About This Study Plan
This 90-day study plan breaks the GH-FOUND (Foundations) exam preparation into 3 focused study sessions with 12 actionable tasks. The plan covers all 7 exam domains — Understand Git and GitHub Basics, Working with GitHub Repositories, Collaborate Using GitHub, Apply Modern Development Practices, Manage Projects with GitHub, Understand Privacy, Security, and Administration, Explore the GitHub Community — ensuring complete coverage. Comprehensive 90-day plan for the GitHub Foundations certification.
Prerequisites
- No prior GitHub experience needed
- 30–60 minutes per day
Study Schedule
- Weeks 1–2: Learn Git from scratch — install, configure, basic commands
- Week 3: Branching, merging, and remote repositories
- Week 4: GitHub account setup, repository creation, and settings
- End of month: Git commands quiz and hands-on practice
- Week 5: Pull requests, code review, and collaboration workflow
- Week 6: Issues, Discussions, Projects, and project management
- Week 7: GitHub Actions, Codespaces, and Copilot overview
- Week 8: Security features, open source, and community health
- Week 9: End-to-end workflow practice with a sample project
- Week 10: Full practice exam #1 + detailed review
- Week 11: Practice exam #2 + weak area remediation
- Week 12: Final flashcards, Git drill, and exam prep
Study Tips
Use GitHub daily — even for personal notes or projects.
Contribute to an open source project to experience the forking workflow.
The exam tests breadth — make sure you know every domain at a basic level.
Recommended GitHub Study Resources
Supplement this study plan with the GitHub Skills interactive courses at skills.github.com, which provide hands-on practice in real repositories. The official GitHub documentation (docs.github.com) is comprehensive and regularly updated. For Actions certification, study the workflow syntax reference and build at least three different CI/CD pipelines from scratch.
Ready to Practice?
Put your study plan into action with Foundations practice questions.