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Philosophy, Politics & Economics

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Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) Curriculum

PPE Programme

Philosophy

The School of Humanities (SoH) runs the philosophy programme that enables students to develop a sophisticated sense of logic, a capacity for rigorous reasoning, a comprehensive perspective in understanding the world, and a broad base of knowledge that intersects with other disciplines such as mathematics, physics, biology, economics, social sciences, and psychology. Philosophy is a four-year degree programme that requires students to complete two categories of requirements, totalling at least 128 Academic Units (AUs); 

Public Policy and Global Affairs

The School of Social Sciences (SSS) offers the PPGA programme that provides students with interdisciplinary training and equips them with practical knowledge and skill sets necessary to dissect and solve real world problems facing political leaders, policymakers, and the global community. PPGA’s courses enable students to have a solid foundation in areas of politics, international relations, public administration, and public policy. PPGA is a four-year programme, totalling 125 AUs, that prepares students for a career and leadership role in both public and private sectors in Singapore, in the Asian region and across the globe; and

Economics

SSS is the home School for the Economics programme that offers robust training in economic theory and statistical methods and offers a wide choice of courses to cater to students' interests and mathematical aptitude. Economics electives cover all the significant fields of economic knowledge as well as recent developments in areas such as Internet Economics and Behavioural Economics. Economics is a four-year degree programme that requires students to complete 125 AUs.

Curriculum & Suggested Study Plan

Current Course Offerings

Course Offerings for Sem 1 AY2024-25

Course CodeCourse Title
HA1001Introduction to International Relations and Foreign Policy
HE1001Microeconomics I
HE1002Macroeconomics I
HY1001Introduction to Philosophy

Course Outlines

PPGA course outlines

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ECON course outlines

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PHIL course outlines

You may reach out to Philosophy UG office at philosophy_ug@ntu.edu.sg.

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Graduation Project

More information will be provided at a later date.