Foundation Studies Program (Standard) - Arts (X0F:1) (0100808) + Bachelor of Arts - Geography and Environment (A3A) (001694A)

Program Description Foundation Studies Program (Standard) - Arts (X0F:1) (0100808):

The Foundation Studies program is a direct academic pathway to first-year undergraduate degree study, or an equivalent. The program acts as a bridging course for international students who wish to study a university undergraduate degree course but who don’t yet meet academic requirements and/or have the English language skills for tertiary study.

To successfully complete the program, students must achieve a 50% pass in all units, including English.

Upon successful completion of the course, graduates can enter one of the University of Tasmania’s undergraduate degree courses.

Bachelor of Arts - Geography and Environment (A3A): At the University of Tasmania, students will be part of an academic community that cares deeply about the topics that they teach and study.

Students will learn to influence cultural and social change, and students will gain the knowledge and creativity to envision better futures. Students will take on the world’s cultural, environmental, and humanitarian challenges from multiple perspectives and gain the confidence to make a positive difference. In first year, students will have the opportunity to visit Country with an Aboriginal Elder or knowledge holder as part of the University of Tasmania's curriculum's reflection of the value and place of Indigenous knowledges and perspectives.

The Bachelor of Arts will equip students with a range of specialised and transferable skills that are highly sought after by employers: creative thinking, respect for multiple perspectives, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

The Geography: Place, People and Environment major gives students the skills to address the greatest challenges of the time, including climate change, sustainable development, economic inequality, resource conflict, social and environmental justice, decolonisation, and community well-being. University of Tasmania offers students exciting opportunities to experience first-hand this island’s diverse and unique cultures, places, peoples, landscapes and environments. Real-world and hands-on learning experiences equip students with geographical techniques essential for complex problem-solving and devising place-based solutions at different scales.

Students will develop skills for 21st century jobs that require flexibility, innovative thinking and lifelong learning. Students will learn to critically assess, research and integrate arguments and information; work ethically, independently and in teams; and engage in ongoing professional development. They will expand their knowledge of environments and peoples, and the ways they interact from the local to the global. Students will graduate with expertise relevant to government policy, social and economic planning, political advocacy, environmental management, natural and cultural conservation, and community development.