About the course

The Foundation Year will allow you to develop your academic study skills and build confidence in your abilities, identifying your own strengths and development needs for progression onto an undergraduate degree.
During your first year, we will help you identify what employers are looking for from their future recruits, including practical and transferable skills, personal qualities and business awareness. This new knowledge will lay an excellent foundation for you when you graduate, enabling you to present yourself effectively to employers using a CV, application form and during interviews.
We will also encourage you to develop your entrepreneurial skills. We’ll show you how to formulate a plan for a new idea or product, showing who your customers are and how their needs will be met. You’ll also learn how to pitch your ideas in a range of ways.
Other modules in the Foundation Year include Computing Essentials, covering web design and mobile apps, networking and programming, and also Digital Media which will give you the basic processing skills needed to manage content such as images, animations and audio.

Cost Information

Years 1, 2 and 3 (delivered at Burnley College): The standard full time tuition fee rate for this course in 2023/24 for UK students is £9000 per year. The standard full time tuition fee for the Foundation year for this course in 2023/24 is £6000.

Entry Requirements

Our typical offer is 32-56 UCAS Points. We operate a flexible admissions policy and treat everyone as an individual. This means that we will take into consideration your educational achievements and predicted grades (where applicable) together with your application as a whole, including work experience and personal statement. Applications from individuals with non-standard qualifications, relevant work or life experience and who can demonstrate the ability to cope with and benefit from degree-level studies, are welcome and these applicants will be interviewed.

Modules

• Fundamentals of Programming
• Logical Analysis and Problem Solving
• Computer System
• Software Development
• Advanced Databases
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Modern Applications
• Advanced Operating Systems
• Machine Learning

Assessment

We use a range of teaching methods during your Foundation Year, depending on the modules that are being taught. This involves a mix of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical workshops, laboratory sessions as well as online learning where appropriate. You will also spend some time each week on independent study. Your Foundation Year will be assessed by a mixture of research reports, practical, software based coursework and formal examinations. Frequent progress checks will be inplace and discussed with you throughout the course with your tutors.

Careers & Progression

This course forms the foundation to progressing onto our three year degree programme.

Additional Details

Information About Fees

The cost of this course is £6000 (Foundation Year). You may be eligible for a loan, please apply for more information.