Its been 10 days since I blogged : I was holidaying, I was busy with packing and shopping.
A christmas gift and a great opportunity: CS3216: Software development on Evolving platforms. - My 5th module for SEM2 @ NUS.
As per the module requirements, I will be blogging about CS3216 at another blog - http://angad-cs3216.typepad.com
And here is the first post on CS3216 at the new blog.
Showing posts with label Modules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Modules. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Module Review
I had kept this one to write after my result which came out today. It was actually Ok., not too good, not too bad. I think a CAP of 4.00 is decent. An S/U for my GEM can get me a CAP of 4.12. But considering I have to save my S/Us, I will leave it at 4.
Now here I will actually be giving justifications for my grades rather than reviewing the modules :)
Starting with MA, (the worst) it was a B. I had expected better here. Perhaps it was that that I had a cold that day and 30% of the time I was sneezing and cleaning my nose. Yeah, I was the one who sneezed 2-3 times during the exam. Circumstantial. Over with MA1505. Better luck for 1506. 1505 was a cool module. It can be managed easily after all the tutorials and past year papers. Advice: Never get sick during exams. Precaution.
PC1432 was fine too. B+. I like physics but I dont know why cant we just appreciate the beauty of the module. Why do we have to prove certain formula? I did prove all asked, but I guess I did some mishandling with the questions. Like just trying to run for the end-result. But I dont care any more for this module. I am not gonna have Physics any more now :)
CG1101- This was actually good. A. Though I wouldnt mind an A+, but A seems fine. Perhaps the mid-term took its toll here. (16/24 was bad..). I could solve the PE and all the programming in final paper. CAP booster.
GEK1514 - B. GEM module. Unexpected can happen. No words for this.
CS1231- B+. The most dreaded module. But the exam was awesome. Lost in the mid-terms (34/58) and a group assignment.
So here was some really small rantings about my result today. Some say, 1st sem results sets your threshold in NUS. I will definitely try to bring this point down :)
So some observations to follow for next sem:
1) Dont under-estimate the mid-terms
2) Never believe a senior
3) Maintain health during exams
4) Try and get more from the prescribed books (negotiable)
5) Take interest-wise modules as far as possible
Now here I will actually be giving justifications for my grades rather than reviewing the modules :)
Starting with MA, (the worst) it was a B. I had expected better here. Perhaps it was that that I had a cold that day and 30% of the time I was sneezing and cleaning my nose. Yeah, I was the one who sneezed 2-3 times during the exam. Circumstantial. Over with MA1505. Better luck for 1506. 1505 was a cool module. It can be managed easily after all the tutorials and past year papers. Advice: Never get sick during exams. Precaution.
PC1432 was fine too. B+. I like physics but I dont know why cant we just appreciate the beauty of the module. Why do we have to prove certain formula? I did prove all asked, but I guess I did some mishandling with the questions. Like just trying to run for the end-result. But I dont care any more for this module. I am not gonna have Physics any more now :)
CG1101- This was actually good. A. Though I wouldnt mind an A+, but A seems fine. Perhaps the mid-term took its toll here. (16/24 was bad..). I could solve the PE and all the programming in final paper. CAP booster.
GEK1514 - B. GEM module. Unexpected can happen. No words for this.
CS1231- B+. The most dreaded module. But the exam was awesome. Lost in the mid-terms (34/58) and a group assignment.
So here was some really small rantings about my result today. Some say, 1st sem results sets your threshold in NUS. I will definitely try to bring this point down :)
So some observations to follow for next sem:
1) Dont under-estimate the mid-terms
2) Never believe a senior
3) Maintain health during exams
4) Try and get more from the prescribed books (negotiable)
5) Take interest-wise modules as far as possible
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
CS1231: True or False
I am just back from CS1231 Final exam. My first University Exam :)
CS1231: Discrete Structures (Mathematics)
My Computer Engineering course has this module pre-allocated in its 2nd Semester but due to lost battles in CORS, I had appealed for this module and had got myself a seat with the other Computing students from SoC who had it pre-allocated this Semester.
The Semester 1 CS1231 is offered by SoC and from what I have heard the Semester 2 CS1231 will be offered by Faculty of Science so it was rather a mistake to take it this sem as the SoC one turns out to be more difficult. But I was one of the unlucky 8 of Computer Engineering, who had appealed (begged) for this module. :(
But I feel that it was actually good to have taken it this semester. I will be one module ahead of my cohort in 2nd Semester and would facilitate me to take some extra modules next semester. And of course, it was good to get over with it early. :D
CS1231 was the only module that had always given jitters. All the weird symbols and the notations in it made me even dislike the subject more. The first half of the module, until recess week went totally over my head. Though I understood everything in the lectures, I could not solve much questions. It can be called lack of practice and I dont't feel ashamed to admit that. Some failed attempts to understand the questions had marred my confidence in it. My midterms grade suffered. Though my marks were just the average of the class, but amongst all the Indians here, mine were the lowest.
After the midterms, though I did not attend any more lectures, the module turned out to be manageable. Rather it seemed interesting.
I particularly liked the lecturer of this module. He is an amazing French guy with awesome class skills. He keeps walking throughout the lecture theater and even sat besides students to ask and arouse interests of the students. Though he never gave a break in the lectures, I really was amazed that my concentration did not wander.
The exam was pretty easy, but I guess the bell-curve will be awesomely high and even a small mistake would bring me down.
This pic truly depicts about the module:
Haha! It was during a long night of killing Graphs and Trees chapter in my cluster's Kitchen in PGP. You can easily spot this over the Bin Chute!
CS1231: Discrete Structures (Mathematics)
My Computer Engineering course has this module pre-allocated in its 2nd Semester but due to lost battles in CORS, I had appealed for this module and had got myself a seat with the other Computing students from SoC who had it pre-allocated this Semester.
The Semester 1 CS1231 is offered by SoC and from what I have heard the Semester 2 CS1231 will be offered by Faculty of Science so it was rather a mistake to take it this sem as the SoC one turns out to be more difficult. But I was one of the unlucky 8 of Computer Engineering, who had appealed (begged) for this module. :(
But I feel that it was actually good to have taken it this semester. I will be one module ahead of my cohort in 2nd Semester and would facilitate me to take some extra modules next semester. And of course, it was good to get over with it early. :D
CS1231 was the only module that had always given jitters. All the weird symbols and the notations in it made me even dislike the subject more. The first half of the module, until recess week went totally over my head. Though I understood everything in the lectures, I could not solve much questions. It can be called lack of practice and I dont't feel ashamed to admit that. Some failed attempts to understand the questions had marred my confidence in it. My midterms grade suffered. Though my marks were just the average of the class, but amongst all the Indians here, mine were the lowest.
After the midterms, though I did not attend any more lectures, the module turned out to be manageable. Rather it seemed interesting.
I particularly liked the lecturer of this module. He is an amazing French guy with awesome class skills. He keeps walking throughout the lecture theater and even sat besides students to ask and arouse interests of the students. Though he never gave a break in the lectures, I really was amazed that my concentration did not wander.
The exam was pretty easy, but I guess the bell-curve will be awesomely high and even a small mistake would bring me down.
This pic truly depicts about the module:
True or False??
Haha! It was during a long night of killing Graphs and Trees chapter in my cluster's Kitchen in PGP. You can easily spot this over the Bin Chute!
This module has totally given a sense of logic (though i dont know if i am ever going to retain that!). But still I feel that for a Computer Engineering guy, this module can be revamped a lot. Clubbing us with SoC Computing is rather a bit tough.
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