# 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](#Content_C013_Col00)
**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)
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| **S/N** | **To complete:** |
| 1. | 5 core courses, 1 course in each knowledge area (People, Planet, Profit, Practice, and Policy) |
| 2. | Minimum total 12AU from core and elective courses |
| 3. | Interdisciplinary Project: ES5100 Sustainability Capstone Project (3AU)\* |
*\*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](#Content_C002_Col00)
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| **Core Courses** **(To complete at least 1 course in each knowledge area – People, Planet, Profit, Practice and Policy)** | | | | |
| **Knowledge Area** | **Course code** | **Course name** | **No. of AUs** | **S****emester** |
| 1) People | ES5006 | [Environmental Sustainability](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es5006-course-proposal.pdf?sfvrsn=3f2e7426_4) | 3 | 2 |
| EM5109 | [Environmental Issues and Sustainability](/docs/librariesprovider117/admissions/courses/em5109.pdf?sfvrsn=64b6c573_11) | 3 | 2 |
| HV5001 | [Introduction to Environmental Humanities](/docs/librariesprovider120/about-us-chinese/ay2021-22s1-hv5001-intro-to-envhum-outline.pdf?sfvrsn=cad69717_3) | 3 | To check with SOH |
| HC5010 | [Animals in Chinese Cultures](https://wcms-prod-admin.ntu.edu.sg/soh/admissions/undergraduate/chinese/chinese-major-core/general-education-requirement-(ger)#Content_C043_Col00) | 3 | To check with SOH |
| 2) Planet | ES5001 | [Natural Hazards and Society](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es5001-course-proposal.pdf?sfvrsn=77afd67e_4) | 3 | 1 |
| ES5003 | [Blue Planet: How the Ocean Works](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/ase/admissions/undergraduate-programmes/modules-listing/es9001-the-blue-planet) | 3 | 1 |
| ES5005 | [Environmental Earth System Science](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es5005-es7005-course-content.pdf?sfvrsn=1903d1_4) | 3 | 1 |
| ES5008 | [Biodiversity and natural history of Singapore](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/ase/admissions/undergraduate-programmes/modules-listing/es5008--the-biodiversity---natural-history-of-singapore) | 3 | 1 |
| ES5007# | [Climate and Climate Change](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es5007-es7013-course-proposal.pdf?sfvrsn=ad3046fd_3) | 3 | 2 |
| ES1007# (only for ESSN students) | [Climate Change](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/ase/admissions/undergraduate-programmes/modules-listing/climate-change) | 3 | 2 |
| CY1007# (only for CNYang students | [Climate Change](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/ase/admissions/undergraduate-programmes/modules-listing/climate-change) | 3 | 2 |
| 3) Policy | HA1001 | [Introduction to International Relations and Foreign Policy](/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/ppga/course-outline/ha1001-introduction-to-international-relations-and-foreign-policy.pdf?sfvrsn=9a0534d7_11) | 3 | 1 |
| HA1003 | [Introduction to Public Administration and Policy](/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/ppga/course-outline/ha1003-introduction-to-public-administration-and-policy.pdf?sfvrsn=4afdef03_2) | 3 | 1 |
| BR3229 | [Climate Risk Analytics](https://www.studocu.com/sg/document/nanyang-technological-university/climate-risk-analytics/br3229-course-outline/120229262?origin=university-course-page) | 3 | 2 |
| HS0301 | [Environmental Sustainability](/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/sociology/sociology-course-outlines/hs0301-environmental-sustainability.pdf?sfvrsn=d6977f3e_2) | 3 | To check with SSS |
| 4) Practice | BM2517 | [Marketing Sustainability for the Next Generation](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/essn-curriculum/bm2517-marketing-sustainability-for-the-next-generation-s2-ay2022.pdf?sfvrsn=834132b0_3) | 3 | 2 |
| CV5101 | [Civil Engineering and Sustainable Built Environment](/docs/librariesprovider117/admissions/courses/cv5101.pdf?sfvrsn=dea2e3a2_23) | 3 | 2 |
| 5) Profit | AB0603 | [Social Entrepreneurship](https://web.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/undergrad/common/contents/courseoutline/co_AB0603.pdf) | 3 | 1 & 2 |
| HE5091 | [Principles of Economics](https://web.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/undergrad/common/contents/courseoutline/co_AB0603.pdf) | 3 | 1 & 2 |
*#**Students will only be able to take **one**of these courses.*
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| **Elective Courses** | | | | |
| **Knowledge Area** | **Course code** | **Course name** | **No. of AUs** | **Semeste**r |
| People | ES3202\* | [Resilient Urban Systems](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es3202-course-proposal.pdf?sfvrsn=87b0c152_4) | 3 | 1 |
| HL4013\* | [Advanced Studies in Literature & Culture: Ecocritical Approaches to Literature](/docs/librariesprovider120/english/english-current-course-offering-achives/ay2024-25/semester-1-ay2024-2025/sim-wai-chew---hl4013.pdf?sfvrsn=4030acef_3) | 4 | To check with SOH |
| HP3205\* | | 3 | 1 |
| HL3037 | [The Environment and Cultural Production](/docs/librariesprovider120/english/english-current-course-offering-achives/ay2023-2024/semester-2-ay2023-24/ada-cheong---hl3037.pdf?sfvrsn=139b82b5_3) | 3 | To check with SOH |
| DP5001 | [Art and Ecology Workshop](/docs/librariesprovider114/adm-information-pdf/undergraduates/course-content/photography/dp2012_public.pdf?sfvrsn=8ab91c8e_3) | 3 | To check with ADM |
| HC3043 | [Chinese Ecological Thoughts and Philosophy](https://wcms-prod-admin.ntu.edu.sg/soh/admissions/undergraduate/chinese/chinese-major-core/category-a-chinese-literature-and-culture#Content_C036_Col00) | 3 | To check with SOH |
| Planet | ES4301\* | [Conservation Biology and Biodiversity](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es4301-course-proposal.pdf?sfvrsn=214cbcc6_4) | 3 | 1 |
| ES4303\* | [Marine and Freshwater Ecology](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es4303-course-proposal.pdf?sfvrsn=31890c83_4) | 3 | 1 |
| ES4906 | [Environmental Hydrology](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/ase/admissions/undergraduate-programmes/modules-listing/Environmental-Hydrology) | 3 | 1 |
| CM5092\* | [Chemical Sustainability - An Asian Perspective](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/cceb/admissions/undergraduates/course-information#:~:text=Chemical%20Sustainability%20%2D%20An%20Asian%20Perspective) | 3 | 2 |
| ES2303\* | [Introduction to Ecology](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es2303-course-proposal.pdf?sfvrsn=82b2b366_4) | 3 | 2 |
| HH4006\* | [The Green Earth: Topics in Environmental History](/docs/librariesprovider120/history/course-outlines/ay2022-23/s1/sem-1-ay2018-19-hh4006-provisional-syllabus.pdf?sfvrsn=1866782f_3) | 4 | 2 |
| ES3103 | [Sea-level rise and coastal processes](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es3103-course-proposal.pdf?sfvrsn=7c4befef_6) | 3 | To check with ASE |
| Policy | AB0301 | [Legal and Ethical Issues in Sustainability](https://web.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/undergrad/common/contents/courseoutline/co_AB0301.pdf) | 3 | 1 |
| ES4201\* | [Environmental Management and Valuation](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2022/es4201-course-proposal.pdf?sfvrsn=f41e9d63_4) | 3 | 1 |
| ES2203\* | [Global Environmental Politics and Governance](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/ase/admissions/undergraduate-programmes/modules-listing/global-environmental-politics-and-governance) | 3 | 2 |
| HA3014\* | [Singapore’s Foreign Policy](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/ppga/course-outline/ha3014-singapore's-foreign-policy.pdf?sfvrsn=98138130_2) | 3 | 2 |
| HP3203\* | [Conservation Psychology](/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/psychology/level-3000-courses/hp3203-conservation-psychology.pdf?sfvrsn=4127f87a_5) | 3 | To check with SSS |
| HY2028 | [Food Ethics](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/admissions/undergraduate/philosophy/course-descriptions/major-prescribed-elective-courses) | 3 | To check with SOH |
| Practice | CS5209 | [Collective Problem Solving](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/docs/librariesprovider143/undergraduate/curriculum/wkwsci-ug-course-listing_as-of-oct-2024.pdf?sfvrsn=b5c2fd2e_3) | 3 | 1 |
| EE4523\* | [Power Engineering Design](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2025-other-schools/ee4523.pdf?sfvrsn=46c59d4e_1) | 2 | 1 |
| EE4530\* | [Power System Analysis & Control](/docs/librariesprovider139/eee-course-obtl/ee4530.pdf?sfvrsn=ee050bb0_3) | 3 | 1 |
| EE4532\* | [Power Electronics & Drives](/docs/librariesprovider139/eee-course-obtl/ee4532.pdf?sfvrsn=f9b3319f_6) | 3 | 1 |
| MS4666\* | [Environmental Degradation of Plastics](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/docs/librariesprovider121/undergraduate/current_students/course_summary/ms4666_environmental_degradation_of_plastics.pdf?sfvrsn=59cfe0ec_9) | 1 | 1 |
| EE2005\* | [Electrical Devices and Machines](/docs/librariesprovider139/eee-course-obtl/ee2005.pdf?sfvrsn=9eb3572c_6) | 3 | 2 |
| EE4524\* | [Design of Clean Energy Systems](/docs/librariesprovider139/ase-ug/course-obtl-2025-other-schools/ee4524.pdf?sfvrsn=2b5058bc_1) | 2 | 2 |
| EE4533\* | [Power Apparatus and System Protection](/docs/librariesprovider139/eee-course-obtl/ee4533.pdf?sfvrsn=e382832c_6) | 3 | 2 |
| EE4534\* | [Modern Distribution Systems with Renewable Resource](/docs/librariesprovider139/eee-course-obtl/ee4534.pdf?sfvrsn=a4ebd09f_3) | 3 | 2 |
| EN2005 | [Environmental Health and Safety Management](/docs/librariesprovider117/admissions/courses/en2005.pdf?sfvrsn=ea7093d4_4) | 3 | 2 |
| ES3802 | [The Urban Environment: Issues, Assessment, and Management](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/ase/admissions/undergraduate-programmes/modules-listing/the-urban-environment-issues-assessment-and-management) | 3 | 2 |
| HS2010\* | [Smart Cities and Society](/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/sociology/sociology-course-outlines/hs2010-smart-cities-and-society.pdf?sfvrsn=a3aad905_3) | 3 | 2 |
| MA4819\* | [Energy Technologies for Sustainability](https://web.ts.ntu.edu.sg/sites/MAE/UG/CourseSyllabus/Shared%20Documents/MA4819%20Energy%20Technologies%20for%20Sustainability%20OBTL%20as%20at%2007072023.pdf) | 3 | 2 |
| MS4664\* | [Environmental Sustainability and Materials](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/docs/librariesprovider121/undergraduate/current_students/course_summary/ms4664_environmental_sustainability_and_materials.pdf?sfvrsn=834ec3a9_14) | 3 | 2 |
| CS2008 | [Fundamentals of Research](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/docs/librariesprovider143/undergraduate/curriculum/wkwsci-ug-course-listing_as-of-oct-2024.pdf?sfvrsn=b5c2fd2e_3) | 3 | 1 & 2 |
| EE3015\* | [Power Systems and Conversion](/docs/librariesprovider139/eee-course-obtl/ee3015.pdf?sfvrsn=815d1ef2_6) | 3 | 1 & 2 |
| EG1001 | [Engineers in Society](/docs/librariesprovider117/admissions/courses/eg1001.pdf?sfvrsn=61fdd71b_15) | 2 | 1 & 2 |
| HP1100 | [Fundamentals of Social Science Research](/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/psychology/level-1000-2000-coursees/hp1100-fundamentals-of-social-science-research.pdf?sfvrsn=c8f9922e_3) | 3 | 1 & 2 |
| Profit | AC3104\* | [Enterprise Risk Management and Sustainability](https://www.studocu.com/sg/document/nanyang-technological-university/risk-management-advanced-auditing/ac3104-course-outline-2023/70044317) | 4 | 1 |
| HE3032\* | -in-economics/course-outline/he3602_he3032-game-theory.pdf?sfvrsn=d160276c_9) | 3 | 1 |
| HE3024\* | [Environmental Economics](/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/bsocsci-(hons)-in-economics/course-outline/he3005_he3024-environmental-economics.pdf?sfvrsn=cb338236_3) | 3 | 1 |
| HE3021\* | [Development Economics](https://www.ntu.edu.sg/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/bsocsci-(hons)-in-economics/course-outline/he2010_he3021-development-economics.pdf?sfvrsn=7ee49f2_3) | 3 | 2 |
| HE3026\* | -in-economics/course-outline/he3613__he3026-urban-economics.pdf?sfvrsn=9ffc1d04_3) | 3 | 2 |
| HE4042\* | [Singapore Economy in a Globalised World](/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/bsocsci-(hons)-in-economics/course-outline/he4010_he4042-singapore-economy-in-a-globalised-world.pdf?sfvrsn=c37a79e6_3) | 4 | 2 |
| BF2228\* | | 3 | 1 & 2 |
| HE4040\* | [Behavioral Economics](/docs/librariesprovider124/undergraduate-programmes/bsocsci-(hons)-in-economics/course-outline/he4040-behavioral-economics.pdf?sfvrsn=d210498f_3) | 4 | 1 & 2 |
***Note:****The list of approved courses was revised in November 2025. S**tudents who have taken courses from**the*.pdf?sfvrsn=12de075c_1)*before AY2025-26, Semester 2 will still have those courses counted towards the fulfilment of the Second Major**in Sustainability.*
\* Pre-requisites apply
Please find the curriculum for Bachelor of Science in Environmental Earth Systems Science with Second Major in Sustainability .
[### Additional Information](#Content_C004_Col00)
Please click for additional information about second major at NTU.