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as with the starting of most of my previous posts, time really is flying past quickly. week 13 of my second semester in university is over, and i survived hell week with test and submissions every single day of the week. i never thought i would be able to make it this far, especially with the modules that i'm taking this semester. but here i am, just finished my finals. which also means i'm no longer a freshman in university.

most of my freshman year was spent adapting to the changes, especially since the change from junior college to university was a huge one. and working for six months also meant that my brain was not really active nor ready for studying again, and i have to admit, i struggled quite a bit. nonetheless, freshman year was fun for me. as i wait for time to pass to begin my sophomore year, here's a review of the modules i took in year 1 sem 1 of uni in ntu wkwsci.

1) GC0001 Sustainability: Seeing Through The Haze (Ger-Core)
this was an online module so you can do it in your free time. i think i completed the module during recess week in like 2 or 3 days?? you will have to watch a video before answering mcq/open ended questions and i'll just stop right here.

2) CS2023 Print & Digital Publications (Major-PE)
one of the two interesting mods i took this semester. it helps if you have prior knowledge in indesign, but it's okay if you don't have either because the tutor will teach you how to use the different tools. as a beginner, this mod was kinda stressful to me as we did a lot of tutorial work in class and assignments were in class as well, so you had to work under time constraint. there are three assignments spread over the semester, hence no finals. the tutor is really nice and patient so if you are unclear about anything, just ask. this mod also helps in designing skills in a way, cos you will have to design layouts for magazine articles and stuff. i would be done with this mod in a day for a week cos one hour lecture and two hours tutorial in a day so!!

3) CS2006 Theories of Visual Communication & Their Applications (Core)
i really didn't mean to, but i did not attend all lectures for this module, though i would say it's actually quite interesting. submission of assignments are to be done via social media platform so um, prepare yourselves. for our second individual assignment, we had to go to SAM and do a review about the exhibition there after attending a lecture at Lasalle. for our group assignment, we had to do a visual mapping of shopping malls so be prepared to set aside days to go down for filming and interviews. three assignments, one three hour lecture per week, no finals.

4) CS2024 Web Design & Technologies (Core)
when i tell people that i learn coding in communications, they will be surprised. and tbh me too. but yes in this module you will learn coding - html, css, javascript. there will be two midterms, no finals, and your batch takes a poll whether they want midterms to be open book or not. there will also be a group assignment where your group have to create a website and just apply things that you have learnt from lectures. and i admit i did not attend most lectures for this module as well - because there are slides, and the lecturer really just reads off from the slides. during the three hour lecture, she will go through content, and leave an hour or so for hands on practice. really up to you if you want to go for lecture or not. majority of your grades for this assignment depends on your online tutorial work which helped me a lot in understanding the concepts of coding, so i would just like to put it out there that it really is up to you if you want to attend three hour long lectures.

5) CS2400 Foundations Of Information Analytics (Core)
the main reason why i took communications is because i wanted to escape mathematics. but i could not run away from statistics with this module, which happens to be a core module aka i cannot su this. its two 1.5 hour lectures a week and most of the time he's going through concepts and stuff so you really really have to do your own practices in your free time. this i really regret not doing. there's an individual assignment, a group assignment, one midterm and one finals (50%) so all i can say is, good luck.

6) CS2021 News Reporting & Writing (Major-PE)
the other module which stressed me out the most but taught me a lot. i really wanted to specialise in journalism so i had to take this mod as it was a gateway mod. many thanks to yongsheng for helping me do star wars so i can get this!! honestly i get really really scared and nervous before every lesson with hedwig. its like one hour lecture and two hours tutorial and you really have to read the papers and get your basic grammar right. we do a lot of proof reading in class with a deadline so you really gotta work under pressure. hedwig really is intimidating in class especially the first few lectures, but after a while she actually jokes with us, though she is still strict. there are three assignments. one of which is deadline writing in class, and finals.

7) LK9001 Korean Language Level 1 (UE)
one really fun module this semester! it's two 1.5 hours lesson in a week with two written tests, one quiz, one essay and one oral test. the bell curve for this module is really steep, you can really tell that people in the class have background in the language already even though we had to declare that we know nothing about it. as i've wanted to learn korean for a few months now, taking this module helped me a lot now i know some vocabulary and can construct simple sentences. but then again, korean is a complex language and learning does not stop there.

sophomore year, let's go!

till next time x