I am trying very very VERY hard to stiffle my laughter. serious. i am in the office with people working really hard while i am looking up what exciting modules NUS offers to NUS students for this coming semester.

I am one amused NUS student. The modules are out of this world literally. But they can be quite functional.

If you need something to mull over, consider this module

Stochastic Processes I
Module Description :
This module introduces the concept of modelling dependence and focuses on discrete-time Markov chains. Topics include discrete-time Markov chains, examples of discrete-time Markov chains, classification of states, irreducibility, periodicity, first passage times, recurrence and transience, convergence theorems and stationary distributions. This module is targeted at students who are interested in Statistics and are able to meet the pre-requisites.

If you need a bed time story, this is top of the charts


Surface Physics
Module Description :
This module provides an introduction to surface physics, its techniques and applications. The topics include: surface tension, surface crystallography, surface physical processes such as relaxation, reconstruction and defects, surface chemical properties, surface segregation, surface electronic structures including surface states, band bending, dipole layer, work function, core-level-shifts, Fermi level pining, plasmon, and surface vibrational properties. Experimental techniques, such as LEED, RHEED, XAS, SEXAFS, XPS, UPS, AES, SIMS and EELS, will be also addressed with examples and applications. This module is targeted at physics or materials science students, who have a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and solid state physics.

( ok at this point, i am choking on my seats, hyperventilating. stiffle stiffle)

If you need something to laugh at, dun miss this one

Thin Film Technology
Module Description :
The scope of the course embraces the basic principles of thin-film deposition techniques such as chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition as well as their applications in the microelectronics industry. The basic principles include vacuum technology, gas kinetics, adsorption, surface diffusion and nucleation. These are the fundamental features which determine the film growth and the ultimate film properties. Common thin-film characterization methods which measure film composition and structure as well as mechanical and electrical properties are also covered. This course is for senior (SERIOUSLY) physics students with an interest in pursuing a career in industry.

And if you ever lose your way, dun worry there is


Topology
Module Description :
The objective of this module is to give a thorough introduction to the topics of point-set topology with applications to analysis and geometry. Major topics: topological spaces, continuous maps, bases, subbases, homeomorphisms, subspaces, sum and product topologies, quotient spaces and identification maps, orbit spaces, separation axioms, compact spaces, Tychonoff's theorem, Heine-Borel theorem, compactness in metric space, sequential compactness, connected and path-connected spaces, components, locally compact spaces, function spaces and the compact-open topology


hmmmm.. check out the name of this module. it is both advance but also ordinary. wonder how the students will end up. "Advanced Ordinary Differential Equations"


this is the life of a NUS student