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Level 1CreditsNext start
Accreditation of Certificated Practitioners 1 (MT127) 30Oct 2013
An introduction to business studies (B120) 30Oct 2013
An introduction to health and social care (K101) 60Oct 2013
An introduction to law in contemporary Scotland (W150) 15Oct 2013
An introduction to retail management and marketing (B122) 30Oct 2013
Andante: beginners' Italian (L195) 30Oct 2013
Auftakt: intermediate German (L130) 30Oct 2013
Beginners' Chinese (L197) 30Oct 2013
Bon départ: beginners' French (L192) 30Oct 2013
Career development and employability (T122) 30Oct 2013
Contemporary Wales (D172) 15Aug 2013 FINAL
Croeso: beginners' Welsh (L196) 30Oct 2013
Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century (U101) 60Oct 2013
Development of financial practice (DB124) 20Aug 2013
Digital audio (T150) 10Oct 2013 FINAL
Digital film school (T156) 10Oct 2013 FINAL
Digital photography: creating and sharing better images (T189) 10Oct 2013 FINAL
Discovering mathematics (MU123) 30Oct 2013
Discovering psychology (DSE141) 30Oct 2013
Elements of forensic science (S187) 10Oct 2013 FINAL
En rumbo: intermediate Spanish (L140) 30Oct 2013
Engineering at work (T198) 30Oct 2013
Engineering the future (T174) NEW30Oct 2013
Engineering the future (T173) 30
English for academic purposes online (L185) 30Oct 2013
Enhancing your healthcare practice (K117) 60Sep 2013
Environment: journeys through a changing world (U116) 60Oct 2013
Essential mathematics 1 (MST124) NEW30Feb 2014
Exploring science (S104) 60Oct 2013
Foundations for effective practice in youth justice (K115) 60Oct 2013
Foundations for social work practice (KYJ113) 60Jan 2014
Foundations for social work practice (KZW113) 60Jan 2014
Galaxies, stars and planets (S177) 10Oct 2013
Human genetics and health issues (SK195) 10Oct 2013 FINAL
Inside nuclear energy (ST174) 10Apr 2014 FINAL
Introducing environment (Y181) 15Jun 2013 FINAL
Introducing health sciences: a case study approach (SDK125) 30Oct 2013
Introducing statistics (M140) NEW30Oct 2013
Introducing the social sciences (DD101) 60Oct 2013
Introducing the social sciences - part one (DD131) 30Oct 2013
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting (B190) 10Aug 2013
Introduction to counselling (D171) 15Oct 2013
Introduction to financial services (BD131) 10Aug 2013
Introduction to sport, fitness and management (E112) 60Oct 2013
Introduction to working with young people (E131) 30
Introduction to working with young people in practice (E118) 60Oct 2013 FINAL
Investigative and mathematical skills in science (S141) 30Oct 2013
Leading work with young people (E132) 30Oct 2013
Learning through enquiry in primary schools (E101) 60Oct 2013
Living without oil: chemistry for a sustainable future (S176) 10Oct 2013
Make your experience count (U122) 30Oct 2013
Making sense of the arts (Y180) 15Jun 2013
Making sense of things: an introduction to material culture (A151) 30Apr 2014 FINAL
Managing in the workplace (B121) 30Oct 2013
Managing in the workplace (BXS121) 30Oct 2013
Maths for science (S151) 10Oct 2013
Microsoft server technologies (TM128) 30Oct 2013 FINAL
Molecules, medicines and drugs: a chemical story (SK185) 10Oct 2013
My digital life (TU100) 60Oct 2013
Ouverture: intermediate French (L120) 30Oct 2013
Plants and people (S173) 10Oct 2013 FINAL
Portales: beginners' Spanish (L194) 30Oct 2013
Professional communication skills for business studies (LB160) 30Apr 2014
Rules, rights and justice: an introduction to law (W100) 60Oct 2013
Rundblick: beginners' German (L193) 30Oct 2013
Scientific investigations (S155) 10Oct 2013
Small country, big history: themes in the history of Wales (A182) 15
Start listening to music (A179) 10Oct 2013 FINAL
Starting with law (Y186) 15Jun 2013 FINAL
Starting with maths (Y182) 15Jun 2013
Starting with psychology (Y183) 15Jun 2013
Supporting learning in primary schools (E111) 60Oct 2013
Sustainable Scotland (T123) 15
Technologies in practice (TM129) 30Oct 2013
The arts past and present (AA100) 60Oct 2013
The early years: developing practice (E100) 60Oct 2013
The frozen planet (S175) 10Oct 2013
The story of maths (TM190) 10May 2014 FINAL
Topics in health sciences (SK143) 30Oct 2013
Topics in science (S142) 30Feb 2014
Understanding cancers (SK123) 15Jan 2014 FINAL
Understanding cardiovascular diseases (SK121) 15Sep 2013
Understanding children and young people (Y176) 15Jun 2013
Understanding health (Y178) 15Jun 2013 FINAL
Understanding human nutrition (SK183) 10
Understanding management (Y179) 15Jun 2013
Understanding society (Y177) 15Jun 2013 FINAL
Understanding the autism spectrum (SK124) 15Nov 2013
Understanding the weather (S189) 10
Using mathematics (MST121) 30Oct 2013 FINAL
Vivace: intermediate Italian (L150) 30Oct 2013
Voices and texts (A150) 30Oct 2013 FINAL
Volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis (S186) 10Oct 2013
Working and learning in sport and fitness (E113) 60Oct 2013
Working and learning: developing effective performance at work (BUXS130) 30Oct 2013
Working and learning: developing effective performance at work (BU130) 30Oct 2013
Working with children and young people in trouble (K116) 60Oct 2013
Working with young people: an introduction (E108) NEW60Oct 2013
You and your money: personal finance in context (DB123) 30Oct 2013
Level 2CreditsNext start
Accreditation of Certificated Practitioners 2 (TM227) 30Oct 2013
Adult health, social care and wellbeing (K217) 60Oct 2013
Algorithms, data structures and computability (M269) NEW30Oct 2013
Analysing data (M248) 30Oct 2013
Analytical science: health, heritage and environments (S240) 30Oct 2013
Astronomy (S282) 30Oct 2013
Biological psychology: exploring the brain (SD226) 30
Building blocks of software (M263) 30
Business functions in context (B203) 60Oct 2013
Business organisations and their environments (B201) 60Oct 2013
Cell biology (S294) 30Oct 2013
Challenging ideas in mental health (K272) 30Oct 2013
Child development (ED209) 60Oct 2013
Childhood (E212) 60Oct 2013
Cisco networking (CCNA) (T216) 60Oct 2013
Commercial transactions: law and practice (W222) 30
Communication and information technologies (T215) 60Oct 2013
Company law and practice (W223) 30Nov 2013
Counselling: exploring fear and sadness (D240) 30May 2014
Creative writing (A215) 60Oct 2013
Death and dying (K260) 30Oct 2013
Dementia care (K235) 30Oct 2013
Design and designing (T211) 60
Design essentials (T217) NEW60Oct 2013
Design for engineers (T218) NEW30Oct 2013
Designing applications with Visual Basic (MT264) 30Oct 2013
Diverse perspectives on mental health (K225) 30Oct 2013
Economics and economic change (DD202) 60
Effective practice in youth justice (K208) 60Oct 2013
Employment law and practice (W221) 30Nov 2013
Energy and sustainability (T213) 30Oct 2013
Engineering: mechanics, materials, design (T207) 60Oct 2013
Environment (U216) 60
Environment: sharing a dynamic planet (DST206) NEW60Oct 2013
Environmental management 1 (T219) NEW30Oct 2013
Environmental science (S216) 60Feb 2014 FINAL
Envol: upper intermediate French (L211) 60Feb 2014
Equality, participation and inclusion: learning from each other (E214) 60Oct 2013
Exploring art and visual culture (A226) 60Oct 2013
Exploring history: medieval to modern 1400-1900 (A200) 60Oct 2013
Exploring mathematics (MS221) 30Oct 2013
Exploring philosophy (A222) 60Oct 2013
Exploring psychology (DSE212) 60Oct 2013
Exploring psychology on-line project (DZX222) 15Oct 2013
Exploring psychology project (DXR222) 15Jun 2013
Exploring the classical world (A219) 60Oct 2013
Extending your contribution to healthcare practice (K236) 60Nov 2013
Financial accounting (B291) 30Oct 2013
From Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830 (A207) 60Oct 2013
Geology (S276) 30Oct 2013
Health and illness (K213) NEW60Oct 2013
Human biology (SK277) 30Oct 2013
Inside music (A224) 60Oct 2013
International development: making sense of a changing world (TD223) 60Oct 2013
Introducing religions (A217) 60Oct 2013
IT project and service management (M258) NEW30Oct 2013
Law: the individual and the state (W201) 60Feb 2014
Leading work with young people in practice (E218) 60Oct 2013
Living in a globalised world (DD205) 60Oct 2013
Making it happen! Leadership, influence and change (B204) 60Oct 2013
Making it happen! Leadership, influence and change in retailing (BXA204) 60Oct 2013
Making your coaching certificate count (EXC224) NEW30Feb 2014
Making your exercise instruction certificate count (EXF224) NEW30Feb 2014
Management accounting (B292) 30Oct 2013
Mathematical methods (MST224) NEW30Oct 2013
Mathematical methods and models (MST209) 60Sep 2013 FINAL
Medicine and society in Europe 1500-1930 (A218) 60Oct 2013
Motive: upper intermediate German (L203) 60Feb 2014
Object-oriented Java programming (M250) 30Oct 2013
Our dynamic planet: Earth and life (S279) 30Oct 2013 FINAL
Personal investment in an uncertain world (DB234) 30May 2014
Planetary science and the search for life (S283) 30Oct 2013
Power, dissent, equality: understanding contemporary politics (DD203) 60Oct 2013
Practical environmental science (SXE288) 30Feb 2014 FINAL
Practical modern statistics (M249) 30Oct 2013
Practical science: biology and health (SXHL288) 30Feb 2014
Practical science: chemistry and analysis (SXC288) 30Feb 2014 FINAL
Practical science: Earth and environment (SXG288) 30Feb 2014 FINAL
Practical science: physics and astronomy (SXP288) 30Feb 2014
Pure mathematics (M208) 60Oct 2013
Putting Java to work (M257) 20Oct 2013 FINAL
Reading and studying literature (A230) 60Oct 2013
Reading classical Greek: language and literature (A275) 60Oct 2013
Reading classical Latin (A297) 30Oct 2013 FINAL
Relationships, families and the law (W224) 30Nov 2013
Running the economy (DD209) NEW60Oct 2013
Science and theory into practice: exercise instruction (EXF223) 90
Science and theory into practice: sports coaching (EXC223) 90
Science in context (S250) 30Oct 2013
Social work with children, young people and families in Scotland (K229) 30Oct 2013
Software development with Java (M256) 30Feb 2014
Sport and conditioning science into practice (E217) NEW60Oct 2013
Sport and exercise psychology: a case study approach (E233) 30Oct 2013
Subject knowledge and professional practice in primary schools (E207) 60Oct 2013
Team working in distributed environments (M253) 10
The art history residential school (AXR272) 15May 2014
The law and social work in England and Wales (K270) 60Feb 2014
The law and social work in Scotland (K207) 60Feb 2014
The molecular world (S205) 60Oct 2013 FINAL
The physical world (S207) 60Oct 2013
The science of the mind: investigating mental health (SDK228) 30Oct 2013
The technology of music (TA212) 60Oct 2013
The uses of social science (DD206) 60Oct 2013
Understanding global heritage (AD281) 60Oct 2013
Understanding law (W200) 60Feb 2014
Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish (L204) 60Feb 2014
Web technologies (TT284) 30Oct 2013
Welfare, crime and society (DD208) 60Oct 2013
Working for health (K203) 60
Working with children, young people and families (K218) 60Oct 2013
World archaeology (A251) 30Nov 2013
Worlds of English (U214) 60Oct 2013
Youth justice: theory, research and practice (K209) 60Oct 2013
Level 3CreditsNext start
20th century literature: texts and debates (A300) 60Oct 2013
A buen puerto: advanced Spanish (L314) 60Feb 2014
A world of whose making? (DU301) 60Oct 2013 FINAL
Accounting for strategy implementation (B321) 30Nov 2013 FINAL
Adulthood, ageing and the life course (K319) 60Oct 2013
Advanced creative writing (A363) 60Oct 2013
Applications of probability (M343) 30Oct 2013
Art of the twentieth century (AA318) 60Oct 2013
Astrophysics (S382) 30Feb 2014
Chemical change and environmental applications (S345) 20May 2014
Children's literature (EA300) 60Sep 2013
Cognitive psychology (DD303) 60Jan 2014
Communication in health and social care (K309) 60
Complex analysis (M337) 30
Continuing classical Latin (A397) 30Oct 2013
Crime and justice (DD301) 60Oct 2013
Developing algebraic thinking (ME625) 30Apr 2014
Developing concurrent distributed systems (M362) 30Feb 2014 FINAL
Developing geometric thinking (ME627) 30Oct 2013
Developing statistical thinking (ME626) 30Apr 2014
Doing economics: people, markets and policy (DD309) 60Feb 2014
Drug design and synthesis (S346) 20Oct 2013
Early years focus on research with children and young people (EK311) 60
Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context (DU311) 60Feb 2014
Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice (T320) 30Feb 2014
Ecosystems (S396) 30Nov 2013
Electromagnetism (SMT359) 30Feb 2014
Empire: 1492-1975 (A326) 60Oct 2013
Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies (T356) 30Feb 2014
English grammar in context (E303) 60Feb 2014
Enhancing the patient experience (K342) 30
Europe 1914-1989: war, peace, modernity (A327) NEW60Oct 2013
Evolution (S366) 30Feb 2014 FINAL
Exploring practice (K316) 60Oct 2013
Exploring psychological aspects of athletic development (E313) NEW60Oct 2013
From composition to performance: musicians at work (AA302) 60Sep 2013
Fundamentals of interaction design (M364) 30Feb 2014
Graphs, networks and design (MT365) 30Oct 2013
Groups and geometry (M336) 30Oct 2013 FINAL
Infectious disease and public health (SK320) 30Feb 2014
Innovation: designing for a sustainable future (T307) 60Feb 2014 FINAL
Investigating entrepreneurial opportunities (B322) 30Nov 2013
Issues in research with children and young people (EK313) NEW60Feb 2014
Keeping ahead in information and communication technologies (T324) 30Feb 2014
Law: agreements, rights and responsibilities (W300) 60Feb 2014
Law: ownership and trusteeship: rights and responsibilities (W301) 60Feb 2014
Leadership and management in health and social care (K313) NEW60Oct 2013
Linear statistical modelling (M346) 30Oct 2013
Living political ideas (DD306) 60Oct 2013
Making sense of strategy (B301) 60Feb 2014
Making social worlds (DD308) 60Oct 2013
Managing 1: organisations and people (B628) 30Nov 2013
Managing 1: organisations and people - online version (BZX628) 30Nov 2013
Managing 2: marketing and finance (B629) 30Nov 2013
Managing 2: marketing and finance - online version (BZX629) 30Nov 2013
Managing 3: the integration challenge (B690) 10Nov 2013
Managing across organisational and cultural boundaries (B325) 30May 2014
Managing care (K303) 60
Marketing and society (B324) 30May 2014
Mathematical methods and fluid mechanics (MST326) 30
Mathematical statistics (M347) 30Oct 2013
Mathematical thinking in schools (ME620) 30Oct 2013
Mentorship and assessment in health and social care settings (K320) 30Oct 2013
Metals and life (S347) 20Oct 2013
Mises au point: advanced French (L310) 60Feb 2014
Molecular and cell biology (S377) 30Feb 2014 FINAL
Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds (A330) 60Oct 2013
Natural and artificial intelligence (M366) 30Feb 2014 FINAL
Number theory and mathematical logic (M381) 30Oct 2013 FINAL
Oceanography (S330) 30Feb 2014
Optimization (M373) 30Oct 2013
Personal lives and social policy (DD305) 60Oct 2013 FINAL
Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice (K311) 60Oct 2013
Relational databases: theory and practice (M359) 30Feb 2014 FINAL
Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence (AA307) 60
Renaissance art reconsidered (AA315) 60Oct 2013
Renewable energy (T313) NEW30Oct 2013
Research with children and young people (EK310) 60
Researching biology and health science (SXL390) 30Feb 2014
Science project course: environmental science practical project (SXE390) 30Feb 2014
Science project course: frontiers in chemistry (SXM390) 30Feb 2014
Science project course: geosciences (SXG390) 30Feb 2014
Science project course: radiation and matter (SXP390) 30Feb 2014
Science project course: science in society project (SXN390) 30Feb 2014
Shakespeare: text and performance (AA306) 60Oct 2013
Signals and perception: the science of the senses (SD329) 30Oct 2013
Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others (DD307) 60Jan 2014
Software engineering with objects (M363) 30Feb 2014 FINAL
Structural integrity: designing against failure (T357) 30Feb 2014
Technologies for digital media (T325) 30Feb 2014
The art of English (E301) 60Sep 2013
The environmental web (U316) 60Feb 2014
The geological record of environmental change (S369) 30Feb 2014
The nineteenth-century novel (AA316) 60Oct 2013
The quantum world (SM358) 30Oct 2013
The relativistic Universe (S383) 30Oct 2013
Thought and experience: themes in the philosophy of mind (AA308) 60Sep 2013 FINAL
Total war and social change: Europe 1914-1955 (AA312) 60
Understanding the continents (S339) 30Nov 2013
Variationen: advanced German (L313) 60Feb 2014
Waves, diffusion and variational principles (MS324) 30Oct 2013
Why is religion controversial? (A332) NEW60Oct 2013
Working together for children (KE312) 60Oct 2013
Youth: perspectives and practice (KE308) 60
Youth: policy in practice (E318) 60Sep 2013
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