Programme Details & Registration
Course Units: 2 Units, Unrestricted Elective (UE) Course.
Career Catalyst (CFG1002) does not count towards the limit on the number of Level-1000 courses in fulfilment of graduation requirements.
Assessment and Grading Basis: CS/CU
Pre-requisites: No requirements
Schedule: For AY 2023/24 Semester 1, Career Catalyst will be offered twice in a semester in Term 1 (Weeks 1-6) and Term 2 (Weeks 7-12). The format will mostly be e-learning on NUS Canvas, where you can complete the weekly e-learning sessions at your own time and pace. However, there will be two face-to-face classes, scheduled during Weeks 1 and 4 (for Term 1 students) and Weeks 7 and 10 (for Term 2 students). Registration has closed. The complete schedule of classes can be found here.
For AY 2023/24 Semester 2, registration for the course will commence in mid-December 2023. Students will be able to register via registration form published on this webpage.
For any questions on this course, please email careercatalyst@nus.edu.sg.
All assessment components for this CS/CU graded course must be completed and submitted for review by the instructors by the end of Week 6 (final week) of the course. If you miss the stated deadline for any assessment component, no late submissions will be allowed and you will score 0 marks for that assessment component.
Grading Components:
Assessment Task |
Assessment Weightage |
View all course Contents on Canvas and Completion of Quiz (20 questions in total) |
20% |
Creation and completion of profile on NUS ConnectUS |
10% |
Creation and completion of profile on IAAS (Internship-As-A-Service) |
10% |
Uploading of Elevator Pitch on VMock Interview | 20% |
Uploading of Resume on VMock Resume | 40% |
Total course Score |
100% |
Passing Criteria for CFG1002:
To obtain a CS grade, you must satisfy all of the following requirements:
- Attend all face-to-face classes and complete all 5 assignment components
- Obtain a minimum of 12/20 for the quizzes (one mark will be allocated to each correct answer for 20 questions)
- Attempt at least one recording of your elevator pitch on VMock Interview (video score is immaterial)
- Obtain a minimum of 60/100 for your resume score on VMock Resume