Integrated Foundation courses at UCA

Core Skills for university study is an introductory foundation module that helps you to adjust to university education. The module takes the playful approach of relearning how to learn to help you build the core skills required for Level 3 and undergraduate study.

Through lectures and group discussions, practical workshops and studio sessions you will be introduced to university resources and the basic skills and tools for how to research, develop critical thinking and reflective skills, as well as experience collaborative working and develop innovative ways to share your work with your peers and tutors.

The module provides a foundation of skills and strategies to build your confidence in the higher education environment and in preparation for your undergraduate studies.

This module introduces you to creative disciplines, professional contexts and future pathways, supporting your transition into university life. Through exploratory, progression route related projects, you develop cultural awareness, creative confidence and a strong sense of belonging.

This module helps you understand how creative work operates in the world, encouraging you to see yourself as an emerging creative professional while building the foundational skills, habits and mindsets needed for progression into higher-level study.

A subject focused module that builds upon and develops your knowledge, understanding and skills of the ideas and practices introduced to you in the first term. You will undertake projects which focus on your subject specialism and chosen areas of interest in which you wish to develop concepts and ideas.

Through workshops, lectures, studio sessions, critiques and one to one tutorials the module will support you in becoming more independent in approaches to research and creative decision making and more confident in presenting your ideas to others.

You will use written reflection and evaluation to progress individual ideas and assess the effectiveness of outcomes. The module will deepen your knowledge of your subject specialism and refine your skills in preparation for year one of your undergraduate course.

A module which increases focus on your subject specialist area and provides the opportunity for you to direct your own learning through a final individual project, while continuing to encourage an explorative and experimental attitude to building technical skillsets and processes relevant to your specialism.

You will undertake subject focused project brief(s) followed by a negotiated self-directed final individual project, which you will write, propose and manage yourself. You will become more independent setting your own aims, objectives and schedule. Workshops, studio sessions, tutorials, critiques and help to access technical resources will support your practical work.

The module will culminate in the opportunity for you to confidently communicate and present your personal ideas visually and or verbally to others through exhibition, screening, formal presentation or online platforms.