2-Semester Pathway - Undergraduate Foundation Programme - Humanities and Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Politics and International Relations

The 2-Semester Pathway - Undergraduate Foundation Programme - Humanities and Social Sciences is a one-year programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to Loughborough University. This programme is designed to prepare international students, who have completed senior secondary education, for entry to undergraduate studies at the university.

The International Foundation Programme is set at level 3, which is equivalent to A-level standard in the United Kingdom. The two semester programme lasts one academic year [nine months]. Each semester includes, on average, 13 teaching weeks, one reading week and one assessment week. On average, students will undertake 21 (and up to 25) hours of classroom-based study per week. This programme includes English and three academic subject modules. English will be integrated into the teaching of academic subjects, as well as being taught separately if they need additional support to develop their English language. They will be assessed at regular intervals throughout the programme to ensure they are making the progress required to successfully complete the programme. Full assessment of the programme will take place in the final semester. Assessment methodologies are aligned to those that will be experienced in the University environment, and include project work, essays, and presentations.

The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Politics and International Relations offers a fantastic opportunity to study domestic, international and global challenges faced by states and citizens in the 21st Century, and to contribute to debates about the theory and practice of politics in the contemporary era. The degree will give the opportunity to study the relationships between states on the world stage, and debate key issues and events as they unfold. Students will learn about political theory, institutions, and history, and they will be asked to question their own role in world politics, what is required of them as a citizen of a state (and of the world), the practical and theoretical difficulties faced by decision makers across the world, and how actually existing states have sought to resolve these difficulties. Politics and International Relations degree therefore equips them with knowledge and understanding of political and international events, ideas, and institutions. In learning about these, they will also learn the skills of argument and analysis which are essential to their own intellectual development, but also for a wide range of careers.