pleaseeee help me... difference in foundation degrees and honour degrees

I thought a foundation degree was basically the first 2 years of a normal degree.

I thought a foundation degree was basically the first 2 years of a normal degree.

I thought a foundation degree was basically the first 2 years of a normal degree.

i do have a levels tho?? its says..."Applicants should possess an A Level, a BTEC Level 3 Diploma/Extended Diploma or an equivalent level 3 qualification with art/design content. Qualifications should be accompanied by a portfolio of creative work. Minimum UCAS tariff points required: 160. and if you go onto a third year...you have a honours degree????

What screenager said is correct. what you're thinking of is an ordinary degree.

Yeah, to get onto a foundation degree you need One A level.
You can't get onto a degree with one A level, you need Three.



Ordinary degrees are the same as 3 year normal degrees except you've got a ridiculously bad score in it.

Yeah, to get onto a foundation degree you need One A level.
You can't get onto a degree with one A level, you need Three.



Ordinary degrees are the same as 3 year normal degrees except you've got a ridiculously bad score in it.

No. Only in very specific circumstances, specific courses and uni's will let you finish the last year of a degree in the same subject at their uni once you've done their foundation degree.

Depends on area and university actually. Quite a lot of foundation degrees are run through colleges and approved by universities. I did a two year foundation degree through a college with one university, but their ability to process ANYTHING paperwork wise sucked so badly I was desperate to go anywhere else. So, for my last year I transferred to Northumbria, no problem at all. They offer a lot of one year top up courses and the people taking mine vary from folks who did Foundation Degree to those who did a HND and come from as far afield as Leeds.

A foundation degree is usually lower than an honours degree. Most of the time degrees might come with a foundation year - after that first year you would then go on into the first year of he honours degree and graduate with the same as someone who went straight into the 3 year course. Not sure about degrees which are purely foundation, seems pretty pointless to me unless they're vocational.

Well funny you should say that, what actually happens is that if the director of studies is worried that you're not even going to manage to get a 3rd class honours, rather than simply allow to to fail altogether, they intervene and switch you to an ordinary degree. This normally means that you abandon your 3rd year work and instead resit a couple of 2nd year modules and try to get your average grade up to something respectable. So in effect its a case of spending 3 years doing 2 years work, but at least you don't leave with nothing at all.

yeah this is what ive found...its the Manchester college and awarding body Manchester met uni.... wouldn't u recommend this?

ahh thats interesting...so if i completed to two years of a foundation....and did a top up 3rd year....would this equal a honours degree? how would employers see this?

ahh thats interesting...so if i completed to two years of a foundation....and did a top up 3rd year....would this equal a honours degree? how would employers see this?

I don't think so, no. (I was talking about something else entirely) I'm pretty sure you still have to do a full honours degree after a foundation course if that is what you think you will require to get the job you're looking for. I'm not really sure what a "foundation degree" even is.