NUS Almost Dropouts

NM2220 Taken in: AY21/22 Semester 1 Lecturer: Dr Wu Shangyuan Tutor: Ms Sim Ee Waun Grading: 20% - Participation 20% - Assignment 1: News Angle Pitches 35% - Assignment 2: Feature Story 25% - Assignment 3: Press Release NM2220 was scary to us, because some seniors complained it was hard to do well in, some made it out barely scraping by a B. Though, others seemed to get by just fine. Well, we took it anyway. This module covers a lot of aspects of media writing including print journalism (news), broadcasting (radio/TV), web, advertisement, media ethics and law, PR, etc. However, this module does not go deeply into many of the topics it covers, and the assignments have an emphasis on written work (News article, Press release). The assignments cover print/written ...

NM3216 Taken in: AY21/22 Semester 1 Lecturer: Dr Alex Mitchell Tutor: Lee Junhui, Brandon Grading: 10% - Participation 30% - 10% x 3 Written Reflections (500 words each) 15% - Project 1 (Board Game, Wk 3-5) 5% Group 10% Individual 35% - Project 2 (Computer Game, Wk 6-13) 10% Week 13 Presentation 5% Group 20% Individual 10% - Weekly Tutorial Milestones (Wk 3 to 13) 1% x 3 - Project 1 Milestones 1% x 7 - Project 2 Milestones This module covers the fundamental theories of game design, including level design, types of players, fun, interaction, etc. A lot of theory behind what makes a game. The assessment is 100% CA, with an emphasis on group project work. This...

ID2117 Taken in: AY21/22 Semester 1 Lecturer: Min Chieh Vincent Leow Grading: 50% - Week 3 Submission 50% - Week 6 Submission *note that Vincent is quite flexible and may take into account other weeks' submissions. ID2117 is a 6-week module on the fundamentals of drawing. In the first few weeks, you'll first learn the technique for drawing straight lines, circles, followed by 1 and 2-point perspective. During class, Vincent teaches, and you do live drawing activities (Bring a pencil and some paper!), and there is weekly homework to be submitted before the next class. This was one of the more refreshing classes I took this semester. Vincent is really, really nice and because the module covers the bare basic, fundamentals of drawing, anyone can take it. There were a few people with actual professional design background taking this module, but don'...

GES1029/GESS1021 Taken in: AY21/22 Semester 1 Lecturer: Dr Edna Lim Tutor: Dr Edna Lim Grading: 20% - Participation 25% - Test 1 25% - Test 2 30% - Group Project This module explores aspects of Singapore Film, such as its history, the various types and genres, critical analysis, etc. There were no live lectures, but there is a film screening time slot. Some of the films cannot be found online (But can be found in libraries), so you should show up and pay attention, as you need knowledge of the films for the tests. Tutorials were held on even weeks. Week 4, 6, 8 tutorials discuss certain films and topics, and week 10 and 12 are for project presentations. Because there are no live lectures, the lecture timeslot is not used, save for an introduction on Week 1 and tests on Weeks 6 and 13. If you're looking for a GES, I think t...

GET1029 / GEX1015 Taken in: AY21/22 Semester 1 Lecturer: Dr Michael W. Pelczar Tutor: Liu Jiachen Grading: 10% - Tutorial Participation 10% - Tutorial Attendance 40% - 10 Weekly Quizzes 40% - Final Exam This GET module is also the exposure module for Philosophy. Each week, you'll be briefly introduced to concepts in Philosophy, and there is a weekly quiz on each week's topic. Topics initially consist of morality (Right and wrong), but later weeks expand into God, existence, etc. Honestly, this module was a lot of fun with a super low workload. All you had to do was an MCQ quiz each week (You had 1 week to attempt it, and you're free to discuss) and tutorials are discussions of the week's topic. The web lecture was also OTOT and viewable in 2x speed. The readings help but some week's readings don't really add much. ...

CS1010E Taken in: AY21/22 Semester 1 Lecturer: Dr Alan Cheng, Dr Adi, and Dr Khoo Tutor: Student TA Grading: 14% - Assignments 14% - Midterm 2% - Mock PE 20% - PE1 20% - PE2 30% - Final CS1010E is the Engineering department's introduction to programming using Python as the language. I took this to fulfil a CS module requirement for the IMD minor. This module covers the basics of programming using Python. The long and short of it: If you have background in computational thinking, this module is a piece of cake. Else, be prepared to put in time to practice. Take it with a grain of salt, but I personally think this module is OK, just that most of the vocal crowd feel it's difficult. The reason why people call it a "20MC module" is because you n...

NM2213 Taken in: AY21/22 Semester 1 Lecturer: Dr Alex Mitchell Tutor: Dr Alex Mitchell Grading: 10% - Participation 20% - 10% x 2 Essay Assignment (1000 words each) 20% - Midterm Quiz 20% - Final Quiz 30% - Group Project comprising of: 20% Weekly Presentations (7 Presentations, 3min each) 5% Final Proposal 5% Individual Reflection (500 words) NM2213 is one of the more fun and "hands-on" modules in CNM. It dives into the basics of UX design, which if you've taken NM1101E, was briefly introduced in the interaction design segment (Recall the Don Norman reading). This is basically your gateway to the interactive media design (IMD) branch of CNM. This module covers the theory of interaction design in the first half of ...