University Foundation Course
Subjects Offered
You can follow either the Business Stream OR the Social Studies Stream. Certain subjects taken in the first semester define which subjects you will follow in the second semester. The Business Stream is for students wishing to study subjects in the fields of Business, Management, Economics, Travel and Tourism, Hotel and Catering Management. The Social Studies Stream is for students wishing to study subjects in the fields of Economics, Psychology, Politics, Sociology, Social Anthropology.
Within the Business Stream, you study English Language (if required), Business, Mathematics and either Economics or Psychology. Native speakers of English take additional subjects in place of English Language. The course is divided into three sections.
| First Semester (14 weeks) - August to December |
hours
per week
(60 mins) |
| * English Language |
10
hours/week
|
| * English for Academic Purposes |
3
hours/week
|
| Introduction to Business I |
3
hours/week
|
| Mathematics |
3
hours/week
|
| either Introduction to Economics or Introduction to Psychology |
3
hours/week
|
| Second Semester (15 weeks) - January - May | |
| * English Language |
10
hours/week
|
| * IELTS preparation |
3
hours/week
|
| Introduction to Business II |
3
hours/week
|
| Advanced Mathematics |
3
hours/week
|
| either
Development Economics or International Economics (for students who
studied Introduction to Economics in the first semester) Theories of Personality (for students who studied Introduction to Psychology in the first semester) |
3
hours/week
|
| Revision and Examinations (6 weeks) - May - June | |
| * English Language |
10
hours/week
|
| * IELTS preparation classes (optional) |
3
hours/week
|
| revision in each of the student's three subjects (Business, Mathematics and either Economics or Psychology) |
3
hours/week for each
|
* Native speakers
of English substitute additional academic studies for English Language.
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Business
Stream
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First
Semester
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Second
Semester
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Revision
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*
English Language (10 hrs/wk)
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*
English Language (10 hrs/wk)
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*
IELTS preparation
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*
English for Academic Purposes (3)
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*
IELTS preparation (3)
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EB4
Introduction to Business I (3)
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EB5
Introduction to Business II (3)
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MA3 Mathematics
(3)
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MA4
Advanced Mathematics (3)
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Revision
for three subject exams (Business, Mathematics and either Economics
or Psychology)
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EB1 Introduction to Economics (3) or PSY1 Introduction to Psychology (3) |
EB3
Development Economics (3) |
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PSY2
Theories of Personality (3)
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Within the Social Studies Stream, students study English Language (if required) and three subjects, chosen from Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology and Mathematics. Native speakers of English take additional subjects in place of English Language. The course is divided into three sections.
| First Semester (14 weeks) - August to December |
hours
per week
(60 mins) |
| * English Language |
10
hours/week
|
| * English for Academic Purposes |
3
hours/week
|
| introductory courses in each of the student's three subjects (the courses are Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Philosophy, Introduction to Politics, Introduction to Psychology and Mathematics) |
3
hours/week for each
|
| Second Semester (15 weeks - January - May | |
| * English Language |
10
hours/week
|
| * IELTS preparation |
3
hours/week
|
|
advanced studies in each of the three subjects: Development Economics or International Economics (for students who studied Introduction to Economics in the first semester) Ethics or Comparative Religion (for students who studied Introduction to Philosophy in the first semester) Comparative Political Systems or The European Union (for students who studied Introduction to Politics in the first semester) Theories of Personality (for students who studied Introduction to Psychology in the first semester) Advanced Mathematics (for students who studied Mathematics in the first semester) |
3
hours/week for each
|
| Revision and Examinations (6 weeks) - May - June | |
| * English Language |
10
hours/week
|
| * IELTS preparation classes (optional) |
3
hours/week
|
| revision in each of the student's three subjects |
3
hours/week for each
|
* Native speakers of English substitute additional academic studies for English Language.
|
Social
Studies Stream
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First
Semester
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Second
Semester
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Revision
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*
English Language (10 hrs/wk)
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*
English Language (10 hrs/wk)
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*
IELTS preparation
|
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*
English for Academic Purposes (3)
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*
IELTS preparation (3)
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EB1
Introduction to Economics (3)
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Revision
for three subject exams
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PHL1
Introduction to Philosophy (3)
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SSC5
Introduction to Politics (3)
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PSY1
Introduction to Psychology (3)
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PSY2
Theories of Personality (3)
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MA3
Mathematics (3)
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MA4
Advanced Mathematics (3)
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