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Master of Arts (General) Combined Studies



MA (Gen) Combined Studies
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Combined Studies - Compulsory Evening Modules AND
IS1901 Information Technology 1 20
PN1901 Introduction to Psychology 1 20
EN1901 Reading English 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 80 credits from Combined Studies - Evening Modules
AH1901 A History of Art from the Late Medieval to the Early Modern (1300-1600) 20
AH2901 From the Académie to 'Post Impressionism' (1800-1900) 20
AH3901 Walter Richard Sickert and European Art c. 1880 - 1940 30
AH3902 The Country, City and Society in Nineteenth-Century French Art 30
IS1901 Information Technology 1 20
IS2901 Information Technology 2 20
EN1901 Reading English 20
EN2901 Comedy in English Literature 20
EN3904 Crime and Passion in Popular Culture 1: To 1900 30
EN3905 Crime and Passion in Popular Culture 2: Since 1900 30
SC1901 Medieval Scotland 1100 - 1513 20
ME2901 Introduction to Early Medieval Europe, 400-1000 20
ME3906 Normans, Natives and Norsemen: Scotland c.1050-1250 30
MN2901 The Effective Manager 20
MT2901 Mathematical Concepts through History 20
PY1901 Morality and Human Nature 20
PY2903 Matters of Life and Death 20
PN1901 Introduction to Psychology 1 20
PN2901 Introduction to Psychology 2 20
SA1901 An Introduction to Anthropology 20
SA2901 Today's World 20
SA3902 An Anthropology of Global Social Issues 30
SA3903 City Life: From Ur to Athens to Motown 30
DD1022 Languages for All - French - Stage 1 – Beginners 20
DD1042 Languages for All - Italian - Stage 2 - Lower Intermediate 20
DD1906 Languages for All - Spanish - Stage 1 - Beginners 20
DD1916 Languages for All - Spanish - Stage 2 - Lower Intermediate 20
OU1001 An Introduction to business and management (B100) 60
OU1002 Essential mathematics 1 (MST124) 30
OU1003 Essential mathematics 2 (MST125) 30
OU1004 Introducing statistics (M140) 30
OU1005 Revolutions (A113) 60
OU1006 Discovering Mathematics (MU123) 30
OU1007 Economics in context (DD126) 30
OU2001 Shaping business opportunities (B207) 60
OU2002 Mathematical methods, models and modelling (MST210) 60
OU2003 Analysing Data (M248) 30
OU2004 Practical modern statistics (M249) 30
OU2006 Running the economy (DD209) 60
AH3905 'No day without a line': The Etching Revival in Britain: 1830-1930 30
AH3904 From Hogarth to Sickert: British Painting and the Theatre (1740 - 1930) 30
PN3902 Theoretical Perspectives in Psychology 30
PY2902 Knowledge, Mind and Reality 20
ME1901 The Medieval British Isles, 1100-1500 20
MO1902 The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
MO3914 Restoration, Revolution, Union and Rebellion: Scotland 1660-c.1760 30
GG1901 The Earth in Crisis? Understanding Current Global Environmental Issues 20
EN2902 Writing Scotland: Creative and Critical Approaches 20
AH2902 From Fauvism to Now (1900 onwards) 20
HI3901 Historical Research Project 30
ME2902 The Rise of Europe : Middle Ages, 1000–1500 20
SC3904 Dark Age Scotland: Northern Britain before Macbeth 30
SC1902 Celtic Civilization: History of the Celts from Brennus to Braveheart 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

select between 20 and 80 credits

The programme contains 3 core modules (IS1901, PN1901, EN1901). These must be taken during the first 120 credits of study. Open University modules prefixed 'OU' should only be chosen by students in the second year of their studies on the MA Combined Studies programme.