Want to know more about JC curriculum
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Can someone please tell me more about the JC curriculum? For example, what is H1 and H2 all about? All I know is that they are some subjects whose total marks all add up to 90 points and H2 is the tougher one.
Also, is there anything that I can read on to give me an outline of what we learn in JC? Any information is greatly welcomed and appreciated!
Thanks.
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Originally posted by Audi:
Can someone please tell me more about the JC curriculum? For example, what is H1 and H2 all about? All I know is that they are some subjects whose total marks all add up to 90 points and H2 is the tougher one.
Also, is there anything that I can read on to give me an outline of what we learn in JC? Any information is greatly welcomed and appreciated!
Thanks.
H2 are ur main subjects that you choose to study so science subjects for those who wants to enter the science stream and humans subject for those who wants to enter the arts stream.
H1 has to be a contrasting subject so a science for the arts students and a humans for the science students.
H3 is a sort of an advanced level of that subject which is for those who did well in their H2 subject during promos and can consider taking H3 in their J2 year. H3 is sort of similar to uni level 1st yr courses.
Go to MOE website if you wanna read the proper writeup by them.
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Anyway, does anyone know about the types of degree offered by universities? I don't really understand what are masters degree, bachelor degree or first-class honours. Very foreign terms to me. I'm taking a look at the possible courses I may want to take when I enter uni in the future.
And yes, is the Dean's list = Honours Roll? I read it up from NUS website and it was stated that only the top 5% of students from each school will get into it. How many students are there in each school usually? (i want to know the top 5% is equivalent to how many of the top number of students.)
Are there many students taking Medcine or Law? I'm interested in the arts and social sciences but I heard that job prospects aren't that good. Most of my bro's friends study the arts and social sciences and end up becoming teachers.(no offence to the teaching career, but i don't plan to go into that line) Is it a myth that if you do well in the arts and social sciences courses, you will have good job prospects in your hands but if you don't do well (let's say you fare decently), you'd end up with "normal" jobs that most students in these courses are getting - like being teachers, etc? (not looking down on the teaching career. But I'm not really interested in that line)
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Originally posted by dkcx:
H1 has to be a contrasting subject so a science for the arts students and a humans for the science students.
Not exactly "has to be" .. -
Originally posted by Audi:
Can someone please tell me more about the JC curriculum? For example, what is H1 and H2 all about? All I know is that they are some subjects whose total marks all add up to 90 points and H2 is the tougher one.
Also, is there anything that I can read on to give me an outline of what we learn in JC? Any information is greatly welcomed and appreciated!
Thanks.
Hi Audi,
Do allow me to share with you some information about Junior Colleges. Subjects are separated into H1, H2, and H3 levels, with the first being the easiest and the last being the toughest.
Subjects can be grouped into Science or Arts subjects, with economics being an exception, as it can be taken as both a Science and a Arts subject.
Some Junior Colleges do allow a student to take two Science subjects along with two Arts subject, but generally speaking, all students are expected to have a contrasting subject. For example, if you take three subjects from the Science side, you must have a subject from the Arts side.
ACJC students who take up the IB programme has a very different curriculum though, which you can read more about from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IB_Diploma_Programme
The subjects taught in JCs are roughly the same as those in Secondary School, though there are some special subjects, especially those offered by VJC, which are unique to the post-secondary level.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by Audi:
Anyway, does anyone know about the types of degree offered by universities? I don't really understand what are masters degree, bachelor degree or first-class honours. Very foreign terms to me. I'm taking a look at the possible courses I may want to take when I enter uni in the future.
And yes, is the Dean's list = Honours Roll? I read it up from NUS website and it was stated that only the top 5% of students from each school will get into it. How many students are there in each school usually? (i want to know the top 5% is equivalent to how many of the top number of students.)
Are there many students taking Medcine or Law? I'm interested in the arts and social sciences but I heard that job prospects aren't that good. Most of my bro's friends study the arts and social sciences and end up becoming teachers.(no offence to the teaching career, but i don't plan to go into that line) Is it a myth that if you do well in the arts and social sciences courses, you will have good job prospects in your hands but if you don't do well (let's say you fare decently), you'd end up with "normal" jobs that most students in these courses are getting - like being teachers, etc? (not looking down on the teaching career. But I'm not really interested in that line)
There are alot of degrees offered by unis so its not possible to list them all out.
A bachelor degree is the degree you will get when you go uni after JC/poly while a masters is a higher level degree after bachelor followed by a phd at the top.
Not all uni offers honours which is generally 1 extra year over the general bachelor degree. All NTU degrees are honours degree while for NUS its generally the top ~25% who are allowed to go on to do their 4th honours year.
There are 4 classes of honours. 1st, 2nd upper, 2nd lower, 3rd class honours with 1st class being the best. Dean's list is something like the honours roll where the top 5% of each sem who meet a certain GPA is allowed to be on the list.
The number of people in a course varies depending on the course. Some courses can have less than a 100 yet some others can have close to 1000 students.
Intakes for medicine and law should be rather small. U should check NUS website on how many places are available each year.
Arts and social science depends on which course you major in. If you do geog, hist, lit etc, its more likely you will go to be a teacher since career choices are limited in those courses but pyschology, sociology, econs majors etc have a slightly wider pool of jobs to choose from.
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Originally posted by Audi:
Anyway, does anyone know about the types of degree offered by universities? I don't really understand what are masters degree, bachelor degree or first-class honours. Very foreign terms to me. I'm taking a look at the possible courses I may want to take when I enter uni in the future.
And yes, is the Dean's list = Honours Roll? I read it up from NUS website and it was stated that only the top 5% of students from each school will get into it. How many students are there in each school usually? (i want to know the top 5% is equivalent to how many of the top number of students.)
Are there many students taking Medcine or Law? I'm interested in the arts and social sciences but I heard that job prospects aren't that good. Most of my bro's friends study the arts and social sciences and end up becoming teachers.(no offence to the teaching career, but i don't plan to go into that line) Is it a myth that if you do well in the arts and social sciences courses, you will have good job prospects in your hands but if you don't do well (let's say you fare decently), you'd end up with "normal" jobs that most students in these courses are getting - like being teachers, etc? (not looking down on the teaching career. But I'm not really interested in that line)
Hi Audi,
When a person take up a university course, he or she will start off with the Bachelor Degree course. Upon completion of it, he or she proceed to take up the Masters Degree Course. With the completion of the Masters Degree course, he or she will be able to take up the Doctorate course. Do note some outstanding students are able to bypass the Masters Degree after completing their Bachelor Degree, and take up the Doctorate directly.
When a person completes his or her Bachelor Degree course, depending on his or her results, he or she may be given a Honours along with the Bachelor's Degree. The honours given are as followed, from highest to passing:
1) First Class Honours
2) Second Upper Class Honours
3) Second Lower Class Honours
4) Third Class Honours
5) Pass with Merit ( Not always applicable, depends on the degree course itself )
6) Pass
In universities, the grading system is similar to that of polytechnics. Each module, which is like a mini-course, will have a certain number of Academic Units (AU), which represent the number of hours the module has in a week. Depending on one's results, a grade will be given for each module, and a certain amount of points will be attached to the grade.
For example, a student who gets an "A" will have the maximum possible points of 5.0, whereas a student who gets an "A-" will have 4.5 points.
The CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) will be a calculation of the points you receive for each module, and the number of Academic Units for each module. It is also the main factor in deciding which Class of Honours an undergraduate will receive upon graduation.
As for the Dean List, besides being the top 5%, there are usually other criteria which varies from faculty to faculty. For example, a faculty may require students to also have at least 15 AUs and a SPA (Semester Point Average) of at least 4.5 for a student to be in the Dean List for that particular Semester. For certain universities, the Dean List is compiled annually, thus requirements may be based on the entire study year instead.
For different courses, there are different amount of undergraduate intake. For example, Dentistry allows an intake of only roughly 40 undergraduates whereas Medicine allows an intake of about 300 undergraduates. Thus, for dentistry, there will only be at most 2 people on the Dean List, whereas for Medicine, there will be a maximum of 15 undergraduates on the Dean List
I hope this answers your query.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by dkcx:
There are alot of degrees offered by unis so its not possible to list them all out.
A bachelor degree is the degree you will get when you go uni after JC/poly while a masters is a higher level degree after bachelor followed by a phd at the top.
Not all uni offers honours which is generally 1 extra year over the general bachelor degree. All NTU degrees are honours degree while for NUS its generally the top ~25% who are allowed to go on to do their 4th honours year.
There are 4 classes of honours. 1st, 2nd upper, 2nd lower, 3rd class honours with 1st class being the best. Dean's list is something like the honours roll where the top 5% of each sem who meet a certain GPA is allowed to be on the list.
The number of people in a course varies depending on the course. Some courses can have less than a 100 yet some others can have close to 1000 students.
Intakes for medicine and law should be rather small. U should check NUS website on how many places are available each year.
Arts and social science depends on which course you major in. If you do geog, hist, lit etc, its more likely you will go to be a teacher since career choices are limited in those courses but pyschology, sociology, econs majors etc have a slightly wider pool of jobs to choose from.
Hi dkcx,
Just to share, a PHD ( Doctor of Philosophy ) is the most common form of doctorate, but there are also other forms of doctorate such as LLD ( Doctor of Laws ), ScD ( Doctor of Science ), EdD ( Doctor of Education ) ... etc.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by TrueHeart:
Hi dkcx,
Just to share, a PHD ( Doctor of Philosophy ) is the most common form of doctorate, but there are also other forms of doctorate such as LLD ( Doctor of Laws ), ScD ( Doctor of Science ), EdD ( Doctor of Education ) ... etc.
Cheers.
Theres a Doctor of science? All my profs and the current post grads are all doing their phd.
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In US, the doctorate degree in Medicine is called MD, but what is the doctorate degree in medicine in Singapore called leh ?
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Originally posted by TrueHeart:
Hi Audi,
Do allow me to share with you some information about Junior Colleges. Subjects are separated into H1, H2, and H3 levels, with the first being the easiest and the last being the toughest.
Subjects can be grouped into Science or Arts subjects, with economics being an exception, as it can be taken as both a Science and a Arts subject.
Some Junior Colleges do allow a student to take two Science subjects along with two Arts subject, but generally speaking, all students are expected to have a contrasting subject. For example, if you take three subjects from the Science side, you must have a subject from the Arts side.
ACJC students who take up the IB programme has a very different curriculum though, which you can read more about from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IB_Diploma_Programme
The subjects taught in JCs are roughly the same as those in Secondary School, though there are some special subjects, especially those offered by VJC, which are unique to the post-secondary level.
Cheers.
Since when did ACJC have an IB programme? -
Originally posted by dkcx:
Theres a Doctor of science? All my profs and the current post grads are all doing their phd.
Hi dkcx,
Yes, there is a doctor of Science. In local Singapore universities, pHDs are the most common form of doctorate, but there are other forms of doctorate such as the EdD from NIE.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by Seowlah:
In US, the doctorate degree in Medicine is called MD, but what is the doctorate degree in medicine in Singapore called leh ?
Hi Seowlah,
For NUS medicine, the doctorate offered is also known as a PhD as well.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by Dejomel:
Since when did ACJC have an IB programme?Hi Dejomel,
It started in year 2007 if I am not wrong.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by TrueHeart:
Hi Audi,
Do allow me to share with you some information about Junior Colleges. Subjects are separated into H1, H2, and H3 levels, with the first being the easiest and the last being the toughest.
Subjects can be grouped into Science or Arts subjects, with economics being an exception, as it can be taken as both a Science and a Arts subject.
Some Junior Colleges do allow a student to take two Science subjects along with two Arts subject, but generally speaking, all students are expected to have a contrasting subject. For example, if you take three subjects from the Science side, you must have a subject from the Arts side.
ACJC students who take up the IB programme has a very different curriculum though, which you can read more about from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IB_Diploma_Programme
The subjects taught in JCs are roughly the same as those in Secondary School, though there are some special subjects, especially those offered by VJC, which are unique to the post-secondary level.
Cheers.
are you sure? economics is a subject under the "Humanities and Arts Subjects" category. It's definitely not a science subject =.=
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Originally posted by TrueHeart:
Hi Dejomel,
It started in year 2007 if I am not wrong.
Cheers.
again, you're wrong. It's not ACJC which offers the IB. It's ACS(I). ACJC only has an an A-level programme. -
Originally posted by smile.forever:
are you sure? economics is a subject under the "Humanities and Arts Subjects" category. It's definitely not a science subject =.=
economics is a social science....just like sociology, psychology.You'll kill yourself studying economics the arts way, because it is a science.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
economics is a social science....just like sociology, psychology.You'll kill yourself studying economics the arts way, because it is a science.
what im saying is that it is not considered a science subject in an A-level subject combination! I'm not making any reference to the characteristics of the subject in general.
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Originally posted by smile.forever:
what im saying is that it is not considered a science subject in an A-level subject combination! I'm not making any reference to the characteristics of the subject in general.
doesn't really matter....what trueheart says is correct, economics is not here nor there even in JC.I was in science stream but I took econs ages ago.
hmmm....maybe the requirements of your time and mine different.
maybe now is considered as arts.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
doesn't really matter....what trueheart says is correct, economics is not here nor there even in JC.I was in science stream but I took econs ages ago.
hmmm....maybe the requirements of your time and mine different.
maybe now is considered as arts.
haha yeah i agree it's neither here nor there. glad we cleared everything up.
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There are very few doctors in Singapore who have done doctorate degree in Medicine in Singapore.
Dr. Tan Han Khim
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS, MD (S'pore)Dr Tan is a renal senior consultant in SGH.
http://www.sgh.com.sg/doctors/sgh_TanHanKhim
Note : The abbreviation of Doctorate degree in Medicine in Singapore is MD,
not PHD in medicine
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Originally posted by smile.forever:
are you sure? economics is a subject under the "Humanities and Arts Subjects" category. It's definitely not a science subject =.=
Hi smile.forever,
Subjects such as Economics and Knowledge & Inquiry are seemingly tilted more towards the Arts Side, and are usually listed as Arts subjects, but they can be used as a contrast subject for Arts students.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by smile.forever:
again, you're wrong. It's not ACJC which offers the IB. It's ACS(I). ACJC only has an an A-level programme.Hi smile.forever,
Thank you for pointing this out. Please do pardon me for not being clear with how the ACS family education system works.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by Lee012lee:
There are very few doctors in Singapore who have done doctorate degree in Medicine in Singapore.
Dr. Tan Han Khim
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS, MD (S'pore)Dr Tan is a renal senior consultant in SGH.
http://www.sgh.com.sg/doctors/sgh_TanHanKhim
Note : The abbreviation of Doctorate degree in Medicine in Singapore is MD,
not PHD in medicine
Hi Lee012lee,
Thank you for the clarification and sharing. I initially thought that a PhD in Medicine is offered in NUS as it is stated here that Graduate students will graduate with a MSc or a PhD degree:
http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/corporate/youare_graduate.html
Cheers.
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wahz trueheart, i think u super hardworking leh. haha u will always go about e net digging information for people's qns....