Please note that for level 4000 courses, students up to cohort 2020 should read the 5-Unit version with 'HM' suffix, while students from cohort 2021 onwards should read the 4-Unit version without the 'HM' suffix
ALL course content is subject to change, and will only be finalised at the start of the semester.
(From Semester 1, AY23/24 onwards)
1 | FASS Level-4000 offered by all departments will be offered as both 4UNIT and 5UNIT versions
4 UNIT Level-4000 Courses will retain the original course codes. They are meant for cohort 2021 onwards
5UNIT Level-4000 Courses will have a 'HM' suffix added (e.g. PS4201HM). They are meant for cohort 2020 and before
In this course, students will investigate political-theoretic responses to one or more of the following contemporary issues: economic, racial, and gender inequality; political and economic power; the environmental crisis; the rise of authoritarianism; and questions of rights and liberties. Course content will vary according to instructor expertise. The overall goal will be to connect critical and positive theorizing to our political world so that we deepen our political education.
Prerequisite(s)
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS or 28 UNITs in GL/GL recognised non-language courses, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Preclusion(s)
None
Teaching Mode
Seminar | F2F
Assessment Participation | 25%
Weekly Submissions| 10% Presentation | 25% Essay | 40%
Course Content:
Tentative course content and assessment modes are not yet available at the point of compilation. Course information can be accessed through "All courses" in Canvas to check for latest updates, or the syllabi of previous iterations of the course.
This is an honours-level undergraduate course focusing on the general features and drivers of Chinese foreign policy. The first weeks will cover broad theoretical approaches to understanding Chinese foreign policy. This will include perspectives on the domestic sources of Chinese foreign policymaking, historical influences on contemporary Chinese foreign policy, and the relationships between major power competition and China’s foreign policy. The historical element of the course comes from the fact that China’s contemporary foreign policies and foreign policy-making apparatus is a result of historical processes, and are challenging to understand without sufficient context.
Prerequisite(s)
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS or 28 UNITs in GL/GL recognised non-language courses, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Preclusion(s)
None Assessment
Teaching Mode
Seminar | F2F
Course Content
Week 1 | Conceptual and Theoretical Tools
Week 2 | Historical Backdrop
Participation | 25% Weekly Submissions| 10%
Presentation | 25% Essay | 40%
Week 3 | Chinese Foreign Policy in the Early Cold War
Week 4 | Chinese Foreign Policy in and after the Korean War
Week 5 | The Sino-Soviet Split
Week 6 | Domestic Challenges
Week 7 | China’s International Isolation
Week 8 | Sino-American Rapprochement
Week 9 | The Transition of Foreign Policy from Mao to Deng
Week 10 | Normalization, Reform, and Human Rights
Week 11 | After the Cold War
Week 12 | Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Other Contentious Issues
Week 13 | Future Prospects
This is one of the most useful courses for students in Singapore as it deals with the complex organizational realities encountered in their career immediately after graduation. Organizations are unavoidable because all societies today are “organizational” societies as most human activities are accomplished through diverse public, private, and hybrid organizations. The nature of these organizations, however, differs due to their surrounding economic, social, political, and cultural contexts. On the other hand, such cross-national differences in organizational realities are being eroded due to the intensive globalization (and standardization) of management knowledge, skills, and experiences.
Prerequisite(s)
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS or 28 UNITs in GL/GL recognised non-language courses, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Preclusion(s)
None Assessment
Teaching Mode Seminar | F2F
Course Content:
TBC
Mid-term Quiz | 10%
Final Exam | 30% (Tue, 28 Nov, 5pm/LT8)
Introduction: Fundamentals & Basic Concepts Seminar 3 |
Seminars 1-2 |
Understanding Organization: Classical & Neoclassical Theories Seminar 4 |
Understanding Organization: Systems and Contingency Theories Seminar 5 | Alternative Views on Organization: Interpretive & Critical Theories Seminar 6 | New Public Management (NPM) as a New Theoretical Model Seminar 7 |
Uniqueness of Employee Motivation in Public Organization Seminar 8 |Making Decision in Public Organization and Its Limits Seminar 9 | Analyzing Leadership in Public Sector Organization Seminar 10 | People’s Representation in Public Organization: The Gender Issue Seminar 11 |Administrative Ethics: The Public Service Perspective Seminar 12 |Recent Organizational Reforms in the Public Sector in Singapore Seminar 13 | Course Review & Discussion
Ways of knowing have always been connected with particular forms of political organisation. For example, the idea of an ascending hierarchy of forms of knowledge culminating in the knowledge of the good found in Plato’s Republic also implies a hierarchical social order capped by an elite of ‘guardians’ who have mastered this sequence; the government of Confucian China required a scholarly elite distinguished by its knowledge of correct ritual essential for preserving the social order. The course examines the changing ways in which knowledge and political power have been mutually implicated in traditional, classical, and modern societies.
Prerequisite(s)
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS or 28 UNITs in GL/GL recognised non-language courses, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Preclusion(s)
None
Teaching Mode Seminar | F2F
Course Content:
Seminar 1| ‘It Began in Afrika’
Seminar 2 | ‘Love Minus Zero’
Seminar 3 | ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’
Seminar 4 | ‘Looking for Atlantis’
Seminar 5 | ‘I Can See Clearly Now’
Seminar 6 | ‘Dialectic’
Seminar 7 | ‘Do the Evolution’
Seminar 8 | ‘I’m Set Free’
Seminar 9 | ‘Men Explain Things to Me’
Assessment TBC
Seminar 10 | ‘It’s the End of the World as We Know It’
Seminar 11 | ‘Things Fall Apart’
Seminar 12 | ‘Shock the Monkey’
Seminar 13 | ‘Born This Way’
The course provides an in-depth critical overview of the political science literature on vote choice in democratic elections, covering both some of the classics and some cutting-edge contributions. The frames of economic voting and of class politics are explored in detail, and their insights squared with perspectives that stress the importance of social identities like ethnicity and gender. We also discuss also the general implications for democratic theory and for the prospects of democracy in the older democracies of north America, western Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and in younger democracies and emerging countries.
From this course, students will gain a theoretical understanding of the main political science perspectives --and the main current debates-- in the study of vote choice, especially in its relation with economic interests and macroeconomic performance. Students will also gain substantive knowledge about voter behaviour and the electoral arenas of various democratic countries. Finally, students will familiarize themselves with methodological best practices in survey research and with the main empirical strategies in the study of public opinion and individual choices.
Students are expected to read all the material for the week in advance, so that we can have a productive discussion. The mandatory readings are all classics (or future classics), and a decision was made to limit the amount of reading so that everyone can read all the material each week.
Prerequisite(s)
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS or 28 UNITs in GL/GL recognised non-language courses, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Preclusion(s)
Teaching Mode(s) Seminar | F2F
None Assessment Class Participation | 10% Essay 1| 20% Essay 2| 20% Final Exam|50%
Course Content
Introduction
Week 1 | Theoretical insights about accountability and representation
Accountability and the economic vote
Week 2 | Macroeconomic performance and vote choice
Week 3 | Sociotropic and pocketbook economic vote
Week 4 | Biased perceptions of the economy
Week 5 | Geotropic considerations and political geography
Class politics and voting behaviour
Week 6 | Social class, inequality, and stratification, in the sociological tradition
Week 7 | Class voting in the golden age of welfare capitalism
Week 8 | Class, identities, and voting in democratic emerging economies
Week 9 | The decline of class voting and the changing face of class politics
Week 10 | Heterogeneity in experiences of the macro-economy 2
Identities, culture, and economic drivers of vote choice
Week 11 | Multidimensional identities and the vote
Week 12 | Brahmin Left vs Merchant Right, economic nationalism, and the XXI century realignment
Week 13 | The future of democracy between affective polarization and economic and cultural backlashes
polbww@nus.edu.sg
This course explores topics of international relations as they are treated in classical political thought. Topics include: nature and purpose of political order; causes of war; sovereignty and self-determination; balance of power, diplomacy, international law, family of nations, and the transformation of international political community. These topics are examined in the context of key international relations distinctions: inside/outside; universal/particular; and system/society. Particular attention will be given to identifying patterns of continuity and change that explain how these topics have been understood historically.
Prerequisite(s)
None
Teaching Mode(s) Lecture | F2F Tutorials | F2F
Preclusion(s)
None
Assessment Participation | 20% Essay 1 | 40% Essay 2 | 40%
Course Content:
Tentative course content and assessment modes are not yet available at the point of compilation. Course information can be accessed through 'All courses" in Canvas to check for latest updates, or the syllabi of previous iterations of the course.
This course offers an introduction to key issues in Korean politics. We cover the politics of both regimes on the Korean peninsula, as well as inter-Korean relations. Starting with the peninsula’s recent history gives us a foundation for examining contemporary issues in Korea. Although the course focuses on the domestic politics of South Korea, the peninsula’s politics cannot be understood without reference to the broader regional and international context. The course therefore bridges comparative politics and international relations.
Prerequisite(s)
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS or 28 UNITs in GL/GL recognised non-language courses, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Preclusion(s)
None
Teaching Mode(s)
Seminar | F2F
Course Content
Week 1 | Introduction
Week 2 | Colonial Rule in Korea
Week 3 | State Formation and War (1945 - 1953)
Week 4 | Dictatorship
Assessment Notes | 40%
Participation | 30%
Research Paper | 30%
Week 5 | Compressed Modernity and Militarised Modernity
Week 6 | Social Movements
Week 7 | Parties and Elections
Week 8 | Korea's External Relations and Inter-Korean Relations
Week 9 | Politics, Prosecutors, and Chaebol
Week 10 | Inequality and Contentious Politics
Week 11 | The Weak and the Powerful
Week 12 | Multiculturalism and Korea
Week 13 | Wrapping Up
This seminar studies the effects of globalisation on security. It considers the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, crime, environmental degradation, migration, public health, and other issues. How do states and non-state actors deal with transnational threats? What are the implications of these issues for traditional understandings of sovereignty and non-intervention? What is the role of international institutions and global civil society in responding to these threats?
Prerequisite(s)
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS or 28 UNITs in GL/GL recognised non-language courses, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Preclusion(s)
None
Teaching Mode(s) Seminar | F2F
Assessment TBC
Course Content:
Tentative course content and assessment modes are not yet available at the point of compilation. Course information can be accessed through "All courses" in Canvas to check for latest updates, or the syllabi of previous iterations of the course.
Migration is often approached as the movement of people – the reasons for their move and the effects that this has on them as individuals, their families and the societies that receive and send them. This course takes a slightly different approach by centring the concepts of politics and power in our study of migration By doing so, we will seek to uncover the power structures, norms and political dynamics that influence and are influenced by migration. For instance, what do public discourses about ‘us’ versus ‘them’ demonstrate about conceptions of the nation? How are border controls and citizenship processes manifestations of state sovereignty? Is migration an act of agency or ‘unfreedom’? Does increasing migration signify the weakening of the state and has power now diffused elsewhere?
Prerequisite(s)
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS or 28 UNITs in GL/GL recognised non-language courses, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Preclusion(s)
None
Teaching Mode(s)
Seminar | F2F
Course Content
Week 1 | Introducing Migration & this Course
Seminar Participation| 20%
Canvas Discussion| 15%
Canvas Facilitation| 10%
Reflection Paper | 15%
Essay Proposal | 10%
Essay | 30%
Week 2 | Understanding Borders, their Origins and Significance
Week 3 | Catalysts for Migration
Week 4 | Criteria for Admission: Economic Contribution
Week 5 | Criteria for Admission: Family Tie
Week 6 | Criteria for Admission: Humanitarian Obligations
Week 7 | Status of Belonging: Undocumented Migrants
Week 8 | Status of Belonging: Integration & Citizenship
Week 9 | Status of Belonging: Transnational Identities & Diaspora Politics
Week 10 | Status of Belonging: Temporariness and Moving On/Back
Week 11 |Migrant Activism & Domestic Politics
Week 12 | Migrant Activism & International Organisations
Week 13 | Conclusion: The Future of Migration & the State
Why are some countries more economically developed than others? What does it even mean for a country to be more or less economically “developed” than another? What can we do to improve the lot of those countries that fall behind? In this course, we will examine these and other questions with a particular emphasis on the role of political institutions in shaping the outcomes we observe today.
This course covers the material in three different sections. The first part of this course considers foundational definitions and concepts in the study of development. Here, we will also explore the so-called “grand theories” of development, discussing trends in this topic of study over the past century. The second part of the course turns to a range of “macro” explanations for varying levels of development—including varied topics such as legacies of colonialism, democracy, ethnic diversity, geography, leadership, and state capacity and the rule of law. A final, third part of the course turns to “micro” areas of study where in which international development policymakers are currently training their attention—including on topics such as cash transfer, education, and health care.
Advanced undergraduates interested in GPP are strongly advised to take this course as it will provide them with key theoretical and substantive tools. There are no pre-requisites for this course. Some of the readings will engage quantitative methods, but there is no expectation for students to have any training in statistics to succeed in this course.
The course will move quickly through the material and there are two written assessments. It is critical that students should stay on top of the readings as they come. Students should be proactive in starting the written assignments early. It is also worth underscoring that everyone should be comfortable and proactive in seeking help—both from me, as well as from their classmates.
Prerequisite(s)
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS or 28 UNITs in GL/GL recognised non-language courses, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 UNITs, including 28 UNITs in PS, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
Teaching Mode(s)
Seminar | F2F
Course Content
Week 1 | Introduction
Week 2 | What is development?
Week 4 | Grand theories of development and the poverty trap
Week 5 |Drivers of Development: Political Institutions and Democracy
Week 6 | Drivers of Development: History and Colonialism
Week 7 | Drivers of Development: Geography and Factor Endowments
Week 8 | Drivers of Development: Diversity and Conflict
Week 9 | Improving Education
Week 10 | Policing and the Rule of Law
Week 11 |Building Health Care Capacity
Week 12 | Cash-transfers to the rescue?
Week 13 | Summary and wrap-up
Please note that for level 5000 courses, undergraduates should select the courses with the 'R' suffix added (e g PS5111R), which counts for 5UNITs Those without the 'R' suffix (e g PS5111) are for graduate level students, and count for only 4UNITs
ALL course content is subject to change, and will only be finalised at the start of the semester.
This essential course of the graduate program in Political Science provides foundational training in research design and quantitative methods. The first half of the course focuses on research design issues: formulation of the research question, literature review, theory and hypothesis development, and measurement. The second half of the course will introduce students to basic concepts and techniques in quantitative methods. Students will also learn to use R, a programming language widely used in Political Science for quantitative analysis. Course materials will also survey the most recent publications in major field journals. Student assessment will be based on class participation; development and presentation of a research design project; and a take-home final exam.
Prerequisite(s)
Enrolment of undergraduates in Level 5000 course(s) is strictly subject to the department's approval.
Teaching Mode(s)
Seminar | F2F
Preclusion(s)
PS5101, PS6101 Assessment TBA
Course Content:
Tentative course content and assessment modes are not yet available at the point of compilation. Course information can be accessed through "All courses" in Canvas to check for latest updates, or the syllabi of previous iterations of the course.
The goal of this seminar is to work towards an understanding of the methodology, dominant approaches and theories in comparative politics. In this seminar we to some extent travel chronologically, beginning with foundational social scientists, followed by the dominant social science paradigm of the immediate post WWII era, structural-functionalism (or modernization theory). We will then proceed to show how comparative politics as a sub-discipline coalesced and progressed, largely predicated on modernization’s limitations. We then survey major paradigms (such as rational choice and institutionalism) and political issues (such as studies of the state and ethnic riots) and how they relate to each other to form what is known as comparative politics. The syllabus emphasizes reading the “classics” in the sub-discipline.
Prerequisite(s)
Enrolment of undergraduates in Level 5000 course(s) is strictly subject to the department's approval.
Teaching Mode(s)
Seminar | F2F
Preclusion(s)
PS5101, PS6101 Assessment
Class Participation | 20% Review Articles | 80%
Course Content
Week 1 | Introduction
Week 2 | Historical Materialism v the Power of Ideas/Beliefs
Week 3 | Modernisation Theory & Dependency
Week 4 | States, Structures and Revolutions
Week 5 | Rational Choice
Week 6 | Institutions
Week 7 | Studies of the State
Week 8 | Beyond Dependency: Divergent Paths, Policies & State Agency
Week 9 | States & Nationalism
Week 10 | State and Society
Week 11 |Social Capital, Networks, and "Culture"
Week 12 |Ethnic Riots
This is a core course in international relations which also challenges post-graduate students to begin original research in the subfield. Masters and Ph.D. students who specialise in international relations will be required to read this course. The course will introduce to students important and influential theories on international relations, including realism and liberalism, that attempt to explain cooperation and conflict among nations. Students will also be exposed to some of the important methods of analysis - such as case studies, formal modelling, and statistical analysis - that help distinguish the current study of international relations from that of previous eras. Important approaches, such as constructivism and rational choice, will also be discussed. Under the instructor's guidance, students will undertake an academic-quality presentation to the class and write a paper which proposes in detail an original research project in international relations.
The class offers basic preparation for students who wish to have a focus on international relations in their graduate-level work. This means an exposure to the key concepts, methodologies, and themes common in international relations as a subfield of political science.
The class also helps students develop writing, presentation, and basic research skills. In particular, the class seeks to help students write analytically, persuasively, and succinctly.
Prerequisite(s)
Enrolment of undergraduates in Level 5000 course(s) is strictly subject to the department's approval.
Teaching Mode(s) Seminar | F2F
Preclusion(s) PS5101, PS6101 Assessment Short Essays (x3) | 75% (25% each)
20%
| 5%
Course Content
Week 1 | Introduction
Week 2 | Theory: Levels of Analysis
Week 3 | Methods and Methodologies
Week 4 | Classical and Structural Realism
Week 5 | Extensions and Applications of Realism
Week 6 | Liberalism: Domestic Politics and the Democratic Peace
Week 7 | (Neoliberal) Institutionalism
Week 8 | Constructivism
Week 9 | Norms, Identity, Talk, and Practice
Week 10 | Society and Hierarchy
Week 11 |Marxism, Critical Theory, and Feminism
Week 12 |Post-Structuralism and Post-Colonialism
Week 13 | The Future of IR Theory
Paper | 5%
GE2222| Politics and Space
GL4886A | Citizenship and the Politics of Belonging
GL4887A | The Modern Middle East in the Age of Globalizations
GL4888A | Justice and Emerging Technology
JS2223 | Government and Politics of Japan
JS4227 | Japanese Political Economy
NM5201R | State and Civil Society in the Information Age
SE4227 | Nationalism in Southeast Asia
SE5294R | The Politics Of Environment in SE Asia
SC4201 | Contemporary Social Theory
SC4217 | Social Movements and Collective Behaviour
SC4218 | Religions, Secularity, Post-Secularity
SC4882A | Perspectives on State and Society
SN2213 | Governance and Politics in South Asia
EU3228 | The EU and ASEAN in the World
GE2222 | Politics and Space
HY4209/EU4226 | Imperialism and Empires
HY4225 | Ideological Origins of US Foreign Policy
JS4224 | Japanese International Relations
PP5181| State Fragility and Peacemaking
SC4882B | Citizenship, Nation and Globalization
SC4883 | Selected Topics in Law and Justice
SE5294R | The Politics Of Environment in SE Asia
SN3223 | International Relations of South Asia
GL4882A | Development and the Globalisation of Food
GL4882B | Contested Globalisation: Resistance and Resilience
GL4882C | The Politics of Global Finance
GL4882D | Global Corporations and Power
GL4883A | Conflict and Natural Resources
GL4885A |International Law and World Politics
GL4889A | International Law's Regulation Violence
GL4889B | Debates on Human Rights
Governance & Public Policy
GL4883B | Climate Justice
GL4888A | Justice and Emerging Technology
SC4203 | Sociology of Organisations
GL4881A| Colonial, Anticolonial and Postcolonial Globalizations
PH2202 | Major Political Philosophers
PH4202 | Political Philosophy
PH4203 | Issues in Moral Philosophy
PH4205 | Topics in East Asian Philosophy
PH4210 | Topics in Western Philosophy
PH4262 | Nietzsche
1 | Pass PS1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
2 | Pass at least 84 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS3257 — Political Inquiry
b | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (b) can also be used to fulfil (c).
c | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR) Political Theory (PT)
d | A minimum of 60 UNITs at level 3000 or higher, with
I. A minimum of 40 UNITs at level-4000 or higher and II. A maximum of 2 level-5000 PS courses (subject to department's approval)
e | A minimum of 64 UNITs in PS-coded courses (including PS3257)
f | A maximum of 16 UNITs may be double-counted from the secondary major towards the PS major.
1 | Pass PS1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
2 | Pass at least 44 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS3257 — Political Inquiry
b | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (b) can also be used to fulfil (c).
c | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR) Political Theory (PT)
d | A minimum of 20 UNITs at level 3000 or higher**
**Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses subject to departmental approval.
e | A minimum of 24 UNITs in PS-coded courses (including PS3257)
1 | Pass PS1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
2 | Pass at least 44 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS3257 — Political Inquiry
b | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (b) can also be used to fulfil (c).
c | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR) Political Theory (PT)
d | A minimum of 20 UNITs at level 3000 or higher**
**Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses subject to departmental approval.
e | A minimum of 24 UNITs in PS-coded courses (including PS3257)
f | A maximum of 16 UNITs may be double-counted from the secondary major towards the PS major***
g | (Cohort 2014 onwards) A minimum of 60% of the total UNITs must be earned from courses read in NUS.
***Please click on the following links for further details on double counting: https://myportal.nus.edu.sg/studentportal/fas/ug/currentstd/double-major-from-cohort-2016.html
More details on double-major programmes: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/special-programmes/double-major.html
Pass at least 24 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS1101E
b | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (b) can also be used to fulfil (c).
c | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR)
Political Theory (PT)
d | A minimum of 8 UNITs at level 3000 (including courses listed above)
e | A minimum of 16 UNITs of the total UNITs (graded courses) must be earned from courses read in NUS.
A maximum of 8 UNITs from the minor can be used to satisfy the requirements of a major or another minor Double-counting only applies where PS minor courses are officially recognised by the other major or minor.
(Cohort 2019 — 2020)
1 | Pass PS1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
2 | Pass at least 84 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS3257 — Political Inquiry
b | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (b) can also be used to fulfil (c).
c | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP) Comparative Politics (CP) International Relations (IR) Political Theory (PT)
d | A minimum of 60 UNITs at level 3000 or higher, with
I. A minimum of 40 UNITs at level-4000 or higher and II. A maximum of 2 level-5000 PS courses (subject to department's approval)
e | A minimum of 64 UNITs in PS-coded courses (including PS3257)
f | A maximum of 16 UNITs may be double-counted from the secondary major towards the PS major.
1 | Pass PS1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
2 | Pass at least 44 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS3257 — Political Inquiry
b | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (b) can also be used to fulfil (c).
c | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR) Political Theory (PT)
d | A minimum of 20 UNITs at level 3000 or higher**
**Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses subject to departmental approval.
e | A minimum of 24 UNITs in PS-coded courses (including PS3257)
f | A maximum of 16 UNITs may be double-counted from the secondary major towards the PS major.
Second Major
1 | Pass PS1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
2 | Pass at least 36 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS3257 — Political Inquiry
b | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (b) can also be used to fulfil (c).
c | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR)
Political Theory (PT)
d | A minimum of 16 UNITs at level 3000 or higher**
** Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses subject to departmental approval.
e | A minimum of 20 UNITs in PS-coded courses (including PS3257)
Please click on the following links for further details on double counting: https://myportal.nus.edu.sg/studentportal/fas/ug/currentstd/double-major-from-cohort-2016.html
More details on double-major programmes: http://www fas nus edu sg/special-programmes/double-major html
Minor
Pass at least 20 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS1101E
b | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (b) can also be used to fulfil (c).
c | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR)
Political Theory (PT)
d | A minimum of 8 UNITs at level 3000 (including courses listed above)
e | A minimum of 16 UNITs of the total UNITs (graded courses) must be earned from courses read in NUS.
A maximum of 8 UNITs from the minor can be used to satisfy the requirements of a major or another minor Double-counting only applies where PS minor courses are officially recognised by the other major or minor.
(Cohort 2021 onwards)
Single Major (Honours)
Pass at least 60 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS1101E — Introduction to Politics
b | PS3257 — Political Inquiry
c | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (c) can also be used to fulfil (d).
d | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR)
Political Theory (PT)
e | A minimum of 16 UNITs at level 3000
f | A minimum of 20 UNITs at level-4000 or higher and
g | A maximum of 1 level-5000 PS course (subject to department's approval)
h | A minimum of 52 UNITs in PS-coded courses (including PS3257)
Pass at least 40 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a | PS1101E — Introduction to Politics
b | PS3257 — Political Inquiry
c | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (c) can also be used to fulfil (d).
d | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR)
Political Theory (PT)
e | A minimum of 16 UNITs at level 3000 or higher**
** Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses subject to departmental approval.
f | A minimum of 20 UNITs in PS-coded courses (including PS3257)
(Cohort 2021 onwards)
Minor
Pass at least 20 UNITs of PS courses or PS-recognised courses which include the following:
a |
PS1101E — Introduction to Politics
b | A minimum of ONE* PS course on Singapore Politics:
PS2244 Public Administration in Singapore (GPP)
PS2249 Government and Politics of Singapore (CP)
PS3249 Singapore's Foreign Policy (IR)
*This course fulfilling (b) can also be used to fulfil (c).
c | A minimum of ONE course from each of the following subfields:
Governance and Public Policy (GPP)
Comparative Politics (CP)
International Relations (IR)
Political Theory (PT)
d | A minimum of 8 UNITs at level 3000 (including courses listed above)
The Modular System document contains a detailed summary of the graduation requirements of an FASS student. It is recommended that all students hold a copy of the Modular System to keep track of their academic career.
Please refer to the Modular System paper that is relevant for your cohort. (The cohort year is the academic year in which you have matriculated in NUS. For example, if you have matriculated in AY2018/2019, you will belong to Cohort 2018.) https://fass.nus.edu.sg/academic-matters/modular-system/
Overview of Pre-Allocated Courses (FASS)
https://fass.nus.edu.sg/academic-matters/overview-of-pre-allocated-courses/
https://fass.nus.edu.sg/academic-matters/general-education-ge-requirements-for-fass-students/ General Education (GE) Requirements for FASS Students https://fass.nus.edu.sg/current-students/information-for-freshmen/chs-common-curriculum/
CHS Common Curriculum https://fass.nus.edu.sg/current-students/information-for-freshmen/pre-allocation-of-exposurecourses/
Guide to Canvas
Please refer to the links below for guidance on navigating Canvas
Student guide to Canvas: https://canvas.nus.edu.sg/courses/21494/
5-minute video tutorial: https://canvas.nus.edu.sg/courses/21494/pages/getting-started-withcanvas-student-video-tutorial
Getting started with Canvas in 10 steps: https://nus.edu.sg/canvas/learncanvas/guides/GettingStaredWithCanvasIn10StepsStudents.pdf
Detailed Canvas guide for students: https://wiki.nus.edu.sg/display/canvasstudent/ Canvas website: https://nus.edu.sg/canvas/
The list of links here are non-exhaustive. For more details, please refer to NUS Faculty/Departmental website(s).
Singapore Undergraduate Policy Conference
Singapore Model United Nations
NinetyPercent Forum Welfare Initiatives
Official Website www.nuspssoc.org
Enquiry Email enquiry@nuspssoc org
Society Telegram t.me/nuspssoc
Facebook www.facebook.com/nuspssoc Instagram @nus pssoc
PS Community Telegram t me/polscinus Tap/Scan for our Linktree!
LinkedIn www linkedin com/company/nus-pssoc/
