2-Semester Pathway - Undergraduate Foundation Programme - Humanities and Social Sciences - Continue to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Criminology and Sociology

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 Science (Honours) - Criminology and Sociology brings together core and advanced modules in sociology and criminology to give students a unique ability to understand why the societies people live in are so often characterized by discrimination, conflict and disorder. Through studying social and criminological theory and methods they will learn to explain how society responds to different forms of crime and deviance. The course will teach them to analyse the social world, its composition and the forces that change it, and to apply these skills to understanding the most pressing current social issues relating to key topical areas such as gender, sexuality, race and racism, social class and inequality.