Extended International Foundation Year (5.0) in Social Sciences

Please note that this course is undergoing a review and some modules may be different from those advertised.

Our dedicated staff provide expert support and tuition to help prepare you for your future study choices, a typical week will include 15-20 contact hours (teacher-led learning).

All modules include a number of tutorial sessions either in small group sessions or one-to-one.

You will have access to extensive online facilities, as well as our learning centres/ libraries, allowing you to make the most of the resources available to you.

The learning activities students engage in are:

• Exploration
• Orientation
• Reflection
• Planning
• Developing practical skills for learning
• Developing practical digital literacy skills
• Developing practical information literacy skills
• Scenario based work

Teaching methods include:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Tutor-led/group-led group discussions
• One to one and group tutorials
• Presentations to peers by individuals or groups
• Workshops

Students are assessed in the following ways:

1. Case study: summative assessment on a project work undertaken throughout the period
2. Seminar: summative assessment on the student’s ability to research and discuss a topic
3. Portfolio of written tasks

Tests and examinations

You are assessed by completing a wide range of learning activities that will be appropriate to the learning outcomes of the individual modules that you study. The assessments are designed to give you experience of and to develop skills that you will need for further study in higher education in the UK

There are two types of assessment used on this course:

• Formative assessment will help to guide, encourage and support you to understand the expectations of your chosen academic study and general expectations of studying at a HE level. Advice will be given that is relevant to the learning outcomes and assessment criteria and will identify areas for improvement or enhancement.
• Summative assessment is marked against learning outcomes and assessment criteria. It will give you your grade that will contribute to your course award.

Typical modules for Semester 1 may include:

• 3EG013 Pre sessional English Language Skills Intermediate
• 3EG007 Language Production Skills: Grammar, Writing and Speaking
• 3L1001 Getting ahead as an International Student

Options for Social Sciences:

• 3MGO01 Introduction to Management or
• 3GK003 Academic Skills or
• 3GK007 Wolverhampton and its people

Typical modules for Semester 2 may include:

• 3L1003 Learning in a digital Environment
• 3M002 Advanced Mathematical Skills

Options for Social Sciences:

• 3IM001 Business Decision-Making or
• 3GK008 Culture and Nationality in Conflict