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More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...Openings (Y003) – a pre-university course of two modules, ‘Our living environment’ and ‘Thinking about measurement’, from the Breakthrough series. The course lasts for 14 weeks and involves 6–8 hours study per week. There are no tutorials but your tutor is available to provide feedback by phone. The course is presented four times a year. *Teach yourself basic...
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...course opened and now closes. The use of a new technology causes a decline in the costs of production, which in turn encourages a rapid take-up by consumers of products embodying the new technology. This course has explored the factors affecting consumer demand. While the price of the product was found to be of crucial importance, socio-economic influences such as culture...
Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD315 Researching current issues in criminology....Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts: Introduction - Welcome to this free course on formal court processes and social rupture and repair. This course will introduce you to alternative ways of thinking about social problems and the formal means ......
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course A113 Revolutions63and is part of a set of four OpenLearn courses, covering Revolutions of the Sixties64. Transcript...Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution: Introduction - Are we always free to choose one course of action over another, regardless of the situation that we are facing? Many of us would...
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...course will examine the Enlightenment. To help understand the nature and scale of the cultural changes of the time, we offer a 'map' of the conceptual territory and the intellectual and cultural climate. We will examine the impact of Enlightenment on a variety of areas including science, religion, the classics, art and nature. Finally, we will examine the forces of change...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...Open University course (AA308) that is no longer available. The content has been used as the basis for a section of Part 1 of the MA in Philosophy (A853) qualification. Tell us what you think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Introducing consciousness: Learning outcomes - After...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...Open University course A863 MA Classical Studies part 1...Library of Alexandria: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the ancient and modern significance of the Library of Alexandria critically assess the evidence in the different accounts of its destruction understand the ways in which different modern contexts and ideologies...
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...course. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B294 Financial analysis and decision making...Organisations and the financial system: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe and contextualise the nature of organisations’ financing identify the main types of financing and relate them to ......