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SUTD Minors

More information about all SUTD Minors can be found on this page.

 
Minor in Sustainability by Design

Overview

The University minor, Sustainability by Design, is an interdisciplinary sustainability minor for SUTD undergraduates to be equipped with knowledge and tools on sustainability and design, broaden their views on the various environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability, and to apply principles of sustainability and design thinking in both academia and industry.

The Sustainability by Design minor is hosted by Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) Cluster.

Course requirements

Two required core courses

• 40.230 Design for Sustainability (offered by ESD and SMT) (Term 6)
• 20.322 Net Zero Design (offered by ASD and EPD) (Term 7) – taken as 12-credit course for non-ASD students

Two sustainability-related HASS courses from the following list (more courses may be added)

• 02.104TS The History of International Development in Asia: The Role of Engineers and Designers
• 02.146 Financing Cities of the Future: Theory & Practice
• 02.147TS Interventions in Design, Technology and Society
• 02.153TS A History of Nuclear Strategy, Design, Technology and Society
• 02.154HT Environmental Humanities
• 02.155HT Design Anthropology
• 02.166TS Urban Southeast Asia: Diversity, Sustainability and Change
• 02.167HT Special Topic: Fashion: East and West
• 02.219TS Rice Cultures: Technology, Society and Environment in Asia
• 02.222TS Unnatural Disasters
• 02.228TS Design in the Anthropocene
• 02.231TS Transportation Policy and Technology in Urban Progress

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• 01.101 Technologies for Sustainable Global Health��(���ʶ�) (Term 7)
• 01.102 Energy Systems for Management��(������) (Term 6/ 8)
• 01.116 AI for Healthcare (ISTD, EPD) (Term 6/ 8)
• 30.316 Digital Biomimetics: Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing��(���ʶ�) (Term 6/ 8)
• 30.120 Design and Manufacturing��(���ʶ�)
• 30.123 Healthcare Product Design��(���ʶ�)
• 40.260 Supply Chain Management��(������)
• 40.318 Supply Chain Digitalisation and Design��(������)

Note: All courses are subject to timetable availability and fulfilment of prerequisites.

Planning for minor study

• This minor is open only to eligible SUTD undergraduate students matriculated from AY2021 onwards.
• Students interested in pursuing a minor or minors are required to meet an academic advisor to formulate a study plan. Students who are deemed to be unable to complete the coursework by Term 8 should not embark on a minor programme. Subsequently, students are required to track their own progress towards completing the minor programme(s) as per the study plan formulated.

• Enrolment into all courses is subject to availability.
• The minor will be accorded upon successful completion of the required subjects by Term 8. No extension beyond Term 8 is allowed.
• Both the major and minor requirements must be completed within the normal candidature of the undergraduate programme, i.e. 8 terms.

Eligibility

• Students need to pass all twelve (12) Freshmore subjects at the point of declaring their intention to pursue a minor.
• Students who are deemed to be unable to complete the coursework by Term 8 will not be allowed to pursue the minor.

Declaration and withdrawal

• Students must formally declare their intention to enrol in the Minor in Sustainability by Design during the following declaration periods via MyPortal. Students should note that the add/drop period and related policies apply to minor-related and additional fifth subject(s) (if any).
   

  Cohort	Declaration period
  2024 and onwards	2 weeks before start of Term 5
  AY2023	In Week 3 of Term 8
  AY2022	2 weeks before Term 4

• Students who declared earlier but decide not to continue pursuing the minor programme(s), or decide to pursue a different minor, are required to formally inform (in writing) OSA and the pillars/clusters involved. Only requests before the end of Term 5’s add/drop period* will be entertained and such requests will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. (*Not applicable for students from the AY2023 cohort.)
• Should the student not complete or withdraw from the minor programme, the student’s pillar/cluster may, at its sole discretion, allow the additional fifth subject(s) (if any) successfully completed in the previous term(s) for the discontinued minor to be counted towards the major requirements. Grades earned to complete a minor shall still be computed towards the GPA after the student’s withdrawal.

Grading requirements

• Students must complete all required courses.
• Subjects taken to complete the minor shall be graded and computed into the GPA.
• Unless a minimum passing grade is stated by SMT, the minimum passing grade shall be a D. Non-letter grading options cannot be used for the minor.
• Credits from successfully completed academic units from external institutions can be recognised towards fulfilling the minor requirements upon approval from SMT.