This foundation pathway enables UK and EU applicants to gain the subject-specific knowledge and skills required to study the arts or humanities at degree-level. This programme is designed for UK students whose school-leaving qualifications do not meet the current admissions requirements for direct entry to undergraduate programmes in the arts and humanities, and mature students holding non-standard qualifications. This course provides you with the opportunity to study the literature, history, politics, music, visual arts and popular culture (notably film and television) of the United States and Canada. The analytical and research skills you develop will help you to gain in-depth knowledge of major literary theories, political ideas and historical debates as they relate to a North American context. This will give you greater insights into North American society and culture, and you will also prove you are resourceful, independent and can adapt to new situations. Among the major intellectual benefits of this degree will be your ability to interpret, analyze and evaluate evidence across a wide variety of materials. You will also gain additional research, written and oral communication and presentational skills.