Lucia, for my MA in Classical Studies Part 1 which is module A863, I wrote an EMA which I did at home and you can spend days doing it and I found the questions in my EMA very complicated, vague, daunting, and complex. I just scraped through my EMA. I submitted my EMA two days before the cut-off date because I live in Ottawa, Canada, so I am five hours behind the U.K. For my MA in Classical Studies Part 2 which is module A864, I wrote a final dissertation which I had been working on for months and it was definitely not easy to write where I had to organize, edit, and make changes to my chapters. I submitted my final dissertation three days before the cut-off date.

Hi! Thanks for the video. So would you say its possible to do the 3 year full-time OU course while working full-time? And if lets say, you take longer than expected, its no issue, i.e., can you decide to take the exam later on?

Sometimes I wander if I'd do better studying at The Open University because from the sound of it, it seems way more productive and easier to organise in a way that works for you!

I've always been interested in the open university!

Hola lucia! Y si vivo en Estados unidos, donde o como rindo los examenes?

Hey, I went to a brick university for 2 year and was doing a Biomedical Science degree, I didn’t finish and obtained 165 credits, I’m in the process of getting my credits transferred so I only have to do just over 1 and a half years for the BSc open degree with OU, will I have a disadvantage if I do a degree with OU compared to a brick uni, will I even get a job, I don’t know what to do?

I'm starting in October 2018 cannot wait!

Wow me han encantado los videos de la ou uni pero tengo varias dudas podrías hacer cuando puedas un video en español explicándolo? En plan como registrarse, como pedir el préstamo si se pudiera pedir etc como va eso de que hay varios stages y modulos. No se es un poco lio jejeje ojala que puedieras hacer algún video! Saludos

I'm sure you did great! 90 credits a year are tough with the maths and physics degree!

Hello Lucia, I am starting my BSc Hons in Mathematics and Physics in October 2018. I have been prepping for the last few months looking back at GCSE content and now A-level content for the subjects. I will probably spread it over a part-time duration as I will need to work to live. Would you say that Essential Maths 1 & 2 are both do-able at the same time? Great videos. Thanks Alastair

Hi Lucía! How were the exams? As I told you I may do the same in Sept, not sure yet. It would be nice to know how many hours did you dedicate each week to study and if you passed everything or not. Thanks,

I am going to finish the MST124 module in less than 3 hours, just to impress you. :'D

Fees for full degree?

Hola Lucía! Vivo en España y me gustaría formar parte de la Open University, mi pregunta es si tendría que viajar a Londres en la época de exámenes o si sabes si hay alguna manera de hacer los exámenes en España. Muchas gracias!

Hi Lucia, how is the experimental aspect of the course? do you do a lot of physics experiments?

Have to disagree with not annotating your hand book. I found the single most helpful thing in my exams is a hand book packed full of notes and examples ready to just copy into the answer book. Probably wouldn't have passed without them. However I'm aware that this is a personal preference. Good informative video though!!

Thank you for information I want to sturdy in open university Can you help me. Guitarfish

Hi, I am studying at the OU Mathematics (full time, while working full time), I am almost finished with MST124 and continuing MST125, while having survived the boring first half of M140 (~75%) and doing SM123 to get back into physics, because I want to continue in computational or theoretical physics after I finish my BSc. I wanted to ask a few things: 1) Are you studying MST210 or MST224? How is it compared to MST125? 2) S111 and S217 are online only, like SM111. Is this "feature" problematic for you too? Not being able to print out TMA's or refer back to textbooks? In the university's forums there is quite a bit of negative feedback, but the decision makers of the institution keep pushing this format despite forcing students away from modules that use it. This was my case too, deciding on the maths only BSc instead of doing yours. Another major factor was the absence of pure math, which are necessary for GR and QM. 3) You mentioned that the exam was harder than the TMAs and iCMAs. Can you be more specific with a couple of relevant examples? For the ongoing assessment I can easily get up to 80% on a first quick pass of each problem, but need to spend at least the same time to bring the score up to 90%. Now since I haven't given any exams with the OU yet, I am really worried that the sample exam provided to us is not very representative. Anyway, I loved the videos you did on the OU, they were very informative and I hope you do more of them, maybe per module reviews... since we study very similar fields, at least I would find them very interesting :p

do you get given a exam centre or did you have to find one to Take your exam

what do you work full time during uni? I'm really impressed because Maths and Physics is really hard

Hi Lucia, I've enrolled for MST124, starting in October. I managed to get a hold of what I think are the official OU past papers for the subject (found 3, from 2015-17) but I'm seeing 40 questions, ALL multiple choice?! Surely that can't be right, is it? In my previous exams at high school there was a multiple choice section A, which obviously meant you get one point or zero, depending if you get the correct answer. After that there was a more in-depth section B that allowed you to score marks by showing your working and thought process, even if your final answer was incorrect. PLEASE tell me the Open University exams aren't multiple choice only?!

I’m starting April 2018

Hi - Am seriously thinking of doing the OU course in maths and physics like you. I actually did a science degree years ago (25!) but got bored with it back then. Recently, got very interested in it again. And am thinking of doing the maths and physics degree like you. Just for fun! Questions for you. Is 90 credits in one year doable? (I work full time). Second - do all the modules start in Oct? (Ie can you start one n Oct and then start another in Jan?)

I just made a trivia video about physics. Will you please check it out and let me know what you think?

hola yo soy de España