The Double Major Program is a four-year straight honours degree plan. Undergraduate students volition read two majors chosen from amongst the disciplinary strengths of the four schools in the Higher, namely, the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM), the School of Humanities (SoH), the School of Social Sciences (SSS), and the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI).

 Unlike the existing single subject area-based degrees, this degree will feature two distinct majors within an innovative new structure. As such this is a fully conceived double-disciplinary caste. Students will be admitted into this Double Major caste program at the point of entry to NTU, and declare their 2 majors at this point.

During this four-year degree program, undergraduates will read both Art History and English literature, benefiting from the expertise and resources of both the School of Humanities (SoH) and the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM).

 For English Literature, students will focus both on traditional historical periods and on contemporary innovative approaches to the subject field. Specialisations offered include All the major literary periods, Singaporean and Asian literatures, critical and literary theory, cultural studies, film studies, drama, postmodernism, and gender studies.

 The Art History curriculum aims to equip students with a thorough noesis and critical awareness of the global histories of art, civilization and heritage, which will be taught through lectures, seminars and practical projects. Students will exist trained in the rigours and methods of researching and writing about art, including specialisations in Global Art History, Asian Art History, Museums, Heritage, Curating and Contemporary Fine art and Theory. They volition besides benefit from ADM's human relationship to professional arts spaces such as the Center for Contemporary Fine art (CCA).

four-Year Direct Honours Plan

This is a four-twelvemonth directly honours caste plan. If your CGPA is 3.0 and in a higher place, your Honours stays with y'all.

Equal Weightage

Dissimilar second major, y'all volition receive equal preparation for both majors.

Degree Scroll

Both majors will be listed on the degree school. You volition be recognised for the effort and time spent for the programme

Flexible

Yous may apply to modify your programme afterward your first year. You must see the minimum requirement fix for your admit year and the acceptance of the new selected programme.

For GCE 'A' level document holders:

• NTU General Admission Requirements

• A good course in General Newspaper/Cognition & Enquiry/H1 or H2 Level Humanities subject

For International Baccalaureate Diploma holders:

• NTU Full general Admission Requirements

• A practiced grade in English language at Standard Level

For NUS High Schoolhouse Diploma holders:

• NTU Full general Admission Requirements

• Practiced Overall CAP in English language Language

For International Students & Students with other qualifications:

• NTU General Admission Requirements

• A skilful grade in Full general Newspaper/English at Senior High School Level

Successful Polytechnic applicants volition be exempted certain courses that will be confirmed before the start of their first semester.

A 4-year directly honours programme.  The core courses equip students with a firm foundation in their two Majors. Students tin can then cull from a range of prescribed electives in their interests.

To graduate, students must complete ii (ii) categories of requirement, totalling at least 138 Academic Units (AUs):

*Students who are eligible to do the FYP will be strongly encouraged to practise an inter-major FYP.  Students whose GPAs fall in a certain range can choose whether or not to do the FYP. Students who do non practice the FYP must clear 8 AUs of Human foot (2 4000-level courses, one from each bailiwick) within the double major

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core Courses (ICC):

ICC Curriculum

Broadening and Deepening Electives (BDE):

BDE Curriculum

I. English Literature Curriculum​

Core [12 AUs]
HL1001 Introduction to Literature
HL1002 Survey of English Literature I
HL1003 Survey of English Literature II
HL1005 Introduction to Singapore Literature

Major Prescribed Electives [26 AUs]

Choose at least TWO from Category A (including at to the lowest degree ane of the following: HL2001, HL2002, HL2003, HL2004). Choose One each from Categories B, C, and D and the remaining AUs from any category. (At to the lowest degree THREE courses must be of HL4xxx.)

Note to English Literature Double Majors:
For the remaining 2 courses not specified in the Category requirements, besides courses from Cat A to D, you tin choose the post-obit uncategorised courses to count towards your Major Prescribed Electives:

  • HL1006 Introduction to American Literature
  • HL2024 Approaches to Literature

Category A: Catamenia Studies (Choose at least two electives)
HL2001 Medieval Literature
HL2002 Renaissance Literature
HL2003 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
HL2004 Sensibility and Romanticism
HL2005 Victorian Literature
HL2006 Modernism
HL2027 Early American Literature
HL2028 Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Civilization
HL2029 American Modernism
HL2030 Mail 1945 American Literature and Civilization
HL4015 Advanced Studies in Medieval Literature
HL4016 Avant-garde Studies in Renaissance Literature
HL4017 Advanced Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
HL4018 Advanced Studies in Romanticism
HL4019 Avant-garde Studies in Victorian Literature
HL4020 Advanced Studies in Modernist Literature
HL4023 Advanced Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature

Category B: World Literatures (Choose at least one elective)
HL2008 Singapore Literature and Civilization
HL2012 Asian-American Literature
HL2022 South Asian Literature
HL2032 African Literature
HL2033 Irish gaelic Writing: Romanticism to Modernism
HL2041 Asian Historical Fiction
HL3007 Postcolonial Literature
HL3010 European Literature
HL3014 Latin American Literature
HL3034 Irish Writing: Modernism to the Contemporary
HL3041 Global Cities in Earth Literature
HL3042 Gothic Literature
HL4030 Scottish Literature
HL4031 Comparative Literature
HL4032 Urban Culture Asia
HL4034 British Asian Literature
HL4038 Advanced Studies in Postcolonial Literature

Category C: Theory, Culture, and Moving-picture show (Cull at least one elective)
HL2026 Reading Drama
HL2045 Workshop in Theatre Do
HL3002 Picture, Politics and Ethics
HL3004 Earth Cinema
HL3006 Modern Drama
HL3016 Gender and Sexuality Studies
HL3037 The Environment and Cultural Product
HL3040 Gender and Diverseness
HL4005 Literary Criticism
HL4008 Postcolonial Studies
HL4010 Feminist Studies
HL4012 Avant-garde Studies in Drama
HL4042 Existence Human in Picture show and Literature
HL4044 The Literary History of Virtual Reality

Category D: Special Interest Areas (Choose at to the lowest degree one elective)
HI3001 1984:Past, Present, Prophecy
HI3002 Opera and Literature
HL2020 Creative Writing Workshop
HL2021 Literature of Empire
HL2036 Virgins and Vixens
HL2040 Adapting Greek Mythology
HL2042 Children'southward Literature
HL2043 Fantasy Literature ​
HL2044 Introduction to Publishing
HL2090 Special Topic in Literature I
HL3011 Science Fiction: Origins to Parody
HL3012 The Discourse of Honey
HL3017 The Ascent of the Novel
HL3024 Contemporary Women's Writing
HL3030 Major Author Study: Shakespeare
HL3039 Major Author Written report: Samuel Beckett
HL3090 Special Topic in Literature Iii
HL4013 Advanced Studies in Literature & Culture
HL4028 Scientific discipline and Literature
HL4033 Major Writer Study: James Joyce
HL4036 Literature and Medicine
HL4037 Writing the Self
HL4039 Avant-garde Studies in Children's Literature
HL4043 Postmodernism
HL4090 Special Topic in Literature Iii

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Ii. Fine art History Curriculum​

Core [12 AUs]
DD1003 Introduction to Histories of Art I: Western Art History
DD1004 Introduction to Histories of Art II
DD2000 Introduction to the Histories of Southeast Asian Art
DD1005 Ways of Seeing: Exploring Visual Civilisation

Major Prescribed Electives [26 AUs]

Students must take One constituent each from Categories A to D (4 Electives) and and then are free to choose the remainder Electives from any category depending on areas they wish to specialise in.

Category A: Global Art Histories (Choose at least 1 elective)
DD2007 The Art and Architecture of the 'Long Century' 1789 – 1914
DD2008 Survey of Modern Art, 1900-1945
DD3022  Art In the Age of Colonialism
DD3013 From Modern to Mail Modern Art 1945 – 1985
DD4007 British Art: 1815 – 1929 - iv AUs
DD3023 The Fantastic in Western Visual Arts
DD2012 Faith and Art
DD3026 Aesthetic Manifestations of Buddhist Devotion & Practise

Category B: Contemporary Art & Theory (Choose at to the lowest degree i elective)
DD2003 Issues in Fine art History and Theory
DD2009 Survey of New Media
DD3008 Cities, Bodies, Memories: Art and Everyday Life in Contemporary Singapore
DD3010 Issues in Global Contemporary Art
DD3012 Research Methods in Fine art & Design
DF2006 Ethnographic Film
DF2002 Survey of Experimental Filmmaking

Category C: Curating, Heritage & Museums (Choose at to the lowest degree one elective)
DA2004 Exhibition Design
DD4002 Exhibition Histories: Museums to Biennales
DD2013 Visualization of Cultural Heritage
DD2014 Contemporary Curating
DD3027 Maritime Silk Roads: Heritage and Media
DD2015 Introduction to Museum Studies

Category D: Asian Art Histories (Choose at least one elective)
DD2010 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art
DD2011 Contemporary South-East Asian Art
DD4008 From Colonialism to Tourism: Early on Photography in Asia - 4 AUs
DD3024 The Modern and Modernism in Southeast Asian Fine art
DD3025 Japanese Fine art: Edo to Contemporary

Category E: Media & Blueprint Histories
DD3016 History of Blueprint
DF2009 History of World Cinema
DP2002 History of Photography
DT2007 History and Civilisation of Animation, VFX and Game

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III. Inter-Major Prescribed Electives

Students must clear at to the lowest degree 8 AUs from the Inter-Major Prescribed Electives listed below.
(Notation: Courses listed as Inter-Major PEs tin can be counted equally Major PEs except for DF2005, HH3001, HH4015 & HY4007)

Inter-Major PE offerings from School of Humanities:
HL2007 Contemporary Literature and Culture (Cat A)
HL2009 Southeast Asian Literature and Culture (Cat B)
HL2015 War in Literature and Motion picture (Cat D)
HL2044 Introduction to Publishing (True cat D)
HL2045 Workshop in Theatre Practice (Cat C)
HL3001 Moving-picture show Theory (True cat C)
HL3003 Pic and Literature (Cat C)
HL3036 History of the Book (True cat D)
HL3038 Theatre of the Absurd (Cat C)
HL3043 Modernist Soundscapes(Cat D)
HL3044 The Legends of King Arthur(True cat D)
HL4009 Popular Literature and Civilization (True cat C)
HL4014 Avant-garde Studies in Film (True cat C)
HL4024 Advanced Studies in Contemporary Literature (True cat A)
HL4040 Literature and Art (True cat D)
HL4041 Studies in Art Criticism and Civilisation (Cat D)
HH3001 Historiography: Theory and Methods
HH4015 Motion picture: A Global History
HY4007 Aesthetics

Inter-Major PE offerings from Art History:
 DD4007 British Fine art: 1815 – 1929 (Cat A) - four AUs
DD3023 The Fantastic in Western Visual Arts (Cat A)
DF2005  Writing for Moving picture

Graduates will develop key transferable skills highly prized by employers, which include visual and critical awareness, Careers in museums, art galleries and auction houses as curators or managers in conserving, valuing or auctioning works of art, antiques and other collectibles are common.

Other careers include arts administrator, archivist, museum education officeholder, picture editor or researcher, journalist, teacher or lecturer and exhibition or events organiser.

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