16 May 2020
Nanyang Technological University are now able to take massive open online courses (MOOCs) to fulfil undergraduate degree requirements.
All 23,000 NTU undergraduates, except medical students, can earn credits from completing selected online courses offered on MOOC platforms such as Coursera, edX and FutureLearn. For a start, 86 MOOCs have been approved. These include courses such as The Analytics Edge offered by MIT, Machine Learning by Stanford University and Business Strategies for Social Impact by Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
NTU students generally have to obtain between 108 and 140 academic units in order to graduate with a bachelor’s degree. MOOCs can count up to 12 academic units.
Students can take the courses at any time, including during the holidays before the new academic year begins in August, as well as at their own pace.
Currently. the National University of Singapore also allows its students to count completed MOOCs toward their bachelor’s degree.