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NM4208 - Strategic Communication Design Review

NM4208/NM4208HM NUSMods Link Taken in: AY23/24 Semester 2 Lecturer: Mr Tan Kai En Grading: 5% - Participation 30% - Integrated Communications Plan 65% - Final Project (Individual) 45% Magazine 20% Website 25% (HM ONLY) - Analysis and Critique Paper I took the HM variant for pre-CHS cohort, which had the additional 25% portion. In this module, you'll use advanced InDesign to create a 16-page magazine for your final project. You'll also be taught simple Figma and can use it (or WIX, or other site builders) to create a 5-page (or 5-section, scrollable) website. The magazine and website are both for an organisation of your choice, to achieve certain strategic goals. You will of course, start with the Integrated Communications Plan (ICP). Yes, I wrote about the assignments in backwards order. Basically, all the

NM4259 - Mobile Interaction Design Review

NM4259/NM4259HM NUSMods Link Taken in: AY23/24 Semester 1 Lecturer: Dr Dennis Ang Grading: 10% - Participation 40% - Project 1 (Group) 30% Group Grade 2 x 2.5% Weekly Milestones 10% Final Group Presentation 15% Final Group Report 10% Individual (4 x 2.5% individual reflections) 50% - Project 2 (Individual) 10% Initial Proposal 5% Low-Fi Wireframes 10% Mid-Fi prototype and Prototype evaluation report (5% each) 25% High-Fi prototype (10%) and overall design documentation (15%) I took the HM variant for pre-CHS cohort, which had the additional 25% portion. PS. Sorry for uploading this review a semester late. This module focuses on designing for mobile interaction. The focus is on mobility (obviously smartphones, but also smart

NM4231 - Digital Media Storytelling Strategies Review

NM4231/NM4231HM NUSMods Link Taken in: AY23/24 Semester 1 Lecturer: Ivan Tan Grading: 20% - Participation 30% - Assignment 1: Media Zine (Group) 20% Group Grade 10% Individual Reflection 50% - Assignment 2: PSA Video (Individual) 5% Pitch 45% Video 25% - Reflection Essay (HM only) I took the HM variant for pre-CHS cohort, which had the additional 25% portion. Wahahah! I'd like to admit first-off that, I wasn't planning on taking this module. I didn't do so well for the prerequisite NM3230 and thought I'd certainly swore off videography. Well, I took this because there's a new lecturer taking this course for this AY, and my friend wanted me to take with them. So, I stuck around. I'll be frank. The difference between this and NM3230 is you'll be a little

NM4238 - Software Studies Review

NM4238 NUSMods Link Taken in: AY22/23 Semester 2 Lecturer: Dr Taberez Neyazi Grading: 20% - Participation (in-seminar and forum posting) 20% - Individual Lead Discussion 30% - Individual Essay (Max 3000 words, week 8) 30% - Final Group Project (Designing an Inclusive Software) 20% Final Paper (Max 6000 words, reading week) 5% Week 13 Presentation 5% Peer Review This module is for discussion of software from a critical, humanities-based approach, which, I think might be much-needed in an era of tech-dominated solutions. You'll discuss software (such as AI and algorithms), and some topics could include the ethics of software in making decisions, the discourse around AI-generated art, how software shapes identity, etc. If that sounds like yo

CS2113/T - Software Engineering & Object Oriented Programming Review

CS2113/T NUSMods Link Taken in: AY22/23 Semester 2 Lecturer: Akshay Narayan Tutor: Student TA Schedule: 2h Lecture 1h Lab Grading: 5% - Participation 20% - Individual Project (Week 1-8) 10% Implementation 5% Documentation 5% Project Management 45% - Team Project (Wk 6-13) 5% Design 10% Implementation 10% Documentation 10% Quality Assurance 10% Project Management 30% - Final Exam CS2113 is a software engineering module for students in CEG and certain other tracks. The T variant, to my knowledge, is the exact same module, but for students who have to take another accompanying module. The major learning objective of this module is software e

NM4102 - Advanced Communications and New Media Research

NM4102 NUSMods Link Taken in: AY22/23 Semester 2 Lecturer: Dr Elmie Nekmat Schedule: 3h seminar-style Grading: 20% - Participation 20% - Class Project (Method Critique) 10% - Presentation 10% - Class Activity 25% - Individual Method Critique Paper 35% - Final Group Research Project 5% - Week 13 Presentation 20% - Final Report Note: Unsure about breakdown. These percentages were listed on the assignment guideline. This module is meant to support your Honours Thesis research by refreshing on research methods that were previously taught in NM2103 and NM2104 (respective reviews may be outdated). There is a greater focus on Quantitative meth

CS4240 - Interaction Design for Virtual and Augmented Reality Review

CS4240 NUSMods Link Taken in: AY22/23 Semester 2 Lecturer: Dr Anand Bhojan Tutor: Student TAs Schedule: 2h Lecture in-person (some weeks no lecture, some weeks slot used for presentation/consultation) 2h Lab (week 2-6 only) Grading: 5% - Participation 5% - Analysis Blog Assignment 25% - 3 Lab Assignments 15% - Research Assignment 55% - VR/AR Final Project *Each item's breakdown a bit unclear. Participation was also stated to be "if applicable". I think it might've been removed as everything else adds up to 100%. This module is a way for you to explore creating Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) applications. It was originally just VR, but the module has recently introduced AR into its syllabus. It's