Overview 2023
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- CRICOS: 0100808
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To successfully complete the program, students must achieve a 50% pass in all units, including English.
Successful completion means graduates can enter one of the University of Tasmania’s undergraduate degree courses.
Program options
* Fast-track: 4 units over one semester (2 core + 2 elective)
* Standard: 8 units over two semesters (4 core + 4 elective)
Entry to the Foundation Studies program requires the completion of the equivalent of Year 11 of Australian secondary school. Further details about each program can be found on the International Pathway College website.The minimum age for entry into the program is 17.
Learning Outcomes
Course structure
Compulsory and recommended according to the five streams:
Arts
Compulsory stream units: Psychology, Design & Society, Statistics, Media Studies
Recommended: Marketing Design & Strategy
Business
Compulsory stream units:: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Marketing Design & Strategy, Statistics
Recommended: Media Studies, Design & Society
Law
Compulsory stream units Psychology, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Statistics
Recommended: Marketing Design & Strategy, Media Studies, Design & Society
Life Science
Compulsory stream units: Chemistry, Statistics, Psychology
Recommended: Calculus, Physics
Physical Science
Compulsory stream units: Calculus, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics
Recommended: Design & Society, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics
Core Units
This is a core unit designed to (i) promote knowledge and understanding of English language skills and techniques (ii) develop content knowledge, subject didactic knowledge and knowledge about academic learning and practice in preparation to fit the pedagogical requirements of…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
English Part 2 is a core subject designed to continue on from English Part 1 to (i) promote knowledge and understanding of English language skills and techniques for future study at The University of Tasmania (ii) develop content knowledge, subject…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
English 3 is a core unit designed to continue on from English 2 to (i) promote knowledge and understanding of English language skills and techniques for future study at The University of Tasmania (ii) develop content knowledge, subject didactic knowledge…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
Foundation Mathematics aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of mathematical methods that can be applied in any degree stream. Students are encouraged to gain confidence in developing their language around expressing mathematical ideas in a real-world context.…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
Elective Units
Mathematics with Calculus aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of mathematical methods that can be applied to the sciences and commerce. Typically, students already have a good understanding of Mathematics to take this subject. Students are encouraged gain…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
Design and Society aims to examine the history of design since the mid-18th Century and the impact of new technologies on societies, and to enable students to evaluate contextual and historical issues that in¿uence design in society. Students come to…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Chemistry aims to (i) promote knowledge and understanding around the central concepts and theories appropriate to the study of chemistry at a pre-tertiary level, (ii) explore the language of chemistry, including symbols and models used to describe, explain and predict…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
Macroeconomics aims to provide students with an understanding of the framework for macroeconomic analysis, including the circular-flow model and aggregate demand aggregate supply model and government macroeconomic goals including price stability, economic growth and full employment. Students will describe how…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
This unit defines the marketing concept, the marketing management process, the marketing environment and marketing research. Students define and apply knowledge of various markets in which organisations operate and the ways in which they identify and select particular customer groups.…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
Media Studies aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of key theories and concepts relating to the study of mass communication in a historical, local and global perspective. Students critically analyse news media and social media and their roles…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of the ‘economic problem’, the need for economic decision making and the framework for the microeconomic analysis. This includes analysing how consumers and producers make decisions, and understanding the operation of…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
This unit aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding of physics, as well as interacting with data, applying and evaluating information and solving problems. Students gain experimental skills through practical investigations and interaction with concepts and experimental information. The…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
This unit aims for students to know and understand some of the historical, social, group and individual issues in the study of Psychology and appreciate how Psychology can be applied to other disciplines, for outcomes and problem solving. An increased…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
This unit aims for students to demonstrate an understanding of sampling, summary statistics and data displays, and to identify and analyse continuous bi-variate data, to use algebraic methods to solve systems of linear equations and to apply methods, concepts and…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | IPC Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | IPC Semester 3 |
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
Academic: International equivalent of Year 11 Australian secondary school. English Language: Standard Foundation Studies Program: IELTS 5.5 (no band less than 5.0) or equivalent, Extended Foundation Program: IELTS 5.0 (no band less than 5.0) or equivalent; Fast-Track Foundation Studies Program: IELTS 6.0 (no band less than 5.0) or equivalent.
Credit transfer
N/A
Articulation
Articulation into undergraduate degrees at the University of Tasmania on attainment of a specific Grade Point Average (GPA) which varies according to the course, plus at least 50% pass in all English units.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
International students
2023 Total Course Fee (international students): $22,250 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $22,250 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
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