Йёнчёпингский университет, Foundation Programme, Pathway Programme for Engineering

The course consists of seven sub courses; Preparatory English 2, Swedish 1 and Life, Studies 1,
Pathway Mathematics 1, Pathway Mathematics 2, Pathway Chemistry and Pathway Physics.

Preparatory English 2, 20,0 credits
The course consists of lectures, seminars and group activities in various fields of academic
English and has been designed specifically to meet the needs of non-native English speakers who
wish to develop their English language competencies and be able to communicate effectively in
an academic environment. In addition to the development of the four main areas of language
(reading, writing, speaking and listening), there is also a strong focus on academic skills including research ethics, critical thinking, academic writing and presentations. English will be
taught in an international context with a strong focus on active participation and group
discussion. Students will be given opportunities to share their own experiences and in turn gain
a deeper knowledge of living conditions, social issues and cultural features in different parts of
the world.
Course content and objectives include:
- Applied grammar (individualised)
- Vocabulary building - academic language. Both general and subject specific.
- Academic reading
- Listening comprehension
- Academic writing - summary writing, reports, essays
- Language strategies
- Oral proficiency - presentation skills, group discussion skills, pronunciation
- Introduction to rhetoric - the art of persuasive speaking and writing
- Novel Study & literary analysis

Swedish 1, 7,5 credits
The Swedish language will be taught aiming to give students basic Swedish language skills. This
will better equip students to interact with and understand their new surroundings. The weekly
language sessions contain grammar lectures, text reading, listening and reading comprehension,
vocabulary and pronunciation. Written and oral exercises are given as part of the course. The
mentoring session’s aims to help monitoring and supporting the progress.
Course content and objectives include:
- Spoken communication such as exercises on oral conversations and presentations.
- Swedish pronunciation and prosody
- Reading and listening comprehension
- Simple texts and conversations focusing on everyday phrases
- Basic Swedish grammar and vocabulary

Life and Studies 1, 2,5 credits
The Life and Studies course aims to enable familiarity with Sweden. You will study and explore
different aspects of Sweden such as politics, history, religion, governmental structure and
traditions.
Course content and objectives include:
- Lectures (in English) on Swedish society and culture
- Study visits

Pathway Mathematics 1, 7,5 credits
The course includes the following elements:
- Basic algebra
- Geometric sums
- Studies of polynomial, power and exponential functions
- Derivatives, differentiation rules for the functions mentioned above
- Applications using the derivative to solve optimization problems
- Integrals

Pathway Mathematics 2, 7,5 credits
The course includes the following elements:
- Basic algebra
- Elementary function theory
- Trigonometric formulas and identities
- Derivatives, differentiation rules
- Integrals, applications using integrals to solve geometrical problems

Pathway Chemistry, 6,0 credits
The course includes some basic chemical concepts about the structure and the functions of the
matter, the transformations of the substances within chemical reactions and also the importance
of Chemistry for people and societies.
The course includes the following elements:
- The risks at work in the laboratory together with labelling and handling of chemicals
- Matter and chemical bonding
- Chemical formulas and calculations
- Energy changings at chemical reactions
- Acids and bases
- Redox reactions and electrochemistry

Pathway Physics, 9,0 credits
The course introduces the basic physics and the science of working with experiments,
analysis and interpretation of measurements using models. In addition, the course will provide
familiarity with the use of mathematical concepts in physics and algebraic handling of formulas
and expressions.
The course includes the following topics:
- Motion: speed, acceleration, laws of motion with constant acceleration
- Forces: Newton's laws of gravity, normal force, gravitational force, Hooke's Law, the friction
force, inclined plane.
- Energy and work: kinetic energy, potential energy, power and efficiency, the energy principle
- Pressure: density, pressure in liquids and gases, Archimedes’ law and gas laws
- Heat and temperature: heating and cooling, phase transitions and calorimetry
- Electricity: electric charges and forces and electric fields, electric current, voltage and potential,
resistance and resistivity, electrical energy and power
- DC circuits: series and parallel connections of resistors and batteries
- Impulse and momentum: conservation of momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions
- Nuclear physics: nuclear reactions, activity and half-life, radioactive radiation
- Principle of relativity: light speed, time dilation and length contraction, relativistic energy.