MA1301 Review (AY21/22 S1)

Taken during AY21/22 Semester 1
Fully online module

Pre-recorded lecture: Dr Tan Ban Pin

Deliverables

  • Assignment 1 - 10%
  • Midterms - 30%
  • Assignment 2 - 10%
  • Finals - 50%


Review

There were only 4 chapters
- Series and sequences
- Differentiation
- Integration
- Vectors

A bridging module which doesn't serve the purpose of bridging. Topics were less than the A Levels syllabus. You should note that important A Level topics such as complex numbers, integrating factor, mathematical induction and Maclaurin's series were not taught. Even after taking this module, I have to self-study those missing topics as my future semester modules assume A Level proficiency.

I came from a polytechnic engineering course. Thus, I knew everything in the syllabus. It has very light workload and it is possible to study 1 day before the exam.

Although the midterm questions were easy, it was 1 hour so the difficulty is the time limit. I managed to do 4 of 5 questions but there were many careless mistakes. Finals was extremely easy (2 hours), I finished everything and even had 30min to check through all my answers.

Therefore, my actual grade came as a shocker to me. Other than midterms (which everyone else suffered too), I didn't have any major marks deducted in this module (almost full marks). I asked all my friends and the highest in my circle of friends was still an A-. I don't know who got A/A+, I am still trying to find out.

With this, I recommend avoiding this module at all costs, if you already know your stuff. Do the proficiency test and exempt this, it is not worth your time nor your grades. I didn't learn anything from this module, and the bell curve is against you.

Grade

Expected grade: A+
Actual grade: A-

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