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AY2009/2010 Subject Registration - General Information for All

Subject Registration Information for LLB Students
Subject Registration Information for LLM/PhD/CGRP Students
Subject Registration Information for Grad Dip Maritime Law & Arb. Students 

Subject Registration Timelines

Table 1: Timelines for which “Drop with Penalty” Takes Effect

Note: LLM and PhD students should refer to the corresponding Level 5000 and Level 6000 codes for these subjects. E.g. Subject code LL4069 refers to the same subject with codes LL5069 and LL6069.

Priority for Places in Elective Subjects

1.    Procedures for Selecting Elective Subjects
All law students studying at the NUS Faculty of Law are required to select their elective subjects by following the specific procedures set down for each category of students – Third Year LLB students, Final Year LLB students (including GLB3), LLM and PhD students, and Graduate Diploma in Maritime Law and Arbitration (DipMLA) students and Exchange students.

2.    Priority for Elective Subjects
Priority in elective subjects is allocated in the following manner:

3. Deadlines for Selection of Electives
   Students will be given priority only if they meet the deadline for registering or giving the Dean’s Office notice of their choices for electives. Students who fail to meet the specific deadlines will lose their priority for elective subjects. They will then be permitted to register only for subjects in which spaces are available. For the deadlines and procedures, see the Information on Elective Subjects for your student category – LLB, LLM and PhD and DipMLA or Exchange.
4. Cap on students in Elective Subjects
   Most elective subjects are taught using the interactive seminar style of teaching, and the cap is usually 50 students. In subjects that are assessed more than 50% by continuous assessment, the cap is usually from 24-30 students. In 8-credit subjects that meet for 6 hours a week with two or more full-time staff members, the cap is about 50 students per teacher.
    
5. Oversubscribed Subjects
   Many subjects have a cap or maximum enrolment. The places in a subject will be filled first by students with first priority who register or notify the Dean’s Office by the deadline. If the number of students with first priority who meet the deadline exceeds the cap, the places will be filled by ballot.
    
6. Authority for Admission to a Subject
   An academic staff member who teaches a subject does not have the authority to admit a student into a subject or to waive the cap for an oversubscribed subject to allow a student to read it. Only the Dean's Office has the authority to change a student's allocated subjects. Only in exceptional circumstances will the Dean's Office increase the cap for a particular subject.

Adding and Dropping Subjects in Semester 2

7.    Intensive Subjects

Please refer to the timetable for which "Drop with Penalty" takes effect above and note the following:

·         Students can only drop LL4120 & LL4199B during Add/Drop period but not add them.
 

·         Students may add LL4069 during the Add/Drop period (i.e. until 18 January 2010). No adding of this intensive will be allowed once the Add/Drop period is over.
 

·         Students who drop any intensives after the Add/Drop period (i.e. 18 January 2010) will not be permitted to add a module to make-up the credits shortfall.

8.   Dropping Subjects
Students are allowed to drop a maximum of 2 subjects for which they have registered and add new subjects (except LL4120 & LL4199B) without any penalty provided that they submit an Add-Drop Form by the given deadline in January 2010. Students are permitted to drop any law elective subjects without any penalty, including first choice subjects. Students who wish to drop more than 2 subjects must seek approval of the Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs)/Assistant Dean (Curriculum and Student Academic Matters).

9.  Adding Subjects
Other than LL4120 & LL4199B (and its corresponding Level 5000 & 6000 codes), students may only request to add subjects in which spaces are available or in which spaces may become available as a result of the add-drop process. Also, students may only add subjects that do not conflict with the Class Timetable and Examination Timetable of their existing subjects. If more students wish to add a subject than the number of spaces available, there will be a ballot conducted to fill the available spaces.

10. Priorities for Adding Subjects during Add/Drop Exercise.

11.  Add-Drop Day
In Semester 2, AY 2009/2010:

·         Final Add-Drop for approved non-law electives will be on 11 January (1700hrs);

·         Soft Drop will be on 13 January (1200hrs);

·         Final date to drop LL4120/LL5120/LL6120 intensive subject will be on 18 January;

·         Final date to drop LL4199B/LL5199B/LL6199B intensive subject will be on 21 January;

12. Forms and Procedures
Add-Drop Forms will be available from the Dean’s Office during the first week of teaching. During this period a list of subjects that have not been fully subscribed will be listed on the Faculty Web Page. Students who wish to drop a subject should complete the form and submit it to the Dean’s Office reception by the deadline. The form will also ask students to list in order of priority the subjects they wish to add to replace the subjects they wish to drop.

 

Calendar

13.  Academic Calendar
The Academic Calendar is listed on the NUS home page and on the Faculty home page. The key dates for Semester 2 of AY 2009/2010 are:

·         Teaching Begins Monday, 11 January 2010

·      Mid-Semester Recess Saturday, 13 February to Sunday, 21 February 2010

·         Reading week begins Saturday, 17 April 2010

·         Examination Period Saturday, 24 April to Saturday, 08 May 2010

 Subjects, Credits and Contact Hours

14.  Information on Subjects offered
Information on elective subjects offered in Academic Year 2009/2010 is posted on the Faculty home page. This includes

·         Course descriptions

·         Names of the course convener and other course teachers

·         Class timetable

·         Examination timetable

·         Modes of assessment

Students are expected to take this information into account when selecting electives.

15.  Number of Credits
Elective subjects in NUS carries a weight of either 4 credits or 8 credits. Elective 4-credit subjects have 3 student contact hours per week for 12 weeks, and are usually taught using an interactive method of teaching. Elective 8-credit subjects have 6 student contact hours per week, and are taught using a combination of lecture-style and interactive-style teaching.

16.  Intensive Subjects
Every semester visiting professors come to NUS to teach an intensive 4-credit subject in 3-6 weeks. These subjects are usually taught in the evenings in 3-hour sessions two or three times a week during the first 6 weeks of the semester. Intensive subjects are usually assessed by a take-home examination or research paper about 3-4 weeks after the last class in that subject.

Prerequisites and Preclusions

17.  General Prerequisites
Most elective subjects in the Faculty of Law are open only to students who have completed the first two years of compulsory core law curriculum at the Faculty of Law, or its equivalent at another institution.

18.  Specific Prerequisites
The course descriptions for certain elective subjects provide that they are open only to students who have read a specific subject or its equivalent. For example, many advanced electives in the corporate and financial services area require students to have read Company Law at NUS or an equivalent subject in a common law jurisdiction. In some cases the prerequisite subject can be taken concurrently. Certain advanced skills subjects are restricted to a small number of students, and students must apply in advance and receive the consent of the convener to register.

19.  General Preclusion
As a general rule, no student will be permitted to take an elective subject that covers substantially the same ground as a subject they have already read at NUS or elsewhere. Exceptions to this general rule can be made on a case by case basis by the Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs) for LLB Students, by the Vice-Dean (International Programmes) for Exchange Students, and by the Vice-Dean (Graduate Division) for Graduate Students.

20.  Specific Preclusions
The course descriptions for certain subjects specifically state that students who have read particular subjects at the NUS Faculty of Law (or their equivalent) are precluded from taking these subjects.

Modes of Assessment

21.  Modes of Assessment
Most elective subjects are assessed using both a final examination and modes of continuous assessment such as essays, research assignments, class presentations or general class performance. The percentage allocated to continuous assessment varies from 20% to 50% in most subjects. Certain subjects are limited to 24-30 students and have 100% continuous assessment, with no final examination.

22.  Importance in Selecting Electives
The planned modes of assessment in elective subjects will be published in advance to enable students to plan their workload when selecting their electives. As soon as they are finalized, the planned modes of assessment for each subject will be listed in the information under its Course Description. When selecting subjects, students should note the number of assignments in each subject and the weight the assignments will carry. Students should also note that the deadlines for most assignments are usually during the final 4 weeks of classes.

23.  Possible Change in Modes of Assessment
Academic staff members plan the methods of assessment based upon the projected number of students who will be taking the subject. If the actual number of students who have selected the subject differs significantly from the projected number, the staff member concerned may wish to re-consider the modes of assessment and methods of teaching. If so, students will be advised by the teacher of any changes.

Class and Exam Timetables

24.  Class and Examination Timetables
The Class Timetable and Examination Timetable are posted on the Faculty Home Page. It is not possible to select some subject combinations because of clashes in the Class Timetable and/or the Examination Timetable. Therefore, when selecting electives students should examine both the Class Timetable and the Examination Timetable carefully to ensure that there are no clashes.