Are you interested in the way technology will shape our future?

The Open University offers courses ranging from short, introductory courses and study at first undergraduate level through to post-graduate courses depending on your background and interest. Here's just a selection that pick up on many of the issues covered in these lectures:

Short courses
Interested in Robotics? On this ten week course we’ll explain how robots work and give you a chance to program and control real or simulated robots:
Robotics & the Meaning of Life: a practical guide to things that think (T184)

Want to protect yourself from electronic viruses, worms and 'Trojan horse' programs that invade and sometimes destroy your precious data? Take a look at:
Vandalism in Cyberspace: understanding and combating malicious software (T187)

Want to explore radically different ways of thinking about complex situations? This course is a response to those who were excited by System Failure, and wanted to learn how to use the ideas in their own work. If you work in public sector policy or management, this course is designed for you:
Making Policies Work: Systems Thinking in Government and Management (T188)

To take a look at all the Technology short courses you could study check out the short courses on the Technology Faculty website

Undergraduate courses - 1st level
Try some tasters of our undergraduate courses

Working With Our Environment (T172)
Engineering the Future (T173)

Postgraduate courses
Try a sample of our postgraduate course:
Technology strategy (T846)

Not sure where to start?
Subjects in Technology are split into seven themes. Within each theme you will find course descriptions and information about the qualifications you can achieve.
Design and Innovation
Engineering
Environment
Information and Communication Technology
International Development
Systems
Technology Management

Content last updated: 01/04/2005

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