The first CA was based on the lecture notes + whatever practical that
have been done up till then. Read them well. It will be good to know
the practical well as well. The questions are not difficult and aim as
high as you can. The bell curve will be very steep, I got A+ for this
CA, but then there were many A+ and the scores were all very close. In
other words, this CA is not the differentiating factor between your A
and B.
In between weeks 5 and 8, there were no lectures and practical
sessions, so it was really slack. At times, this module felt non
existent. As for CA2, it was known to be tough and rightfully the grade
differential. I was in no mood to study for the CA, and I screwed up the
CA. The practical aspect of the CA was straightforward – gram staining,
streaking and simple enumeration. But the theory aspect was tough and
they asked something about lactose differential and I totally wrote
rubbish – screwed. Regretted not studying enough. According to seniors,
the theory aspect usually ask about the practical portion and there was
no need to restudy the lecture notes at all. But apparently, for my
paper, the questions were based from the lecture notes (Something about
how the immune system work – lecture 4 & from Hobo’s part on lactose
fermentors and how to test for them..). Thankfully, I studied the
lecture notes too. In fact, I felt that some of the content here
overlapped with LSM3232 (Microbiology), so it may be good to take them
both together, which I did.
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