2229","ModuleTitle":"Introductory Data Structures and Algorithms","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"We cover basic data structures and algorithms with an emphasis on\nimplementation, although theory (asymptotic analysis, including\namortization) is also covered. Topics include lists, queues, stacks, unionfind,\nbinary heaps, red-black trees, hashtables, tries, binary search,\nefficient quicksort, graph representations, depth-first and breadth-first\nsearch, topological sort, Dijkstra’s, Prim’s and Kruskal’s, Huffman coding,\nand Knuth-Morris-Pratt. Additional topics may include:\n- Randomization (e.g. Bloom filters, Miller-Rabin, Rabin-Karp)\n- Time-space tradeoffs (e.g. range queries)\n- Parallel considerations (e.g. Map/Reduce, prefix-sum, quicksort)\n- Purely functional data structures (e.g. of red-black trees)\n- Approximation algorithms (e.g. vertex covering)\n- More sophisticated data structures and algorithms (e.g. leftist\nheaps, binomial heaps, splay trees)","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YSC1212 Introduction to Computer Science or with the permission of the\ninstructor","Preclusion":"YSC2204 Fundamentals of Programming","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC2230","ModuleTitle":"Probability and Statistics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"In addition to being interesting in its own right, probability theory\nforms the foundation of the study of statistics and finds applications\nacross the physical and social sciences. This course will provide\nstudents with a formal introduction to probability, with an eye to\npreparing them for further study in statistics and other fields of\nmathematics. We will return to topics first introduced in Quantitative\nReasoning, but study them from a more mathematical point of view.\nTopics will include probability spaces, random variables, distributions,\nmoment-generating functions, the Central Limit Theorem, likelihood\nfunctions, and an introduction to parameter estimation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-6-2.5","Prerequisite":"YSC1211 Applied Calculus or with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"YSC1204 Statistical Inference","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3203","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"We study the design and rigorous analysis of algorithms and data structures.\r\nTopics may include dynamic programming, Fibonacci heaps, graph\r\nalgorithms, string algorithms, parallel algorithms, and concurrent data\r\nstructures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YSC2204 Fundamentals of Programming\r\nor\r\nPermission of instructor\r\n(Familiarity with basic algorithms and data structures including their rigorous analysis.)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3205","ModuleTitle":"Linear Algebra","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"A rigorous first course in linear algebra of finite-dimensional real and\r\ncomplex vector spaces. The course covers vectors and linear\r\ntransformations, building geometric intuition and algebraic aptitude. Topics\r\ninclude spaces and subspaces, linear maps, linear independence and\r\nspanning, basis, and representations by coordinates and matrices. The\r\ntheory of linear operators is developed, including some development of canonical forms, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, characteristic and minimal\r\npolynomials. The course also covers the structure of bilinear and Hermitian\r\nforms. Other topics may include computational aspects of linear algebra and\r\nconnections to statistics. Problems may include applications to scientific\r\nfields and economics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"Any other MCS course or permission of instructor.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3208","ModuleTitle":"Programming Language Design and Implementation","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"We study the theory of programming languages and their implementation.\r\nTopics may include automata, semantics, verification, interpreters,\r\ncompilers, and runtime systems. This course includes a substantial project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5.5-4","Prerequisite":"YSC2204 Fundamentals of Programming or permission of instructor\r\n(Significant programming experience, probably in the relevant\r\nimplementation language. Understanding of basic automata.)","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"YSC3207 Principles and Tools of Software Development"},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3213","ModuleTitle":"Experimental Physics Laboratory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Experimental physics will provide students with hands-on practical experience using techniques to investigate scientific problems that draw on concepts from different branches of physics (e.g. quantum, statistical, thermal, solid state and optical). It aims to enhance their understanding and apply scientific knowledge learnt in class. Emphasis will also be placed on the development of analytical skills in measurement and analysis.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-6-3-3.5","Prerequisite":"Juniors and Seniors students in Physics Track major.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3214","ModuleTitle":"Biochemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course will provide a broad foundation to Biochemistry, the study of the\r\nchemistry of life. Students will learn about the chemical and molecular\r\ncomposition of a cell, the structures, functions and transformations of\r\nbiomolecules and the flows of energy and information in biological systems\r\nat the biochemical level. This course will be particularly important for\r\nstudents intending to pursue further studies and/or future careers in medicine, veterinary, biomedical, pharmaceutical or forensic sciences and\r\nbiotechnology.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-2-6.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3221","ModuleTitle":"Computer Vision and Deep Learning","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Computer vision is Artificial Intelligence (AI) that focuses on images and video as the input. The goal of computer vision is to extract information from images and video., It isattempts to make computers work like human's eyes:, namely, to understand and recognize the world through visual data. Compared to other types of data, extracting information from images and video is more complex. However, it has been shown that DEEP LEARNING is effective in addressing this problem. Thus, in this course, we also learn deep learning, particularly in the context of solving computer vision problems.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"- Programming skill in Python\r\n- Knowledge in mathematics (linear algebra, calculus, probability/statistics)\r\n- YSC3205 (Linear Algebra) or permission of instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3222","ModuleTitle":"Tobacco: A Social Policy Perspective","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course helps students to develop skills to explore, analyse and formulate\r\npolicy responses to complex social challenges. Focussing on arguably the\r\nmost important single public health concern of our age, it introduces\r\nstudents to its manifold aspects – historical, social, psychological, medical,\r\neconomic, legal and philosophical.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3226","ModuleTitle":"Designing Interactive Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"A software or mobile application is nothing without a good interface. In this\nmodule, students will learn about user centred design and rapid prototyping.\nIn User Centered Design, the final user is involved in the creation process.\nRapid prototyping is a complementary approach in which the product will be\nquickly iterated and prototyped using different fidelities, from low (paper\nand cardboard prototypes, see Google Cardboard) to medium and high fidelity prototypes (3D printed/laser cut for physical devices or mockups).\nThe module is project based and the final result will be a high fidelity\nprototype of an actual application or device.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5.5-4","Prerequisite":"YSC2204 Fundamentals of Programming or YSC1202 Introduction to\nComputation and Programming for All or permission of instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3238","ModuleTitle":"Developmental Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course fulfils one of the upper division requirements for the Life\nScience Major.\nThis course examines how cells and genes collaborate to establish\nmulticellular organisms. The course will focus on vertebrate and\ninvertebrate embryology emphasizing cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms. Topics include descriptive embryology, developmental\ncontrol of gene expression, mechanisms of differentiation and\nmorphogenesis, stem cells, and developmental genetics. The course will use modern molecular techniques and basic experimental results to describe how\nexperiments address developmental questions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YSC3233 Molecular Cell Biology","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3239","ModuleTitle":"Geometry and the Emergence of Perspective","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course explores the role of geometry in the emergence of\nperspective drawing during the Italian Renaissance. Through in-depth\ncomparisons of seminal treatises such as Euclid’s Elements and Leon\nBattista Alberti’s On Painting, students will rediscover the crucial ideas\nthat motivated the development of (non-Euclidean) projective geometry\nin seventeenth century Europe. No prior knowledge of geometry or\nfamiliarity with advanced mathematics is required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC3240","ModuleTitle":"Foundations of Applied Mathematics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Foundations of Applied Mathematics introduces important mathematical methods that are essential for treating a variety of problems in applied mathematics, which are useful in physics, chemistry, and economics. Topics include vector calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, complex analysis, Fourier series, and calculus of variations. The module will focus on aspects of each topic pertinent to the applied fields mentioned above.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"YSC2205 Mathematical Methods for Physical Scientists","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSC4101","ModuleTitle":"Physical Sciences Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Physical Sciences Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Physical Sciences major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-0-0-6-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSC4102","ModuleTitle":"Life Sciences Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Life Sciences Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Life Sciences major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-0-0-6-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSC4103","ModuleTitle":"Maths, Computational & Statistical Sci Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Maths, Computational & Statistical Science (MCS) Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling two semesters that students in the MCS major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. The Capstone is intended to: \r\n• give students the opportunity to work independently;\r\n• encourage students to develop and exhibit aspects of their ability that may not be revealed by course work or a written examination;\r\n• foster skills and attributes that will be of continuing usefulness in their later career.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-0-0-6-6.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSC4200","ModuleTitle":"Special Project in Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course provides academic credit of major research projects conducted by students prior to the Capstone project.  The scope and depth of the research should be at the level of a Capstone project, and thus requires unusually strong preparation in science.  All projects must be approved by the Director of the Science Division before the course is selected.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Unusually strong preparation in science, and prior approval of the Director of the Science Division.","Preclusion":"Nil","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"YSC4200A","ModuleTitle":"Special Project in Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course provides academic credit of major research projects conducted by students prior to the Capstone project. The scope and depth of the research should be at the level of a Capstone project, and thus requires unusually strong preparation in science. All projects must be approved by the Director of the Science Division before the course is selected.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Unusually strong preparation in science, and prior approval of the Director of the Science Division.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC4200G","ModuleTitle":"Special Project in Science","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course provides academic credit of major research projects conducted\nby students prior to the Capstone project. The scope and depth of the\nresearch should be at the level of a Capstone project, and thus requires\nunusually strong preparation in science. All projects must be approved by\nthe Director of the Science Division before the course is selected.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Unusually strong preparation in science, and prior approval of the Director of\nthe Science Division.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC4205","ModuleTitle":"Organometallic Chemistry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Principles of structure and reactivity of transition metal containing organometallic compounds. Homogeneous catalytic chemistry, synthesis of organometallic compounds, mechanisms of organometallic reaction chemistry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-1-2-5.5","Prerequisite":"YSC2206 Principles of Organic Chemistry","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC4210","ModuleTitle":"Complex Analysis","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course deals with the theory of functions of a complex variable. The\ntopics to be covered are the Cauchy-Riemann equations and power\nseries, the properties of analytic and entire functions, such as the\nmaximum-modulus principle and the open mapping theorem, line and\ncontour integrals, the residue theorem, and conformal mappings. If time\npermits, the analytic continuation as well as the gamma and zeta\nfunctions will be also treated.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"YSC3206 One Real Variable or YSC3206 Introduction to Real Analysis OR\nwith the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSC4211","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course fulfils one of the upper division requirements for the Life Science Major. This course aims to be an advanced research seminar examining the latest findings in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. The focus will be on analysis of primary literature. Students will work on scientific writing and presentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"YSC3233 Molecular Cell Biology OR\nYSC3238 Developmental Biology, Genetics OR\nYSC3214 Biochemistry OR\nWith the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSH2441","ModuleTitle":"9th - 10th Century Baghdad","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The founding of the Round City of Baghdad in the mid 8th century by the ascendant ‘Abbasid dynasty ushered in a period of intense scholarly, administrative and artistic activity. The rulers patronized poets and prose writers and supported translation from Greek, Persian and other languages into Arabic; learned individuals hosted intellectual discussions (and meals and drinking sessions) late into the night at their homes; the literati spent entire nights in bookstores voraciously reading everything they could lay their hands on; theologians and philosophers debated the nature of reality and of God; scientists tested theories in engineering, medicine, and mathematics; and travelers reported their discoveries from China and India. For these, and many more reasons, the 9th and 10th centuries in Baghdad have come to be glorified as the ‘golden age.’\n\nIn this Special Seminar, we will read works by and about Baghdadis, including Ibn al-Marzubani on why dogs are better than people, Abu Nuwas on wine and song, medieval graffiti, and gift lists. We will read about the caliph Harun al-Rashid and the elephant he sent Charlemagne, and the mystic al-Hallaj and how he was drawn and quartered and crucified. We will enter the world of the singing sensation ‘Arib, who was the lover of some of Baghdad’s most famous men, and some stories from the Arabian Nights. We will see how paper, books and writing changed Baghdad, Islamic society, and human knowledge; and how Arab-Islamic society’s contributions changed the world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-12-0-0-24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSH2442","ModuleTitle":"Alternative Energy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Energy and environment are likely to be key themes that will dominate the way science and engineering develop over the next few decades. This course introduces different sources of alternative energy and the scientific basis behind climate change – the problem that drives the whole alternative energy project – and provides some fundamental concepts about solar energy utilization strategies in natural and artificial photosynthesis. The principles of light harvesting, charge separation and fuel production revealed by studies of the natural photosynthetic systems will be presented and related to artificial photoelectrochemical processes.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-12-0-0-24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSH2443","ModuleTitle":"Reading Medieval Manuscripts","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This seminar will introduce the physical parts and the social meanings of medieval books. We will focus mainly on late-medieval English manuscripts, making use of the extensive digital surrogates available online. Technical topics to be considered include the making of parchment, the sewing of quires, the construction of bindings, and the layout of the page. More interpretative challenges will include learning to read medieval scripts (paleography), and analyzing that ways in which many varieties of decoration help to construct meaning. Includes an exploration of intersections between medieval manuscript culture and contemporary digital cultures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-12-0-0-24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSH2444","ModuleTitle":"Chamber Music Performance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Students work in small (3-5) groups to prepare a movement from a chamber music work for public performance at the end of the course. They will be coached not only in musical, stylistic, technical, and historical issues related to the piece of music, but will also learn the fundamentals of playing in a small chamber group – how to lead, how to follow, methods of rehearsal, and navigating group dynamics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-12-0-0-24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSH2445","ModuleTitle":"Transformations in Euclidean Geometry","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The role of symmetry in geometry was first understood clearly by Felix Klein in the late 19th century. Since then, transformations (specifically, rigid motions) have been an increasingly studied topic in geometry, and elsewhere in mathematics. However, the intricate connection between rigid motions and beautiful results about well-studied geometric configurations is rarely made explicit. This course will study rigid motions of the plane, with special attention to the insights they provide into plane geometry.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-12-0-0-24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSH2446","ModuleTitle":"Global Environmental Governance: Pathways for Sustainable Outcomes","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This special seminar identifies, examines, and explores, pathways through which individuals and organizations might champion effective “global environmental governance” strategies.\n\nTo accomplish this task the course is organized into five session. Session I: transnational pathways, assesses how practitioners might draw on global initiatives to influence ‘on the ground’ challenges in domestic settings. Session II identifies ‘bottom up’ path dependent policy interventions capable of gaining strength over time, and spreading outward. The course will apply these pathway frameworks to globally relevant forest and climate challenges including C02 emissions, deforestation, and forest degradation. We will focus specifically on understanding how international cooperation over climate in general, and the December 2015 Paris climate agreement’s emphasis on “Nationally Developed Contributions” in particular.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"1","Workload":"0-12-0-0-24","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS1203","ModuleTitle":"Principles of Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Economists are mainly concerned with the study of choice: choices made by consumers (buy the latest gizmo or save the money?), firms (how much to produce and what price to charge?) and policy-makers (bailout the banks or reduce income tax rates?) are all within the purview of economic analysis. This module serves as an introduction to economics and the basic mathematical tools for economic analysis. It covers topics in microeconomics, macroeconomics, univariate calculus, and systems of equations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"3-1-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"A level Mathematics AND A level Economics (or equivalent mathematics and economics courses).","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS1205","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Game Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Game theory studies strategic situations where the involved parties impact each other’s welfare through their individual decisions. In such situations, it becomes necessary to think about how others will act while trying to further one’s own goals. Game theory has wide ranging applications and is used to model strategic interactions in both human and biological worlds. This course introduces students to concepts in game theory and their applications.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"There are no pre-requisites but the course will use basic calculus and probability. Students should also be prepared to use logical reasoning and mathematical expressions.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS1206","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Comparative Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course is an introduction to the study of political institutions, processes, structures, policies, and outcomes, both within and across countries. Students will learn how to understand and evaluate the similarities and differences between political systems, as well as the intricacies of specific case studies. The course will introduce students to some of the key themes, methods, and questions used in comparing polities across time and space.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2201","ModuleTitle":"Understanding Behavior and Cognition","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course will introduce students to themselves and others as viewed through the lens of psychology. We will present and explore the scientific study of human (and animal) behaviour, seeking to understand why we think, feel, and act as we do. The goal is to build a firm foundation for those wishing to major in psychology while simultaneously providing an interesting and revealing elective to those visiting psychology on their way to other disciplines.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2202","ModuleTitle":"International Relations","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to concepts, theories, and cases associated with the study of international politics. We will study contemporary scholarly texts and examine empirical evidence relating to key historical experiences such as the Cold War, which inform contemporary international relations theories.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2203","ModuleTitle":"Intermediate Microeconomics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Microeconomics analyses individual decision making and its implications for economic outcomes. Here the term “individual” is used broadly to include individuals, households and firms. We deconstruct the demand-supply model by analyzing consumers' choices as outcomes of rational preference maximization and producers' decisions as results of profit maximization in various market structures. We study how equilibrium of demand and supply in competitive markets generates efficient outcomes. We then analyze a variety of instances when markets fail to be efficient. This course will place special emphasis upon mathematical foundations of theoretical models. In particular, we will study and apply techniques in multivariate calculus, and unconstrained and constrained optimization.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"YSS1203 Principles of Economics or A-level or equivalent Mathematics. To emphasize, prior knowledge of economics is NOT necessary to take Intermediate Microeconomics. If a student has completed A-level or equivalent Mathematics, then he/she is allowed to take Intermediate Microeconomics even if he/she has neither completed A-level or equivalent Economics nor YSS1203 Principles of Economics. Students without this background may enroll with instructors’ permission","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2207","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Social Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Humans are known as social animals for a reason. There is no part of our lives that is not influenced in one way or another by our social interactions. In this course we will be exploring the ways in which we are influenced by our social environment, how we influence others, how we think about social situations, how we related to other people and the implications for understanding human behaviour.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2201 Understanding Behaviour and Cognition","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2210","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Social Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course provides a general introduction to the main currents in social theory from World War II up to the present day. It covers key works from across the social sciences by seminal thinkers such Edward Said, Albert Hirschman, Martha Nussbaum and Pierre Bourdieu. The course is in three parts. Part I asks “what is the social” and “what can we know about it?” Part II examines competing conceptualizations of society in terms of markets, culture, institutions, social fields and actor networks. Part III looks at rival theorizations of public life, human freedom, ethnicity and modernity.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2211","ModuleTitle":"Econometrics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Does going to college increase your earnings? Does height have an effect your\nwage? Do episodes like the haze 2013 in Singapore have a major impact to the\neconomy? This course introduces students to the statistical methods that economists use to answer this and similar questions. More generally, this is an introduction to the methods used to test economic models and examine empirical relationships, primarily regression analysis. Although much of the course will focus on the mathematical development of the methodology, emphasis is placed on learning by studying and replicating specific case studies that address current economic questions.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"1-3-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"Any one of the following three options: \n(i)\tYSS1203 Principles of Economics;\n(ii)\tYSS2203 Intermediate Microeconomics;\n(iii)\tA-level Economics and Mathematics or equivalent economics and mathematics courses","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2214","ModuleTitle":"Intermediate Macroeconomics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Economics is concerned with the study of how individuals make decisions and how these decisions affect, and in turn are affected by, the distribution of limited resources in society. This course introduces students to the formal analysis of the economy as a whole. The goal is to understand how decisions by the firms, consumers and institutions affect the markets, and the welfare implications of such choices for society. Special attention is placed on the effect of government and monetary policies on the economy. Emphasis is placed upon the mathematical foundations of theoretical models.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"Any one of the following three options: \n(i)\tYSS1203 Principles of Economics;\n(ii)\tYSS2203 Intermediate Microeconomics;\n(iii)\tA-level Economics and Mathematics or equivalent economics and mathematics courses","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2220","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Urban Studies","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course offers an introduction to urban studies. It inquires into the evolution of cities historically as well as contemporary processes of urbanization. The course also introduces students to  key explanatory frameworks for understanding the contemporary economic and social function of cities. The course can be taken as a gateway to the Urban Studies major or as an elective.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2221","ModuleTitle":"International Security","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course offers students an in-depth learning experience in the field of\nSecurity Studies. The topics on offer will vary from year to year, but will\npertain to specific questions, debates, and literatures in the field of\ninternational security.\n\nThe topics covered within the course will be detailed in the syllabus given to a student in advance of the course. The faculty teaching the course will\nchange and as such topics will change according to their specializations and\ninterests.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-4-5.5-0","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2224","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Global Affairs","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to the key theories, issues and challenges in Global Affairs. Students considering majoring or minor in Global Affairs, or those seeking greater knowledge about how the world works, should take this course. Students will learn about the structure of the international system, theories of inequality and development, and about key State and non-state actors in Global Affairs. An interdisciplinary approach to\r\nunderstanding transboundary problems is applied. Students will also gain\r\nskills to critically assess global news sources on current issues, write about\r\ncontemporary issues within a historical context, and in problem solving and\r\noral communication.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2.5-7","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS2227","ModuleTitle":"Introduction to Anthropology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Offers students an introduction to the disciplinary concerns, practices, theories, and methods common to Cultural Anthropology—an academic discipline that takes as its subject the study of human cultures and cultural difference. Topics concerning anthropological subfields such as kinship and family, politics, economy and exchange, gender and sexuality, medicine and health, food & food security, religion, education, media, and more, will be addressed. Required of all majors (starting with the Class of 2019).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-2.5-6","Prerequisite":"n/a","Preclusion":"n/a","Corequisite":"n/a"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3202","ModuleTitle":"Ethnography","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"In this course, students will understand what constitutes ethnographic field\r\nmethods, what makes ethnographic writing different from other kinds of\r\nnonfiction writing, and the ethical and theoretical considerations within\r\nethnographic research. Over the semester, students will conduct their own,\r\nsmall-scale ethnographic fieldwork, interviews and participant observation\r\nbased in Singapore.\r\nThis course is required in the Anthropology Major.\r\nThis course satisfies requirements in the Global Affairs Major.\r\nThis course satisfies requirements in the Urban Studies Major.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3204","ModuleTitle":"Development Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course focuses on the understanding of the process of economic\r\ndevelopment. The course will be structured around the four main questions:\r\n(1) Why are some countries much poorer than others? (2) What are the main\r\nbarriers to the process of economic development? (3) What are the main\r\nbarriers that prevent the poor to escape from poverty?, and (4) Why do\r\nthese barriers exist and persist?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2203 Intermediate Microeconomics\r\nYSS2211 Econometrics","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3212","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The course will focus on the political processes of China. Topics may include\r\nauthoritarian and bureaucratic structures, institutions and institutional\r\ndesign, social and protest movements, Chinese foreign affairs and relations,\r\nChinese political economy, national versus sub-national versus local politics, and legal structures.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3214","ModuleTitle":"Abnormal Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to the field of abnormal psychology and the\r\ntreatment of psychological disorders.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-2-6.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2201 Understanding Behaviour and Cognition","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3222","ModuleTitle":"Urban Theory","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to key approaches to understanding urbanization. Each week, we will read selections from a single text in urban studies, examining the text for its methodological techniques, disciplinary perspectives, central urban questions, and key arguments. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach and is divided into three main units: architectural, Marxist, and sociological.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1-8.5","Prerequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought and YSS2220 Introduction to Urban Studies","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3224","ModuleTitle":"International Finance","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course is an overview of international macroeconomic theory and policy.\r\nIt presents economic theories to foster understanding of international\r\nfinancial markets and the interrelationships of economic aggregates such as\r\nGDP, exchange rates, trade balances, etc. Models will be applied to\r\nunderstand the effects and implications of macroeconomic policies in the\r\ninternational arena. The course will also look at relevant current issues: the global financial crisis, international coordination in macroeconomic policy,\r\nthe economics of the Euro, etc. Students should have a working knowledge\r\nof algebra, graphical techniques and the basics of micro- and macroeconomics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4","Prerequisite":"YSS2203 Intermediate Microeconomics\r\nYSS2214 Intermediate Macroeconomics","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3231","ModuleTitle":"Methods in the Social Sciences","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"An introduction to various research methods in the social sciences, including\r\nsurvey methodology, quantitative data analysis, participant observation, and\r\nin-depth interviewing. This course can count as a course in the major for\r\nstudents in Urban Studies, Global Affairs, PPE, and Anthropology. It may fulfil\r\nthe course requirements for students in Environmental Studies as well on a\r\ncase-by-case basis after consultation with the Head of Studies of that major.\r\n\r\nThe course also fulfils the methods requirement in Urban Studies and Global\r\nAffairs. Students in all of these majors should ideally take this course before\r\nthey commence their capstone project.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-1-4.5-4","Prerequisite":"YCC1121 Comparative Social Institutions, YCC1122 Quantitative Reasoning,\r\nAND YCC2121 Modern Social Thought OR with the permission of the\r\ninstructor.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3237","ModuleTitle":"Gender Perspectives in Anthropology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces students to anthropological contributions to gender\r\nand sexuality in cross cultural perspective. The course focuses on the\r\nhistorical development of the field. We will explore various theoretical\r\napproaches including Margaret Mead’s early work on cultural diversity;\r\n1970s & 1980s feminist studies of gender universals and the subordination of\r\nwomen; 1990s interpretive approaches to gender constructions; more recent feminist and non-feminist studies of sexuality, the body, masculinity and\r\nqueer theory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1121 Comparative Social Institutions","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3238","ModuleTitle":"US Foreign Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the evolution of US foreign policy since 1900. The focus will be on assessing how US leaders have thought over time about interests, ideals, and strategies in the international realm. The course will also explore current challenges confronting the US in the world.\nOn successful completion of the course a student should be able to: (1) demonstrate the evolution of US foreign policy agenda and strategy over the past century; (2) classify underlying rationale of important US foreign policy\ndecisions; and (3) critically question the implications of US foreign policy on\noverall international relations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"None\nThis course is designed for juniors and seniors.","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3246","ModuleTitle":"Cities of the Global South","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course offers students an in-depth inquiry into the characteristics of urban organization and development in cities of the Global South, where there are high rates of urbanization. Students will examine a range of topics: migration and urbanization, formal and informal governance, housing and infrastructure, food security and environment. Students will also learn about the competing theoretical constructs used to explain such urbanization. Case studies will be drawn from a range of geographical locations.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3248","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Macroeconomics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course serves as an advanced introduction to modern macroeconomic\nanalysis to understand the causes and consequences of macroeconomic\nfluctuations. We will explore at a deeper level some of the topics covered in\nIntermediate Macroeconomics, as well as some other research topics. Topics\ncovered may include economic growth, business cycles, financial markets,\nmonetary and fiscal policy etc.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-0-8.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2214 Intermediate Macroeconomics","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3254","ModuleTitle":"Globalization on the Ground","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course takes an ethnographic approach to the study of globalization, focusing on the impact it has on the daily lives of individuals, families, and communities around the world, and how they have responded in turn. Introducing students to how interpretative social science disciplines have approached the study of globalization, students will be assigned readings on different manifestations of globalization, including but not limited to the McDonaldization of society, the materials that enable globalization to take place, the international labor migration industry, the structure and composition of global cities, global crime, and the rise of anti-globalization social movements.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-3-5.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1121 Comparative Social Inquiry","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3262","ModuleTitle":"Global Cities","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course offers students an understanding of global cities. The course looks at key thinkers to have described and theorized global cities. We look at a number of global cities up close, including New York, Singapore and London.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2220 Introduction to Urban Studies or YSS2224 Introduction to Global Affairs or YSS2218 International Political Economy, or by permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3263","ModuleTitle":"Emotions and Politics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the role of emotions in liberal democratic practices and institutions and in contemporary democratic theory. The course will examine three different theoretical frameworks that have recently been used to understand the place of emotions in politics: 1) neuroscientific; 2) neo-Aristotelian; and 3) Freudian/psychoanalytic. It will focus on the different conceptions put forth by each of these frameworks and the different constellations of emotions that are analysed and/or advocated by these theories. Questions to be addressed include: Are there “negative” emotions? What criteria do we use to decide whether an emotion ought to be excluded from democratic practices?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3264","ModuleTitle":"Bubbles, Crashes, Panics and Crises","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Financial markets are subject to periodic bouts of “irrational exuberance” that lead to bubbles in asset prices, frequently followed by a crash. These afflict particularly stock and foreign exchange markets and the banking industry. Despite repeated attempts to regulate finance, crises recur with remarkable frequency and regularity. In “This Time is Different”, Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart document eight centuries of financial folly. These crises have profound effects on the real economy, leaving a legacy of unemployment and slow growth. We use economic analysis to study several financial, foreign exchange, and banking crises in their historical and social contexts.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"Either YSS2203 Intermediate Microeconomics or YSS2214 Intermediate Macroeconomics or YSS1203 Principles of Economics – any one of these OR with the instructor’s permission","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3265","ModuleTitle":"Urban Economics","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This class studies the economics of cities and urban problems by understanding the effects of geographic location on the decisions of individuals and firms. Traditional microeconomic models are typically spaceless, yet location and distance plays an increasingly important part in modern economics. We will study questions such as Why do cities exist? How do firms decide where to locate? Why do people live in cities? We will analyze the economic problems that arise as people and firms cluster in cities. We will also discuss specific urban economic problems such as firm location, crime, transportation, housing, education, and local government economics.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4.5-5","Prerequisite":"YSS2203 Intermediate Microeconomics OR with the instructor’s permission","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3266","ModuleTitle":"Social and Behavioural Foundations of Health","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides an introduction to the psychological, social and behavioural factors that influence patterns of health and health care delivery across the lifespan. We take a transdisciplinary perspective, considering the role of “micro” and “macro” factors that influence the health of individuals and the public (e.g., from genes to the environment). We will explore determinants and consequences as well as identify effective interventions to prevent disease and promote health. This course emphasizes the use of empirical evidence from the psychological, social, behavioural and biomedical sciences as the basis of public health practice and policy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2216 Statistics and Research Methods for Psychology OR with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3267","ModuleTitle":"Lab in Cognitive Psychology","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This lab course explores how experiments are designed, conducted, analysed, and interpreted in the realm of cognitive psychology. Questions involving perception, reasoning, attention, and language will be addressed through a hands-on approach involving lab-based and online experimentation.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-0-3-4.5-5","Prerequisite":"YSS2201 Understanding Behaviour and Cognition and\nYSS2216 Statistics and Research Methods for Psychology or with the permission of the instructor\nYSS3215 Cognitive Psychology is helpful but not required.","Preclusion":"Nil.","Corequisite":"Nil."},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3268","ModuleTitle":"Anthropology of China","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The rise of China is creating unprecedented global challenges and opportunities. This course helps students achieve a nuanced cultural understanding of this potential superpower by critically examining the concepts of “China” and “Chineseness” from an anthropological perspective. Topics include ethnic relations, imperialism, and the civilized-barbarian distinction; gender, patriarchy, and the family; popular religion, popular culture, and rebellion; bureaucracy, corruption, and social connections (guanxi); and overseas Chinese and the Chinese diasporas. In addition to reading classic and contemporary works of China anthropology, students will watch some highly selected films and documentaries on China. No knowledge of the Chinese language is required.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3-6.5","Prerequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought or with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"n/a","Corequisite":"n/a"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3269","ModuleTitle":"Water and Waste in Urban Environments","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course will focus on water and sanitation (W&S) services in cities across the world, especially in developing countries. The seminar will develop critical thinking skills on the following issues: health and non-health impacts of W&S improvements; components of infrastructure, and institutional arrangements for the provision of W&S in developed and developing countries cities; supply versus demand oriented planning of W&S services; political, environmental, institutional, economic and financial challenges of improving W&S services in cities; strategies to target the poor and underserved; privatization; behavioural change theory; handwashing; and water scarcity. Examples will be used from cities around the world.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3270","ModuleTitle":"Ethics and Global Affairs","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module explores the ethical dimension of global affairs. It takes as its point of departure the conviction that global affairs, like all realms of human conduct, is intelligible in questions of obligation, right, good, and so forth. The module interrogates prominent ethical languages that pertain to sovereignty, war, international law, human rights, and moral scepticism. It then considers how these languages arise and conflict in a range of contemporary global issues. Particular emphasis is placed on excavating the ground on which ethic choices are made, defended, and judged.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4.5-5","Prerequisite":"Nil","Preclusion":"Political Science PS3233","Corequisite":"Nil"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3271","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Political Comedy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the place of performed political comedy (daily shows and stand up, for the most part) in contemporary politics. It is interested in the content of comedy and its effects. We shall read some theory and ask questions regarding the role of the comic and the role of humour in political discourse. We will focus on political comedy in English across countries including Singapore, India, United States, and UK (you are encouraged to examine other countries and other languages).","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5.5-4","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS3272","ModuleTitle":"Urban Ecological Systems","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"With an increasingly urbanised human population the interaction of nature with the built environment and its human inhabitants is emerging as one of the greatest sources of both opportunity and inertia to goals of sustainability. In this course you will consider the extent to which urbanisation has changed natural ecosystems and led to the rise of a new urban ecology, and consider how humans can value and manage this in a socio-ecological context. We will then address how the confluence of climate change, globalisation and urbanisation are fundamentally altering our living space and the implications for human health and wellness.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"One module in environmental studies OR one module in urban studies OR permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4101","ModuleTitle":"Global Affairs Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Global Affairs Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Global Affairs major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-2-0-2-8.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4102","ModuleTitle":"Psychology Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Psychology Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Psychology major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-4-0-4-4.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4103","ModuleTitle":"Anthropology Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Anthropology Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Anthropology major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4104","ModuleTitle":"Economics Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Economics Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Economics major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4105","ModuleTitle":"Urban Studies Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Urban Studies Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the Urban Studies major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-2-0-5-5.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4106","ModuleTitle":"Politics, Philosophy and Economics Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module, straddling over two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the PPE major must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing, while working closely with a faculty supervisor. Students will work on an advanced creative and/or research or experiential project that integrates skills from the Common Curriculum and learning in the major. The Capstone Project will culminate in a substantial piece of work that reflects a deep engagement with the topic.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4107","ModuleTitle":"Capstone Project","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The Law and Liberal Arts DDP Capstone Project is a year-long 10-MC module straddling two semesters. It is a compulsory module that students in the DDP programme must complete in order to graduate. It allows students the opportunity to pursue, in depth, an advanced project of their own choosing while working closely with a supervisor. Students will work on an advanced research project that integrates both the Law and Liberal Arts components of the DDP programme.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"10","Workload":"0-0-0-0-12.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of all Year 1 and 2 Common Curriculum Modules","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4205","ModuleTitle":"Chinese Foreign Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Students will gain a deeper understanding of the major contours of the debate and discussion on China’s contemporary international relations. The course examines the political, diplomatic, military, and economic challenges facing China under conditions of uncertainty in the regional and international system and the processes through which China responds to and manages these external challenges. The course will analyse how existing theories of international relations and foreign policy analysis apply to China to gain a deeper appreciation of the factors that undergird conflict and cooperation in Chinese foreign policy.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4.5-5","Prerequisite":"YSS2202 International Relations","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4211","ModuleTitle":"India as a Rising Power, 1947-Present","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"With the world’s second largest population, third largest economy, and\nthird largest military, India is a pivotal country in Asia and the world. This\ncourse will cover modern India’s history, domestic politics, and foreign\npolicy and provide students with a sophisticated understanding of the\nworld’s largest democracy and its changing place in global affairs. It will\nalso locate India as a vital Asian power and highlight its historical ties with\nvarious countries in East and Southeast Asia. Students will learn how\nIndia’s international behaviour fits or does not fit the claims and\npredictions of various strands of international relations theory.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2202 International Relations or permission of instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4224","ModuleTitle":"Political Order and One-Party Rule","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The 20th and 21st centuries have seen an unprecedented global expansion in the number of one-party regimes. Despite not conforming to standard definitions of democracy, these regimes have proven more stable and developed faster than non-democracies with which they are often grouped. In this module, students will gain a deeper understanding of politics within such regimes from a comparative politics perspective. Topics covered include the conditions facilitating the establishment and spread of one-party regimes, how leaders manage threats originating from both inside and outside the regime, the role of elections, and the conditions in which transitions away from regimes occur.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4.5-5","Prerequisite":"YSS1206 Introduction to Comparative Politics","Preclusion":"NA","Corequisite":"NA"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4225","ModuleTitle":"Contemporary Continental Political Thought","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module analyses the works of some of the most significant 20th and 21st century political and legal thinkers of the “continental” tradition. It traces the dialogue that emerges among them, in the process demonstrating arguments and counterarguments for their different positions and why their ideas matter for constitutional democratic states today. In the process, this module also provides students with a glimpse into how great academic debates unfold in writing.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"None","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4226","ModuleTitle":"Migration Policy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This 4000-level advanced course will engage students to key areas of contemporary policy concern in the realm of international migration. Adopting a global perspective, it focuses on both the international and domestic policies that deal with migration issues and migrants. The course will be divided into three broad units, the first focusing on policies instituted by net sending countries, the second on net receiving countries, and the third focusing on global/multinational/bilateral initiatives to manage/control migration.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-4-0-3-5.5","Prerequisite":"Completion of Year 1 and 2 of the Common Curriculum modules and\nYSS3201 International Migration OR with the instructor’s permission","Preclusion":"None","Corequisite":"None"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4228","ModuleTitle":"The Anthropology of Dreams and Sleep","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course is a comparative examination of the different ways people\nsleep and understand dreams, and the social consequences of these\ndifferences across cultures. It explores how people sleep and experience\ndreams shapes the broader ways knowledge, social relations, and wellbeing\nare conceived and enacted in human societies.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-5-4.5","Prerequisite":"YCC1121 Comparative Social Inquiry and YCC2121 Modern Social Thought","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4229","ModuleTitle":"The Anthropology of Human Rights","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course explores anthropological perspectives on how human rights\ndiscourses are produced and used in the world today. While the modern\nidea of human rights was only formalized in the aftermath of the Second\nWorld War, since that time, human rights discourses have spread around\nthe world and been adopted transnationally by widely varying actors.\nStarting from the premise that the transnational discourse of rights must\nbe understood in local contexts, we will explore the meaning and use of\nhuman rights from different perspectives.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought and YSS2209 The Anthropological Imagination or YSS3202 Ethnography","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4230","ModuleTitle":"Psychology of Mindfulness","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module provides a theoretical and empirical overview to the\nemerging field of mindfulness. It introduces students to the scientific\nresearch and applications of mindfulness-related processes and\ninterventions (e.g., mindfulness-based stress reduction, dialectical\nbehavior therapy) across domains such as mental health, behavioral\nmedicine, education, and cognitive neuroscience. The module also\nprovides students with an opportunity to engage in formal and\ninformal mindfulness practices. It is suitable for students interested in\nacquiring not only a critical, scholarly understanding of the topic, but\nalso an experiential understanding of mindfulness practice and how it\nrelates to various aspects of one’s life.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"YSS2201 Understanding Behaviour and Cognition (compulsory), and\nYSS2216 Statistics and Research Methods for Psychology, or with the\npermission of the instructor. Additionally, YSS3214 Abnormal Psychology\nis recommended but not compulsory.","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4231","ModuleTitle":"Parenting and Child Development","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This course examines the various aspects of parental influence on\nchildren’s development, with a focus on cultural differences in parenting\nstyles and practices. Topics to be covered include a critical evaluation of\nthe conceptual and functional differences of parenting practices across\ncultures, and how these may influence children’s development in diverse\ncontexts. The notion of “good enough parenting” and parenting as a bidirectional\nprocess will be analysed. The course concludes with a\ndiscussion of whether parents are the most important source of\ninfluence, considering the many other domains of influence in children’s\nlives, such as peers.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-2-7.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2201 Understanding Behaviour and Cognition and YSS2216 Statistics\nand Research Methods for Psychology or with the permission of the\ninstructor","Preclusion":"PL4880K: Parenting and Child Development\n(Module offered in NUS by Dr. Cheung Hoi Shan in Semester 1,\nAY2015/2016)","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4232","ModuleTitle":"Advanced Topics in PPE: The Welfare State","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"This module will challenge advanced students to connect the three\nmain threads of the PPE major: politics, philosophy, and economics. To\ndo so, we will analyse the historical development and the legitimacy of\nthe Welfare State, which rose to predominance in the twentieth\ncentury. To understand its future, we will examine the myriad of\nchallenges facing it today, including economic crises and interstate\norganizations. We will also consider how questions arising from the\nWelfare State bear on other values, especially democracy and the rule\nof law.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YCC2121 Modern Social Thought or with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4233","ModuleTitle":"Populism and Democracy","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Is populism good for democracy? This upper-level seminar will\nintroduce advanced undergraduates to various theories of populism\nand to important cases of populism from around the globe. Countries\nconsidered will include France, India, Indonesia, Turkey, the United\nStates, and Venezuela. Various explanations for the populist\nresurgence will also be considered, including: charismatic leadership,\neconomic,inequality, party systems and new social media.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2209 Anthropological Imagination OR YSS2217 Political Concepts OR\nYSS1206 Introduction to Comparative Politics or with the permission of\nthe instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"YSS2209 Anthropological Imagination, YSS2217 Political Concepts, YSS1206 Introduction to Comparative Politics"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4234","ModuleTitle":"Urban Heritage: Place, Memory, Identity","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The course offers an advanced-level, in-depth understanding urban\nheritage, both as it manifests in the built environment but also in\nintangible social and cultural phenomena. The course begins by\ndefining what heritage is in urban contexts, and inquiring into the\nspecial pressures urbanisation places on “inherited” built forms and\nways of life. The module will draw on historical developments in urban\nheritage politics and planning in both North America and Europe, but\nthe key emphasis will be on in-depth understanding of the emergence\nof urban heritage landscapes in Asian cities.\nThe course offers an advanced-level, in-depth understanding urban\nheritage, both as it manifests in the built environment but also in intangible social and cultural phenomena. The course begins by\ndefining what heritage is in urban contexts, and inquiring into the\nspecial pressures urbanisation places on “inherited” built forms and\nways of life. The course will tackle the following topics:\n• the contested politics of whose past becomes heritage, and why?\n• the relationship between urban heritage places, memory and identity\n• civil society interests and political activism\n• scholarly architectural debates about how to preserve the past:\nrestoration, preservation, conservation, renewal etc (Ruskin et al)\n• state-based processes of recognition and preservation\n• international frameworks for conservation\n• The tensions between heritage, tourism and authenticity\nThe module will draw on historical developments in urban heritage\npolitics and planning in both North America and Europe, but the key\nemphasis will be on in-depth understanding of the emergence of urban\nheritage landscapes in Asian cities.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4-5.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2220 Introduction to Urban Studies or YHU3276 The Historian’s Craft\nor with the permission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":"YSS2220 Introduction to Urban Studies or YHU3276 The Historian’s Craft"},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4235","ModuleTitle":"Religion and the Media Turn","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"How does media enable religious practitioners to experience the divine in\nthe immediacy of the “here and now”? Prayer, liturgy, chanting,\nmeditation, and acts of remembering to commune with higher powers, are\nacts that incorporate audio-visual technologies, t.v., radio, internet,\nreligious texts, art, relics, icons, as well as so-called “idols” and “fetishes.”\nFocusing on the intersection of religion and media, students will analyze\n“sensational forms,” and religious conceptions of how to properly\nrepresent the divine (“semiotic theologies”). By examining media use of\nseveral religious communities around the world, the course highlights\ncritical aspects of religious practice and religious difference.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-4.5-5","Prerequisite":"Recommended, not required: YSS2227 Introduction to Anthropology,\nYSS2209 Anthropological Imagination, or YSS3202 Ethnography","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4236","ModuleTitle":"Medical Anthropology: The Canon","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"The field of medical anthropology boasts a rich theoretical and empirical\ntradition, in which award-winning ethnographies have been written on\ntopics ranging from local biology to structural violence. Guided by the\nkey text, Medical Anthropology at the Intersections: Histories, Activisms,\nand Futures, this course will explore the canonical works of a number of\nleading medical anthropologists, including several whose research\nfocuses on Asia (e.g., Das, Kleinman, Lock). Three key themes will be\nexplored: 1) structural violence and social suffering; 2) technoscience and\nembodiment; and 3) medicine and humanitarianism.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"At least one 2000 or 3000 Anthropology course, or with the permission\nof instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4237","ModuleTitle":"Conquest, Territorial Expansion and International Law","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"Some of the most important turning points in world history have resulted\nin, and from, territorial expansion and conquest of both inhabited and\nuninhabited frontiers. Many of the international laws we now take for\ngranted emerged as the result of highly contentious and uncertain\nincursions into previously un-regulated domains.\nIn this course, students will explore the root causes of state-led territorial\nexpansion and the ramifications of conquest and domination for\ninternational law. We will analyse theories of conquest and delve into\ncase studies of particular cases of expansion into inhabited territory (e.g.\nJapan’s Co-Prosperity Sphere, United States’ westward expansion across\nAmerica, German expansion in Western and Eastern Europe) and state\nexpansion into uninhabited frontiers (e.g. South China Sea disputes,\nairspace, outer space, Antarctica, the deep sea). Students will learn to analyse and critique competing arguments, synthesize explanatory\nlenses, and perform research into this arena of international politics and\nlaw.","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-0-9.5","Prerequisite":"YSS2202 Introduction to International Relations or with the permission of\nthe instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"YSS4238","ModuleTitle":"Micro-Finance and Sustainable Development in Asia","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","Department":"YALE-NUS COLLEGE","ModuleDescription":"What means sustainable development and how can it be financed? We\ninvestigate the changing visions, approaches, and experiences of\ndevelopment in Asia. We focus on the political economy and the policies\nleading to growth and its inequality and wellbeing impacts. We analyze the\nrole of (international) state, business, and civil society actors.\nOne illustration of such ideational and financial influences will be microfinance.\nAwarded the Nobel Prize for its role in poverty alleviation and\nwomen´s empowerment, it increasingly made negative headlines. Does\nmicro-finance provide a feasible market-driven solution? How does\nglobalization and liberalization influence other new approaches to\nsustainable development?","CrossModule":"","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-3.5-6","Prerequisite":"YSS3255 International Development or YSS3254 Globalisation on the\nGround or YSS2218 International Political Economy or YSS2202\nInternational Relations or YSS3225 Global Governance or with the\npermission of the instructor","Preclusion":"","Corequisite":""},{"ModuleCode":"ZB3288","ModuleTitle":"Advanced UROPS in Computational Biology I","AcadYear":"2017/2018","SemesterName":"Semester 2","Faculty":"SCIENCE","Department":"DEAN'S OFFICE (SCIENCE)","ModuleDescription":"This module is intended for students to conduct mini-research projects that make use of computational methods and informatics tools to solve specific biological problems or develop bioinformatics databases and software. In principle, each project is to be supervised by an academic staff from any department in the Faculty of Science. 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