From a foundation degree to an honours degree

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1 From a foundation degree to an honours degree INSPIRED LEARNING

2 Congratulations on receiving your foundation degree! Have you thought about topping up your foundation degree to an honours degree? If you want to carry on your studies to gain a BA or BSc honours degree, our Open degree might be just what you re looking for. This is one of the most flexible degrees in the UK, letting you build an honours degree that s right for you. You can continue your studies by choosing options from a wide range of courses (our courses work like modules) and you can use credit from your foundation degree to count towards your Open degree. To find out more about our Open degree click Alternatively, you might prefer to use your credit towards one of our other honours degrees related to the subjects you ve already studied. In fact some of our degrees are specifically offered as a top-up to a foundation degree, for example, the BSc (Hons) Computing and its Practice (B40) and the BA (Hons) Early Years (B60) which is also offered as a bachelors degree without honours. To find out more about these and all our degrees click Why choose The Open University (OU)? We ve inspired over two million minds in the last 40 years. Right now, we re helping a community of 210,000 students achieve their personal and professional goals. We ve taken distance learning to a whole new level with our uniquely flexible approach that fits around you. You ll get a world of support from your tutor and our vibrant student community, so you re never on your own. Innovative learning materials such as downloads, DVDs and podcasts bring learning to life in a compelling way, allowing you to study when and where you like at home, at work or on the move. If money s a concern, we ll help you find a way to pay. Last year we helped 42,000 students with the costs of their studies, and we can provide flexible payment options too. So how about it? You ve already proved you can study successfully at higher education level why not take this further and discover for yourself what Britain s favourite university* can offer you! *The Open University is ranked as the top UK university for overall student satisfaction according to the National Student Survey 2009 and The Times. Will my foundation degree count towards an honours degree? You may be eligible for credit transfer for any formally assessed and successfully completed higher education study you have done for your foundation degree. You ll find more information about qualifications that can count on our credit transfer website at For information on individual cases contact our Credit Transfer Centre (contact details are on the back page of this leaflet). How much work will I need to do? Foundation degrees can vary in the amount and level of study depending on what and where you studied. Typically, to get an Open degree with honours, you will need to study an extra 120 credit points at OU third level (FHEQ Level 6, the normal level of the final, third year of a fulltime honours degree programme) in order to top up your foundation degree to an OU honours degree. This usually means studying two or three courses. Which courses can I study? An Open degree enables you to choose the courses you study, but we recommend you choose courses in subjects closely linked to your original foundation degree bear in mind that academic work at this level will assume a substantial amount of relevant prior knowledge. Below is a selection of Open University third level courses which may be appropriate for you if you want to top up from a foundation degree to a BA or BSc Open degree with honours. If you are thinking of topping up to one of our other degrees you will need to check the specific requirements for that degree before selecting your course(s). (Courses with XR in the code are residential school courses that also contain some preparatory work and assignments.) We strongly advise you to choose a subject area where you already have appropriate academic experience through previous study. Read the description of your chosen course carefully at to ensure that you are sufficiently prepared for it and call our Student Registration & Enquiry Service for advice if you have any doubts about the suitability of a course. Course title Code Credits Arts and humanities 20th century literature: texts and debates A Empire: A Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds A Europe: culture and identities in a contested continent AA300 60

3 Course title Code Credits From composition to performance AA Shakespeare: text and performance AA Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence AA Thought and experience: themes in the philosophy of mind AA Arts and humanities Film and television history AA Total war and social change: Europe AA Renaissance art reconsidered AA The nineteenth-century novel AA Words and music AA Art of the twentieth century AA Religion today: tradition, modernity and change AD The art of English E English grammar in context E Children s literature EA Making sense of strategy B Business and management Accounting for strategy implementation B Investigating entrepreneurial opportunities B Marketing and society B Managing across organisational and cultural boundaries B Winning resources and support B Managing 1: organisations and people B Managing 2: marketing and finance B Managing complexity: a systems approach T Childhood and youth Children s literature EA Research with children and young people EK Early years focus on research with children and young people EK Exploring practice K Youth: perspectives and practice KE Working together for children KE Relational databases: theory and practice M Computing and ICT Developing concurrent distributed systems M Software engineering with objects M Fundamentals of interaction design M Natural and artificial intelligence M Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice T Keeping ahead in information and communication technologies T324 30

4 Course title Code Credits Computing and ICT Databases within website design TT Open source development tools TT Web server management, performance and tuning TT Teaching mathematical thinking at Key Stage 3 ME Education Developing algebraic thinking ME Developing statistical thinking ME Developing geometric thinking ME Developing mathematical thinking at Key Stage 3 MEXR Engineering and technology Managing complexity: a systems approach T Innovation: designing for a sustainable future T Environmental monitoring, modelling and control T Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice T Keeping ahead in information and communication technologies T Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies T Structural integrity: designing against failure T Understanding cities DD Environment, development and international studies A world of whose making? DU Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context DU Chemical change and environmental applications S Understanding the continents S The geological record of environmental change S Ecosystems S Environmental monitoring, modelling and control T The environmental web U Research with children and young people EK Managing care K Managing health and social care K Health and social care Communication in health and social care K Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice K Exploring practice K Mentorship and assessment in health and social care settings K Youth: perspectives and practice KE Working together for children KE Infectious disease S Molecular basis of human disease SXR376 15

5 Languages Course title Code Credits The art of English E English grammar in context E Law Law: agreements, rights and responsibilities W Law: ownership and trusteeship: rights and responsibilities W Mathematics and statistics Teaching mathematical thinking at Key Stage 3 ME Developing algebraic thinking ME Developing statistical thinking ME Developing geometric thinking ME Developing mathematical thinking at Key Stage 3 MEXR Psychology Cognitive psychology DD Personal lives and social policy DD Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others DD Infectious disease S Oceanography S Understanding the continents S Chemical change and environmental applications S Drug design and synthesis S Metals and life S Evolution S The geological record of environmental change S Molecular and cell biology S Science Astrophysics S The relativistic Universe S Ecosystems S Signals and perception: the science of the senses SD The quantum world SM Electromagnetism SMT Quantum mechanics: experiments, applications and simulations SMXR Electromagnetism: experiments, applications and simulations SMXR Ancient mountains: practical geology in Scotland SXR Organic synthesis: strategy and techniques SXR Plants, pigments and light SXR Molecular basis of human disease SXR376 15

6 Course title Code Credits Crime and justice DD Cognitive psychology DD Understanding cities DD Social sciences Personal lives and social policy DD Living political ideas DD Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others DD Making social worlds DD A world of whose making? DU Doing economics: people, markets and policy DD Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context DU If you would like this leaflet in another format, please call or us at general-enquiries@open.ac.uk quoting alternative format in the subject box. Contact us: For information about how your foundation degree or other qualifications can count towards an OU honours degree, contact the Credit Transfer Centre: credit-transfer@open.ac.uk To discuss studying with the OU, or preparing for study, contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service*: general-enquiries@open.ac.uk For more details about our Level 3 (FHEQ Level 6) courses: or the Student Registration & Enquiry Service* above. The OU validates foundation degrees for a number of institutions. For more details contact OU Validation Services: ouvs-recep@open.ac.uk *The lines to our Student Registration & Enquiry Service are open (UK time): Monday to Friday 08:00 to 20:00, Saturday 09:00 to 17:00. Calls to this line are charged at the UK local rate when calling from a UK landline. Please quote code FDTU10 The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (number RC ), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (number SC ). May 2010 SUP