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Health, Sports & Psychology

Course title Hours Level
A question of ethics: right or wrong? 7 Intermediate
Active, healthy lifestyles 10 Introductory
Ageing and disability: Transitions into residential care 11 Intermediate
An introduction to social work 15 Introductory
An introduction to social work in Wales 10 Introductory
Attachment in the early years 6 Intermediate
Becoming a critical social work practitioner 15 Advanced
Bedfordshire Mencap 1 Intermediate
Care relationships 8 Introductory
Care transactions 1 Intermediate
Caring in hospitals 8 Introductory
Caring: A Family Affair 8 Introductory
Challenging ideas in mental health 18 Intermediate
Challenging the biomedical model of childbirth 5 Introductory
Childhood in crisis? 6 Intermediate
Children and young people’s participation 12 Advanced
Children living in different settings 8 Intermediate
Children's participation 12 Advanced
Death and medicine: Postponement and promise 1 Intermediate
Designing space for dementia care 8 Introductory
Diversity and difference in communication 16 Introductory
Early years team work and leadership 8 Introductory
Eating to win: activity, diet and weight control 6 Introductory
Emotions and emotional disorders 6 Intermediate
EPOCH Psychology history timeline 10 Intermediate
Exercise and mental health 2 Intermediate
Experiences of assessment 1 Intermediate
Exploring family health 8 Introductory
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts 5 Introductory
Facilitating learning in practice 24 Intermediate
Factors that influence health: An introduction 5 Intermediate
Finding information in health and lifestyle 9 Introductory
Forensic psychology 24 Introductory
Foundations for self-directed support in Scotland 50 Introductory
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language 12 Intermediate
Fuel poverty in Scotland 1 Intermediate
Funding elite sport 2 Introductory
Health and environment 12 Intermediate
Health is everywhere: Unravelling the mystery of health 6 Intermediate
Homelessness and need 1 Intermediate
Improving aerobic fitness 2 Introductory
Infants’ understanding of their social world 12 Advanced
Interview with a social worker 1 Introductory
Introducing ageing 11 Introductory
Introducing corporate finance 20 Advanced
Introducing public health 6 Intermediate
Introduction to child psychology 8 Introductory
Issues in complementary and alternative medicine 19 Intermediate
Issues in research with children and young people 7 Advanced
Lead and manage change in health and social care 7 Advanced
Lennox Castle Hospital 8 Introductory
LETS: A community development 1 Intermediate
Life stories 4 Introductory
Living with death and dying 4 Introductory
Managing to meet service users' needs 3 Advanced
Marketing in the 21st Century 6 Advanced
Meeting minority needs 1 Intermediate
Mental health practice: Bonnyrigg 10 Introductory
Motivation and factors affecting motivation 5 Introductory
Parenting 8 Intermediate
Partnerships and networks in work with young people 10 Intermediate
Physical activity: a family affair 15 Advanced
Professional relationships with young people 8 Introductory
Psychological research, obedience and ethics 5 Introductory
Public health and mental health promotion 6 Intermediate
Public health in community settings: An introduction 5 Intermediate
Social care in the community 3 Introductory
Social care, social work and the law - England and Wales 4 Intermediate
Social work and the law in Scotland 15 Intermediate
Social work learning practice 4 Introductory
Sport media and culture: Who's calling the shots? 5 Introductory
Starting with psychology 5 Introductory
The Adur Carers Project 1 Intermediate
The Ancient Olympics: Bridging past and present 5 Introductory
The autistic spectrum: From theory to practice 20 Intermediate
The Beveridge vision 4 Introductory
The boundaries of care 4 Introductory
The limits of primary care 4 Introductory
The meaning of home 4 Introductory
The medicalised context of bereavement 4 Intermediate
The psychological aspects of sports injury 3 Intermediate
The range of work with young people 10 Introductory
The science behind wheeled sports 8 Introductory
Understanding children: Babies being heard 5 Introductory
Understanding depression and anxiety 8 Intermediate
Understanding narratives in health care 5 Introductory
Understanding society: Families 5 Introductory
Understanding the past 12 Introductory
Using numbers and handling data 12 Introductory
What's in a title: Understanding meanings in community care 4 Intermediate
Working together for children: Stirling 10 Advanced
Working with young people in sport and exercise 6 Intermediate
Young people’s wellbeing 16 Advanced

Education

Course title Hours Level
A global dimension to science education in schools 8 Intermediate
Accessibility of eLearning 15 Advanced
Am I ready to study in English? 5 Introductory
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) 6 Advanced
An introduction to the wider professional role of the teacher in England 20 Introductory
Careers education and guidance 8 Intermediate
Careers education and guidance (Chinese) 8 Intermediate
Changes in Science Education 20 Intermediate
Chartered teachers in Scotland 3 Intermediate
Continuity and learning 12 Introductory
Creating open educational resources 15 Introductory
Creativity, community and ICT 20 Introductory
Dance skills 12 Intermediate
Democracy? You think you know? 8 Intermediate
Developing good academic practice 5 Intermediate
Encouraging book talk in the school library 4 Introductory
Engaging with educational research 12 Advanced
English grammar in context 15 Advanced
English: skills for learning 24 Introductory
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits 4 Intermediate
Essay and report writing skills 15 Introductory
Evaluating school classroom discussion 9 Advanced
Exploring children's learning 20 Intermediate
Extending and developing your thinking skills 6 Introductory
Facilitating group discussions 2 Introductory
Finding information in education 9 Introductory
Geography in education: exploring a definition 9 Intermediate
Governors' target setting: Primary schools 10 Intermediate
Inclusive education: Knowing what we mean 8 Advanced
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences 40 Advanced
Introducing observational approaches in research with children and young people 9 Advanced
Introduction to accelerated learning 6 Introductory
Involving the family in supporting pupils' literacy learning 10 Advanced
Key skill assessment unit: Problem solving 50 Introductory
Key skill assessment unit: Working with others 50 Introductory
Key skill assessment: Communication 50 Introductory
Key skill assessment: Improving your own learning and performance 50 Introductory
Key skills - making a difference 40 Intermediate
Knowledge in everyday life 12 Intermediate
Language as a medium for teaching and learning 5 Advanced
Leadership and context 9 Advanced
Learning and practice: Agency and identities 8 Advanced
Learning how to learn 6 Introductory
Learning to change 100 Introductory
Learning to Learn 80 Introductory
Learning to learn: Exploring learning 8 Introductory
Learning to learn: Learning can mean change 8 Introductory
Learning to learn: Planning for personal change 8 Introductory
Learning to learn: Reflecting backward, reflecting forward 8 Introductory
Learning to learn: You and your learning 8 Introductory
Learning to teach: An introduction to classroom research 5 Advanced
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner 5 Advanced
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner (Chinese) 20 Advanced
Learning to teach: Making sense of learning to teach 5 Advanced
Learning to teach: Mentoring and tutoring student teachers 5 Advanced
New Free OpenLearn Courses 1 Introductory
Open education 60 Advanced
Parents and toddlers: Teaching and learning at home 20 Advanced
Parents as partners 16 Introductory
Partnerships and networks in work with young people 10 Intermediate
Play, learning and the brain 15 Intermediate
Postgraduate study skills in science, technology or mathematics 14 Advanced
Processes of study in the arts and humanities 16 Introductory
Revision and examinations 6 Introductory
School business manager: Developing the role 8 Introductory
School geography: Exploring a definition 9 Intermediate
School Governors: Being strategic 10 Intermediate
School Governors: Organisation and practice 10 Intermediate
School Governors: Performance management 10 Intermediate
School Governors: Planning for improvement 11 Intermediate
School Governors: primary school monitoring 10 Intermediate
School Governors: Secondary school monitoring 10 Intermediate
Science and society: A career and professional development course 30 Introductory
Sharing power and transforming educational practice 8 Advanced
Succeed in the workplace 24 Introductory
Succeed with learning 24 Introductory
Supporting professional development in Initial Teacher Training 20 Introductory
Supporting professional development in Initial Teacher Training (Chinese) 20 Introductory
Taking your first steps into higher education 24 Introductory
Teachers sharing resources online 10 Intermediate
Teaching assistants: support in action 4 Introductory
Teaching assistants: support in action (Chinese) 4 Introductory
Teaching citizenship: Work and the economy 10 Intermediate
Teaching for good behaviour 10 Intermediate
Teaching using digital video in secondary schools 10 Intermediate
The interplay between leading and learning 8 Advanced
The role of play in children's learning 15 Intermediate
The ‘why’ and ‘what’ of educational leadership and management 8 Advanced
Thinking about how I work with other professionals 6 Introductory
Understanding dyslexia 20 Intermediate
Understanding early years environments and children’s spaces 6 Intermediate
Understanding early years environments and children’s spaces (Chinese) 6 Intermediate
Using film music in the classroom 8 Intermediate
Using visualisation in maths teaching 6 Intermediate
What children and young people say 3 Intermediate
What children's perspectives tell us about inclusion 4 Intermediate
What is language?: an applied linguistic perspective 6 Advanced
Why teach art? 6 Introductory
Word and image 15 Intermediate
Working with young people in sport and exercise 6 Intermediate
Working with young people: Roles and responsibilities 12 Introductory
Your understanding and attitudes to science 3 Intermediate
Youth work: Introducing policy 6 Advanced

History & The Arts

Course title Hours Level
Aberdulais Falls: A case study in Welsh heritage 2 Introductory
An introduction to material culture 2 Introductory
An introduction to music research 16 Advanced
An introduction to music theory 8 Introductory
Approaching literature: Reading Great Expectations 15 Intermediate
Approaching plays 15 Intermediate
Approaching poetry 20 Intermediate
Approaching prose fiction 20 Intermediate
Art and visual culture: Medieval to modern 10 Intermediate
Art in Renaissance Venice 6 Advanced
Brighton Pavilion 16 Intermediate
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus 15 Intermediate
Commemoration: Visual texts 4 Introductory
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective 20 Advanced
Continuing classical Latin 4 Intermediate
David Hume 16 Intermediate
Delacroix 16 Introductory
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin 12 Intermediate
Dundee, jute and empire 12 Introductory
Emotion: An introductory picture 20 Advanced
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga 14 Advanced
Exploring the English language 9 Intermediate
Finding information in Arts and History 9 Introductory
Form and uses of language 4 Introductory
Forth Road Bridge 1 Introductory
French Revolution 16 Intermediate
Getting started on Classical Latin 10 Introductory
Goya 5 Intermediate
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century 10 Intermediate
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’ 20 Advanced
Heritage case studies: Scotland 5 Introductory
History as commemoration 4 Introductory
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past 2 Intermediate
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe 1 Intermediate
History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee 1 Intermediate
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past 1 Intermediate
How do empires work? 1 Introductory
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy 20 Advanced
Introducing consciousness 20 Advanced
Introducing philosophy 8 Introductory
Introducing the Classical world 20 Intermediate
Introducing the philosophy of religion 12 Intermediate
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid 7 Intermediate
Introduction to law in Wales 8 Intermediate
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi 12 Intermediate
Language and thought: Introducing representation 20 Advanced
Late nineteenth-century Britain and America: The people and the empire 4 Advanced
Library of Alexandria 7 Advanced
Looking at, describing and identifying objects 2 Introductory
Making sense of art history 5 Introductory
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare 15 Intermediate
Minds and mental phenomena: An introduction 20 Advanced
Musée du Louvre 4 Intermediate
Music and its media 16 Intermediate
Napoleonic paintings 16 Intermediate
Philosophy: The nature of persons 15 Advanced
Picturing the family 12 Introductory
Plato on tradition and belief 15 Introductory
Reading 8 Introductory
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective 15 Advanced
Religion today: Themes and issues 15 Advanced
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period 14 Advanced
Robert Owen and New Lanark 12 Intermediate
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners 10 Intermediate
Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems 16 Intermediate
Science in the Scottish Enlightenment 5 Intermediate
Start writing fiction 12 Introductory
Start writing fiction alumni forum 1 Introductory
Start writing fiction: characters and stories 24 Introductory
Studying religion 20 Introductory
Studying the arts and humanities 4 Introductory
Textiles in Ghana 4 Introductory
The African diaspora: An archaeological perspective 4 Introductory
The body in antiquity 5 Advanced
The Enlightenment 16 Intermediate
The history of medicine: A Scottish perspective 10 Intermediate
The Holocaust 12 Advanced
The incredible shrinking chip 1 Intermediate
The moral equality of combatants 16 Advanced
The origins of the wars of the three kingdoms 12 Introductory
The poetry of Sorley MacLean 10 Advanced
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor 15 Intermediate
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms 14 Advanced
Two concepts of freedom 20 Intermediate
Veiling 10 Intermediate
Visions of protest: Graffiti 8 Introductory
Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground 20 Advanced
Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground 20 Advanced
Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background 20 Advanced
War memorials and commemoration 4 Introductory
Welsh history and its sources 25 Introductory
What is good writing? 12 Introductory
What is heritage? 10 Introductory
What is poetry? 12 Introductory
Wilberforce 16 Intermediate
Working with dilemmas 4 Advanced
World Heritage 10 Intermediate
Writing what you know 8 Introductory

Languages

Course title Hours Level
Beginners' Chinese 6 Introductory
Beginners’ French: food and drink 5 Introductory
Beginners’ German: Food and drink 6 Introductory
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink 4 Introductory
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink 6 Introductory
Business English: Making decisions 5 Intermediate
Business English: Presenting the decision 5 Intermediate
Business English: Researching a new location 5 Intermediate
Cànan nan Gàidheal 15 Introductory
Ciudades con Historia 5 Intermediate
Communication, management and your own context 8 Advanced
Croeso: Beginners' Welsh 4 Introductory
Cultures 5 Intermediate
Darllen a gwneud nodiadau (Reading and taking notes) 10 Introductory
Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol (Develop effective study strategies) 10 Introductory
Discovering Wales and Welsh: first steps 4 Introductory
English in the world today 8 Introductory
English: skills for learning 24 Introductory
Finding Information in Modern Languages 9 Introductory
French: En ville 15 Intermediate
French: Le quatorze juillet 10 Intermediate
French: Ouverture 20 Intermediate
Gaelic in modern Scotland 15 Introductory
German: Regionen, Traditionen und Geschichte 12 Advanced
How to be a critical reader 7 Intermediate
La Cité des sciences et de l’industrie 15 Advanced
Landschaftliche Vielfalt 15 Advanced
Languages at Work 6 Introductory
Learning a second language 4 Advanced
Paraphrasing text 1 Intermediate
Paratoi aseiniadau (Preparing assignments) 10 Introductory
Rundblick: beginners' German 5 Introductory
Spanish: Con mis propias manos 12 Advanced
Spanish: espacios públicos 20 Introductory
Spanish: Perspectivas porteñas 4 Advanced
Summarising text 1 Introductory
Why study languages? 5 Introductory

Money & Management

Course title Hours Level
An introduction to business cultures 4 Introductory
Building relationships with donors 6 Advanced
Business organisations and their environments: Culture 15 Intermediate
Campaigns and organisations 2 Advanced
Challenges in advanced management accounting 15 Advanced
Choosing a human resources consultant 6 Advanced
Completing the project 8 Advanced
Conversations and interviews 5 Intermediate
Corporate responsibility for industrial incidents 8 Advanced
Creating an ethical organisation 6 Advanced
Creativity and innovation 6 Advanced
Developing your skills as an HR professional 9 Advanced
Discovering management 15 Advanced
Employee engagement 10 Advanced
Entrepreneurial behaviour 20 Advanced
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection 7 Advanced
Environmental factors and organisations 6 Advanced
Equity finance 6 Advanced
Estimating the cost of equity 9 Advanced
Facilitating group discussions 2 Introductory
Financial accounting and reporting 12 Intermediate
Finding information in business and management 9 Introductory
How teams work 10 Advanced
How to frame a business case 8 Intermediate
Human resources: recruitment and selection 12 Intermediate
Implementing the project 8 Advanced
Influences on accounting regulation 6 Advanced
Influences on corporate governance 6 Advanced
International management: An institutional perspective 15 Advanced
Introducing a framework for strategy 10 Advanced
Introducing corporate finance 20 Advanced
Introducing the voluntary sector 24 Introductory
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting 8 Introductory
Introduction to financial services 6 Introductory
Introduction to the context of accounting 4 Advanced
Investment risk 6 Advanced
Knowledge technologies in context 22 Advanced
Lead and manage change in health and social care 7 Advanced
Leadership and context 9 Advanced
Making decisions 4 Advanced
Management: perspective and practice 10 Advanced
Managing and managing people 8 Advanced
Managing local practices in global contexts 20 Advanced
Managing my investments 24 Introductory
Managing my money 24 Introductory
Managing My Money alumni 1 Introductory
Managing projects through people 8 Advanced
Managing relationships 4 Advanced
Managing the European economy after the introduction of the Euro 8 Intermediate
Managing the software enterprise: The organisational and business context 5 Advanced
Marketing communications as a strategic function 6 Advanced
Marketing in the 21st Century 6 Advanced
Organisations and management accounting 12 Intermediate
Planning a project 8 Advanced
Preparing a project 8 Advanced
Products, services and branding 3 Introductory
Project management: the start of the project journey 35 Advanced
Retail marketing 8 Introductory
Rural entrepreneurship in Scotland 30 Introductory
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales 30 Introductory
Seeing institutions in different ways 12 Advanced
Social marketing 8 Advanced
Speeches and speech-making 1 Introductory
Stakeholders in marketing and finance 2 Intermediate
Storing and processing information 3 Intermediate
Strategic view of performance 4 Advanced
The business of football 15 Introductory
The concept of innovation 3 Intermediate
The financial markets context 4 Advanced
The importance of interpersonal skills 3 Introductory
The life sciences industry: An introduction 6 Advanced
The market-led organisation 4 Advanced
The public policy – action relationship 7 Advanced
The role of the manager 4 Introductory
Understanding and managing risk 20 Advanced
Understanding management: I'm managing thank you! 5 Introductory
Understanding operations management 4 Advanced
Understanding the environment: Learning and communication 12 Intermediate
Using Voluntary work to get ahead in the job market 12 Introductory
What is strategic human resource management? 4 Advanced
What is strategy? 5 Advanced
Working in groups and teams 8 Advanced
Working life and learning 25 Intermediate
Working with dilemmas 4 Advanced
You and your money 12 Introductory

Nature & Environment

Course title Hours Level
An introduction to biological systematics 5 Advanced
Animals at the extremes: Hibernation and torpor 14 Intermediate
Animals at the extremes: Polar biology 14 Intermediate
Animals at the extremes: The desert environment 14 Intermediate
Changing cities 15 Advanced
Climate change 18 Intermediate
Climate change: transitions to sustainability 5 Intermediate
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment 3 Advanced
Environment: Following the flows 12 Introductory
Environment: Treading lightly on the Earth 15 Introductory
Environmental management and organisations 15 Intermediate
Evolution through natural selection 4 Introductory
Evolution: artificial selection and domestication 5 Intermediate
Global warming 5 Introductory
Introducing environmental decision making 24 Advanced
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems 5 Introductory
iSpot: Sharing nature 5 Introductory
Life in the Palaeozoic 12 Introductory
Logframe planning 3 Advanced
Managing coastal environments 3 Intermediate
Microbes – friend or foe? 10 Introductory
Migration 8 Intermediate
Modelling pollution in the Great Lakes 4 Introductory
Modelling pollution in the Great Lakes: a review 4 Introductory
Nature matters in conversation 12 Advanced
Nature matters: caring and accountability 15 Advanced
Nature matters: Systems thinking and experts 15 Advanced
Neighbourhood nature 1 Introductory
Operations, technology and stakeholder value 40 Advanced
School activities: Evolutionary tree of mammals 5 Introductory
Studying Darwin 1 Introductory
Studying mammals: A winning design 10 Introductory
Studying mammals: Chisellers 10 Introductory
Studying mammals: Food for thought 10 Introductory
Studying mammals: Life in the trees 10 Introductory
Studying mammals: Meat eaters 10 Introductory
Studying mammals: Plant predators 10 Introductory
Studying mammals: Return to the water 10 Introductory
Studying mammals: The insect hunters 10 Introductory
Studying mammals: The opportunists 10 Introductory
Studying mammals: The social climbers 10 Introductory
Surviving the winter 10 Introductory
Sustainable Scotland 5 Introductory
The environmental impact of teaching and learning 10 Introductory
The science of evolution 5 Introductory
Transport and sustainability 12 Intermediate
Understanding the environment: A systems approach 1 Intermediate
Understanding the environment: Co-evolution 12 Intermediate
Understanding the environment: Complexity and chaos 12 Intermediate
Understanding the environment: Flows and feedback 12 Intermediate
Understanding the environment: Learning and communication 12 Intermediate
Understanding the environment: Problems with the way we think 12 Intermediate
Understanding the environment: Thinking styles and models 16 Intermediate
Urban and rural waste in China 8 Introductory
Water for life 15 Introductory
Working with our environment: an introduction 11 Introductory

Science, Maths & Technology

Course title Hours Level
A tour of the cell 12 Intermediate
Achieving public dialogue 16 Advanced
Addiction and neural ageing 15 Advanced
Alcohol and human health 6 Introductory
An introduction to complex numbers 16 Advanced
An introduction to data and information 20 Introductory
An introduction to e-commerce and distributed applications 8 Advanced
An introduction to information security 55 Advanced
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope 8 Intermediate
An introduction to software development 6 Advanced
An introduction to sustainable energy 3 Introductory
An overview of active galaxies 15 Advanced
Analysing skid marks 4 Introductory
Analytical science: Secrets of the Mary Rose 12 Intermediate
Babylonian mathematics 8 Intermediate
Basic science: understanding experiments 24 Introductory
Basic science: understanding numbers 12 Introductory
Biofuels 5 Introductory
Birth of a drug 4 Advanced
BSE and vCJD: Their biology and management 15 Intermediate
Can renewable energy power the world? 24 Introductory
Cell signalling 12 Advanced
Comparing stars 16 Intermediate
Complex numbers 20 Advanced
Computers and computer systems 20 Intermediate
Creating musical sounds 20 Introductory
Crossing the boundary - analogue universe, digital worlds 20 Introductory
Data and processes in computing 14 Intermediate
Describing motion along a line 15 Intermediate
Design 28 Introductory
Design thinking 10 Introductory
Designing the user interface: Text, colour, images, moving images and sound 4 Advanced
Detecting Down’s syndrome in the unborn fetus 12 Intermediate
Developing modelling skills 4 Introductory
Diabetes care 5 Intermediate
Diabetes complications 16 Introductory
Diagramming for development 1 - Bounding realities 4 Advanced
Diagramming for development 2 - Exploring interrelationships 4 Advanced
Diagrams, charts and graphs 5 Introductory
Differential equations 16 Intermediate
Digital communications 20 Advanced
Distributed paradigms 4 Advanced
Drug development process: combating pain 2 Advanced
Early development 20 Intermediate
Earth's physical resources: petroleum 12 Intermediate
Earthquakes 8 Introductory
Effective ways of displaying information 6 Introductory
Egyptian mathematics 9 Intermediate
Energy resources: Alternative energy in perspective 3 Intermediate
Energy resources: An introduction to energy resources 8 Intermediate
Energy resources: Coal 17 Intermediate
Energy resources: Geothermal energy 4 Intermediate
Energy resources: Hydropower 3 Intermediate
Energy resources: Nuclear energy 14 Intermediate
Energy resources: Solar energy 2 Intermediate
Energy resources: Tidal energy 2 Intermediate
Energy resources: Water quality 10 Intermediate
Energy resources: Wave energy 3 Intermediate
Energy resources: Wind energy 3 Intermediate
Engineering: The challenge of temperature 40 Intermediate
Engineering: The nature of problems 40 Intermediate
Epidemiology: An introduction 7 Intermediate
Eutrophication 12 Intermediate
Experiences of learning mathematics 16 Intermediate
Exploring data: Graphs and numerical summaries 20 Introductory
Exploring distance time graphs 12 Introductory
Extending water resources 7 Intermediate
Finding information in information technology and computing 9 Introductory
Finding information in mathematics and statistics 9 Introductory
Finding information in science and nature 9 Introductory
Finding information in technology 9 Introductory
First-order differential equations 16 Intermediate
Forensic science and fingerprints 10 Introductory
Future energy demand and supply 13 Intermediate
Galaxies, stars and planets 8 Introductory
Gene manipulation in plants 10 Intermediate
Gene testing 4 Introductory
Gene therapy 4 Introductory
Geological processes in the British Isles 9 Intermediate
Geometry 5 Introductory
Global water resources 2 Intermediate
Groundwater 10 Intermediate
Groups and teamwork 20 Intermediate
Health and safety in the laboratory and field 1 Introductory
Hearing 15 Advanced
ICTs in everyday life 4 Introductory
ICTs: device to device communication 20 Introductory
ICTs: e-government 20 Introductory
ICTs: Information 20 Introductory
ICTs: Technology news 8 Introductory
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere 17 Intermediate
Imaging in medicine 15 Advanced
Influenza: A case study 6 Advanced
Information on the web 15 Introductory
Inheritance of characters 4 Introductory
Innovation through representation 15 Advanced
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction 15 Advanced
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables 16 Intermediate
Intracellular transport 12 Advanced
Introducing engineering 15 Introductory
Introducing ICT systems 9 Introductory
Introduction to active galaxies 20 Intermediate
Introduction to computational thinking 12 Intermediate
Introduction to computer forensics and investigations 6 Intermediate
Introduction to cyber security 24 Introductory
Introduction to ecosystems 12 Introductory
Introduction to finite element analysis 7 Advanced
Introduction to forensic engineering 20 Advanced
Introduction to histology 3 Introductory
Introduction to histopathology 3 Introductory
Introduction to microscopy 3 Introductory
Introduction to polymers 20 Advanced
Introduction to structural integrity 20 Advanced
Invention and innovation: An introduction 55 Advanced
Iron transport and storage 5 Advanced
James Clerk Maxwell 10 Advanced
John Napier 3 Intermediate
Jupiter and its moons 12 Introductory
Key skill assessment unit: Information literacy 50 Introductory
Key skill assessment unit: Information technology 50 Introductory
Key skills assessment unit: Application of number 50 Introductory
Language, notation and formulas 5 Introductory
Learning, thinking and doing 16 Introductory
Living with diabetes 5 Introductory
Living with the internet: Keeping it safe 10 Introductory
Living with the internet: learning online 4 Introductory
Living with the Internet: Online shopping 5 Introductory
Living without oil 8 Introductory
Machines, minds and computers 10 Advanced
Managing Complexity: A Systems Approach 20 Advanced
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction 75 Advanced
Manufacturing 20 Introductory
Mathematical language 20 Intermediate
Maths everywhere 8 Introductory
Maths for Science 14 Introductory
Maths for science and technology 15 Introductory
Meiosis and mitosis 8 Introductory
Microbes – friend or foe? 10 Introductory
Microelectronic solutions for digital photography 4 Advanced
Migration 8 Intermediate
Minerals and the crystalline state 10 Intermediate
Modelling displacements and velocities 3 Introductory
Modelling heat transfer 4 Introductory
Modelling object-oriented software – an introduction 20 Intermediate
Modelling static problems 16 Intermediate
Modelling with first order differential equations 16 Intermediate
Modelling with Fourier series 16 Intermediate
Models and modelling 14 Advanced
Moons 24 Introductory
Moons alumni forum 1 Introductory
More working with charts, graphs and tables 15 Introductory
Motion under gravity 4 Introductory
Mountain building in Scotland 30 Advanced
Natural intelligence 10 Advanced
Network security 25 Advanced
Nucleic acids and chromatin 12 Advanced
Number systems 20 Intermediate
Numbers, units and arithmetic 5 Introductory
Numbers: An introduction to subtraction 1 Introductory
Numbers: Getting to grips with division 1 Introductory
Nutrition: Proteins 8 Introductory
Nutrition: vitamins and minerals 10 Introductory
Obesity: Balanced diets and treatment 15 Intermediate
Pain and Aspirin 9 Introductory
People-centred designing 12 Introductory
Personal development planning for engineering 12 Introductory
Plate Tectonics 15 Intermediate
Potable water treatment 20 Introductory
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology 14 Introductory
Predictive medicine 4 Introductory
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century 10 Introductory
Presenting information 3 Introductory
Prices 20 Introductory
Proteins 12 Advanced
Protocols in multi-service networks 30 Advanced
Public health approaches to infectious disease 3 Introductory
Ratio, proportion and percentages 5 Introductory
Real functions and graphs 20 Intermediate
Representing and manipulating data in computers 20 Intermediate
Revolutions in sound recording 12 Introductory
Rounding and estimation 5 Introductory
Safari - skills accessing, finding and reviewing information 15 Introductory
Scattering and tunnelling 20 Advanced
Science promotion 12 Advanced
Seeing the light 10 Introductory
Social issues and GM crops 10 Intermediate
Software development for enterprise systems 8 Advanced
Sound for music technology: An introduction 20 Introductory
Squares, roots and powers 5 Introductory
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas 5 Introductory
Structural devices 20 Advanced
Structural materials in cells 20 Advanced
Succeed with maths – Part 1 24 Introductory
Succeed with maths – Part 2 24 Introductory
Superconductivity 12 Advanced
Surface water 8 Intermediate
Surfaces 20 Advanced
Symmetry 20 Intermediate
Systems diagramming 12 Introductory
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity 25 Advanced
Systems modelling 4 Introductory
Systems practice: Managing sustainability 15 Intermediate
Systems thinking and practice 8 Intermediate
Systems thinking: Understanding sustainability 15 Intermediate
Tay Bridge disaster 20 Advanced
Technology Evaluation 20 Advanced
Telescopes and spectrographs 10 Intermediate
Test kits for water analysis 12 Intermediate
The Big Bang 20 Advanced
The database development life cycle 12 Advanced
The evolving Universe 12 Introductory
The frozen planet 7 Introductory
The making of individual differences 12 Intermediate
The MMR vaccine: Public health, private fears 20 Advanced
The molecular world 20 Intermediate
The Moon 6 Introductory
The oceans 15 Intermediate
The restless Universe 12 Intermediate
The Sun 8 Introductory
The three-way catalytic converter 12 Advanced
Themes and theories for working in virtual project teams 4 Advanced
Theories in Technology Evaluation 20 Advanced
Transport and sustainability 12 Intermediate
Unclear about nuclear? 20 Introductory
Understanding cardiovascular diseases 15 Intermediate
Using a computer for study 6 Introductory
Using a scientific calculator 10 Introductory
Using vectors to model 16 Intermediate
Vaccination 14 Intermediate
Vectors and conics 20 Intermediate
Visualisation: Visual representations of data and information 8 Intermediate
Volcanic hazards 10 Introductory
Watching the weather 10 Introductory
Water and human health 9 Introductory
Water in the UK 7 Intermediate
Water use and the water cycle 10 Intermediate
Web guide 6 Introductory
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water? 6 Intermediate
What do genes do? 4 Introductory
What is the genome made of? 4 Introductory
Why sustainable energy matters 9 Introductory
Working mathematically 10 Advanced
Working on your own mathematics 4 Advanced
Working with charts, graphs and tables 15 Introductory
Working with diagrams 8 Introductory

People, Politics & Law

Course title Hours Level
A Europe of the Regions? 8 Intermediate
An introduction to law in contemporary Scotland 10 Introductory
Attention 10 Advanced
Changing cities 15 Advanced
Changing law: mental capacity legislation 10 Advanced
Children and violence: An introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach 20 Intermediate
Children’s rights 1 Intermediate
Claiming connections: A distant world of sweatshops? 14 Intermediate
Climate change: island life in a volatile world 15 Intermediate
Company law in context 10 Intermediate
Contemporary Wales 15 Introductory
Crimes of the powerful 2 Advanced
Criminology beyond crime 3 Advanced
Developing countries in the world trade regime 8 Advanced
Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences 1 Intermediate
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency 8 Introductory
Does prison work? 1 Intermediate
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view 28 Intermediate
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market 8 Advanced
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT) 10 Advanced
Engendering citizenship 1 Intermediate
Europe and the law 20 Introductory
Exclusion clauses 10 Intermediate
Exploring the boundaries of international law 15 Advanced
Finding information in Society 9 Introductory
Getting started with SPSS 3 Introductory
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences 1 Intermediate
Human rights and law 20 Introductory
Identity in question 12 Introductory
Information technology: A new era? 15 Intermediate
Innovation, markets and industrial change 15 Intermediate
Introducing ageing 11 Introductory
Introducing international development management 40 Advanced
Introduction to critical criminology 2 Advanced
Introduction to law in Wales 8 Intermediate
Judges and the law 20 Introductory
Learning from audio visual material: Migrants and borders 5 Intermediate
Learning from audio-visual material: Introducing surveillance 3 Intermediate
Living and working in the new economy 15 Intermediate
Living in a globalised world 12 Intermediate
Making and using rules 20 Introductory
Managing the European economy after the introduction of the Euro 8 Intermediate
Modern slavery 15 Introductory
Nationalism, self-determination and secession 8 Intermediate
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences 1 Intermediate
Nuclear power: Friend or foe? 2 Intermediate
Oil industry in Scotland: Making photographs, making demands 5 Intermediate
OpenLearn Scotland 3 Introductory
Parliament and the law 20 Introductory
Political ordering 10 Introductory
Politics, media and war: 9/11 and its aftermaths 84 Introductory
Poverty in Scotland 30 Introductory
Privacy rights and the law 20 Introductory
Psychological research, obedience and ethics 5 Introductory
Psychology in the 21st century 12 Intermediate
Race, ethnicity and crime 1 Advanced
Racial violence: European perspectives 1 Intermediate
Reading and note taking – preparation for study 12 Introductory
Reading evidence 12 Introductory
Reading visual images 8 Introductory
Remaking the relations of work and welfare 10 Advanced
Retiring lives? Old age, work and welfare 10 Advanced
Rights and justice in international relations 13 Advanced
Seeing institutions in different ways 12 Advanced
Sexuality, parenthood and population 10 Advanced
Social care, social work and the law - England and Wales 4 Intermediate
Social construction and social constructionism 1 Intermediate
Social problems: Who makes them? 20 Intermediate
Social science and participation 10 Intermediate
Social work and the law in Scotland 15 Intermediate
Starting with law 3 Introductory
Starting with law: An overview of the law 5 Introductory
The body: A phenomenological psychological perspective 15 Advanced
The law-making process in England and Wales 15 Introductory
The meaning of crime 8 Introductory
The politics of devolution 8 Intermediate
The politics of racial violence in Britain 1 Intermediate
The problem with crime 1 Intermediate
The role of diagnosis in counselling and psychotherapy 8 Introductory
The social in social science 15 Advanced
The technology of crime control 1 Intermediate
The USA, power and international order: Foreign policy under Obama 12 Intermediate
Themes in discourse research: The case of Diana 4 Advanced
Understanding international development 20 Introductory
Understanding media: The celebrity in the text 12 Intermediate
Welfare reconstruction 1 Intermediate
What do we mean by 'family'? 4 Intermediate
What is Europe? 10 Introductory
What is politics? 15 Intermediate
Who are Europeans? 8 Intermediate
Who belongs to Glasgow? 3 Intermediate
Who counts as a refugee? 10 Advanced
Why maps are made 8 Introductory
Young people’s wellbeing 16 Advanced
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places 5 Intermediate
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