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Minor programmes equip students with multiple skills and broader knowledge, beyond what their major disciplines may provide. They count towards students’ academic unit requirements for Unrestricted Electives.
Students will not be offered a minor in the same field as his major (single degree, double degree or double major programme).
The award of minor will be reflected in a graduate’s transcript but not his degree certificate. No additional certificate will be issued upon completion of the minor.
More than 20 minors are available and include:
1. Applied Physics
The programme emphasises the teaching of basic physical concepts and principles, focusing on topics such as optics, lasers, semiconductors and materials. It also provides training in the development of quantitative reasoning and problem-solving skills.
This minor is not available to students in the Physics programme.
2. Business
The Business minor equips students with the relevant knowledge and skills to be an effective business manager or owner. It is structured to expose students to the analytical, computational and business skills required to understand how business decisions are made in the business world and in the industry.
This minor is not available to students in the Accountancy and Business programmes.
3. Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
The programme prepares non-Chemistry and Biological Chemistry major students for a variety of career opportunities related to Chemistry and Biological Chemistry.
The programme emphasises the crucial connections of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry with other sciences.
4. Chinese
The minor in Chinese equips students with the knowledge and language skill to deal with communication and work in relevant areas. It exposes students to additional career choices, such as teaching, journalism etc.
5. Chinese Herbal Medicine
The minor in Chinese Herbal Medicine provides students with an understanding of the scientific fundamentals of herbal medicines and their potential as sources of new drugs. In addition to a set of compulsory courses students may take a few courses from elective series 1 which provides the basics of Chinese herbal medicine within the context of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) system and elective series 2 which provides options to broaden the understanding in other aspects of TCM based on the specific interest of the students.
This minor is not available to students in the Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine programme.
6. Communication Studies
This minor instills in students an understanding of the workings and socio-cultural implications of a knowledge-driven society in the rapidly evolving world of info-comm and media technology.
7. Computing
This minor is designed for students who do not wish to become computer engineers but recognise the value of basic computing knowledge and skills in complementing their selected programme.
The minor is not available to students in the Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Engineering & Media and Business (with specialisation in Information Technology) programmes.
8. Creative Writing
The Minor in Creative Writing at NTU is the only programme of sustained creative writing study available in Singapore’s higher education landscape. It was designed to provide a training ground for creative thinking and practice, and to contribute to the further development of local literature. The Minor is open to all students interested in exploring their creative talents.
As a discipline, creative writing encourages conceptual speculation and active engagement both with the world as it is and as it might become. Each piece of writing is essentially a "take" on the world, allowing students to explore, test and reinvent sociological, economic, historical, linguistic, and psychological verities.
Accordingly, creative writing contributes to the intellectual and aesthetic development of students. Students who write poems and stories of their own are generally more aware of and sensitive to the finer points of how language operates. Creative writing students become skilled in the expression of emotions, reactions, opinions and intuitive judgments, as well as in the arts of project completion and creative collaboration.
In our courses, students will learn the techniques and practices necessary for the development of original poetry, fiction, drama, screenplays and multimedia works. They will be encouraged to nurture their inventive and critical abilities towards the production of unique and soundly crafted new writing. The courses will comprise workshops that are devoted to literary form and technique, and to the exploration of contemporary trends. They will provide a forum for students to share their work and have it critiqued by other authors in a supportive environment.
9. Drama and Performance
This minor offers practical skills (presentational, co-operative and technical) which can be transferred to diverse careers. It offers an alternative paradigm of academic study which can stand in dialogic relationship with core areas of study and give students a broader vision.
The minor is available only to students in the Art, Design & Media, Chinese, Communication Studies, Economics, English, Linguistics & Multilingual Studies, Psychology and Sociology programmes.
10. Economics
The minor in Economics will help students think logically, rationally and rigorously. It gives students the opportunity to learn more about banking, finance, globalisation, employment, economic growth, and broader issues such as the environment, poverty and the Third World.
11. Education Studies
This minor provides students with exposure to key developments in education and training as future professionals in the knowledge-based economy.
12. Energy
The Energy minor provides an understanding of the various aspects of energy and its effects and challenges on society, as well as alternative and potential energy sources for sustainable development. It aims to increase the energy awareness amongst students just as Singapore gears up to explore other energy alternatives. The minor programme offers nine courses in various energy topics.
13. English Language
The provision of an English Language minor to students from the School of Communication and Information is aimed at providing an in-depth understanding of the nature, structure and use of the English Language, so that they can better appreciate how language is applied in the field of communication and information studies. With this aim in mind, a selection of foundational courses that introduce students to the nature and structure of the English Language as well as elective courses which delve into specific areas of applied linguistics are offered to students.
This minor is available only to students in the Communication Studies programme.
14. English Literature
The Minor in English Literature introduces students to a wide range of courses and provides them with a firm foundation in the methods and practices of literary-critical analysis and study. Students are exposed to a variety of literatures, periods and genres, and are acquainted not only with the literary texts, but also with their authors, the literary movements, and the contemporary cultural and historical cross-currents which influenced both author and text. Apart from foundational and progressively advanced study of the major literary genres or forms such as fiction, poetry and drama, special topics courses will also be offered such as Southeast Asian literatures in English, children’s literature and science fiction as electives. The minor is an excellent concentration for students planning careers in fields as diverse as academic research, education, publishing, journalism, advertising, library science, public relations, business, and the civil service.
15. Entrepreneurship
This minor is purposefully and uniquely designed to equip and empower students with basic entrepreneurship skills, business acumen, and stamina to grow businesses. Students will develop an open mindset and realise that ideas that may appear like impossible dreams can be shaped into small and realisable phases. Students will learn to appreciate that entrepreneurship is not just about starting a new business; it is a mindset. It is about taking advantage of opportunities that change brings along. Working with classmates from different schools, disciplines and stages of study, students are able to benefit from the exchange of ideas and opinions.
16. Environmental Management
The Environmental Management minor equips students with essential knowledge and skills in various aspects of protecting and improving precious land, air and water resources.
The minor is not available to students in the Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering programmes.
17. Environmental and Urban Studies
This Minor enables students to understand the challenges posed by contemporary environmental and urban issues, taking into account multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. By drawing upon courses offered by divisions in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, students will engage with the social, economic, cultural, and technological aspects of new changes in the global environment and in urban settings. The issues covered include energy, food supply, pollution, cultural diversity, social equity, economic development, and the quality of life. Taken together, the course offerings focus on understanding the multiple causes, consequences, and costs of environmental and urban problems -- with a view towards developing useful perspectives and possible solutions.
18. History
Studying History helps students understand human experience and thought at different times and places. As a discipline, history encompasses every dimension of human interaction, including social life, economy, culture, thought and politics. By examining continuities and changes through time, students can make sense of the present in terms of the past, and the past in terms of the present.
19. Information-Communication Technology
The minor provides non-infocomm students with the essential knowledge in e-business technology and the competency skills for the infocomm sector.
The minor is not available to students in the Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Business (with specialisation in Information Technology) and Information Engineering & Media programmes.
20. Linguistics and Multilingual Studies
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. At the most fundamental level, linguistics is concerned with the description of sound structures and meaning systems and how languages work both at the psychological and sociological levels.
21. Mathematics
The minor in Mathematics serves as a valuable and useful complement to students who seek to develop a deeper appreciation of other courses through a better understanding of the associated quantitative tools.
22. Music
The minor in Music provides foundational skills in music creation, performance, response and research. It provides exposure to major ideas and developments of and about music in both the local and international scene, enhances collaborative work across a range of topics, and offers opportunities for synergy between practical and academic work in music.
23. Physics
This minor emphasises the teaching of basic physical concepts and principles, focusing on topics such as quantum physics, electromagnetic theory, thermodynamics and classical mechanics. It provides strong training in the development of quantitative reasoning and problem-solving skills.
The minor is not available to students in the Applied Physics programme.
24. Psychology
The Minor programme provides students with a broad understanding of the major principles in Psychology, as well as knowledge and skills related to research methods commonly used in Psychology. The Minor in Psychology can be combined with a major in a related field and will provide valuable skills for engaging with others and for understanding and analyzing complex individual, group, and social processes.
25. Public Administration
Public Administration is the interdisciplinary study of policy-making and the organisation and control of government operations. This minor provides students with a general understanding of and exposure to the field of Public Administration and Public Policy.
26. Risk Management and Insurance
The Minor in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) prepares students to apply modern risk management knowledge and skills in various financial and insurance areas. This is essential under today’s rapidly changing and more integrated business world, where organisations, financial institutions, and governments encounter different kinds of risks such as market, operational, technological and catastrophic risks. Students who equip themselves with knowledge in RMI will find their career opportunities enhanced via an understanding of the science of risk management, attainment of practical risk management skills and knowing how to adapt those skills to practical circumstances.
27. Sociology
Sociology is dedicated to understanding the social nature of human beings and the social transformation of human life in the modern world. It is also a practical discipline, involving critical judgement and creative reasoning concerning personal choices, organisational decisions, and public policies without resorting to a convenient acceptance of conventional wisdom.
28. Systems Management
Systems Management encompasses the journey of bringing a product, be it big or small, to realisation. Learning outcomes include understanding aspects essentials to leaders in industry from the micro aspects of product realisation to the macro aspects of systems engineering and management.
This minor is not available to students in the Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering programmes.
29. Translation
This minor bridges linguistic and cultural gaps and seeks to accurately convey and retain meaning across languages. Students who equip themselves with translation skills can play important roles in cultural understanding and socio-economic development.
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