{"id":11328,"date":"2022-02-24T11:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T03:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2022\/02\/24\/new-courses-for-the-new-economy\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T11:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T03:18:01","slug":"new-courses-for-the-new-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/news\/2022\/02\/24\/new-courses-for-the-new-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Courses for the New Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t<p><strong>IN BRIEF | 5 min read<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong><strong>NUS is offering a number of new programmes to prepare graduates for the future, including the much-anticipated Major in <a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/soc\/discoveranthro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthropology<\/a>, and Minor in Interpreting by the <a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/chs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NUS Department of Chinese Studies<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\t<figure id=\"attachment_11329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11329\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mainphoto-4-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Note: Photo was taken before the pandemic.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>The University\u2019s key theme of preparing undergraduates for the workplace of the future will be further enhanced with the launch of new majors, minors and degree specialisations in the upcoming academic year. About 10 new courses are on the cards.<\/p>\r\n<p>New programmes from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>NUS College of Design and Engineering<\/u><\/a>\u00a0(CDE),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>NUS Faculty of Science<\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comp.nus.edu.sg\/\">,\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comp.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>NUS School of Computing<\/u><\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences<\/u><\/a>\u00a0will cover areas such as Artificial Intelligence, technology, data science, sustainability, globalisation. They will add on to the interdisciplinary offerings by the flagship\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nuscollege.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>NUS College<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0Singapore\u2019s first honours college welcoming its first cohort in August \u2013 as well as those by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chs.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>College of Humanities and Sciences<\/u><\/a>\u00a0(CHS).<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThe overall goal of all our education reform efforts is to advance a university curriculum that prepares students well for a Fourth Industrial Revolution world and workplace,\u201d said Professor Bernard Tan, NUS Senior Vice Provost (Undergraduate Education).<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cOur education, focused on both breadth and depth, ensures that our graduates are held in high regard by employers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/nus-graduates-achieve-stronger-employment-outcomes-and-earn-higher-starting-salaries-amid-a-recovering-global-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Last year, more than nine in 10 NUS graduates secured a job within six months of their final examinations<\/u><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><u>New majors and minors<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/dbe\/introduction-1-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Bachelor of Engineering (Infrastructure and Project Management)<\/u><\/a><br \/>\r\nOffered by CDE\u2019s Department of the Built Environment, this degree will equip graduates with the knowledge and interdisciplinary skills to excel in the multifaceted built environment. This is the first interdisciplinary full-time undergraduate programme to cover engineering, design, management, technology, building science and law modules.\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/soc\/discoveranthro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Major in Anthropology<\/u><\/a><br \/>\r\nOffered by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences to all CHS students, this major will study the range of human diversity, accounting for how people in different times and places have developed into distinctly different societies. The degree will expose students to a vast variety of different beliefs and health practices, economic and political systems, material culture, and even different notions of beauty, the environment, food, family, and the good life.\r\n<p>Anthropology is much sought after for the sort of training it offers its students \u2013 a ground up approach to developing deep understanding on just about every aspect of the human condition. Students will be equipped to better understand and deal with the chaos, uncertainty, and ambiguity that characterises the contemporary age.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/cee\/undergraduate\/second-major-in-sustainable-urban-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Second Major in Sustainable Urban Development<\/u><\/a><br \/>\r\nOffered by CDE\u2019s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, it aims to train the next generation of urban problem-solvers. They will be equipped with interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to create sustainable urban environments in the context of the changing climate. Open to all NUS undergraduate students, this major is stackable to students\u2019 primary major in their chosen field, and can be completed in four years with no additional academic workload.\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.nus.edu.sg\/education\/undergraduate-programme\/course-structure\/second-major-in-nutrition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Second Major in Nutrition<\/u><\/a><br \/>\r\nThis will be offered by the Faculty of Science to all CHS students, including those reading Food Science and Technology as the primary major. It is designed to equip students with knowledge in human nutrition, providing them with the necessary foundation to develop a cross-disciplinary perspective along the food supply chain \u2013 from farm to fork to health.\r\n<u>Minor in Interpretin<\/u>g<u><br \/>\r\n<\/u>Multilingualism is a defining characteristic of Singapore\u2019s multi-ethnic, immigrant society. With four official languages and with English as the working language, translating and interpreting between each of the mother tongues and English has always been a prominent feature of Singapore society. Against this backdrop, the NUS Department of Chinese Studies has placed as one of its core objectives, the training of graduates with strong Chinese-English bilingual skills who can become leaders in the translation and interpreting arenas.\r\n<p>This new Minor will allow students a related alternative to translation, or as an affiliated Minor to Translation which is already being offered at the Department.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><u>New specialisations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Three new specialisations will be offered by the NUS School of Computing:<\/p>\r\n<u>Specialisation in Digital Product and Platform Management<br \/>\r\n<\/u>This will be offered to students pursuing the Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) Degree. They will build up a repertoire of knowledge and skills sought after by both technology companies and the digital immigrant companies that are fast adopting the product- and platform-centric technology and business operating models.\r\n<u>Specialisation in Intelligent Systems Solutioning<br \/>\r\n<\/u>Students pursuing the Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) Degree can also take this new specialisation to learn to implement and apply intelligent system solutions buttressed by the new technologies of Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Augmented Reality. They will learn to apply these new technologies in software engineering, and to implement and manage intelligent system solutions. Graduates will be able to take on job roles in intelligent systems engineering and solutioning.\r\n<u>Specialisation in Machine Learning-based Analytics<br \/>\r\n<\/u>This new specialisation for Bachelor of Science (Business Analytics) students will enable students to tap into the analytics capabilities of Machine Learning, a sub-field of Artificial Intelligence. They will learn to rapidly and automatically develop models that can quickly and accurately analyse massive, complex data sets, in order to help businesses unlock the value of corporate and customer data and enact decisions that keep them ahead of the competition. Graduates will be able to take on careers in the rapidly-growing business and data analytics field, among others.\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><u>New modules<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Aside from the new majors, minors and specialisations, a number of new modules are being offered. For instance, the NUS School of Computing is starting a Digital Ethics and Data Privacy module to educate students on this pertinent and pressing issue.<\/p>\r\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>NUS Faculty of Law<\/u><\/a>\u00a0is introducing two modules \u2013 one on Law &amp; Technology and one on Data Literacy \u2013 as technology and data are increasingly being key drivers for the legal industry.<\/p>\r\n<p>Find out more about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/openhouse\/nus-programmes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>courses offered by the University<\/u><\/a>, and explore this year\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/openhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Open House<\/u><\/a>. Here are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/nus-open-house-2022-interdisciplinary-offerings-in-person-activities-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>four things to look out for at the Open House<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em>This story first appeared on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/new-courses-for-the-new-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NUSNews<\/a><em> on 24 February 2022.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NUS is offering a number of new programmes to prepare graduates for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11330,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11328\/revisions\/11330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}