diff --git a/app/Domains/AcademicProgram/AcademicProgram.php b/app/Domains/AcademicProgram/AcademicProgram.php
index 4f72bc6..9fff9dc 100644
--- a/app/Domains/AcademicProgram/AcademicProgram.php
+++ b/app/Domains/AcademicProgram/AcademicProgram.php
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ public static function getVersions($academicProgram = null): array
     public static function getTypes(): array
     {
         return [
-            'Found' => 'Foundation',
+            'Foundation' => 'Foundation',
             'Core' => 'Core',
             'GE' => 'General Elective',
             'TE' => 'Technical Elective'
         ];
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/app/Http/Livewire/Backend/CreateCourses.php b/app/Http/Livewire/Backend/CreateCourses.php
index 151786f..f0376db 100644
--- a/app/Http/Livewire/Backend/CreateCourses.php
+++ b/app/Http/Livewire/Backend/CreateCourses.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public function messages()
             'semester.required' => 'Please select a semester.',
             'version.required' => 'Please provide a curriculum.',
             'type.required' => 'Please select a course type.',
-            'type.in' => 'The course type must be Core, GE, or TE.',
+            'type.in' => 'The course type must be Foundation, Core, GE, or TE.',
             'code.required' => 'Please provide a course code.',
             'code.unique' => 'This course code is already in use.',
             'name.required' => 'Please provide a course name.',
diff --git a/app/Http/Livewire/Backend/EditCourses.php b/app/Http/Livewire/Backend/EditCourses.php
index aef2a9b..4e8a4fa 100644
--- a/app/Http/Livewire/Backend/EditCourses.php
+++ b/app/Http/Livewire/Backend/EditCourses.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public function messages()
             'semester.required' => 'Please select a semester.',
             'version.required' => 'Please provide a curriculum.',
             'type.required' => 'Please select a course type.',
-            'type.in' => 'The course type must be Core, GE, or TE.',
+            'type.in' => 'The course type must be Foundation, Core, GE, or TE.',
             'code.required' => 'Please provide a course code.',
             'name.required' => 'Please provide a course name.',
             'credits.required' => 'Please specify the number of credits.',
diff --git a/database/migrations/2024_11_06_000554_alter_course_type_enum_column_update.php b/database/migrations/2024_11_06_000554_alter_course_type_enum_column_update.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98cbd45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2024_11_06_000554_alter_course_type_enum_column_update.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use App\Domains\AcademicProgram\Course\Models\Course;
+
+class AlterCourseTypeEnumColumnUpdate extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        // Update the enum field with new types 
+        if (Schema::getConnection()->getDriverName() !== 'sqlite') {
+            $enumValues = "'" . implode("', '", array_keys(Course::getTypes())) . "'";
+            DB::statement("ALTER TABLE courses MODIFY COLUMN type ENUM($enumValues)");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        // Nothing here 
+    }
+}
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