{"id":193,"date":"2020-07-13T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:35:22","slug":"requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/mdm\/health-social-sciences\/requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Health and Social Sciences (HSS) Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tRequirements\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/hssm.jpg\" alt=\"hssm\" height=\"120\" width=\"740\" title=\"hssm\" \/>\n\t<p><strong>MINOR IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Courses taken on Satisfactory\/Unsatisfactory basis may be counted towards the minor requirements. (Cohort 2014 and after)<\/li>\n<li>Students are allowed to use up to 8 Units to meet the requirements for both the Minor and a Major or another Minor, at the same time; however, the Units for these courses would be counted ONCE. FASS students would still need to fulfill the Units required for the Unrestricted Electives (outside major) requirement.<\/li>\n<li>For students on overseas exchange, Unit transfer of up to 8 Units of relevant courses for the Minor may be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Students are limited to taking up to maximum of three courses from a single department (outside the student&#8217;s major).<\/li>\n<li>Please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/registrar\/academic-information-policies\/undergraduate-students\/special-programmes\/minor-programmes\">FASS website<\/a> for specific guidelines governing Minor Programmes offered by Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Adoption of New Academic Terminology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The University will adopt three new academic terms on 1 August 2023:<\/p>\n(a) &#8220;Module&#8221; will be renamed &#8220;Course&#8221;.<br \/>\n(b) &#8220;Modular Credit (MC)&#8221; will be renamed &#8220;Unit&#8221;.<br \/>\n(c) &#8220;Cumulative Average Point (CAP)&#8221; will be renamed &#8220;Grade Point Average (GPA)&#8221;.<br \/>\nFor more information, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/registrar\/academic-information-policies\/undergraduate-students\/modular-system\">here<\/a> (undergraduate)\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cohort 2018 and before:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students must read and pass a minimum of 6 courses (24 Units) from the list of Health and Social Science Minor courses, which include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) Essentials (8 Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GEK1900 or GEH1049 Public Health in Action<\/li>\n<li>SC2211 Medical Sociology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(2) Electives (16 Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least 8 Units must be at level-3000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cohort 2019 and after:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students must read and pass a minimum of 5 courses (20 Units) from the list of Health and Social Science Minor courses, which include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) Essentials (8 Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GEH1049 or GEC1015 Public Health in Action*<\/li>\n<li>SC2211 Medical Sociology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(2) Electives (12 Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least 8 Units must be at level-3000 or above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FASS Level-4000 courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting from Semester 1, AY2023-24, there will be modifications to the course codes of Level-4000 courses offered by FASS:<\/p>\n(a) Course codes with &#8220;HM&#8221; suffixes will be offered at 5 Units; and<br \/>\n(b) Course codes without the &#8220;HM&#8221; suffixes will be offered at 4 Units.\nStudents from Cohort 2020 and before &#8211; to read FASS Level-4000 courses with the &#8220;HM&#8221; suffix at 5 Units<br \/>\nStudents from Cohort 2021 onwards &#8211; to read FASS Level-4000 courses without the &#8220;HM&#8221; suffix at 4 Units\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*GEH1049 for cohort 2020 and before; GEC1015 for cohort 2021 and after<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<strong>ACADEMIC CONVENOR<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Assoc Prof Kriti Vikram<\/strong>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requirements MINOR IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Courses taken on Satisfactory\/Unsatisfactory basis may be counted towards the minor requirements. 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