If any of the topic covered in Blue Sky have sparked your imagination, why not take your interest further with a course from the Open University. Visit our science faculty website to see the range of courses on offer.

General Science Courses

Courses Relevant to Specific Programmes

Flights of Fancy
How the structure of butterfly wings inspires the military

Investigative Biology (SXR270)
Biology: Uniformity and Diversity (S204)
The Physical World (S207)

Lab on a Chip
Does size matter in chemistry?

The Molecular World (S205)

 Dancing in Space
How dancers might help with spinal injuries

Health and Disease (U205)
Signals and Perception: The Science of the Senses (SD329)

Spaced Out
How art could help mathematicians

An Introduction to the Humanities (A103)
Art and its Histories (A216)
Open Mathematics (MU120)
Using Mathematics (MST121)

Crocodile Cure
What medics can learn from crocodiles

Investigative Biology (SXR204)
Biology: Uniformity and Diversity (S204)

Dirty Business
Germs are bad for you aren’t they?

Investigative Biology (SXR204)
Biology: Uniformity and Diversity (S204)

Running Rockets
Science Fiction or Fact?

Introducing Astronomy (S194)
Astronomy and Planetary Science (S281)

Staring
Have you ever had the sense of being stared at?

Investigative Biology (SXR204)
Biology: Uniformity and Diversity (S204)

The Big Bang
How star gazing can help catch criminals

Introducing Astronomy (S194)

Making Muscles
Why big muscles interest engineers

Investigative Biology (SXR204)
Biology: Uniformity and Diversity (S204)

Working the Crowd
Until recently we thought crowds behaved like fluids
Open Mathematics (MU120)
Using Mathematics (MST121)
Exploring Mathematics (MS221)
Mathematical Methods, Models and Modelling