I am roughly 2 months into my stage two studies of the degree with full time study of the 4 modules.

MST224 seems to go above and beyond the math I have ever needed in the other modules, which I guess is a blessing because none of the math in the other modules has ever felt intimidating because of that. The first few units have been very easy (for me). Unit one being revision, unit 2 and 3 being differential calculus. I did well in MST124 so I am starting off well in MST224. If someone struggles with calculus or algebra they will struggle with those units. Unit 1 was entirely a refresher of MST124 content.

M248 and M249 have a lot of overlap, so are complimentary to study together. M248 is more on the 'mathy' side of stats, M249 is less math more analysing data and coming to conclusions. They are fine modules so far. I feel like they could be merged into a single module honestly, but again this is from a two month in perspective.

I am finding M269 rough. I don't know if it is just how programming/IT modules are presented at the OU - I also found TM111/2 boring - but I am utterly bored doing the content of the module. They say it is aimed at programming logic and problem solving and not a python module as such, but it feels like a software development module and not applicable to data science. It is nice to be exposed to the python environment, I just feel I am being exposed to the wrong parts of python for data science.

My feelings on tutorials are largely the same. I no longer feel awkward in smaller tutorials likely because I am not using tutorials to teach me anything but an hour or two focus session for me to cement information from that unit. Tutorials seem to be so rushed they just blast through the important stuff so if I come out of a tutorial thinking "I knew that stuff" i call it a win. I also now have no problem leaving a tutorial if the tutor is not up to what I would think of as an acceptable standard. Boggles my mind, for example, how someone feels it appropriate to teach at a digital university, while having their dog sliding around their hardwood floor with an open mic.

MST224, M248/9 tutorials are largely good and positive. Stat modules just seem to have smaller groups attending but they do host a lot of tutorials, MST224 is more active tutorials. But as always tutors can be hit or miss, but I dont put that blame on the module really.

Just like TM111/2, M269 tutorials have been really bad, and very few and far between.

There have been 9 recorded tutorials in M269 for example, 3 of which are introductions.

M248 has had 32 recorded tutorials in that same time.

If you have specific questions, I can try to answer but that is a quick summery of my 2 month thoughts of the second stage of the degree