Several universities in Singapore already have courses that straddle disciplines in a bid to offer undergraduates a broad-based education, experts said.
In particular, tertiary institutions with curricula influenced by the US model allow students to break out of silos such as purely humanities or hard sciences courses, said National Institute of Education don Jason Tan.
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