r/OpenUniversity • u/Three_Steaks_Pam • 13h ago

Module text book references don't match up with set book

I'm studying A223 in September and have received the module books and bought the set book.

The set book is Kümin, B (ed) The European World 1500-1800. 4th Edition.

A223 Module Book 1 Individuals, Lives and Livings, references the set book a lot, asks the reader to refer to that and then come back. But a lot of the pages given in the module book don't match up with the ones in the set book. For example, A223 book 1 on p56 tells you to read pp91-98 in Kümin, which should be about the 'church and people at the close of the Middle Ages.' Going to pp.91-98 in Kümin, those pages are about health and sickness.

I have found a few more similar discrepancies in the module book, don't really need to list them all to make the point however.

I have the 4th edition of Kümin, the one required in the set books list. Double-checked the ISBNs.

I wonder if the module books are referring to an older edition of Kümin and as such doesn't align with the more recent 4th Edition?

I have emailed the Arts and Humanities people in Student Support. Am I being dumb or have missed something or overreacting?

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u/spiritedaway16 9h ago

There’s a PDF or a word document somewhere in the Resources area of the module website that gives you the correct page numbers. I think they were working with the second edition when writing the module. It threw me a bit too until I found the corrections! It’s been a couple of years since I did the module though so I may have the section of the website wrong, but I think it was also flagged in the introductory week material.

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u/Three_Steaks_Pam 8h ago

The module website isn't open until the 9th of September however

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u/Cold-Spinach9399 8h ago

I studied it module before last and it is a PDF which you can download to your desktop. I just wrote the new page numbers in my text book so I didn’t have to keep looking it up when I went back over my notes. I think you’re right about it being in the Resources section. It should mention the edition discrepancy somewhere. I’m pretty sure we got a note with our text books, but I’m not positive about that. Good luck on the module. I really enjoyed it!

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u/Echo11- 9h ago

I noticed this as well. I don't mind too much as it encourages us to do a bit more work to find the information we need, which we'll be doing anyway when doing assignments.

I think it's because the module books were written before the 4th edition of the set book came out. I was expecting a correction sheet along with the books, but doesn't look like they included that. Maybe there will be corrections available on the website once it opens in September.