The one-year Foundation Programme (FP) offers a rigorous curriculum based on the UWC experiential education model that aims to develop the competencies needed to become independent lifelong learners who can make a positive impact in the world. The programme’s holistic nature provides the essential building blocks required for a smooth and seamless transition into the IB Diploma Programme (DP).
In addition to full access to the co-curricular Zhi Xing programme and the residential programme, UWC CSC’s Foundation Programme offers a carefully curated range of prescribed and free choice subjects. The subjects are designed to build upon students’ knowledge while cultivating key transferrable skills, from critical thinking to research and collaboration, to succeed in the IB Diploma Programme. In each subject, learning is driven by inquiry, focused on concepts, and grounded in real-world local and global contexts to develop globally-minded students with an appreciation of the complexity and diversity of human interactions.
The core features of the curriculum consist of:
| The core features of the curriculum课程内容 | |||
| Subjects 学科 | ClassesRequired 选课数量 | ||
| UWC FP Core FP 核心课程 | Critical Thinking 批判性思维 | 1 | |
Peace & Sustainability 和平与可持续发展 | 1 | ||
| Passion Project Passion项目 | 1 | ||
| Languages 语言 | Chinese or Mandarin 中文或对外汉语 | 1 | |
English or EAL (based on placement test) 英语或英语强化（按分班测试） | 1 | ||
| Mathematic 数学 | Mathematics 数学 | 1 | |
| Sciences 科学 | Physics 物理 Chemistry 化学 Biology 生物 Design Technology 设计科学 Computer Science 计算机科学 | 1 | |
| Individuals & Societies 人文与社会学 | History 历史 Geography 地理 Economics 经济 | 1 | |
| Arts / Additional Languages 选修(艺术或语言) | Additional Foreign Languages 选修语言 | French 法语 German 德语 Spanish 西班牙语 | 1 Arts or Additional Foreign Language. 选修一门艺术课或语言课 |
Arts 艺术 | Theatre 戏剧 Music 音乐 Visual Arts 视觉艺术 Film 电影 | ||
| Free choice 选修 | Choose one more subject from Sciences, Individuals & Societies, or Arts / Additional Languages 从科学、人文与社会学、艺术或其他语言课程中任选一门选修 | 1 | |
