Elective Certificates

An elective certificate will be issued when a student completes a suite of related elective modules.

The list of elective modules leading to a certificate is as follow:

Name of Certificate Module Code and Name

Certificate in Advanced Mathematics

Students are required to complete 3 elective modules listed below: 
EP0601 - ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 1
EP0602 - ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 2
EP0603 - ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 3

Eligibility: 
Students should fulfill any of the following criteria:

  • Grade A for students who have taken Engineering Mathematics (EM1 or EM) at year 1
  • At least pass in A or AO level Maths for students who have taken Mathematics at GCE A levels
  • Grade A for Maths for AI (MS0240) – For DAAA students only
  • Grade A GCE ‘O’ Level E-Maths & A Maths for students who have not taken Engineering Maths
  • Any others who do not fit in to the above criteria will be dealt case by case basis
Note:
Students who perform well in the Advanced Mathematics electives may be considered for module exemption at local universities. Click here for the list of NTU courses and here for the list of NUS courses that offer exemption from their foundational mathematics module, for SP students who have done well in the Advanced Mathematics electives. For further enquiries, please email Dr Kathir at kathiresan_manickam@sp.edu.sg 

Certificate in Applied Psychology 
(With effect from AY2022/2023)

Students are required to complete any 3 elective modules listed below:
EP0706 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
EP0707 - EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
EP0708 - BUSINESS NEGOTIATION SKILLS
EP0711 - APPLYING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY TO PERSONAL WELL-BEING
EP0716 - FUNDAMENTALS IN PEER SUPPORT

Certificate in Art & Design 

Students are required to complete 3 elective modules listed below: 
EP0802 - PRODUCT DESIGN
EP0805 - DRAWING
EP0810 - GRAPHIC DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS

Certificate in Asia Readiness

Revised Certificate Requirement (For AY22/23 cohort onwards)

The revised certificate requirement will be implemented with effect from AY23 in line with the offering of Minor in Asia Readiness. Students from the AY22/23 cohort should follow this requirement if they wish to be awarded the Certificate in Asia Readiness.

Revised Requirement: Complete 3 elective modules below with at least 1 elective from each of the 3 domains

DomainsElectives

Asian Languages

EP0100 - CONVERSATIONAL MALAY
EP0106 - CONVERSATIONAL MANDARIN 1
EP0107 - CONVERSATIONAL THAI 1
EP0108 - CONVERSATIONAL VIETNAMESE 1
EP0110 - CONVERSATIONAL JAPANESE 1
EP0111 - CONVERSATIONAL KOREAN 1

Business, Culture & Society

EP0102 - BUSINESS MANDARIN
EP0103 - UNDERSTANDING CROSS CULTURAL DIVERSITY
EP0112 - SUCCEEDING IN A MULTIGENERATIONAL AND MULTICULTURAL WORKPLACE
EP0712 - ASEAN BUSINESS CONNECT

Asian Project

EP0101 - UNDERSTANDING ASEAN
EP0109 - YOUTH MODEL ASEAN PROGRAMME
EP0713 - PROJECT EXPEDITION
EP1104 - OVERSEAS TRANSDISCIPLINARY INNOVATION PROJECT EXPERIENCE  

Please contact Liu_Sin_Yee@sp.edu.sg or Kenneth_XY_Lee@sp.edu.sg if you have any questions.

Certificate in Aviation Management

Students are required to complete 3 elective modules listed below: 
EM0503 or EP0503 - INTRODUCTION TO AIRLINE INDUSTRY
EM0504 or EP0504 - AIRPORT TERMINAL OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT
EP0520 - AIRPORT RAMP OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

Certificate in Business

Revised Certificate Requirement (with effect from AY24/25 cohort)

The revised certificate requirement will be implemented with effect from AY24/25 cohort. Students from the AY24/25 cohort should follow this requirement if they wish to be awarded the Certificate in Business.

Revised Requirement:
Students are required to complete any 3 elective modules listed below:

EP0702 – INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MARKETING
EP0703 – HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
EP0708 – BUSINESS NEGOTIATION SKILLS
EP0709 – ACCOUNTING 

Prevailing Certificate Requirement (valid till end of AY25)
With the implementation of the revised certificate requirement, the prevailing requirement for the award of the certificate will be phased out at the end of AY25. 

Prevailing Requirement:
Students are required to complete any 3 elective modules listed below:
EP0702 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MARKETING
EP0703 - HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
EP0704 - FINANCE TOOLKIT FOR BUSINESS
EP0710 - INTRODUCTION TO ENTERPRISE INNOVATION

Certificate in Data & Analytics

To obtain the Certificate in Data and Analytics, students should take any three modules from the list below. Do note that some modules have pre-requisites, which themselves are also modules that count towards the Certificate. Please refer to the elective modules listing for the details.

Take any three of the following:
EP0610 – DATA VISUALISATION FOR BUSINESS
EP0611 – THINKING WITH DATA FOR DECSION MAKING
EP0612 – FUNDAMENTALS AND AUTOMATION OF DATA USING EXCEL
EP0302 – PROGRAMMING FOR DATA SCIENCE
EP0304 – MACHINE LEARNING IN PYTHON

Eligibility:

  • DAAA students are excluded from this certificate due to the substantial overlap with their primary diploma.
  • SB, SMA-DMB or ABE-DFM students who have read MS1522, MS7524 or MS3522 are not eligible to take EP0612. To obtain the Certificate, they can choose to read any three of the remaining four modules in the list above.

For further enquiries, please email Dr Kathiresan (kathiresan_manickam@sp.edu.sg) or Dr Ruyi (foong_ruyi@sp.edu.sg).

Certificate in Design & Innovation

Students are required to complete 3 elective modules and should take at least ONE of the modules with the asterisk (*) 

EP0801 - USER EXPERIENCE FUNDAMENTALS *
EP0803 - TRANSDISCIPLINARY INNOVATION PROJECT *
EP1104 - OVERSEAS TRANSDISCIPLINARY INNOVATION PROJECT EXPERIENCE *
EP0802 - PRODUCT DESIGN
EP0701 - INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EP1000 - DIGITAL FABRICATION & PROTOTYPING FUNDAMENTALS
EP1001 - FURTHER DIGITAL FABRICATION & PROTOTYPING
EP1003 - CHINDOGU INVENTION WITH DESIGN & FABRICATION

Note:
1.  Students are allowed to read either EP0803 (Transdisciplinary Innovation Project) or EP1104 (Overseas Transdisciplinary Innovation Project Experience) only. Eligibility requirements for each module can be obtained from module listing site.

2. Students are advised to do EP1000 (Digital Fabrication & Prototyping Fundamentals first if they intend to take EP1001 (Further Digital Fabrication & Prototyping)

Certificate in Digital Media

Students are required to complete any 3 elective modules listed below:
EP0804 - INTRODUCTION TO IMMERSIVE MEDIA
EP0806 - VIDEO & AUDIO FUNDAMENTALS 
EP0807 - IMMERSIVE MEDIA CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
EP0808 - INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC PRODUCTION
EP0811 - CREATIVE VIDEO CONTENT FOR DIGITAL PLATFORMS

Certificate in Entrepreneurship

Revised Certificate Requirement (with effect from AY24/25 cohort)

The revised certificate requirement will be implemented with effect from AY24/25 cohort. Students from the AY24/25 cohort should follow this requirement if they wish to be awarded the Certificate in Entrepreneurship.

Revised requirement: Students are required to complete 3 elective modules.

EP0701 - INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

and take any two of the following:

EP0704 - FINANCE TOOLKIT FOR BUSINESS
EP0710 - INTRODUCTION TO ENTERPRISE INNOVATION
EP0407 - TECHNOLOGY TO BUSINESS
EP1101 - INCUBATING INNOVATION
EP1102 - ACCELERATING INNOVATION

Prevailing Certificate Requirement (valid till end of AY25)

With the implementation of the revised certificate requirement, the prevailing requirement for the award of the certificate will be phased out at the end of AY25. 

Prevailing Requirement: Students are required to complete 3 elective modules.
EP0701 - INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

and take any two of the following:
EP0702 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MARKETING
EP0704 - FINANCE TOOLKIT FOR BUSINESS
EP0710 - INTRODUCTION TO ENTERPRISE INNOVATION
EP0407 - TECHNOLOGY TO BUSINESS
EP1101 - INCUBATING INNOVATION
EP1102 - ACCELERATING INNOVATION

Certificate in Health and Wellness

Students are required to complete any 3 elective modules listed below:
EP0206 - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY HEALTH
EP0208 - NUTRITION AND HEALTH
EP0210 - FITNESS AND WELLNESS 
EP0211 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE FOR HEALTHCARE 

Certificate in IoT
(Internet of Things)

Students are required to complete any 3 elective modules listed below:
EP0401 - PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR INTERNET OF THINGS
EP0402 - FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNET OF THINGS
EP0403 - CREATING AN IOT (INTERNET OF THINGS) PROJECT
EP0409 - LOW CODE 5G & AIOT

Certificate in Sound & Music Fundamentals

Students are required to complete 3 elective modules listed below:

EP0808 - INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC PRODUCTION and
EM0806 - SONGWRITING STUDIO*

and take any of the following:
EM0801 - AUDIO POST PRODUCTION*
EM0814 - GAME AUDIO*

*Note: For MAD students only except DMAT

Certificate in Virtual Production

Students are required to complete 3 elective modules listed below:
EP0806 - VIDEO & AUDIO FUNDAMENTALS
EP0813 - VIRTUAL PRODUCTION FUNDAMENTALS
EP0814 - GAME ENVIRONMENT CREATION

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