Foundation Year
Siena, Italy
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
EUR 3,500
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* first intake opens on Monday, 13th Nov 2023, and closes on Monday, 15th Jan 2024 | second intake opens on Thursday, 1st Feb 2024 and closes on Monday 29th Apr 2024
Introduction
The Foundation Course (FC) offered by the School of Economics and Management (SEM) is a one-year, multidisciplinary, pre-university course, fully taught in English.
It is intended for international students who wish to enroll in a SEM BSc course and fall into one of these two categories:
- Students must make up a year to reach the minimum requirement of 12 years of schooling.
- Students who reach the 12 years of schooling but fail to satisfy admission requirements and therefore need some further education.
After completion, students acquire 60 Foundation Course Credits (FCC), computed on the basis of the equivalence 1 FCC 25 hours of total student commitment = 8 hours of classroom lessons + up to 1.6 hours of exercise classes.
Ideal Students
It is intended for international students who wish to enroll in an SEM BSc course and fall into one of these two categories:
- Students must make up a year to reach the minimum requirement of 12 years of schooling.
- Students who reach the 12 years of schooling but fail to satisfy admission requirements and need, therefore, some further education.
Curriculum
- Duration: 1 year
- Credits: 60
Mathematics
- Credits: 15 FCC
- Lessons: 120 hours
- Exercises: 24.0 maximum hours
Economics and Economic History
- Credits: 9 FCC
- Lessons: 72 hours
- Exercises:14.4 maximum hours
Social Sciences and Law
- Credits: 9 FCC
- Lessons: 72 hours
- Exercises: 14.4 maximum hours
Italian Language
- Credits: 18 FCC
- Lessons: 144 hours
- Exercises: 28.8 maximum hours
English Language (B2 level)
- Credits: 9 FCC
- Lessons: 72 hours
- Exercises: 14.4 maximum hours
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