Program Overview

International Foundation Year in Engineering, Computing and Life Sciences
The programme includes academic modules, study skills and English language training, providing complete preparation for undergraduate degree  in Engineering.

On the International Foundation Year in Engineering, you will:

• Gain understanding of mechanics and mathematics relevant to your undergraduate study
• Develop your knowledge of physics and learn about atomic physics, materials, heat and gases and oscillations and waves
• If you choose Life Science, you will focus on biology and chemistry, developing their knowledge in key areas such as cell biology, physiological processes in animals and plants, inorganic and organic chemistry, and an overview of contemporary science.

What will you study?
Throughout the two-semester programme, you will study core modules that will improve your subject knowledge and English level.

Core modules

• Academic English Skills
• Project study
• Applied Maths
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Coding for Computing
• Introduction to Engineering Mathematics
• Maths for Science
• Physics
• Pure Maths

Upon successful completion of the International Foundation Year, and achieving the required grades, you will join the first year of your undergraduate degree at Liverpool John Moores University.

Leading to: Public Health BSc (Hons)

BSc (Hons) Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University will help you develop the skills and knowledge to positively impact some of the biggest issues affecting individuals, communities and society today, from local trends to global pandemics. Learn through practical fieldwork, seminars and lectures.

This course will equip the modern public health practitioner with the skills and knowledge to tackle these, and other, important public health issues which are becoming increasingly more relevant and visible to both government and the general population.

The structure of this course is guided by the Institutes expertise, covering diverse topics such as sexual health, alcohol and drugs, violence, nightlife and noise pollution, alongside teaching and learning of core public health skills and knowledge, informed by the UK Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework.

You will cover all the different areas of activity within public health: technical, contextual and delivery. You will learn these through focusing on core domains of public health: surveillance and assessment of the populations health, assessing the effectiveness of health interventions, policy and strategy development, and leadership and collaborative working to improve population health and wellbeing.

The programme will also allow exploration of key concepts and tools of public health such as health inequalities, global health, health promotion, health protection, epidemiology and public health intelligence. You will study the social determinants of health (the conditions in which people are born, grow, work and age), which can lead to avoidable differences in quality of life and persisting health inequity. You will gain practical experience in the design and delivery of public health, acquiring an appreciation of the policy and practice landscape that public health works within.