BSSUST Curriculum AY2025 Intake

Biological Sciences with 2nd major in Sustainability Requirements
TypeNo of AU
Major RequirementsCore39
Major Prescribed Electives (PE)33
Interdisciplinary Collaborative CoreCommon Core14
Professional Series16
Care, Serve, Learn3
Broadening and Deepening Electives (BDE)Broadening & Deepening Electives30
Total135

 

BS Core & ICC Core Courses

Year 1
Semester 1
TypeCourse CodeCourse TitleAU
CoreBS1012Foundations of Chemistry I3
CoreBS1016Physiology3
CoreBS1008Biostatistics3
ICC (Common Core)CC0001

Inquiry and Communication in an Interdisciplinary World2
ICC (Common Core)CC0003Ethics & Civics in a Multi-Cultural World 2
ICC (Common Core)CC0015Health & Wellbeing 2


Year 1
Semester 2
TypeCourse CodeCourse TitleAU
Core BS1013Foundations of Chemistry II3
Core BS1005Biochemistry I3
Core BS1006Principles of Genetics3
Core BS1007Molecular and Cell Biology I3
CoreBS1009Introduction to Computational Thinking3
CoreBS1100Molecular and Cell Biology Techniques Level 13
ICC (Common Core)ML0004Career Design & Workplace Readiness in the V.U.C.A World  2

 

Year 2
Semester 1
TypeCourse CodeCourse TitleAU
Core BS2002Microbiology
3
Core BS2003Biochemistry II3
Core BS2028Instrumentation for the Analysis of Biological Systems3
ICC (Professional Series)BS0004Introduction to Data Science 3
ICC (Common Core)CC0006Sustainability: Society, Economy and Environment3
 ICC (Common Core)CC0007Science & Technology for Humanity3


Year 2
Semester 2
TypeCourse CodeCourse TitleAU
CoreBS2004Molecular & Cell Biology II3
ICC (Care, Serve, Learn)TBCCare, Serve, Learn (CSL)3
ICC (Professional Series)HW0218Communication Across the Sciences2


Year 3
Semester 1
TypeCourse CodeCourse TitleAU
ICC (Professional Series)BS4227Professional Internship10


Year 3
Semester 2
TypeCourse CodeCourse TitleAU
ICC (Professional Series)MLxxxxProfession Preparation Course1

 

Major Prescribed Electives

Starting from Year 2 Sem 1 to Year 4 Sem 2 (Semester 1 or 2)TypeCoursesAU
MPE

Table A

33 (21)
Table B

BS4020 Final Year Project or BS4021 Bi-Semestral Final Year Project. ##

12

AU figures in brackets (x) indicate the number of AU if a Full Semester (BS4020 FYP) or (BS4021 Bi-Semestral FYP) is selected.

## Students who opted for BS4020 Final Year Project (full semester) are not allowed to read any course in the particular semester.                                                                     

## Students who opted for BS4021 Bi-Semestral FYP are allowed to read 3 courses (9AU) in each semester. BS4021 Bi-Semestral FYP must start in Year 4 Sem 1

 

Course Requirements for 2nd Major in Sustainability

To be awarded the Second Major in Sustainability, students are required to complete:

  • 5 Compulsory courses - 1 core course in each knowledge area (People, Planet, Profit, Practice and Policy): 5 courses x 3AU = 15AU
  • Minimum total 12AU from Elective courses (12AU)
  • Interdisciplinary project (3 AU) -3AUs dedicated to a cross-school group work project, selected from a list of competitions and initiatives. This is a new course – a course proposal for this will be submitted by the end of AY22-23 Semester 1

A minimum total of 30 AU (core courses in each knowledge area + electives + interdisciplinary project) to be awarded the Second Major

Core Courses
(To complete at least 1 course in each knowledge area – People, Planet, Profit, Practice and Policy)

 
Knowledge AreaCourse TitleAU
PeopleEM5109 Environmental Issue & Sustainability3
ES5006 Environmental Sustainability3
HV5001 Introduction to Environmental Humanities3
PlanetES5001 Natural Hazards and Society3
ES5005 Environmental Earth System Science3
ES5007 Climate and Climate Change3
ProfitAB0603 Social Entrepreneurship3
HE5091 Principles of Economics3
PracticeEM5103 Water Resources Management3
EM5103 Water Resources Management3
EG1001 Engineers in Society2
BM2517 Marketing Sustainability for the Next Generation3
PolicyHU1002 Introduction to Urban Planning3
HA1001 Introduction to International Relations and Foreign Policy3
HA1003 Introduction to Public Administration and Public Policy3

 

Elective Courses
(To complete at least 12AU)

 
Knowledge AreaCourse TitleAU
PeopleES3201 Coupled Human and Natural Systems*4
ES3202 Resilient Urban Systems*3
HC2017 Writing on Places: Nativism, Ecology, Politics 地文誌: 从乡土文学到生态批评 (Offered in Mandarin)*3
HC3043 Chinese Ecological Thoughts and Philosophy 古今生态思想与哲学(offered in Mandarin)3
HC5010 Animals in Chinese Cultures3
HL4013 Advanced Studies in Literature & Culture: Ecocritical Approaches to Literature*4
HG2027 Ecolinguistics: Language and the Environment3
HY2008 Environmental Ethics3
HP3206 Environmental Psychology*3
PlanetEM5101 Environmental Quality3
ES2303 Introduction to Ecology*3
ES3103 Sea-level Rise and Coastal Processes2
ES3302 Tropical Ecology*3
ES3305 Current issues in Ecology*3
ES3306 Global Change Ecology*3
ES4301 Conservation Biology and Biodiversity*3
ES4303 Marine and Freshwater Ecology*3
HH3042 Climate and Society in Historical Perspective3
HH4006 The Green Earth: Issues in Environmental History*4
HH3017 World Environmental History3
HH3018 The Environmental History of Oceans3
ProfitBF2228/BU5503# Sustainable Finance*3
BE2502 Innovation Marketing4
HE2010 Development Economics*/ HE3021 Intermediate Econometrics*#3
HE3602/HE3032# Game Theory & Applications to Social Science*3
HE3005 Environmental Economics*/ HE3024 Introduction to Applied Economic Policy Research*#3
HE3613/HE3026# Urban Economics*3
HE4010/HE4042# Singapore Economy in a Globalized World*4
HE4040 Behavioural Economics*4
PracticeBU5102 Sustainability Reporting*
CM5091 Industrial and Environmental Chemistry3
CS5209 Collective Problem Solving3
HP1100 Fundamentals of Social Science Research or CS2008 Fundamentals of Research3
MS4664 Environmental Sustainability and Materials*3
MS4666 Environmental Degradation of Plastics*1
EE2005 Electrical Devices & Machines*3
EE3015 Power Systems & Conversion*3
EE4503 Power Engineering Design*2
EE4504 Design of Clean Energy Systems*2
EE4530 Power System Analysis & Control*3
EE4532 Power Electronics & Drives*3
EE4533 Power Apparatus & System Protection*3
EE4534 Modern Distribution Systems with Renewable Resource*3
PolicyCS4311 Promoting Sustainability4
ES2201 Law & Economics, Sustainable Development, and Environmental Protection4
ES2202 Global Environmental Politics and Governance*4
ES4201 Environmental Management and Valuation*3
HA3014 Singapore Foreign Policy*3
HP3203 Conservation Psychology*3
HS0301 Environmental Sustainability3
HS2023 Environmental Sociology*3

* Pre-requisites apply

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​​​​​​​​​It is not mandatory to follow the suggested study year. Students can modify this study plan based on their learning needs.

More information on MOOC is at https://www.ntu.edu.sg/admissions/matriculation/mooc

Information is accurate at the time of publication. The University reserves all rights to make changes to the programme structure with prior notice.