NUS Y1S1 AY25/26 Course Review

I’m a Year 1 Computer Science student at NUS, with a second major in Statistics (at the time of writing).

In my Y1S1, I took 5 courses (20 MCs), plus 1 CS/CU course (for free 2-MCs).

Module Code	Module Title	MCs
CS1231S	Discrete Structures	4
CS2030S	Programming Methodology II	4
MA1521	Calculus for Computing	4
MA1522	Linear Algebra for Computing	4
ST1131	Introduction to Statistics and Statistical Computing	4
CFG1004	Financial Readiness for Young Professionals	2

I was also exempted from CS1101S and CS2040S (free 8-MCs) thanks to my IOI23 achievement.

CS1231S

Lecturer: A/P Aaron Tan, Dr Ashish Deepak Dandekar

TA: Terry Si (Si Wen Xuan, Terry)

Assessment

Component	Weightage
Tutorial Attendance	5%
2 Assignments	10%
Midterm	25%
Final	50%

Course content

Grade

Component	Max	marvinthang	L	LQ	M	UQ	H	Mean
Tutorial Attendance	10	10	0	10	10	10	10	9.85
Assignment 1	40	38	0	33.5	36.5	39	40	35.24
Assignment 2	40	40	0	35.5	38	39	40	36.6
Midterm	50	46	0	28	32	37	50	32.34
Final	100	100	0	43	56	70	100	56.74

CS2030S

Lecturer: Adi Yoga

Recitation: ???

Lab: Quek Yew Wei, Prakamya Singh

Not bell curved (depends only on your performance)

Component	Weightage	Date & Time
Quizzes	5%	Weekly
Lab Exercises	5%	Every 1-2 Weeks
Programming	0%	Every 1-2 Weeks
Problem Sets	0%	Weekly
Midterm (lecture time)	20%	Week 7
PE 1	15%	Week 8
PE 2	25%	Week 12
Final	30%	26/11/2025