SYNOPSES - Singapore Polytechnic

SYNOPSESLC5030Events Management &Fund-Raising (EMFR)Aims to introduce students to the natureand business of events management andfund-raising. Students will learn aboutthe fundamentals of managing an event- conceptualising, planning, sourcing for andraising funds, marketing and implementingsmall scale events.LC5031Introduction to Legal Issues (ILI)Aims to equip students with a workingknowledge of the salient laws andpolicies affecting the arts and communitydevelopment sectors. The topics coveredinclude contract law, marketing laws, labourlaws, intellectual copyright, health and safetyand risk assessment, and legal and ethicalmanagement of data.LC5032Graduation Project (GP)Aims to enable students to integrate skills,knowledge and practices of Applied Dramaand Psychology. Students are expected toapply psychological principles to social issuessuch as child abuse, homelessness, bullying,racism, crime, and chemical dependency.They will research, facilitate and devise arelevant programme for children or youths.The project may consist of a performance orpresentation, research paper, progress reportand educational / marketing materials.LC5033Understanding Disabilities& Special Needs (UDSN)Aims to examine the various types ofdisabilities affecting both young and old.Students will learn about how persons withspecial needs can affect families, friendsand others. Topics include developmentaldelays and social, emotional and behaviouraldifficulties. Learning disorders such as Autism,Down syndrome and attention deficithyperactivitydisorder are specially highlighted.LC5034Research Project (RP)Requires students to research and evaluate anApplied Drama programme conducted with aSocial Service Agency. The research findingswill be presented in the forms of a writtenreport and an oral presentation.LC5035Fundamentals ofBusiness Management (FBM)Aims to give students some generalbackground and insight into the financial,legal and human aspects of commercialbusiness and non-profit organisations.Business operations, partnerships, statutoryboards and voluntary organisations will beconsidered. Students will learn about the mainfinancial documents, business indicators andsources of finance.LC5036Essentials of Marketing (EM)Aims to explore basic marketing theories andconcepts that underpin market research, aswell as the organisational/business contextsof marketing principles. Through projects,presentations and case studies, studentswill appreciate the interaction of marketingvariables and their impact on marketingdecisions. They will have the opportunityto learn and apply marketing concepts in acreative way especially for the community andarts sectors.LC5037Business CommunicationSkills (BCS)Aims to equip students with the skills tocommunicate effectively in the arts andcommunity services industries. Studentswill learn to write business correspondenceand proposals for external funding, awardsor approval of a new programme or event.They will also acquire oral presentation andtelephone skills needed for liaising withdifferent groups of people, including clientsand suppliers.LC5038Professional CareerPreparation (PCP)Aims to equip students with networkingand job search skills to identify suitablejob opportunities. Students learn how toinitiate the necessary action to attain theircareer goals. These include maintaining acareer portfolio as a testimony of their skillsand experience, and marketing themselvessuccessfully through resumes, job interviewsand networking meetings.LC6001Introduction to English LanguageAims to introduce students to thephonological, lexical and syntactic featuresof the English language, the ways in whichlanguage varies in different contexts andthe basic approaches to the descriptionof language. Students learn the principalconcepts and terminology of both thelinguistic and phonological structure ofEnglish including, the differences between thevarieties of English in the global context.LC6002Language Teaching MethodologyAims to show students how to use awide range of current approaches andstrategies for teaching the four skills. Italso focuses on strategies for teaching ofreading, writing, listening and speaking.Students also would be able to select theappropriate teaching approach and designlesson plans taking into account differentlearning styles and preferences as well asdeveloping multiple intelligences. Classroommanagement strategies would be taughtas a tool to enhance effective teaching andlearning activities.LC6003Materials Design, Development &AssessmentAims to teach students how to select,evaluate, design, use and adapt appropriateteaching materials (videos, visual aides,television, IT) and how to use authenticresources for different levels of learners frombeginning to advanced learners of Englishwhich would include local and foreign pupils.They also learn how to design traditionaland alternative assessment modes in orderto evaluate and obtain formal feedback ondesired learning outcomes.LC6004Teaching PracticumTeaching practicum enables students toobserve and develop a wide range ofteaching techniques, learn how to plan anddeliver lessons, put into practice basic TESOLmethodologies, taking into consideration thecourse aims and learning objectives. Studentswill be observed and given feedback at theirweekly practicum sessions. Students are alsoexpected to reflect on their micro-teachingsessions to be competent in the classroomwhich would be videotaped regularly.LC6005Language & SocietyAims to offer an introduction toSociolinguistics. It is designed to providestudents with an appreciation of therelationship between language and society,and language and culture. Students willlearn about a variety of topics dealing withthe general theme of language in its socialcontext. Students will also be exposed to thecurrent trends in the Singapore EducationSystem and its impact on the multilingual andmulticultural society.Singapore Polytechnic Prospectus 2008/2009 293