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All courses in Arts and Humanities

Explore all the undergraduate qualifications we offer, from certificates through to diplomas and degrees, in the arts and humanities.

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Honours Degrees (36)

  1. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities
  2. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (Art History)
  3. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (Classical Studies)
  4. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (Creative Writing)
  5. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (English Language)
  6. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (English Literature)
  7. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (French)
  8. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (German)
  9. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (History)
  10. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (Music)
  11. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (Philosophy)
  12. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (Religious Studies)
  13. BA (Honours) Arts and Humanities (Spanish)
  14. BA (Honours) Philosophy and Psychological Studies
  15. BA (Honours) Politics, Philosophy and Economics
  16. BA (Honours) Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
  17. BA (Honours) Social Sciences (Religious Studies)
  18. BA (Honours) Music
  19. BA (Honours) Art History and Visual Cultures
  20. BA (Honours) Classical Studies
  21. BA (Honours) English Literature and Creative Writing
  22. BA (Honours) English Language and Literature
  23. BA (Honours) English Language
  24. BA (Honours) English Literature
  25. BA (Honours) History
  26. BA (Honours) History and Politics
  27. BA (Honours) International Studies
  28. BA (Honours) Language Studies
  29. BA (Honours) Language Studies with English and French
  30. BA (Honours) Language Studies with English and German
  31. BA (Honours) Language Studies with English and Spanish
  32. BA (Honours) Language Studies with French and German
  33. BA (Honours) Language Studies with French and Spanish
  34. BA (Honours) Language Studies with German and Spanish
  35. BA/BSc (Honours) Design and Innovation
  36. BA/BSc (Honours) Open degree

Diplomas of Higher Education (13)

  1. Diploma of Higher Education in Arts and Humanities
  2. Diploma of Higher Education in Art History and Visual Cultures
  3. Diploma of Higher Education in Classical Studies
  4. Diploma of Higher Education in English
  5. Diploma of Higher Education in English Language
  6. Diploma of Higher Education in History
  7. Diploma of Higher Education in History and Politics
  8. Diploma of Higher Education in Music
  9. Diploma of Higher Education in Philosophy and Psychological Studies
  10. Diploma of Higher Education in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
  11. Diploma of Higher Education in Design and Innovation
  12. Diploma of Higher Education in Language Studies
  13. Diploma of Higher Education Open

Certificates of Higher Education (5)

  1. Certificate of Higher Education in Arts and Humanities
  2. Certificate of Higher Education in English Language
  3. Certificate of Higher Education in Design and Innovation
  4. Certificate of Higher Education in Language Studies
  5. Certificate of Higher Education Open

Arts and Humanities modules

OU level 1

  1. Discovering the arts and humanities
  2. Cultures
  3. Revolutions
  4. Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century
  5. Exploring languages and cultures
  6. French studies 1 (intermediate)
  7. German studies 1 (intermediate)
  8. Introducing English language studies
  9. Introduction to French studies (beginners)
  10. Introduction to German studies (beginners)
  11. Introduction to Spanish studies (beginners)
  12. Spanish studies 1 (intermediate)
  13. English for academic purposes online

OU level 2

  1. Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship
  2. International development: making sense of a changing world
  3. Art and visual cultures in the modern world
  4. Exploring philosophy
  5. Exploring religion: places, practices, texts and experiences
  6. Music, sound and technology
  7. Understanding music
  8. Creative writing
  9. Design essentials
  10. Early modern Europe: society and culture c.1500-1780
  11. Exploring the classical world
  12. Reading and studying literature
  13. The British Isles and the modern world, 1789–1914
  14. Classical Latin: the language of ancient Rome
  15. Exploring art and visual culture
  16. Design for engineers
  17. English in the world

OU level 3

  1. Key questions in philosophy
  2. Why is religion controversial?
  3. Central questions in the study of music
  4. Advanced creative writing
  5. Language, literature and childhood
  6. English literature from Shakespeare to Austen
  7. Art and its critical histories
  8. Innovation: designing for change
  9. Literature in transition: from 1800 to the present
  10. The Roman empire
  11. Art and its global histories
  12. Empires: power, resistance, legacies
  13. Europe 1914-1989: war, peace, modernity
  14. Language and creativity
  15. The making of Welsh history

Access modules

  1. Arts and languages Access module
  2. Arts and languages Access module: fast track
  3. Science, technology and maths Access module
  4. Science, technology and maths Access module: fast track

Short courses

  1. Digital photography: creating and sharing better images
  2. Discovering Wales and Welsh
  3. Media, politics and society
  4. Reading the screen: an introduction to the art of film
  5. Introduction to creative writing
  6. Travel writing
  7. A story of documentary film
  8. Sound systems in popular music: from Jamaican dub to stadium rock
  9. Dolly Parton: music, identity and culture
  10. Computer audio: sound and music in the digital world
  11. Film and the environment
  12. Storytelling with video editing