All courses in Combined Studies

Honours Degrees (2)

1. BA/BSc (Honours) Open degree
2. BSc (Honours) Combined STEM

Diplomas of Higher Education (2)

1. Diploma of Higher Education Open
2. Diploma of Higher Education in Combined Professional Studies

Foundation Degrees (1)

The same level as a Diploma of Higher Education, often with a more practical focus. If you live or work in Scotland, we usually offer an equivalent Diploma of Higher Education.

1. Foundation Degree in Combined Professional Studies

Certificates of Higher Education (1)

1. Certificate of Higher Education Open

Combined Studies modules

OU level 1

1. An introduction to business and management
2. Fundamentals of accounting
3. You and your money
4. Introducing the social sciences
5. Introduction to childhood studies and child psychology
6. Learning and teaching in the primary years
7. Exploring perspectives on young children's lives and learning
8. Young children's play and creativity
9. Introduction to sport and fitness
10. Introducing health and social care
11. Introducing English language studies
12. Introduction to French studies (beginners)
13. Introduction to German studies (beginners)
14. Introduction to Spanish studies (beginners)
15. French studies 1 (intermediate)
16. German studies 1 (intermediate)
17. Spanish studies 1 (intermediate)
18. Exploring languages and cultures
19. English for academic purposes online
20. Communication skills for business and management
21. Introducing statistics
22. Essential mathematics 1
23. Discovering mathematics
24. Questions in science
25. Science and health: an evidence-based approach
26. Engineering: origins, methods, context
27. Engineering: frameworks, analysis, production
28. Introduction to computing and information technology 1
29. Introduction to computing and information technology 2
30. Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century
31. Environment: journeys through a changing world
32. Making your learning count
33. Wellbeing across the lifecourse
34. Essential mathematics 2
35. Physics and space
36. Technologies in practice

OU level 2

1. Creative writing
2. Exploring philosophy
3. Early modern Europe: society and culture c.1500-1780
4. The British Isles and the modern world, 1789–1914
5. Exploring art and visual culture
6. Exploring religion: places, practices, texts and experiences
7. Exploring the classical world
8. Reading and studying literature
9. Music, sound and technology
10. Classical Latin: the language of ancient Rome
11. Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship
12. Shaping business opportunities
13. Developing leadership
14. Living psychology: from the everyday to the extraordinary
15. Understanding politics: ideas and institutions in the modern world
16. Environment and society
17. Environment: sharing a dynamic planet
18. Developing subject knowledge for the primary years
19. Psychology of childhood and youth
20. Mental health and community
21. Making a difference: working with children and young people
22. Pure mathematics
23. Analysing data
24. Practical modern statistics
25. Object-oriented Java programming
26. Algorithms, data structures and computability
27. Mathematical methods, models and modelling
28. Mathematical methods
29. Environmental science
30. Earth science
31. Chemistry: essential concepts
32. Physics: from classical to quantum
33. Planetary science and the search for life
34. The biology of survival
35. Human biology
36. Electronics: sensing, logic and actuation
37. Energy and sustainability
38. Design essentials
39. Design for engineers
40. International development: making sense of a changing world
41. Web technologies
42. Public law and criminal law

OU level 3

1. Europe 1914-1989: war, peace, modernity
2. The making of Welsh history
3. Why is religion controversial?
4. Key questions in philosophy
5. English literature from Shakespeare to Austen
6. Literature in transition: from 1800 to the present
7. The Roman empire
8. Central questions in the study of music
9. Art and its global histories
10. Advanced creative writing
11. Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation
12. Doing economics: people, markets and policy
13. International relations: continuity and change in global politics
14. Advancing social psychology
15. Language and creativity
16. Exploring contemporary issues in sport and exercise
17. Language, literature and childhood
18. Issues in research with children and young people
19. Approaches to mental health
20. Further pure mathematics
21. Complex analysis
22. Applications of probability
23. Mathematical statistics
24. Mathematical thinking in schools
25. Deterministic and stochastic dynamics
26. Mathematical methods and fluid mechanics
27. Earth processes
28. Chemistry: further concepts and applications
29. Biological science: from genes to species
30. Evaluating contemporary science
31. Terrestrial ecosystems
32. Signals and perception: the science of the senses
33. Environment: responding to change
34. Infectious disease and public health
35. Science project course: environmental science practical project
36. Science project course: geosciences
37. Renewable energy
38. Innovation: designing for change
39. Environmental management 2
40. Data management and analysis
41. Web, mobile and cloud technologies
42. IT systems: planning for success
43. Software engineering
44. Communications technology
45. Interaction design and the user experience
46. Law, society and culture
47. Exploring legal boundaries

Access modules

1. Arts and languages Access module
2. Arts and languages Access module: fast track
3. Psychology, social science and wellbeing Access module
4. Science, technology and maths Access module
5. Science, technology and maths Access module: fast track

Short courses

1. AI matters