WISP (World Issues: Singapore Perspective)

This is the compulsory IS module. While I find this module much more interesting than PQS, I think this is due to the fact that I have a good tutor. She conduct her lessons almost like history lessons, but the stories are engaging and are very relevant to the topics she was covering. There are 3 assignments in all, but no test.

As far as the first assignment is concerned, the bad news is that it has to be presented on the 3rd week. Therefore, it is crucial to form into groups during the 1st week. You may want to negotiate with your friends to pick the same class and form into your own group even before the term starts. However, be prepared: My tutor revealed that there are tutors who purposely form groups by register numbers and is very inflexible about grouping as they don't want their students to work with people they are familiar with. Perhaps theytake teamwork seriously. However, to my advantage, my tutor don't feel the same way. Working with students you don't know, especially those from different departments, will tend to have time-table clashes. Thus, she allowed us to form our own groups.

In a sense, the next batch of students have an advantage: Our first lesson clashed with Vesak Day, leaving only one lesson on week 2 to form groups and prepare everything within 1 week. Thankfully, again, we have a good tutor. She understanding the difficulty Vesak day had put us in, so she postponed the project presentation till week 4. Better pray hard that you have a WISP tutor like mine. I have heard that some tutors conduct boring lessons, just like PQS.