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Honours Degrees (13)

Learn about the English language, how it's used around the world, study a wide range of literary texts, and develop skills highly valued by employers.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
6 years
32-36 hours per week
3 years
February 2025
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
6 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
3 years
Earliest Start date:February 2025

Study a range of texts dating from Shakespeare's time to the present, including novels, plays and poetry, and learn to read literature in new ways.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
6 years
32-36 hours per week
3 years
February 2025
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
6 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
3 years
Earliest Start date:February 2025

This degree offers the opportunity to study English literature from different periods and cultural settings, and to develop your creative writing skills in several genres.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
6 years
32-36 hours per week
3 years
February 2025
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
6 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
3 years
Earliest Start date:February 2025

Diplomas of Higher Education (5)

Learn how to analyse a range of English literature texts, explore the English language, and develop your own creative writing.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
4 years
32-36 hours per week
2 years
February 2025
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
4 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
2 years
Earliest Start date:February 2025

This Open University diploma explores human communication by focusing on the English language, its history, diversity and flexibility.

Part-time:Full-time:
16-18 hours per week
4 years
32-36 hours per week
2 years
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
4 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
2 years

This diploma lets you combine the study of two languages. Choose from English, French, German and Spanish and explore how language is structured and used.

Part-time:Full-time:
16-18 hours per week
4 years
32-36 hours per week
2 years
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
4 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
2 years

Certificates of Higher Education (4)

This Open University certificate explores human communication by focusing on the English language, its history, diversity and flexibility.

Part-time:Full-time:
16-18 hours per week
2 years
32-36 hours per week
1 year
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
2 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
1 year

This certificate offers an introduction to studying a choice of languages to varying levels; introduces the key concepts in language learning and develops study skills.

Part-time:Full-time:
16-18 hours per week
3 years
32-36 hours per week
1-2 years
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
3 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
1-2 years

Enrich your life and improve your skills for the workplace through this certificate that introduces a range of subjects in the arts and humanities.

Part-time:Full-time:Earliest Start date:
16-18 hours per week
2 years
32-36 hours per week
1 year
February 2025
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
2 years
Full-time:32-36 hours per week
1 year
Earliest Start date:February 2025

Modules (16)

Develop the specific language skills you need for successful academic study in English.

Part-time:
Less than 16 hours per week
31 weeks
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
31 weeks

Discover the fascinating role of language and communication in everyday life as you learn how English is used in a connected, globalised, and multicultural world.

Part-time:
16-18 hours per week
30 weeks
Part-time:16-18 hours per week
30 weeks

Explore the history and global diversity of the English language, and investigate everyday English language practices in social and political contexts around the world.

Part-time:
16-18 hours per week
Part-time:16-18 hours per week

Access Modules (2)

Designed to develop academic skills for further study, this introductory module offers insights into a wide range of subject areas, including art history, English literature, history, and modern languages.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week
30 weeks
February 2025
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
30 weeks
Earliest Start date:February 2025

A fast track version of our Arts and Languages Access module - an ideal way to improve your study skills, and prepare for a range of OU qualifications in just 18 weeks.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per week
18 weeks
January 2025
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
18 weeks
Earliest Start date:January 2025

Short Courses (3)

An introduction to the genre of travel writing where you’ll read the work of travel writers and learn to write a piece of your own.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per weekFebruary 2025
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
Earliest Start date:February 2025

Learn the skills central to three of the main forms of creative writing: poetry, fiction and scriptwriting.

Part-time:Earliest Start date:
Less than 16 hours per weekFebruary 2025
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week
Earliest Start date:February 2025

The course will introduce you to different ways of looking at crime fiction texts as well as introducing you to European authors from different countries.

Part-time:
Less than 16 hours per week
Part-time:Less than 16 hours per week