Minor

AI Minor Programme

• Students in the AI Minor Programme will have a focus on AI related technology and applications. They are required to take the following courses.
  • 50.003 Elements of Software Construction/ 50.004 Algorithms
  • 50.007 Machine Learning / 40.319 Statistical and Machine Learning
  • 50.021 Artificial intelligence

  2 courses on applications of AI-technology from CSD, EPD, or ESD. Students are required to select the 2 courses from the following course list.

  • 01.116 AI for Healthcare
  • 50.006 User Interface Implementation and Design
  • 50.017 Graphics and Visualisation
  • 50.020 Network Security
  • 50.035 Computer Vision
  • 50.037 Blockchain Technology
  • 50.038 Computational Data Science
  • 50.039 Theory and Practice of Deep Learning
  • 50.040 Natural Language Processing
  • 50.043 Database Systems
  • 50.044 System Security
  • 50.045 Information Retrieval
  • 50.048 Computational Fabrication
  • 50.050 Discrete Mathematics and Algorithm Design
  • 30.100 Computational and Data-Driven Engineering
  • 30.202 Digital Integrated Circuit Design
  • 30.119 Intelligent Robotics
  • 30.106 Microelectronics Circuits and Devices
  • 40.002 Optimisation
  • 40.016 The Analytics Edge
• Eligible students from ESD, EPD and CSD majors (students matriculated in AY2017 onwards) may pursue this minor.
• The minor will be accorded upon successful completion of the required subjects by Term 8. No extension beyond Term 8 is allowed.
• Minor students need to ensure that you meet the minor requirements every term. The ISTD Pillar will only do minor eligibility check in Term 7/8, before your graduation.
• Non-CSD students are advised to work out a study plan with your home pillar. This is to ensure that the modules you are going to take fulfil both the AI/CS minor and your home pillar graduation requirements.
• Please check with your home pillar the number of unrestricted electives you are allowed to take from another pillar.

Computer Science Minor Programme

The Minor in Computer Science will allow students to combine technical depth in their chosen engineering discipline with exposure to mathematical grounding and algorithmic thinking. Graduates with this Minor will become engineers equipped with expertise in their own discipline and ability to design solutions for challenging problems that require computing as a core element.

• A computer science minor programme consists of a collection of 5 subjects required by the pillar offering the minor.
• Eligible students from ESD and EPD majors, and DAI programme may pursue this minor.
• Students from Intake AY2020 and onwards must complete 5 subjects from the courses listed below:
  

  Minimum of 1 CS core subjects from the following list	Minimum of 2 subjects from the following list	Minimum of 2 cross-pillar subjects from the following list
  50.001 Information Systems and Programming 50.002 Computational Structure 50.003 Elements of Software Construction 50.004 Algorithms 50.005 Computer System Engineering	Any CSD elective subjects listed here 01.116 AI for Healthcare 01.117 Brain-Inspired Computing and its Application 60.007 Interaction Design for Cyber-Physical Artifacts	For EPD students 30.100 Computational and Data-Driven Engineering 30.101 Systems and Control 30.110 Digital Systems Laboratory 30.115 Digital Signal Processing 30.119 Intelligent Robotics 30.201 Wireless Communications For ESD Students 40.002 Optimisation 40.015 Simulation Modelling and Analysis 40.016 The Analytics Edge 40.302 Advanced Topics in Optimization For DAI students 60.001 Applied Deep Learning 60.002 AI applications in Design 60.004 Service Design Studio 60.005 HCI and AI

• The minor will be accorded upon successful completion of the required subjects by Term 8. No extension beyond Term 8 is allowed.
• Minor students need to ensure that you meet the minor requirements every term. ISTD Pillar will only do minor eligibility check in Term 7/8, before your graduation.
• Non-CSD students are advised to work out a study plan with your home pillar. This is to ensure that the modules you are going to take fulfil both the AI/CS minor and your home pillar graduation requirements.
• Please check with your home pillar the number of unrestricted electives you are allowed to take from another pillar.

Eligibility

• Minor programmes are only open to pillar-level engineering students matriculated in AY2017 onwards, and begins in Term 5 of the student’s pillar study.
• Students must declare their intention to enrol in a minor to the Office of Student Administration and the pillars involved at least 2 weeks prior to the start of Term 5. Students should note that the add/drop period and related policies apply to minor-related and additional fifth subjects (if any).
• Students need to pass all 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.
• Eligible students will be allowed to do one of the above minor programmes only.

Grading Requirements

• Subjects taken to complete a minor shall be graded and computed into the GPA.
• Unless a minimum passing grade is stated by the pillar, the minimum passing grade shall be a D.
• Non-letter grading options cannot be used for a minor.

Fulfilling Minor Requirements

• Students will need to seek the approval of their pillar as well as the pillar offering the minor and submit a formal request to the Office of Student Administration (OSA) before registering for the additional subject.
• Credits from successfully completed academic units from external institutes can be recognised towards fulfilling SUTD minor requirements upon approval from pillar/cluster offering the minor
• Students must declare that they have successfully completed the minor programme and provide any necessary documentation to OSA before graduation in order for the minor to be reflected in their transcript.

Declaration and Withdrawal

• Students who decide not to continue pursuing the minor programme at any point in time will need to submit a formal written letter of withdrawal to their pillar, the pillar offering the minor and the OSA.
• Should the student not complete or withdraw from the minor programme, the student’s major pillar may, at its sole discretion, allow the additional 5^th subject(s)(if any) successfully completed in the previous term(s) for the discontinued minor to be counted towards the pillar degree requirements. Grades earned to complete a minor shall still be computed towards the GPA after the student’s withdrawal.