This foundational course is designed to develop participants’ abilities to think, organise, and express
their ideas clearly and effectively, so that they are able to confidently pursue their studies at the tertiary
level. The components of the course give participants the opportunity to revisit and build on
fundamental skills learnt at the secondary level in the mechanics of grammar, syntax and writing, to
enable them to make the transition to academic writing at the tertiary level.
- Teacher: Dorie Blackwood
This course is designed to help participants develop their computer applications skills. Participants
will be able to apply such learning to improve decision making in relation to applicable systems,
processes, hardware and software infrastructure to fully utilise the benefits improved information
technology systems can bring to an organisation.
- Teacher: Winston Ebanks
This course will develop participants’ written communication skills especially as it relates to producing
academic essays, research papers, reports and project documents. Focus will also be on developing
participants’ ability to think critically and employ creative problem solving techniques. Additionally,
participants will be exposed to different research methods and techniques in order to effectively plan,
conduct and evaluate basic research within their respective organisations.
- Teacher: Claudia Johnson