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“humanities and art”. Furthermore, students are required to fulfil the “Multiple Curriculum”,
which includes four other fields, namely “Philosophy and History”, “Life Science”, “Materials
Science and Mathematics Logic” together with the two fields under the Core Curriculum.
Students have to take electives from at least three of these fields.

As mentioned above, certain credits are automatically transferred when junior college
graduates are admitted into Chang Gung University. Since different junior college graduates
may have different academic qualifications, these graduates can apply credit transfer for GE
courses individually through the Office of Academic Affairs in Chang Gung University.

Singapore
The Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Examination (an examination taken by junior
college and high school leavers) is the common way for Singaporean students to enter
university and receive tertiary education. Apart from that, there is also an alternative route
if students have completed a Polytechnic Diploma from Singapore. In this section, National
University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University will be studied to investigate
the GE framework and the credit transfer practice in Singapore.

Polytechnic diploma holders may apply to National University of Singapore (NUS), but they
are not allowed to transfer their previously earned credit for GE courses (although credit
exemptions can be granted for major-related courses, depending on programmes), as stated
explicitly by the Registrar’s Office. Regardless of their year of entry (year 1 entry or polytechnic
diploma holders), NUS students are required to read five GE modules (20 credits), which are:
“human cultures”; “asking questions”; “quantitative reasoning”; “thinking and expression”;
and “Singaporean studies” with no exemptions. The respective GE PILOs are as follows:

(1) Human Cultures
Learning outcomes: An appreciation of how human knowledge informs and enriches our
understanding of civilisations, cultures and the natural/physical world.
(2) Asking Questions
Learning outcomes: An ability to ask insightful questions and to engage holistically and actively
with the selected topic. Students will learn to identify thoughtful questions and develop
critiques and reflections. (Please see below for more information on the implementation of
this pillar.)
(3) Quantitative Reasoning
Learning outcomes: The acquisition of skills to make sense of, model, generate, synthesise,
evaluate and make inferences from available data and knowledge.

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