From April 2025, college students who handed O-level computing and enrol in Nanyang Polytechnic’s (NYP) Faculty of Info Expertise can apply for an exemption from the programming competency unit (CmU) module, a foundational studying unit all first-year IT college students take.
The credit score exemption permits college students to save lots of 60 curriculum hours over the semester. They’ll use that point to pursue skilled certifications, take part in competitions, or work on tasks with mentoring by trade veterans.
This exemption applies to the Frequent ICT Programme and all 4 diplomas – utilized AI and analytics; enterprise and monetary know-how; cyber safety and digital forensics; and data know-how – that the college gives.
A course supervisor will inform all eligible college students of the choice when their first 12 months commences in April. The supervisor may even information college students on the appliance course of.
First-year diploma scholar in cyber safety and digital forensics Ker Hong Xuan, 18, mentioned that he would have opted for this exemption if it had been obtainable when he enrolled in 2024.
“I like the thought of freed-up curriculum time. I can be part of within the hackathons the college organises, and I may have gotten my Licensed Moral Hacker certification even earlier,” he added.
A latest curriculum evaluation by NYP confirmed that the O-level computing topic and programming CmU have overlapping studying outcomes.
The information additionally confirmed that over the previous cohorts at NYP, 9 in 10 college students who handed their O-level computing topic scored not less than a B for programming CmU.
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