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Higher Education Foundation Programme at the University of Warwick is a pre-university course that helps to prepare international students for study in the UK and help them decide on future study.
The course is full-time from when you register in September to the completion of your examinations, usually in the final week of May. The teaching will take place for 25 hours per week and students will need to allow approximately 10 hours per week for private study, preparing for tests and writing assignments.
The Social Science Foundation course provides a comprehensive introduction to the four core disciplines of Social Science: Economics, Politics, Psychology and Sociology. The Economics and Sociology courses are the same courses taught on the Business Studies course. The fifth subject, English, is fully integrated with other aspects of the course.
Teaching on the course concentrates on the subjects of work and employment. You will study them in the context of each cores discipline. An additional special feature of the course is developing your skills in a comparative analysis.
After successful completion of this course, students can apply for the following bachelor degrees:
> Communications and Media, Development Studies, Economics, International Relations and Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Travel and Tourism, Language, Culture and Communication.
The campus occupies 290 hectares on three adjacent sites, which are characterised by pleasant lakes and luscious woods, magnificent flowers and charming landscaped gardens.
The University of Warwick is within 3 miles away from the centre of Coventry, one of the major cities in the UK. Each year Coventry hosts the Godiva Festival, known as the UK’s biggest and best free family music festival. You can also enjoy award-winning city attractions such as the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum and the Coventry Transport Museum.
The 18th century town of Royal Leamington Spa is also within easy reach of campus: it’s home to lots of Warwick students. Plus, Birmingham, the UK’s official second city, is a mere 20 minutes away from Coventry train station. Or the bright lights of London are just an hour’s train journey away.
We’re also close to historic centres like Kenilworth, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace. London is within 2 hours by train.