by upathsg@gmail.com | May 30, 2021 | Computing, Information Systems/ICT
1. COURSE What is your course about? Simply put, the Smart-City Management & Technology (SMT) major is an interdisciplinary programme aimed at developing skills in integrating technology, social science and management to address challenges and reap opportunities...
by upathsg@gmail.com | May 30, 2021 | Design and Environment, Project and Facilities Management
1. DECISION MAKING What is PFM about? PFM is in NUS’s School of Design and Environment. Project Management is about managing projects: like managing a shop (e.g paying rent, ensuring profitability, customer satisfaction) – but on a much, much larger scale....
by upathsg@gmail.com | May 30, 2021 | Arts and Humanities, Linguistics and Culture
1. COURSE What is Linguistics and Multilingual Studies about? If you’ve watched the science fiction film Arrival, you probably have a good (but partial) understanding of what Linguistics is about. To put it simply, Linguistics is the study of everything and anything...
by upathsg@gmail.com | May 23, 2021 | Computer/Electrical Engineering, Engineering
1. DECISION MAKING What subjects were you studying before university, and were they related to your university course? I took Physics, Chemistry, Math and Economics in JC and although the choice of a science stream seems most evident for someone who wanted to...
by upathsg@gmail.com | May 22, 2021 | Arts and Humanities, Communications + Media, Design and Environment
1. COURSE Could you summarise what Comms and New Media is about? Communications and New Media is a course about how the concept of communication is ever-evolving. If you understand “communication” in the broadest sense, it’s not just about me talking to you, it is...