USEFUL INFORMATION for AY16/17 Sem 2 - Cohort AY1617 Students

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
CAP above 2 CAP below 2
Round 1 Round 2 23 20
Round 3 25 20

Students who wish to appeal for increase in workload beyond the indicated MCs are to take note of the
following procedures:

i) Student will have to seek their mentors approval with the following format.

Name:
Matric No:
Current CAP:

Email Address:
Contact No.:
Total MCs that you want to take:
List of modules (including the MCs)
that you are taking
Reason for increase in workload

ii) Forward the email approval from the Mentor to enquire_me@nus.edu.sg for processing.

iii) The approved workload will be added in Round 3A hence you are advised to select modules for
bidding wisely.

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.

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 The Asking Questions pillar has launched with effect AY16/17 Semester 2. GEQ1000 will be offered
with effect from Semester 2, AY2016/17 and will be preallocated to students who have read GER1000 in
AY1617 Semester 1. RVRC residents (admitted AY1617 onwards) will read GEQ1917 (formerly
GEM1917) in fulfillment of the Asking Questions pillar.

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.

Please check the website at http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/ugrad/MS_ulr_modules.html for more information

on appealing for ULR modules.

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

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.

Poly students who have been granted more than 20 Advanced Placement Credits (APC) may be
allowed to S/U up to 20 MCs in the first two regular semesters

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.

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 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 13 January 2017 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 28 Dec 16 10 Jan 17
Tutorial Balloting Iteration 1
9 Jan 17 13 Jan 17
(For Labs)
Tutorial Balloting Iteration 2
13 Jan 17 20 Jan 17
(For Tutorials)
Appeal for ULR module 10 Jan 17, 11pm onwards 27 Jan 17
W grade 23 Jan 17 26 Feb 17
F grade 27 Feb 17 Till semester ends

h) Compulsory 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 evening:

No Sem 5 Sem 6
1 EG2401 EG2401
2 ME3122 ME2142

Students are to read the above mentioned modules in their respective IA semester.

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