Overseas Programmes (School level matters)

1. Overseas Programmes (School level matters) presented by – your exchange coordinator Chong Poh Yee Assistant Manager (Academic) School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Friday, 26 September 2014

2. Overview

3. Overview

4. Things to do before Application / Acceptance • STUDYthe information online- Procedures of application? Eligibility for different programmes? • RESEARCH on host university…-Semester Academic Calendar-Course availability-Language-Semester Load • PLAN…-Clearing pre-requisites-Doing IA/IO

5. Take note especially for… AERO students • Take note that a number of AE courses are offered only in selected semesters • Example: MA3700 Aircraft Structures I, MA3701 Aerodynamics, MA3702 Aircraft Propulsion, MA3703 Flight Dynamics, MA3704 Aircraft Electrical Devices, MA4701 Aircraft Design, MA4702 Aircraft Structures II, MA4704 Aeroelasticity, MA4705 Aircraft Navigation and Flight Computer… • Always remember to plan carefully!!

6. Timeline • Students are to watch out for schedule clashes with attachment programmes, GEM Discoverer, national service obligations etc. 

7. Returning to NTU…LATE!!

8. Returning to NTU late…Short Term LOA • You are not allow to take up Lab course on short term LOA, ie, MA2071, MA2072, MA3071, MA3072 • Advisable not to take course with more than 40% CA, examples like MA2005, MA3001, if you are returning later than 2 weeks

9. Returning to NTU late…Short Term LOA • Please take the responsibility to inform your course coordinators, and follow lectures on NTULearn. • Request for make-up CAs will be decided by the respective course coordinators • Email mae_reg@ntu.edu.sg if you encounter course registration issues

10. Returning to NTU late…Semester LOA • German Universities like TUM, Duisburg-Essen, where last paper could be end of Mar/Sep. • Do not join in the semester if you are returning later than 4th weeks of semester. • No need to pay NTU school fee. • Please remember to PLAN carefully!!

12. NTU academic Calendar 2015 S1 Join in the semester no later than Week 4: 31Aug – 4Sep

13. Returning to NTU…LATE!!

14. Course Matching – Credit Transfer • All students will read and transfer a maximum of 21 AUs of courses (including laboratory courses) • A maximum of 24 AUs of courses (including laboratory courses) – is granted only for ABP/DDP/IP students.

15. Course Matching – Credit Transfer • The minimum grade to be counted for credit (AU) transfer has to be equitable to a Pass grade at the host university. • All Pass and Fail grades will be reflected in Degree Audits and transcripts.  Eg, CommonQn: National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Passing grade=60 and above but NTU’s 40 and above (for a ‘D’). Will the course be transferred as ‘Pass’ if I get 55 in NCKU? Ans= No. (refer above)

16. Have a breather… • Before we move on to how to do course matching….

17. Sharing Session… by our seniors

18. How to do course matching? The decision to approve/reject each course matching is not restricted to, but is largely based on the following factors: • match in content (approximately 75% match) • number of contact hours • the course must have some form of assessment (e.g. tests, projects, exam etc)

19. Match in Content • 1. Firstly, refer to our MAE’s websitefor the brief course content • 2. Secondly, refer to the host university’s course catalogue • 3. Lastly, you can also refer to CourseFinder for past history course matching’s approval. **Note that not all approved course matchings found in the CourseFinder will be approved again as we are constantly reviewing our curriculum.

20. Example: • MAE’s MA3005 Control Theory[Pre-requisite: Having read MA2006; Academic Unit: 3.0] Content: Introduction and Revision of Laplace Transform, System Responses - transient and steady, PID Controls, Root Locus Technique, Frequency Response Methods. • Strathsclyde’s16318 Dynamics and Control Introduction to control systems.  Measurement and Models of systems. Physical principles of measuring devices and modelling of physical systems using differential equations, linear approximations, state variable models.  Laplace transforms, Block diagrams and transfer functions.  The performance of feedback control systems.  The stability of linear feedback systems.  The root locus method.

21. How to do course matching? • For a UE with contact hours <39 hrs, the AUs granted may be reduced. For UE with contact hours >39 hrs, the maximum number of AU granted remains as 3 AUs.

22. Course matching– Pre-requisites • NOT allowed to read any pre-requisite concurrently with another course that requires a pass in this pre-requisite. • Example, Courses as such:

23. Course matching– Pre-requisites • A pre-requisite may be read concurrently with the immediate downstream course only if this pre-requisite is classified as a "read-only" pre-requisite instead of having necessary to pass.

24. Course matching– Major PE • Students who attend an overseas semester can read any Major PE, regardless of the offering semester in MAE. (refer to MA48XX courses in the course content page) • ME students who read the Aeronautical Engineering specialisation may read any Major PE offered to AE students, provided all necessary pre-requisites are met.

25. AERO Major PEs

26. How to do course matching? • A maximum of 1 laboratory course is allowed for credit transfer. • Lab components may be considered for mapping lab course. Only 1 lab course matching is required in the course matching system.

27. Lab Course Matching • Total lab hours = no. of lab sessions X no. of lab hours per session

28. GER-Core Matching

29. Course matching– GER-PEs / UEs GER-PE ALL

30. Course matching– Others • Students are discouraged from reading courses that are pitched at the postgraduate level.

31. Course matching– Minor Programmes • Seek prior approval (by written endorsement or email) from the School offering the Minor. • MAE Exchange Coordinators should be kept in the loop during any related correspondence.

32. Course matching– Others • Rejected course matchings should not be deleted as such records in the CourseFinder database will be useful for any future reference.

33. IMPORTANT!!! CAs/Examinations • All examinations (main, supplementary or otherwise) for courses offered by the host university will have to be taken at the host university, not in NTU. • Requests/ Appeals to sit for host university’s exams in NTU will not be entertained.

34. CAs/Examinations • Early Examination Request at the host university or any other special requests must be fully justified and are subject to approval by the host university and NTU.

35. IMPORTANT!!! CAs/Examinations • Transcripts must indicate all courses that have been read, including any failed courses. • If you fail the course, you will have to retake the course in NTU. Request to re-sit host university’s paper in NTU will not be entertained.

36. Returning to NTU – Credit Transfer • Students who receive late transcripts from their host university should submit a softcopy of the transcript to the School the soonest possible and to bring the original for verification • Credit transfer requires a considerable amount of time and effort - we seek the patience and understanding from students.  • For credit transfer matters, please contact Ms Tiana (thaiyana@ntu.edu.sg) from MAE UG office to assist you.

37. Returning to NTU – Course Registration • If you have taken a pre-requisite course during exchange, your credit transfer will not be on time for your course registration in NTU.Example: Read MA3001 Machine Element Design oversea and intend to read MA4001 Engineering Design in the coming semester, please email mae_reg@ntu.edu.sg stating the courses you want to read and the pre-requisites which you have completed overseas before course registration period.

38. Miscellaneous • Look out for MAE’s declaration email to acknowledge our rules and regulations. 

39. Contact Details

40. Thank you!! • Q&A??