Second Majors
Students can choose to pursue a second Major in another discipline offered either by:
- their home School, or
- by another School within the College.
The second major provides students with breadth of exposure, and is also designed to provide greater depth of study in an additional discipline. Students will graduate with a degree in their First Major upon satisfying the applicable academic requirements. The Second Major will be shown on the final transcript, and students will receive an additional certificate.
Students can declare a second major with their home school after their first year and will need to obtain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 4.0 at the point of declaration to be eligible to take up a second major.
Available Second Major programmes include:
- Art History
- Chinese
- Communication Studies
- Economics
- English
- History
- Linguistics and Multilingual Studies
- Modern Languages
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Public Policy and Global Affairs
- Sociology
- Theatre and Drama
Integrated Second Majors
Integrated Second Major programmes are applied for at the point of admissions, allowing students to be enrolled in a second major upon matriculation to NTU. Students in these programmes may commence reading courses from both their main and second major from the first year. The applicable programmes are:
Curriculum and AU Requirements
1) Second Major Curriculum Requirements
Core Subjects | Prescribed Electives (PE) | Total No. of AUs | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Courses | No. of AUs | No. of Courses | No. of AUs | PE Requirement | ||
Art History | 2 | 6 | 9 | 27 | Refer to the link above. | 33 |
Chinese | 5 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 2 courses must be level 4xxx | 35 |
Communication Studies | 2 | 6 | NA | 24 | NA | 30 |
Economics | 5 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 2 courses must be level 4xxx | 36 |
English | 3 | NA | 8 | NA | 2 courses must be level 4xxx | NA |
History | 5 | 15 | 6 | 20 | At least one course from 3 of the 4 categories. 2 courses must be level 4xxx. | 35 |
Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | 5 | 15 | 6 | 20 | NA | 35 |
Philosophy | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 2 courses must be level 4xxx | 35 |
Psychology | 5 | NA | 6 | NA | 2 courses must be level 4xxx | NA |
Public Policy and Global Affairs | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 2 courses must be level 4xxx | 35 |
Sociology | 5 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 2 courses must be level 4xxx | 35 |
Theatre and Drama | 1 | 3 | 10 | 30 | NA | 33 |
For detailed information on the eligibility as well as course requirements and grading for Second Majors, please click here.
2) Overall AU distribution for Single and Second Major students in HASS
Major-Core | Major-PE | ICC | BDE | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese | Single Major | 24 | 45 | 27 | 32 | 128 |
Second Major | 24 | 45 | 27 | 42 | 138 | |
Communication Studies | Single Major | 20 | 41 | 34 | 32 | 127 |
Second Major | 20 | 41 | 34 | 41 | 136 | |
Economics | Single Major | 27 | 41 | 27 | 30 | 125 |
Second Major | 27 | 41 | 27 | 40 | 135 | |
English | Single Major | 18 | 51 | 27 | 29 | 125 |
Second Major | 18 | 51 | 27 | 39 | 135 | |
Fine Arts | Single Major | 39 | 36 | 27 | 27 | 129 |
Second Major | 39 | 36 | 27 | 36 | 138 | |
History | Single Major | 15 | 54 | 27 | 29 | 125 |
Second Major | 15 | 54 | 27 | 39 | 135 | |
Public Policy and Global Affairs | Single Major | 15 | 45 | 27 | 38 | 125 |
Second Major | 15 | 45 | 27 | 48 | 135 | |
Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Single Major | 21 | 48 | 27 | 32 | 128 |
Second Major | 21 | 48 | 27 | 42 | 138 | |
Philosophy | Single Major | 21 | 45 | 27 | 35 | 128 |
Second Major | 21 | 45 | 27 | 45 | 138 | |
Psychology | Single Major | 27 | 42 | 27 | 32 | 128 |
Second Major | 27 | 36 | 27 | 48 | 138 | |
Sociology | Single Major | 27 | 42 | 27 | 29 | 125 |
Second Major | 27 | 42 | 27 | 39 | 135 |
The revised AU distribution requirement will be reflected on a student's degree audit after your declaration of a second major.