Program Overview

Second Major in Innovation & Design

The Second Major in Innovation & Design consists of a series of project-based courses that run throughout a student’s candidature. Students are expected to develop their knowledge, skills, and abilities in innovation and design in a cumulative manner through these courses.

Program Structure

The learning journey begins with lower-level courses that introduce students to basic concepts in innovation and design, and culminates in a major design project and a final year project where students are expected to apply their design knowledge and skills to develop solutions to real problems. Students will also take a number of Innovation & Enterprise electives to widen their knowledge about topics in design, business, and entrepreneurship.

Program Requirements

The requirements of the Second Major in Innovation & Design are as follows:

• Group A – complete ONE of the following:
  • EG2201A User-Centred Collaborative Design (4 units) or CDE2300 Product Design and Innovation (4 units)
  • EG2310/CDE2310 Fundamentals of Systems Design (4 units)
• Group B – complete ONE of the following:
  • EG2301/CDE2301 Value Creation in Innovation (4 units)
  • EG2311/CDE2311 Introduction to Space Systems (4 units)
  • CDE2605R Undergraduate Research Experience (4 units)
  • EG2606B Independent Work (4 units)
• Group C – complete 8 units from the basket of Innovation & Enterprise electives
• EG3301R/CDE3301 Ideas to Proof-of-Concept (12 units)
• EG4301 DCP Dissertation (12 units) or CDE4301 Innovation & Design Capstone (12 units)
• EG4301A/CDE4301 Ideas to Start-up (12 units)

Course Details

• EG2201A is re-coded as CDE2300 Product Design and Innovation from AY2024/2025 onwards.
• EG2310/CDE2310 is targeted at students who intend to work on projects in complex engineering systems.
• EG2301 is formerly known as Case Studies in Innovation.
• EG2311 is meant for students who intend to work on satellite-related projects.
• EG2606B/CDE2605R can be counted as Group B course for students from College of Design and Engineering who are special competition projects only (e.g. FSAE, Bumblebee, RoboMaster).
• CDE2605R can be used to partially fulfil the internship requirement for Engineering majors.
• EG3301R/CDE3301 Ideas to Proof-of-Concept (12 units) replaces the design project course in Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Science.
• EG4301 is re-coded as CDE4301 Innovation & Design Capstone from AY2024/2025 onwards, while EG4301A is re-coded as CDE4301A.
• These courses cannot be read concurrently with credit-bearing internship.
• These courses cannot be used to fulfil a specialisation in any Engineering major.

Student Eligibility

• Students from Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering who are planning to take the Group A course EG2201A may do so in Year 1 Semester 2 after clearing DTK1234 in the preceding semester.
• Students from College of Humanities and Sciences who have cleared DTK1234 in Year 1 Semester 1 may also read EG2201A in Year 1 Semester 2.
• Students from Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science, Industrial & Systems Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering who are planning to take the Group A course EG2201A may do so in Year 2 Semester 1 after clearing DTK1234 in the preceding semester.
• Students from College of Humanities and Sciences who are scheduled to take DTK1234 in Year 1 Semester 2 will also read EG2201A in Year 2 Semester 1.
• Students who are planning to take the Group A course EG2310 should do so in Year 1 Semester 2 as the course is offered in Semester 2 only of each academic year.

Additional Information

• Students who are in the Engineering Scholars Programme and poly-intake students in Engineering majors who are exempted from one year’s worth of courses (38 units) may follow a three-year timeline.
• Students who participate in the NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) programmes may map some of their NOC courses to the Second Major.
• Students may also enrol in a specialisation or a minor on top of their primary major and the Second Major in Innovation & Design. However, those who do so may need to graduate with additional courses above and beyond the minimum 160 units needed for graduation.

Eligible Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Environmental Engineering
• Industrial & Systems Engineering
• Materials Science & Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Architecture
• Arts and Social Sciences
• Business Administration
• Business Analytics
• Computer Science
• Information Security
• Information Systems
• Project & Facilities Management
• Real Estate
• Science