What is the difference (at the university level) between a SURVEY
course and a FOUNDATION course?  What is the definition of each? 
Thank you.

Hi pacmarrin, 
with a bit of research I turned up the following:

from http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/paa/infobul/paa.html (this may
vary depending on the institution)
A "Survey" course is one that is developed by selecting curriculum
modules from three or more PAA "Pure" courses. It can meet the PAA
requirements for Core Curriculum at the Middle and Secondary Levels.

Searching dictionary.com for survey course yields
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=survey%20course
where we find:

survey course
n. 
An academic course consisting of an overview of a broad topic or field
of knowledge.

Unfortunately, the latter definition for a survey course matches the
generally accepted definition one for a foundation course, that is an
overview course setting the bases for further study in the domain.

Therefore, unless your institution subscribes to the same definition
as the university of Saskatchewan, well, I tried :)