Ng Tong Hin DDP – Chemical Engineering and Accountancy

 Workload: Degree Requirements & Sample Timetable  Internships (Accountancy compulsory internship & subsequent modified semester)  Career Prospects  Additional Pointers Outline

 242 MCs in total  5.5 Years ≈ 22 MCs/sem  5 Years ≈ 24 MCs/sem  4 Years ≈ 30 MCs/sem  Very few common modules Workload: Degree Requirements ModulesBBA (Acc. Hons) MCs BBA (Acc.) MCs BBA (Hons) MCs Engineering BBA Common16 32 University Level 12 Overall Total

 Minimum six modules per semester  2 separate honours dissertation (first class)  2 separate CAP scores  Need to be very careful (can fluctuate easily) Workload: Degree Requirements Year 1 Sem 120 MCs (5 mods) Sem 224 MCs (6 mods) Year 2 Sem 124 MCs (6 mods) Sem 230 MCs (8 mods) Year 3 Sem 131 MCs (8 mods) Sem 228 MCs (7 mods) Year 4 Sem 138 MCs (9 mods) Sem 234 MCs (8 mods) Special Term 2 Mods + Thesis

Workload: Sample Timetable

 NUSmods.com  Curriculum time: Engineering 4 hrs/mod vs. BBA 3 hrs/mod  Clashes in timetable  Planning, planning, planning Workload: Timetable

 Be prepared for: Workload Travelling between faculties Burnt weekendsProjects and finals

 Compulsory accounting internship  Flexible - accounting/finance related  Modified semester  PLAN carefully!  Internships are important!  The earlier you know what you want, the better Internships

 Advantages:  “Impressive”  Unique/special (can be a disadvantage too)  Exposure to both disciplines  Finance knowledge (ability to understand financial statements a huge plus)  Disadvantages:  Time/discipline extremely important  Both are specialized – skills/knowledge transferable?  Non-academic commitments? Career Prospects

 Where do you want to go?  Engineering or Accounting or Finance?  Accountancy or Business degree?  Academic results only get you the interviews  Rest is up to you Career Prospects

 Know what you want/why you want to do DDP  Know your strengths and plan “buffer mods”  Be wary of “webcast-traps”  Go for exchange if you can  Have an idea of what to have in your CV  Keep on track with suggested curriculum  More flexibility (pre-requisites less of an issue)  Batchmates Additional Pointers

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