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14 Master's degrees offered by the university
Education - Applied Linguistics
The Education - Applied Linguistics MA programme from The Open University UK is suitable for education professionals who wish to acquire qualities and transferable skills that are highly prized by employers.
Creative Writing part 1
This MA Creative Writing part 1 module from The Open University UK building on skills learned at undergraduate level or as a practising writer, helps to harness your individual strengths, helping you to generate and develop ideas.
Creative Writing
This Creative Writing MA programme from The Open University UK is an opportunity to develop your skills as a writer in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and scriptwriting for film, radio and the stage.
Linguistics (Artificial Intelligence)
The Linguistics (Artificial Intelligence) course from The Open University UK is suitable for anyone interested in the roles that language plays in society. You’ll begin with the core components of linguistic study, engaging with different approaches to language and looking at how its building blocks are used to create meaning.
English Literature
The English Literature MA programme from The Open University UK introduces you to studying literature, poetry, drama and prose in relation to culture and across three broad themes.
Philosophy
This Philosophy MA programme from The Open University UK will hone your ability to think clearly and logically, and develop your writing, research and analytical skills. You'll study texts from different periods and philosophical perspectives, including works by Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt; and you'll investigate contemporary debates on environmental aesthetics.
Philosophy part 2
The Philosophy part 2 module from The Open University UK will complete your study for the MA in Philosophy. You'll study: the emotions, Nietzsche, Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt, and ‘the problem of dirty hands’.
Linguistics (Applied)
The Linguistics (Applied) course from The Open University UK is suitable for anyone interested in the roles that language plays in society. You’ll begin with the core components of linguistic study, engaging with different approaches to language and looking at how its building blocks are used to create meaning.
History
This History MA from The Open University UK provides theoretical and practical training in major themes in local and regional history, research methods, project planning and writing.
Open
This Open MA/MSc programme from The Open University UK allows you to create a personalised course of study across a range of academic disciplines.
Classical Studies
This Classical Studies MA course from The Open University UK examines many different aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds – their literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, languages and material culture – through a scholarly tradition that is both fast-moving and long-standing.
Humanities
This Humanities Postgraduate Certificate from The Open University UK provides you with an excellent opportunity to upgrade your qualifications, If you have a passion for the arts and are looking for an intellectual challeng.
Philosophy part 1
The Philosophy part 1 module from The Open University UK will introduce you to graduate-level philosophy through the study of four varied and interesting areas: the beauty of nature; a classic text in Ancient Philosophy – Plato’s Meno; the nature of consciousness; and issues surrounding global justice.
Creative Writing part 2
This MA Creative Writing part 2 module from The Open University UK is the second part of the MA in Creative Writing you'll build on skills that you have acquired in part 1, whilst at the same time being challenged to develop those skills further in your primary genre specialism.