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Dr. Ng Kah Loon (Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Studies)[email protected]

DWT CORS Briefing AY2017/18

mailto:[email protected]

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http://www.nus.edu.sg/cors/

DWT CORS Briefing AY2017/18 4

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Overview

• Declaring Majors and Minors

• Module Registration via CORS

• Appealing via CORS

• Getting Info & Help


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Science students need to declare at least one major

Your degree will be based on your first (primary) major

Second major and minors are optional

You can freely declare Open Majors/Minors (no approval needed)

Restricted Majors/Minors - Department approval required.

- E.G. Restricted Primary Majors: Computational Biology, Quantitative Finance, Food Science and Technology, Data Science and Analytics

- E.G. Restricted Second Majors: Data Analytics, Food Science

- E.G. Restricted Minors: Pharmaceutical Sciences, Forensic Science, Life Sciences

You can declare up to 2 majors and 2 minors

Declaring Majors & Minors


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You can only declare ONCE per semester

System does not allow you to make changes

after submission for the current semester

Any changes have to be made in the following

Semester

Need to complete this step before proceeding to

bid for modules

No amendment is allowed beyond the 5th

semester of study.

Declaring Majors & Minors


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NUS Registration (In a Nutshell)

Lecture Registration Tutorial Registration

• Normal Lecture Class

• Sectional Teaching Class

• Seminar-style Module Class

• Normal Tutorial Class

• Laboratory


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Lecture Bidding (In a Nutshell)

Every semester, each student receives 1,000

pts.

Use the pts to bid for lecture classes you want

If your bid price > bid price of the last place of

quota, you win & get enrolled into that module

lecture class


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Bidding Points

1000 Points distributed into 2 accounts every

semester for bidding of modules.

Programme (P) account

Generally to be used for modules within your major or faculty

General (G) account

For modules that fulfill University Level Requirements (ULR),

and Unrestricted Electives (UE)

E.g. GET, GEH, GES etc…

Science students - 600 P, 400 G account

For DDP student - 750 P, 250 G account

PG


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Bidding Points (Cont’d)

Unused points – transferred to next semester

But…

Points not transferable between accounts

Bonus points given if you complete:

Teaching feedback, 100 points given (every semester) 60 to P, 40 to G.


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Fairness in Bidding

Grouping concepts

New students

2 consecutive semesters, starting from Matriculated

semester

E.g. Matriculated in AY2017/18 Semester 1: New for

AY2017/18 Semester 1 & 2

Returning students

Any students who are NOT new


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Fairness in Bidding

Protection in bidding implemented

through bidding queues

For every module, there is a unique set of bidding

queue:

Pr = Only returning students can bid & pay using

Programme acct (protected)

Pn = Only new students can bid & pay using

Programme acct (protected)

G = Students can bid & pay using General acct

Queues will be combined at a certain point in the

bidding rounds


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Pr

Pn GPr

Bidding Rounds (In a Nutshell)

NO

Protection

for New

Students

Protection

for New

Students

Protection

for New

Students

Pn GPr + G

Pr + Pn + G


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Bidding Rounds (Cont’d)

Student can bid for a module when

1. There is a matching queue (Pr or Pn) for that

module for that student group (returning or new)

in that round

• Refer to Semester 1 bidding round description

AND

2. The module type code configured for that round

matches what the student is taking that module as

• Refer to module type code table (next slide)


http://www.nus.edu.sg/cors/contents/Bidding-Round-Description-for-Sem-1.pdf

Bidding Rounds (Cont’d) Module Type code affects the bidding round

that you can see a module for bidding.

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Workload Policy During Bidding

Before Round 3, maximum workload allowed

for all students = 23 MCs.

From Round 3 onwards, ONLY maximum

MCs workload set by Faculty applies

Round 3 Max. Workload Allowance

CAP < 2.00 Max Workload: 23 MCs

CAP 2.0 – 3.19 Max Workload: 26 MCs

CAP 3.20 – 5.00 Max Workload: 32 MCs

*Freshman Semester 1 Max Workload = 23 MCs


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Workload Policy During Bidding

(Cont’d)

Why impose modular credit count of 23 MCs

max. before round 3?

To ensure a fair ‘dip’ for every student in early

rounds

Students who wish to take > 23 MCs can bid

for excess modules from Round 3 onwards

but subject to the maximum workload set by

the Faculty.


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Bidding Types Current bidding

Open Stage (All bidding statistics available)

Closed Stage (No bidding statistics available)

Advance bidding Place bid for module which:

Is not open for current bidding round. E.g. in

Round 1A, bid for GE module

Is fully subscribed. E.g. in Round 3A, bid for

module that is fully subscribed, hoping for someone

to drop


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Bidding Types (Cont’d) Published statistics at specific bidding stages

Lecture groups available for open stage bidding

Bidding statistics at end of open stage bidding

Bidding summary (after each round, per round)

Average bid points info (after each round,

accumulative)

Global bid activity history info (after end of round, per

round)

Available at NUS CORS website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/cors/useful-info.html


http://www.nus.edu.sg/cors/useful-info.html

Bidding Types (Cont’d)Lecture groups available for open bidding e.g. Round 1A

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No

Protection

within

Faculty

No

protection

New

Students

Protected

Returning

Students

Protected

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Bidding Types (Cont’d)Bidding statistics at the end of open stage bidding

Extremely

High

Demand

“Show

hand”

Syndrome

High

Demand

Time to

look for

alternatives


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Module Allocation (Cont’d)

Allocation policy

When you succeed in a bid,

You are enrolled in the module lecture class

In cases where your bid price exceeds the module price, you

will enjoy a refund of the excess

Determination of module bid price

No. of bidders ≤ quota, all bidders pay 1 POINT

No. of bidders > quota, all successful bidders pay lowest

successful bid

If there is a tie in bid, first bid first serve (FBFS) policy

applies


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Module Allocation (Cont’d)

“Guess who wins” Contest

Bidders = 4, Lecture class quota = 3

Student Name Bid Pts (Bid Time) Results (Win/Lose)

Sandra 100 (0910 hrs) Win

Joe 80 (1200 hrs) Win

Sharon 60 (1523 hrs) Lose

Alan 110 (0900 hrs) Win

Winners pay (in bid pts) : 80

Minimum successful bid point = 80


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Module Allocation (Cont’d)Bidders = 4, Lecture class quota = 10




Joe 89 (1555hrs) Win

Sharon 10 (1623 hrs) Win


Winners pay (in bid pts): 1





Minimum successful bid point = 1DWT CORS Briefing AY2017/18

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Module Allocation (Cont’d)Bidders = 2, Lecture class quota = 1




Joe 99 (1200 hrs) Lose

Sharon 99 (1523 hrs) Lose





Joe 1 (1300 hrs) Lose


Minimum successful bid point = 4000!!


First bid

first serve

policy

Do not wait for your friends!DWT CORS Briefing AY2017/18

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Module Allocation (Cont’d) Penalties for dropping an allocated module

Before the start of “W” grade

50% refund of bid points

During “W” grade period (starts 28 Aug, 0000 hrs)

Module will be withdrawn with a “W” grade, cannot S/U

NO refund of bid points

During “F” grade period (starts 2 Oct, 0000 hrs)

Module will be given an “F” grade, cannot S/U, CAP affected

ALL bid points will be refunded

If you have been allocated a module & you failed

the module (after exam results release)

ALL points will be refunded

You may S/U the moduleDWT CORS Briefing AY2017/18

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Tutorial Balloting (In a Nutshell) You must first be registered in a module lecture

class.

Click on module code to select tutorial class

Rank the selected tutorial class in ascending

order (1 = highest priority … up to 20)

Duplicate rank not allowed (i.e. 2 classes of

the same priority)

NOT first come first served

NO bidding pts involved

Allocation is completely RANDOM


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Tutorial Balloting (Cont’d)

E

BD

C

D

AC

E

B

Possible result Possible result

A EB DC

A

Student A-E chose rank 1for same classClass Quota = 3


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Tutorial Balloting (Cont’d)

The only ballot result

A

E

B

D

C

Class Quota = 3

A

BC D

E


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Appeal via CORS

Appeals will be routed to departments or Dean’s Office according to the nature of the appeals. EG: Waiver of module Pre-requisite Department

EG: Workload/Declaration issues Dean’s Office

Do not submit duplicate appeals ↑ turnaround time of appeals

Always appeal under the appropriate appeal title ↓ turnaround time of appeals


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Getting Info

CORS student web sitewww.cors.nus.edu.sg

Take note of announcements published

View Video (1 hr 15 min) or Read Student Guide & Step by Step Guide to get familiar with the system and terms

Read FAQs provided at CORS website

Get module info from CORS, IVLE, Bulletin & faculty/department web site

Look for bidding trends via past bidding statistics


http://www.cors.nus.edu.sg/

http://blog.nus.edu.sg/corsannouncements/

http://www.cors.nus.edu.sg/help/html/01.htm

https://myaces.nus.edu.sg/cors/jsp/report/ModuleInfoListing.jsp

http://www.nus.edu.sg/cors/archive.html

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Getting Help Registrar’s Office CORS Helpdesk

Standard Office Hrs

Registrar’s Office CORS Helpline : 6516 5860

After Office Hrs

Registrar’s Office CORS Email : [email protected]

Science CBLC Helpdesk @ Block S16 Level 2 Helpline : 6516 8701

Email : [email protected]

Opening Hours (Round 0-2B):

Monday – Thursday: 0900 – 1730 hours

Friday: 0900 – 1630 hours

Weekends & University/Public Holidays: Closed

Closed when there is no bidding activity on that dayDWT CORS Briefing AY2017/18

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Getting Help

Refer to ‘Contact Us’ info at CORS website

Who to contact first? Questions specific to faculty module, declaration or

curriculum, always contact faculty first

Questions specific to system, policy or points,

always contact Registrar’s Office first


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Ignorance is not an excuse and may not be reversible.

You are to be accountable at all times.


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Check daily


• All students admitted in AY2015/16 and beyond (except students

from Law, Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing) are required to read one

GEM from each of the five pillars to fulfil the GE requirement.

• Students are strongly encouraged to complete the GE modules

within the first 2 years of their candidature.

Curriculum Framework

Students have to read a module from each pillar, with the

following prefixes:

Pillar Prefix Example

Human Cultures GEH GEH1018 – A Brief History of Science

Singapore Studies GES GES1000 – Labour Law In Singapore

Thinking & Expression GET GET1000 – Ethics at Work: Rhyme, Reason

and Reality

Quantitative Reasoning GER GER1000 Quantitative Reasoning*

Asking Questions GEQ GEQ1000 Asking Questions*

Ridge View Residential College (RVRC)

students are allowed to read GEM1917

Understanding and Critiquing Sustainability

General Education


*This is the ONLY module offered under the pillar

Exemptions

• For students matriculated in AY2016/17 and beyond

• Students in USP and UTCP have to read

GER1000 Quantitative Reasoning ONLY

• The rest of the GE requirements will be fulfilled by

reading USP/UTCP modules.

General Education


http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/index.html

http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/index.html

For more information regarding the General

Education Modules please refer to

General Education

http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/gem


http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/gem

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Modes of Teaching

• Blended learning: Pre-recorded Video Lecture, Online Forum, Class Tutorials & Written Assignments

• Students will attend a 2-hour tutorial fortnightly

Grading Basis

• GER1000: Graded. Students are allowed to exercise S/U option

• GEQ1000: Completed Satisfactory (CS)/Completed Unsatisfactory (CU)

Module Enrolment

• Module will be pre-allocated to students

• NO physical lecture classes

• Lecture videos will be uploaded on IVLE

• Students need to ballot for tutorial classes

GER1000 & GEQ1000


https://ivle.nus.edu.sg/

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Major GER1000 GEQ1000

Bachelor of Environmental Science

Data Science & Analytics

Pharmacy

Year 1 Sem 1 Year 1 Sem 2

Computational Biology Year 1 Sem 1 Year 2 Sem 1

Food Science & Technology Year 1 Sem 2

All other MajorsNon-Hall Students Year 1 Sem 1 or 2

Year 1 Sem 2 or

Year 2 Sem 1 or 2

Hall Students* Year 1 Sem 1 Year 1 Sem 2

GER1000 & GEQ1000

Pre-Allocation Guideline

Exception: USP students will be pre-allocated GER1000 in Year 1 Sem 1 regardless of Major

* Hall residents will attend tutorials at their Halls ONLY IF they read GER1000 in Y1S1 and

GEQ1000 in Y1S2.


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GER1000 & GEQ1000Pre-Allocation Guideline: Hall Residents

GER1000

Semester 1

GEQ1000

Semester 2Read at

GER1000 E GEQ1000 E Eusoff Hall

GER1000 K GEQ1000 K Kent Ridge

GER1000 P GEQ1000 P Prince George Park House

GER1000 R GEQ1000 R Raffles Hall

GER1000 S GEQ1000 S Sheares Hall

GER1000 T GEQ1000 T Temasek Hall

GER1000 W GEQ1000 W King EdWard VII Hall



GER1000 & GEQ1000

Tutorial Registration

Students are to ballot for tutorial classes

There is a wide variety of timeslots to choose from

Allowed to rank up to 20 slots (1 being highest priority)

Hall residents who are reading GER1000 in Year 1 Semester

1 and GEQ1000 in Year 1 Semester 2 may only ballot for

tutorials at their Halls


GER1000 & GEQ1000

Tutorial Registration

• Tutorial Iteration 1: 14 to 18 Aug 2017

• 1 week earlier than majority of the modules

14-Aug-17 (Mon) 15-Aug-17 (Tue) 16-Aug-17 (Wed) 17-Aug-17 (Thurs) 18-Aug-17 (Fri)

Lectures start

Tutorial Iteration 1 Tutorial Iteration 1 Tutorial Iteration 1 Tutorial Iteration 1 Tutorial Iteration 1

Round 1A Round 1B Add/Drop/Swap Manual Registration Manual Registration

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• In order to ensure a mixture of students from different Faculties

in each tutorial class, a quota is set for students from different

Faculties in Tutorial Round 1A & 1B.

• Quota is available at http://www.nus.edu.sg/cors/useful-info.html



Lectures start



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GER1000 & GEQ1000

Tutorial Balloting


Students will be divided into two groups by faculty.


GER1000 & GEQ1000

Tutorial Balloting

Science & Technology (S&T) Humanities & Social Sciences (H&SS)Faculty of Science

(including Pharmacy & NVB)

Faculty of Arts & Social Science

(including NVG)

School of Computing School of Design & Environment

Faculty of Engineering

(including CEG)Business School

Bachelor of Technology Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

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• During Add/Drop/Swap, the remaining quota will be MERGED.

• First-come-first-served basis.



Lectures start



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Tutorial Add/Drop/Swap

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In CORSIn Balloting reports

Example: GER1000

• Let us assume for ALL tutorial classes, quota is set

out as below:-Tutorial Slot Quota

T1 -->> 'ERC-SR10', Even Weeks, MONDAY From 1000 hrs to 1200 hrs

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T2 -->> 'ERC-SR10', Odd Weeks, MONDAY From 1000 hrs to 1200 hrs 25

… …

T100 -->> 'HSSMLCR', Even Weeks, FRIDAY From 1600 hrs to 1800 hrs

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• Tina, a student from FoS (S&T group), wants tutorial slot T1.• She ranked for T1 (1st choice), T2 (2nd choice),…,T20(20th

choice) at Tutorial Round 1A. • Let’s assume after Tutorial Round 1A balloting, she is not

allocated any tutorial group.

14 August 2017

Students will only see total quota in CORS

Available at http://www.nus.edu.sg/cors/useful-info.html

GER1000 & GEQ1000

Tutorial Balloting


In CORSExample: GER1000

• After Tutorial Round 1A, vacancies left are:-

• At Tutorial Round 1B, Tina ranked for T21 (1st choice), T22 (2nd

choice),…,T40(20th choice); even though she really wants group T1. • *Note: even though there are 7 vacancies left for T1, Tina will not be

able to secure the tutorial group (even if she ballots for it) as the vacancies are for H&SS students.

• Let’s assume after Tutorial Round 1B balloting, she is not allocatedany tutorial group.

Tutorial Slot Quota

T1 -->> 'ERC-SR10', Even Weeks, MONDAY From 1000 hrs to 1200 hrs 7

T21 -->> 'ERC-SR10', Odd Weeks, Tuesday From 1000 hrs to 1200 hrs 13

T22 -->> 'ERC-SR10', Even Weeks, Tuesday From 1000 hrs to 1200 hrs 13

…


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In Balloting reports

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15 August 2017GER1000 & GEQ1000

Tutorial Balloting

Example: GER1000

• At Add/Drop/Swap period, vacancies left are:-

Tutorial Slot For All

T1 -->> 'ERC-SR10', Even Weeks, MONDAY From 1000 hrs to

1200 hrs

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T21 -->> 'ERC-SR10', Odd Weeks, Tuesday From 1000 hrs to

1200 hrs

7

T22 -->> 'ERC-SR10', Even Weeks, Tuesday From 1000 hrs to

1200 hrs

7

… …


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GER1000 & GEQ1000


16 August 2017

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Scenario 1

• Tina may “add” tutorial group T1 because the remaining 7 vacancies

are available to all students, regardless of whether the student is from

S&T or H&SS group.

• Since tutorial add/drop/swap operates on first-come-first-served basis,

Tina has to “add” tutorial group T1 before other students who wish to

register for this tutorial as well.

Other Scenarios

• Students may “swap” tutorial groups with other students, regardless of

whether the student is from S&T or H&SS group.

• Students may also “drop” their tutorial group (if they have previously

successfully balloted for one) and “add” another group, regardless of

whether the student is from S&T or H&SS group.

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16 August 2017GER1000 & GEQ1000



GER1000 & GEQ1000

Tutorial Manual Registration

Students who are not pre-allocated with any slots by the end

of manual registration will be pre-allocated on random basis

Where: Level 1, Room T101

University Hall, Tan Chin Tuan Wing

When: 0900hrs to 1700hrs


Lectures start



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GER1000 & GEQ1000

Useful Links and Contacts

GER1000 GEQ1000

Appealsvia CORS Appeals ONLY

https://myaces.nus.edu.sg/cors/StudentLogin

Enquiries [email protected] [email protected]

Module Websites http://goo.gl/nZ7QzB https://goo.gl/luqDmj

Tutorial Quota http://www.nus.edu.sg/cors/useful-info.html

https://myaces.nus.edu.sg/cors/StudentLogin



http://goo.gl/nZ7QzB

https://goo.gl/luqDmj



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