AY2021/2022 Y3S2 Module Reviews
Atap sem saur pretty chill i took only one mod together with the internship. Maybe i will talk about the internship a little too.
Anyway now that i’m back here feels surreal that IVE GOT TO DRAG MY ASS BACK DOWN TO SCHOOL AGAIN after what. two years. Not having to study for half a year feels too good its going to be so hard to get the grind back again I dont even wanna think
Overview
IS4228 Information Technologies in Financial Services
BT4101 Industry Experience Requirement (ATAP)
IS4228 Information Technologies in Financial Services
Lecturer: Prof. Carter, Keith Barrett
Weightages
Individual assignments (5 * 7% = 35%)
Mid term test (30%)
Group project (35%)
To take a class during your atap, you need express approval from both your manager and the professor i think. And at most 2 too. You are responsible for being able to manage your time well between work and acad so please take the time to consider if its for you workload wise etc.
Lectures are held online on Zoom, compulsory attendance 630-930pm aka after office hours so its safe for the interns. I requested for wfh on Tuesday to make it for the class bc travelling takes too long or if its wfo then i leave earlier. No tutorials for this but if i remember correctly you are placed in breakout rooms to for some mini hands-on group work.
This module is my actual first foray into the Financial aspect of my specialisation track i think BT4012 is also the same basket but not so much financial in content? Needless to say all the financial stuff was hard to grasp from the get-go.
Here you learn about stuff like concept of Money, terms like ROE, NIM, NII, fiddling with APIs, bonds, forex, traditional/digital banking etc, stocks - candlesticks, equities, portfolio management, assets, cryptocurrency. I would say the mod strikes a good balance between both the tech and the theory side because you would deal with some basic coding and at the same time understand the math aspect (calculating financial related stats). However personally I was new to FIN it could get a little messy (you dont need financial knowledge to take this module!) just that you probably need more time to get some adjusting to.
The assignments were spread throughout the semester the pace was pretty okay and I didnt really have to spend too much time outside of class to complete them, except for the final one that was coding out a RPA with UiPath, to automate some stock pulling process. At least 2 of these assignments were making slides on the content learnt. Other than that you really learn all the fin terms and stuff from what i remember, and those you would need for the midterms but overall its a p chill mod.
ATAP
Six month internship - pass/fail
Deliverables
Monthly report
Interim report (after 3 months)
Final report
Final presentation
I will try not to divulge too much about my internship lest i expose myself but anyways my internship was pretty chill i guess. The role wasnt heavy on coding so its both a good thing and bad thing. Good because i dont have to wring my brain juice dry but bad because i didnt had to put myself out there (character Growth -1000), i still learn stuff and definitely had a more holistic understanding where i am and where i can put my strengths to use. Anyways definitely please go through glassdoor reviews when you are choosing your offers. I almost ended up somewhere with staff mistreatment, really go find out whether a certain work culture is for you or not.. and ofc dont be afraid to voice out to the school if you feel something is wrong. Dont overwork yourself!!
Final presentation is online with your assigned prof mine was quite chill i think the only time i was stumped when they asked how what i was doing was bringing any benefit to the company but like... maybe it was clear to me but i didnt make it clear enough to them? Other than that my final report wasn’t too much different from my interim.
