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This module is an engaging introduction to the fascinating and challenging world of contemporary business and management for all OU business and management qualifications.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	October 2026

This module develops your English language and skills through authentic business case studies for communicating effectively in the world of business and management.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

Study how to make data-driven decisions using analytic reasoning, descriptive data analysis, hypothesis testing, modelling of relationships in the data, and forecasting techniques.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	April 2027

This module provides a broad grounding in business and management by exploring an organisation's various internal functions, as well as external global challenges.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	October 2026

Explore business structures and employment relationships through the study of law, policy and practices in England and Wales.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	January 2027

Learn statistical tools and quantitative methods, covering topics such as summarising data; examining relationships; randomness and sampling distributions; probability; testing hypotheses; and estimation.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

Introduces and helps integrate key ideas from statistics, algebra, geometry and trigonometry into your everyday thinking to build your confidence in learning and using mathematics.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

This introduction to financial and management accounting covers the essential skills, knowledge and ethics required to be a professional accountant.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

This innovative module sets personal finance against its wider context, providing a gentle introduction to aspects of economics while helping you manage your own money.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

This module equips you with essential marketing knowledge and skills, helping you apply marketing concepts to real-world challenges and opportunities.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

This module provides knowledge and understanding about entrepreneurship and innovation and develops entrepreneurial competencies, enabling you to develop your proposal for an innovative entrepreneurial venture.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	October 2026

Gain a critical and practical introduction to how individuals and organisations buy and consume goods and services, and what this means for contemporary marketing.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	October 2026

In this module, you'll learn how to understand, prepare, and interpret company financial accounts and reports in the context of markets, law and society.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

A practical and theoretical introduction to financial decision-making challenges and the implications faced by managers in their day-to-day activity.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	April 2027

This innovative and flexible module allows you to count different types of learning such as OpenLearn towards a formal OU qualification.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

This microcredential introduces the core principles, tools, and techniques needed to lead or successfully contribute to projects that add value and deliver positive outcomes.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	July 2026

Develop critical marketing skills and knowledge to make better business decisions, with case studies and insight from a range of sectors and brands.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	July 2026

This microcredential will enhance your managerial and leadership skills to make a positive impact within your organisation and broader society.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	July 2026

This microcredential will introduce you to the critical tools and techniques needed to succeed as an effective and inclusive people manager and leader.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	July 2026

This microcredential will develop your understanding of how management accounting contributes to a successful business and your ability to make better financial decisions.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	July 2026

This microcredential will help non-financial professionals develop the accounting skills to analyse financial statements, measure performance and assess financial health.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	July 2026

Become a critically engaged consumer of leadership ideas through understanding a variety of approaches, including personality, skills, ethics, relationships, and technology.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	October 2026

This module provides a broad introduction to number theory; the algebraic theory of rings and fields; and the theory of distance or metrics for mathematical objects.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	October 2026

This module teaches you skills to contribute towards successful IT systems: systems that are a critical part of our world yet frequently fail.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

Explore sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship, gaining intermediate to advanced insights and practical experience across diverse contexts.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

This well-structured and exciting journey through strategic management theories and models focuses on their practical application in organisations in our ever-changing world.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week	October 2026

This is a critical journey into contemporary leadership where you’ll practice leadership in social networks and develop your critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

This module gives you the knowledge and skills to understand the world through a marketing lens and confidently apply marketing theories.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	April 2027

Explore the theory and practice of corporate governance, auditing and other assurance engagements to advance your career in professional accounting.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	October 2026

Gain a high level of accounting skills and specialist knowledge for a role in taxation or financial management.

Part-time	Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week	April 2027