##: 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 | Cohorts 2017 & 2018 |
(A) University Level Requirements | 20 MC |
GEM from 5 Pillars (need only one set; double-counted) (see Note 5) |
20 MC |
(B) Business Programme Requirements | 58 MC |
Core Modules (refer to Table A) | 46 MC (excluding ES2002) |
Business Electives / Specialisation modules (see Note 1) |
12 MC (+12 MC common modules: Min. 4 MC from BIZ, Min. 4 MC from CNM) |
(C) FASS Requirements | 16 MC |
FAS1101 Writing Academically: Arts & Social Sciences (see Note 2) |
4 MC |
Faculty Exposure Modules | 12 MC (including NM1101E) |
(D) CNM Requirements | 72 MC |
Essential Modules (refer to Table C) | 17 MC |
Honours Thesis # | 15 MC |
Elective Major Modules (See Note 6) | 40 MC (+12 MC common modules: Min. 4 MC from BIZ, Min. 4 MC from CNM) |
(E) Common Modules (double-counted) | 16 MC |
FAS1102 Public Writing and Communication (in place of ES2002; see Notes 3 & 4) Or USR4002A Intellectual Responsibility in a Complex World (for USP students; see Note 2) |
4 MC |
Selected BIZ and NM Modules from Table B | 12 MC (min. 4 MC from BIZ; 4 MC from CNM) |
(F) Unrestricted Elective Requirements | 0 MC |
Unrestricted Elective Modules | Exempted |
Sub-Total | 0 MC |
TOTAL (minimum) | 182 MC |
# As the Honours thesis is optional, students may replace it with level-4000 modules that will count towards their CNM Honours requirements only.
* 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 |
BSP1703 Managerial Economics | 4 MC |
BSP2701 Global Economy | 2 MC |
BSP3701 Strategic Management | 4 MC |
DAO1704 Decision Analytics using Spreadsheets | 4 MC |
DAO2702 Programming for Business Analytics | 4 MC |
DAO2703 Operations and Technology Management | 4 MC |
ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA) ^ | 4 MC |
FIN2704 Finance | 4 MC |
MKT1705 Principles of Marketing | 4 MC |
MNO1706 Organizational Behaviour | 4 MC |
MNO2705 Leadership and Decision Making under Uncertainty | 4 MC |
Total | 50 MC |
^ ES2002 is replaced by common module FAS1102 in this DDP.
Business Modules | CNM Modules |
Operations & Supply Chain Management Business Analytics Leadership & Human Capital Management Marketing Innovation & Entreprenuership Others (non-specialisation) |
NM2201 Intercultural Communication (recognised as MNO3761% Topics in Leadership & Human Capital Management) NM2203 Social Media in Communication Management NM2209 Social Psychology of New Media NM2219 Principles of Communication Management NM2220 Introduction to Media Writing NM2222 Ethics in Communication and New Media NM3202 Governance and New Media (discontinued w.e.f. AY2019/2020 Sem 1) NM3203 Copyright and New Media (discontinued w.e.f. AY2019/2020 Sem 1) NM3204 E-Learning (discontinued w.e.f. AY2019/2020 Sem 1) NM3215 Advertising Strategies (anti-requisite: MKT3718 Advertising & Promotion Management) NM3217 Principles of Communication Design NM3219 Writing for Communication Management NM3224 Culture Industries (recognised as MNO3761% Topics in Leadership & Human Capital Management) NM3232 Strategic Communication NM3233 Strategic Communication: Applications (discontinued w.e.f. AY2019/2020 Sem 1) NM3234 Leadership, Organisations and New Media (not applicable from AY2019/2020 Sem 1) NM3235 Corporate and Social Responsibility and Practice (discontinued w.e.f. AY2019/2020 Sem 1) NM3236 Ethics in Communication Management (discontinued w.e.f. AY2019/2020 Sem 1) NM4202 Transnational Information Producers (discontinued w.e.f. AY2019/2020 Sem 1) NM4204 Ethics in Emergent Technologies (Formerly known as Ethics in Communications and New Media) NM4206 Media Regulation and Governance (recognised as MKT3761% Topics in Marketing) NM4208 Strategic Communication Design NM4213 Digital Economies NM4218 Knowledge Management: Approaches & Critique (discontinued w.e.f. AY2019/2020 Sem 1) NM4223 New Media and Organisations NM4228 Crisis Communication NM4881A Topics in Media Studies: Social Media NM4883G Financial Communication |
Module Code | Module Title |
NM1101E or NM1101X |
Communications, New Media and Society (This will be counted towards Faculty Core) |
NM2101 | Theories of Communications and New Media |
NM2103 | Quantitative Research Methods |
NM2104 | Qualitative Communication Research Methods |
NM4102 |
Advanced Communications and New Media Research (Compulsory only for B.Soc.Sci. (Hons) only) |