NUS - Double Degree in Business and Economics

Degree Requirements	Units
(A) General Education and CHS Common Core Requirements	40
(Refer to Table A)	40
(B) BIZ Common Curriculum Requirements	12
(Refer to Table A)	12
(C) BBA Requirements	48 or 56
BIZ Non-Credit Graduation Requirements: Work Experience Milestone Global Immersion & Study Milestone (See Note 4)	0
Business Function Courses (Refer to Table B)	20
BBA Primary Major (Applied Business Analytics, Finance, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Human Capital Management, Marketing, Operations & Supply Chain Management) or General Management Major (See Note 5)	28 or 36
(D) Economics Requirements	44 or 52
Essential Courses (Refer to Table C)	28
Elective Courses (See Note 6)	16 or 24
(E) Common Courses	28 or 20
ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA) or FAS1101 Writing Academically (see Note 2)	4
FSP4003 Field Study Project	8
ACC1701 (in place of EC2204 Financial Accounting for Economists)	4
EC1101E (in place of BSP1703 Managerial Economics)	4
XFB4003 / XFA4419 Integrated Honours Dissertation/Thesis (see Note 3)	8 or 0
(F) Unrestricted Elective Requirements	--
TOTAL (minimum)	172 or 180

Curriculum and Units may change without prior notice.

Table A: General Education, CHS common core courses and BIZ common curriculum

Cohort 2024	GPA tag	Degree requirement
Common Curriculum		52 Units
(1)HSA1000 Asian Studies Integrated Course	CA	Fulfils GE Cultures and Connections Pillar and CHS Integrated Course
(2) HSH1000 Humanities Integrated Course	CA	Fulfils GE Critique and Expression Pillar and CHS Integrated Course
(3) HSS1000 Social Sciences Integrated Course	CA	Fulfils GE Singapore Studies Pillar and CHS Integrated Course
(4) Data Literacy (refer to prescribed list)	CA	Fulfils GE Data Literacy Pillar and CHS common core
(5) Digital Literacy (refer to prescribed list)	CA	Fulfils GE Digital Literacy Pillar and CHS common core
(6) Communities and Engagement (refer to prescribed list)	CA	Fulfils GE Communities and Engagement Pillar and CHS common core
Notes: The courses from (1)-(6) above are prescribed. Therefore, please ensure that you refer to the approved prescribed courses. For example, if you read GESS1234, it is not a prescribed course on the list. You would still need to read HSS1000. HSS1000 will concurrently fulfil the CHS core and Singapore Studies pillar requirements. Hence, GESS1234 will be an excess course not counted towards your DDP requirement but the grade will still be factored into your GPA. Consequently, if you complete HSS1000, and you decide to withdraw from this DDP and pursue only a single degree in BBA , it will still be counted towards satisfying your GSS pillar requirement.
(7) Writing ^	CA	Writing course ES2002 or FAS1101
(8) Artificial Intelligence	C2*	CHS Common Core
(9) DTK1234 Design Thinking	C2*	CHS Common Core
(10) Scientific Inquiry I	C2*	CHS Integrated Course
(11) Scientific Inquiry II	C2*	CHS Integrated Course
(12) Field Study Project FSP4003 (8 Units) ^	CA	CHS Interdisciplinary Course I and Course II (8 Units)
(13) RE1707 Real Estate, Society and Enterprise (2 Units)	C1*	BIZ Environment Course
(14) MNO2707 Business Ethics (2 Units)	C1*	BIZ Environment Course
(15) BSP1702 Legal Environment for Business	C1*	BIZ Environment Course
(16) DAO1704 Decision Analytics Using Spreadsheets	C1*	BIZ Environment Course
Notes: Similarly, please check the prescribed courses for (8)-(11). ^ - the Units of these courses is accounted for at Table D * - From the point of view of a Biz Home Faculty student

Notes

For students who are admitted at the point of admission, you will be expected to start reading courses to satisfy the CHS core requirements from your first year of study, please note that a number of CHS common core courses (marked by #) will be pre-allocated to you. We target to first pre-allocate to you (if CHS is your 2nd home Faculty), the courses that are concurrently recognised towards the general education pillars, to reduce the number of excess courses, should you decide to exit from this DDP. As a guide, you may refer to the pre-allocation sequence for CHS students in the single degree programmes.

In addition, we wish to alert you, and also potential mid-stream DDP applicants, that there is a list of prescribed courses for the various categories of CHS common courses. Hence, you have to follow the list posted at this site carefully. Please refer to the above example on GESS1234 and HSS1000 about satisfying the GSS pillar requirement.
Students in the NUSC, UTCP or RVRC will read the respective college programmes’ courses and count them towards part of the CHS common core requirements as laid out in Table E.
C1 means the credits and grades that will be factored towards your first degree, C2 means towards your second degree and CA means for both degrees. In this illustration, Biz is deemed to be your first Faculty.

Table B: BBA Function Courses

ACC1701 Accounting for Decision Makers	4 Units (accounted for at Table D)
DAO2702 Programming for Business Analytics	4 Units
DAO2703 Operations and Technology Management	4 Units
FIN2704 Finance	4 Units
MKT1705 Principles of Marketing	4 Units
MNO1706 Organizational Behaviour	4 Units

Table C: Economics Essential Courses

EC2101 Microeconomic Analysis I	4 Units
EC2102 Macroeconomic Analysis I	4 Units
EC2303 Foundations for Econometrics	4 Units
EC2104 Quantitative Methods for Economic Analysis	4 Units
EC3101 Microeconomic Analysis II	4 Units
EC3102 Macroeconomic Analysis II	4 Units
EC3303 Econometrics I	4 Units

Table D: List of common courses

ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA) or FAS1101 Writing Academically (FASS) (See Note 2)	4 Units
FSP4003 Field Study Project	8 Units
XFB4003 / XFA4418 Integrated Honours Dissertation/Thesis (See Note 3)	8 Units
ACC1701 (in place of EC2204 Financial Accounting for Economists)	4 Units
EC1101E (in place of BSP1703 Managerial Economics - part of the BIZ Common Curriculum)	4 Units

Table E: Equivalent courses for CHS core requirements for students in NUSC/UTCP/RVRC

Requirements Cohort 2024	GPA tag (for Biz Home Fac)	NUSC	UTCP	RVRC
Common Curriculum
Core
(1) Communities and Engagement	CA	Impact Experience Project (NEP)	Junior Seminar	RVN
(2) Data Literacy	CA	Reasoning with Data (GEA1000N)	NA – read from CHS prescribed list	NA – read from CHS prescribed list
(3) Digital Literacy	CA	Computational Problem Solving (NPS)	NA – read from CHS prescribed list	NA – read from CHS prescribed list
(4) Writing	CA	Thinking with Writing (NTW)	Ideas and Exposition I - UTW	RVX
(5) Artificial Intelligence	C2	Deus Ex Machina: Generative AI and Society	NA – read from CHS prescribed list	NA – read from CHS prescribed list
(6) DTK1234 Design Thinking	C2	NA – read from CHS prescribed list	NA – read from CHS prescribed list	NA – read from CHS prescribed list
Integrated courses
(7) HSA1000 Asian Studies Integrated Course	CA	Making Connections (1) and Global Social Thought (NST1/NHS1 and NGT)	NA – read HSA1000	NA – read HSA1000
(8) HSH1000 Humanities Integrated Course	CA	Global Narratives (NGN)	NA – read HSH1000	NA – read HSH1000
(9) HSS1000 Social Sciences Integrated Course	CA	Understanding the Social World: Singapore and Beyond (NSW)	NA – read HSS1000	NA – read HSS1000
(10) Scientific Inquiry I	C2	Science and Society (NSS)	NA – read Scientific Inquiry I	NA – read Scientific Inquiry I
(11) Scientific Inquiry II	C2	Making Connections (2) (NST2/NHS2)	NA – read Scientific Inquiry II	NA – read Scientific Inquiry II
Interdisciplinary Course^
(12) Interdisciplinary Course I	C2	Making Connections (3) (NST3/NHS3)	Senior Seminar (UTC)	RVSS
(13) Interdisciplinary Course II	C2	Making Connections (4) (NST4/NHS4)	Senior Seminar (UTS)	RVC
Note: The CHS common courses listed above are prescribed. If there is no mapping approved with the courses offered by NUSC/UTCP/RVRC, you must read the courses under the CHS-approved prescribed courses. As a guide, prior approval has to be sought for variations, if any. For direct-admits to the DDP, if you read GEA1999, it is not a prescribed course on the list. You would still need to read GEA1000 or other courses on the CHS prescribed list. GEA1000 will concurrently fulfil the CHS core and the Data Literacy pillar requirements. Hence, GEA1999 will be an excess course not counted towards your DDP requirements but the grade will still be factored into your GPA. ^Students in the NUSC/UTCP/RVRC are still required to read FSP4003 Field Study Project (8 Units), even though they have courses in their respective programmes to fulfil the CHS Interdisciplinary course I and II.

Notes

Mid-stream DDP applicants, please take note that that there is a list of prescribed courses for the various categories of CHS common courses. Hence, you have to follow the list posted at CHS Programme Overview carefully. FASS will provide academic counselling to affected students. As a guide, prior approval has to be sought for variations, if any.
NUSC/UTCP/RVRC students are not required to read FAS1101 or ES2002. Students who exit from NUSC/UTCP/RVRC without having read Thinking with Writing (NTW), UTW1001/UTW2001 or RVX would need to read FAS1101/ES2002. These courses will be classified as a common course in lieu of FAS1101/ES2002. Refer to Table E under “Writing”

Business (home faculty) students who withdraw from the DDP and return to the BBA(H) single degree programme are required to read ES2002 even if they have completed FAS1101.
Students may read Integrated Honours Thesis (8 Units) that will be double-counted towards both degrees.The course code and title will depend on the DDP student's home faculty:
1. XFA4419 Integrated Honours Thesis, if home faculty is FASS; or
2. XFB4003 Integrated Honours Thesis, if home faculty is BIZ
Students may forgo the Integrated Honours Thesis option but this will mean an overload of workload. The alternatives are:
1. 2 separate HTs (classified as C1 and C2 respectively) that will be counted towards the respective degrees; or
2. Replace the HT requirements entirely, with 8 units of level-4000 or higher courses, for each of the degrees. This means reading at least 16 units of level-4000 or higher courses; or
3. Complete one HT for one degree and replace the HT component of the other degree with 8 units of level-4000 or higher courses.
These include career starters workshops, internships and international exposure.
It is not compulsory for DDP students to do a business major for the BBA degree, but they are still required to complete the general management major of 36 Units.
1. MNO2705 Leadership and Decision Making under Uncertainty (4 Units)
2. 20 Units of Level 3000 Business Courses
3. at least 12 Units must be at level 4000 Business Courses
Students who wish to major in a business area may have to read extra courses to meet the respective major requirements. Students may go here to view the list of courses under each Business Major.

Students in this DDP are not allowed to major in Business Economics.

Business (home faculty) students who withdraw from the DDP and return to the BBA(Hons) single degree programme are still required to have a primary major.
Detailed requirements to Economics Major Requirement:
1. For Students doing Integrated Honours Thesis: A minimum of 44 Units with:
  - 28 Units of compulsory EC courses (at Table C)
  - minimum 12 Units of EC4000 courses
  - remaining 4 Units must be courses read at EC3000
  - a maximum of XX level-5000 EC courses (subject to department's approval)
  - a maximum of XX Units of recognised courses (optional)
2. For Students not doing Integrated Honours Thesis: A minimum of 52 Units with:
  - 28 Units of compulsory EC courses (at Table C)
  - minimum 20 Units of EC4000 courses
  - remaining 4 Units must be courses read at EC3000
  - a maximum of 2 level-5000 EC courses (subject to department's approval)
  - a maximum of 8 Units of recognised courses (optional)
For other general information, please refer to the Double Degree Programme Framework & Guidelines in the Registrar's Office website.