Course overview
The Undergraduate Foundation Program in Life Science program is designed to prepare international students, who have completed senior secondary education, for entry to a wide range of undergraduate studies at the University of Central Lancashire. The Foundation portion of this program lasts one academic year (nine months). The year is divided into three terms of seven to eight teaching weeks and one examination week. On average, students will undertake 21 (and up to 25) hours of classroom-based study per week. There are four academic pathways to choose from and candidates will study the pathway most suited to their chosen progression degree. Academic skills relevant to the specific subject area will be taught to fully prepare them for university study. The pathways are: Business, Economics, Finance and Management, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences and Life Sciences. During this first year, students will learn scientific communication skills, fundamental biomedical sciences, and mathematics that, after the foundation year, students will apply to normal human body functioning and then later the disease state. As part of the course assessments students will undertake both components of the Medical Licensing Assessment, so will graduate with this completed.
