BA

Bachelor of Arts

BA (Hons)

Bachelor of Arts with Honours

Breadth

Modules offered outside of home faculty

B Soc Sci (Hons)

Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours

CA

Continuous Assessment. No grades depend solely on the examination. The students' work throughout the semester is factored into the final grade obtained.

CAP

Cummulative Average Point – the cumulative average for all the modules that the student has read throughout his candidature

CORS

Centralised On-line Registration System

Contact hours

The total number of hours in the period for which students enrolled in the course are scheduled to attend classes, i.e. lectures and tutorials or discussion groups.

Crosslisted Modules

Modules bearing more than one module code, which students may read the same module under different codes.

Declaration of Major

FASS students decide which subject they want to major in and hence, may declare their intended major once they have passed the exposure module of that subject.

Declaration of Minor

Students may declare Open minors through CORS, GAPS or MPE.

DDP

Double degree programme

DM

Double major

ECS

Elective Module

An elective module is a module that students may choose to read from their majors or from other options.

Essential Module

An essential module is a module that students must pass if they major in that particular subject.

Exposure Module

An introductory module setting out the basics of the subject. The module codes for the exposure modules end with an “E”, e.g. “CH1101E

FASS

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

FFG

File for Graduation

JDP

Joint Degree Programme

MC

Modular Credit. This reflects the workload required for each module.

Modular System

The requirements that students need to fulfil in order to graduate with a basic or honours degree. The modular systems are specific for each particular cohort of students.

MPE

Module Preference Exercise

NOC

NUS Overseas Colleges

Open Minor

Minors that students can declare or drop at any time, without need for approval

Pass with merit

A BA degree pass (without honours) with CAP of 3.2 or more.

Plagiarism

Generally defined as the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. This is a very serious academic offence and may lead to expulsion from NUS.

Pre-clusion

This refers to the event when 2 or more modules with similar content pre-clude each other, i.e. stuednts who have read one of the modules, will not be allowed to read the others.

Pre-requisite

Requirements that students must have met before they are allowed to read a particular module. Not all modules have pre-requisites.

Restricted Minor

Minors that students have to apply for. All applications are subject to approval by the Faculty offering the minor.

RO

Registrar’s Office

SEP

Student Exchange Programme

SS

Singapore Studies

SSM

Singapore Studies Module. FASS students cannot read a SSM that is crosslisted with their major to fulfil the SS requirement.

S/U Option

Some modules may be read on Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) basis. Students need to declare which modules they want to be graded S/U.
Modules graded S/U are excluded from the computation of CAP. Students will receive credits only if they attain a Satisfactory (S) grade. To attain an S grade, students must score a C (Grade point: 2.0) and above for the module. Any lower grade (Grade Point: <2.0) will result in the Unsatisfactory (U) grade. The S/U option, once exercised, is irrevocable. FASS students cannot exercise the S/U option for modules bearing a FASS subject code or modules crosslisted with a FASS module code.

UE (outside of major)

Unrestricted Elective outside of major. This refers to any module not from the student’s major. It includes Breadth as well as SS and GEMs not crosslisted with their majors.

ULR

University Level Requirements

USP

University Scholar’s Programme