29 Foundation Year Programs in USA

Students who take coursework offered by the International Studies department develop abilities to critically analyze and understand global issues and cultural identities. International Studies offers college transfer courses in the humanities and social sciences.

The Foundation Degree in Sport; Coaching, Health & Fitness (delivered in partnership with the University of Plymouth) will appeal to those interested in sport or would like the opportunity to develop and enhance their understanding of either the coaching or fitness industry.

The Foundation Degree in Creative Media Production at Weymouth College is designed for students wishing to develop a range of creative and technical skills, a greater understanding of visual communication, and an informed strategy for entry into the creative media industries.

The foundation course for all students. Teaches the essential skills of researching, reporting and writing.

The foundation course for all students. Teaches the essential skills of researching, reporting and writing.

This course will survey the major issues and controversies facing artists and arts organizations today, including how to treat intellectual property, the role of art in developing cities, branding, the influence of digital technology on art, the history and impact of celebrity, censorship, diversity, and transgression in/on the arts.

Students will explore the art and craft of long-form storytelling, writing their own 3,000-5,000-word pieces.

This is a course in writing reviews, recaps and critical essays for the popular press. We will study the dominant issues at play in arts criticism today, the publications in which they are being addressed and the critics who are articulating them.

Science is wondrous, and the pursuit of knowledge is a calling. But science is also done by people, who have biases and flaws and work in a structure that can promote inequity.

Students learn the economic context of the business world they seek to cover, including business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, and globalization.

International journalists report on communities, cultures, places, and nations that they frequently don’t come from. Their journalism is what introduces their audiences to communities they wouldn’t otherwise know and can greatly shape how their audiences think about these communities’ members.

This course will give students in the urban concentration the opportunity to do investigative reporting on behalf of local city and ethnic media looking for in-depth coverage of unsolved problems in their communities.

Fraud, incompetence, and greed often go unchecked in the U.S. health care system. In this class, students gain the tools necessary to expose substandard patient care and financial irregularities.

Through a rigorous examination of court cases and ethical controversies, students will learn to anticipate, recognize, and properly address ethical and legal concerns in journalism.

This six-hour class, split into two three-hour sessions, will examine markets and companies together since both involve mastery of stocks and bonds and similar concepts.