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Instructions to Registration of Courses (PHY) Semester 1 AY 2012/2013 

1. You are advised to read the instructions to courses registration posted in STARS. Please refer to STARS 

for the schedule of registration. 

2. For all programmes and study years from admission year 2010 and before, the normal load is 18 AU 

and the maximum load is 24 AU. For admission year 2011 onwards, the normal load is 17 AU and the 

maximum load is 20 AU. When you are registering a course that will exceed your normal load, you can 

only do so after 5pm on your course registration day. If you wish to read a course that will exceed your 

maximum load, you can obtain the overload form (blue form) from SPMS General Office. You should 

submit the overload application after the result of GER-PE and UE allocation is known. Please note that 

approval is granted to a specific course that you wish to overload. 

3. The following courses are to be read during Semester 1 AY 2012/2013 (subject to pre-requisites). 

Students with Admission Year 2012 will have their core courses allocated during the online 

matriculation. 

PHY Year 1 

Course Code Course Title Course Type Course AU 

PH1101 Mechanics & Relativity Core 4 

PH1198 Physics Laboratory Ia Core 2 

MH1400 Algorithms and Computing I Core 2 

MH1800 Calculus for the Sciences I Core 3 

HW0001 

English Proficiency (for students who failed QET in 

Semester 2 or failed HW0001 in Semester 1) 

0 

PHY Year 2 (APHY) 

Course Code Course Title Course 

Type 

Course AU 

PAP211*/PH2101 Quantum Mechanics I Core 4 

PAP213*/PH2103 Thermal Physics Core 4 

PAP218*/PH2198 Physics Lab IIa Core 2 

PAP232*/PH2302 Introduction to Solids Core 3 

MH2801 Complex Methods for the Sciences Core 3 

MAS281* Complex Methods for the Sciences UE 3 

MPS812* Entrepreneurship Core 3 

*For students with admission year 2010 and before 

PHY Year 2 (PPHY) 


Type 

Course AU 

PAP211*/PH2101 Quantum Mechanics I Core 4 

PAP213*/PH2103 Thermal Physics Core 4 

PAP218*/PH2198 Physics Lab IIa Core 2 

PAP221*/PH2201 Classical Mechanics Core 4 

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MH2801 Complex Methods for the Sciences Core 3 

MAS281* Complex Methods for the Sciences UE 3 

MPS812* Entrepreneurship Core 3 


PHY Year 3 (APHY) 


Type 

Course AU 

PAP311*/PH3101 Quantum Mechanics II Core 4 

PAP319*/PH3199 Physics Lab IIIa Core 2 


PHY Year 3 (PPHY) 


Type 

Course AU 

PAP311*/PH3101 Quantum Mechanics II Core 4 

PAP319*/PH3199 Physics Lab IIIa Core 2 


PHY Major PE (APHY) 


Type 

Course AU 

PAP361*/PH3601 Semiconductor Processing Major PE 3 

PAP362*/PH3602 Photonics Major PE 4 

PAP442 Solid State Physics II Major PE 4 

PAP443 Surfaces and Interfaces Major PE 3 

PAP445 Nuclear Physics Major PE 3 

PAP464 Topics in Applied Physics Major PE 3 

PAP491 Final Year Project Major PE 10 

PAP493 Industrial Internship II Major PE 10 


PHY Major PE (PPHY) 


Type 

Course AU 

PAP232*/PH2302 Introduction to Solids Major PE 3 

PAP353*/PH3501 Fluid Mechanics Major PE 4 

PAP442 Solid State Physics II Major PE 4 

PAP443 Surfaces and Interfaces Major PE 3 

PAP445 Nuclear Physics Major PE 3 

PAP451 Statistical Mechanics II Major PE 4 

PAP457 Topics in Physics Major PE 3 




PHY Major PE (PPHY) 


Type 

Course AU 

PAP491 Final Year Project Major PE 10 

PAP493 Industrial Internship II Major PE 10 


4. You are allowed to read higher level courses provided that you have met the pre-requisites and there 

are vacancies available. Pre-requisites may also be met through exemptions. 

5. The locations of the Mathematics Labs are as follow. 

Mathematics Lab 

COMP LAB 1 

COMP LAB 2 

COMP LAB 3 

Location 

SPMS-MAS-03-02 



6. Students with Admission Year 2010 and before must clear MPS812 by this semester. 

7. Students with Admission Year 2010 and earlier who have not completed MTH110 should register for 

MH1400 - Algorithms and Computing I and MH1401 - Algorithms and Computing II. 

8. Students who will be taking PAP319 in AY2012/2013 Semester 1 are to email their preferred groups to 

Ms Lim See Har – MSHLim@ntu.edu.sg with their name, study year and matriculation number before 

the add/drop period starts. 

9. Students with Admission Year 2012 who are not allocated with Core Courses after they matriculate 

online may write in to SPMSUndgrad@ntu.edu.sg 

10. Students with Admission Year 2012 who are intending to take up higher level courses whereby the 

pre-requisites are fulfilled through exemptions are to write in to SPMSUndgrad@ntu.edu.sg. 

Exemptions will only be updated after the add/drop period and will only be reflected at the end of the 

semester, together with semester results release. 

11. Students who are interested may take graduate courses as prescribed electives or unrestricted 

electives. A minimum CGPA of 4.00 is required for the application. Students will be required to 

fulfill at least 10 AU of level 4 [excluding PAP491 Final Year project (10 AU) or PAP493 Industrial 

Internship II (10 AU)] and above courses as part of their graduation requirement under Major PE. 

Graduate course information may be found from 

http://www.spms.ntu.edu.sg/PAP/Graduates/CourseInformation.html . The application form is 

obtainable from http://www.spms.ntu.edu.sg/PAP/Default.html . These are the graduate courses 

offered in AY2012/2013 Semester 1: 

PAP710: Concepts in Statistical Mechanics. 

PAP711: Graduate Solid State Physics 

PAP731:Optical Spectroscopic Techniques 

Please note that PAP711 is mutually exclusive with PAP442; PAP710 is mutually exclusive with 

PAP451. This application is subject to approval. 

12. Students who have taken courses as pre-requisites during exchange programme in the current 




semester, please write in to SPMSundgrad@ntu.edu.sg with your course mapping approval, screenshot 

of registered courses in the overseas university and results slip/transcript (if available). 

13. Students who have completed all the UE requirement and wish to read more electives may obtain an 

appeal form (pink form) from SPMS General Office. You should submit the overload application after 

the result of GER-PE and UE allocation is known, unless your UE in balance is currently 0. Please note 

that approval is granted to a specific course that you wish to overload. 

14. Students who are currently completing or have completed the minor in Entrepreneurship are not 

allowed to take up MPS812. They are to replace MPS812 with another course from the Human 

Resource Management topic. Such students will have to inform the School once they have registered 

the replacement course. 

15. Students who are taking up the minor in Entrepreneurship courses are advised to plan their load 

carefully as the minor courses will be registered at a later stage and may cause undue overloading. 

There is no guarantee that the overload will be approved and the student could continue with the 

minor when such case arises. 

16. Enquiries on curriculum may be directed to : 

Prof Phan Anh Tuan (PhanTuan@ntu.edu.sg) 

Ms Tan Soo Pei, Juliet (JulietTanSP@ntu.edu.sg) 

17. Enquiries on courses registration may be directed to SPMSundgrad@ntu.edu.sg. Your matriculation 

number must always be included in your e-mail. Please refrain from sending multiple similar e-mails as 

this will not expedite the response but rather it will cause undue delay. All enquiries will be attended to 

and will be replied as soon as possible, depending on the nature of the request. Appeals for GER-PE and 

UE vacancies are to be submitted through the online appeal system and will not be responded to if 

submitted otherwise. 

18. Enquiries on network performance, Studentlink password or STARS PIN may be directed to CITS 

Helpdesk (helpdesk@ntu.edu.sg, 6790 5228). Enquiries on EdveNTUre/Blackboard may be directed to 

Blackboard Helpdesk (bb-help@ntu.edu.sg).

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