A programme leading to a Bachelor's degree requires a minimum of 120 units. A student will typically take about 3 years to complete such a programme. A programme leading to a Bachelor's degree with Honours requires a student to complete a minimum of 160 units. It will usually take a student about 4 years to complete an Honours programme. To achieve the required units within 3 or 4 years as indicated above, typically a student would need to complete an average of 20 units per semester. Besides passing the prescribed number of courses, a student must fulfil all other requirements specified by the University and the Faculty/Department in order to graduate.
The limit on the number of Level-1000 courses to be counted towards fulfillment of graduation requirements is 60 units for both 120-unit and 160-unit programmes, excluding:
- CFG1002 Career Catalyst (2 units)#
- CFG1004 Financial Wellbeing – Art and Science of Investing (2 units)#
- CFG1500 Women's Professional Development Programme (2 units)#
- CFG1600 CommsLab Public Speaking (2 units) #
- ES1103 English for Academic Purposes (4 units).
- Courses under the Design-Your-Own-Course (DYOC) initiative.
- HS1301 Workplace Communication (2 units)^.
# Exclusion of CFG1002, CFG1004, CFG1500, CFG1600 from the limit on Level-1000 courses is applicable to BIZ, FASS, FoS, SoC, SDE, and FoE students from Cohort AY2016/17 onwards.
^ Exclusion of HS1301 from the limit on Level-1000 courses is applicable to CHS students from Cohort AY2021/22 onwards.
Nevertheless, Faculties/Schools could set more stringent requirements. Students who wish to pursue an Honours degree are generally required to complete an Honours thesis/project. A summary of the general degree requirements for the Bachelor's and Bachelor's with Honours programmes is tabulated below.
General Degree Requirements for the Bachelor's and Bachelor's with Honours Programmes
General requirements for students admitted before AY2021/22:
|
Degree Requirements By Units |
Bachelor's Degree Programme
|
Bachelor's Degree With Honours Programme
|
| University Level |
20 |
20 |
| General Education |
20 |
20 |
| Programme |
72 – 88 |
100 – 126 |
| Faculty |
12 – 16 |
12– 16 |
| Major
|
60 – 72 |
88 – 110 |
| Unrestricted Elective Courses |
12 – 28 |
14 – 40 |
| Minimum Units Required for Graduation |
120 |
160 |
General requirements for students admitted to CDE and CHS (FASS and FoS) from AY2021/22, SoC from AY2022/23 and BIZ from AY2023/24:
| Degree Requirements By Units |
Bachelor's Degree With Honours Programme |
| Common Curriculum |
40 – 60* |
| Major |
60 – 100 |
| Unrestricted Elective Courses |
20 – 48
|
| Minimum Units Required for Graduation |
160
|
* Including or incorporating University Level General Education, which was increased to 24 units from AY2021/22
The tables above are generally not applicable to Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing and Pharmacy students. Students from these programmes should refer to the faculty websites for their degree requirements.