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Fitting USP in your Curriculum
Single Degree
USP students do not need to read the University Level Requirements (ULRs) (consisting of General Education, Singapore Studies and Breadth requirements, which add to a total of 28 MCs for 2006 cohort and before, or 20 MCs for 2007 cohort onwards). The USP First-Tier modules (32 MCs) will be read in place of the ULRs (28 MCs, or 20 MCs) and other programme/unrestricted elective requirements (4 MCs, or 12 MCs) that our partner Faculty has identified for their USP students.
The USP Advanced modules will also simultaneously fulfill the student's faculty/major/unrestricted electives requirements. In this respect, our partner faculties and schools have already mapped out and incorporated USP requirements into that of their USP students' graduation requirements at the faculties or schools. You should refer to your home Faculty's USP-related website for the details.
Both the USP student and his non-USP counterpart graduate with similar, if not same, number of modular credits. In the event that the incorporation of the USP requirements at the Faculties/Schools is not perfect, it is possible that students may graduate with slightly more modular credits compared to their non-USP counterparts.
Double Degree
A student pursuing a Double Degree programme (DDP) at NUS may enroll in USP provided the two degrees are offered by our six partner faculties, namely, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), Faculty of Engineering (FOE), Faculty of Science (FOS), Business School (BIZ), School of Design and Environment (SDE) and School of Computing (SOC). If an existing USP student decides to enroll for a DDP which involves a degree not offered by USP’s partner faculties (eg. Law Faculty), he has to withdraw from USP.
Students who are on the DDP and wish to enroll in USP have to be prepared to extend their candidature in NUS beyond 4 years. It is important for the student to understand that there are fee implications if they stay beyond 4 years, see:
http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/faqs/ddp_cdp_dm.html#ddp12.
USP students must satisfy the same USP curriculum requirements as needed for a single-degree programme, i.e. 8 First-Tier modules (32 MCs) and 4 Advanced Modules (16 MCs). Similar to that in the single-degree structure, USP students do not need to read the University Level Requirements (ULRs) as the USP First-Tier modules will be read in place of the ULRs.
An added consideration, insofar as the ULRs for DDP students are concerned, is that the DDP students will not be required to read Breadth module requirements of the ULRs if the degrees are from two different Faculties as modules read from one Faculty will satisfy the Breadth requirements of the other Faculty. As a result of this, DDP students in USP may potentially read up to 20 MCs above the usual graduation requirements in comparison to other DDP students not in USP. They are therefore likely to need to extend their candidature at NUS, in order to complete the curriculum requirements of the Faculties and USP. On the other hand, if the degrees are within the same Faculty, the DDP students will still need to read Breadth modules.
The Advanced modules can be drawn from either of the Partner's programme or a combination of both. Students who wish to pursue the Academic Inquiry track for their Advanced Curriculum are recommended to read predominantly ride-on ISMs tagged to their regular modules or newly-designed ISMs at either of the faculties. In addition, there is no restriction on the faculty combination i.e. the four ISMs may be read in various combinations at the two faculties or all at one faculty*.
* For DDP students who may be reading one of the two degrees at FASS, they are encouraged to read not more than two ISMs (newly-designed), as the Faculty would like their students to engage sufficiently in class interaction and discussions with their peers (USP or non-USP) in other regular coursework modules. For FASS USP students majoring in English Language/English Literature/Theatre Studies and reading more than one ISM, only at most one ISM may be at level 4000 while the rest are to be at level 3000. As for FASS students who wish to read a third ISM (newly-designed), they may only do so under the supervision of a NUS faculty member outside of FASS, subject to the approval of the home Faculty and Department. In addition, this third ISM read, whilst satisfying the USP Advanced Curriculum requirement, will need to count outside of the student’s major requirement. The fourth Advanced Module must not be an ISM.
Concurrent Degree
The NUS Business School has introduced concurrent degree programmes which enable students to pursue a master's degree in addition to an undergraduate degree within a candidature period of about five years.
Currently, the School offers the Concurrent Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) and Master in Public Policy (MPP) programme and Concurrent Master of Science (Management) programme.
USP students who enroll in these concurrent degree programmes must satisfy the same USP curriculum requirements as needed for a single-degree programme, i.e. 8 First-Tier modules (32 MCs) and 4 Advanced Modules (16 MCs). Similar to that in the single-degree structure, USP students do not need to read the University Level Requirements (ULRs) as the USP First-Tier modules will be read in place of the ULRs. In the case of the concurrent degree programmes, subject to USP's approval, students may read some of the master's modules to fulfill their Advanced Curriculum. Additionally, these are subject to any prevailing regulations governing such multiple counting of modules, for instance, as the Advanced Modules typically replace or count towards a student’s undergraduate requirements at the home Faculty/ School, students who are on the concurrent degree programmes and choose to read the master’s modules towards their Advanced curriculum will need to make up for their home Faculty’s/ School’s requirements i.e. no triple counting of requirements. This is to ensure that USP students who are on a concurrent degree programme will graduate with similar, if not same, number of modular credits as non-USP students on the same concurrent degree programme.
Exit from USP
A student, who leaves USP, for one reason or another, during their period of candidature in NUS, may refer to the mapping guidelines.
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