Friday, December 4, 2015

Module Review: 2015/2016 Semester I

Note: Please note that there might be differences between modules in semester 1 and semester 2

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CS3103 - 3D Modeling and Animation (4 MC) (No Exam*)
Heavy emphasis on lab and hands-on rather than theory. On the notion of learning vs. grade, this module focused on learning. This module was a continuation of CS2105 and touched on many topics discussed on CS2105, so be prepared to refresh your memory. This was the first time the new curriculum of CS3103 is conducted, so many things might change in the future. Focused a lot on the different protocol being used currently. While no exam was registered on the module, there was a final test on Week 13.
Workload: weekly pre-lab quiz (graded) x10 (tentatives as some weeks have the quiz not counted towards grade), weekly lab (graded) x10, 1 written assignment, 1 programming assignment, 1 programming project - with presentation on Week 13, 1 final test.

CS4226 - Internet Architecture (4 MC) (Closed Book Exam - Cheat-sheet allowed)
The first time this module was conducted (again, many things might change in the future). It's also another module which focused more on learning new things rather than getting your grades. The teacher said that if CS3103 focuses on depth (of network), this module focuses on breadth. We touches on many parts of network other than protocols, such as algorithms and statistics behind making a reliable network.
Workload: 1 written assignment, 1 programming assignment, 1 mid-term exam, 1 final exam. Both exams allow 1 two-sided A4 paper size cheatsheet.

CS4345 - General-Purpose Computation on GPU (4 MC) (Open Book Exam)
An interesting module. This mostly touched on parallel programming and executing them in GPU. The programming assignments are not very difficult since the skeleton codes covered most of the tedious things to be coded. This was an interesting module to me since I have not taken any parallel programming module. Be minded that if you are not used to parallel programming, this module requires a mindset change in writing your algorithms.
Workload: 4 programming assignments, 1 mid-term exam, 1 final exam

Total MC - Sem 7     : 12
Total MC - Sem 6     : 20
Total MC - Sem 5     : 20
Total MC - Sem 4     : 12 (ATAP, i.e. industrial attachment)
Total MC - Sem 3     : 20
Total MC - Sem 2     : 26
Total MC - Sem 1     : 20
Total MC - Overall    : 130

2 comments:

  1. Hi, you got the CS3103 course name wrong ;)

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  2. Hi

    I came across your review online and I saw that u took CS4226 previously.

    I’m currently planning on taking this module and would love to have some additional resources (lecture, tutorial notes, past year papers, quizzes and assignments, book).

    Could you kindly share your materials (files/folder) with me? I’d really appreciate it, truly.

    If there’s anything I can do for you in return, please don’t hesitate to let me know.

    Thank you very much!

    My email is: unistuff.nus@gmail.com

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