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PSYC204 PSYCHOLOGY OF REASONING AND THINKING Cheryl Lim Xin Jing (BSocSc Class of 2018) How do we make better choices in life? Does an optimal decision really exist? Often times, we have difficulty evaluating and making choices because we fear the impact of a bad decision or of taking risks.… more

Hamzah Bin Zaid BSocSc Class of 2018 Sciences-Po. The name elicits emotive adulations on an institution almost mirabile dictum with the political sciences, having produced many notable French academics and politicians. A Grand Ecole set up in the 1870s to create a new class of administrators for… more

Adelyn Foo Xin Yi BSocSc Class of 2017 Arriving at Maastricht For the first semester of my final academic year, I was offered an exchange placement to Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) in Maastricht, Netherlands. I arrived one hot afternoon in the late August summer at… more

On 10 January 2017, the School of Social Sciences hosted a public forum for over 180 participants at the Mochtar Riady Auditorium on the topic of Singapore, Green Finance and the Collaborative Challenge. This event was jointly organized by the SMU School of Social Sciences, the United Nations… more

Chong Zhen Rui graduated from the SMU School of Social Sciences in July 2016 with a Bachelor of Social Science in Psychology and Organizational Behavior and HR. We managed to get a chance to ask Zhen Rui a few questions about his career and his experience as an SOSS undergraduate. 1. Where are you… more

Elliott Tan Chen Liang BSocSc Class of 2017 Heading to Israel Imagine my surprise to discover I was the only SMU student headed to Israel for my semester on exchange! Luckily for me my family had decided to travel with me and we attempted to see the entire Holy Land in one week. We walked the… more

William Tov is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the SMU School of Social Sciences. We managed to get a chance to ask Will a few questions about his research background and teaching interests. Read on to learn more about one of our senior faculty members! 1. Could you tell us more about… more

Seah Tiong Kiat BSocSc Class of 2017 Doing an international exchange is not just about having fun and travelling. Being away from home for so long carries with it its own set of problems and discomforts. I have felt homesickness, loneliness, and had to learn how to live independently the hard way… more

PPPM107 SUSTAINABLE CITIES Tan Yiwen (BSocSc Class of 2017) Sustainable Cities is a module that promises to debunk the myths of “fluff” and “hippie” when it comes to the topic of sustainability. Forget about tree-hugging, this module gets you stuck in with the intricacies of how we are to be… more

Lloyd Heng Qi Hao  BSocSc Class of 2017 The signature campanile that welcomes you when you take your first step into the college. Legend has it that anyone who steps under the bell tower before exams will be doomed to fail them (P.S. It is not true!) Planting your boots into the pebbled paths… more