If you look again at Notts' module outline.
http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Faculties/Sci...technology.aspx

Your core modules will be in Year 1 and Year 2. And also you have a choice of a number of electives.

And for Year 3, it's ALL electives. And I would say the electives that you will be choosing in Year 3 will be either a continuation, or a supplementation of the electives you chose in Year 1 and 2, i.e. your areas of interest.

Within the first week of classes you're still allowed to change your electives if you feel that it's not suitable. [correct me if I'm wrong guys].

It's not specifically on plants. I tried to place myself in the shoes of a scientist, and I saw that I could focus on food science+nutrition, while still having some electives on plants.

And this would be my choice:

YEAR 1
Semester 1:
Introductory Biochemistry
Genetics and Cell Biology
Whole Organism Biology
+ 30 credits Optional Modules from:
Techniques in Plant Biotechnology
Applications of Biology
Plant Science
Introduction to Nutrition

Semester 2:
Introductory Biochemistry
Genetics with Specialist Options
Data Transfer Analysis and Presentation
+ 30 credits Optional Modules from:
Microbial Physiology
Plant and Cell Physiology: Growth and Differentiation
Applied Entomology
Introduction to Nutrition
Food Hygiene

YEAR 2
Semester 1:
Molecular Pharming
Mammalian Biochemistry 1 – Development
+ 40 credits Optional Modules from:
Introductory Plant Pathology
Plant and Cell Physiology: Energy, Water and Nutrients
Community and Whole Plant Physiology
Soil Science
World Agroecosystems
Nutrition, Metabolism & Disease
Principles of Immunology
Endocrinology & Metabolism

Semester 2:
Research Project in Biotechnology 1
+ 50 credits Optional Modules from:
The Dynamic Cell
Plant Developmental Genetics
Practical Methods in Experimental Biology
Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress
Computing Techniques
Nutrition, Metabolism & Disease
Principles of Human Nutrition
Mammalian Biochemistry 2 – Techniques & Functional Regulation
Communicating Biosciences
Molecular Biology of the Cell

YEAR 3
Semester 1:
40 credits Optional Modules from:
Fundamental & Applied Aspects of Plant
Genetic Manipulation
Plant Microbe Interactions
Molecular Plant Pathology
Plant Cell Signalling
The Microflora of Foods
Applied Bioethics 1: Animals, Biotechnology & Society
Science, Technology & Business

Semester 2:
40 credits Optional Modules from:
Current Issues in Biotechnology
Genomics
Downstream Processing of Biotechnology Products
Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals from Plants
The Microflora of Foods
Applied Bioethics 2: Sustainable Food Production, Biotechnology & the Environment
Environmental Microbiology

But of course, my selections above are flawed. Flawed in the sense that some of the electives could be a repetition or overlap some other things you may have learnt in previous semesters, and also might require you to have taken some previous electives in previous semesters. For such details, you'll have to look into the module catalogue tanjinjack provided.

But the important thing here is, I don't see how your Nottingham is more specifically on plants comes into effect.

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Added on August 22, 2010, 4:48 amThe determinant of you entering the above are based on results, correct?
And I also notice some of the unis if you transfer will take more than 3 years to complete. [mind to explain?]

I will actually say, Nottingham offers the same thing, i.e. exchange/twinning. [but of course also dependent on your results]

And if you haven't heard, degrees awarded by all 3 campuses will be identical [meaning no difference. same paper, same wordings]. I'm not sure what accreditations the science faculty has, but the business faculty certainly has got international accreditation bodies to verify the quality standard. But then again some forumers will say employers' aren't so stupid as to NOT distinguish you [I would say to be biased] a Malaysian grad from the UK grad. But in terms of this, you've still got a better chance than the UCSI grad, who is completely Malaysian grad. Better chance because of what I've pointed out: those who are in the know that Nottingham Malaysia's degree awarded is identical to the UK.This is not by merit of anything else, just pure human psychology. And to boost your marketability, you can go for the exchange/transfer to UK if you qualify, as what you would also do if you're in UCSI.

This post has been edited by entryman: Aug 22 2010, 11:38 AM

oh really?

let tanjinjack explain and see. i know nuts about science programmes.

okay put food science aside, what about the other concentrations? you're gonna give the same statement?

and hey the food science is just an OPTION to cater for students' interest. The core modules are already present and compulsory, something Fantasia would call "genera".

This post has been edited by entryman: Aug 22 2010, 02:10 PM

Where did you get the info from?

Probably you can provide a few links for me to have a look.

I don't think it's that ridiculous la..

Probably only limited to heating appliances and other devices that consume high amounts of electricity.

As for printer.. now I find the person who put that clause in is STUPID, knows nothing about..practically everything.

But it could be valid too, assuming the tenants aren't too smart themselves, allow them to bring these peripherals into the room, they'll just leave it on on standby, combine all of them, that's huge wastage.

This post has been edited by entryman: Aug 26 2010, 12:20 PM

Just drive there, and get your parking sticker from the Security Office located at ground floor of the yellow/orange building.

About CoolUniPack,

Just bring the completed form to the admin building front desk, right next to the place that you pay fees. Ask anyone there. If you're lucky you might get it back on the same day, I guess usually you'll have to wait 1 to 2 days.

Wow, at China Campus, so far I have reached top downloading speed of 1.1 Megabyte per second (1.1MBps). In terms of Megabit that's about 8.8 Mbps. Using WiFi. This is my first time checking.

This post has been edited by entryman: Sep 26 2010, 06:56 PM

The block is not as stringent as Malaysia Campus. Which I find is really good, more sources of information/leisure are open for viewing. My guess is they knowingly leave room around the stringency, considering the fact that a whole lot of resources are already blocked by the China Great Firewall, which really inconveniences people, for example, youtube. They do leave some slack space for you to find out on your own about proxies/vpns/circumventors etc. to overcome the Great Firewall blockade.

It won't affect your application for masters overseas (maybe a slight bit but not significant). 98% of the time it's your grades, your english, and your leadership/work experience. 2% (insignificant) left for unavoidable human biasness towards country/race/gender/etc.

This post has been edited by entryman: Sep 27 2010, 09:28 AM

Yeah, blocks certain sites that are deemed politically unfavorable, warez and torrenting, etc.

But for academic and general entertainment use would be sufficient.

Don't worry. It's normal, stuff like that happens. Just follow up with Amy Han.

The link was distributed I think earlier this year in the form of email. During then, the email said that it's still in testing stage.

Fees info:
http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Students/Admi...nNationals.aspx

Entry requirements:
http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Students/Admi...quirements.aspx

It's not a rumour. It's a real incident. Based on official news, an Indian gang was searching for someone, and mistook the victims' identity for some other people, and that one of the victims passed away while recuperating in the hospital ward. This happened outside of the university, at one of the nearby shoplots/around the area. Happened in late 2008 I believe.

This is a forumer's account of the story: http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=127931

Anyway how does that incident apply to you in any way?

This post has been edited by entryman: Dec 2 2010, 06:40 PM

If the people in charge are doing their job right, then you won't be able to use it.

Try sending an email to the university to enquire about it, see if they have any courtesy to reply or not

Perhaps they have some sort of arrangement already in place that we're not aware of here.

You can also send an email to the Student Association to see if they can help you.

Okay I shall report that the rules are not enforced, and this is evidence

1. I'll leave it to the rest to clarify.

2. Sure. English has got a 99% penetration in this university, the remaining 1% goes to the cleaners hired from Indonesia.

3. Yeap, loving it.

Hey guys do you have pdf copy / url to the Undergraduate Student Handbook?

This post has been edited by entryman: Dec 29 2010, 10:39 AM

The one pertaining to assessments regulations

Meaning how one progresses to next stage.

Thanks for the idea

By the way just want to ask is there a provision saying that as long as you fail a core module you definitely need to resit it or there is no such thing at all?



And afaik the marks of reassessed modules are not counted into final degree classification.

So does this mean it is counted as:

(total marks of first sit modules) / (total number of first sit modules)

OR

(total marks of first sit modules) / (total number of ALL modules)


If it's the latter then I GG....

This post has been edited by entryman: Dec 29 2010, 01:32 PM

Yep there is a regulation saying that as long as you fit certain criterias you can compensate and pass.

I believe it's regulation 10 of Undergraduate regulations.

But what I'm concerned is in my post (edit above), please refer.

Thanks! Helped alot. Refer bolded part above, it's abit ambiguous. So printed on transcript is original mark, not resit mark? In China campus both are printed.