Academic Disciplines

Explore VJC's 67 subject combinations across Arts and Science courses.

Last updated 7 July 2026

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Subject Combinations

VJC offers a total of 67 standard subject combinations in the Arts and Science courses. All combinations include General Paper, Project Work and Mother Tongue at Higher 1 (H1) level.

Students should have the requisite knowledge to offer Science and Mathematics subjects at A-Level and be able to cope with the demands of the A-level curriculum. Subjects offered in the Arts course do not have any pre-requisites; however, students should consider their strengths and interests closely when choosing their subjects.

To experience a broad-based education, all students in a junior college must offer at least one contrasting subject which is outside their main area of specialisation in the Arts or Science course.

Students in VJC can offer a Foreign Language as a Higher 2 (H2) subject in any of the subject combinations.

Arts

Subject Combinations

Course		Subjects offered in the Arts Course			Contrasting Subject
ARTS	A1	Literature in English	History	Art \| China Studies in English \| Chinese Language and Literature \| Economics \| Tamil Language and Literature \| Theatre Studies and Drama	Mathematics
		Literature in English	Geography
		Literature in English	Economics	Art \| China Studies in English \| Chinese Language and Literature \| Tamil Language and Literature \| Theatre Studies and Drama
		History	Economics
		Geography	Economics

Science

Subject Combinations

Course		Subjects offered in the Science Course			Contrasting Subjects
SCIENCE	S2	Mathematics	Chemistry	Physics	Economics
	S3	Mathematics	Chemistry	Biology	Art \| China Studies in English \| Chinese Language and Literature \| Economics \| Geography \| History \| Literature in English \| Tamil Language and Literature \| Theatre Studies and Drama
	S4	Mathematics	Chemistry	Physics	Art \| China Studies in English \| Chinese Language and Literature \| Geography \| History \| Literature in English \| Tamil Language and Literature \| Theatre Studies and Drama
	S5	Mathematics	Economics	Physics
	S6	Mathematics	Economics	Chemistry
	S7	Mathematics	Economics	Biology	Geography \| History \| Literature in English
	S8	Mathematics	Further Mathematics	Physics	Economics
	S9	Mathematics	Computing	Chemistry	Economics
	S10	Mathematics	Computing	Physics	Economics

Higher 3 (H3) Subjects

Besides these subject combinations, students with the ability and passion to deepen their learning can apply to offer a H3 subjects in the Humanities and the Science.

There is a range of H3 offerings that are either taught by VJC teachers in college or by university lecturers at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore Management University (SMU). VJC also offers a special H3 programme – H3 NAV Science Research – in collaboration with the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and NUS.

A-Level syllabus

The Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) provides comprehensive information on the subjects which are examined at GCE A-Levels. You may find out more from their website.

VJC Academic Information 2026

Download our 2026 Academic Information booklet here, for a fuller understanding of the A-Level curriculum in VJC and the factors you should consider in choosing the right subject combination for yourself.