Double-Honours Degree in BBA (Acc Hons) and BSocSci (Hons) Economics Programme

Programme Structure / 2017 Cohort Onwards

##: NUS will adopt three new academic terminologies from 1 August 2023 - “Module” will be renamed “Course”, “Modular Credit (MC)” will be renamed “Unit”, and “Cumulative Average Point (CAP)” will be renamed “Grade Point Average (GPA)”. The definition of a Module/Course and MC/Unit will remain the same, and there will be no change to the computation of the CAP/GPA.

Degree Requirements Cohort 2017 onwards
Research Pathway Coursework Pathway
(A) University Level Requirements  20 MC 20 MC
GEM from 5 Pillars
(Only 1 set; double-counted. Refer to Note 6 on GET1031A)
 20 MC 20 MC
(B) Business Programme Requirements 88 MC 100 MC
Core Modules (refer to Table A) 38 MC
(+8 MC common modules in Table C)		 32 MC
(+8 MC common modules in Table C)
Compulsory Accountancy Modules (refer to Table A2) 44 MC
 44 MC
Honours Requirements 8 MC
Field Service Project (8 MC)
or
Advanced Independent Study modules outside dissertation area
(8 MC)
(+15 MC IHD/IHT common module)		 20 MC
Field Service Project (8 MC)
+
Level-4000 specialisation modules
(12 MC)
Compulsory Accountancy Internship 4 MC
 4 MC
(C ) FASS Requirements 16 MC 16 MC
FAS1101 Writing Academically: Arts & Social Sciences
(see Note 1)		 4 MC 4 MC
FAS1102 Public Writing & Communication
 Refer to Table C Refer to Table C
Faculty Exposure Modules 12 MC
(including EC1101E)		 12 MC
(including EC1101E)
(D) Economics Major Requirements 65 MC 80 MC
Essential Modules (refer to Table B) 32 MC 32 MC
Elective Major Modules

33 MC - at least 25 MCs must be of Level-4000 Economics Modules


(+19 MC common modules: ACC1701 + IHD/IHT)

48 MC - at least 40 MCs must be of Level-4000 Economics Modules


(+4 MC ACC1701 common module)
(E) Common Modules 23 MC 8 MC
Selected BIZ and Economics Modules
(refer to Table C; double-counted)		 23 MC
 8 MC
(F) Unrestricted Elective Requirements 0 MC 0 MC
Unrestricted Elective Modules Exempted Exempted
TOTAL (minimum) 212 MC 224 MC
Curriculum and MCs may change without prior notice.

Other Graduation Requirements

BIZ preparatory modules (zero-MC)

  1. Academic orientation modules (online)*:
    1. BPM1701 Calculus & Statistics
    2. BPM1702 Microsoft Excel Skills for Business
  2. Intensive 1st-year primer module*:
    1. BPM1705 Understanding How Business Works
  3. Career Preparation Modules:
    1. Career Creation Starter Modules:
      1. STR1000 Career Creation Starter Workshops **
      2. STR2000 Career Creation Starter Clinics **
    2. Global Immersion and Study

* These must be completed in the first semester. Late-entry DDP students must complete these in the first available semester of commencing DDP.

** Students whose home faculty is not Business School will be granted a waiver of these two modules if they have already read and passed both CFG1010 Roots & Wings 1.0 and CFG2001 Career Catalyst before 2018. There is no partial waiver or new substitutions.

ACC1701 Accounting for Decision Makers # 4 MC
BSP1702 Legal Environment of Business 4 MC
BSP1707 Managerial Economics: Exposure 2 MC
BSP2701 Global Economy 2 MC
DAO1704 Decision Analytics using Spreadsheets 4 MC
DAO2702 Programming for Business Analytics 4 MC
DAO2703 Operations and Technology Management 4 MC
MNO2706 Business Communication for Leaders (ACC) # 4 MC
FIN2704 Finance 4 MC
MKT1705 Principles of Marketing 4 MC
MNO1706 Organizational Behaviour 4 MC
Total 40 MC

# To be read under Common Modules (refer to Table C)

ACC2706 Managerial Accounting 4 MC
ACC2707 Corporate Accounting & Reporting I  4 MC
ACC2708 Corporate Accounting & Reporting II 4 MC
ACC2709 Accounting Information Systems 4 MC
ACC3701 Assurance and Attestation 4 MC
ACC3702 Corporate and Securities Law 4 MC
ACC3703 Taxation 4 MC
ACC3704 Advanced Corporate Accounting & Reporting 4 MC
ACC3705 Valuation 4 MC
ACC3706 Corporate Governance and Risk Management 4 MC
ACC3707 Integrated Perspectives in Accounting and Business 4 MC
Total 44 MC
EC2101 Microeconomic Analysis I 4 MC
EC2102 Macroeconomic Analysis I 4 MC
EC2303 Foundations for Econometrics 4 MC
EC2104 Quantitative Methods for Economic Analysis 4 MC
EC3101 Microeconomic Analysis II 4 MC
EC3102 Macroeconomic Analysis II 4 MC
EC3303 Econometrics I 4 MC
EC3304 Econometrics II  (for BSocSci only) 4 MC
FAS1102 Public Writing & Communication
(in place of ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA) / MNO2706 Business Communication for Leaders (ACC))
(See Note 2 & 3)
OR USR4002A Intellectual Responsibility in a Complex World
(USP students refer to Note 1)		 4 MC
ACC1701 Accounting for Decision Makers
(in place of EC2204 Financial Accounting for Economists ) 		4 MC
XFB4002 / XFA4402 Integrated Honours Dissertation/Thesis
(if Research Pathway is chosen for BIZ Honours degree in Double-Honours DDP)
See Note 5 		15 MC

Notes

  1. USP/U-Town students are not required to read FAS1101. USP/UTown students may replace FAS1101 with UWC2101, UTW1001, or UTW2001. USP students who are in this DDP are also exempted from reading FAS1102 (which also replaces ES2002) because USR4002A Intellectual Responsibility in a Complex World is considered to be equivalent to FAS1102. In the event that you exit from USP without having read UW2101% or USR4002A, you would need to read FAS1101 and FAS1102 respectively. FAS1101 will count towards only the FASS degree's requirement and its CAP, while FAS1102 will double-count towards both the FASS and Business degrees' respective requirements and CAPs.
  2. Business (home faculty) students who are admitted into the DDP after the first year of studies are also required to read FAS1101 (except those mentioned in Note 1) and FAS1102. However, if they have already read MNO2706 prior to joining the DDP, they do not need to read FAS1102 as MNO2706 will be considered the common module (replacing FAS1102).
  3. Business (home faculty) students who withdraw from the DDP and return to the accountancy single degree programme are required to read MNO2706 even if they have completed FAS1101 or FAS1102 or both. Business students who have read UWC2101 or ES1601 do not need to read MNO2706.
  4. Students in this DDP are not allowed to specialise in Business Economics for their BAC(H) degree.
  5. The module code and title will depend on the DDP student's home faculty:
    1. XFA4402 Integrated Honours Thesis, if home faculty is FASS
    2. XFB4002 Integrated Honours Dissertation, if home faculty is BIZ
  6. Students in this DDP need not read and pass GET1031A Computational Thinking to fulfil the University’s Computational Thinking requirement although this is an identified module for FASS students. This is because BIZ core module DAO2702 Programming for Business Analytics will fulfil the requirement. Therefore, please take steps to choose another GET module to fulfil your GET pillar requirement. The grade and credits of DAO2702 will count towards the BBA degree requirement only.

    DDP students whose home faculty is FASS - in the event that you exit from the DDP and have not read the identified Computational Thinking Module offered by Business (ie DAO2702), you would need to reat GET1031A. This will likely be counted towards your unrestricted elective requirement and may potentially be an excess module, if you have already read another GET module. Do note that for excess modules read, the grades will still be factored into your CAP.

    DDP students whose home faculty is Business - there is no impact if you were to exit from the DDP as DAO2702 is the core requirement of your Business degree. Please read a GET module other than GET1031A to fulfil your Thinking & Expression pillar.
  7. EC1301 can only be used to satisfy the UE requirement but not the Social Sciences exposure requirements. Hence, DDP students have to read another Social Sciences exposure module (such as NM1101E or PL110E or SC1101E) to complete the FASS’ faculty core requirements. 
  8. For other general information, please refer to the Double Degree Programme Framework & Guidelines in the Registrar's Office website.