Curriculum (AY2021 and onwards)

1. Core Requirements (57 AUs)

2. Major Prescribed Electives Requirements (37 AUs)

(Please refer to the  course listings PDF document for the full list of Major PEs.)

3. Final Year Project Requirements (8 AUs)

Students with cGPA of 3.90 and above are required to do HE4099 Graduation Project (GP) to be eligible for Honours (Highest Distinction) and Honours (Distinction).  Refer to the Economics website for more information on GP.

*students that are not eligible to read HE4099 must read an additional TWO level-4000 modules to be counted towards the Major Prescribed Electives requirements.

4. ICC Common Cores (17 AUs)

5. ICC Foundational Cores (15 AUs)

# Students are required to do two internships. One of them must be related to Economics and the other must be related to Data Science. Each internship will be 10 weeks long and worth 5 AUs.

Students must do each internship during the Special Terms in their second and third year of studies.

6. Broadening and Deepening Electives (6 AUs)

Students may fulfill the AUs from any school or through online courses like MOOCs.

ECDS AY2022 and onwards Study Plan

ECDS AY2021 Study Plan

Students are to fulfill ALL requirements for GP.

-       Completed sufficient AUs to be classified as a Year 4 student (assuming you clear all registered courses by the end of the applying semester).

-       Completed all Core course.

-       Completed at least 5 Major Prescribed Electives (ECON/CS/SPMS).

-       CGPA must be 3.90 and above.

Students with cGPA within 3.75 to 3.89 will be allowed to opt-in to do GP at the discretion of the Programme. You may email your interest to ECDS Undergraduate Office at [email protected]. 

Students below the required cGPA of 3.75 will not be allowed to read GP but to fulfil the 8 AUs requirement with Major Prescribed Electives.

There are 2 windows of application: 

(1) *Early Registration - Duration of GP is from the start of Year 3 Semester 2 to the end of Year 4 Semester 1. 

(2) Normal Registration - Duration of GP is from the start of Year 4 Semester 1 to the end of Year 4 Semester 2.

 
*An early registration applies to students whom at the time of application are in Year 3 Semester 1. Students who satisfy GP requirements may seek permission to do an early registration. Students can opt to read HE4099 when their Year 3 Semester 2 commences, if they have met all eligibility requirements stated above and have made satisfactory arrangements in forming a project group and seeking appropriate supervision.

Application Procedure

Specific procedure and instructions for application will be relayed to students via email. When applying, students are to ensure the following: 

(1) Registration Form is filled completely and accurately

(2) Degree Audits of all 3 members are included

(3) Each group is to have strictly 3 members

• Graduation Project Guideline

• Format of the Graduation Report 
• Ethics Review Form - All research conducted by NTU staff and students involving the use of human subjects (or human participants) must be reviewed and approved by the NTU's Institutional Review Board (NTU-IRB) before they are conducted.
  
  
• Opt-out Form

​​Important Dates

1. The deadline for submission of e-copy of the Final Report and Executive Summary will be advised by the Economics & Data Science office upon official approval to read HE4099.

2. On Week 14 (one week after the final teaching week of the semester, before the exam period), only the Final Report needs to be uploaded to NTU Library.

Submit softcopies of the Main Report and the Executive Summary via NTULearn to the HE4099 course site. Details on the submission will be disclosed further via email.

i. Submission of e-copy to the Library

• All materials uploaded to Library Digital Repository, DR-NTU, comply with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). Personal data such as NRIC, Address, Contact Numbers, etc. should be removed.
  

• If there are confidentiality concerns, the students may ask for an exemption. They need to ask their GP supervisor to endorse their request and inform the Library. 
  

• For enquiries on DR-NTU submission, address them to [email protected]. Read the DR-NTU SubmissionGuideline to understand the submission process.

• If the GP needs to be embargoed for a specific period, it is possible to set embargo dates in DR-NTU.

 

If an embargo or exemption is needed, students need to follow these 5 simple steps:

1. Fill in the request form.

2. Get your supervisor to sign and endorse your request form.

3. Email the completed request form to NTU Library at [email protected]​ and copy to your supervisor.

4. The Library will revert within 3 working days.

5. Once approved:

- For Embargo: follow the Library’s instructions to submit and set embargo to your work in DR-NTU.

- For Exemption: you are exempted and do not need to submit your work or the metadata record in DR-NTU.

 For more details on Embargo/Exemption for DR-NTU Submission, please click here.