Objectivity

Greetings. I realised that many of my posts do give off the impression that this little blog is nothing more than an outlet for displeasure towards uni life. But no. That was not the intention and I shall attempt to right some wrongs.

Still, Ill document the modules I take because that was what I sought out to do. Today's review will be on Business Law (Introduction), hence the objectivity.

Surprisingly, I found it to be a highly interesting subject, finally a break from the "grey" area nonsense. Despite the common association with the term "borrriiinngggg", the logic of law along with its applications has managed to pique my interest and I thoroughly enjoyed myself learning and answering questions. The textbook is small and concise, by Ravi Chandran (Who coincidentally, is the course coordinator or something). I appreciate its well written and clear format, easy to understand and comprehend. As a student, I would suggest creating an overview of sorts, identifying (for example) the number of sections of law pertaining to the particular topic at hand, including also a brief description of it. This allows for quick referencing when needed during the open book exam.

Class is conducted seminar style, with approximately 50 students and a lecturer (Mine was Silvaraj). Class participation marks were awarded based on the lecturer's calling, hence I find it does not really fulfill the true essence of class participation, but is merely making sure students are doing their homework and reading up before class. That being said though, there have been many times the person being called upon to answer the question has very clearly not done his work and has ended up reading directly off his neighbour's answer (much to the class's amusement). The only true use of this format (as opposed to lectures) shines during tutorial time. Usually there are little arguments to the answers, and the class size allows for that one or two people to raise their differing opinions without too much disruption. Any bigger would be difficult to accommodate many people and any smaller might lead to the lecturer merely going through everything quickly if no one has anything to say (as is the case most of the time).

Nonetheless, this is one of my favourite modules this sem (out of 5 only, though).

Signing off,
RRR