The Second Major in Innovation & Design consists of a series of project-based courses that run throughout a student’s candidature. Students are expected to develop their knowledge, skills, and abilities in innovation and design in a cumulative manner through these courses.

The learning journey begins with lower-level courses that introduce students to basic concepts in innovation and design, and culminates in a major design project and a final year project where students are expected to apply their design knowledge and skills to develop solutions to real problems. Students will also take a number of Innovation & Enterprise electives to widen their knowledge about topics in design, business, and entrepreneurship.

The requirements of the Second Major in Innovation & Design are as follows:

Courses	Remarks
Group A – complete ONE of the following: EG2201A User-Centred Collaborative Design (4 units) or CDE2300 Product Design and Innovation (4 units) EG2310/CDE2310 Fundamentals of Systems Design (4 units)	Default is EG2201A. Students who are required to take the introductory course DTK1234 Design Thinking should pass the course before embarking on EG2201A. EG2201A is re-coded as CDE2300 Product Design and Innovation from AY2024/2025 onwards. EG2310/CDE2310 is targeted at students who intend to work on projects in complex engineering systems. Counted as unrestricted elective.
Group B – complete ONE of the following: EG2301/CDE2301 Value Creation in Innovation (4 units) EG2311/CDE2311 Introduction to Space Systems (4 units) CDE2605R Undergraduate Research Experience (4 units) EG2606B Independent Work (4 units)	Default is EG2301. Course is formerly known as Case Studies in Innovation. EG2311 is meant for students who intend to work on satellite-related projects. EG2606B/CDE2605R can be counted as Group B course for students from College of Design and Engineering who are special competition projects only (e.g. FSAE, Bumblebee, RoboMaster). Counted as unrestricted elective except CDE2605R which can be used to partially fulfil the internship requirement for Engineering majors.
Group C – complete 8 units from the basket of Innovation & Enterprise electives.	Generally counted as unrestricted electives. Some courses may be double-counted between the Second Major and a student's primary major.
EG3301R/CDE3301 Ideas to Proof-of-Concept (12 units)	Course is formerly known as DCP Project. Generally counted as unrestricted elective. This course replaces the design project course in Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Science. EG3301R cannot be read concurrently with credit-bearing internship.
EG4301 DCP Dissertation (12 units) or CDE4301 Innovation & Design Capstone (12 units) or EG4301A/CDE4301 Ideas to Start-up (12 units)	EG4301 is re-coded as CDE4301 Innovation & Design Capstone from AY2024/2025 onwards. Replaces Integrated Project course in the common curriculum for Engineering majors. May replace honours thesis course in some non-Engineering majors (or vice-versa). EG4301/EG4301A cannot be read concurrently with credit-bearing internship.

Students who missed the Group A and Group B courses Semester 2 and Semester 3 respectively may clear these courses in a later semester.

 

Students from Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering who are planning to take the Group A course EG2201A may do so in Year 1 Semester 2 after clearing DTK1234 in the preceding semester. Students from College of Humanities and Sciences who have cleared DTK1234 in Year 1 Semester 1 may also read EG2201A in Year 1 Semester 2.

 

Students from Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science, Industrial  & Systems Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering who are planning to take the Group A course EG2201A may do so in Year 2 Semester 1 after clearing DTK1234 in the preceding semester. Students from College of Humanities and Sciences who are scheduled to take DTK1234 in Year 1 Semester 2 will also read EG2201A in Year 2 Semester 1.

 

Students who are planning to take the Group A course EG2310 should do so in Year 1 Semester 2 as the course is offered in Semester 2 only of each academic year.

 

Students who are in the Engineering Scholars Programme and poly-intake students in Engineering majors who are exempted from one year’s worth of courses (38 units) may follow a three-year timeline.

 

Students who participate in the NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) programmes may map some of their NOC courses to the Second Major. Students may also enrol in a specialisation or a minor on top of their primary major and the Second Major in Innovation & Design. However, those who do so may need to graduate with additional courses above and beyond the minimum 160 units needed for graduation.

Click on the links below for more details about the requirements and recommended semester schedules for various primary majors with the Second Major in Innovation & Design.

NOTE: Watch this space for updates as the recommended schedules may be revised from time to time.