Welcome to the Faculty of Arts. We offer you the opportunity to study many aspects of human culture by exploring people’s writings, ideas and beliefs.

You can build a better understanding of how people’s thoughts and practices have developed through the ages. You will learn to analyse, appreciate and assess works of art, literature, music, philosophy, history and religion. Taken together, these subjects are also often referred to as the Humanities.

New to the Arts?

If you are thinking of studying with the Open University for the first time or are new to the study of Arts and Humanities topics, we provide a simple outline of what’s involved and how to decide what to do next.
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Experienced students

Experienced Arts students can find details of current and planned Faculty of Arts courses and qualifications here.
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If you have not studied with the Open University before, you can find out what is involved here.
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Postgraduate study and research

Find out more about our Masters and Doctorate study programmes and postgraduate research opportunities here.
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Full details

This website provides an outline of studying in the Faculty of Arts. For complete details of all Open University courses and qualifications, please see our online prospectus or the publications The Openings Programme 2007/2008, Short Courses (Arts, Science and Technology) 2007/2008, the Arts and Humanities Prospectus 2007/2008 and the Undergraduate Prospectus 2007/2008. Follow this link to request a prospectus.

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