Faculty of Arts

What is the Foundation Year like?

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The Foundation Year ensures you have the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence before you start your chosen degree.

Modules

There are six modules that make up the Foundation Year:

  • Critical Thinking and Reflective Learning
  • Important Thinkers Through History
  • Language and Culture
  • Media, Communication and Society
  • Narrative and Creativity
  • The Project / Language Centre modules

Find out what each module covers

Skills

The programme concentrates on developing skills essential for successful degree-level study. These include:

  • communication
  • critical thinking
  • teamwork
  • digital ability
 

Teaching

  • Small groups allow you space to develop in a supportive environment.
  • Varied teaching sessions from lectures, seminars, interactive multimedia labs to one-to-one module-based tutorials.
  • At least 12 hours of scheduled contact time each week. The Foundation team will always make time to support you outside these contact hours depending on your needs.
  • Award winning team - awarded a Lord Dearing Award 2021 for their "high levels of commitment to teaching and learning".

Support

 

 
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People always tell you that the transition to uni life is hard and I found that was definitely true for me. I worried about it beforehand as I took a gap year and didn't have amazing A level grades so I was a little out of practice when I started.

Read Calvin talk about his tranisition to university life

 
 

Arts and Humanities Foundation Year

University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

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telephone:0115 951 5559
email: artssupport@nottingham.ac.uk