The phrase "a foundation course" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an introductory course designed to provide basic knowledge or skills in a particular subject area.
Example: "Before enrolling in advanced classes, students are required to complete a foundation course in mathematics."
Alternatives: "introductory course" or "basic course".
Luckily there was a foundation course at Liverpool university and run by Carmel college.
He'll be starting a foundation course in music technology this autumn.
By the time I went on a foundation course I was desperate to start making work".
This course is a foundation course for learning software programming using the Java language.
Charlie did a foundation course at Central Saint Martins, before studying history of art at the Courtauld Institute.
Three years later I am now taking a foundation course which will lead on to teacher training next year".
A year into her training, Thompson spent 4 months at Manchester University doing a foundation course--a certificate course in intellectual property--in preparation for the first of the two sets of examinations that are necessary to qualify as a patent agent in the U.K.
This faculty committee considers a student's prior coursework in relationship to the content of a Foundations course (specified by the student) to determine proficiency and the appropriateness of proficiency-based exemption from that course.
Again, it is recommended that this course be a foundations course if choosing cognitive-behavioral or family systems perspectives; it must be the foundations course if choosing the psychodynamic perspective.
Instead of A-levels, he did a theatre foundation course at Kidderminster College of Further Education, after which he began trying – and failing – to get into drama school.
From a personal perspective, as an educator and an academic, I am tasked with coordinating a large foundation course which encompasses a number of health programs including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, medical radiations, podiatry, human movement and health sciences.
