LSM1302 review (NUS)

in this review, i will be giving the rough description, assessment criteria and difficulty. i will not discuss about how easy or difficult to score a certain grade or what not. also, excuse my language.. i am not a professional writer.

LSM1302: Genes And Society

this module teaches students a lot of biological concepts before exposing them to ethical issues that can be brought forth from biological research and experiments. the module is naturally content heavy but the lecturer can be rather entertaining and interesting. this module has no tutorials just purely lectures twice a week.

as for grading wise, you are graded through lecture questions (one MCQ per few lectures), IVLE participation through surveys, essay project. brochure project, structured questions homework, final.

personally, i love this module really much. having learned H2 biology in my JC times, some of the concepts taught in this module are rather familiar. though the lectures are long and have no breaks in between, the lecturer is rather entertaining and on usual days i will not feel bored to death in his lectures. the assignments might be a little time consuming considering the low weightage each of them has but the process of doing can be enriching. final is the only thing that really separates the A students from the B students to the others.

as tips from someone who has taken this module, if biology interest you, this module is for you. i have a friend who did not have any biology knowledge prior to taking this module. however, despite having to climb a steep hill, she enjoyed this module as much as i did. keep up with the assignments and put in decent amount of effort to level yourself with the cohort. final exam will be the one that decides who score what. the practices the lecturer gives are not a good representation of the exam questions. though they are MCQs, the questions there can be rather tricky and tough. as always, biology tests who has the greatest memory.

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