All Level 1 courses

Courses building towards a qualification

We strongly recommend that students new to Higher Education, Open University study or to a particular subject area start with either a 'Preparing for study' course or other Level 1 course.

Course title	Points	Next start	UK Fee
Preparing for study
Exploring sport online (Y164)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Introducing environment (Y161)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Learning to change (Y165)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Making sense of the arts (Y160)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Starting with law (Y166)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Starting with maths (Y162)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Starting with psychology (Y163)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Understanding children (Y156)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Understanding health (Y178)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Understanding management (Y159)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Understanding society (Y157)	10	Sep 2009	£115
Level 1
Accreditation of Certificated Practitioners 1 (MT127)	30	Nov 2009	£80
An intro to the social sciences: understanding social change part 2 (DD122)	30	Nov 2009	£360
An introduction to business studies (B120)	30	Nov 2009	£360
An introduction to health and social care (K101)	60	Oct 2009	£630
An introduction to health and social care (KYN101)	60	Oct 2009	Not yet available
An introduction to law in contemporary Scotland (W150)	15	Nov 2009	£200
Andante: beginners' Italian (L195)	30	Nov 2009	£430
Auftakt: intermediate German (L130)	30	Feb 2010	£430
Beginners' Chinese (L197)	30	Nov 2009	£430
Bon départ: beginners' French (L192)	30	Nov 2009	£430
Challenging obesity (SDK122)	15	Nov 2009	£225
Croeso: beginners' Welsh (L196)	30	Nov 2009	£430
Data, computing and information (M150)	30	Oct 2009	£400
Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century (U101)	60	Feb 2010	£630
Diabetes care (SK120)	15	May 2010	£225
Discovering mathematics (MU123)	30	Feb 2010	£360
Empire of the microbes (S171)	10	Sep 2009	£150
En rumbo: intermediate Spanish (L140)	30	Feb 2010	£430
Energy measurements at home (T152)	10	Oct 2009	£185
Engineering the future (T173)	30	Oct 2009	£360
English for academic purposes online (L185)	30	Feb 2010	£430
Environment: journeys through a changing world (U116)	60	Oct 2009	£630
Exploring science (S104)	60	Oct 2009	£630
Foundations for effective practice in youth justice (K115)	60	Feb 2010	£525
Foundations for social work practice (K113)	60	Jan 2010	£1100
Foundations for social work practice (KYJ113)	60	Jan 2010	£990
Foundations for social work practice (KZW113)	60	Jan 2010	£1240
Health sciences in practice (S110)	60	Nov 2009	£1180
Information and communication technologies at work (T121)	30	Nov 2009	£360
Introducing health sciences: a case study approach (SDK125)	30	Oct 2009	£360
Introducing professional practice (K114)	60	Feb 2010	£1100
Introducing professional practice and knowledge (KYN107)	60	Sep 2009	Not yet available
Introducing professional practice and knowledge (KZL107)	60	Jul 2010	£825
Introducing the social sciences (DD101)	60	Oct 2009	£630
Introducing the social sciences - part one (DD131)	30	May 2010	£360
Introduction to counselling (D171)	15	Oct 2009	£225
Introduction to sport, fitness and management (E112)	60	Oct 2009	£630
Introduction to working with young people (E131)	30	Oct 2009	£360
Introduction to working with young people in practice (E118)	60	Oct 2009	£650
Introduction to working with young people: supported APEL route (EZL131)	30	Feb 2010	£330
Leading work with young people (E132)	30	Oct 2009	£360
Leading work with young people: supported APEL route (EZL132)	30	Feb 2010	£330
Make your experience count (U122)	30	Nov 2009	£360
Managing in the workplace (B121)	30	Nov 2009	£360
Managing in the workplace (BXS121)	30	Nov 2009	£360
Neighbourhood nature (S159)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Networked living: exploring information and communication technologies (T175)	30	Oct 2009	£400
Open mathematics (MU120)	30	Oct 2009	£360
Ouverture: intermediate French (L120)	30	Feb 2010	£430
Personal and career development in engineering (T191)	15	Oct 2009	£450
Personal professional development: early years settings (E115)	60	Oct 2009	£650
Portales: beginners' Spanish (L194)	30	Nov 2009	£430
Practising science (SXR103)	10	Jun 2010	£555
Professional communication skills for business studies (LB160)	30	May 2010	£430
Rules, rights and justice: an introduction to law (W100)	60	Feb 2010	£785
Rundblick: beginners' German (L193)	30	Nov 2009	£430
Science starts here (S154)	10	Oct 2009	£115
Scientific investigations (S155)	10	Oct 2010	Not yet available
Small country, big history: themes in the history of Wales (A182)	15	Oct 2009	£225
Supporting children's learning in the early years (E124)	30	Oct 2009	£360
Supporting learning in primary schools (E111)	60	Oct 2009	£630
Sustainable Scotland (T123)	15	Feb 2010	£200
The arts past and present (AA100)	60	Oct 2009	£630
The early years: developing practice (E100)	60	Oct 2009	£630
The story of maths (TM190)	10	Oct 2009	£185
Understanding cancers (SK123)	15	May 2010	£225
Understanding cardiovascular diseases (SK121)	15	Nov 2009	£225
Understanding the autism spectrum (SK124)	15	Nov 2009	£225
Using mathematics (MST121)	30	Oct 2009	£360
Working and learning in sport and fitness (E113)	60	Oct 2009	£630
Working and learning: developing effective performance at work (BU130)	30	Nov 2009	£360
Working and learning: developing effective performance at work (BUXS130)	30	Nov 2009	£360
Working with children and young people in trouble (K116)	60	Feb 2010	£630
Working with children in the early years (E123)	30	Oct 2009	£360
You and your money: personal finance in context (DB123)	30	Nov 2009	£360
Short courses at Level 1 These short courses with a variety of start dates may also serve as an alternative starting point for a qualification.
Action in French (French summer school) (LXR122)	10	Jun 2010	£555
Archaeology: the science of investigation (SA188)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Beyond Google: working with information online (TU120)	10	Oct 2009	£185
Chance, risk and health (SMK184)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Darwin and evolution (S170)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Design and the Web (T183)	10	Oct 2009	£185
Digital photography: creating and sharing better images (T189)	10	Oct 2009	£185
Digital worlds: designing games, creating alternative realities (T151)	10	Oct 2009	£185
Elements of forensic science (S187)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Ethics in real life (A181)	15	Oct 2009	£225
Fossils and the history of life (S193)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Heritage, whose heritage? (A180)	15	Oct 2009	£225
How the Universe works (S197)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Human genetics and health issues (SK195)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Introducing astronomy (S194)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting (B190)	10	Nov 2009	£295
Life in the oceans: exploring our blue planet (S180)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Maths for science (S151)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Molecules, medicines and drugs: a chemical story (SK185)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Perspectives on Leonardo da Vinci (A178)	10	Oct 2009	£155
Planets: an introduction (S196)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Return to science, engineering and technology (T161)	10	Oct 2009	£185
Robotics & the meaning of life: a practical guide to things that think (T184)	10	Oct 2009	£185
Shakespeare: an introduction (A177)	10	Oct 2009	£155
Start listening to music (A179)	10	Oct 2009	£155
Start writing essays (A172)	10	Oct 2009	£150
Start writing family history (A173)	10	Oct 2009	£155
Start writing fiction (A174)	10	Oct 2009	£155
Start writing plays (A176)	10	Oct 2009	£155
Start writing poetry (A175)	10	Oct 2009	£155
Understanding human nutrition (SK183)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Understanding the weather (S189)	10	Sep 2009	£150
Vandalism in cyberspace:understanding and combating malicious software (T187)	10	Oct 2009	£185
Volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis (S186)	10	Sep 2009	£150

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