20 Dec 2002

To: Returning students

REGULAR ONLINE AND ADD/DROP REGISTRATION CUM CFM/ULR REGISTRATIONS FOR SEMESTER 2, 2002-2003

This letter contains important information on the online registration for Semester 2 as well as some other important information you must know. Please read it carefully.

The schedule for Regular Online for Semester 2, 2002-3 is given below:

Case	Dates
Regular Online (including 1^st exercise for CFM/ULR registration)	28 Dec to 3 Jan 2003 5.00 pm
Release of offers for 1^st GEM/SS/UE and CFM Registrations	5 Jan 2003 (after 3.00 pm)

The Add/Drop Registration cum CFM/ULR Registrations for Semester 2, 2002-2003 is given below:

Case	Dates
Add module(s) and daily balloting	6 Jan to 15 Jan 2003
Drop without penalty	6 Jan to 12 Jan 2003
Drop with W (Withdrawn) grade	13 Jan to 26 Jan 2003
Drop with F (Fail) grade	After 26 Jan 2003
ET1000	28 Dec 2002 to 3 Jan 2003 5.00 pm
Tutorial Registration for EC1310, MA1506, EE2005 Lab Registration for CS2105	6 Jan to 9 Jan 2003 5.00 pm
Tutorial Registration for School of Business modules via https://www2.bschool.nus.edu.sg/undergrad/cfm/tut_login.htm	6 Jan to 15 Jan 2003
Tutorial Registration for Computing undergraduate modules	13 Jan to 17 Jan 2003 5.00 pm
Exercising Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option for CFM	24 Feb to 28 Feb 2003

Students are required to do the online registration through intranet via http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~online. The helpdesk for this exercise is General Computing Laboratory, S16 Level 9 Room 2. The last day of module registration at General Computing Laboratory is 15 Jan 2003.

The opening hours of the helpdesk are: Monday – Friday 0900 to 1700 hrs

Saturday 0900 to 1245 hrs

Sunday & Public Holiday Closed

Public Holidays are: 25 Dec 2002 (Christmas Day) and 1 Jan 2003 (New Year Day). The University holiday is set on 31 Dec 2002. On 24 Dec 2002, the General Computing Laboratory, S16 Level 9 Room 2, will close at 1245 hrs.

All students are required to add modules from 6 Jan to 15 Jan 2003. Failure to do so will mean you will not be allowed to register for any module in Semester 2.

Students are reminded to ensure that they have registered correctly for the modules they intend to read. At the end of each add/drop, you must check the computer printout for the list of modules you have registered for. You must keep the last printout of your registration confirmation slip. In case of discrepancies, it will be the only proof that you have indeed registered for a module or dropped it. Failure to do so might cause you to miss the deadlines for dropping modules and all cases will be dealt with according to the penalty scheme.

Cross Faculty Modules (CFM) – applicable to students admitted before July 2001(incl. Poly intake 2001)

CFM is a graduation requirement for students under the modular system. Students not in the University Scholars Programme (USP) are to fulfill the following CFM requirements:

Year of Matriculation	CFM Requirement
1998	Pass 2 CFMs equivalent to 6-8 MC
1999	Pass 3 CFMs equivalent to 9-12 MC
2000	Please consult SoC curriculum handbook

Students who read CFM in Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory mode will require an equivalent of a ‘C’ grade in order to obtain the modular credits (MC) for fulfillment of CFM equivalent. Students who read CFM in classified grade mode will obtain the MC if they obtain a provisional pass grade of D or D+. Students may read no more than 2 CFM with Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grade throughout their candidature.

You may do CFM online registration at the same time as the Faculty Regular Online registration. The first CFM registration exercise is to be carried out during the Faculty Regular Online registration. You may indicate a total of 5 options of CFM and make changes to your choices of CFM. Such changes will be treated as a new application that over-rides the earlier choices.

Successful students, opting to read CFMs limited by quota, will be given CFM offers via email on 5 Jan 2003 (after 3.00 pm). This offer must be accepted within 48 hours in order for a student to be registered as reading the cfm. An offer not accepted as specified will expire. Students’ cfm options will remain on a waiting list until end of the offer period, 6 to 15 Jan 2003. Offers will be made daily after 5.00 pm on working days and expire 48 hours after offer.

Unsuccessful students will not be notified. The deadlines for dropping CFMs are exactly the same as those for the usual modules.

Please refer to https://online.nus.edu.sg/services/ulreg/ for more information on the CFM Online Registration.

For more details, please refer to the CFM notice which was sent to you by Ms Esther Yuen of Registrar’s Office, or the full instructions on CFM online registration at the NUS website at https://online.nus.edu.sg/services/cfm/index.html. Students who drop an allocated CFM may not request to be reinstated.

Students upon confirmation of their CFM registration as reflected in ‘Current Semester Module Taken’ should contact the host Faculties for tutorial registration. They should print out a copy of the ‘Modules Taken’ for verification by the host Faculties.

University Level Requirements: applicable to students admitted on and after July 2001 (exclude Poly intake 2001)

University Level Requirements Online Registration will be held at the same time as faculty Regular online registration. The first ULR registration exercise is to be carried out during the Regular Online registration. Please refer to http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~online for more information on registration.

Students matriculated in 2001(exclude Poly intake 2001) and after except those from the University Scholars’ Programme (USP) will be required to fulfill the University Level Requirements as reflected in the table:

	Intakes 2001 and 2002
	Modular Credits (MC)
University Level Requirements
GEM	8 MC (3 yr)/ 8 MC(4 yr)
Singapore Studies	4 MC
Breadth: Electives outside student’s Faculty	8 MC (3 yr)/ 16 MC(4 yr)
Total	20 MC (3 yr)/28 MC(4 yr)

There are 2 subject groups within which GEMs are placed, namely,

(i) Subject Group A: Science and Technology; and

(i) Subject Group B: Humanities and Social Sciences.

During the interim period, you will be required to read at least one GEM from Subject Group B. Each GEM is worth 4 MC. To facilitate broadening, the GEMs students select to read should not be those cross-listed with their declared major/minor areas.

Students need to read 1 Singapore Studies module. Singapore Studies modules carry the SS prefix. Students should ensure that they do not register a cross-listed module bearing the GEM code for fulfillment of the SS requirement.

For Breadth, students will be required to have a minimum of 8 MC for a three-year degree programme, and 16 MC for a four-year degree programme. The electives must be from outside of the student's Faculty.

ULR Registration Results

Students’ registrations for GE/SS/UE modules from 28 Dec 2002 to 3 Jan 2003 5.00 pm (1^st exercise) or 6 to 15 Jan 2003 are subject to balloting. You may indicate a total of 5, 2 and 5 options respectively and make changes to your choices. Such changes will be treated as a new application that over-rides the earlier choices. Successful students will be made a GEM/SS/UE offer via email on 5 Jan 2003 (after 3.00 pm). This offer must be accepted within 48 hours in order for a student to be registered as reading the GEM/SS/UE. An offer not accepted as specified will expire. Students’ GEM/SS/UE options will remain on a waiting list until end of the offer period, 6 to 15 Jan 2003. Offers will be made daily after 5.00 pm on working days and expire 48 hours after offer. Please refer to https://online.nus.edu.sg/services/ulreg/ for more information on the GEM/SS/UE Online Registration. Student can only accept up to a maximum of two GEM/SS/UE modules in total per semester.

Please ensure availability of mailbox space to receive Administration’s messages. Forward your emails to your frequently used account if your NUS account in Microsoft OUTLOOK is not your active account. Please contact ccehelp@nus.edu.sg for advice on how to do so.

English for Computing (ET1000)

Students are reminded that English for Computing (if applicable) is University requirement for graduation. Students who do not satisfy the English proficiency upon admission will be preregistered with ET1000. You will choose your tutorial time-slot from 28 Dec 2002 to 3 Jan 2003 5.00 pm.

Business and Technical Communications (CS2301) module

Candidates who are exempted the English Proficiency requirements or have passed Qualifying English Test (QET) will be preregistered with CS2301 depending on the availability of quota.

Balloting of regular modules limited by quota:

The modules limited by quota are given in Appendix A. All modules will be subjected to balloting. Successful candidates will be added the respective allocated modules that you have bidded for to your student record. Should you decide to drop it, please do it online yourself.

Students must register these modules during the regular online via http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~online. Allocation will be announced on 6 Jan 2003 at http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~online.

Modules from School of Business:

The following modules are available to IS and E-Commerce students:

Code	Title	Quota
BH1001	Management and Organisation	45
BH1002	Financial Accounting	100
BH1003	Marketing	8
BH1004	Legal Environment of Biz	8
BH2004	Finance	20
BH2005	Asia Pacific Biz & Society	5
BZ3415	Management Science	50

Students who are in the IS and E-Commerce program will be preregistered with BH1002 in semester 2. E-Commerce students are allowed to drop this module using the School of Computing blue add/drop form if they plan to read other Business modules for their major requirements. For other BZ modules that are available to E-Commerce students, please contact Ms Jane Lim at S16 Level 5 Room 6 for manual registration using blue add/drop form. Remaining places will be open to students on other programs of study.

Tutorial registration for School of Business Modules

Students will register for their tutorials from 6 January 2003 to 15 January 2003, on a first-come-first-served basis.

Details on class schedules are available on the following URL: https://www2.bschool.nus.edu.sg/undergrad/cfm/tut_login.htm
Registration for tutorial groups will be done at the above URL from 6 to 15 January 2003 (end of Drop/Add period).
There are more than one lecture groups for some modules. Students will attend the lecture group based on the tutorial groups that they have successfully registered for. Details are found in the above URL.
Allocation of tutorial groups will be done on a first-come-first-served basis.
Students are to ensure that there are no clashes in their class and exam schedules.

EC1310 Principles of Economics

The Department of Economics, FASS, has reserved 200 places for our students, 100 places in each lecture group. EC1310 tutorials will begin on 3^rd week of semester 2, 2002-3. Please register the class that does not clash with your schedule. Details are given below:

EC1310 Lecture Group 1: Wednesday, 1600 to 1800 hrs

Tutorial Room: S4A 03-01

Tutorials	Commencing	Time
Day		9-10 am	10-11 am	11-12 noon
Tuesday	21 Jan 2003	EC1310	EC1310	EC1310
Thursday	23 Jan 2003	None	EC1310	EC1310

EC1310 Lecture group 2: LT11, Wed, 0800 to 1000 hrs

Tutorial Room: S4A 03-02.

Tutorials	Commencing	Time
Day		9-10 am	10-11 am	11-12 noon
Tuesday	21 Jan 2003	EC1310	EC1310	EC1310
Thursday	23 Jan 2003	None	EC1310	EC1310

Modules for BComp (Comp Engineering) students

The following modules are available as regular modules with limited quota to BComp (Comp Eng) students:

MA1506 Mathematics II (pre-allocated and not droppable)

EE2005 Electronics

EE2009 Signals

Human Resource Management Requirement

The rule below will take effect in the academic year 2002-2003.

i. For students admitted in AY 2001, the HRM has been dropped. You must still fulfill the total MC requirement for graduation.

ii. For students admitted in AY 2000(incl. poly intake 2001), the student may take HRM, or additional CFM.

iii. For students admitted before AY 2000 (incl. poly intake 2000), HRM remains a University requirement for graduation.

For students mentioned in (ii) and (iii) above, it is your responsibility to register for this module online. Students can fulfill the HRM requirement by either register for:

(i) HR2001: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS - THEORY AND PRACTICE or

(ii) HR2002: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN RELATIONS IN THE NEW ECONOMY

subject to meeting the prerequisites or preclusions stated below:

All students who require a management module in their degree requirement must read HR2002 for the HRM requirement. In addition, for those who are taking or have taken “Management & Organization” or other management-related courses (i.e. BZ1001-Management & Organisation, BK1001-Socio-psychological foundations of management, BK2002-Management & Organisation, CS1303/IC1392 –Principles of Management) would read HR2002 too. Others will read HR2001.

Available HR2001 time-slots are given in Appendix A. Please refer to Appendix B for module description of these two modules. Students should complete the HRM requirement in this academic year.

The online bidding exercise for HRM modules will be during Regular online. Students are to attend the lessons on first week based on the class allocation lists generated after module registration. No more adding will be permitted after this time. This is to enable the HRM Unit to finalise the class lists. Due to the quota system, you only indicate your preference online. The confirmed lists will be posted under Latest News at http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~online and the final listing (with venues) will be displayed on HRM website at http://www.bschool.nus.edu.sg/faculty/hrm/hrm.htm HRM unit is located at SM2 #04-18. Please see Appendix B for the class schedule.

Filing For Graduation

Students who intend to graduate after Semester 2, 2002-2003 must file for graduation online no later than 15 Jan 2003. You should also ensure that you have fulfilled all graduation requirements (including English for Computing, Human Resource Management, etc.) by the end of the semester for which you have filed for graduation, if you pass all the modules in that semester. No late application to file for graduation will be accepted. Students in doubt of graduation requirements should refer to the school web pages on undergraduate programmes at http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/undergradprog/. Students on Student Exchange Programme who are graduating must also file for graduation in writing (to the Dean’s Office) if you are unable to do so online. Students who have fulfilled the degree requirements but do not wish to file for graduation may, under the current University regulations, continue for not more than one additional semester.

Time-table on Web

The updated class and examination time-tables can be found at http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~tutorial/. It is the responsibility of the students to ensure that he/she is not registered for modules for which there is a clash in either class or examination time-table.

The transmission of important information to students will be done through posting of notices on the notice boards or via e-mails or under Latest News http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~online. It is the responsibility of the students to make it a habit to check for important announcements on alternate days. Please direct your queries to csit@comp.nus.edu.sg or isec@comp.nus.edu.sg for program specific queries.

Assoc Prof Teh Hung Chuan

Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Programs)

cc: Heads (CELC, HRM Unit, Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics & Applied Probability)

Dean, School of Computing

Vice-Deans (Assoc Profs Setiono Rudy and Kankanhalli Mohan, and Prof Ooi Beng Chin)

Asst Deans (Assoc Profs Wynne Hsu and Danny Poo, and Mr Tan Tuck Choy, Aaron)

Heads (CS, IS)

Mrs Shih Chiau Lin, Registrar’s Office

APPENDIX A

Modules Limited by quota

From School of Computing

The following Computing modules are limited by quota:

Code	Title	Quota
CS2102/S	Database Systems	250
CS2103	Software Engineering	270
CS2104	Programming Language Concepts	90
CS2105	Computer Networks I	380
CS2106	Operating Systems	280
CS3103	Computer Networks I	250

From Faculty of Engineering

The following Engineering modules for Joint BEng(Comp Engineering) students are limited by quota:

Code	Title	Quota
IE2110	Operations Research I	15
IE2130	Quality Engineering I	15

From Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

ICM modules

i. BComp(ICM) students are to contact Ms Jane Lim at S16 Level 5 Room 6 for manual registration of IFxxxx modules.

ii. BComp(Communications and Media) students are to contact Ms Emily Hee at S16 Level 5 Room 8 (General Office) for manual registration of IFxxxx modules.

From Faculty of Science

Please check from http://www.science.nus.edu.sg/ on the offering semesters and class/exam timetables of these modules:

Code	Title	Quota
BL1361	Genes and Society	200
LSM1101	Biochemistry of Biomolecules	7
LSM1102	Molecular Genetics	7
LSM1103	Biodiversity	7
MA1101R	Linear Algebra I	250
MA1505C	Mathematics I	250
MA1506	Mathematics II (for BComp(CE) students only) - preallocated	100
MA1102R	Calculus	50
ST1232	Probability & Statistics	100
ST2131	Probability	No quota
ST2334	Probability and Statistics	No quota
PC1222	Fundamentals Of Physics II	50

MA1505C: Lecture: Tue/Fri, 4-6 pm at LT32

MA1101R: Lecture: Mon/Thu, 2-4 pm at LT23

Senior students who are almost completing their Biotechnology Minor (short of level 3000 modules), please approach the Department of Biological Sciences to register for the remaining minor modules manually using blue add/drop form. Duly completed form with approval from the Dept of Biological Sciences should be returned to S16 General Office. Available minor modules are given below:

Module	Lecture	Practical & Tutorial	Exam
BL3102 Biochemical Techniques	Mon (12-2pm) LT22	Mon (2-6pm)	28/04/2003 (Mon) 12:30 PM
BL3206 Host-Pathogen Interactions	Mon (10am-12pm) LT22	Fri (2-6pm)	26/04/2003 (Sat) 12:30 PM
BL3244 Plant Morphogenesis & Tissue Culture	Wed (10am-12pm) SR3 (S2-2-15)	Wed (2-6pm)	24/04/2003 (Thu) 12:30 PM

Appendix B

Available Timeslots for HR2001 - Semester 2, 2002/2003

Day

Time

Total No. of classes

Proposed Quota

Class No.

HR2001/C3/1-PM

MON

14:00-17:00

C301

HR2001/C4/2-AM

WED

9:00-12:00

C401

HR2001 - HRM MODULE FOR STUDENTS WITHOUT M&O MODULE

HR2001 - Examination is tentatively scheduled on Thursday, 17 April 2003 (AM-8:30 to 10:30)

There is no HR2002 slot specially catered to Computing students. Students can approach HRM unit (SM2 #4-18) for a slot using manual registration (using blue add/drop form) from 28 to 3 Jan 2003 (during office hours).

Appendix C

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT UNIT, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

HR2001: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS - THEORY AND PRACTICE

Course Description

This 42-hour HRM course (equivalent to 3 MC), is targeted at students with no management knowledge. It focuses on individual’s role and responsibility in contributing towards quality of work life. The assumption underlying the course is that an understanding of an individual’s work motivation and workplace interactions in the context of unprecedented changes in the wider socio-economic environment is likely to enable students to make better-informed choices in seeking employment that would enhance job satisfaction and organizational well being.

There are two broad areas of study. The first deals with some key individual variables influencing interpretation of work experience, namely, conceptions of the self, work values and motivation. The second examines the processes involved in working with others, such as team dynamics, interpersonal communication, conflict, and leadership. It is envisaged that thoughtful reflections of these workplace interactions will help prepare students make sense of their work experience when they join the workforce.

Objectives

This course is designed to equip students with:

√ An appreciation of the dynamic nature of changes that are reshaping the world of work.

√ An ability to recognize the impact of personal values and self-concept on their interpretation of work experiences.

√ An awareness of the influence of interpersonal interactions in determining quality of work life.

HR2002: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN RELATIONS IN THE NEW ECONOMY

(Prerequisite: for those who are taking or have taken “Management & Organization” or other management-related courses)

Course Description

This multi-disciplinary 42-hr course in human resource management (equivalent to 3 MC) invites students to look, from different perspectives, at some major themes that constitute some of the challenges in the current work environment.

The course targets students who are reading, or are already equipped with some basic knowledge in, Management and Organizations. Departing from more conventional approaches, students are led to examine the significance of social influences on individual psychology. From this perspective, individual behavior, thoughts and feelings may, to a large extent, be explained with reference to social processes. This theme is taken through to an exploration of ‘emotions’, not as private matters, but as social experiences that can be central to understanding the individual at work. Next, students bring these understandings to consider two major challenges posed by globalization: ‘technology’ and ‘diversity’. Finally, in the light of all these, how would various aspects of the employment relationship be impacted?

Objectives

In fourteen (14) weeks, the module seeks to re-orientate students’ perceptions and thinking in an era of new management. Thus, the module is designed to:

· develop an understanding of ‘self’ as located in social processes;

· provide a framework for understanding the significance of trust and emotions in organizational life;

· examine how we may respond to global forces that impact technology, organizations and people;

· understand and appreciate diversity as a resource, and

· rethink conventional notions of ‘careers’, ‘commitment’ and ‘ the meaning of work’.