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: CDE2300 Product Design and Innovation or EG2201A User-Centred Collaborative Design (4 units) CDE2310/EG2310 Fundamentals of Systems Design (4 units)	Default is CDE2300. Students who are required to take the introductory course DTK1234 Design Thinking should pass the course before embarking on CDE2300. CDE2300 was formerly coded as EG2201A User-Centred Collaborative Design. CDE2310 is targeted at students who intend to work on projects in complex engineering systems. These courses can be double-counted toward the cross-disciplinary course requirement for students from School of Computing. For students from other Faculties/Schools, these courses are counted as unrestricted electives.
Group B – complete ONE of the following: CDE2301/EG2301 Value Creation in Innovation (4 units) CDE2311/EG2311 Introduction to Space Systems (4 units) CDE2605R Undergraduate Research Experience (4 units) CDE2606B/EG2606B Independent Work (4 units)	Default is CDE2301. CDE2311 is targeted at students who intend to work on satellite-related projects. CDE2605R/CDE2606B 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.
CDE3301/EG3301R Ideas to Proof-of-Concept (12 units)	Generally counted as unrestricted elective. This course replaces the design project course in Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Science. Students should clear at least one Group A or Group B course prior to CDE3301. CDE3301 cannot be read concurrently with credit-bearing internship.
CDE4301 Innovation & Design Capstone (12 units) or CDE4301A Ideas to Start-up (12 units)	Replaces Integrated Project course in the common curriculum for Engineering majors. CDE4301 was formerly coded as EG4301 DCP Dissertation. May replace honours thesis course in some non-Engineering majors (or vice-versa). CDE4301/CDE4301A cannot be read concurrently with credit-bearing internship.

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

 

Students from Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Infrastructure & Project Management, and Materials Science & Engineering who are planning to take the Group A course CDE2300/EG2201A may do so in Year 1 Semester 2 after clearing DTK1234 in the preceding semester. Students from College of Humanities and Sciences as well as School of Computing who have read DTK1234 in Year 1 Semester 1 may also read CDE2300/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 CDE2300/EG2201A may do so in Year 2 Semester 1 after clearing DTK1234 in the preceding semester. Students from College of Humanities and Sciences as well as School of Computing who take DTK1234 in Year 1 Semester 2 will also read CDE2300/EG2201A in Year 2 Semester 1.

 

Students who are planning to take the Group A course CDE2310/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.