Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme

ISEP

Coursework

Our Aim

To equip students with appropriate skills to perform cutting edge interdisciplinary research ethically

Requirements for NGS

0
modular credits (MCs)

with a cumulative average point (CAP) of at least 3.8 every semester.

10

Core Modules

Research Excellence (10 MCs)

20

Elective Modules

Facilitate Interdisciplinarity (20 MCs)

NGS Core Modules (10 MCs)

Module Name MCs Deadline
GS6001 Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity
4
3rd Semester
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GS6001 Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity (2 MCs)

The module covers issues faced by graduate students in science and engineering during their PhD candidature and in their subsequent academic careers. Through lectures, discussions and presentations, students shall ponder on and analyse ethical issues and dilemmas associated with data archival, mentoring, authorship, credit sharing and conflicts of interest.

They shall rationalise internationally sanctioned rules and regulations in dealing with ethically sensitive research subjects. They shall be taught sensible and appropriate approaches in dealing with incidents of scientific misconduct, and how ethical integrity should and could be maintained in spite of research intensity and competition.
GS5002 Academic Professional Skills and Techniques
4
4th Semester
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GS5002 Academic Professional skills and Techniques (4 MCs)

The module equips students with the academic know-how to succeed in graduate school. Students shall be introduced to the school's academic structure, aspirations and expectations, with advice from faculty research directors and prominent NGS alumni in a workshop. Students shall be coached on their academic writing and presentation skills. They shall engage in in-depth research discussions and learn how to conduct a scientific dialogue, and to make impressive presentations at meetings and conference.

Students shall be lectured by university experts on the process of scientific publication, as well as to intellectual property and patent issues. The within-discipline and cross-discipline journal club components shall provide intense training in scientific assessment and critique on topics within and outside a student's original discipline, at an advanced level with instructors and peers in a small group setting.
GS6883A Interface Sciences and Engineering
2 (CS/CU)
4th Semester
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GS6883A Interface Sciences and Engineering (2 MCs, CS/CU)

The module consists of a series of lectures and discussions / presentations that would provide students with an interdisciplinary exposure and knowledge foundation for selected research areas / themes that are of prime importance to humankind, and where interdisciplinary science and engineering are frequently practiced.

Some of these areas are traditional strategic areas which NUS have great research strength in, and others are emerging areas of intense interest. Each theme is taught and coordinated by two instructors, who will contribute to different, yet complementary, perspectives of the theme.

The areas/themes shall include:

  • "Introduction to Interdisciplinarity"
  • "Climate Change & Renewable Energy"
  • "Human-computer Interactions"
  • "Microbiomes & Sustainability"

Elective Modules (20 MCs)

NGS Electives
Cross-faculty Electives
Module Name MCs
GSS6886 NGS Seminars
2 (CS/CU)
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GSS6886 NGS Seminars (2 MCs, CS/CU)

NGS Seminars is a platform for students of the Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS) to develop their presentation skills by delivering seminar-style talks. Audience members will critically discuss the presented material and provide constructive feedback to their peers. Students will be evaluated by interdisciplinary faculty members who are also NGS supervisors.

Prominent interdisciplinary principal investigators, from Singapore and abroad, will be invited to deliver selected seminars about their cutting-edge work. Exposing students to a variety of research topics and themes will broaden their knowledge and help them appreciate the role of interdisciplinarity in today's ground-breaking research.
GS6882A Biology of Disease
4
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GS6882A Biology of Disease (4 MCs)

The Biology of Disease module aims to deliver an understanding of human disease from a bench to bedside perspective. This series of 4 capsule modules is designed to introduce students to the basic biology and clinical pathology underlying human disease. The discussion of each disease will be led by two faculty members highlighting the fundamental molecular basis of cellular function, followed by a clinical perspective.
GS6889A Academic Professional Skills II
2 (CS/CU)
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GS6889A Academic Professional Skills II (2 MCs, CS/CU)

The module is an extension of GS5002 Academic Professional Skills and Techniques. It follows up from GS5002 by equipping graduate students with the skills required to complete their graduate studies and to move into the post-doctoral phase of their career. Through the module, students shall find that they are better-prepared for the final stages of their PhD and applying for their first job, and be more well-informed about the various facets of a career in academia or industry, the two most common career paths taken after attaining their PhD. 

 
GS6889B Academic Skills and Research Ethics
2 (CS/CU)
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GS6889B Academic Skills and Research Ethics (2 MCs, CS/CU)

ONLY for SCELSE/DS/MBI students

 
GSN6501 Neuronal Signalling
4
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GSN6501 Neuronal Signalling (4 MCs)

Signaling within and between neurons provide the basis for information processing, storage and retrieval in the brain. This module will consider several fundamental aspects of neuronal signalling, including:

  1. the ionic basis of membrane excitability;
  2. basic mechanisms of synaptic transmission; and
  3. mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and their implications for learning and memory.
GSN6504 Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience
4
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GSN6504 Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience (4 MCs)

In this module, we take multidisciplinary approach to understand the cellular and the neural basis of relatively simple behaviours and more complex cognitive tasks. We will discuss:

  1. The encoding of noxious stimuli and the neural basis of the affective- motivational and cognitive effects linked to pain
  2. The basic elements of the visual system and visual processing in humans and other primates, and the links between cognition (what we see) and behaviour (what we do)
  3. Approaches to studying cognition in healthy humans and current insights into how cognitive processes are represented in the brain
  4. Animal models of cognitive and behavioural abnormalities associated with psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases.
GS5101 Research Immersion Module
2 (CS/CU)
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GS5101 Research Immersion Module (2 MCs, CS/CU)

Students will complete two lab rotations in their first semester with NGS. Each rotation will last for at least 2 months. At the end of each lab rotation, students will submit a lab rotation report that includes a description of the research project that the student has worked on and the supervisor’s assessment of the student’s performance and commitment during the lab rotation.  

Students will attend a workshop, facilitated by the principal lecturers, before they start their second lab rotation.  They will discuss research mentorship, research planning and management and articulate the learning experiences gleaned from their first lab rotation. Modular credits and a ‘Completed Satisfactory (CS)/Unsatisfactory (CU)’ grade are awarded on the basis of satisfactory performance for both rotations, completion of two lab rotation reports and attendance of the workshop.

Select any Level 5000/6000 cross-faculty module from any Faculty/School at NUS/Duke-NUS as elective module.

​Up to 12 MCs (~3 modules) can be at Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/US) to encourage students to explore modules of different disciplines.

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