Foundation in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Interactive Learning Skills and Communication

Credit value: 30 

This module is designed to provide you with essential academic English and communication skills necessary for successful personal and professional practice in a globalised world. You will engage with key concepts related to diversity, equity and inclusion; sustainability; employability; and digital fluency to enhance your reading, writing, speaking, listening and ICT skills. You will develop an awareness of institutional culture, practices and expectations of higher education to be fully prepared for the academic rigour of your undergraduate degree.  

Critical and Creative Thinking  

Credit value: 15 

This module aims to enable you to participate in and practice independent learning tasks for deeper thought and investigation as needed for university study. You will learn how to effectively source-check and participate in a range of discussions to encourage best practice research, presentation and debating skills. You will also be encouraged to invest in strategies that will deepen your understanding and interpretation of processes, motives, argument, rationale and credibility of information. This will help you to be more critical and precise in your academic arguments throughout your studies and working life.

Research Methods

Credit value: 15 

This module is designed to provide you with the necessary research skills to be able to succeed at undergraduate study and beyond. It aims to provide you with an understanding of the range of methodologies and a solid grounding for the research skills required in undergraduate study. By encouraging you to share this knowledge in an open-class forum (small group tutorial presentations), the module also aims to develop and encourage the use of presentation skills in academic and professional-facing contexts.