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Advanced Spanish: Protest song
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Protest song

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L314 A buen puerto: advanced Spanish, which is taught in Spanish...Advanced Spanish: Protest song: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the origins of protest song movements in Latin America be familiar with protest songwriters from Cuba, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina...
Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground

...Intrepretation and Analysis. Produced by the BBC on behalf of the Open University © 2001 The Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/...
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...course is produced in association with The Open University course DD316 Modern political ideas...This course will introduce you to the work and writings of George Orwell through a study of his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). By studying the book, well-known for its depiction of a totalitarian state, and the techniques, language and oppressive methods used by such...
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...
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...permission All other materials included in this course are derived from content originated at the Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ ......
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course A864 MA Classical Studies Part 2. [Described image] Figure 1 Copy of Discobolus, by Myron (fifth century BCE), marble. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Photo: Ancient Art and Architecture Collection Ltd/Bridgeman Images...The body in antiquity: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be...
Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
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
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD209 Running the economy...Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what economists mean by ‘models’ and how they can be used to inform economic policy define the concept of equilibrium and explain how it can occur at...