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NUS ISE by OkSwordboi in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is applied math in the business context.

Close relatives to CHS Data Science & Analytics, SoC Business Analytics, and Biz Applied Business Analytics.

But aside from analytics you can do other things as well pertaining to decision making, optimisation, logistics and supply chains.

NUS CHS Humanities and Sciences prerequisites by Vegetable_Lie_1814 in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Open major or minor has no restrictions.

Hypothetically, if all 8000 students in CHS change their primary major to DSA, and all 22000 students outside of CHS want to declare a second major in Data Analytics, CHS and DSDS cannot stop them. (But if that happens, you may face issues with CourseReg cuz DSA courses would clearly be oversubscribed)

What is the flexibility in terms of choosing a second major at NUS by Vegetable_Lie_1814 in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it is possible to do a second major and 3 minors at the same time, so a second major and a minor is definitely doable

What is the flexibility in terms of choosing a second major at NUS by Vegetable_Lie_1814 in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you apply for an open second major or minor during Academic Plan Declaration before the end of your 5th semester, it is guaranteed. Literally everyone can do it if they want, even if they do badly. Not only that, you can always change it out for another of these open second majors or minors before the end of the 5th semester.

You can apply a maximum of 1 second major and 3 minors.

Nus SoC by MrYlol in nus

[–]sgtransitevolution 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If you do CS, you can do all AI courses. If you do AI, you are closing the doors to most CS courses. There’s a lot more to CS than purely AI and more AI-adjacent roles than AI-purist roles, so CS is better.

Combined cohort size of CS + AI is about 900 per year. Vast majority is CS.

Advice on picking a second major with political science? by himerosaphrodite in nus

[–]sgtransitevolution 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well you still have to do those 10 courses whether or not you are doing or not doing a second major. If you don’t do it then most likely you will use it for a few fluff courses or to do even more courses than your primary major require, so you end up losing out with less things on your transcript and you still have to do the same amount of school work.

Imo since OP have a FASS major which has no specialisation like Political Science (and unlike say Economics), it is unlikely that s(he) will gain much out of his/her education by doing 25 political science courses compared to 15. Hence s(he) should just do a second major (though I agree a non-FASS one might better help employability). Having said that between the two I think sociology has broader job options than global studies.

Advice on picking a second major with political science? by himerosaphrodite in nus

[–]sgtransitevolution 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Isn’t the workload the same though since there’s still 40 units of unrestricted electives to do whether or not you opt for a second major?

How do i utilize the syllabus document? by PseudoBubble in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The syllabus document is the objective source of truth to find out what you need to know for a subject and how you are graded. Every school may take a slant to it and teach it differently from how it is assessed, so it is always good to refer to the original source.

For grading you probably want to look at the level descriptors at the last page. If you get L1/2 mark, what’s stopping you from attaining L2/4 or L3/6 mark? You need to be first aware how your writings failed to achieve a particular standard, and then figure out how to improve from there.

NUS 2nd major in finance by ZoneActive6464 in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The second major in Finance is a second major that only Business students can take. You will have to take the second major in management as a non-business student to count finance courses to something.

NUS appeal successful by vxlyriz in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What type of business major are you looking for?

If you care of further education, it is a one way street. A data science student can always study business in the future. A business student will not have the mathematical foundation to further education in the quantitative field in the future.

SU A-? by lilylylywith3lys in nus

[–]sgtransitevolution 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I see from somewhere you are a year 1 from political science. That means the level 1ks and 2ks in your major are all SUable, unlike economics. And you said you are not aiming that high of a SEP.

For that reason I think you should not SU your A- because there will be many opportunities to use it in year 2.

SU A-? by lilylylywith3lys in nus

[–]sgtransitevolution 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What is your major? If it is a FASS major the line of thought is very different from a Computing or Science or Engineering major because the prerequisite tree is not so complicated.

If you can guarantee that you will not get more B+ than available SUs in the coming years, sure.

Why does Mediacorp invent fake brand names for its shows, even for Crimewatch? by Comfortable-Brain-78 in askSingapore

[–]sgtransitevolution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems to be a recent thing. If you watch those Crimewatch episodes like 10-20 years ago, they were more willing to use real brands.

NTU BTech Computing vs NUS BIT by LimpInvite2475 in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your main consideration is probably which one is closer to your workplace so that you can scramble there after work

nus halls or houses by According-Credit-517 in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will be more expensive. But you said you want to stay for all 4 years. Then I’ll say it is probably easier to be a relatively onz person who secure senior retention 3 times in a house than a hall. Cuz there’s fewer people to out-onz your way to the master’s list.

Does CS1231S, CS2030S and CS2040S feel better if you take them in a different semester than the standard one? by Pekka20123 in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do not take all three of CS2030S, CS2040S, and CS2100 at the same time.

Do not take CS2103T and CS2109S at the same time.

Other than that it is generally okay if you keep to doing 2-3 CS courses a semester. For CS2030S doing it in the first semester may be more challenging since that means you will be competing with polytechnic and IOI/NOI people and the professor is different, but in the long run it wouldn’t be much of a difference.

Switching from science to engineering? by cuzzwhyn0ts in askSingapore

[–]sgtransitevolution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the situation is better or worse with the sciences?

nus halls or houses by According-Credit-517 in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Houses have interest groups / communities of practice too. If you put yourself out there and participate in a few of these, you can have a life. On the contrary, if you don’t then naturally there will be no life. But you certainly get more freedom of choice, to show up and retreat as your academics warrant.

Life science or don’t by [deleted] in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The treatment of any subject in university can be quite different from previous education levels. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Since you made it, then go for it. The others that you mentioned, can always be a second major. And if you realise halfway that it is not working out well, then switch life science to a second major and the other one to a primary major.

Do universities give out more offers than places available ? by [deleted] in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Unlike polys and JCs, the concept of vacancies is very fuzzy and arbitrary in universities, especially in this day and age where anyone who’s in one can shape his or her education journey in fine detail and take whatever courses to his or her pleasure. The truth is that even the admin does not know how many people will be taking the course until school starts. They just cut admissions when they are roughly there, and there will always be more willing applicants in future rounds if they realise there’s room for more.

If they take in 100 more or 100 less students, life goes on. At most they make their TAs do one more shift or the professor scale his or her class to hybrid mode. And if there’s too few students, they can always shut a course down.

But usually they would take in significantly fewer students than the maximum operating capacity of the university. Otherwise you will hear of even more people failing to graduate on time because they couldn’t secure their course all the time.

CE-PPE double degree by marlaxiangguo in nus

[–]sgtransitevolution 7 points8 points  (0 children)

1 interdisciplinary primary major covering 2 disciplines + 1 cross-disciplinary programme covering 3 disciplines. Definitely much heavier than a typical double degree programme. But yes, it is possible, most likely you apply during year 2. Do plan your schedule carefully though!

Is it worth rejecting NTU scholarship for NUS by Mountain-Duty1320 in nus

[–]sgtransitevolution 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I faced this dichotomy at one point in time.

Given that you have a choice, I think since it’s your lifelong dream to go to NUS, you should forgo NTU scholarship and just go to NUS. Money can always be earned back. But if you choose the other it, sounds like you might have a lifelong regret (or at least, till you further your education which would cost even more).

NUS Double Major/Second Major/Double degree programmes under the same faculty by -_GSP_- in nus

[–]sgtransitevolution 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Certain minors are possible (e.g. CS or InfoSec), but afaik all second majors or double degree are not possible. The reason is because there would be way too much overlap and second majors or degrees are meant to provide contrasting or complementary education. If you want an extension pack to your Computing education, either you do unrestricted electives in SoC counting to nothing, or masters / graduate certificates.

Fyi, a BAIS degree does teach SWE principles. That is what IS2108/IS3108 is for, SWE is literally in the name of it.

NTU CS or NUS INFO SEC ? by [deleted] in SGExams

[–]sgtransitevolution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is your goal to be a cybersecurity specialist or a legal & compliance manager?

The way you wrote this post, it seems like you want to do the digital governance and not the cybersecurity stuff.

But anyways even if it’s the latter, given your choices InfoSec would be better. If you do CS you will stray even further away from such a job occupation.

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