The General Foundation Program is designed to bridge the gap between secondary and post-secondary education. Students are given a foundational knowledge in the core areas of English, Mathematics and Information Technology. The program also establishes a solid foundation in other important skills, such as study skills, self-directed study and general life skills. The program aims to empower students with the desire and the ability to pursue lifelong learning. The GFP is thus designed to enable the students to taste the fruits of success not only in their future academic endeavors, but in all facets of their life to follow.

The program aims to extend the English language skills of the student to enable active participation in their postsecondary or higher education studies and ensure that they are equipped with the mathematical understanding and skills necessary to meet the cognitive and practical requirements of postsecondary or higher education studies in a variety of disciplines.

The program also ensures that the students are equipped with the computing and IT understanding and skills necessary to source, process and communicate information related to their postsecondary or higher education studies in a variety of disciplines. In addition, the program helps to equip students with fundamental study and academic skills needed for postsecondary or higher education studies.

Foundation Programs Objectives

  • Objective 8

    apply and use critical thinking skills in various academic tasks such as categorizing and interpreting information, judging and justifying opinions, compare and contrast habits, defending or refuting arguments, contradicting theories and evaluating evidence

  • Objective 2

    express themselves appropriately using correct language functions, proper pronunciation and intonation patterns and common linguistics features in various academic and non-academic speaking situations

  • Objective 6

    produce reflective journals, vocabulary logs, portfolios and other scholastics records from multiple sources in real life situations

  • Objective 11

    demonstrate the use of information technology to do various forms of communications and practical tasks by accessing and using independently the different applications in the computer system

  • Objective 5

    recognize and use parts of a book, library system, learning resources and research skills in various academic tasks

  • Objective 4

    write various types of paragraphs, essays and descriptive summaries presented in different graphic forms with cohesion, coherence and grammatical accuracy using appropriate lexical resources, academic writing and proper referencing

  • Objective 1

    respond effectively to main ideas, aspects and other details of different listening texts in the form of interviews, conversations, commentaries, lectures, seminars and presentations by applying a variety of listening skills and strategies

  • Objective 3

    identify and pick main ideas and specific information in general academic, literary and scientific texts (short and long) employing varied reading skills and strategies

  • Objective 9

    practice the habit of working independently on given tasks respecting deadline

  • Objective 10

    use basic mathematical concepts, arithmetic properties, knowledge of algebra and geometry, basic concepts of statistics and trigonometry in solving problems arising from real life applications

  • Objective 2

    express themselves appropriately using correct language functions, proper pronunciation and intonation patterns and common linguistics features in various academic and non-academic speaking situations.

  • Objective 4

    write various types of paragraphs, essays and descriptive summaries presented in different graphic forms with cohesion, coherence and grammatical accuracy using appropriate lexical resources, academic writing and proper referencing

  • Objective 6

    produce reflective journals, vocabulary logs, portfolios and other scholastics records from multiple sources in real life situations

  • Objective 1

    respond effectively to main ideas, aspects and other details of different listening texts in the form of interviews, conversations, commentaries, lectures, seminars and presentations by applying a variety of listening skills and strategies

  • Objective 8

    use oral and written forms of medical terminologies in basic health science contexts

  • Objective 9

    practice the habit of working independently on given tasks respecting deadline

  • Objective 7

    apply and use critical thinking skills in various academic tasks such as categorizing and interpreting information, judging and justifying opinions, compare and contrast habits, defending or refuting arguments, contradicting theories and evaluating evidence

  • Objective 11

    demonstrate the use of information technology to do various forms of communications and practical tasks by accessing and using independently the different applications in the computer system

  • Objective 5

    write various types of paragraphs, essays and descriptive summaries presented in different graphic forms with cohesion, coherence and grammatical accuracy using appropriate lexical resources, academic writing and proper referencing

  • Objective 3

    identify and pick main ideas and specific information in general academic, literary and scientific texts (short and long) employing varied reading skills and strategies

  • Objective 10

    use basic mathematical concepts, arithmetic properties, knowledge of algebra and geometry, basic concepts of statistics and trigonometry in solving problems arising from real life applications

Foundation Course Details

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