Second Major in Sustainability

Source: https://www.ntu.edu.sg/ase/admissions/undergraduate-programmes/second-major-in-sustainability Parent: https://www.ntu.edu.sg/admissions/undergraduate

We live in a time of large-scale challenges, where climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss and ocean acidification are no longer only considered from an environmental perspective, but also in terms of social justice, economic development, technological adaptation, and political will. The survival of our growing population depends on the natural resources we continue to overexploit, but there is increasing awareness on how the concept of sustainability strives to address this. By understanding how our environment, economy and society interact, applying this to technological innovation and communicating readily with decision makers, we can maintain the health of our world for the benefit of current and future generations.

Applicable Programmes

The Second Major in Sustainability is open to all single-major programmes in the 4 colleges (CoS, CoE, CoHaSS and NBS). Single-major degree programmes include all single-major programmes and single-major programmes with 2 disciplines.

Students in double-major programmes and second major programmes will not be allowed to take on the Second Major in Sustainability.

*Students who are in the midst of taking the minor in Environmental Sustainability can also choose to register for the Second Major if desired by building on the courses that they have already taken under the minor.

*Students with a CGPA > 4.0 are welcome to apply, but enrolment is subject to approval and availability of vacancies.

### Award Criteria

Requirements for Second Major in Sustainability:

Students need to fulfil a minimum total of 30 AU

(15 AU of core courses + 12 AU of core or electives courses + 3 AU interdisciplinary project)

*This is a Pass/Fail course and will count towards the non-letter graded AU limit for Second Majors.

For more details on double counting and the non-letter graded AU limit for Second Majors, please refer to .

### Courses

#Students will only be able to take oneof these courses.

Note:The list of approved courses was revised in November 2025. Students who have taken courses fromthe.pdf?sfvrsn=12de075c_1)before AY2025-26, Semester 2  will still have those courses counted towards the fulfilment of the Second Majorin Sustainability.

* Pre-requisites apply

Please find the curriculum for Bachelor of Science in Environmental Earth Systems Science with Second Major in Sustainability .

### Additional Information

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