Pre-Bachelor International Foundation Diploma - Computing and IT Pathway
Bachelor's degree
In Oxford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Oxford
The International Foundation Diploma provides a guaranteed pathway to an undergraduate course at Oxford Brookes University once you enrol and pass with sufficient grades. It provides a bridge between school study in your home country and undergraduate study at a UK university.
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English Language Requirements Take IELTS test
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Subjects
- International
- Politics
- Basic
- Psychology
- Mathematics
- Basic IT training
- GCSE Mathematics
- Basic IT
- Skills and Training
- University
- Computing
- Law
- Video Production
- Social Psychology
- Multimedia
- Perspective
- Data analysis
- Media
- Tourism
- IT Law
- Product Design
- Production
- International Relations
- Design
Course programme
You must take and pass eight modules to complete the diploma.
Compulsory modules
Three compulsory modules will develop your academic study skills and your critical-thinking skills in preparation for your future courses. These are:
·Orientation to University Studies (double credit)
·Foundation Project
·Intercultural Communication
Optional modules
Your choice of four optional modules will depend on your interests and future study plans. We will advise you on the best combination at the start of the course. As courses are reviewed regularly the module list you choose from may vary from that shown here.
Foundation level
·Foundations of Computer Systems
·Foundations of Computer Programming
·Perspectives on Business Studies
·Foundation Economics
·Perspectives on Macroeconomics
·Foundation Tourism and Hospitality
·Foundation Media Studies
·Foundations of Modern Theory and Belief
·Literature and Arts in Context
·International Relations
·Introduction to International Development
·Modern British Cinema and Society
·Foundation Law
·Foundation Politics
·Foundations of Cell and Human Biology
·Foundations of Chemistry
·Foundations of Genetics and Ecology
·Foundation Engineering Mathematics I
·Foundation Engineering Mathematics II
Undergraduate level
·Basic Survey Methods
·Basic Data Analysis
·Video Production
·Electronic Product Design
·Multimedia IT Skills
·Politics in Comparative Perspective
·Foundations of Social Psychology
·Raising Individual Financial Awareness
·Foundations of Business
·Global Business Communications
·Planning a Successful Event
·Publishing Principles
·Publishing Principles and Practice: Author to Reader
·The Rise of the Modern World
·Contemporary British Studies
·Introduction to Language and Society
·Introduction to Popular Music
Recommended modules for particular pathways
You can choose modules according to your previous experience, interests and study plans. However, the following modules are recommended for progression to undergraduate degrees in particular subject areas.
Recommended for business, marketing, accounting and tourism
·Foundation level: Perspectives on Business Studies (Semester 1); Foundation Economics (Semester 1 or S); Foundation Tourism and Hospitality (Semester 1 or S); International Relations (Semester 2 or S); Perspectives on Macroeconomics (Semester 2)
·Undergraduate level: Foundations of Business* (Semester 1 or 2 or S); Global Business Communications (Semester 1 or 2); Basic Data Analysis (Semester 2); Basic Survey Methods (Semester 1 or 2); Raising Individual Financial Awareness (Semester 1 or S); Planning a Successful Event (Semester 1)
Also: An appropriate Level 3 mathematics module if required for Business
Recommended for law, politics and psychology
·Foundation level: Foundation Law (Semester 1 or 2); Foundation Politics (Semester 2); International Relations (Semester 1 or 2 or S); Literature and Arts in Context (Semester 2)
·Undergraduate level: Foundations of Social Psychology (Semester 1); Politics in Comparative Perspective (Semester 2); The Rise of the Modern World (Semester 2); Introduction to Philosophy (Semester 1)
Also: An appropriate Level 3 mathematics module if required for Psychology
Recommended for the social sciences, humanities, media, communication and publishing
·Foundation level: Foundation Media Studies (Semester 1); Literature and Arts in Context (Semester 2); Modern British Cinema and Society (Semester 2)
·Undergraduate level: Foundations of Social Psychology (Semester 1); Politics in Comparative Perspective (Semester 2); Video Production (Semester 1); Electronic Product Design (Semester 2); Multimedia IT Skills (Semester 1); Publishing Principles and Practice (Semester 1); Publishing Principles and Practice: Author to Reader (Semester 2); Introduction to Popular Music (Semester 2)
Recommended for computing
·Foundation level: Foundations of Computer Systems (Semester 1); Foundations of Computer Programming (Semester 2)
·Undergraduate level: Video Production (Semester 1); Electronic Product Design (Semester 2); Multimedia IT Skills (Semester 2)
Also: An appropriate level 3 module if required
Recommended modules for life sciences
·Foundation level: Foundations of Cell and Human Biology (Semester 1); Foundations of Genetics and Ecology (Semester 2); Foundations of Chemistry (Semester 2)
·Undergraduate level: Basic Data Analysis (Semester 1 or 2)
An appropriate level 3 mathematics module if required
*Not available to students with equivalent AS/A2 level qualifications
Pre-Bachelor International Foundation Diploma - Computing and IT Pathway