{"id":478,"date":"2020-08-11T08:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T08:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/?page_id=478"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:52:50","slug":"economics-honours-thesis-independent-study-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/economics-honours-thesis-independent-study-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Honours Thesis (EC4401) \/ Independent Study (EC4660)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tHonours Thesis (EC4401) \/ Independent Study (EC4660)\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\t\tHonours Thesis (EC4401)\t<\/h3>\n\t

Please note that the Honours Thesis is not compulsory and will no longer be a requirement to attain Honours Highest Distinction for all FASS cohorts. As such, students who cannot meet the pre-requisite to read the Honours Thesis or chose not to read the Honours Thesis can read an independent study course or other level-4000 courses to accumulate the required units for the Honours requirements. Students will still need to achieve a GPA of 4.5 or above in order attain Honours Highest Distinction.<\/p>\n

The department will look at your results based on the immediate past 2 semesters. This means that if you met the pre-requisites for the Honours Thesis 2 semesters ago, but do not meet it now, you can still submit your application for the Honours Thesis. For example, you met the pre-requisite based on your results as at Semester 1 AY19\/20, and started looking for a supervisor in Semester 2 AY19\/20. However, you did not do well in Semester 2 AY19\/20, and thus no longer meet the pre-requisite to do the Honours Thesis in Semester 1 AY20\/21. You can still submit the application form for the Honours Thesis, and we will consider your application based on your results as at Semester 1 AY19\/20 and Semester 2 AY19\/20.<\/p>\n

Important Notes:<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. For cohort 2020 and before: EC4401HM Honours Thesis is worth 15 Units in total (i.e. equivalent to 3 honours level-4000HM courses).<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. For cohort 2021 onwards: EC4401 Honours Thesis is worth 8 Units in total (i.e. equivalent to 2 honours level-4000 courses).<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. For cohort 2020 and before: EC4660HM Independent Study is worth 5 Units.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. For cohort 2021 onwards: EC4660 Independent Study is worth 4 Units.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Link to HT forms and guides<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

    Link to ISC forms and guides<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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