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Minor in Geography and Urban Studies
The Minor in Geography and Urban Studies (GUS) at NTU is a program that introduces students to spatial thinking about our contemporary societies, urban development and the physical environment. GUS is based in the School of Social Sciences (SSS) in the
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) but actively cross-lists elective courses from the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM), School of Humanities (SoH), Asian School for the Environment (ASE) and National Institute of Education
(NIE).
Overview of the Programme
Space plays a critical role in shaping societal and environmental changes. Its influence in ordering growth, ways of life and politics of development is often invisible but significant. As many parts of the world enter into urbanization and the urban
way of life, our relationship with space is intensified. GUS' distinctive focus is to introduce and equip undergraduate students with a set of spatial lenses to understand and analyse society and its organization. For this purpose, GUS draws on multiple
disciplines including sociology, political science, history, art, ecology and policy to develop students' appreciation and awareness that the role of space plays in shaping urban life, public discourses and policy decisions.
Key Aspects of the Programme
A key aspect of the Minor in GUS is the opportunity it offers students to develop a theory-practice framework to understand our contemporary societies and cities. Courses in Geography enrich students with a theoretical understanding of space, while courses
in Urban Planning enable students to learn how to effect practical change to urban spaces. Therefore, we envision the GUS program to equip graduates with the capability to critically address the problems of contemporary societies and to creatively
pursue possibilities for alternative urban futures.
Requirements for students who declared the minor in AY23-24 and after.
All undergraduate students of HASS will be eligible to take the minor. Students will read 5 courses or at least 15 AUs in total for this programme, including the core compulsory course (HU5001 Introduction to Human Geography) AND at least 4 other
courses from the list of unrestricted electives listed in the table below.
HU5001 Introduction to Human Geography will serve as a pre-requisite to all unrestricted electives in the GUS minor basket i.e., Students can enroll the core course alongside other minor electives.
| Core (Choose 1) | HU5001: Introduction to Human Geography |
| 4 Unrestricted Electives (Choose any 4 from the lists below) | |
| Geography and Urban Planning | HU2003: The Geographies of Uneven Development
|
| Asian School Of Environment | ES1001: Environment and Society ES2203: Global Environment Politics and Governance |
| NIE Geography | AAG28E Introduction to GIS AAG28D Remote Sensing AAG28H Urban Geography |
| Art, Design and Media | HR3001: Cities, Bodies, Memories, Art and Everyday Life in Contemporary Singapore |
History (only 1 History course may be taken) | HH2001: Singapore: The Making of a Cosmopolitan City-State HH3028: Global History of Capitalism |
PPGA (only 1 PPGA course may be taken) | HA2003: Politics and Government in Southeast Asia HA3005: Politics of the Developing World HA3018: Borderless Migration? |
Sociology (only 1 Sociology course may be taken) | HS2007: Understanding Globalization HS2008: Social Class and Inequality HS2013: Migration and Multiculturalism HS2023: Environmental Sociology HS3004 Cities and Urban Life |
Students who declared the minor before AY23-24.
Requirements for students who declared the minor before AY23-24.
All undergraduate students of HASS will be eligible to take the minor. Students will read 5 courses or at least 15 AUs in total for this programme, including the core compulsory course (HU1001 Introduction to Geography OR HU1002 Introduction to Urban
Planning) AND at least 4 other courses from the list of unrestricted electives listed in the table below.
HU1001 Introduction to Geography and HU1002 Introduction to Urban Planning will serve as a co-requisite to all unrestricted electives in the GUS minor basket i.e., Students can enroll the core course alongside other minor electives.
| Core (Choose 1) | HU1001: Introduction to Geography HU1002: Introduction to Urban Planning |
| 4 Unrestricted Electives (Choose any 4 from the lists below) | |
| Geography and Urban Planning | HU2002: Urban Life, Design and Policy HU2003: The Geographies of Uneven Development HU2004: Borders, Power, and Culture HU3032: Urban Politics and Policy-making HA4032: What is a City? (only students with prerequisite of either HU1002 or HU2002 can enroll) |
| Asian School Of Environment | ES1001: Environment and Society ES2202: Global Environment Politics and Governance |
| NIE Geography | AAG10C Techniques in Geography AAG10A Elements of Physical Geography (This module is a pre-requisite to join NIE for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) programmes) AAG23H Introduction to GIS AAG23B Remote Sensing |
| Art, Design and Media | DD3008: Cities, Bodies, Memories, Art and Everyday Life in Contemporary Singapore |
History (only 1 History course may be taken) | HH2001: Singapore: The Making of a Cosmopolitan City-State HH3028: Global History of Capitalism |
PPGA (only 1 PPGA course may be taken) | HA2003: Politics and Government in Southeast Asia HA3005: Politics of the Developing World HA3018: Borderless Migration? |
Sociology (only 1 Sociology course may be taken) | HS2007: Understanding Globalization HS2008: Social Class and Inequality HS2013: Migration and Multiculturalism HS2023: Environmental Sociology |
Minor in Geography and Urban Planning Coordinator
Ye Junjia: [email protected]