Year 1 Semester 2
For NBS students, our modules for Year 1
Semester 2 would also be pre-allocated by the school. I feel that it's kind of
good cause we are guaranteed of our places in the various modules to
be taken.
AB0601 Communication Management Fundamentals
Course Format:
Class Participation (25%)
Social Media Presentation (30%)
Final Oral Presentation (30%)
Final Written Examination (15%)
Attained Score:
Social Media Presentation (B)
Final Grade: B+
If you're good at presentation and have remarkable stage presence, this
module is likely to be a breeze for you. One point to note is to
not forget your presentation script when you're presenting. Know all the
sequences in all your presentations (no cue cards allowed). There are 3
individual presentations for this module and it's all recorded. There's like a
camera recording all your actions and expressions when you're presenting and my
tutor do review these clips a few times before giving us the grades for the
individual components of the course. The good news is that out of the 3
presentations, only 2 is graded and it's 60% in total. The workload for this
module is fairly light, just some readings and mainly the preparation for
the individual presentations. For the written examination, it's held during the
last week of the semester and it's most probably email writing. The
previous batches has done email writing as well.
AB1201 Financial Management
Course Format:
Tutorial Quizzes (5%)
Group Project Presentation (8%)
Group Tutorial Presentation (7%)
Mid Terms (20%)
Final Examination (60%)
Attained Score:
Mid Terms (18/20)
Final Grade: A
This is a highly competitive module as it is a pre requisite for Banking &
Finance Specialisation. The mean score for the mid terms would usually be
around 14-15 range. I feel that this module's demand is fair. The need to
complete the weekly tutorials cannot be emphasised more. Do note that this
module is 50% qualitative and 50% quantitative and you'll be required to know
all the concepts and theories learnt throughout the course and explain them
well. The final examinations and mid terms shouldn't be a problem if you've
consistently practice and revise the concepts.
AB1301 Business Law
Course Format:
Class Participation (20%)
Mid Term Written Assignment (20%)
Final Examination (60%)
Attained Score:
Mid Term Written Assignment (B-)
Final Grade: B+
The 3 main aspects covered in this module is
contract law, tort law and agency law. I guess the emphasis of this module is
how you frame your arguments to provide appropriate advices for the plaintiff
based on the facts given in the case question. Many people told me that this
module is easy to score and some of them got A+/A, but I guess it really
differs for different people. I relied on the notes that were compiled by the
seniors for the finals. I didn't finish the paper, a 20 marks questions was
written halfway. I'll have to admit that I have bad time management in exams.
AB1401 Information Technology
Course Format:
Class Participation (20%)
Group Report (20%)
Group Case Presentation (10%)
Final Examination (50%)
Attained Score: All Unknown
Final Grade: A
This is a chill module. You'll just have to post your news article pertaining
on the topic that was covered during the seminar onto the discussion board for
8 weeks and do an individual presentation (sharing) on the news article if
you're chosen. This will contribute to the class participation marks as it's
20% (That's a lot!) For my class, we had discussion every
lessons and had to present the group's response to the various questions posed
but it's quite relaxing as most questions were more on general knowledge except
for some topics, such as hardware, software and telecommunications, which were
more technical per se. We were also taught database design and excel functions
for this module and I enjoyed it a lot. The group report was the most
burdensome thing for the semester. It's 15 pages long, single spaced. It's
almost 7.5k words and I feel so accomplished when my group finished the report.
AC1101 Accounting I
Course Format:
6 Quizzes (5%)
Mid Terms (15%)
Group Report (15%)
Ethical Reasoning Test (5%)
Final Examination (50%)
Attained Score:
Quizzes (3.5%/5%)
Mid Terms (12%/15%)
Group Report (A-)
Ethical Reasoning Test (A)
Final Grade: B
This module covers both financial and managerial accounting and introduces
various FRS such as FRS 2, FRS 109 and FRS 115. I didn't manage to finish the
paper and left a couple of questions blank, the questions that were left blank totaled
up to 23 marks. I'll have to say that the paper was fair as it has varying
difficulty of questions and obviously, I'm not able to answer all the
high-level questions.
HY0001 Ethics and Moral Reasoning
Course Format: Online
Peer Evaluation (5%)
Discussion Question (10%)
LAMS Sequences (15%)
Quiz (70%)
Final Grade: Pass
This module is fully online and it is part of the 3 1AU modules that you'll
have to take as a NTU student. It introduces various ethical principles and you
can complete the module in 1 day, if you have the time at the start of the
school term. It's only towards the end when I realised that you do not have to
wait the the subsequent week before the LAMS sequence is available. I feel so
dumb. So, in fact, you can do the whole 13 sequences in a day.
