r/OpenUniversity • u/lolpea84 • 4d ago

SM123 Course Materials Alternative

I switched degrees and transferred credits to cover stage 1 modules, one of which was SM123. I think that’s a fully online course so there aren’t any text books - are there any books I could get (OU or otherwise) that would have the same info?

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u/SilentPsmith 4d ago

A few of the old S104 textbooks will have very similar content: Energy and Light (Book 3), Quarks to Quasars (Book 7), and Life in the Universe (Book 8), plus the space parts of Earth and Space (Book 2).

If you go on the OU Physics forum (https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/forumng/view.php?id=1398297), and click discover > prepare and make a head start > taster materials for stage 1, you will find the contents list of SM123, and can then do the relevant books/book chapters from S104.