Double-Honours Degree in BSc(BZA) (Hons) and BBA Programme

Programme Structure / 2023 Cohort
Degree Requirements
2023 Cohort Remarks
(A) University Level Requirements & SoC Common Curriculum 40 Units
GE Pillars 24 Units*
[CS1010S 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 Units IS1108 Digital Ethics and Data Privacy

12 Units of Interdisciplinary (ID) / Cross-Disciplinary (CD) Education Courses#
(B) Business Programme Requirements 78 Units
Core Courses^ 38 Units
(+4 Units common course: ES2002/IS2101 plus 8 Units exemption in DAO1704 and DAO2702)
Refer to Table A & Note 2.
Business Electives / Specialisation Courses^^ 20 Units Refer to Note 1 & 3.
(C) BZA(H) Requirements 76 Units
Core Courses 44 Units
(+4 Units from Common Core Course: ES2002/IS2101)
Programme Electives 20 Units Refer to Note 3
BT4101 BSc (Business Analytics) Dissertation
or
IS4010 Industry Internship Programme
12 Units Refer to Note 4
(D) Common Courses 4 Units Subject to the maximum 28 Units allowed for DDP programmes, double-countable courses include common courses from Table B
ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA)
or
IS2101 Business and Technical Communication
4 Units To follow Home Faculty's requirement
(E) Unrestricted Elective Requirements 0 Units
Unrestricted Elective Courses 0 Units
TOTAL (minimum) 178 Units
Curriculum and Units may change without prior notice.

# Students are required to take 12 Units from a list of IC/CD courses with at least two ID courses and no more than one CD course to satisfy the 12 Units 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 Units of electives based on the above arrangement. Students who wish to specialise in a business area may have to read extra courses 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 courses (zero-Unit)

  1. Academic orientation courses (online)*:
    1. BPM1701 Calculus & Statistics
    2. BPM1702 Microsoft Excel Skills for Business
  2. Intensive 1st-year primer course**:
    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, except for students in this DDP. They are exempted from this requirement. However, BIZ students who withdraw from this DDP are still required to fulfil this requirement unless they have completed MA1521 Calculus for Computing or MA1102R Calculus (in place of BPM1701) and BT1101 Introduction to Business Analytics (in place of BPM1702).

** This must be completed in the first semester. Late‐entry DDP students must complete this in the first available semester of commencing DDP.

ACC1701 Accounting for Decision Makers 4 Units
BSP1702 Legal Environment of Business 4 Units
BSP1703 Managerial Economics 4 Units
BSP2701 Global Economy 2 Units
BSP3701 Strategic Management 4 Units
DAO1704 Decision Analytics using Spreadsheets (refer to Note 2) exempted
DAO2702 Programming for Business Analytics (refer to Note 2) exempted
DAO2703 Operations and Technology Management 4 Units
ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA)
(common course)
4 Units
FIN2704 Finance 4 Units
MKT1705 Principles of Marketing 4 Units
MNO1706 Organisational Behaviour 4 Units
MNO2705 Leadership and Decision Making under Uncertainty 4 Units
(1) Standard Common Modules (Core) ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA) or IS2101 Business Technical Communication (follow Home Faculty's requirement)
(2) Other Common Modules For Double-Honours DDP Only
- if Business Honours Research Pathway is chosen
XFB4001 or XFC4101 Integrated Honours Thesis @ (12 Units)
(3) Other Common Modules (Electives)
SoC IS4228 Information Technologies in Financial Services (in place of BIZ non-specialisation elective)
IS4241 Social Media Network Analysis (in place of a non-BIZ specialisation elective)
BIZ
(max. 3 courses)
BSE4711 Econometrics for Business II
DBA3701 Introduction to Optimisation
DBA3712 Dynamic Pricing and Revenue Management
DBA3803 Predictive Analytics in Business
DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
MKT4812 Market Analytics

Notes

  1. 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 Units of electives based on the above arrangement. Students in this DDP are not allowed to specialise in Business Analytics. Business students who withdraw from DDP are still required to pursue a specialisation.
  2. Biz students are exempt from doing DAO1704 and DAO2702. However, if they exit the DDP programme, they have to read DAO1704 and DAO2702.
  3. 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 Units (which must be at least 160). Excluding the university‐level requirements, the total double‐counting in this DDP combination must not exceed 32 Units.
  4. Students aiming for Honours (Highest Distinction) in the Business Analytics degree would need to complete BT4101 BSc (Business Analytics) Dissertation.
  5. DDP students who are also in the NUSC programme may count the respective writing and communication course, 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).
  6. For other general information, please refer to the Double Degree Programme Framework & Guidelines in the Registrar's Office website.