A presentation delivered by Willy Kitchen at a Foundation Year Network Workshop: Developing the Independent Learner at Level 0, Manchester Metropolitan University 3rd July 2007

3. BA/BSc Combined Studies (Foundation) FDN1 Return to Study (20 credits, semester one) FDN2 OPTIONAL MODULE (20 credits, academic year) FDN2 OPTIONAL MODULE (20 credits, academic year) FDN2 OPTIONAL MODULE (20 credits, academic year) FDN1 Mathematics (20 credits, academic year) FDN1 Arts and Social Sciences or FDN1 General Sciences (20 credits, semester two)

15. Student feedback: negative aspects of Arts & Soc Sci “ I didn’t really understand the content of the course. This may have been because there never seemed to be enough time to look at any one subject area in detail. This was explained to us from the beginning but that didn’t make it any easier to follow. There seemed to me to be more questions than answers and I found it difficult to follow the quick pace in which it was delivered.”

16. Student feedback: negative aspects of Arts & Soc Sci “ Sometimes it felt a little rushed, particularly through at the beginning of the course. I would have liked to do a little more work on each science, to give a more comfortable base to begin essay writing. It might be easier with one tutor, giving a clearer direction, sometimes it was a little difficult to follow the track of discussion.”