From a foundation degree to an honours degree INSPIRED LEARNING
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 www.open.ac.uk/study-open. 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 www.open.ac.uk/study. 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 www.open.ac.uk/credittransfer. 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 www.open.ac.uk/study 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 A300 60 Empire: 1492 1975 A326 60 Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds A330 60 Europe: culture and identities in a contested continent AA300 60
Course title Code Credits From composition to performance AA302 60 Shakespeare: text and performance AA306 60 Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence AA307 60 Thought and experience: themes in the philosophy of mind AA308 60 Arts and humanities Film and television history AA310 60 Total war and social change: Europe 1914 1955 AA312 60 Renaissance art reconsidered AA315 60 The nineteenth-century novel AA316 60 Words and music AA317 60 Art of the twentieth century AA318 60 Religion today: tradition, modernity and change AD317 60 The art of English E301 60 English grammar in context E303 60 Children s literature EA300 60 Making sense of strategy B301 60 Business and management Accounting for strategy implementation B321 30 Investigating entrepreneurial opportunities B322 30 Marketing and society B324 30 Managing across organisational and cultural boundaries B325 30 Winning resources and support B625 30 Managing 1: organisations and people B628 30 Managing 2: marketing and finance B629 30 Managing complexity: a systems approach T306 60 Childhood and youth Children s literature EA300 60 Research with children and young people EK310 60 Early years focus on research with children and young people EK311 60 Exploring practice K316 60 Youth: perspectives and practice KE308 60 Working together for children KE312 60 Relational databases: theory and practice M359 30 Computing and ICT Developing concurrent distributed systems M362 30 Software engineering with objects M363 30 Fundamentals of interaction design M364 30 Natural and artificial intelligence M366 30 Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice T320 30 Keeping ahead in information and communication technologies T324 30
Course title Code Credits Computing and ICT Databases within website design TT380 10 Open source development tools TT381 10 Web server management, performance and tuning TT382 10 Teaching mathematical thinking at Key Stage 3 ME624 20 Education Developing algebraic thinking ME625 30 Developing statistical thinking ME626 30 Developing geometric thinking ME627 30 Developing mathematical thinking at Key Stage 3 MEXR624 10 Engineering and technology Managing complexity: a systems approach T306 60 Innovation: designing for a sustainable future T307 60 Environmental monitoring, modelling and control T308 60 Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice T320 30 Keeping ahead in information and communication technologies T324 30 Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies T356 30 Structural integrity: designing against failure T357 30 Understanding cities DD304 60 Environment, development and international studies A world of whose making? DU301 60 Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context DU311 60 Chemical change and environmental applications S345 20 Understanding the continents S339 30 The geological record of environmental change S369 30 Ecosystems S396 30 Environmental monitoring, modelling and control T308 60 The environmental web U316 60 Research with children and young people EK310 60 Managing care K303 60 Managing health and social care K307 60 Health and social care Communication in health and social care K309 60 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice K311 60 Exploring practice K316 60 Mentorship and assessment in health and social care settings K320 30 Youth: perspectives and practice KE308 60 Working together for children KE312 60 Infectious disease S320 30 Molecular basis of human disease SXR376 15
Languages Course title Code Credits The art of English E301 60 English grammar in context E303 60 Law Law: agreements, rights and responsibilities W300 60 Law: ownership and trusteeship: rights and responsibilities W301 60 Mathematics and statistics Teaching mathematical thinking at Key Stage 3 ME624 20 Developing algebraic thinking ME625 30 Developing statistical thinking ME626 30 Developing geometric thinking ME627 30 Developing mathematical thinking at Key Stage 3 MEXR624 10 Psychology Cognitive psychology DD303 60 Personal lives and social policy DD305 60 Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others DD307 60 Infectious disease S320 30 Oceanography S330 30 Understanding the continents S339 30 Chemical change and environmental applications S345 20 Drug design and synthesis S346 20 Metals and life S347 20 Evolution S366 30 The geological record of environmental change S369 30 Molecular and cell biology S377 30 Science Astrophysics S382 30 The relativistic Universe S383 30 Ecosystems S396 30 Signals and perception: the science of the senses SD329 30 The quantum world SM358 30 Electromagnetism SMT359 30 Quantum mechanics: experiments, applications and simulations SMXR358 10 Electromagnetism: experiments, applications and simulations SMXR359 10 Ancient mountains: practical geology in Scotland SXR339 10 Organic synthesis: strategy and techniques SXR344 10 Plants, pigments and light SXR375 15 Molecular basis of human disease SXR376 15
Course title Code Credits Crime and justice DD301 60 Cognitive psychology DD303 60 Understanding cities DD304 60 Social sciences Personal lives and social policy DD305 60 Living political ideas DD306 60 Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others DD307 60 Making social worlds DD308 60 A world of whose making? DU301 60 Doing economics: people, markets and policy DD309 60 Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context DU311 60 If you would like this leaflet in another format, please call 0845 300 60 90 or email 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: 01908 653077 www.open.ac.uk/credit-transfer email credit-transfer@open.ac.uk To discuss studying with the OU, or preparing for study, contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service*: 0845 300 60 90 email general-enquiries@open.ac.uk For more details about our Level 3 (FHEQ Level 6) courses: www.open.ac.uk/study or the Student Registration & Enquiry Service* above. The OU validates foundation degrees for a number of institutions. For more details contact OU Validation Services: 01908 332840 www.open.ac.uk/validate email 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 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (number SC 038302). www.open.ac.uk May 2010 SUP 019176