USEFUL INFORMATION for AY16/17 Sem 1

a) Online Degree Requirement Check (DRC)

Students are strongly encouraged to access the Online Degree Requirement Check (DRC) at
https://www.eng9.nus.edu.sg/degree/login.html to track the fulfillment of their degree requirements.

b) Workload Policy

The minimum number of modular credits per semester to be read by students are set as 18 MCs,
except for the following semesters where students could read fewer modular credits:

(a) final semester;

(b) semester in which students are undergoing industrial attachment or doing the final year project.

New Students
Normal Special Programmes
(DDP, CDP, GEP, DCP)
Round 1 Round 2 23 23
Round 3 23 27

c) University Level Requirements (General Education-GE) & Unrestricted Electives (UEM)

Student will have to read a module from each of the followings pillars namely, Human Culture (GEH),
Asking Questions (GEQ), Quantitative Reasoning (GER), Singapore Studies (GES), Thinking &
Expression (GET) to fulfill GE requirement.

Students are strongly encouraged to fulfill the GE requirements within the first two years of their
candidature. As such, all new GE modules will be at Level 1000 with no pre-requisite & preclusions
so that new students can enroll for these modules early in their course of study.

The Asking Questions pillar will be launched with effect AY16/17 Semester 2. The module that
RVRC residents (admitted AY1617 onwards) will read in fulfillment of the Asking Questions pillar is
under review and RVRC residents are to approach RVRC on the required module.

Students who read a module coded as GEH/GEQ/GER/GES/GET to fulfill requirements for their
Major/Minor programmes are not allowed to count these modules towards fulfilling both the GE and
the Major/Minor requirements, i.e., no double counting is allowed.
For example, if they had taken a GEH module for their Major/Minor programme, they have to take
another GEH module to fulfill the Human Cultures pillar of the GE requirement.

Students are advised to plan the use of the UEM modules carefully, which can be used
simultaneously to satisfy the requirements of a number of exciting programmes such as the FoE
Enhancement, Double-degree, Double-Major and Minor programmes.

d) Level-1000 modules, ES1531 & ES2331

i) Limit on Level-1000 modules

Students are not Allowed to read more than 60 MCs of Level-1000 modules towards their degree
requirements (minimum of 160MCs for graduation).

For Poly Students, 20 MCs of the exempted UEM modules will not count towards the 60 MCs limit on
level-1000 modules.

ii) ES1531 Critical Thinking and Writing and ES2331 Communicating Engineering

cohort AY1617 last updated: 28-Jun-16

 Faculty Requirement
Students Matriculated in
AY2016/2017 ES1531 ES2331
Normal students Compulsory
Compulsory
Poly students Exempted

e) ENHANCED Grade-Free First Year - Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory (S/U) Options

i) Students may exercise S/U option for Up to 32 MCs in the first two regular semesters; if this is not
utilized, the S/U option may still be exercised in subsequent semesters, for Up to 12 MCs.

ii) The S/U option is applicable for all Level 1000 modules; and Level 2000 modules with no other
NUS modules as prerequisites.

iii) Once an S or U grade is assigned to a module, it will count towards the 32 MCs limit that can be
taken on an S/U basis.

iv) The S/U declaration exercise will be conducted upon the release of examination results and will
end by a stipulated deadline.

v) Students must exercise their S/U option during this period for any module that permits the S/U
option The S/U option once exercised will be IRREVOCABLE.

Do note that the S/U option is not applicable to the followings:-

- Modules dropped with a F grade during the semester;
- Modules in which a student has been found to have committed plagiarism.

Please check the website at http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/education-at-nus/undergraduate-

education/continuation-and-graduation-requirements.html#SU for more information on S/U Grading
Option.

f) Tutorial Registration

There will be NO tutorials for ME Technical Elective Modules. Tutorial registration for ME Core
modules will be based on balloting. Please register for tutorial via CORS from 12 August 2016
onwards.

It is students responsibilities to ensure that there are no clashes in their lecture, tutorial, lab and exam
time-tables, especially if you are reading modules from other faculties. When planning your schedule,
do ensure that you have taken note of the pre-requisites, preclusions and the semester that the
modules are offered.

g) Important Dates:

Type Start End

CORS bidding 21 Jul 16 10 Aug 16

Tutorial Balloting Iteration 2 12 Aug 16 19 Aug 16

Appeal for ULR module 10 Aug 16, 11pm onwards 26 Aug 16

W grade 22 Aug 16 25 Sep 16

F grade 26 Sep 16 Till semester ends

cohort AY1617 last updated: 28-Jun-16

h) Industrial Attachment (IA)

Compulsory IA (12 MCs) will be counted towards Programme Requirements. IA can be taken either in
semester 5 or semester 6.

IA is optional for Poly students and students on some special Programmes such as Double Degree
Programme (DDP), Concurrent Degree Programme (CDP) and Global Engineering Programme
(GEP).

Poly students will have to take 3 Free Electives to compensate for the 12 MCs as follows:
i) MA1301 (pre-allocated in Semester 1)
ii) Any 2 Free Electives

Students on Special Programmes will have to take 3 Free Electives to compensate for the 12MCs.

Students can read up to 2 evening modules in their IA semester. Modules currently offered in the
evening as below:

No Sem 5 Sem 6

1 EG2401 EG2401

2 ME3122 ME2142

Students are encouraged to read EG2401 & ME2142 in their respective IA semester.

cohort AY1617 last updated: 28-Jun-16