If either the Open University's method or university-level study are new to you, follow this link for answers to some basic questions about studying with us.
The links below will take you to descriptions of each of our courses. If a course has a related website, this link will appear at the end of its description. Some of our courses have taster materials online: follow this link and explore by course level.
Follow this link to find out more about courses in creative writing.
Undergraduate Courses in English
- A177: Shakespeare: An Introduction (Final start date February 2012)
- A230: Reading and Studying Literature
- A215: Creative Writing
- A300: 20th Century Literature: Texts and Debates
- A363: Advanced Creative Writing
- AA306: Shakespeare: Text and Performance
- AA316: The Nineteenth-Century Novel
Interdisciplinary Courses with a Literature Component
- AA100: The arts past and present
- A150: Voices and texts
- A207: From Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830
- EA300: Children's Literature
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Postgraduate Courses
- A815: MA English part 1
- A816: MA English part 2