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Page 1: Experience with DDP in Engineering and Economics Marianne Tan Chemical Engineering & Economics Year 5 1

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  Experience with DDP in Engineering and Economics

Marianne TanChemical Engineering & Economics

Year 5

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Overview

• Modules• Experience With Modules• Potential Difficulties• Integrated Honours Thesis• Why Do The DDP

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Economics Modules

• Microeconomics– Consumer behaviour, Producer behaviour

• Macroeconomics– Growth, Business cycles

• Econometrics– Linear regressions for empirical study

• Electives

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Module Workload

• DDP is designed to be completed in 5 years, averaging 20MC per semester

• Engineering– 3 hr lectures, 1 hr tutorial

• Economics– 2 hr lectures, 1 hr tutorial

• Typically, 20-24MC workload per semester• 20-22hr curriculum time per week

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Sample Timetable

  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri800 EC3102

LT9    EC3341

LT8 

900      1000

EC4101AS6-02-12

SC1101ELT11

     

1100 EC4101 - TAS2-05-09    

1200    CN4203R

LT3 

 GEK1055LT101300   EC3102 - T

AS3-03-04  

1400         SC1101E - T(E)AS1-02-081500        

1600GEK1055 - T(E)AS5-02-05

CN4203RLT4

     

1700 EC3341 - TAS3-02-13    

• 6 Modules – 1 Engin, 3 Econs, 2 Arts

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Difficulties

• Modules that are not offered every semester– Engineering modules– PH2208 Applied Ethics– Economics electives– Remedy: check the NUS Bulletin religiously

• Timetable clashes• Pre-requisites• Juggling school and extra-curricular activities

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Lessons Learnt

• Get to know the staff in charge of DDP in your department office

• Plan your modules ahead of time– NOTE: Recommended module schedules do not always work

– Be prepared to be flexible and change your module schedule along the way

– Do the problematic modules (e.g. PH2208, EC core modules) as soon as you can to avoid complications later on in the programme

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Integrated Honours Thesis

• 16 MC integrated project– Single project with elements from both Engineering and Economics

• 2 or 3 semesters• Combined assessment– Thesis and oral presentation– Interim reports and/or presentations– Slight variation between departments• e.g. Engineering graded Interim Report but Economics used it as a ‘for information’ report only

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IHT: How to make it work

• Start talking to supervisors early• Download the IHT registration form from the website, get it signed and submit it in the early weeks of the semester before submission– i.e. if you want to submit in Year 5 Sem 2, submit the form in Year 5 Sem 1

• FYP deadlines typically don’t apply to IHT exactly, so ask your department office what you have to submit and when

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Why Do The DDP

• Broader perspective of the world and its issues

• Self-enrichment• Interest

• Career Prospects

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Career Prospects

• Wider variety of careers to choose from• Easier to get noticed by employers

BUT

• Unlikely to get a wage premium because of DDP

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Q&A

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Sample Project

• Greenhouse Gas Accounting and the Prospect of Carbon Labelling of Food Products in Singapore– Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Economics–Method: Literature review, empirical research via survey

– Engineering: Life Cycle Assessment of GHG impact of food

– Economics: Carbon Labelling, Willingness to Pay

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Resources

• Module search– http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/nusbulletin/modulesearch.html

• Exam schedule– https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/registrar/exam/students.html

• Economics: Modules offered– http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ecs/undergraduate/modules.html