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What are Diplomas?
Diplomas are generally full-time courses of one academic year
combining English language with a subject. It may also be possible to
study like for a shorter time, although such courses may be known as
Certificates. There are many subjects available, from management, to
law, from sciences to media studies, and possible starting dates vary
from once a year (autumn) to rolling enrollment (any Monday).
Diplomas are mainly offered at private colleges. The aim...
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What are Diplomas?
Diplomas are generally full-time courses of one academic year combining English
language with a subject. It may also be possible to study like for a shorter time,
although such courses may be known as Certificates. There are many subjects
available, from management, to law, from sciences to media studies, and possible
starting dates vary from once a year (autumn) to rolling enrollment (any Monday).
Diplomas are mainly offered at private colleges. The aim of Diplomas is to provide
vocational or professional training to students who are at or near the start of their
career, and who want to increase both their fluency in English and their knowledge of
their chosen subject, in order to make themselves more marketable.
What are Foundations?
These are similar to Diplomas, but the difference is that Foundations also include
specific preparation for entry to university, either at undergraduate or postgraduate
level. Foundations may be offered at universities, state colleges and private colleges.
What should I look for if I want to find a good Diploma course?
First is the content of the course. You may ask to see the course content, and you can
expect to see an outline of what you will study week by week. Ideally you should
expect to find that a significant part of the course is specialized. If the course is an
English course with 2 or 4 lessons per week of specialized content it is probably not