Subject Combinations

All our students undertake the Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level Curriculum, offering 10 to 12 units of study including H1 General Paper, H1 Mother Tongue and four content-based subjects. Each H2 subject carries 2 academic units. H1 and H3 subjects carry 1 unit each.

Students posted to the Arts course via the Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) may propose subject combinations in the Arts (A1 to A5) or Hybrid (Y1 to Y2) groups. Students posted to the Science course via the Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) may propose subject combinations in the Science (S1 to S3) or Hybrid (Y1 to Y2) groups. Students may propose their preferred subject combination if it is not featured in the list of subject combinations, subject to approval.

The EJC Subject Combination Proposal Exercise ↗ (opens in new tab) (SCOPE) information booklet can be downloaded and viewed below.

Knowledge Skills

All students offer H1 General Paper. In their first year, students must offer Project Work.

Languages

Students must offer H1 Mother Tongue unless they have obtained a minimum of D7 for Higher Mother Tongue at O-Level.

French, German, Japanese or Spanish can be offered as an H2 subject for Arts students and a contrasting H2 subject for Science students. These subjects are offered at the Ministry of Education Language Centre (MOELC).

Hybrid Combinations

Students intending to offer 2 Mathematics and Sciences subjects and 2 Humanities and the Arts subjects may refer to page 6 of the information booklet ↗ (opens in new tab). These hybrid subject combinations are available to students posted to the Arts or Science courses via JAE.

Contrasting Subject

Students must offer a contrasting subject as one of the four content-based subjects.

• Science students must offer at least one subject from the Humanities and the Arts group.

• Arts students offer H1 or H2 Mathematics as their contrasting subject.

• H2 Knowledge and Inquiry is considered a contrasting subject for Science and Arts students, and offered as the fourth H2 subject.

Subject Revision

Students offering 4 H2 content-based subjects may revise one H2 content-based subject to H1 Level at appropriate points in the course.

H3 Subjects

Designed for outstanding students, H3 subjects are offered in JC2 together with the stipulated subject at H2 level. Students will be informed of the application process and eligibility criteria in JC1.

Merit-Based Allocation

Students intending to offer H2 Art, H2 Further Mathematics, H2 Knowledge & Inquiry, H2 Music or H2 Translation (Chinese) must pass a selection test/audition administered by the college.

Students intending to offer H2 Translation (Chinese) must have obtained a minimum of A2 for English Language and B3 for Higher Chinese or A2 for Chinese at the GCE O-Level Examination, based on centrally-stated prerequisites.

Students intending to offer French, German, Japanese or Spanish at H2 or H1 Level must have studied the respective language at MOELC in Secondary 4 or Year 4 prior to joining the college.

If a subject is oversubscribed, students will be selected based on academic merit, including (i) L1R5 aggregate score or equivalent, excluding bonus points, and (ii) performance in the relevant subject(s).

The indicative cut-off point for H2 Biology, H2 Chemistry and H2 Physics is B3 for the respective subject at the GCE O-Level Examination or equivalent, or A1 for Combined Science at the GCE O-Level Examination.

The indicative cut-off point for H2 Further Mathematics is A1 for Additional Mathematics at the GCE O-Level Examination or equivalent.

Special Programmes

Bicultural Studies Programme [BSP(C)] scholars must offer H2 China Studies in Chinese ↗ (opens in new tab).

Engineering and Tech Programme Scholarship (ETPS) students must offer subject combinations prescribed by the Ministry of Education, which will include H2 Mathematics. (ETPS) students must offer subject combinations ↗ (opens in new tab) prescribed by the Ministry of Education, which will include H2 Mathematics.

Humanities Scholarship and Programme (HSP) students must offer subject combinations ↗ (opens in new tab) prescribed by the Ministry of Education, which will include H2 Literature in English.

Music Elective Programme (MEP) students must offer H2 Music.

Foreign Language Elective scholars must offer their respective foreign language subjects at H2 level.

National Elective Tamil Language Programme Scholarship ↗ (opens in new tab) (NETPS) students must offer H2 Tamil Language and Literature.

University Course Requisites

Your future career may require you to undertake certain degrees and/or courses at the undergraduate level. In turn, these undergraduate courses in the universities may or may not have course-specific subject pre-requisites. As such, you are advised to check the minimum requirements on the university websites directly before making a decision on the subject combination to offer.

Other Considerations

In the event that there is insufficient student subscription in a particular subject or subject combination, the college reserves the right not to offer that subject or subject combination.