scm292:Usually, the lecture notes actually do suffice, or at least for the syllabus in foundation years. There are definitely reference texts, but why waste money when the school already painstakingly bought them in the library (there are even some titles that have ten over copies in the library).dagong99:Just received email from NUSHS for S1 orientation, please take note, need to submit some documents, please refer to email for further details.
Thanks.
Just checked email and there are 2. The second email attached booklist and uniform price list.
Saw that book list only has books for 2 subjects :
- MT/HMT and
- Biology
Not sure if there is another list to be given later or the rest based on only \"lecture notes\". Even during my uni days with lecture notes, there were also reference text books. Looks like the teaching \"method/concept\" will be very different; I hope DS can adapt to it. :scratchhead:
Some books are definitely a must in the later years, advanced and specialization years. But for now, the foundation's more important than the misleading, confusing topics in the text.
But if you're truly concerned and want some \"enrichment\" for your kid (and here, I'm not encouraging anything), may I refer you to
ecafllort:2) Instruction in classes comes from lecture notes and only in certain classes are textbooks utilized. At the junior level, purchase of textbooks is not particularly useful since they are quickly outgrown. A more reliable text to purchase, for example, would be:
Biology - Campbell and Reece
Chemistry - Chemistry3 for general, Clayden for Organic
Physics - Young and Freedman or Jewett and Serway