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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 (39)

  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 Languages
  27. BA (Honours) History and French
  28. BA (Honours) History and German
  29. BA (Honours) History and Spanish
  30. BA (Honours) History and Politics
  31. BA (Honours) Language Studies
  32. BA (Honours) Language Studies with English and French
  33. BA (Honours) Language Studies with English and German
  34. BA (Honours) Language Studies with English and Spanish
  35. BA (Honours) Language Studies with French and German
  36. BA (Honours) Language Studies with French and Spanish
  37. BA (Honours) Language Studies with German and Spanish
  38. BA/BSc (Honours) Design and Innovation
  39. 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. Cultures
  2. Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century
  3. Discovering the arts and humanities
  4. English for academic purposes online
  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. Revolutions
  13. Spanish studies 1 (intermediate)

OU level 2

  1. Art and life before 1800
  2. Art and visual cultures in the modern world
  3. Classical Latin: the language of ancient Rome
  4. Creative writing
  5. Design essentials
  6. Design for engineers
  7. Early modern Europe: society and culture c.1500-1780
  8. English in the world
  9. Exploring religion: places, practices, texts and experiences
  10. Exploring the classical world
  11. Investigating philosophy
  12. Literature matters
  13. Music, sound and technology
  14. The British Isles and the modern world, 1789–1914
  15. Understanding music

OU level 3

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

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. A story of documentary film
  2. Digital photography: creating and sharing better images
  3. Dolly Parton: music, identity and culture
  4. Introduction to creative writing
  5. Introduction to European crime fiction
  6. Media, politics and society
  7. Reading the screen: an introduction to the art of film
  8. Storytelling with video editing
  9. Travel writing