Year 2 Sem 1 Modules

This sem was a great sem with improvements in CAP. Year 2 Sem 1 marks a change in the type of modules taken. Now, The various engineering peeps have been streamed and year 2 is when the fundamentals of EE are taught. Generally, I am highly interested in the content taught in this sem. I find the content rather 'interesting'... EE2006 has some hands-on work and I liked that a lot. EE2012 was the maths intensive one, it satisfied my interest in maths. EE2009 was the 'applications' one... i liked it too! EE2010 was the easy but boring one. Apparently, taking Managerial Econs was a waste as the lecturer err.. sucked due to his accent! sorry!

BSP1005: Managerial Economics - Satisfactory
Managerial Economics is essentially a Microecons course (with Game theory) with an emphasis on mangerial implications but honestly, i don't see the managerial implications in it. It was a good intro module for me to microecons but i skipped all but the first few lectures and basically studied the rest on my own. The slang of the lecturer (he's from korea) makes his teaching difficult to understand. Honestly, I would suggest taking this module and not S/Uing it only if you have econs background in A levels. Then managerial econs would be a sure A for you!!! :D:D:D

EE2006: Digital Design - A
Digital Design is a module which involves a lot of memorization and also a lot of application. The module starts slow with revision on number systems and karnaugh maps and some EG1108 stuff. The build-up of pacing of this module is great but the workload is heavy with major projects taking up precious time. The projects are those kind that if you complete it as expected, you'll get very close to what everyone else is getting. Otherwise, it will affect your grade adversely. (most people score though).

EE2009: Signals - A+
Signals is regarded as a difficult module for year 2 EE students. The lecturer is great and makes funny jokes but does not cover the module in detail. Do not get tricked by the 'light-hearted' mood of the lectures. A lot of independent study is required to score. (The lecturer did say this before...). Basically, listen to EVERYTHING the lecture says. The e-test requires a lot of practise. Read all FAQS. be extra hardworking for this module and be used to the tricks and marking scheme. You'll succeed in this module if you do that.

EE2012: Analytical Methods in Electrical and Computer Engineering - A+
A heavily mathematical module. But this module does not emphasize on computation but rather on mathematical CONCEPTS with relation to ECE. The trick to this module is to do as much as you can. Do not expect to complete the final papers. Anyway the mid term is always repeated so... haha. Get all the concepts right and be used to the final papers which will be repeated to some extent (notice the pattern).. To do well for this module, you need a good tutor as the lecturer is honestly horrible. Another thing to note is ALWAYS WRITE SOMETHING because the marking is leniant... You'll be surprised by how many marks your completely irrelevant text will get!! (this is unlike EE2009)

EE2010: Systems and Control - A+
Concepts for this module are rather simple but this module is computationally intensive. Train yourself to compute quickly and just read through lectures and try out previous sems papers and you'll probably do well for this module. This module is not difficult in terms of concepts but this means the bell curve will be scary. The marking of this module is very leniant like EE2012 so do the same thing! Write as much as you can!

MA1101R: Linear Algebra I - A
Concepts for this module are relatively simple but as a maths module, it involves training of your proofing techniques. This can be very difficult initially but it gets easier and easier as you get the hang of it. The difficulty of proofing techniques is that it is not methodical. There is no 'standard method' of doing a question. You actually have to think of the method to use. The finals was quite difficult (the last 2 questions) but if you use the previous steps, the questions become rather straight forward.