Pre-Bachelor International Foundation Diploma

Over two semesters you choose a personal pathway of modules that build on your language and academic skills and reflect your own subject and career interests.

You will develop your knowledge of academic subjects through modules related to your future course of study. One or two of these modules will be at undergraduate level to give you the experience of studying at a higher level with British and international students.

You will also increase your knowledge of English and confidence in using it for academic purposes, and develop your study skills and critical thinking skills before beginning your degree course.

You must take and pass eight modules to complete the diploma.

Compulsory modules

• Orientation to University Studies
• Foundation Project
• Inter-Cultural Communication

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.

• 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
• Digital Cinematography
• 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