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.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
| 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 Poetry | ENGL10026 | 20 |
| Approaches to Shakespeare | ENGL10027 | 20 |
| Art in the Ancient World | CLAS12365 | 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 |
| Beginners' German Language 2 | GERM19002 | 20 |
| Biology 1A: Diversity of Life | BIOL11000 | 40 |
| Biology 1B: Life Processes | BIOL12000 | 40 |
| 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 |
| China: From Empire to State | CEAS10003 | 20 |
| Classical Greece | CLAS12380 | 20 |
| Classics of European Cinema | MODL10010 | 20 |
| Cognitive Psychology | PSYC11012 | 10 |
| Comedy | CLAS12370 | 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 |
| Contemporary Writing | ENGL10016 | 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 |
| Developmental Psychology | PSYC11019 | 10 |
| 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 | ||
| Economy and Society in the Ancient World | CLAS12331 | 20 |
| Education, Schooling and Diversity | SPOL10015 | 20 |
| 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 |
| 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) | LANG13012 | 10 |
| French for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) | LANG13022 | 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Late Antiquity | CLAS12381 | 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 |
| Mathematics 1A20 | MATH11004 | 20 |
| Mathematics 1AM | MATH10100 | 40 |
| Mathematics 1AS | MATH10300 | 40 |
| Mathematics 1EM | MATH10600 | 40 |
| Mathematics 1ES | MATH10500 | 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 | ||
| Pagan Religions of the Roman Empire | CLAS17003 | 20 |
| Philosophical Texts 1: Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion | PHIL10003 | 10 |
| Physics 1E | PHYS10300 | 40 |
| Planet Earth | EASC10003 | 20 |
| Principles of Economics | EFIM10050 | 20 |
| Psychobiology | PSYC11014 | 10 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| Social Psychology | PSYC11020 | 10 |
| 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) | LANG13025 | 20 |
| Spanish for General Purposes Level 1 Grade 3 (post A'Level) | LANG13015 | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| World in Crisis? | GEOG16001 | 20 |
