Jacqi's Qualifications

University

BA (Honours) Humanities with Literature.
Studying part time with the Open University, taking courses that interested me when I had the time to do them, I completed this 360 point degree in 2008.

This is a level six qualification It was made up of the following courses:
Course descriptions are given on the course descriptions page.

Level one	60 points	An Introduction to the the Humanities (A103)	1999
Level two	60 points	Approaching Literature (A210)	2000
Level three	60 points	The Nineteenth Century Novel (AA316)	2001
Level one	10 points	Start Writing Family History (A173)	2005
Level one	10 points	Design and the Web (T183)	2005
Level one	10 points	Vandalism in Cyberspace (T187)	2005
Level two	10 points	Web Basics: Design, Development and Management (TT280)	2006
Level one	10 points	Start Writing for the Internet (A171)	2006
Level two	60 points	Creative Writing (A215)	2007
Level one	10 points	Digital Photography: Creating & Sharing Better Images (T189)	2007
Level three	60 points	Film and Television History (AA310)	2008

The University uses a credit point system in which 120 points is equivalent to a full-time academic year.
Level one courses are equal to NQF level 4. This is the same level as the first year of study in a conventional UK university.
Level two courses equate to NQF level 5 (year two of a degree).
Level three courses equate to NQF level 6 (year three of a degree).
NQF = National Qualifications Framework for England, Northern Ireland and Wales

Some of the courses also allowed me to qualify for the following qualifications which I accepted before completing the degree.

Diploma in Literature
This is a level five qualification awarded on successful completion of 120 points of study of literature at university levels two and three. This will have provided them with a broad knowledge of selected literary texts and authors from 1550 to the present day, and with skills of analysis in the three literary genres, poetry, prose and drama. It will also have given them an understanding of current issues in the study of literature, and will have developed their ability to communicate ideas and arguments effectively in the form of written academic essays.

Certificate in Humanities
This is a level four qualification awarded on successful completion of the 60 point course A103: An Introduction to the Humanities.
It recognises that the student has gained a broad interdisciplinary knowledge of concepts and ideas essential to the study of 8 disciplines in the Humanities (Art History, Classical Studies, History, History of Science, Literature, Music, Philosophy and Religious Studies). The student will also have acquired a range of study skills; these comprise skills in active reading across a range of discourses including the analysis of visual images and musical texts/performances, the analysis and evaluation of critical arguments, the construction and presentation of arguments with supporting evidence within the form of an essay.

IT and Secretarial

European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
This is the same as the International ICDL.
I passed this in 2004 with module scores between 84% and 98%

Just for Fun

I've always enjoyed learning new things. Over the years I have taken many courses just for fun. These include Chinese Cookery
Indian Cookery
Autobiography to Fiction (Creative Writing)
French for Beginners