Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Undergraduate Programme

Degree Programme

Introduction

Students of FASS have a wide choice of paths in their academic career.

For FASS students to graduate with a B.A. or B.A. (Hons)/ B.Soc.Sci (Hons), they must have accumulated a minimum number of modular credits, attained a minimum Cumulative Average Point (CAP) and satisfied the University, Faculty and Degree requirements

Single Major

Students reading a single major choose to specialise in one discipline or subject, and graduate with a B.A., B.A. (Hons) or B,Soc.Sci (hons) degree.

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Shared Major

A shared major consists of 2 subjects taught in FASS (including Mathematics or Statistics). The requirements of a single major are shared between the 2 subjects.

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Double Major

Double majors are conceived as an opportunity for students to broaden their knowledge and capacities with a significant degree of depth by pursing a second major alongside their primary major.

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Double Degree

Students who qualify can apply to do a Double Degree, one from FASS and one from another Faculty. They will graduate with two areas of distinct but complementary expertise.

Structured Double Degree Programmes

A Double Degree consists of a combination of 2 separate degrees from 2 discipline areas in 2 different Faculties. Students can choose to devise their own Double Degree Programmes (DDPs) or enrol in one of the specially customised DDPs.

•  Double Honours Degree in Economics and Law

•  Double (Honours) Degree in Communications & New Media and Business

•  Double (Honours) Degree in Economics and Engineering

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Double and Joint Degrees with Other Universities

FASS has established several Joint Degree programmes with overseas Universities. Students reading a Joint or Double Degree with other universities graduate with a B.A. or B.Soc.Sci as awarded by both NUS and the partner university.

•  UNC-NUS Joint Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

•  ANU-NUS Joint Honours Degree in Actuarial Studies and Economics

•  ANU-NUS Joint Honours Bachelor of Philosophy/ Bachelor of Arts Degree  

•  Bachelor of Arts/Social Sciences (Honours), NUS and Bachelor of Arts in International Liberal Studies, Waseda University

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