Minor in Environmental Sustainability

Minor Programme in Environmental Sustainability New

A Minor programme offered by the Bachelor of Environmental Studies. Launched in AY2024/2025 Semester 1 for Cohorts AY2021/22 onwards.

    Urgent actions to tackle environmental issues are increasingly on global as well as Singapore’s national agenda, and the transition to a Green Economy has created a high demand for green skills. Two key challenges in the current undergraduate curriculum to address those needs are:

    – Building multi-disciplinary capabilities with depth as well as breadth.
    – Bridging theoretical knowledge to the fast-changing needs of the sustainability field.

    Environmental sustainability issues are multi-disciplinary, requiring a foundation in ecology for the management of natural resources and waste impacts on natural systems, along with skillsets and knowledge spanning other natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, finance, business, etc. for addressing sustainability issues. This Minor programme serves aims to fill a gap in the NUS undergraduate curriculum for sustainability knowledge and skillsets that bridge disciplinary domains. 

    To be awarded the Minor, the following requirements are to be fulfilled (for Cohorts AY2021/2022 onwards):

    Click on the course for its details at NUSMods. 

    1. Essential Courses – Pass all the following (Total 8 units)

     

    2. Elective Courses – Pass 3 of the following (Total 12 units)

    a. For students reading Life Sciences Major/Second Major/Minor, please select not more than two among these courses: LSM2251, LSM3272, LSM4262, LSM4352.
    b.     For students reading Geography Major/Second Major, please select not more than one among these courses: GE3254, GE3250, GE4232.
    c.     For students reading the BES programme, please select at least two from these courses: CDE2501, CDE2503, CM4282, ENV3906, ESE4406, FST3110, HSI2004, LSM4352, MKT3724, NST2044, RVC2000, RVN2000.

     
    • Up to 8 units (i.e., two courses) may be double counted and used to meet (i) the Minor requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., General Education (only for students admitted from AY2021/2022 onwards), College (e.g., Common Curriculum), Faculty, Major, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirement, i.e., at least 12 units of the Minor must be distinct and not overlapping.
    • At least 12 units for any Minor must be taken from outside the entire set of courses that are listed for the major(s)/another minor that the student is taking/ has taken.
    • A minimum of 60% of the Minor requirements must be earned from courses read at NUS. Courses read at NUS include all courses taught, co-taught, supervised or co-supervised by NUS faculty member(s). These consist of graded courses or courses with an ‘S’ or ‘CS’ grade. The remaining units may be earned through credit transfers, advanced placement and exemptions, from courses deemed relevant to the particular Minor.

    Application

    This Minor Programme in Environmental Sustainability is an open Minor offered to students of all disciplines from Cohorts AY2021/2022 onwards. The declaration to join the Minor should be made by the start of the fifth semester of the undergraduate candidature. To appeal for waiver of pre-requisite to any of the Minor courses, please contact the Programme Coordinator, Dr Chua Siew Chin siewchin@nus.edu.sg.

    Please refer to the Academic Plan Application/Declaration (APAD) website on declaring this Minor.

    For enquiry on Minor in Environmental Sustainability, you may contact the Programme Coordinator, Dr Chua Siew Chin siewchin@nus.edu.sg.