Society and Culture Foundation Year
Degree progression Core modules Route Modules Key facts
Progression to undergraduate degrees
The Society and Culture Foundation Year leads to various degrees including:
- Politics
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Law
- Film Studies
- Archaeology
- Modern Languages with Management
- Politics and International Relations
- Human Geography
- Criminology
See a full list of degrees for this route.
CORE MODULES
English and Skills for University Study 1, 2 & 3
You will develop your English communication skills and learn a range of study skills, including: writing and reading strategies; presentation and seminar participation; organisation of time and materials, meeting deadlines and responding to feedback.
At the end of these modules you will be able to use English language in your own academic work, give well structured presentations and contribute to seminar discussions; take notes from readings and lectures; plan, develop and write well structured academic essays.
Project Study, including Computing (Word Processing) Skills
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.
Pure Mathematics 1 (for Computing/Computing with Management students only)
Straight lines and linear equations, set theory and probability, statistics, linear programming, indices and logarithms and experimental laws.
ROUTE MODULES
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.
Business and the Modern Market Economy
The operational and strategic problems facing business people in the modern market economy. The module will focus on a wide range of issues, such as management, human resource practice, marketing and ethical aspects.
Law
You will be provided with a basic grounding in the institutions, procedures, methodology and traditions of English law and the legal system. You will study how the law is made and applied and the constitutional context in which it operates.
Media and Society
You will be introduced to the key concepts within the range of media activities and consider the role and impact of the media in the context of the wider society.
Globalisation and Global Issues
You will be introduced to the study and analysis of problems, issues and dynamics that have come to shape contemporary political life and society at the international, transnational and global levels. You will consider the cause and effects of globalisation, a term that describes a variety of accelerating economic, political, cultural, ideological, and environmental processes that are rapidly altering our experience of the world.
| Foundation course key facts | |
|---|---|
| Tuition price | See fees page |
| Course length | 3 terms |
| Next entry points | September 2012 or January 2013 |
| Term dates | September 2012 start: Term 1 – 24 September to 7 December 2012 Term 2 – 14 January to 28 March 2013 Term 3 – 8 April to 14 June 2013 January 2013 start: Term 1 – 14 January to 28 March 2013 Term 2 – 8 April to 14 June 2013 Term 3 – 17 June to 16 August 2013 |
| Entry requirements | See admissions section for academic and English Language entrance requirements |
| 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. |
| Progression | On successful completion, you progress to the first year of a University of Leicester undergraduate degree in selected subject areas |
