Foundation in Arts (Penang Campus)
This Foundation program equips students with the necessary fundamental knowledge to pursue their university studies.
This flexible program ensures students are grounded with a strong grasp of core subjects, as well as a variety of other subjects to give them a broad based educational platform. It also helps them to explore new methods and ideas, as well as skills and concepts, to encourage independent and critical thinking.
The Foundation in Arts is a one year programme that provides 2 elective areas:
– Law / Humanities
– IT / Computer Science
COURSE STRUCTURE:
Semester 1
– English Grammar and Usage
– Study Skills
– Critical Thinking
– Mathematics 1
– Public Speaking Skills
– Principles of Management
Semester 2
– Advanced English Course
– Statistics
– Principles of Marketing
– Introduction to Business
– Introduction to Mass Communication
Semester 3
– Elective (1 subject)
– Introduction to Programming
– Economics
– Writing and Research Skills
– Introduction to Computing and IT
Elective
– Law / Humanities- Introduction to Law
– IT / Computer science- Mathematics 2
SPM / GCE O Level : 5 Credits
UEC : 3 Credits
ENGLISH REQUIREMENT:
Local Student : Pass (English at SPM level or equivalent)
International Student : Band 4.0 in IELTS; or a min score of 30 (IBT) or 397 (PBT) in TOEFL; or Cambridge English CAE & CPE (from 2015) (140); or PTE Academic (36); or MUET Band 2; or UOW Malaysia KDU English Entrance Test (60) .
If English Language requirements are not fulfilled, additional English module(s) may be taken at UOW Malaysia KDU
