195 Short courses offered by the university

In this Key Challenges In Global Development module at The Open University UK you’ll critically engage with conflict, governance, justice, and transformation as key challenges that cut across all development issues, processes and interventions.

This Technology And Innovation Management module at The Open University UK  examines innovation from a management perspective, and thus enables you to develop your contribution to the process and management of technological innovation.

Whether you want to visit, work or live in a French speaking environment, you will get more out of the experience if you can communicate effectively. As part of our Beginners French series, this Beginners French 3 course at The Open University UK will develop your reading and listening skills in French so you can speak and write the language in everyday situations. 

Having embarked on the road to learning Mandarin Chinese, and being able to speak and understand some common topics, you may wish to continue your learning of this fascinating language. If so, this Beginners Chinese 3 course at The Open University UK will be an ideal opportunity to do just that.

If you want to improve your French but are short on time, then this 16-unit Elementary French 2 course at The Open University UK can enhance your ability to understand and produce more complex language. By studying around 3–4 hours per unit, you’ll improve your reading, writing, speaking and listening in French through a variety of online activities.

This Elementary German 2 course at The Open University UK continues your journey to Germany, Austria and Switzerland and progresses your skills needed for understanding and using the German language while travelling, living or working in a German-speaking country. 

This Web, Mobile and Cloud Technologies module at The Open University UK  will provide you with an understanding and practical experience of cloud technology and the web technology which underpins it, as well as the role that these have in the provision of modern mobile applications.

In this Social Research - Crime, Justice And Society module at The Open University UK , you’ll take a journey across the social research process, exploring what social research is, how it’s conducted, and why it’s important.

This key Science And Health - An Evidence-based Approach module at The Open University UK  introduces the science of human health and is structured around eight globally important health topics, ranging from nutrition and infectious diseases to pain and breast cancer screening.

This Engineering - Frameworks, Analysis, Production module from The Open University UK builds on the concepts and techniques in Engineering: origins, methods, context (T192). 

 This Investigating Health and Social Care module at The Open University UK concentrates on teaching you the skills necessary to conduct an investigation into a subject area of your own choice, related to either ageing society and older people or public health, in a systematic way through a literature review.

The Introduction to Computing and Information Technology 1 programme offered by The Open University UK will equip you with a comprehensive toolbox of relevant knowledge, understanding and skills and introduce you to issues encountered in computing and IT, including the profound social and ethical challenges posed by these technologies. 

This introductory Engineering - Origins, Methods, Context module offered by The Open University UK examines the range of human activity that is ’engineering’, setting current practice in a historical context and looking forward to new developments that will help shape the future.

Today, more than ever, statistics is part of our lives. The Introducing Statistics programme offered by The Open University UK will help you learn how to use basic statistical tools and quantitative methods that are useful in business, government, industry, medicine, the economy, and most academic subjects.

The Information Security programme offered by The Open University UK will help you to explore the skills necessary to understand, document, manage and implement strategic and operational aspects of your organisation's information security.