Open University are shutting my course down...

Associate
Joined
24 Nov 2008
Posts
837
Location
Mighty Mighty Luton
I about 1/3 into a Degree at the moment, and I have just gone to pick my next course.

As it turns out they have made an announcement that the degree I am studying towards is shutting down by December 2014 and I have to have all 360 points by this date.

I currently have 120 points (or will have after the final assignments in my current courses). To get the final 240 points for the final degree I will have to do 3 courses at once (most with Exams) in Sept, then in Jan, then again in Sept. Basically meaning I will be doing 6 courses at once, not easy or practical.

Work are paying for all the courses so far but may not continue to support this and I can afford £1000 every 6 months to do the rest of the courses!!!

Anyone else come across this, or have any ideas. I am going to spend this evening going through it all, but I am at a loss of what I can do except go mental at the amount of work I have in front of me.
 
B13 - IT and Computing is what I am working towards at the moment.

They have replaced it with B62 Computing and IT.

The courses I currently have are M150, T175, M255, Working on M253 and M257.

I am just trying to figure which can count towards it!
 
OK, re-reading the entire description I may be able to count most of these courses towards the new degree.

PANIC OVER!!! I will post back here after I work it all out the wording is crazy on these things! They shouldnt let you start a course if they are closing it 2 years after!
 
You can count all of it. If you go on the B62 website you'll see the following paragraph:

"* If you have already studied the discontinued module M255 (30 credits) and M257 (20 credits) you may count these in place of M250 (30 credits) and include the additional 20 credits of study as part of the free choice element of this degree. Alternatively you may count M255 and M257 and M253 (10 credits) instead of M250 (30 credits) and count 30 credits against the Level 2 optional modules listed below. Please see individual module descriptions for final presentation dates."

Either ring your regional centre (I'm guessing you're region 6 as you're in Luton) on 01223 364 721 or the Qualifications and Ceremonies office on 01908 653003. They can better explain it over the phone than I can by forum post :)

Thanks mate, great work. I just read that, but its still a complicated course to work out.

I will call them tomorrow to settle my mind!
 
Back
Top Bottom