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Foundation Certificate for Art, Design and Media

If you’ve finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help you gain entry to an undergraduate degree.

For progression to the 1st year of a bachelor’s degree at the University of Brighton.

Common modules for 2-term courses:

these are taken by all students

• English for Academic Purposes
• Creative Practice and Portfolio

You will also take 2 of the following modules that fit your degree and career goals† :

• Entrepreneurship
• Intermediate Digital Applications
• People Society and Culture
• Visual Culture
• Mathematics

Extra support: for courses of over 2 terms, you will take additional modules from a selection of Enhancement and Extended English and Skills options (depending mainly on your IELTS score) before the modules to the left.

Students with at least UKVI IELTS 5.5: you can study a 2.5 or 3-term course that typically includes Enhancement modules to develop your artistic skills and maximise your university preparation:

• > Art, Design and Media
• > Critical Reading, Writing and Reasoning for Higher Education

Plus up to 2 of these modules:

• > Contemporary Art in Context
• > Digital Applications
• > Preparatory Mathematics
• > Preparatory Statistics
• > UK Society and Culture

Students with less than UKVI IELTS 5.5: you will typically study Extended English and Skills modules to improve your English language level and academic skills, plus a specialist Art, Design and Media module to develop your artistic skills.

Students with UKVI IELTS 4.5 or 5.0 will typically take:

• > Art, Design and Media
• > English for Academic Study 3
• > Reading and Writing 3
• > Speaking and Listening 3

Students with UKVI IELTS 4.0 will typically take:

• > Art, Design and Media
• > English for Academic Study 2 + English for Academic Study 3
• > Reading and Writing 2 + Reading and Writing 3
• > Speaking and Listening 2 + Speaking and Listening 3
• > Study Skills Preparation