College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS)
| Assessment | Continual Assessment 100% |
| Units | Four |
| Workload | 0-3-0-4-3 |
| Prerequisite(s) | Nil |
| Preclusion(s) | ENV1202 |
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This course is designed for undergraduate students pursuing the Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree with the aim of helping them to develop critical thinking, reading, writing and speaking skills relevant for communication with academia and with the public. The curriculum deals with three main interrelated areas:
This course is taught over 1 semester via a blended approach with a three-hour sectional session per week. |
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| Assessment | ES1000 is a 100% Continuous Assessment course. |
| Units | Nil |
| Workload | 2-2-0-2-2 |
| Prerequisite(s) |
Placement through the Qualifying English Test. |
| Preclusion(s) | Nil |
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This is a required course for students whose Qualifying English Test results show that they would benefit from basic English language skills support. Students in the course must pass this course before they are allowed to read the next required English course, English for Academic Purposes (ES1102/ES1103). The purpose of ES1000 is to improve the students' English language skills in reading, writing and grammar. These skills are taught, reviewed and reinforced through online, in-class and appropriate out-of-class activities. Assignments include reflections, written assignments and progress tests. This course is taught over 1 semester with a two-hour online lecture/discussion/quiz and a two-hour sectional teaching per week. |
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| Assessment | ES1103 is a 100% Continuous Assessment course. |
| Units | Four |
| Workload | 0-4-0-3-3 |
| Prerequisite(s) |
1. Placement through the Qualifying English Test or a pass in ES1000. 2. Only students who matriculated in AY2016/17 and onwards can take ES1103 |
| Preclusion(s) | ES1102 |
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ES1103 serves as a bridging course for students who have taken the university's Qualifying English Test and are deemed to require additional language support for the academic context. It aims to equip students with the knowledge of the academic genre and the ability to apply such knowledge in academic communication. The course adopts a reading-into-writing approach using themed readings as springboard texts for students' writing and provides opportunities for analysing and internalising ways of organising academic texts. Students will acquire essential academic skills required to cope with the rigour of academic writing at a tertiary level. |
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| Assessment | FAS1101 is a 100% Continuous Assessment course. |
| Units | Four |
| Workload | 1-2-0-0-7 |
| Prerequisite(s) |
Students who are required to read ES1000 Foundation Academic English and/or ES1103 English for Academic Purposes must pass those courses before they are allowed to read this course. |
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This course develops and applies the core strategies that underlie successful academic writing. These include writing with clarity and precision, analysing how authors argue, organizing and expressing ideas to guide readers through a line of reasoning, citing and documenting sources, revising the content, wording, and organization of a paper, as well as surface features such as spelling and punctuation. Students gain an appreciation of the basics of academic writing through three units, which correspond to the three stages of writing - introduction, body, and conclusion. |
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SP1541 is a 100% Continuous Assessment course. |
| Units | Four |
| Workload | 0-3-0-3-4 |
| Prerequisite(s) |
Students who are required to read ES1000 Foundation Academic English and/or ES1103 English for Academic Purposes must pass those courses before they are allowed to read this course. |
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SP1541 aims to enable students to communicate science to the non-specialist audience in a comprehensible and engaging manner through science popularised discourses. Students are introduced to four models of science communication which shed light on the evolving assumptions made about the roles of and interactions between scientists, policymakers, and the public in society. Drawing upon these models, students critically analyse and evaluate how communication strategies are employed in both written and spoken sources, and apply them. The cornerstone of the course is students demonstrating a deepened appreciation of the audience’s level(s) of knowledge through engagement opportunities with the public. |
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| Assessment |
SP1541X is a 100% Continuous Assessment course. |
| Units | Four |
| Workload | 0-3-0-3-4 |
| Prerequisite(s) |
Students who are required to read ES1000 Foundation Academic English and/or ES1103 English for Academic Purposes must pass those courses before they are allowed to read this course. |
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SP1541X aims to enable students to communicate science to the non-specialist audience in a comprehensible and engaging manner through science popularised discourses. Students are introduced to four science communication models which shed light on the evolving assumptions made about the roles of and interactions between scientists, policymakers, and the public. Drawing upon these models, students critically analyse and evaluate how communication strategies are employed in written and spoken sources and apply them through public engagement opportunities during a field trip in a Southeast Asian country, where they interact with the local community and learn about their cultures and local practices. |
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This course is designed to build essential skills for effective scientific reading and writing. At the end of the course, students should be able to critically read selected scientific papers and discuss their findings accurately, coherently, and concisely. |