Sociology
Exploring Society: NTU’s Sociology Programme
Cultivating critical thinkers and innovative researchers for a dynamic world.
The curriculum in the four-year direct honours NTU Sociology programme emphasises critical thinking, theoretical reasoning, empirical research, and communication skills. Students develop the ability to think through complex issues, investigate them empirically, and go beyond conventional wisdom – abilities essential to organisations and vocations today.
Our students have access to a wide range of core courses and electives. At NTU Sociology, they work with professors from diverse backgrounds who pursue research in a wide range of areas. Students also form vibrant student communities within the discipline, in the School of Social Sciences, as well as across disciplinary boundaries in the university at large.
Programmes
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Sociology is the study of social relations, how they are formed and what their consequences are. Learn more about the programme here.
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Second Major Programme
At NTU, students majoring in Sociology will also have the opportunity to pursue a Second Major.
Qualified students may take a second major in another discipline offered within the School of Social Sciences, or one offered by another School within the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS).
Students will need to read 11 courses specific to the field of study, which includes both the Major Core Subjects and Major Prescribed Electives. They will have to complete 135 to 138 Academic Units to be eligible to graduate with a Second Major. Students will graduate with a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in their First Major. The Second Major will be shown on the final transcript and students will receive an additional certificate.
For more information on Second Majors, head here.
Second Major in Sociology
The School of Social Sciences (SSS) offers Second Major programmes to its students and its sister schools. Students who qualify will have the option of pursuing a second major within SSS (Economics, Public Policy and Global Affairs, Psychology or Sociology), or a second major within SoH (Chinese, English, History, Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, or Philosophy) or a second major in Communication Studies offered by the School of Communication and Information.
The Second Major programme will allow SSS students to take advantage of the synergies between two disciplines – for example, English Literature and Communication Studies; Psychology and Sociology; or Economics and Business. It is an excellent programme for students who can cope with the rigour. Students can go beyond their narrow specialisation and acquire the depth and breadth of a multi-disciplinary education. Graduates with such training are becoming increasingly attractive to employers.
Second Major students will graduate with a BSocSci (Hons) degree in their First Major. The Second Major will be shown on the final transcript.
To read Sociology as the second Major, students must have a GPA of 4.0 and above at the point of application.
- HS1001 Person and Society
- HS2002 Doing Social Research
- HS2001 Classical Social Theory
- HS3001 Contemporary Social Theory
- HS3002 Understanding Social Statistics
List of Courses
At least TWO Prescribed Electives must be HS4xxx courses
- HS1002 Singapore Society in Transition
- HS1003 Singapore Problems in A Global Context
- HS2003 Economy and Society
- HS2004 Culture, Self and Identity
- HS2005 Organisations and Organisational Change
- HS2007 Understanding Globalization
- HS2008 Social Class and Inequality
- HS2009 Sociology of The Life Course
- HS2011 Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations
- HS2013 Migration and Multiculturalism
- HS2014 The Changing Family
- HS2015 Education and Society
- HS2019 Sociology of Science and Technology
- HS2020 Gender, Race and Technology
- HS2022 Population and Society
- HS2023 Environmental Sociology
- HS2026 Deviance and Society
- HS2028 Graying Society: Issues and Challenges
- HS2029 Social Policy and Social Change
- HS3004 Cities and Urban Life
- HS3007 Religion and Society
- HS3011 Power, Politics and The State
- HS3014 Health, Medicine and Society
- HS3015 Development and Social Change
- HS3016 Societies in Comparative Perspective
- HS3017 Sociology of Tourism
- HS3018 Sociology of Gender
- HS3054 Social Psychology
- HS4011 The Self in Southeast Asia
- HS4013 Youth Cultures and Subcultures
- HS4015 Sociology of Reproduction
- HS4016 Social Movements
- HS4022 Sociology of Islam in the Malay World
- HS4023 Sociology of Risk and Crisis
- HS4026 Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors: Explorations in Chinese Religions
- HS4027 Cultural Politics of Development and the Environment
- HS4028 Migration and Development in a Globalizing World
- HS4030 Social Science Fiction
- HS4031 Global Cities
- HS4033 Urban Sojourns: The City as Laboratory
- HS4034 Interrogating Innovation
- HS4035 Sociology of Aging
- HS4036 Who are we? Science and Identity in the 21" Century
- HS4037 Terraformations: Technology, culture and nature in a globalizing world
- HS4038 Sociology of Mental Health
- HS4039 Medical Sociology
- HS4040 Language and Social Interaction
Important Notice
The S/U option does not apply to the following:
| Cohort |
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) Option
The S/U option does not apply to:
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|---|---|
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Students admitted in AY2020 – 2021 and earlier and Students admitted directly to Year 2 in AY2021 – 2022 |
* unless specified otherwise by the School(s) for its programme(s) |
| Students admitted to Year 1 in AY2021-2022 and All students admitted from AY2022-2023 and onwards |
^ up to 12 AU of Second Major courses and up to 6 AU of Minor courses can be non-letter graded i.e. may consist of credits transferred from Student Exchange programme, or courses with 'P' (Pass), or 'S' (Satisfactory) notations |
Minor Programme
Minor in Sociology
Students taking up sociology as a minor are encouraged to read subjects which complement their interests and open up new intellectual horizons.
A minor in sociology must complete five Sociology courses including one compulsory course (HS1001). All five courses must be registered as electives.
Students are required to achieve at least a "C" grade or better in HS1001 Person and Society to continue in the Sociology Minor. Students are also required to maintain a GPA of "C for their Sociology subjects to graduate with a Minor in Sociology.
- HS1001 Person and Society
- HS1002 Singapore Society in Transition
- HS1003 Singapore Problems in A Global Context
- HS2001 Classical Social Theory
- HS2002 Doing Social Research
- HS2003 Economy and Society
- HS2004 Culture, Self and Identity
- HS2005 Organisations and Organisational Change
- HS2007 Understanding Globalization
- HS2008 Social Class and Inequality
- HS2009 Sociology of The Life Course
- HS2011 Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations
- HS2013 Migration and Multiculturalism
- HS2014 The Changing Family
- HS2015 Education and Society
- HS2019 Sociology of Science and Technology
- HS2020 Gender, Race and Technology
- HS2022 Population and Society
- HS2023 Environmental Sociology
- HS2026 Deviance and Society
- HS2028 Graying Society: Issues and Challenges
- HS2029 Social Policy and Social Change
- HS3001 Contemporary Social Theory
- HS3002 Understanding Social Statistics
- HS3004 Cities and Urban Life
- HS3007 Religion and Society
- HS3011 Power, Politics and The State
- HS3014 Health, Medicine and Society
- HS3015 Development and Social Change
- HS3016 Societies in Comparative Perspective
- HS3017 Sociology of Tourism
- HS3018 Sociology of Gender
- HS3054 Social Psychology
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