The Law & Social Studies foundation will give international students direct entry to Lancaster University degrees in the following fields:
- International Relations
- Law
- Media, Film and Cultural Studies
- Psychology
- Politics
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
Core modules
Foundation English Skills 1: Develop your ability to read academic texts, write extended texts, write subjective notes, listen effectively in class and participate in classroom debate.
Foundation English Skills 2: Improve all your abilities developed in part 1 with greater accuracy, speed, cohesion, organisation and presentation.
Study Skills in the British Environment: Use your study time more effectively, improve your use of, and range of, information sources and prepare comprehensive essays in your own time to given deadlines.
Project Study: Complete a self-study project on a topic that you will take, in consultation with your tutor, from the academic discipline that you will subsequently study at degree level.
Core Mathematics: Containing algebra and statistics. Develop your knowledge and understanding of mathematical terms and techniques and apply these to solving problems, frequently drawn from practical and real-life situations.
Route modules
Law 1: Learn about the concepts of law, the relationship between law, justice and morality; the sources of law, including British and European Union (EU) legislation and the doctrine of precedent; the Civil and Criminal Courts and the role of the Judiciary.
Law 2: Focus on law as it affects the citizen through contract law, including vitiating factors which invalidate the contract; the breach of contract and remedies available when contract is broken; the sale of goods and services legislation and relevant EU regulations.
Politics: An introduction to the British political system, the basic principles of the British constitution, civil liberties and their relation to the judicial system; how parliament works, including the electoral system, political parties and the legislative process; the composition and functions of the government, the civil service and Britain’s relationship to the EU.
Principles of Economics 1: Economic systems, types of goods, allocation of resources, elasticity, price controls, types of markets, cost and revenue, economies of scale and market failure.
Principles of Economics 2: Aggregate demand and aggregate supply, economic policies, inflation, unemployment, international trade and development economics.
Key facts
- Course length: Three terms
- Entry points: September or January
- Term dates:
September 2010 start
Term 1 – 04 October to 10 December 2010
Term 2 – 10 January to 25 March 11
Term 3 – 11 April to 17 June 11
January 2011 start
Term 1 – 10 January to 25 March 11
Term 2 – 11 April to 17 June 11
Term 3 – 20 June to 19 August 11 - Course structure: 5 core modules and 5 route modules. You take 3 modules per term plus Project Study in the final term.
- Assessment:
- End of module/term - a combination of examinations, coursework, presentations and extended essays
- Continuous - a mixture of lecture classes, small group seminar work and directed self-study