{"id":42,"date":"2019-02-19T08:26:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T00:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:01:41","slug":"academics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/descholars\/academics\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-academics\"><li id=\"menu-item-13655\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/academics\/residential-programmes-and-effects-on-academics\/\">Residential Programmes and effects on academics<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13652\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/academics\/advanced-placement-credits\/\">Advanced Placement Credits<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13654\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/academics\/recommended-schedules-for-e-scholars\/\">Recommended Schedules for E-Scholars<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13653\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/academics\/e-scholars-exclusive-courses\/\">E-Scholars Exclusive Courses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\tAcademics\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<h3><strong>General structure of the programme<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Students admitted to the D&amp;E-Scholars programme are also enrolled in one of the Design and Engineering Departments at NUS.<\/p>\n<p>The graduation requirements for D&amp;E-Scholars is the same as all other Design and Engineering students in the chosen Department.<\/p>\n<p>E-Scholars will complete their B.Eng degree in 3 years. The distribution of credits across the 3 years is slightly different for each of the Departments.<\/p>\n<p>As a general example, the following table illustrates a possible schedule where the numbers represent course units. A typical NUS course is worth 4 units.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>D-Scholars<\/th>\n<th>Sem I<\/th>\n<th>Sem II<\/th>\n<th>TOTAL<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Advance Placement Credits<\/th>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<td>\u00a04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Year 1<\/th>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Year 2<\/th>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Year 3<\/th>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Year 4<\/th>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n\n\n<td>TOTAL<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>\u00a0E-Scholars<\/th>\n<th>Sem I<\/th>\n<th>Sem II<\/th>\n<th>TOTAL<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Advance Placement Credits<\/th>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Year 1<\/th>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Year 2<\/th>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Year 3<\/th>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n\n\n<td>TOTAL<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>With reference to the table above, please note the following<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Numbers may change slightly for each individual Department (see below).<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.nus.edu.sg\/educate\/nus-overseas-colleges\">NUS Overseas Colleges<\/a> (NOC) (6-month programme, 20 units) is optional for D&amp;E-Scholars.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/gro\/student-exchange.php\">Student Exchange Programme<\/a> (SEP) is optional (and subsidized). D&amp;E-Scholars have priority placement.<\/li>\n<li>Advance Placement Credits are courses that D&amp;E-Scholars will take before entering NUS. Students will study independently on textbooks and other reference material. They will then sit for a test to clear those credits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residential Programmes and effects on academics Advanced Placement Credits Recommended Schedules for E-Scholars E-Scholars Exclusive Courses Academics General structure of the programme Students admitted to the D&amp;E-Scholars programme are also enrolled in one of the Design and Engineering Departments at NUS. 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