Double-Honours Degree in BCOMP (IS) (Hons) and BBA (Hons) Programme

Programme Structure / 2022 Cohort

##: 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 for Double-Honours DDP 2022 Cohort Remarks
(A)University Level Requirements & SoC Common Curriculum 40 MCs
GE Pillars 24 MCs*
[CS1010J or its variants] and BT1101 are prescribed for satisfying the digital literacy and data literacy pillars respectively)		 Only 1 set is required, which will be double‐counted.
Other SoC Common Curriculum 16 MCs IS1108 Digital Ethics and Data Privacy

12 MCs of Interdisciplinary (ID) / Cross-Disciplinary (CD) Education Modules#
(B) Business Programme Requirements 78 MCs
Core Modules^ 38 MCs

(+4 MCs common core module: ES2002/IS2101 plus 8 MCs exemption in DAO1704 and DAO2702)		 Refer to Table A & Note 4.
Business Electives/Specialisation modules ^^ 20 MCs Subject to double counting in Table B. Refer to Note 3 & 5.
Honours Requirements 20 MCs Research Pathway
  • Integrated Honours Dissertation (12 MCs common module)
  • Field Service Project (8 MCs) or
Advanced Independent Study modules outside dissertation area (8 MCs)

Coursework Pathway
  • Level-4000 specialisation / non-specialisation modules (12 MCs). Up to one module may be a computing level-4000 module in the Common Modules List.
  • Field Service Project (8 MCs)
(C) BComp Programme Requirements 76 MCs
Core Foundation 44 MCs
(+4 MCs common core module: ES2002/IS2101)
Programme Electives 20 MCs Students may include the common modules in Table B not double-counted elsewhere.
CP4101 BComp Dissertation or IS4010 Industry Internship Programme 12 MCs Students may read an integrated honours thesis which will double count towards both degree requirements.
(D) Common Modules Subject to the maximum 32 MCs allowed for DDP programmes, double-countable modules include: Subject to double counting in Table B.
ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA) or IS2101 Business Technical Communication 4 MCs Follow Home Faculty's Requirement.
(E) Unrestricted Elective   (Refer to Note 7)
TOTAL 198 MCs  
Curriculum and MCs may change without prior notice.

# Students are required to take 12 MCs from a list of ID/CD modules wiht at least two ID moudles and no more than one CD Module to satisfy the 12 MCs required in this group.

* Biz students who have read CS1010S or its variants before exiting the DDP will be considered as having read the requirement for the Digital Literacy GE pillar.

* Biz students who have read BT1101 Introduction to Business Analytics before exiting the DDP will be considered as having read the requirement for the Data Literacy GE pillar.

^ Biz students are exempt from doing DAO1704 and DAO2702. However, if they exit the DDP programme, they have to read DAO1704 and DAO2702.

^^ It is not compulsory for DDP students to do a specialisation for the BBA degree, but they are still required to complete 20 MCs of electives based on the above arrangement. Students who wish to specialise in a business area may have to read extra modules to meet the respective specialisation requirements. Business (home faculty) students who withdraw from the DDP and return to the BBA/BBA(H) single degree programme are still required to specialise.

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 MCs
BSP1702 Legal Environment of Business 4 MCs
BSP1703 Managerial Economics 4 MCs
BSP2701 Global Economy 2 MCs
BSP3701 Strategic Management 4 MCs
DAO1704 Decision Analytics using Spreadsheets (refer to Note 4) Exempted
DAO2702 Programming for Business Analytics (refer to Note 4) Exempted
DAO2703 Operations and Technology Management 4 MCs
ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA)  (common module) 4 MCs
FIN2704 Finance 4 MCs
MKT1705 Principles of Marketing 4 MCs
MNO1706 Organisational Behaviour 4 MCs
MNO2705 Leadership and Decision Making under Uncertainty 4 MCs
(1) Standard Common Modules (Core) ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA) or IS2101 Business Technical Communication (to follow home faculty's requirement).
(2) Common Modules For Double-Honours DDP Only
- if Business Honours Research Pathway is chosen		 XFB4001 or XFC4101 Integrated Honours Thesis @ (12 MCs)
(3) Other Common Modules (Electives)
SoC
(max. 3 modules)		 IS3240 Digital Platform Strategy and Architecture (in place of a BIZ Non-Specialisation Elective)
IS3251 Principles of Technology Entrepreneurship (in place of a BIZ Non-Specialisation Elective)
IS4228 Information Technologies in Financial Services (in place of a BIZ Non-Specialisation Elective)
IS3150 Digital Media Marketing (in place of a BIZ Non-Specialisation Elective)
IS4204 IT Governance (in place of a BIZ Non-Specialisation Elective)
IS3221 ERP Systems with Analytics Solutions (in place of a BIZ Specialisation Elective for Business Analytics)
IS4241 Social Media Network Analysis (in place of a BIZ specialisation elective for Business Analytics)
IS4243 Information Systems Consulting (in place of a BIZ Non-Specialisation Elective)
IS4261 Designing IT-enabled Business Innovation (in place of a BIZ Non-Specialisation Elective)
NOTE: Students in BIZ I & E specialisation are precluded
IS4303 IT-Mediated Financial Solutions & Platforms (in place of a BIZ specialisation elective for Business Analytics)
BIZ
(max. 3 modules)		 DOS3701 Supply Chain Management (in place of a IS Elective)
DOS3703 Service Operations Management (in place of a IS Elective)
DOS3711 Strategic Information Systems (in place of a IS Elective)
DOS4812 Business-Driven Technology (in place of a IS Elective)
MKT3811 Marketing Analysis and Decision-Making (in place of a IS Elective)
BSN3701 / TR3008 Technological Innovation (in place of IS3251 Principles of Technology Entrepreneurship)

@ DDP students who are not able to secure an Integrated Honours Thesis will read two honours dissertations to fulfil both degree requirements separately.

Notes

  1. Students who have done H2 Mathematics or its equivalent are precluded from doing MA1301. DDP students are exempted from replacing the missing 4 MCs towards IS programme requirements.
  2. Students in this DDP who have read CS2102 and wish to specialise in Business Analytics (BA) for their business degree: please read one more BA specialisation module (in lieu of IT3010).
  3. It is not compulsory for DDP students to specialise in a business area for the BBA degree, but they are still required to complete 20 MCs of electives based on the above arrangement. Business students who withdraw from DDP are still required to pursue a specialisation.
  4. Biz students are exempt from doing DAO1704 and DAO2702. However, if they exit the DDP programme, they have to read DAO1704 and DAO2702.
  5. Some programme electives of the two degrees are the same. If students in this DDP wish to double‐count them to meet both programmes' requirements, they need to read corresponding number of Unrestricted Electives to meet the shortfall in total MCs (which must be at least 160). Excluding the university‐level requirements, the total double‐counting in this DDP combination must not exceed 32 MCs.
  6. DDP students who are also in the NUSC programme may count the respective writing and communication module, Thinking with Writing (NTW%), as the equivalent to ES2002 or IS2101.

    Students who withdraw from the DDP without having read Thinking with Writing (NTW) or IS2101/ES2002, must read your own Home Faculty communication course (IS2101 for SoC; ES2002 for BIZ).
  7. Exempted for DDP in general, but may be required to meet any shortfall of Units. The minimum Units for Double Honours DDP is 160 Units.
  8. Due to the many permutations available, students reading this programme will construct a personalised double-degree programme curriculum with the help of the DDP administrators from both schools.
  9. For other general information, please refer to the Double Degree Programme Framework & Guidelines in the Registrar's Office website.