A Minor programme is a coherent course of study providing significant depth in a certain area outside that of the Major, within or outside the student’s department.The modular credit (MC) requirement for a Minor programme should be at least 24MCs, of which up to 8MCs may be used to meet the requirements for both the Minor and a Major or another Minor subject to the agreement of the particular department(s), faculty/faculties or programme(s) hosting the Minor.

In the case of a Minor programme co-hosted by two departments, at least 12 MCs must be from outside the student’s Major department and in the case of a Minor programme hosted by one department, at least 16 MCs must be from outside the student’s Major department.

The MCs under the Breadth and Unrestricted Elective module requirements can be used to satisfy the Minor programme requirements.

GEMs may not be used to satisfy the Minor requirements1 except where the GEM module(s) is/are within the list of module(s) approved for the Minor. Under the GEMs policy, GEMs may not be used to satisfy the Minor requirements. Students have to register for the module cross-listed under its normal department code to satisfy the Minor requirement.

Modules counted towards fulfillment of the Minor requirements must be letter graded. A module taken on Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis cannot be used to satisfy the Minor requirements.

Ungraded modules:
(a) In normal cases, a minor can accept up to 8 MCs of ungraded substitutable modules;
(b) In the case of "area studies" minors, up to 16 MCs of ungraded substitutable modules can be accepted provided these modules are read at an NUS partner university in the region under study, and a minimum standard of performance is achieved before credit transfer can be effected.
(c) In the case of the NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) Technopreneurship minor, up to 16 MCs of ungraded substitutable modules read at NUS partner universities listed under the NOC can be accepted subject to the specified minimum standard of performance being achieved before credit transfer can be effected.

The Minor programme(s) will be reflected in the student’s transcript.