Open units are units which are outside of a student's subject discipline(s) that are available in many undergraduate programmes (subject to space and timetabling constraints). Typically these units are interdisciplinary and do not have any pre- or co-requisites. Single honours undergraduate students are normally able to choose up to 20 credit points of open units.
The University has developed a number of thematic, interdisciplinary "Bristol Futures" open units which deal with issues and themes of current importance. Details of these units are available here including video trailers for some of the units. Specific details about each unit is available below. The Bristol Futures optional units are:
City Futures: Migration, Citizenship, and Planetary Change
Creative Futures: Tools for Changing the World
Decolonise the Future!
Science of Happiness
Sustainable Development
Understanding global problems using data: inequality, climate change and the economy
The open units scheme also includes the University Wide Language Programme units. Details of these are available here as well as specific information about each unit below.
It is possible that open units appearing on this list will be unavailable if capacity has been taken up by students taking it as an optional unit.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| AVDASI 2 - Systems Engineering | AENG21360 | 10 |
| Aircraft Operations | AENG24630 | 10 |
| Anthropology of Africa | ANTH20004 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Catalan Language (Hispanic Studies) | HISP20111 | 20 |
| Co-operation and Integration In Europe | POLI21214 | 20 |
| Contemporary World Politics | POLI22211 | 20 |
| Criminology | SPOL21010 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Democracy and US Government | POLI21226 | 20 |
| Demography, Life Course and Social Policy | SPOL20012 | 20 |
| Development Studies | POLI21213 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| French for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 | LANG22012 | 10 |
| French for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 | LANG22022 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| German for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 1 | LANG21023 | 20 |
| German for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 1 | LANG21013 | 10 |
| German for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 | LANG22013 | 10 |
| German for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 | LANG22023 | 20 |
| Greek Language Level A1 | CLAS20006 | 20 |
| Greek Language Level A2 | CLAS20007 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Health Care Policies | SPOL21018 | 20 |
| Health Policy in a Global Context | SPOL20055 | 20 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | COMS21301 | 10 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Indian Politics: From Bollywood to the Bomb | POLI22232 | 20 |
| Interpreting Political Texts | POLI22201 | 20 |
| Introduction to Aegean and Greek Archaeology | ARCH20011 | 20 |
| Italian for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 1 | LANG21014 | 10 |
| Italian for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 1 | LANG21024 | 20 |
| Italian for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 | LANG22014 | 10 |
| Italian for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 | LANG22024 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Japanese for General Purposes Pre-Intermediate | LANG21046 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Mandarin Chinese for General Purposes (pre-intermediate) | LANG21047 | 20 |
| Migration Policy in the UK and European Union | SPOL20030 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Personal Welfare Services | SPOL20053 | 20 |
| Politics and Policy-Making in the UK | POLI21222 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Rational Choice | POLI21203 | 20 |
| Russian Orthodox Culture | RUSS20044 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Social Policy and the European Union | SPOL20051 | 20 |
| Social Research Methods | SOAD20004 | 20 |
| Spanish for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 1 | LANG21015 | 10 |
| Spanish for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 1 | LANG21025 | 20 |
| Spanish for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 | LANG22025 | 20 |
| Spanish for Specific Purposes Level 2 Grade 2 | LANG22015 | 10 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa | POLI21231 | 20 |
| Theorising Social Welfare I | SPOL21001 | 20 |
| Theorising Social Welfare II | SPOL21002 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Understanding Public Policy | SPOL20054 | 20 |
| Understanding Urban Society | SPOL20023 | 20 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other Top | ||
| Violence against Women | SPOL20013 | 20 |
