NUS Bulletin AY2021/22

To be awarded a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree, students must have:

1. Satisfied the CHS Common Curriculum
2. Satisfied one set of major requirements
3. Accumulated a minimum of 160 Modular Credits (MCs)* (of which no more than 60 MCs may come from Level-1000 modules; Polytechnic Diploma holders who are granted advanced placement credits should refer to the section on Advanced Placement/Exemptions, for more details);
4. Obtained a cumulative average point (CAP) of at least 3.00;
5. Passed the requisite English Skills module(s) by the fourth semester (only applicable to students who fail to meet the exemption criteria based on the Qualifying English Test (QET) results);
6. Any other requirements as stipulated by each major for graduation; and
7. Fulfilled all the above within a maximum candidature of five years (applicable to students completing single and double majors) where semesters spent on Leave of Absence (LOA) would be excluded from the period of candidature.

All majors are four-year programmes leading to a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree, subject to a minimum CAP attainment. CAP computation is based on all modules completed at all levels, excluding:

1. Modules for which grades obtained have no assigned grade points (for e.g. EXE, OCT, OVS, S/U, CS/CU, IC, IP); and
2. ES1000 Basic English Course.

Students’ degree and Honours classification will be determined by their CAP as follows:

BSc (Hons)

All students are expected to read one major in fulfilment of their degree requirements and will declare their major at the beginning of their first year of study.

They should meet the prerequisites (as stated in the table below) before choosing a particular major. Criteria are set to ensure that students have the necessary base knowledge to pursue studies in their selected major as well as to register for the relevant modules.

*Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Hons) degree

+ Admission into the Data Science and Economics, Environmental Studies, Food Science and Technology and Pharmaceutical Science programmes is by direct application.

Admission Requirements

Very Good Pass in H2 Chemistry and Very Good Pass in H2 Biology or H2 Physics or H2 Mathematics or H2 Further Mathematics

*Admission into the Pharmacy programme is by direct application.

Graduation Requirements

To be awarded a BPharm or BPharm (Hons), candidates must satisfy the following:

Pharmacy is a four-year programme leading to either a Bachelor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) degree, subject to a minimum CAP attainment.

CAP computation is based on all modules completed at all levels, excluding:

1. Modules for which grades obtained have no assigned grade points (for e.g. EXE, OCT, OVS, S/U, CS/CU, IC, IP); and
2. ES1000 Basic English Course.

Students’ degree and Honours classification will be determined by their CAP as follows:

BPharm (Hons)

Note:

Curricular content and graduation requirements may be subject to changes.

For more details, please visit the department website here.

Based on the Qualifying English Test (QET) results, students will be required to read either one or both of these English modules:

(1) ES1000 or ES1000FC Basic English Course
(2) ES1103 English for Academic Purposes

Students who obtain Band 1 will have to take ES1000 or ES1000FC followed by ES1103.

Students who obtain Band 2 will have to take ES1103.

Students who obtain Band 3 are exempted from an English module.

ES1000 is not counted towards Modular Credits and CAP. However, it is counted as part of the workload for every semester. (Please refer to the section below on Policies and Procedures)

ES1103 is worth 4MC and letter-graded (with the option to convert to S/U grade). ES1103 is excluded from the limit on Level 1000 modules.

Students who need to clear ES requirements for graduation are strongly encouraged to do so by their second semester at the latest.