Diploma of Higher Education in Social Sciences at The Open University

A 240-credit distance-learning diploma in which students discover how social scientists answer pressing questions and how they gather and evaluate evidence to test ideas and theories. Topics include social change, digital societies and global challenges, examining how lives are shaped by individuals and wider structures.

Duration: 240 credits; 2 years full-time or 4 years part-time  |  Intake: February 2027; October 2027  |  Study mode: part-time distance learning  |  Location: Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include You and your world: introducing the social sciences (D112), Global challenges: social science in action (D113), Introduction to criminology (DD105), Encountering psychology in context (D120), Economics in context (DD126), You and your money (DB125), Understanding digital societies (DD218), Applying psychology (D250), Changing geographies of the United Kingdom (D225) and Environment and society (DD213).

Career pathways

Develops clear written communication and other transferable, work-related skills valued by employers.

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