Undergraduate Courses
For information on course offered for the forthcoming semesters, as well as on instructor details, select the relevant semester option below. Please note the changes to some course codes, and pay attention to course preclusions provided in the detailed write-up for each course.
Courses listed are correct as of 19 April 2024.
Semester 2 - AY2024-25
DR GRETCHEN COFFMAN
DR DYLAN BRADY
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Preclusion: GEK1001
Cross-listing:
Description:
In this course, we will explore contemporary socio-economic and environmental issues and processes shaping our world, and the geographical perspectives needed to better understand them. Our primary goal is to develop students with strong ‘geographical imaginations’ better able to understand our human and physical environments and all their complexities in a holistic way.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: 0 hrs
PROFESSOR JAMES D. SIDAWAY
DR CARL GRUNDY-WARR
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GEH1022/GEC1007
Description:
This is cross-Faculty course aimed at introducing Geopolitics to a broad range of students. The course is designed to be as engaging and interactive as possible: utilising various multi-media tools, including documentary clips, news media, filmic resources, popular journals and magazines. Not surprisingly, the course has a very lively section on Popular Geopolitics. In addition, we introduce students to the interactions of geopolitics and political space through detailed examination of different geopolitical eras and codes, specifically: Cold War Geopolitics and the Human Landscapes of Southeast Asia: and the so-called "Global War on Terror".
C.A.: 40%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs
PROFESSOR LU XI XI
ASSOC PROFESSOR MICHIEL VAN BREUGEL
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Prerequisite/Cross-listing: Nil
Preclusion: GESS1002/GES1004
Description:
The course will focus on the functions of the biophysical environment of the city state of Singapore. The topics include geology, soils, river systems, water supply, natural reserves, green areas, land reclamation and coastal environments. The environmental problems that arise from the development of a large tropical city within a limited area, and the possible solutions for such problems will be examined.
The course does not require an extensive science or mathematics background.
C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs
DR GRETCHEN COFFMAN
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-4-1
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): Nil
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Description:
- Course duration. GEN2007 is offered in Semester 2 of the Academic Year and will run till the end of Special Term 1 of that Academic Year, when grades are awarded.
- Note to graduating students. Grades are awarded at the end of Special Term 1, which means your degree will be conferred in end-Aug, and you will join the Commencement ceremony in the following year.
This course offers students an in-depth exploration of the practice of Ecological Restoration and the science of Restoration Ecology within the geographical context of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). Students will explore species distributions, landscape processes, and community-driven ecological restoration in tropical ecosystems of Southeast Asia. Students will engage with local communities, applying interdisciplinary perspectives to real-world ecological challenges, fostering empathy, contributing to community resilience and exploring conservation solutions. This international immersive two-week experience integrates fieldwork and problem-solving. It aims to deepen students' understanding of societal issues, encouraging reflection and action towards sustainable community resilience.
C.A.: 100%; Exam: 0%
ASSOC PROFESSOR GODFREY YEUNG
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-1-4-2
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusions: -
Description:
This introductory course on methods has two fundamental aims. In addition to highlight the ‘best practices’ in research, this course aims to equip students with a range of practical qualitative and quantitative research skills that will be ‘transferable’ to a variety of post-university situations.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: NA
ASSOC PROFESSOR WOON CHIH YUAN
DR TAN WENN ER
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-4-3
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusions: GE2202 and GE2222
Description:
This compulsory course provides an introduction to political and economic geography, and serves as a gateway to more specialised level 3000 and 4000 modules in these fields. It advances two key arguments, namely that politics and the economy are (1) tightly intertwined and (2) innately geographical phenomenon. It explores how politics, the economy and the environment are constituted through different sets of actors and their interrelationships. It mobilises core geographical concepts, notably place, space, scale and territory, along with notions of power and resistance, to offer a distinctive perspective on processes of uneven development in the contemporary world.
C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs
ASSOC PROFESSOR MAX LUPASCU
DR REMI LUO
Units: 4
Workload: 2-2-0-2-4
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusions: GE2225
Description:
This course is an introduction to Earth Systems Science, providing students with an understanding of the key interactions between the different spheres of planet Earth: the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and the anthroposphere. In particular, students will develop an understanding of the holistic view and thinking about interconnections and interrelationships in the earth’s systems and sub-systems. This course will highlight key concepts shaping Earth Systems Science, such as sustainability, planetary boundaries and safe operating spaces.
C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs
DR MUHAMMAD NAWAZ
DR YAN YINGWEI
Units: 4
Workload: 2-0-2-3-3
Preclusion(s)/Pre-requisites: Nil
Description:
This course focuses on the important concepts and the practical use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in problem solving in both the social and physical sciences. Topics to be covered include vector and raster data formats and their analytical functions. This course is designed as learning through practicing, so practical laboratory excises utilising GIS software such as ArcGIS will be major classroom activities. This course is mounted for students throughout NUS with interests in GIS applications in sciences, social sciences, engineering and business analysis.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: 0 hrs
ASSOC PROFESSOR KAMAL RAMDAS
DR MENUSHA DE SILVA
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-4-3
Pre-requisite(s)/ Co-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s):
Description:
Living Space introduces students to the idea that space is lived and experienced as part social and cultural life. Drawing from the arts, food, sports and film, and/or other related topics, the module delves into critical developments in social and cultural geography, providing students with the foundational knowledge and required grounding to read advanced courses in the sub-discipline. It introduces methodological approaches which include ‘ways of seeing’ and ‘landscape as text’. These are critical to understanding the human/culture and environment/space relationship.
C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs
DR SUDATTA RAY
DR NIDHI SHARMA
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0.5-0-2.5-0-5
Prerequisite: Priority for CHS students. This course is reserved for students from Year 2 onwards. Students are encouraged to have completed at least two of the Level-1000 CHS Common Curriculum courses, which may include: HSl1000, HSHl 000, CHS Data Literacy course, and CHS Digital Literacy course.
Cross-listing: Nil
Preclusion: GEH1034, NST2044
Description:
Carbon emissions from energy account for over two-thirds of all global emissions and offer an avenue for mitigating climate change via a transition to clean energy. Electrifying end-use section and shifting electricity production towards clean sources form the basis of the decarbonised energy transition.
Challenges associated with decarbonisation require an interdisciplinary approach that considers scientific and socio-environmental constraints and opportunities. This course will introduce students to the pillars, major challenges and benefits of transitioning to clean energy. Students will learn how the harnessing of clean energy technologies can be optimised to ensure rapid and fair transition to a low/zero-carbon future.
CA: 100%
ASSOC PROFESSOR MICHIEL VAN BREUGEL
DR MENUSHA DE SILVA
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-0-4
Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students from Year 2 onwards.
Students are encouraged to have completed at least two of the Level-1000 CHS Common Curriculum courses, which may include: HSI1000, HSH1000, HSS1000, CHS Data Literacy course, and CHS Digital Literacy course.
Cross-listing: Nil
Preclusion: Nil
Description:
Within the context of environmental degradation and promoting sustainable lifestyles, this course will focus on four critical environmental issues: clean and adequate water for everyone; sustainable food production; healthy urban environments, and protecting endangered species. By synthesising perspectives from environmental sciences and social-cultural geography, students will learn to critically evaluate environmental initiatives and policies by comparing evidence-based arguments and opinion-based public discourses. The course will expose students to the challenges of reversing damage to ecosystems by highlighting the difficulties of reconciling conflicting views and confronting the ambiguities and complexities surrounding real-world initiatives and the uncertain outcomes generated through them.
CA: 100%
DR SHAUN TEO
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Preclusion(s): Nil
Pre-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil
Description:
This course places urban planning in relation to wider social, political and economic trends as well as geographical contexts. Students will be challenged to 1) identify the complex influence of planning in shaping cities and everyday urban life; and 2) critically evaluate strategies and possibilities of planning for better urban futures. Examples are drawn mainly from rapidly changing regions in Asia, and include issues on urban redevelopment, housing, poverty, public space, resistance and state-society collaborations.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: 0 hrs
DR HAO TANG
Units: 4
Workload: 2-0-2-4-2
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Pre-requisite(s): students must have taken GE2215
Description:
This course focuses on the applications of GIS and remote sensing in a geographical context. The emphasis is on the use of spatial data in business analysis, environmental planning, and resource and impact assessment. One section of the module covers topics on digital image processing with emphasis on the knowledge and understanding of techniques used in a planning context. The second section deals with spatial analysis and visualisation for geographical and business analysis (GE2215 is a prerequisite for this course).
C.A.: 100%
ASSOC PROFESSOR FENG CHEN-CHIEH
Units: 4
Workload: 2-0-2-4-2
Pre-requisite(s): GE2215
Preclusion (s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Description:
This course examines the range of considerations necessary to develop a GIS database and perform spatial analysis. It is intended for geographers, planners, IT managers and computer scientists who have already acquired an introductory knowledge of the field. The module begins with an in-depth understanding of raster GIS analysis and its applications in physical or urban environment. It then provides formal understanding of the development of a GIS database.
Topics covered include representation and storage of spatial data, database design, and basic scripting language in ArcGIS. Students will obtain substantial hands-on GIS skills in support of geographic analyses.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil
DR VANESSA BANTA
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-2-2-3
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Preclusion (s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Description:
This course aims to provide Geography major students with the basic foundation skills, necessary knowledge, and recommended practices for the preparation of honours theses (HT).
These essential skills and knowledge include philosophies, theories, and key concepts in human and physical geographies, research ethics and field safety, proposal writing and literature review, and other crucial skills and techniquest that all Geography major students should possess.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil
PROFESSOR LU XI XI
Units: 4
Workload: 2-0-2-2-4
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE2220
Description:
Earth’s geosphere – the ground beneath our feet – may seem constant and relatively unchanging, but nothing could be further from the truth. This course examines the main processes that combine to influence the development of Earth’s surface and the formation of and changes to landscapes. The origins and development of landforms, particularly in the humid tropics, is explored, as are the characteristics, functioning, dynamics and interactions within and between major associated ecosystems. Human- induced landform and ecosystem modifications are also considered. The knowledge obtained in this course is applicable to broader environmental management issues.
C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs
PROFESSOR DAREK WOJCIK
Units: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-4-3
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): Nil
Description:
The global financial system is a central component of the world economy, within which financial centres such as London, New York, Shanghai and Singapore act as key decision-making centres. Financial globalisation is, however, an extremely complex and controversial process, generating contradictory interpretations and policy proposals. This course introduces and develops a financial geography perspective, understood as the study of the spatiality of money and finance, and its implications for the economy, society, and nature. It introduces students to the vocabulary of finance, drawing on research relating to the global financial system, financial centres, financial globalisation, and their geographical footprint.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: 0 hrs
A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project.
UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed.
UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.
The CA components in UROP is fixed and cannot be adjusted: Essay (50%), Journal (30%), Research Involvement (20%). For more details:
https://myportal.nus.edu.sg/studentportal/fas/ug/opportunities/urop.html
C.A.: 100%
ASSOC PROFESSOR TC CHANG
Units: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4218HM
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2021 onwards:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
- BES students of both specialisations -
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Descriptions:
Recent years have seen an emergence of ‘critical tourism studies’ focused on tourism’s role in alleviating local problems and addressing global inequalities between countries and communities. Part of this discourse has focused on Asian tourism development and how Asian scholars have interpreted what is critical to their part of the world and the needs of indigenous communities. This course explores how different forms of tourism development are realised in the particularities of Asian socio-cultural, economic, political and intellectual contexts. More specifically, it highlights the significance of Asian realities in defining the scopes and outcomes of tourism changes and knowledge production.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: 0 hrs
ASSOC PROFESSOR TC CHANG
Units: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-4-5.5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4218
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2019 and before:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
- BES students of both specialisations -
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need to complete 28 Units of GE courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need a minimum GPA of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. - Global Studies students -
Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE or 28 Units in GL/GL-recognised non-language courses, with a minimum GPA of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 :
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
- BES students of both specialisations -
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need to complete 28 Units of GE courses before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum GPA of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Descriptions:
Recent years have seen an emergence of ‘critical tourism studies’ focused on tourism’s role in alleviating local problems and addressing global inequalities between countries and communities. Part of this discourse has focused on Asian tourism development and how Asian scholars have interpreted what is critical to their part of the world and the needs of indigenous communities. This course explores how different forms of tourism development are realised in the particularities of Asian socio-cultural, economic, political and intellectual contexts. More specifically, it highlights the significance of Asian realities in defining the scopes and outcomes of tourism changes and knowledge production.
C.A.: 125%; Duration of examination: 0 hrs
DR CARL GRUNDY-WARR
Units: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4219HM
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2021 onwards:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, or 28 Units in MS, or 28 Units in SE.
- BES students from both specialisations:
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Description:
This course focuses on the intersection between development and environment in Southeast Asia. Utilising a range of conceptual lenses from sustainable development to political ecology, the course interrogates the varied environmental impacts and ramifications of the development of the region.
The course pays particular attention to the ways in which environmental change affects everyday lives. Case studies include issues such as upland living and forest peoples, trans-boundary environmental issues, and the role and place of Buddhism as an eco-centric religion.
The course encourages a critical view of the trade-offs between economic growth (development) and environmental protection.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: NA
DR CARL GRUNDY-WARR
Units: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-3-6.5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4219
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2012 to 2020:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, or 28 Units in MS, or 28 Units in SE with a minimum GPA of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
- BES students from both specialisations:
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need to complete 28 Units of GE courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need a minimum GPA of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Description:
This course focuses on the intersection between development and environment in Southeast Asia. Utilising a range of conceptual lenses from sustainable development to political ecology, the course interrogates the varied environmental impacts and ramifications of the development of the region.
The course pays particular attention to the ways in which environmental change affects everyday lives. Case studies include issues such as upland living and forest peoples, trans-boundary environmental issues, and the role and place of Buddhism as an eco-centric religion.
The course encourages a critical view of the trade-offs between economic growth (development) and environmental protection.
C.A.: 125%; Duration of examination: NA
PROFESSOR DAVID TAYLOR
Units: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4220HM
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2021 onwards:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
- BES XDP students:
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Description:
The course provides an opportunity for students to gain hands-on skills and research design practice through residential fieldwork in physical geography.
The field trip will be embedded within the regular semester and will be preceded by preparatory classes to provide concepts, theories and specific techniques relevant to the fieldwork location. It will be followed by a period of post fieldwork analysis and presentation of project outcomes.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil
PROFESSOR DAVID TAYLOR
Units: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-7-2.5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4220
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2020 and before:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.
- BES students from both specialisations:
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need to complete 28 Units of GE courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need a minimum GPA of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 courses.
Description:
The course provides an opportunity for students to gain hands-on skills and research design practice through residential fieldwork in physical geography.
The field trip will be embedded within the regular semester and will be preceded by preparatory classes to provide concepts, theories and specific techniques relevant to the fieldwork location. It will be followed by a period of post fieldwork analysis and presentation of project outcomes.
C.A.: 125%; Duration of examination: Nil
DR GRETCHEN COFFMAN
Units: 4
Workload: 0-0-0-5-5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4224HM
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2021 onwards:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE.
- BES students from both specialisations:
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Description:
This course explores the subfield of biogeography, dedicated to understanding and addressing the profound impacts of human activities on global biodiversity. Integrating principles from ecology, geography and conservation science, students will explore species' and ecosystems' spatial distribution, abundance and conservation status in Southeast Asia. Emphasis is placed on identifying biodiversity hotspots, assessing threats and devising conservation strategies. Students will explore risks of extinction due to habitat destruction, climate change and invasive species. Through hands-on experiences, including fieldtrips, expert guest lectures and group conservation projects, students will acquire practical skills and apply theoretical insights to tackle pressing ecological challenges.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: NA
DR GRETCHEN COFFMAN
Units: 5
Workload: 0-0-1-5.5-6
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4224
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2020 and before:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.
- BES students from both specialisations:
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need to complete 28 Units of GE courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need a minimum GPA of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Description:
This course explores the subfield of biogeography, dedicated to understanding and addressing the profound impacts of human activities on global diversity. Integrating principles from ecology, geography and conservation science, students will explore species' and ecosystems' spatial distribution, abundance and conservation status in Southeast Asia. Emphasis is placed on identifying biodiversity hotspots, assessing threats and devising conservation strategies. Students will explore risks of extinction due to habitat destruction, climate change and invasive species. Through hands-on experiences, including fieldtrips, expert guest lectures and group conservation projects, students will acquire practical skills and apply theoretical insights to tackle pressing ecological challenges.
C.A.: 125%; Duration of examination: NA
ASSOC PROFESSOR LIN WEIQIANG
Units: 4
Workload: 0-0-0-2-3-5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4226HM
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2021 onwards: Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE.
Description:
This course offers students theoretical and applied understandings of mobilities as sites of social life. Drawing from the ‘new’ mobilities paradigm, this course demonstrates how movement is an activity replete with meaning, purpose and politics. To exemplify this point, this course takes transport and communications as a lens of analysis, and interrogates different manifestations of mobilities across historical and contemporary contexts. Three aspects will be emphasized: the socialities and experiences of transport spaces; the infrastructures of circulation; and the digitalization of modern-urban life. The course aims to help students appreciate what is at stake when people and things move.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil
ASSOC PROFESSOR LIN WEIQIANG
Units: 5
Workload: 0-0-0-4-3-5.5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4226
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2019 and before:
- Completed at least 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
- Global Studies students:
Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE or 28 Units in GL/GL-recognised non-language modules, with a minimum GPA of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 :
- Completed at least 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Description:
This course offers students theoretical and applied understandings of mobilities as sites of social life. Drawing from the ‘new’ mobilities paradigm, this course demonstrates how movement is an activity replete with meaning, purpose and politics. To exemplify this point, this course takes transport and communications as a lens of analysis, and interrogates different manifestations of mobilities across historical and contemporary contexts. Three aspects will be emphasized: the socialities and experiences of transport spaces; the infrastructures of circulation; and the digitalization of modern-urban life. The course aims to help students appreciate what is at stake when people and things move.
C.A.: 125%; Exam: Nil
PROFESSOR MATTHIAS ROTH
Units: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4235HM, GE3227
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2021 onwards:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE.
- BES XDP students:
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Descriptions:
Modifications made by humans to the surface of the Earth during urbanization alter just about every element of climate and weather in the atmosphere above the city. This course examines how these changes affect environmental variables such as solar radiation, surface and air temperature, evaporation, storage of heat, wind climates, emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases and the wider implications for air quality and environmental change. Students are expected to read widely and conduct an empirical research project. This course is suited for students reading geography, climatology, ecology, engineering and planning.
C.A.: 100% Exam: 0 hrs
PROFESSOR MATTHIAS ROTH
Units: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-2.5-7
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4235, GE3227
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2020 and before:
- Completed 80 Units, including 28 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.
- BES students from both specialisations:
Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need to complete 28 Units of GE courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need a minimum GPA of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Descriptions:
Modifications made by humans to the surface of the Earth during urbanization alter just about every element of climate and weather in the atmosphere above the city. This course examines how these changes affect environmental variables such as solar radiation, surface and air temperature, evaporation, storage of heat, wind climates, emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases and the wider implications for air quality and environmental change. Students are expected to read widely and conduct an empirical research project. This course is suited for students reading geography, climatology, ecology, engineering and planning.
C.A.: 125%
All Teaching Faculty
Units: 8
Workload: 0-0-0-0-20
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4660, GE4660HM, GE4401HM
Pre-requisite(s): For GE majors/BES NVG students
Cohort 2021 onwards:
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 Units including 40 Units of GE major requirements and SJAP of 4.00 and a GPA of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the Department if they have a minimum GPA of 4.25 after completing 110 Units.
Cohort 2021: (BES XDP students).
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
Units: 15
Workload: 0-0-0-0-37.5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4401, GE4660, GE4660HM
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2012 and before:
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 Units including 60 Units of GE requirements and GPA of 3.50.
Cohort 2013-2015:
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 Units including 60 MCs of GE requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and GPA of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum GPA of 4.25 after completing 110 Units.
Cohort 2012 to 2020:
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 Units including 44 Units of GE requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and GPA of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum GPA of 4.25 after completing 110 Units.
Cohort 2012 to 2020 (BES NVG students):
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 80 Units of NUS courses before they can read any level-4000 GE courses. Do not need to complete 28 Units of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum GPA of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE courses.
The Honours Thesis may be on either:
- an aspect of the geography of Singapore or Malaysia; or
- any other approved geography topic.
Honours students in Geography are required to prepare an Honours thesis of 8,000 - 10,000 words. The thesis should feature original research based on primary and secondary sources.
The subject for the thesis is to be chosen in consultation with the faculty of the Department.
More information can be found in the Honours Programme page.
All Teaching Faculty
Units: 4
Workload: 0-0-0-0-10
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4660HM, GE4401, GE4401HM
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2021 onwards:
To be offered subject to the agreement of the Supervisor and Department. Completed 100 Units, including 40 Units in GE with a minimum GPA of 3.20.
Units: 5
Workload: 0-0-0-0-12.5
Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE4660, GE4401, GE4401HM
Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2012-2015:
Completed 100 Units, including 60 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.20.
Cohort 2016 onwards:
Completed 100 Units, including 44 Units in GE, with a minimum GPA of 3.20.
The Independent Study (Module) is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic within the discipline in depth.
The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the course. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details.
Head's and/or Honours Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected.
Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.
C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil