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A-Z list of all open units in 2008/09

Please note: you are viewing unit and programme information for a past academic year. Please see the current academic year for up to date information.

Open units are units which are outside of a student's subject discipline(s) that are available in many undergraduate programmes (subject to space and timetabling constraints). Typically these units are interdisciplinary and do not have any pre- or co-requisites. Single honours undergraduate students are normally able to choose up to 20 credit points of open units.

The University has developed a number of thematic, interdisciplinary "Bristol Futures" open units which deal with issues and themes of current importance. Details of these units are available here including video trailers for some of the units. Specific details about each unit is available below. The Bristol Futures optional units are:

City Futures: Migration, Citizenship, and Planetary Change
Creative Futures: Tools for Changing the World
Decolonise the Future!
Science of Happiness
Sustainable Development
Understanding global problems using data: inequality, climate change and the economy

The open units scheme also includes the University Wide Language Programme units. Details of these are available here as well as specific information about each unit below.

It is possible that open units appearing on this list will be unavailable if capacity has been taken up by students taking it as an optional unit.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
AVDASI 1 - Aerospace Vehicle Systems Introduction AENG10001 10
Advanced English Language Studies LANG14011 20
Anthropology of Religion ANTH10005 20
Approaches to Shakespeare ENGL10029 20
Astronomy 1 PHYS10500 40
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Beginners' German Language 1 GERM19001 20
British Prehistory ARCH12011 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Catalan Language (Hispanic Studies) HISP10108 20
Celtic & Roman Archaeology ARCH11009 20
Children in Society I: An introduction SOWK10001 20
Children in Society II: Children and Contemporary Society SOWK10002 20
Classics of European Cinema MODL10010 20
Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction POLI11103 20
Comparative World Archaeology ARCH10003 20
Comparative and International Social Policy SPOL10014 20
Contemporary European Cinema MODL10009 20
Contemporary Italy ITAL10021 10
Contemporary Russia through the Media RUSS10034 20
Continuous Mathematics for Computer Scientists EMAT10720 10
Core Physics A PHYS11100 30
Czech Language 1 RUSS10015 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Deaf People in Society DEAF10025 20
Discrete Mathematics and Numerical Methods for Computer Science EMAT10702 20
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science I EMAT10714 10
Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science II EMAT10724 10
Doing Social Research SOCI10005 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Elementary Statistics MATH10510 10
Engineering Mathematics 1 EMAT10100 20
Engineering Physics EMAT10005 20
English for Academic Purposes LANG10031 10
English for Academic Purposes (STABEL) LANG10010 10
English for Academic Purposes - Part 1 (Science and Engineering) LANG10002 10
English for Academic Purposes - Part 2 (Science and Engineering) LANG10003 10
English for Business and Professional Purposes LANG14021 20
Environment Earth EASC10004 20
Environmental Geoscience 1 EASC10002 40
Epic CLAS12361 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
French for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12022 20
French for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12012 10
French for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13022 20
French for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13012 10
French for Medical Studies Level 1 Grade 3 (post A' level) LANG13302 10
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Geology 1 EASC10001 40
German Language 1 (Post A-level) GERM10009 20
German Language 1 (ab initio) GERM19003 40
German for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12023 20
German for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 1 (ab-initio) LANG11043 20
German for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12013 10
German for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13013 10
German for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13023 20
German for Medical Studies Level 1 Grade 3 (post A' level) LANG13303 10
Globalisation and Development ECON10053 20
Greece, Rome and the Historical Novel CLAS10069 20
Greek Language Level A1 CLAS12311 20
Greek Language Level A2 CLAS12312 20
Greek and Roman Drama CLAS12363 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
History of Thought CLAS12366 20
Homeric Society CLAS12343 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Introduction to Accounting ACCG10052 20
Introduction to Archaeology ARCH10001 20
Introduction to Buddhism THRS11005 10
Introduction to Christian History and Theology I THRS11009 10
Introduction to Czech History RUSS10024 10
Introduction to Deaf Culture DEAF10031 20
Introduction to Early Modern History HIST13012 20
Introduction to German Studies GERM10023 20
Introduction to German Studies (Post A-Level) GERM10013 40
Introduction to Hinduism THRS11004 10
Introduction to Judaism THRS11006 10
Introduction to Medieval History HIST13011 20
Introduction to Philosophy A PHIL10005 20
Introduction to Philosophy B PHIL10006 20
Introduction to Russian History and Culture RUSS10033 20
Introduction to Sanskrit I: Grammar THRS10017 20
Introduction to Sanskrit II: Texts THRS10018 20
Introduction to Social Anthropology ANTH10001 20
Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language II LANG10130 20
Introduction to World Politics POLI11102 20
Introduction to the Bible THRS11008 10
Introduction to the History of the British Empire: Rise, Fall and Legacies HIST13014 20
Introduction to the Linguistics of Sign Language DEAF10030 20
Introduction to the Philosophy of Science PHIL10015 10
Introduction to the Russian Novel RUSS10035 20
Italian for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 1 (ab-initio) LANG11044 20
Italian for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12014 10
Italian for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12024 20
Italian for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13014 10
Italian for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13024 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Japanese for General Purposes (ab-initio) LANG11046 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Key Social Thinkers SOCI10006 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Language for General Purposes (Ab-initio Mandarin Chinese) LANG11047 20
Language for General Purposes - French Level 1, Grade 1 LANG11042 20
Language for Science and Technology (French) Level 1 Grade 2 LANG12042 20
Language for Science and Technology (Spanish) Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12045 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Magic in the Graeco-Roman World CLAS12360 20
Marx's Political Writings PHIL10018 10
Mathematics 1A20 MATH11004 20
Mathematics 1AM MATH10100 40
Mathematics 1AS MATH10300 40
Mathematics 1EM MATH10600 40
Mathematics 1ES MATH10500 40
Mathematics 1FS MATH10530 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Philosophical Text 3: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics PHIL10008 10
Philosophical Texts 2: Plato's Apology, Meno & Phaedo PHIL10007 10
Physics 1E PHYS10300 40
Planet Earth EASC10003 20
Principles of Economics EFIM10050 20
Psychology 1 PSYC10001 40
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Rome: Republic to Principate CLAS12383 20
Russian Language (ab initio) RUSS10001 40
Russian Language (for qualified entrants) RUSS10036 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Social Identities and Divisions SOCI10007 20
Social Policy and the Welfare State: Historical Perspectives SPOL10011 20
Social Policy and the Welfare State: Key Concepts and Contemporary Ideas SPOL10013 20
Social Policy and the Welfare State: Theoretical Perspectives SPOL10012 20
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12015 10
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 1 (ab-initio) LANG11045 20
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 2 (post GCSE) LANG12025 20
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13015 10
Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) LANG13025 20
Spanish for Medical Studies Level 1 Grade 3 (post A' level) LANG13305 10
Stars and Planets 106 PHYS10600 20
Sustainable Development UNIV10001 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
The Hellenistic World CLAS12382 20
The History of Philosophical Scepticism from Pyrrho to Derrida PHIL10019 10
Thinking Sociologically SOCI10004 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Understanding Contemporary China CEAS10001 20
Understanding Japanese Society CEAS10002 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
Viewing the City of Rome CLAS12357 20
 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top
What is the Good Life? CLAS12354 20
World in Crisis? GEOG16001 20

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