The International Foundation Year is a tailor-made three-term course of academic subjects, study skills and English language training that provides an intensive, direct path to degree study. The course prepares you for undergraduate study in a range of subject areas at the University. All Foundation routes are modular in structure. There are core modules common to each route. These are modules which every student must take as they provide essential preparation for study in a UK university. You will also study route-specific modules, each carefully designed to focus on the academic areas most useful to your planned subject of study. Your study will consist of 16 hours per week lecture and seminar style classes, and 25 hours per week made up of small group seminar work and directed self-study. Assessment You will be assessed regularly throughout the course. This will ensure that your progress is on track to achieve the standard required for progression onto your chosen degree course. Your development is monitored through continuous coursework and specific assessments at the end of each term or module. You will also be required to complete a series of presentations and extended essays as part of your overall assessment. Progression options: Computer Science (BSc) Computing for Business and Management (BSc) Computing Science and Artificial Intelligence (BSc) Games and Multimedia Environments (GAME) (BSc) Computing for Digital Media (BSc) Music Informatics (BSc) Mathematics (BSc) Mathematics (MMath) Mathematics with Computer Science (BSc) Mathematics with Computer Science (MMath) Mathematics with Economics (BSc) Mathematics with Economics (MMath)

The program will prepare you for a range of undergraduate degrees at the School of Informatics in the University of Sussex. The aim of this module is to facilitate and develop your study skills to enable you to successfully complete a Foundation course at the University of Sussex International Study Centre and to progress to further undergraduate study. It will enable you to develop and record your ‘soft’ and transferable skills, which will be used to increase your employability.