Let your curiosity FGO wild

Consumer Neuroscience

Understand what drives people to buy

“Learning how the brain influences our decisions and behaviour to design products that consumers want – that’s something I find really intriguing. My seniors say this business course is content-heavy, so I was hesitant to take it at first. Yet, I know I’ll gain valuable knowledge from the class, even if I don’t score well. With FGO, I’m more confident to give it a go.”

Zeffrey Damalerio Jaluag, Electrical & Electronic Engineering 

Painting with Oil & Acrylic  

Art for art’s sake 

“I’d like to explore art mediums I haven’t tried and learn from qualified professionals. Before the availability of FGO, I might not have taken this painting mod, as a poor grade could have a large impact on my CGPA. Now that we can see our results before deciding to declare FGO, the benefits of trying this course far outweigh the cons.” 

Sanjana Shanmugasundaram, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence 

Sanjana’s watercolour painting from another NTU art course.    

Business Chinese  

Hone my language skills to work abroad

“I’m open to working overseas. China offers many business and career opportunities, so getting better in my mother tongue, particularly in business contexts, will be helpful and allow me to seize opportunities should they come along.”

Hao Cheng Jing, Electrical & Electronic Engineering 

Ceramics I  

Get hands-on with clay 

“I’ve always enjoyed hands-on projects, and ceramics looks quite fun. I've never tried it before, but I'm always up for learning something new. If it turns out not to be my cup of tea, I can always declare FGO on the mod.”

Max Gan, Mechanical Engineering 

Photo: Koh Zi Ning

Data Structures and Algorithms

Coding a future in linguistics 

“I’m keen to pursue further studies in computational linguistics, so this course will provide the computing foundation I need to complement my linguistics major. I did well in the basic Intro to Computational Thinking and Programming mod, so it’ll be a natural progression to take this class to learn how to build algorithms.” 

Yang Kai Hui, Linguistics & Multilingual Studies 

Choir I  

Sing my heart out 

“I’ve always wanted to learn more about music. Since I don’t know much about singing, joining a choir will be a good start. This level one choir mod will broaden my horizons and be a refreshing change from my technical math modules. With FGO, I’m much more confident about taking unconventional courses, knowing I can opt to convert my grades to Pass or No Record if they aren’t good enough.”

Wayne Tay, Mathematical Sciences

Painting with Watercolour

Go deep into different art forms  

“I’ve taken two art electives at NTU so far. Last semester’s drawing module helped me discover my talent for drawing, while the Weird Art Writing mod taught me to appreciate the effort artists put into their work. For my final semester in uni, I’d love to try a watercolour painting class. I used to be quite 'by the book', but after doing art, be it writing about it or drawing, I’ve learnt to be more carefree and flexible in life.”

Safuwani Salim, Maritime Studies  

Flexible grading option

NTU undergraduates can now convert the grade of an eligible course to Pass or No Record after viewing their attained grade. This Pass/No Record grade will be excluded from their CGPA. FGO declarations can be made every semester after the release of results and in any year of study.