Open University Woes

Reg­u­lar read­ers (and espe­cially Twit­ter fol­low­ers) will know I’m not happy at all about the Open Uni­ver­sity course I’m doing: T214 – Under­stand­ing Sys­tems: Mak­ing Sense of Com­plex­ity. It’s truly a ter­rible course and I’ll describe why when I’ve finally made a decision.

But giv­ing up on it and try­ing a dif­fer­ent line to my BSc (hons) in Tech­no­logy is not an option. Because of the points from some of the classes I’ve ready stud­ied expir­ing in 2011, if I want that Hon­ours degree I have no option but to fin­ish this course, and its follow-on course next year.

Or I could stop right now and accept an ordin­ary BSc.

I’m sorely temp­ted. Were I still inter­ested in a career in IT, then I think I’d be more pre­pared to stick it out. But I chose to study for interest, and for fun. And this course and by implic­a­tion the next, are neither inter­est­ing or fun.

Plus it would mean I could start study­ing more arts-related things next year, instead of in 2011…