Frequently Asked Questions

HASS offers a new curriculum of greater breadth and depth that includes:

• Double Majors, Second Majors, General Education, Interdisciplinary Minors, Electives
• Writing and Communication
• Art and culture 
  
  

Furthermore, HASS offers four-year direct honours programmes. For students interested to pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Social Sciences degree, we offer direct entry to your major. We equip our students with practical and adaptable skills, and we believe in a student-centered education

Curriculum of Depth and Breath:
Besides an academic Major, our students can read from a wide range of Minor subjects, which can be found in the link below.

The College is made up of four Schools and three Centres, namely:

4 Schools:

• School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) - Singapore's only comprehensive professional art school to offer degree courses in art, design and interactive digital media. It aims to empower artistic talents with the knowledge and tools to explore, experiment and create.
• School of Humanities (SoH) – the heart, soul and spirit of education that prepares students to challenge fixed assumptions, as well as thinking creatively and out of the box. 
• School of Social Sciences (SSS) – a dynamic school that readies students for a global future by nurturing them into critical, analytical and creative thinkers.
• Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information (WKWSCI) - a premier school in communication studies in Asia, with a highly relevant and stimulating curriculum that gives students a head start in their media careers. The School is well connected to an international network of educators, researchers and media professionals; it is also the alma mater of many highly-regarded media professionals.
  
  

3 Centres:

• Nanyang Centre for Public Administration (NCPA) - a first-class academic institution that provides education and training for Chinese officials. NCPA offers Master of Public Administration and Master of Science in Managerial Economics in Chinese targeted at senior officials from China. The "Mayors' Class", a name coined by the media for classes offered by NCPA, now has close to 1,000 MPA and MME graduates, and some 10,000 from short-term executive programmes.
• Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) - CLASS was established in 2006 under the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and restructured in 2010 into the research hub of the College, CLASS seeks to facilitate, coordinate and encourage interdisciplinary research within and beyond the College. The Centre is a member of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University.
• NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (CCA) - A national research centre of Nanyang Technological University, the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore positions itself as a space for critical discourse and encourages new ways of thinking about Spaces of the Curatorial in Southeast Asia and beyond.

Each of HASS' Schools and programmes has different set of minimum subject requirements. Requirements for the various qualification can be found from the Office of Admissions website.