General Information

Academic Calendar for 2012/2013

Term/Semester	No. of Weeks	From	To
Orientation	1 week	16 July 2012	22 July 2012
1st Semester
1st Term	7 weeks	23 July 2012	09 September 2012
Tutorial/Practice	2 weeks	10 September 2012	16 September 2012
2nd Term	7 week	17 September 2012	04 November 2012
Exam Preparation	1 week	05 November 2012	11 November 2012
Semestral Assessment	2 weeks	12 November 2012	25 November 2012
Vacation	6 weeks	26 November 2012	06 January 2013
2nd Semester
3rd Term	7 weeks	07 January 2013	24 February 2013
Tutorial/Practice	1 week	25 February 2013	03 March 2013
4th Term	7 weeks	04 March 2013	21 April 2013
Exam Preparation	1 week	22 April 2013	28 April 2013
Annual Assessment	2 weeks	29 April 2013	12 May 2013
Vacation	10 weeks	13 May 2013	21 July 2013

The curriculum of all diploma courses is structured for a study period of 3 years. Under exceptional circumstances, students are allowed up to 5 years to complete a diploma course. However, students who fail to meet any of the following requirements at the end of an academic year will not be allowed to continue their studies at NAFA:

To attain at least 20 credits by the end of the 1st candidature year.
To attain at least 45 credits by the end of the 2nd candidature year.
To attain at least 72 credits by the end of the 3rd candidature year.
To attain at least 100 credits by the end of the 4th candidature year.
To meet all graduation requirements by the end of the 5th candidature year.

Graduation Requirements

In order to graduate from a diploma course, a student is required to attain at least a total of 120 credits (including those carried by the exempted modules, if any) as well as to meet the following requirements:

Academy requirement
To pass 3 of the 8 modules on Singapore Arts Scene required for the chosen diploma course.
Course-specific requirement
To pass all compulsory and elective modules specifically required for the chosen diploma course.
Cross-disciplinary elective requirement
To pass sufficient number of cross-disciplinary electives so as to earn the minimum number of cross-disciplinary elective credits specified for the chosen diploma course.
Limit on number of provisional passes
No more than 3 modules that are completed with the provisional pass grade E.

Course Transfer or Change of Major

Application will only be accepted at the end of a semester and before the commencement of the subsequent semester.
The Head of Department to which the student wishes to transfer will decide whether a test/audition/interview is necessary.
Approval for course transfer or change of major is subject to available vacancies and fulfillment of the requirements for the course/major.