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Health, Sports & Psychology

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 death, dying and grief 7 Intermediate
An introduction to social work 15 Introductory
An introduction to social work in Wales 10 Introductory
Applying social work skills in practice 7 Intermediate
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
Childhood in the digital age 12 Introductory
Children and young people’s participation 12 Advanced
Children living in different settings 8 Intermediate
Children's participation 12 Advanced
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness 24 Introductory
Death and medicine: Postponement and promise 1 Intermediate
Designing space for dementia care 8 Introductory
Diversity and difference in communication 16 Introductory
Drug development process: combating pain 2 Advanced
Eating to win: activity, diet and weight control 6 Introductory
Emotions and emotional disorders 6 Intermediate
Epidemiology: An introduction 7 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 coaching and psychology 24 Introductory
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts 5 Introductory
Facilitating learning in practice 24 Intermediate
Factors that influence health: An introduction 5 Intermediate
Forensic psychology 24 Introductory
Forensic science and fingerprints 10 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
Health and environment 12 Intermediate
Health is everywhere: Unravelling the mystery of health 6 Intermediate
Homelessness and need 1 Intermediate
Imaging in medicine 15 Advanced
Improving aerobic fitness 2 Introductory
Infection and immunity 12 Introductory
Interview with a social worker 1 Introductory
Introducing ageing 11 Introductory
Introducing corporate finance 20 Advanced
Introducing healthcare improvement 3 Advanced
Introducing public health 6 Intermediate
Introduction to child psychology 8 Introductory
Investigating psychology 3 Intermediate
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 psychology: animal minds 12 Intermediate
Living with death and dying 4 Introductory
Making sense of mental health problems 10 Intermediate
Making sense of ourselves 4 Intermediate
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
Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings 10 Intermediate
Motivation and factors affecting motivation 5 Introductory
Obesity: Balanced diets and treatment 15 Intermediate
Parenting 8 Intermediate
Partnerships and networks in work with young people 10 Intermediate
Physical activity: a family affair 15 Advanced
Population ageing: a global health crisis? 6 Intermediate
Predictive medicine 4 Introductory
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
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise 8 Intermediate
Science promotion 12 Advanced
Social care in the community 3 Introductory
Social care, social work and the law - England and Wales 4 Intermediate
Social psychology and politics 8 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
Sporting women in the media 8 Intermediate
Starting with psychology 5 Introductory
Supporting and developing resilience in social work 10 Intermediate
The Adur Carers Project 1 Intermediate
The Ancient Olympics: Bridging past and present 5 Introductory
The Beveridge vision 4 Introductory
The boundaries of care 4 Introductory
The family at the centre of early learning 9 Introductory
The impact of technology on children's physical activity 6 Introductory
The limits of primary care 4 Introductory
The lottery of birth 12 Introductory
The meaning of home 4 Introductory
The medicalised context of bereavement 4 Intermediate
The MMR vaccine: Public health, private fears 20 Advanced
The psychological aspects of sports injury 3 Intermediate
The science behind wheeled sports 8 Introductory
The science of nutrition and healthy eating 24 Introductory
Understanding depression and anxiety 8 Intermediate
Understanding mental capacity 24 Introductory
Understanding narratives in health care 5 Introductory
Understanding service improvement in healthcare 10 Advanced
Understanding the past 12 Introductory
What's in a title: Understanding meanings in community care 4 Intermediate
Work and mental health 5 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 & Development

Education & Development

Course title Hours Level
A global dimension to science education in schools 8 Intermediate
Accessibility of eLearning 15 Advanced
Am I ready to be a distance learner? 3 Introductory
Am I ready to study in English? 5 Introductory
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) 6 Advanced
Are you ready for postgraduate study? 20 Advanced
Assessment in secondary geography 11 Advanced
Assessment in secondary mathematics 11 Advanced
Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages 11 Advanced
Assessment in secondary music 11 Advanced
Assessment in secondary science 11 Advanced
Assistive technologies and online learning 8 Advanced
Attachment in the early years 6 Intermediate
Being an OU student 12 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
Childhood in crisis? 6 Intermediate
Childhood in the digital age 12 Introductory
Children and young people’s participation 12 Advanced
Children’s perspectives on play 5 Introductory
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
Digital literacy: succeeding in a digital world 24 Introductory
Early years team work and leadership 8 Introductory
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 books for children: words and pictures 8 Intermediate
Exploring children's learning 20 Intermediate
Exploring educational leadership 4 Advanced
Exploring equality and equity in education 10 Advanced
Exploring sport coaching and psychology 24 Introductory
Extending and developing your thinking skills 6 Introductory
Facilitating group discussions 2 Introductory
Geography in education: exploring a definition 9 Intermediate
Get started with online learning 6 Introductory
History as commemoration 4 Introductory
Inclusive education: Knowing what we mean 8 Advanced
Infants’ understanding of their social world 12 Advanced
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French 6 Introductory
Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German 6 Introductory
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish 6 Introductory
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences 40 Advanced
Introducing observational approaches in research with children and young people 9 Advanced
Introduction to child psychology 8 Introductory
Introduction to number theory 18 Introductory
Involving the family in supporting pupils' literacy learning 10 Advanced
Issues in research with children and young people 7 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
Language in the real world 6 Advanced
Leadership and context 9 Advanced
Leadership and followership 24 Introductory
Leadership: external context and culture 6 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
Listening to young children: supporting transition 5 Intermediate
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice 10 Advanced
Looking globally: the future of education 24 Advanced
Making sense of mental health problems 10 Intermediate
Making sense of ourselves 4 Intermediate
Mastering systems thinking in practice 24 Advanced
Methodism in Wales, 1730–1850 4 Intermediate
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits 5 Introductory
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice? 4 Advanced
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
Primary science: supporting children’s learning 8 Intermediate
Processes of study in the arts and humanities 16 Introductory
Professional relationships with young people 8 Introductory
Revision and examinations 6 Introductory
School business manager: Developing the role 8 Introductory
School geography: Exploring a definition 9 Intermediate
Science and society: A career and professional development course 30 Introductory
Secondary learning 11 Advanced
Sharing power and transforming educational practice 8 Advanced
Studying the arts and humanities 4 Introductory
Succeed in the workplace 24 Introductory
Succeed with learning 24 Introductory
Succeeding in postgraduate study 24 Advanced
Take your teaching online 24 Intermediate
Taking your first steps into higher education 24 Introductory
Talk the talk 12 Introductory
Teachers sharing resources online 10 Intermediate
Teaching and learning tricky topics 24 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 secondary geography 11 Advanced
Teaching secondary mathematics 11 Advanced
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages 11 Advanced
Teaching secondary music 11 Advanced
Teaching secondary science 11 Advanced
Teaching using digital video in secondary schools 10 Intermediate
The digital scholar 24 Intermediate
The family at the centre of early learning 9 Introductory
The interplay between leading and learning 8 Advanced
The power of infographics in research dissemination 7 Intermediate
The range of work with young people 10 Introductory
The role of play in children's learning 15 Intermediate
The world of the primary school 8 Introductory
The ‘why’ and ‘what’ of educational leadership and management 8 Advanced
Thinking about how I work with other professionals 6 Introductory
Translation as a career 4 Advanced
Understanding children: Babies being heard 5 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
Understanding language and learning 10 Advanced
Understanding society: Families 5 Introductory
Understanding your sector 24 Introductory
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

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 life in ancient Egypt 30 Introductory
Art and the Mexican Revolution 7 Intermediate
Art and visual culture: Medieval to modern 10 Intermediate
Art in Renaissance Venice 6 Advanced
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael 10 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
Dutch painting of the Golden Age 4 Intermediate
Early modern Europe: an introduction 10 Intermediate
Emotion: An introductory picture 20 Advanced
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga 14 Advanced
Exploring books for children: words and pictures 8 Intermediate
Exploring philosophy: faking nature 9 Advanced
Exploring the English language 9 Intermediate
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts 6 Intermediate
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
Hadrian's Rome 10 Advanced
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 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
Icarus: entering the world of myth 3 Intermediate
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy 20 Advanced
Introducing consciousness 20 Advanced
Introducing Homer's Iliad 6 Intermediate
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
Language in the real world 6 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
Methodism in Wales, 1730–1850 4 Intermediate
Minds and mental phenomena: An introduction 20 Advanced
Musée du Louvre 4 Intermediate
Music and its media 16 Intermediate
Napoleonic paintings 16 Intermediate
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840 4 Intermediate
Philosophy: The nature of persons 15 Advanced
Picturing the family 12 Introductory
Plato on tradition and belief 15 Introductory
Reading 8 Introductory
Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It 6 Intermediate
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective 15 Advanced
Recording music and sound 8 Intermediate
Religion today: Themes and issues 15 Advanced
Religious diversity: rethinking religion 12 Intermediate
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
Speeches and speech-making 1 Introductory
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 First World War: trauma and memory 9 Introductory
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
The science of evolution 5 Introductory
Two concepts of freedom 20 Intermediate
Understanding musical scores 12 Introductory
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

Languages

Course title Hours Level
Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris 15 Advanced
Advanced German: Language, culture and history 12 Advanced
Advanced German: Regional landscapes 15 Advanced
Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires 4 Advanced
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts 12 Advanced
Advanced Spanish: Language in context 4 Advanced
Advanced Spanish: Protest song 4 Advanced
Beginners' Chinese 6 Introductory
Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon 15 Introductory
Beginners’ French: Food and drink 5 Introductory
Beginners’ German: Food and drink 6 Introductory
Beginners’ German: Places and people 5 Introductory
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink 4 Introductory
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink 6 Introductory
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around 20 Introductory
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis 8 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
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 grammar in context 15 Advanced
English in the world today 8 Introductory
English: skills for learning 24 Introductory
Exploring languages and cultures 14 Introductory
Form and uses of language 4 Introductory
Gaelic in modern Scotland 15 Introductory
Getting started on classical Latin 10 Introductory
Grammar matters 8 Advanced
How to be a critical reader 7 Intermediate
How to learn a language 24 Introductory
Intermediate French: 14 July 10 Intermediate
Intermediate French: Holiday plans 20 Intermediate
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French 6 Introductory
Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German 6 Introductory
Intermediate Italian: describing people 8 Intermediate
Intermediate Spanish: Cities with history 5 Intermediate
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish 6 Introductory
Language and creativity 8 Intermediate
Language in the real world 6 Advanced
Languages at Work 6 Introductory
Learning a second language 4 Advanced
Paraphrasing text 1 Intermediate
Paratoi aseiniadau (Preparing assignments) 10 Introductory
Summarising text 1 Introductory
Translation as a career 4 Advanced
Understanding language and learning 10 Advanced
Why study languages? 5 Introductory
Money & Business

Money & Business

Course title Hours Level
An introduction to business cultures 4 Introductory
An introduction to public leadership 9 Introductory
Asset allocation in investment 9 Advanced
Building relationships with donors 6 Advanced
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis 8 Introductory
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
Collaborative problem solving for community safety 16 Introductory
Commercial awareness 2 Introductory
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness 24 Introductory
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 career resilience 24 Introductory
Developing high trust work relationships 2 Intermediate
Developing your skills as an HR professional 9 Advanced
Difference and challenge in teams 2 Introductory
Different types of business 3 Introductory
Discovering development management 3 Advanced
Discovering management 15 Advanced
Employee engagement 10 Advanced
Employment relations and 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
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship 8 Intermediate
Fundamentals of accounting 8 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 operations management 6 Intermediate
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
Liquidity management 7 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 financial journey 12 Introductory
Managing my investments 24 Introductory
Managing my money 24 Introductory
Managing my money for young adults 24 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
Managing virtual project teams 8 Advanced
Marketing communications as a strategic function 6 Advanced
Marketing in the 21st Century 6 Advanced
Mastering systems thinking in practice 24 Advanced
Organisations and management accounting 12 Intermediate
Planning a project 8 Advanced
Preparing a project 8 Advanced
Products, services and branding 3 Introductory
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO) 7 Advanced
Project management: the start of the project journey 35 Advanced
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance 10 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
Strategic view of performance 4 Advanced
Supply chain sustainability 8 Introductory
Technology, innovation and management 10 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
Three principles of a coaching approach 2 Introductory
Understanding and managing risk 20 Advanced
Understanding different research perspectives 9 Advanced
Understanding management: I'm managing thank you! 5 Introductory
Understanding operations management 4 Advanced
Understanding the environment: Learning and communication 12 Intermediate
Understanding your sector 24 Introductory
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
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring 9 Advanced
You and your money 12 Introductory
Nature & Environment

Nature & Environment

Course title Hours Level
'Land grab': an environmental issue? 8 Intermediate
An introduction to biological systematics 5 Advanced
An introduction to sustainable energy 3 Introductory
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
Biofuels 5 Introductory
Changing cities 15 Advanced
Climate change 18 Intermediate
Climate change: transitions to sustainability 5 Intermediate
Earth's physical resources: petroleum 12 Intermediate
Earthquakes 8 Introductory
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment 3 Advanced
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT) 10 Advanced
Energy in buildings 10 Advanced
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
Environment: Following the flows 12 Introductory
Environment: Treading lightly on the Earth 15 Introductory
Environmental management and organisations 15 Intermediate
Eutrophication 12 Intermediate
Evolution through natural selection 4 Introductory
Evolution: artificial selection and domestication 5 Intermediate
Exploring philosophy: faking nature 9 Advanced
Extending water resources 7 Intermediate
Financial methods in environmental decisions 10 Advanced
Future energy demand and supply 13 Intermediate
Global warming 5 Introductory
Global water resources 2 Intermediate
Groundwater 10 Intermediate
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
Living without oil 8 Introductory
Logframe planning 3 Advanced
Managing coastal environments 3 Intermediate
Microbes – friend or foe? 2 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
Organisations, environmental management and innovation 12 Intermediate
School activities: Evolutionary tree of mammals 5 Introductory
Social issues and GM crops 10 Intermediate
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
Surface water 8 Intermediate
Surviving the winter 10 Introductory
Sustainable Scotland 5 Introductory
The environmental impact of teaching and learning 10 Introductory
The frozen planet 7 Introductory
The science of evolution 5 Introductory
Transport and sustainability 12 Intermediate
Unclear about nuclear? 20 Introductory
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
Watching the weather 10 Introductory
Water for life 15 Introductory
Water in the UK 7 Intermediate
Water use and the water cycle 10 Intermediate
Why sustainable energy matters 9 Introductory
Working with our environment: an introduction 11 Introductory
Science, Maths & Technology

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
Am I ready to be a distance learner? 3 Introductory
An introduction to complex numbers 16 Advanced
An introduction to data and information 20 Introductory
An introduction to design engineering 10 Introductory
An introduction to e-commerce and distributed applications 8 Advanced
An introduction to electronics 10 Intermediate
An introduction to interaction design 10 Intermediate
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope 8 Intermediate
An introduction to software development 6 Advanced
An introduction to web applications architecture 8 Intermediate
An overview of active galaxies 15 Advanced
Analysing skid marks 4 Introductory
Analytical science: Secrets of the Mary Rose 12 Intermediate
Approaches to software development 9 Advanced
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life 10 Introductory
Babylonian mathematics 8 Intermediate
Basic science: understanding experiments 12 Introductory
Basic science: understanding numbers 12 Introductory
Bayesian statistics 12 Intermediate
Biofuels 5 Introductory
Birth of a drug 4 Advanced
BSE and vCJD: Their biology and management 15 Intermediate
Can renewable energy sources power the world? 24 Introductory
Cell signalling 12 Advanced
Collisions and conservation laws 5 Intermediate
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
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
Digital forensics 8 Advanced
Discovering chemistry 24 Introductory
Distributed paradigms 4 Advanced
Drug development process: combating pain 2 Advanced
Dynamics 16 Intermediate
Early development 20 Intermediate
Earthquakes 8 Introductory
Effective ways of displaying information 6 Introductory
Egyptian mathematics 9 Intermediate
Energy resources: Tidal energy 2 Intermediate
Engineering: The challenge of temperature 40 Intermediate
Engineering: The nature of problems 40 Intermediate
Experiences of learning mathematics 16 Intermediate
Exploring communications technology 10 Intermediate
Exploring data: Graphs and numerical summaries 20 Introductory
Exploring distance time graphs 12 Introductory
First-order differential equations 16 Intermediate
Galaxies, stars and planets 8 Introductory
Gene manipulation in plants 10 Intermediate
Gene testing 4 Introductory
Gene therapy 4 Introductory
General principles of cellular communication 8 Advanced
Geological processes in the British Isles 9 Intermediate
Geometry 5 Introductory
Group theory 16 Intermediate
Groups and teamwork 20 Intermediate
Health and safety in the laboratory and field 1 Introductory
Hearing 15 Advanced
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease 12 Introductory
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere 17 Intermediate
In the night sky: Orion 24 Introductory
Influenza: A case study 6 Advanced
Information on the web 15 Introductory
Information security 10 Advanced
Inheritance of characters 4 Introductory
Innovation through representation 15 Advanced
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction 15 Advanced
Internet of everything 15 Introductory
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 algebra 16 Introductory
Introduction to analysis 16 Intermediate
Introduction to computational thinking 12 Intermediate
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online 24 Introductory
Introduction to differential equations 18 Introductory
Introduction to differentiation 18 Introductory
Introduction to ecosystems 12 Introductory
Introduction to finite element analysis 7 Advanced
Introduction to forensic engineering 20 Advanced
Introduction to group theory 16 Intermediate
Introduction to histology 3 Introductory
Introduction to histopathology 3 Introductory
Introduction to linear equations and matrices 16 Intermediate
Introduction to microscopy 3 Introductory
Introduction to number theory 18 Introductory
Introduction to polymers 20 Advanced
Introduction to structural integrity 20 Advanced
Introduction to the calculus of variations 16 Intermediate
Invention and innovation: An introduction 55 Advanced
Iron transport and storage 5 Advanced
IT in everyday life 4 Introductory
IT: device to device communication 20 Introductory
IT: e-government 20 Introductory
IT: Information 20 Introductory
IT: Technology news 8 Introductory
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
Kinematics of fluids 16 Intermediate
Language, notation and formulas 5 Introductory
Learning to code for data analysis 24 Introductory
Learning, thinking and doing 16 Introductory
Linear programming – the basic ideas 16 Intermediate
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
Managing virtual project teams 8 Advanced
Manufacturing 20 Introductory
Mastering systems thinking in practice 24 Advanced
Mathematical language 20 Intermediate
Maths everywhere 8 Introductory
Maths for Science 14 Introductory
Maths for science and technology 15 Introductory
Medical statistics 16 Intermediate
Meiosis and mitosis 8 Introductory
Metric spaces and continuity 16 Intermediate
Microelectronic solutions for digital photography 4 Advanced
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station 24 Introductory
Migration 8 Intermediate
Minerals and the crystalline state 10 Intermediate
Modelling and estimation 16 Intermediate
Modelling displacements and velocities 3 Introductory
Modelling events in time 16 Intermediate
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 of our Solar System 24 Introductory
More working with charts, graphs and tables 15 Introductory
Mosquito resistance to insecticides 3 Advanced
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
Number theory 16 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
Point estimation 10 Intermediate
Potable water treatment 20 Introductory
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology 14 Introductory
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century 10 Introductory
Presenting information 3 Introductory
Prices 20 Introductory
Prices, location and spread 18 Introductory
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO) 7 Advanced
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
Returning to STEM 24 Advanced
Revolutions in sound recording 12 Introductory
Rings and polynomials 16 Intermediate
Rounding and estimation 5 Introductory
Scattering and tunnelling 20 Advanced
Second-order differential equations 16 Intermediate
Seeing the light 10 Introductory
Smart cities 24 Introductory
Software and the law 8 Advanced
Software development for enterprise systems 8 Advanced
Sound for music technology: An introduction 20 Introductory
Sporting women in the media 8 Intermediate
Squares, roots and powers 5 Introductory
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas 5 Introductory
Strategic planning: systems thinking in practice 20 Advanced
Structural devices 20 Advanced
Structural materials in cells 20 Advanced
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
Succeed with maths – Part 1 24 Introductory
Succeed with maths – Part 2 24 Introductory
Successful IT systems 9 Advanced
Superconductivity 12 Advanced
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
Take your teaching online 24 Intermediate
Tay Bridge disaster 20 Advanced
Technological innovation: a resource-based view 10 Advanced
Technology Evaluation 20 Advanced
Technology, innovation and management 10 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 digital scholar 24 Intermediate
The evolving Universe 12 Introductory
The frozen planet 7 Introductory
The impact of technology on children's physical activity 6 Introductory
The making of individual differences 12 Intermediate
The molecular world 20 Intermediate
The Moon 6 Introductory
The oceans 15 Intermediate
The restless Universe 12 Intermediate
The science behind wheeled sports 8 Introductory
The science of nuclear energy 12 Introductory
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 antibiotic resistance 24 Introductory
Understanding autism 24 Introductory
Understanding cardiovascular diseases 15 Intermediate
Univariate continuous distribution theory 10 Intermediate
Using a computer for study 6 Introductory
Using a scientific calculator 10 Introductory
Using numbers and handling data 12 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
Water and human health 9 Introductory
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
Working mathematically 10 Advanced
Working on your own mathematics 4 Advanced
Working with charts, graphs and tables 15 Introductory
Working with diagrams 8 Introductory
Society, Politics & Law

Society, Politics & Law

Course title Hours Level
'Land grab': an environmental issue? 8 Intermediate
A Europe of the Regions? 8 Intermediate
Aberdulais Falls: A case study in Welsh heritage 2 Introductory
Art and the Mexican Revolution 7 Intermediate
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
China and the USA: cooperation or conflict? 15 Advanced
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
Constitutions in transition 10 Intermediate
Contemporary Wales 15 Introductory
Crimes of the powerful 2 Advanced
Criminology beyond crime 3 Advanced
Democracy? You think you know? 8 Intermediate
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
Equity – law and idea 14 Intermediate
Europe and the law 20 Introductory
Exclusion clauses 10 Intermediate
Exploring languages and cultures 14 Introductory
Exploring the boundaries of international law 15 Advanced
Forensic psychology 24 Introductory
French Revolution 16 Intermediate
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain? 12 Introductory
Gaelic in modern Scotland 15 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
Introducing research in law and beyond 10 Advanced
Introducing the voluntary sector 24 Introductory
Introduction to critical criminology 2 Advanced
Introduction to European Union law 12 Intermediate
Introduction to law in Wales 8 Intermediate
Judges and the law 20 Introductory
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes 24 Introductory
Learning from audio visual material: Migrants and borders 5 Intermediate
Learning from audio-visual material: Introducing surveillance 3 Intermediate
Legal skills and debates in Scotland 24 Introductory
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
Mosquito resistance to insecticides 3 Advanced
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840 4 Intermediate
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
Passports: identity and airports 8 Intermediate
Political ordering 10 Introductory
Politics, media and war: 9/11 and its aftermaths 84 Introductory
Poverty in Scotland 30 Introductory
Pro bono work and social justice 8 Intermediate
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
Religious diversity: rethinking religion 12 Intermediate
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
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period 14 Advanced
Scottish courts and the law 24 Introductory
Seeing institutions in different ways 12 Advanced
Sexual orientation and gender identity 10 Advanced
Sexuality, parenthood and population 10 Advanced
Smart cities 24 Introductory
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 psychology and politics 8 Intermediate
Social science and participation 10 Intermediate
Starting with law 3 Introductory
Starting with law: An overview of the law 5 Introductory
Sustainable Scotland 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 Scottish Parliament and law making 24 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
The use of force in international law 10 Advanced
The value of coffee 3 Introductory
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
Working in the voluntary sector 24 Introductory
Young people’s wellbeing 16 Advanced
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places 5 Intermediate