DD122 Open University Course

An Introduction to Social Science Part Two

This page contains my rough typed notes and mind maps for the Open University Course DD122 An Introduction to the Social Sciences part 2, which I started November 2008 after part one (which I started April of the same year) finished the same time. It will conclude April 2009 and confers an undergraduate certificate in social science and will be approximately my first year at university, hopefully heading to a degree.

The notes are very rough and archived primarily for my own use.

Certain links will lead to dead ends, i.e. some files are only stored locally, this is either because the web host won't accept that file type, or I'm not allowed to put certain files up due to the universities rules.

Block One - Globalisation

Notes from Block one - Globalisation - formatted but uncorrected
Notes from Block one - Globalisation - formatted but uncorrected - Open Office File (odt)
Main Notes for the whole course - formatted

Book five and the End of Course Review

The following are the references from the course book from the globalisation chapter. They don't have page numbers of where they occour in the OU book as I didn't realise I'd need them at that point.

Globalisation references unformatted html file
Globalisation references Open Office file
Globalisation references Microsoft Word 6.0 file

Hand Drawn Maps

Low quality, but they helped me absorb material and get an overview of connections when I was doing the course.

General Course Advice
Globalisation and Society
Globalisation and Culture
Globalisation and Economics
Globalisation and Power
Auxillery Map
Globalisation General Research
General TMA advice
Complete Notes (rough) from the globalisation chapter

Linked References for the globalisation chapter of the course book, with selected referencing advice (unformatted)

I developed my own system for inserting references. First of all I go to the course book and copy all the reference list at the end to a seperate file. Then I search the text to find each reference (name, year). Then I write down the essense of the meaning of the citation and the course book page it occours on. Then, after writing my essay, I look for which citations echo points I've made, and just insert them in text (including course book number) and at the end.

References for the rest of the course books, with OU page numbers (unformatted)

Main Material

Maps and Notes

Please note that some .doc and .odt (open office) files are in the directory but unlinked and may not be available in the online version of the web site, it depends on what file types the host will accept.

Overview map - web page
Knowledge society map - web page
Knowledge society map - bitmap
Knowledge society map - jpeg
Medical knowledge map - web page
Medical knowledge map - bitmap
Medical knowledge map - jpeg
Political knowledge map - web page
Political ideologies map - bitmap
Political ideologies map - jpeg
Religious knowledge map - web page
Religious knowledge map - bitmap
Religious knowledge map - jpeg
Course review map - web page
Course review map - bitmap
Course review map - jpeg
TMA advice map - web page
TMA advice map - bitmap
TMA advice map - jpeg
Essay Three Draft 1 Unformatted
Essay Four Draft 2 Unformatted
Mind Map for essay 03 as a jpg
Mind Map for essay 03 as a bitmap
Mind Map for essay 03 as an unformatted web page