Questions about RP

last SG · 2005-11-30T21:28:00+00:00

Chrno, not vying for the IPBMS programme?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

More about RP.

RP is a paperless school, so all students will have a laptop. You will need to buy a laptop to study here. The laptops sold here are all below market price ($1400-$1800, excluding upgrades). If you are unable to buy one due to financial difficulty, you can borrow it from the school.

If your laptop spoils, you will have to go to IT-Helpdesk. There, IT technicians will help you to solve your problems. Should your problem be too serious, you will have to borrow a laptop from the library as we have no paper backups (except for tests. We have no exams by the way).

Our time table is a five-day week, meaning you have to come to school everyday. School starts at 8.30am everyday and will end around 4pm to 4.30pm, depending on how long each presentation lasts and how many questions are asked.

You have to attend talks, participate in events to get CE points. CE points are Creative Engagement points. We have CE activities so that students can get to know more about the working world and learn something through the activities they participate. A total of 40 points are needed. Note that this is a module, so it is compulsory. Students who do not have 40 points by the end of year 3 will have to stay back to do this module. Competition may gain you CE points, but this is up to the school on whether they want to give you or not. Most of the time they do.

Professional Profiling is another compulsory module. In this module, you will interview professionals and do a write-up on them.

CCAs are part of RP student's life. You can set up your own CCA too. By gathering 5 students (including yourself) and a facilitator (teacher), you can submit your proposal for the CCA.

progene SG

RP major in wad??

Business?

Arts??

Econ??

Tourism??

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Technology and Arts.

Sports are up next.

No tourism or economic courses here.

progene SG

so u major in wad??

hmm tech n art ah.....me a tourism std..so cannot go rp liao lor...cos cannot fin suitable cos.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Majoring in technology. Waiting to be a year 3 student to choose a field to study in.

progene SG

So u r into IT ah?

Field....I can recomend u a field....near my house here e soccer field not bad...wan a not...or u wan padang field....

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Not that kind of field lah. I mean choosing either wireless, multimedia or security field to study.

progene SG

go for security...den can go into gov sector n work....

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I thinking of that too. Then can see what you doing......... Mr. Green

Not so evil lah. Probably will be upgrading the security software, patching up and all. Diploma only, so don't expect to do so much. The rest will leave to experts, even though I can do it. Government is like that one........

progene SG

btw,...u M or F??? or bove??

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Female.

progene SG

i guess correct liao... Razz

progene SG

So is it ez to study at RP???

me thinkin of studyin again...... Rolling Eyes

but wad can i study??

ndmmxiaomayi SG

For year 1, you can breeze through most of the modules except computing, unless you have computer programming knowledge. You can easily breeze through year 1 because you learn a lot of things not related to your diploma. For example, the module on cognitive skills.

This module aims to develop your thinking and to let you to get use to PBL. It also test your reasoning skills, why is it this, why is it that. Why you choose this method, why you choose that method. This module is one of hardest module because it requires you to think in a systematic and logical order. Any out of the box idea can be accepted, provided you can explain why you choose this particular idea. This module also lets you learn about hypothesis-testing, useful for those who want to pursue a science course. You will learn the correct way of hypothesis-testing, how to reject hypothesis and formulate a better one and so on.

For year 2 onwards, it will not be that easy because you are now focusing on your course. For example, you are going to graduate with a biomedical engineering diploma. Year 2 and 3 will focus on what a biomedical engineer needs to know, so you will be studying in detail. Year 3 could be your most interesting year, as you get to specialize in one of the areas in biomedical engineering.

There are not that many courses here because we are young. If you are interested in a sports diploma and you don't mind waiting, you are welcome to do so. Quite a lot of RP students graduating are waiting for that diploma, and the school for sports studies have set up.

For more courses, visit:
http://www.rp.sg/courses/index.asp

progene SG

Whaaaaa.......seem difficult leh...me mayb go take bac my o 1st....

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Problem-Based Learning is indeed difficult, especially if you don't have any prior knowledge of that module.

If you have prior knowledge of the module, it will be easy as it will be a build up on your prior knowledge. You will be slacking most of the time if you have prior knowledge, like I do for science modules because I got prior knowledge (took pure sciences, haha).

Even never take pure science, if you know a little bit about the subject, you only need to spend more time than the others. If totally no idea about that subject, more than half the time there you will be going "huh? what talking you?"

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Today's Announcement:

50 cents pictures are up again, so will be closing the topics. After the situation has improved, threads will re-opened. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Today's Announcement:

I think 50 cents is already being banned. Threads are now re-opened.

progene SG

oic....

Rolling Eyes

oxford mushroom SG

I am in the biomedical industry as well and from time to time I need to recruit technologists and scientific officers. Is there anyone who is taking the biotechnology option? I would like to know what sort of techniques they learn and details of what they study. Perhaps RP’s graduates may meet the needs of my organization…..

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