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Post by Colin A on Aug 9, 2012 8:03:56 GMT
I've been interested in planets, space etc.. since i was a child and now at the ripe age of 32, I am looking to take it a bit further. I was thinking about doing a simple course like this www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/s177.htm to get me a taste of what it would be like learning from home. As a father if 2 young un's my family time is quite important to me so don't want to go mad at the start. Just wondering if anybody else has done an open university course and what there advise/thoughts are? Colin.
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Post by garyr on Aug 9, 2012 10:32:01 GMT
I cant speak for OU astronomy courses.... I did my Masters on Software Engineering a while back and it can be quite intense (and I dont have any family to deal with).
It was quite rewarding but just be prepared to put in quite a lot of effort.
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Post by Colin A on Aug 10, 2012 13:39:56 GMT
Thanks Gary. Think i'll try this small course first and see just how involved it is. At least i'll learn something that interests me, for the 1st time ever!
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Post by kryss on Sept 30, 2012 0:32:19 GMT
I actually did its equivalent in 1984 - Like all OU courses you got very good notes and it was pitched at a good level building on basic astronomical knowledge (which wasnt assumed) - This was a long time ago and it may have changed, but I can remember having to measure the moon & earths distance/size from eclipse photographs - theory wise they covered, amongst other topics, gravitational collapse of gas clouds with out using calculus. All this was a long time ago, but I certainly found it worthwhile after spending 5 years on the dole reading every scrap about astronomy in the pre internet days!
You will also find being actively interested makes a tremendous difference!
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