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For cohort admitted from AY2021/2022 onwards:
Most first-year CAPT students are automatically enrolled in the University Town College Programme (UTCP), taking five courses over four Semesters. The UTCP is designed as an alternative pathway to the General Education (GE) programme at NUS. Completing the UTCP contributes to the fulfilment of GE programme requirements for graduation.
The UTCP consists of five courses: a Junior Seminar, an Ideas & Exposition course, two Senior Seminars (one with a Singapore Studies focus) and a fifth course which will fulfil one of the 21st Century Competencies Pillars – either Digital or Data Literacy.
CAPT students who complete the UTCP and participate in the co-curricular Community Engagement programme of the College will be considered to have fulfilled the Communities and Engagement pillar of the NUS General Education curriculum.
Freshmen from Law, Medicine, Dentistry and selected programmes with curricular constraints (e.g. Nursing, Pharmacy, Music, and Joint Degree Programmes), and students who enter the College for fewer than four Semesters of residency, may have reduced UTCP course requirements. Please email captbox2@nus.edu.sg for enquiries.
Timetable information can be found here.
| College Course | Units | Prerequisite | Grading Basis | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Seminar | 4 | - | Pass/Fail (CS/CU) | - |
| UTC-Senior Seminar | 4 | Completed Junior Seminar | Letter graded with S/U Option | General-themed Seminar |
| UTS-Senior Seminar | 4 | Completed Junior Seminar | Letter graded with S/U Option | Singapore Studies-themed Seminar |
| Ideas & Exposition I | 4 | Students required to take the Qualifying English Test (QET) must have passed or have passed CELC English for Academic Purposes courses. | Letter graded with S/U Option | - |
| 21st Century Competencies Pillar Course | 4 | - | Students will read at least a Data Literacy or Digital Literacy Pillar course as per their faculties/degree programmes requirements within their two-year UTCP residency, and use it to count towards their completion of the UTCP. |
More information can be found here.
For cohorts admitted in AY2020/2021 and earlier:
Most first-year CAPT students are automatically enrolled in the University Town College Programme (UTCP), taking five courses over four Semesters. The UTCP is a special General Education (GE) track within NUS. Most NUS undergraduates have to take five GE courses to graduate, and the five UTCP courses replace these typical GE requirements¹.
The UTCP consists of five courses: a Junior Seminar, two Senior Seminars, and two Ideas & Exposition courses.
Freshmen from non-modular faculties (e.g. Medicine, Law, Dentistry), students who enter the College for fewer than four Semesters of residency, and those from certain other programmes may have reduced UTCP course requirements. Please email captbox2@nus.edu.sg for enquiries.
| College Course | Units | Prerequisite | Grading Basis | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Seminar* | 4 | - | Pass/Fail (CS/CU¹) | - |
| UTC-Senior Seminar** | 4 | Completed Junior Seminar | Letter graded with S/U Option | General-themed Seminar |
| UTS-Senior Seminar** | 4 | Completed Junior Seminar | Letter graded with S/U Option | Singapore Studies-themed Seminar |
| Ideas & Exposition I | 4 | Students required to take the Qualifying English Test must have passed | Letter graded with S/U Option | - |
| Ideas & Exposition II | 4 | Completed Ideas & Expositions I | Letter graded with S/U Option | - |
¹ Students from matriculation year AY2016 onward will also have to take GER1000 Quantitative Reasoning to complete their GE requirements. The fifth UTCP course will be taken as an Unrestricted Elective (UE).