The Double Major Programme is a four-year direct honours degree programme. Undergraduate students will read two majors chosen from among the disciplinary strengths of the four schools in the College, namely, the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM), the School of Humanities (SoH), the School of Social Sciences (SSS), and the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI).
Unlike the existing single discipline-based degrees, this degree will feature two distinct majors within an innovative new structure. As such this is a fully conceived double-disciplinary degree. Students will be admitted into this Double Major degree programme at the point of entry to NTU, and declare their two majors at this point.
During this four-year degree programme, undergraduates will read both Art History and Chinese Studies, benefiting from the expertise and resources of the two disciplines from the School of Humanities (SoH).
The Art History curriculum allows students to explore the history of global creativity through the ages. Typically, the course of study includes painting, sculpture, architecture, film, photography, music, performance and time-based media. Importantly, it also engages with museum and gallery studies, arts and heritage policy, and digital engagement. In addition, there is an internship, a significant research opportunity in the Final Year Project, and the opportunity to study Art History overseas on exchange.
For Chinese, students will study both classical and modern Chinese literature, a deeper understanding of Chinese language, and a broader perspective on Modern China and the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. The programme aims to equip students with multidisciplinary research skills and bilingual capabilities.
• NTU General Admission Requirements
• Pass in H2 Level Chinese subjects or
• Good pass in H1 Level Chinese subjects or
• Good pass in ‘O’ Level Higher Chinese or
• Good pass in ‘O’ Level Chinese; and
• A good grade in General Paper/Knowledge & Inquiry/H1 or H2 Level Humanities subject
• NTU General Admission Requirements
• A good grade in Chinese at Standard Level and
• A good grade in English at Standard Level
For NUS High School Diploma holders:
• NTU General Admission Requirements
• Good Overall CAP in Chinese Language and
• Good Overall CAP in English Language
For International Students & Students with other qualifications:
• NTU General Admission Requirements
• A good grade in Chinese at GCE ‘O’ Level/HSK Level 6 and
• A good grade in General Paper/English at Senior High School Level
To graduate, students must complete two (2) categories of requirement, totalling at least 138 Academic Units (AUs):
| Major Requirements (AUs) | Interdisciplinary | Broadening and Deepening Electives (BDE) (AUs) | Total AUs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Prescribed Electives | Final Year Project | Common Core | Professional Series | Care, Serve, Learn | |||
| Art History | 12 | 30 | 8* | 14 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 138 |
| Chinese | 12 | 30 | ||||||
*Students who are eligible to do the FYP will be strongly encouraged to do an inter-major FYP. Students whose GPAs fall in a certain range can choose whether or not to do the FYP. Students who do not do the FYP must clear 8 AUs of PEs (two 4000-level courses, one from each discipline) within the double major.
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (ICC) Courses:
| ICC Common Core | 14 AUs |
| Career Design & Workplace Readiness in the V.U.C.A World | 2 |
| Ethics & Civics in a Multicultural World | 2 |
| Healthy Wellbeing | 2 |
| Inquiry and Communication in an Interdisciplinary World | 2 |
| Science & Technology for Humanity | 3 |
| Sustainability: Society, Economy & Environment | 3 |
| ICC Professional Series | 11 AUs |
| Digital Proficiency | 3 |
| Internship | 5 |
| Profession Preparation | 1 |
| Professional Communication | 2 |
| Care, Serve, Learn | 3 AUs |
| I. Art History Curriculum |
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Core [12 AUs]
HR1001 Ways of Seeing: Exploring Visual Culture
HR1003 Introduction to Histories of Art I
HR1004 Introduction to the Histories of Art II
HR2001 Introduction to the Histories of Southeast Asian Art
Major Prescribed Electives [30 AUs]
Students must take ONE elective each from Categories A to D (4 Electives) and then are free to choose the remainder Electives from any category depending on areas they wish to specialise in.
Category A: Global Art Histories (Choose at least one elective)
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Category B: Contemporary Art & Theory (Choose at least one elective)
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Category C: Curating, Heritage & Museums (Choose at least one elective)
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Category D: Asian Art Histories (Choose at least one elective)
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| II. Chinese Curriculum |
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Core [12 AUs]
HC1001 Intro to the Study of Lit. and Culture
HC1002 Intro to Chinese Language
HC2006 Introduction to Chinese History
HC3003 Southeast Asian Chinese
Major Prescribed Electives [30 AUs]
Choose at least 2 courses at HC3XXX, and 4 courses at HC4XXX.
Other core subjects of Chinese major
HC2007 Directed Readings of Literary Works: Pre-Qin to Tang
HC2008 Directed Readings of Literary Works: Song to Qing
HC3001 Modern Chinese Literature
Category A: Chinese Literature and Culture
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Category B: Chinese History, Thought and China Studies
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Category C: Linguistics and Chinese Linguistics
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Category D: Studies of Ethnic-Chinese
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Note: You may take no more than two HT/HT5xxx courses as MPEs.
Graduates in this double major program will develop key transferable skills highly prized by employers which include research, analysis, excellent written and verbal communication in Chinese Studies and Art History. They can consider opportunities in the civil service, business management, public relations, journalism, publishing, translation, education, as well as theatre and the arts. Culturally aware they will be ideal for leadership roles in museums, galleries and arts organisations, (arts management, marketing, curatorship, programming, publishing exhibition management, collections administration, policy); government ministries (policy officers, corporate communications, diplomatic support, funding, event and project management – typically National Heritage Board or National Arts Council); publishing (writing, text and image editing, researching, copy writing), education and media (journalists, writers, researchers, producers).
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