13 Short courses offered by the university

This Environmental Management 2 offered by The Open University UK focuses on innovations in and the facilitation of environmental management concepts and practice. 

Defining environment to include biophysical, social, political, economic and other factors, this Making Environmental Decisions programme offered by The Open University UK uses a systems framework to integrate environment with other elements when making environmental decisions in complex situations

The Environment - Responding to Change module from The Open University UK will encourage you to look at these issues from multiple perspectives and to take a holistic view of environmental systems, including how we value them. 

This Sustainable Creative Management module at The Open University UK  considers how managers create innovative and sustainable ways of doing things. The approach combines conceptual models with practical examples and cross-cultural comparisons.

In this wide-ranging module in Environmental Science from The Open University UK you will learn about aspects of biology, chemistry, earth science and physics that can be applied to the study of the environment. But there is much more. The holistic nature of environmental science is stressed through studying the many links that operate between different environments.

This Understanding global development module at The Open University UK enables you to more effectively understand and respond to key issues in global development, in whatever context you are working.

This Terrestrial Ecosystems module at The Open University UK considers the interactions between terrestrial organisms and their environments – that together form ecosystems, ranging from simple microbial communities to tropical rainforests. We could even consider earth as a whole ecosystem.

The Earth Processes programme is offered by The Open University UK.

Environment - Journeys through a Changing World programme offered by The Open University UK introduces you to subjects from the natural sciences, social sciences and technology to develop your understanding of environmental issues and concerns.

The Environment and Society module from The Open University UK will help you understand how social science perspectives can change the way we see and intervene in the major environmental challenges of our time.

This Environmental Science Challenges module from The Open University UK will show you how to view issues from different perspectives and provide you with skills to help address these challenges. 

The Environmental Management - Systems and Sustainability module from The Open University UK combines systematic and systemic ideas and approaches to develop the skills and understanding you need to create more sustainable futures. 

In thi Environmental Policy in an International Context module from The Open University UK you’ll learn how political divisions, inequalities and contentions over values and knowledge can hinder political responses to environmental problems.